God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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"As expected, they chose me. What a troublesome opponent." Looking at the Imperial Guard led by Perennis, Xu Shu shook his head slightly. It was a rather bad result, but also a particularly reasonable one.

As the commander of a military spirit legion, even if he harbors pride in his heart, he can only be proud during battle, not lose his judgment and assessment of the overall situation.

However, Rome's seemingly normal performance was not so pleasant for Xu Shu.

The more you worry about something happening, the more likely the enemy will do the same thing, which will only increase the pressure.

"However, the idea is good, but I'm not one to be trifled with." After his remark, Xu Shu's expression turned serious, and his smile vanished.

After speaking, Xu Shu stretched out his arms, and the armored cavalry legion following behind him split in two, creating an increasingly wide gap and passage in the middle of the army, and advanced forward.

Seeing this change in the armored cavalry legion, Perennis had no intention of mocking them; instead, he was pondering the reasons behind their actions.

A heavy cavalry legion's mass charge can only be sufficiently intimidating if it is large enough. Even if the legion is split in two, the armored cavalry legion with lances can indeed be intimidating. But what is the purpose of doing so?
Could it be that a legion is coming to deal with him, and a legion is going to attack the Spanish legion?
If that were to happen, Perennis felt he could wipe out this heavy cavalry force today.

In terms of sheer numbers, the Emperor's Guard only numbered 3000, far fewer than the 4500-strong Mauser Armored Cavalry Legion. However, if they were separated, the Emperor's Guard would have a numerical advantage.

With such a numerical advantage, there's no need for interference; they can directly encircle and annihilate half of the enemy forces from all sides, then turn around and attack the other half. If they finish the battle this way, the Emperor's Guard might suffer losses of less than half.

"Number advantage!" Perennis thought to himself, and instantly realized the problem. His gaze toward the armored cavalry legion with lances turned cautious.

The armored cavalry legion that chose to split its forces occupied a larger area of ​​the battlefield, with one side closer to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the other side further away.

In this situation, if the Imperial Guard wanted to carry out harassment, they could only harass half of the army and would also increase the distance between themselves and the Spanish, moving to the outermost edge of the battlefield.

If Spain were to encounter any difficulties and require assistance, it would take even longer.

Although the divided cavalry legions with lances had a relatively wide road in between, it was virtually impossible to pass through this road.

Even the mighty Imperial Guard could not possibly pass through this road. If they did, they would be met with a pincer attack from the flanks of the armored cavalry legion.

Even the elite military legion would suffer severe injuries under such an attack.

Perennis was quite certain that he could defeat the musketeer cavalry, but that did not mean that the Imperial Guard could disregard them.

There is no legion in this world that can completely ignore heavy cavalry of this caliber. There may be easy victories, but there is absolutely no legion that can disregard the enemy.

After a quick assessment and decision, Perennis led the Imperial Guard in a close-range flanking maneuver. By closing in, he forced the armored cavalry into a charge, then turned back while they were charging, retreating at a faster pace. This not only significantly depleted the enemy's strength but also deterred their advance on the Ninth Spain, allowing it to hold out longer.

"Cloud formation, activate!" Faced with Perennis's rapidly changing methods, Xu Shu had no intention of hiding anything and directly manipulated the cloud formation to buff the entire legion.

As someone who has always studied military formations, Xu Shu naturally has his own research direction on military formations and his own preferred methods of using them.

The Cloud Formation requires mental power to construct nodes and then organize the cloud energy in order to form the corresponding cloud energy buff.

Once this blessing is granted, is it impossible to change?

The answer is no. As long as spiritual power exists and as long as there is cloud energy, changes can be made.

However, during this change process, the buff effect of the Cloud Army Formation will collapse until a new Cloud Army Formation is formed. Therefore, in most cases, it is difficult to directly change the Cloud Army Formation during the course of war.

Xu Shu's research focused on the versatility of cloud formations, specifically identifying the greatest similarities between cloud formations with different enhancement effects. He sought to find cloud nodes shared by two or more cloud formations and then reduce the time required to change cloud formations.

After so much research, Xu Shu has developed his own cloud formation army group.

"First, it deflects, further resisting ranged attacks and harassment, increasing ranged resilience." Xu Shu looked at the effects of the cloud formation enveloping the soldiers, the defensive effect produced when the Emperor's Guard used arrows to harass them, and nodded in satisfaction.

Although it cannot deflect all arrows, it can weaken some of their power, reducing the force of arrows that fall on soldiers' heads.

Although these swordsmen were still powerful enough to kill ordinary soldiers and even pierce some leather armor, they no longer posed a threat to the armored cavalry legion.

Meanwhile, Perennis led the Emperor's Guard to change direction and create distance in preparation for the next wave of harassment.

Xu Shu has completed the transformation of his legion's cloud formation, changing its effect from deflection to stamina recovery.

"It will take almost a quarter of an hour to complete the change? Oh well, that should be enough." After completing the change, Xu Shu mentally calculated the time taken, frowned slightly, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the timing wasn't perfect, it was still within an acceptable range. However, there are only a few cloud formations that can change at such a rapid pace, making them quite troublesome to utilize.

"Trouble?!" The trouble that Xu Shu perceived, and the effects it had, made Perennis realize something different, or rather, something even more apprehensive.

If the buffs on the armored cavalry legion could be changed at will, then even the Emperor's Guard would find it difficult to defeat them... (End of Chapter)