Chapter 217
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Chapter 217: Advancing Phalanx
The wind howled wildly, and hooves thundered.
Watching the charging cavalry unit, Burigude gave an order.
He led his tribesmen away quite decisively.
Over a period of time, similar incidents had occurred countless times.
He was wearing down Bai Ze, and Bai Ze was also wearing him down.
Neither could do much about the other, and neither could find a breakthrough.
On the way back to the tribal camp, Bai Ze kept frowning.
He was thinking about where things went wrong.
Facing such an opponent, if it were Luo Ji, with that guy’s mind, he would surely quickly come up with a countermeasure, right?
Thinking of this, Bai Ze felt vaguely annoyed.
Upon careful thought, aside from the surprise attack they launched when they first arrived on the grasslands, successfully capturing Batu, subsequent battles seemed to have been quite difficult…
As thoughts raced through his mind, as if he had caught onto some kind of information, Bai Ze’s expression suddenly froze.
“So that’s it, is that how it is?!”
At this moment, Bai Ze, who suddenly understood the key, had his face’s worry swept away.
He felt a sudden enlightenment.
He knew where the problem was, and he knew what he should do!
Two more days passed.
With a sharp whistle sounding, Burigude, who was leading his tribesmen galloping in the distance, clicked his tongue in annoyance.
These Wild Horse Tribe people’s reactions were truly getting faster and faster.
However, just as he was thinking of harassing them with their mounted archery advantage and then leaving, as usual, as the distance closed, the sight opposite him made him frown directly.
At this very moment, outside Wild Horse Tribe, a large number of shield-axe soldiers, equipped with shields and axes, formed iron wall phalanxes, standing ready!
Bai Ze, riding a white horse, stood beside the phalanxes with his cavalry unit.
This formation truly made Burigude somewhat confused.
“What exactly is Bai Ze trying to do?”
Regarding the shield-axe soldier troop type, Luo Yong had left a deep impression on him that day.
However, as long as he was prepared in advance, the weakness of this troop type was also evident, their speed was too slow.
Wanting to hit them with just two legs?
That was simply dreaming.
Just as Burigude was thinking this, another sharp whistle sounded.
This made him instinctively become vigilant.
While his gaze quickly swept across the surroundings, he also loudly reminded his tribesmen behind him.
“Everyone be careful, don’t be careless!”
Although they didn’t know what the other side was up to, upon hearing Burigude’s command, the grasslanders on horseback still tensed up their nerves.
However, this seriousness couldn’t even be maintained for a second.
A snicker that couldn’t be held back directly caused a chain reaction, making a large group of people break character…
“Hahahahaha, hey, I’m not mistaken, am I? Do these fools really intend to walk over with two legs?”
“Hey hey, don’t say that. Maybe they feel their two legs can run faster than the swift horses on the grasslands?”
“Are these fools trying to make us laugh ourselves to death? Hahahaha…”
Facing the grasslanders’ sneers and jeers, although they couldn’t hear them clearly, seeing the opponents almost falling over with laughter, they could largely guess what was being said.
But it didn’t matter.
The well-trained shield-axe soldiers wouldn’t be swayed by this.
Unlike the cavalry unit, which had consistently suffered setbacks at the hands of the grasslanders for some time, shield-axe soldiers, due to their limited movement speed, were basically only responsible for defense.
If the enemy attacked, they would meet them.
If they didn’t attack, that was left to the cavalry unit to handle.
So, their condition remained quite good.
Upon hearing the whistle’s command, they immediately followed orders.
They raised the round leather shields in their hands, maintained their shield stance, and began to steadily advance step by step.
However, that advancing speed was truly nothing to commend.
They were literally moving one step at a time.
Even an ordinary person walking normally might be a little faster than them.
For the grasslanders, who fundamentally emphasized ‘speed’ in combat, it was no wonder they burst out laughing at this slow advance.
However, Burigude’s expression was filled with doubt.
The opponent’s advancing speed was indeed laughably slow, but from this slow-moving advancing phalanx, he inexplicably felt a powerful sense of oppression!
That feeling was as if telling him that no attack could break their formation or breach their defense!
But the opponent’s slowness was also a fact.
At that advancing speed, even if they stood still, it would take a long time for the opponent to reach them.
And the question was, how could they possibly stay still?
With the speed of their mounts, they could easily open up the distance again…
Thinking of this, Burigude’s brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
As an old opponent, he didn’t believe Bai Ze would do something meaningless.
There must be something wrong!
Still tensing his nerves, he waved his hand.
“Fire arrows!”
The grasslanders who heard the order simultaneously took down the horned bows from their backs.
They began drawing their bows and firing arrows towards the slowly advancing phalanx in the distance.
Catching the opponent’s movements, Luo Yong, as the commander of the shield-axe soldier unit, who was currently standing within the phalanx, decisively ordered loudly.
“All shields up!!”
Without a single hesitation, the shield-axe soldiers simultaneously raised their shields.
From a distance, their formation looked like a giant shield wall.
Their uniform movements gave Burigude in the distance a sense of awe he couldn’t quite explain.
A volley of arrows was easily neutralized by that iron-wall-like shield wall.
This made the grasslanders’ expressions, which still showed traces of sneering and mockery, begin to become somewhat unnatural.
However, this was not enough to make them waver.
Many grasslander even remained unconvinced, thinking, what good is blocking?
As long as they couldn’t match their speed, the opponent would only be able to take hits!
In fact, even Burigude thought the same.
The shield-axe soldier phalanx’s defensive capability against ranged attacks did surprise him slightly, but so what?
The opponent couldn’t get close to them, thus couldn’t pose a threat.
This was an unchangeable fact.
The most crucial thing to be wary of was indeed that cavalry unit led by Bai Ze!
However, that cavalry unit led by Bai Ze had been standing in the rear, watching the show, seemingly not having moved at all since earlier…
Strange, this was truly too strange!
The doubts in Burigude’s mind almost twisted his eyebrows into a knot.
“Bai Ze, what exactly are you planning?!”
