Mythical Three Kingdoms
Chapter 1956 - 1771: The Crucial Point of Victory and Defeat (2)
Originally, when Brack led his own troops to charge forward, Albaz was planning to dispatch some forces for rescue. However, Brack vetoed this proposal on one hand, while on the other, the Rattan Armored Soldiers’ frenzied attack indeed made them somewhat fearsome.
After Zhang Ren and Meng Huo collided with Albaz’s troops, they immediately unleashed their Legion Talents. The collaboration of their two talents put Albaz, who was considered a fairly excellent commander of Kushan, in a tough spot as he found himself facing an attack from several divisions simultaneously...
"Sharuk, Monnari..." Albaz gasped as he shouted at Monnari, "Abandon surrounding this particular legion, lead your troops to retreat, I’ll hold back the Han Army for you, quickly regroup with the commander-in-chief, he will need you!"
Monnari turned his head to glance at the situation behind him, was shocked, and promptly pulled Sharuk aside to dodge Wutugu’s Iron Mace, "Go!"
When Sharuk was pulled away by Monnari, he hadn’t yet realized what had happened. However, the instant he turned his head to look back, he noticed that their Kushan Rear Army had vanished, and inexplicably, the Han Army had charged to their rear as if intending to encircle them.
Sharuk and Monnari, taking part of their main troops, directly detached and pursued the Kushan Vanguard. Wutugu immediately chased after the two, but Albaz waved a flag, causing a large number of Kushan soldiers to block Wutugu’s path.
Instantly, Wutugu furiously swung his Iron Mace, unleashing his strength madly, turning all those who dared stand in his way into mush.
However, by the time Wutugu successfully carved out a path, Albaz and Monnari had already led part of their main troops charging forward. It must be said that the Han Army Central Army’s deceptive troops facilitated both the Kushan Army’s charge and retreat substantially.
While Monnari and Sharuk led part of their main troops to retreat toward the Vanguard and reunite with Brack, Wutugu was leading his Rattan Armored Soldiers in a furious attack on the surrounding Kushan Soldiers. At this juncture, due to Sharuk and others withdrawing, there was a noticeable flaw in the encircling formation, making it difficult to block Wutugu and his Rattan Armored Soldiers’ charge.
Albaz desperately dispatched his soldiers, intercepting Zhang Ren, Meng Huo, and other elite Han troops charging from the rear, while also deploying the main elite left by Sharuk to block Wutugu’s Rattan Armored Soldiers, persistently holding both sides back with his remarkable judgment.
Unfortunately, his capabilities were limited, and after holding on for just one quarter hour, Meng Huo broke open the back line, after which a crowd of people surged forward, directly knocking Albaz down. Without Albaz’s command, the Kushan troops could no longer withstand Wutugu’s fierce assault, and soon the Han troops successfully joined forces.
The one quarter hour that Albaz fought for allowed Sharuk and Monnari to successfully lead four to five thousand Kushan Elite troops charging into the Han Army’s vulnerable Central Army, fiercely rushing toward Brack’s direction.
On the other side, Brack had already succeeded in gathering three divisions of Vanguard troops, along with three Inner Qi Manifestation, leading nearly fourteen thousand elite Kushan soldiers.
If it weren’t for the Han Army noticing the Kushan commander rapidly assembling elite troops for rescuing various vanguards, the Han Army’s Rear Military Officers, upon determining that a single legion couldn’t resist, decisively threw out their trump card, heavily striking a wave of Kushan main troops before retreating.
Otherwise, the Kushan Elite Soldiers that Brack could assemble might far exceed this number.
Nevertheless, with the formation of an overwhelming army over ten thousand strong under Brack, it was already a significant threat to the current Han Army.
As for the last road where the Kushan Vanguard had almost been surrounded and annihilated, Brack hesitated but ultimately abandoned rescue, instead began restructuring the army, preparing to breach the Han Army’s rear.
