Conquering Myriad Worlds from the Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 893 Using the Orthodox to Counter the Unorthodox
This time, Sun Tzu dared not do anything. He wiped out four archery battalions, a total of 20,000 men. The Qing army's special legion was fine if it didn't show itself, but if it did, it was instantly killed.

After discovering that there was something wrong with the opposing army, Sun Tzu immediately issued an order for a battalion of archers to attack the enemy directly.

The destructive power of the Archer Battalion is undeniable; even the newly formed Archer Battalion possesses arrows whose power is somewhat beyond imagination.

Like locusts, a dense rain of arrows swept over the Qing army, landing precisely on the troops instructed by Sun Tzu. The completely locked arrows left the enemy with almost no option to dodge, leaving them only with the choice of enduring the attack.

The Special Legion was already somewhat exhausted after being bombarded by two waves of arrows from the Changshui Camp, and now, facing the arrows from the Shesheng Camp, it naturally suffered a devastating blow.

Even though they were protected by swordsmen and shieldmen and spearmen and shieldmen, it was all in vain, because the swordsmen and shieldmen and spearmen and shieldmen also suffered a devastating blow.

Besides being the natural enemy of special units, the Archery Battalion are also top-tier archers themselves.

At the same level, it is enough to reliably achieve a one-for-one exchange with any legion, or even a reliably kill the opponent.

Except for a few types of wall infantry such as the heavy infantry and the Imperial Guard, which are really difficult to penetrate, the Shooting Battalion can basically fight all legions.

Its essence is a super-powerful tracking arrow, which also carries the will and belief. Even the Iron Turtle Legion would take half a day to recover after being hit by one arrow.

Theoretically, the Shooting Battalion was not a super elite force designed to deal with troops below the Imperial Guard.

Aside from being easily killed during periods of exhaustion, it has almost no weaknesses.

The Longwater Camp can suppress any archer legion, but against the Shooting Camp, it can only achieve a 50/50 split, resulting in mutual destruction.

Now, the Shooting Sound Battalion has been enhanced by the cloud energy, its will locks onto the enemy, and its talent has been added, directly raising its power to the theoretical limit.

In this state, the arrows fired by the Shooting Battalion completely surpassed those of the Peacock, Houyi, and Vanguard legions, with power comparable to the horizontal arrows fired by medium-sized crossbows.

Five thousand arrows fired horizontally, comparable to those from a medium-sized crossbow, would leave even a super heavy infantry legion helpless, let alone a special legion. Even a large shield made of fine steel could be pierced through in this state.

Five thousand arrows burst forth, and the Qing soldiers hit by them were like paper, easily torn to pieces by the immense power.

Like being hit head-on by cannonballs, these Qing soldiers had no choice but to dodge.

This power is designed to kill; defense is utterly powerless in the face of such an attack that exceeds the limits.

Of course, dodging also seems extremely weak, after all, it is a will lock, directly reaching the target in one step, an arrow that cannot be dodged.

The entire legion was wiped out by the Shooting Sound Battalion before Sun Tzu could even determine the opponent's talent framework.

After the shooting, the Shooting Battalion immediately lost its talent and began to play dead. The shooting power was very strong, but it was weak after shooting. Sun Wu had no choice but to accept that power could not be sustained, and so could sustain.

Fortunately, after the talent was reset, this Shooting Squad, though weak in the hands and feet, was still able to contribute some strength.

After all, he possessed dual innate physical attributes, and his mastery of those attributes hadn't reached the point where he could alter his physical structure. With some prior preparation, Sun Wu was still capable of changing the talent framework on the spot.

The talent framework after the cleansing is a modified version of Cooperation and Feast of the Dead, which doesn't have much combat power, at most it can only give you some self-protection and support abilities.

However, since these are soldiers from the Archery Battalion who have already fought a round, any effect they can achieve is a bonus.

After all, these soldiers should have been completely forgotten after firing a full-force arrow. Sun Tzu's modification of their talents is simply to make them more effective.

After being mowed down with over 5,000 men in a single sweep, the Qing army was stunned. However, their nightmare was far from over; it had only just begun.

Just after the Shooting Battalion finished its attack, the Vanguard Death Squad locked onto the Qing army's cavalry and, relying on their willpower, unleashed three waves of arrows.

Sun Tzu's command was very simple. During the review, he found that the opposing army commander liked to play surprise attacks. In addition, the power of will to distort reality made the opponent's unexpected and dangerous attacks always effective. Therefore, Sun Tzu changed to a textbook-like and rigid command method.

The heavy infantry, by constantly overwhelming the enemy's front line with sheer numbers, forced the enemy to commit heavy infantry to intercept them, and then used powerful crossbows to deal with the enemy's cavalry that crossed the front line.

