Chapter 58 - Fight to the Death (1/2)
Chapter 58 – Fight to the Death
Translated by Bloodfalcon
Current translation is MTL, it is not translation checked, proofread or heavily edited yet.
“Why those people have pa.s.sed, and now you do not let us pa.s.s?!” Forever and ever there will be people who will discontent with one's decision. This kind of people will never realized that when Liu Mang let them pa.s.s, he is already jeopardizing them and Urban Army. This kind of people only know that Liu Mang is the one who currently making them perish.
Thus is the cruelty and the needs for phalanx formation existence.
Liu Mang's eyes throw cold glance. Liu Mang simply thought “You're the one seeking death right? So don't blame me on what about I do to you!” Actually they have the third option, if one may think, that is to built defense line along with Urban Army. If they think this way, then they maybe have opportunity to survive this battle but they do not and they are blocking Urban Army and disrupting their formation, so he have no choice but to kill them.
”SHAAAA!”Liu Mang issues order without hesitation.
“Puff! Puff!” And then, allied force become corpse by Urban Army. These supply troops really terrified and finally divided by two, some of them helped Urban Army construct defense line, and some of them just lying on the ground, waiting for death.
“SHA, SHA, SHAAAAA!” Zhang Kai's Yu Province cavalry troops has arrived in storming manner. The one who has most bad luck are those supply troops who have given up resisting. Their bodies trampled over and over again until they become meat patty by those mighty cavalry troops.
“Clip, clop!” Liu Mang finally knew firsthand how cavalry troops might in cold weapon era. This feeling of earthquake is enough to make one frightened, let alone cavalry troops prowess.
Liu Mang noticed that Urban Army soldiers faces are painted with fear already. Hey, they are mostly newly recruited soldier, so this is their first battle and their first battle, they are facing with cavalry!
Liu Mang also afraid. This is battlefield, this is war, where the conclusion is “You or me who die”. So Liu Mang, remembering what Lu Bu taught him, calm himself down. He cannot be confused or fl.u.s.tered. General is the soul of an army, if he show one weakness, then Urban Army will be annihilated. Liu Mang shouted “Brothers! All of you forget our slogan?! Our oath?! Together, we live or die; together, we share riches and honor!? This is our first battle! Are you all afraid like chicken?! Have you all forgotten all of that?!”
“Together, we live or die; together, we share riches and honor! Together, we live or die; together, we share riches and honor!!” Cheng Yu and his troops is the one who shout first. This kind of atmosphere is infectious to all humans who are staying right now. Their fear perishes and changed into different kind of madness, so Urban Army also roared “Together, we live or die; together, we share riches and honor!! Together, we live or die; together, we share riches and honor!!”
Looking at Urban Army's restored morale, Liu Mang smiled and then start taunting the enemy “Come On! Come On!”
Liu Mang ordered “Great s.h.i.+eld row, raise your s.h.i.+eld! Second row put your spear on the great s.h.i.+eld troops shoulder! Third row, raise your spear! Fourth row, draw your bow!”
“Ha Ha Ha, Lu Bu Army already scattered by our first charge!” Zhang Kai who has decimated supply troops become extremely arrogant and start acting up “SHA SHA SHA! Lu Fengxian, you are but mediocre compared to me, Zhang Kai!”
Zhang Kai really underestimate the phalanx formation of Urban Army “A mere thousand infantries tried to stop my Yu Province cavalry?! Brat, you are an easy prey and easy merit!” Said Zhang Kai after seeing Liu Mang's phalanx formation. This war is easy as pie, and Zhang Kai will get the most merit of them all, so he become really greedy.
”Brothers, rush them, they are our merit and wealth! Easy as pie, Ha Ha Ha Ha!” Zhang Kai shouted.
”150 steps, 140 steps, 130 steps, 120 steps, 100 steps, 80 steps!”Liu Mang scream his order “Fourth row, arrow volley!”
When Liu Mang issued orders from fourth row of phalanx formation until the end row, they send volley to the enemies. With exception of first having only great s.h.i.+eld, second and third rows having spears, all of Urban Army soldiers are equipped with long bow. Moreover this is cavalry troops charge, so no need to aim, like all volley tactic, hit everywhere.
“Abominable!” Zhang Kai using his sword tried to deflect arrows. Even if he is a general, he can only protect himself during arrow volley. An arrow find its way to Zhang Kai's body, “AH!” Instead of stopping to calm himself down, he pull the arrow using his teeth. Blood gus.h.i.+ng everywhere, but he did not care at all instead just increasing his bloodl.u.s.t.
Zhang Kai can deflect arrows, but the other cavalry soldiers whose martial arts are not as good as him, started to fall one by one.
“You got big b.a.l.l.s!” Zhang Kai's eyes have an overwhelming kill intention. These cavalry soldiers are Zhang Kai's subordinate, they are promised promotion. Now, no less than a hundred soldiers died under volley.