Unlike the ordinary Kushan soldiers, those gathered by Brack now are primarily composed of core and elite troops, representing almost the core of Kushan’s hundred thousand strong army.
"Leiblalei, will you still not tell me the greatest flaw of the Han Army?" Brack withdrew his Long Spear, took the Cross Spearhead from the saddle, assembled it, and gazed at Leiblalei inquisitively.
"There’s no need for us to fight the Han Army to this extent—we are indeed inferior to the Han Army, and that is a fact. But compared to over a century ago, under the leadership of His Majesty Vasu Deva I, we now have the qualification to pursue them; there’s no need to fight now." Sulapri, seeing Leiblalei’s silence, quietly answered instead.
"It seems you still don’t understand." Brack waved his Long Spear, the giant Cross Spearhead directly killed a Han soldier, blood splattering everywhere, yet none adhered to the sharp spearhead.
"With this mindset every time, how can you hope to win? Without a fight, without taking a chance, how can you explore your own boundaries? When we can’t even see ourselves, how can we ascertain others?" Brack said with a sneer.
Leiblalei and others’ expressions drastically changed, thoroughly realizing Brack’s intent—not to charge out from the Han Army’s formation but to kill the Han Army’s commander, then decide victory or defeat.
"Soldiers, follow me in slaying enemies!" This time, Brack made no attempt to conceal, raising the Cross Long Spear high, unleashing his Legion Talent at the spearhead.
The dark golden radiance, carrying fine, dust-like brilliance akin to gilded gold dust, extended directly from the spearhead to each soldier led by Brack, enveloping all fourteen thousand soldiers in this golden light.
Various Kushan soldiers’ visualizations of gods and Buddha condensed into a faint Buddha in line with everyone’s image, fleetingly appearing, and then injected into Brack’s legion.
The next moment, all soldiers led by Brack bore a dim golden flame, while Zhang Song and others stabilizing the Cloud Qi clearly perceived the radiant golden flame on Kushan troops was devouring all attack and defense formed by Cloud Qi.
Seeing the magnificent flame, Heirilah and the others were taken aback. Though they had heard elders describe Brack’s Legion Talent as one of the most dominant among the eight generals of Kushan, none of the three had seen it. After all, when facing ordinary small nations’ elites, the Belief Blessing alone was enough to make them spew blood and perish.
And now, the three finally understood the meaning of dominance described by their family elders—the Legion Talent forming the Glazed Golden Flames were burning the Cloud Qi, disassembling it into intangible states composed of Inner Qi, Will, and Heaven and Earth Essence.
This terrifying ability left Heirilah and others greatly shocked, they finally understood why Vasu Deva recognized Brack as the leader of an army, as he was truly extraordinarily exceptional.
"Generals, follow me in slaying the enemy commander!" After unleashing the Legion Talent, Brack no longer concealed his thoughts, extending the spear four hundred paces away, directing orders to General Yan, who had soundly defeated Kushan soldiers.
Zhang Song and others, connected to Cloud Qi and military formation, distinctly felt the destructive power demonstrated by Brack’s Legion Talent, under which their prepared Cloud Qi defense structures were suffering devastating blows.
"Quickly inform General Yan!" Immediately, Zhang Song ceased the external release of Spiritual Capacity, spoke to Yang Huai and Gao Pei, who were not far away commanding the large army.
"It’s too late, and prior to this, General Yan had been invincible, crushing multiple Kushan armies, thus the Command Banner followed suit. If he retreats now, it will shake the morale." Gao Pei stated anxiously, "We absolutely can’t retreat now, and with General Yan’s battlefield experience, he will soon comprehend the power attributes displayed by the opponent."
"Mobilize troops, the most correct action we can take now is to gather our elite main forces towards General Yan’s location and settle with Kushan." Yang Huai said with a grim expression, replacing Gao Pei, after which the rear drums sounded the gathering command.