Although this tactic is quite risky, since the initial burst of damage could potentially hit one's own teammates in this entangled situation.

However, Sun Tzu slightly adjusted the battle line layout, and the Qing army on the front line was completely unimpeded, making them the best targets for the vanguard.

Use powerful crossbows to halt the enemy cavalry's advance, forcing them to flank and maneuver. Then, have the cavalry cut off the enemy's heavy infantry, causing chaos, and finally have the Crimson Blood Guard charge the enemy's heavy infantry.

As for the flanks, Sun Tzu had already arranged a square formation of spear and shield soldiers and a volleyball battalion. If the enemy dared to launch a forced assault on the front line, they would immediately launch a horizontal attack.

Whether they are killed or not is not important; what is important is to stop the opponent's breakthrough. Moreover, even if we take a step back, Sun Tzu in the central government has Ma Chao and Gao Shun on hand, so no matter what problems arise, they can be quickly remedied.

The key is to force the opponent to change their tactics. The opponent certainly doesn't want to exchange pieces with the archer, so what Sun Tzu did was to force the opponent to follow his intentions.

If necessary, launch another sonic attack to see how many times the enemy can withstand it.

Although Sun Tzu only had 20,000 arrows at his disposal, and had already fired 5,000, the Qing army was unaware of this and faced immense pressure.

After all, without firing a shot, it would be difficult for the enemy's special forces to continue to be effective, which to a certain extent completely curbed the enemy's strategy.

However, Sun Tzu also knew that this was only a temporary measure, and that once the enemy was in a stalemate, they would inevitably call upon reinforcements from their ancestral lands.

If they are attacked from both sides, it will be difficult for them to maintain their resistance.

Sun Tzu was confident in preserving the army's structure, but he couldn't guarantee that the enemy wouldn't break through the lines.

Sun Tzu was well aware of the difficulties in building the Miracle Legion. This time, the opposing forces had the advantage, and their goal was only to break through a section of the battle line. It was almost impossible for him to crush the opponent's miracle as he had done last time.

Fortunately, such a large-scale war is far beyond what a single Miracle Legion can resolve.

The situation began to develop in accordance with Sun Tzu's plan. The Qing cavalry did not want to be used as targets by the vanguard, so they could only spread out to the sides and then try to penetrate from both flanks in a scattered formation.

However, Sun Tzu's formation, which consisted of small circular arrays, perfectly countered this infiltration.

However, some fearless legions managed to force their way through the Star Scattering Formation, only to be fiercely ambushed and slaughtered by the soldiers in the various circular formations, with over a thousand men falling.

However, they eventually broke through the direction and then, like butterflies flitting among flowers, rushed towards Sun Wu's central formation, clearly regarding the center where Sun Wu was located as the core of the army formation.

Sun Tzu was naturally pleased to see the other side fall into a delusion, and without wasting any more words with them, he waved his hand and ordered the Archer Battalion to attack.

"Second Shotgun Battalion, prepare!"

Upon hearing the order, the soldiers of the Shooting Sound Battalion immediately began to gather their strength. As representatives of extraordinary power, the Shooting Sound attacks always had very obvious preludes. Under normal circumstances, before making a move, they would accumulate their momentum to the fullest, and the attacking soldiers would descend like tigers from the mountain, pressing down on the enemy with an unparalleled momentum.

Moreover, under this kind of momentum, any kind of attack will be greatly enhanced. This momentum will gradually return to normal as the battle progresses, and then the combat power will gradually return to normal as well.

The same principle applies to the Shooting Battalion; the greater the commotion they create before launching their attack, the more terrifying the power of the arrows they ultimately unleash.

Not only can it shoot arrows with high physical and mental destructive power, but it also has the special effect of destroying the enemy's will.

As the second archery battalion slowly drew back their bows, their accumulated momentum soared into the sky, even causing the heavens to subtly change color.

The Qing army immediately noticed the unusual activity of the Shooting Sound Battalion and planned to strike first, but unfortunately, Sun Tzu had anticipated this.

A batch of counterfeit goods was acquired near the Shooting Sound Camp to serve as deception items. Apart from those seen by Qingyan, other mental power techniques would be drawn to these counterfeit goods.

The Qing army's counter-attack arrows fell from a location almost entirely different from where the Shooting Sound Battalion was located.

The Shooting Battalion launched a counterattack with a smile. A volley of arrows was fired, and like the sky collapsing and the earth splitting, it wiped out all the cavalry that had crossed the battle line.

The efficient killing method made even friendly forces shudder. Without any hindrance, arrows were fired, and the opponents were physically wiped out.

The few survivors were all driven mad and finished off by the Crimson Blood Guard's killing clones.

"We could actually make use of this waste!"

