Chapter 153
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Chapter 153: Troop Type Conversion
Receiving the command, Luo Yong and Guo Zhen decisively led the shield-axe unit forward, immediately clashing with the enemy’s shield-wielding squad.
Unlike the round leather shields in the hands of the shield-axe soldiers, Zhang Yisheng’s shield-wielding squad’s primary duty was to protect his rear archer unit and his own safety.
They typically did not participate in frontline combat.
Therefore, this unit’s ability to withstand enemy offensives was extremely crucial.
To achieve this, Zhang Yisheng did not hesitate to sacrifice mobility, equipping every soldier in this unit with large shields, commonly known as ‘door panels.’
As this unit formed its defensive formation, the combined large shields instantly gave one the feeling of facing a city wall.
However, at this very moment, Guo Zhen, also clad in shield-axe attire and charging at the forefront, would not back down.
The sharpened brass axe in his hand directly cleaved into one of the thick, large shields, leaving a deep gash on the shield’s surface with that instant’s destructive power!
Only at this moment did Zhang Yisheng, under the protection of his shield-wielding unit, finally noticed that the weapons and equipment in the opposing shield-axe soldiers’ hands were not stone axes, but brass axes!
In that instant, Zhang Yisheng’s composure almost completely shattered.
“So, why is this guy’s rank outside the top 100?!”
It’s important to highlight here that, at this stage, unranked players wanting to transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age require both technology and resources.
If you only have the technology but can’t find mineral resources, it’s a dead end.
Conversely, if you only have the ore but lack the technology, it’s also a dead end.
Zhang Yisheng clearly belonged to the former category.
He had bad luck, unable to find any metal ore veins in his own territory, and thus couldn’t take that crucial step.
Out of desperation, he could only continuously invade other players to see if he could plunder some mineral resources from them.
Of course, finding players with mineral resources in the same segment was easy.
Most players ranked among the top 10, or even top 10-something, were Bronze Age civilizations.
However, he couldn’t defeat these powerful players, or rather, his chances of winning were slim, which was why he chose to try his luck with players ranked outside the top 100.
Now, he had found luck, but he couldn’t feel happy at all because it seemed he couldn’t even defeat this guy ranked outside the top 100.
This was absolutely infuriating…
Fortunately, the large shields of his shield-wielding unit were thick enough that they wouldn’t be shattered by a few axe blows.
Just as he was thinking this, a figure, clearly exceeding his equipment’s weight limit, charged forward from the enemy’s formation…
“Everyone move aside!”
“Watch me!”
No sooner said than done, Luo Yong, charging forward, effortlessly swung the exaggerated, ferocious double-bladed battle-axe custom made for him with just one hand.
Without needing any skill, with just a simple, brutal swing accompanied by a thunderous boom, its terrifying power had reached a destructive level.
The shield wall obstructing his path was forcefully split in half by his brute strength!
Splintered large shields, accompanied by a shower of wood splinters, flew everywhere.
In that instant, Zhang Yisheng’s entire facial expression completely lost control, his mind went blank, and his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
“How is this, how is this even possible?!”
Not only him, but even Guo Zhen, standing beside him, secretly clicked his tongue at this moment.
Although he had previously said that Luo Yong relied too much on his strength, no one could deny that this guy’s strength was unreasonably powerful!
With no time for further thought, Guo Zhen, eager to earn merit, seized the opportunity and charged forward.
He fought as he advanced, ordinary soldiers were no match for him.
In just a single breath, he had already cut down two.
The killing power of the brass axe was evident at this moment, every axe blow against an enemy soldier resulted in blood flying!
Luo Yong, on the other hand, was even more direct.
In the midst of the clash between the two armies, the double-bladed battle-axe in his hand was truly a weapon of mass destruction, unstoppable by anyone!
Guo Zhen, watching from not far away, felt a pang of envy.
Alas, envy was useless, it wasn’t that Luo Ji was showing favoritism, but truly, no one else in the entire tribe, except Luo Yong, could wield that double-bladed battle-axe with one hand like that…
In small-scale wars like this, which haven’t reached the thousands or tens of thousands in scale, the strength of individual combatants is still very important.
Luo Yong and Guo Zhen, two fierce generals, directly inflicted heavy damage on the shield-wielding unit with their charge, causing Zhang Yisheng in the rear to be deeply alarmed.
He then quickly ordered loudly.
“Everyone abandon your large shields!”
“Switch to melee stance!”
As Zhang Yisheng’s command was issued, the actions of the opposing shield-wielding unit made a flicker of surprise cross Luo Ji’s eyes.
“This is quite interesting…”
He hadn’t noticed it before, but behind those shield-wielding soldiers, they actually carried a medium shield.
With a change in their equipped weapons, the previously defense focused shield-wielding unit instantly converted into shield-axe soldiers.
Similar troop types had appeared in their Celestial Dynasty’s history.
The most famous example would be the Wei Wuzu, who wielded long halberds, had iron swords at their waists, and were all equipped with powerful crossbows, with shields strapped to their backs.
They could freely switch between three troop types, halberd soldiers, sword and shield soldiers, and strong crossbow soldiers.
No matter what troop type their opponent fielded, they would switch to the troop type that countered them.
If you sent cavalry, they would use halberds.
If you used archers to wear them down, they would switch to sword and shield.
History proved that such elite soldiers were indeed formidable, even achieving the impressive feat of fifty thousand Wei Wuzu crushing five hundred thousand Qin soldiers!
They were almost invincible throughout an entire era!
As an avid enthusiast of special troop types, Luo Ji had naturally studied them thoroughly.
But precisely because he had studied them, he knew how difficult it was to train such a Wei Wuzu unit.
The high cost goes without saying, who knew how many resources it would take to maintain such an army?
Furthermore, the troublesome part was that this troop type also demanded very high standards from its soldiers.
Long halberds, iron swords, strong crossbows, crossbow bolts, shields, plus a full set of armor, did he think just anyone could carry all that?
As for combat training, it went without saying, with so much equipment, you had to be proficient in all of it.
Adding up all those points, it’s not an exaggeration to say that the Wei Wuzu were arguably the most difficult troop type to replicate in the entire cold weapon era.
Getting back to the main point, Zhang Yisheng’s unit was clearly far from comparable to the Wei Wuzu, in fact, there was no comparison at all.
But the information revealed was enough to prove that the opponent had, more likely than not, entertained such an idea.
For a moment, even Luo Ji felt a stir in his heart.
“Wei Wuzu, huh…”