Sun Wu glanced at the battlefield littered with severed limbs, then used cloud energy to infuse the blood energy into the Crimson Blood Guards, instantly creating a large number of new killing clones, which Sun Wu then directly deployed to the battlefield.

As the war progressed, a considerable number of Qing troops had broken through the first two lines of defense and reached the third line, where they engaged in a fierce battle with the killing machine army under the targeted attacks of the vanguard.

However, Sun Wu's preparations were too thorough, and the battlefield was full of blood and energy. As for the Crimson Blood Guards, they were like fish in water, frantically releasing illusionary warriors.

Launching a suicidal charge in the form of a gun barrage allows the Illusionary Warriors to unleash as much lethality as possible.

Regardless of whether it hits a vital spot, as long as one shot is enough to draw blood, that's sufficient.

In this stalemate, Sun Tzu sensitively turned his head to look at the ancestral land of the Qing Dynasty.

"With the situation at a stalemate, have they finally lost patience?"

Just as Sun Wu was thinking this, a large number of Eight Banners cavalry indeed emerged from within the suppression range of the ancestral land, which seemed to be the vanguard.

The two sides must have been able to communicate through some means, so much so that the Eight Banners cavalry that broke out did not choose to attack from the seemingly loose rear, but instead began to circle around Sun Tzu's entire army formation.

They constantly harassed the enemy with mounted archery, and once they found an opening, they switched back to their spears and launched a charge attack.

Sun Tzu knew that the enemy had found his weakness: he had too few cavalrymen, and their skill levels were uneven, making it impossible for him to compete with the enemy in cavalry.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the only option is to continuously shrink the defensive line in order to gain living space.

Sun Tzu was also quite helpless. If the defenses continued to be compressed like this, there would definitely be gaps in the defensive line, and it would be a foregone conclusion that the enemy would break through.

However, Sun Tzu didn't have any good ideas either. Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice. He didn't have enough troops, so it was unrealistic to completely stop the enemy.

Let's reconsider how many people on the other side we should realistically target.

Sun Tzu still hasn't been able to pinpoint Huang Taiji's location, and the opposing side is quite wary of the Archery Camp's existence.

This was quite surprising to Sun Tzu as well.

After all, the location of the enemy's command can be easily determined by observing the overall direction of the army's movement.

But Sun Wu couldn't find Huang Taiji anywhere, which was quite surprising to him, since he had unparalleled confidence in his command and control abilities.

Sun Wu held the Shooting Camp in check. Although he couldn't stop the army, he still harbored the intention of directly shooting and killing Huang Taiji.

Unfortunately, Huang Taiji was too cautious and didn't give him any openings. The army was openly commanded by a large legion commander. Sun Tzu thought that using the Shooting Battalion to launch a burst of attacks should be enough to take down the enemy.

However, the opposing side had brought out this large army commander just to take the fall, and Sun Tzu really didn't want to waste his trump card on a mere large army commander.

After all, Sun Tzu could definitely defeat such an opponent if he played steadily and cautiously. Moreover, the Miracle Legion had not yet shown itself, and having the sound of gunfire in hand could also serve as a deterrent to the Miracle Legion.

Whether a crippled Miracle Legion could withstand two waves of Shooting Battalion attacks, Sun Wu didn't know, and neither did the opposing side. However, Sun Wu was certain that the opposing side would never dare to gamble.

However, the situation continued to deteriorate due to Sun Tzu's conservative approach.

The Eight Banners cavalry's mounted archery put a lot of pressure on Sun Wu's side, especially the killing clones, which were almost torn to shreds by the mounted archers.

Since it is a spearman in form, and the illusionary warriors will quickly perish after being injured, the originally surging army of killing clones gradually withered away.

The Crimson Blood Guards also began launching attacks in rotation, legion by legion.

However, during this process, the battle lines were undoubtedly being pushed forward continuously.

Just as the Qing army was advancing slowly, a large number of war chariots rushed out from the ancestral temple.

Upon seeing this array of chariots, Sun Wu felt a chill run down his spine. He didn't even need to lift a finger to know what kind of talent framework the opposing team possessed.

In this situation, this tank must possess an elite ability: attack deactivation, allowing it to withstand one attack.

Moreover, you can still freely control the removal of that attack by enduring it.

However, compared to the previous infantry version's attack cancellation, this effect is more flexible, but its drawback is that it has a limit to the number of attacks it can withstand.

It's like they nerfed the numbers in exchange for a certain mechanism.

The tank legion itself has good defensive capabilities. The best way to deal with tanks is to bombard them with legion attacks. Therefore, as long as they can freely control the effect of attack cancellation.

This allows the tank legion to unleash its full power, achieving an even more severe effect against infantry than it had against heavy infantry.

(End of this chapter)