Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 928 Unconventional Cavalry
On horseback, Zhou Chongshan's archery skills were amazing.

The one he shot down should be the officer on the opposite side. After the opponent was swallowed by the tide of rats, the remaining giant rat knights were obviously thrown into a brief chaos.

But after the chaos, the entire offensive did not stop.

Maintaining his previous state, Zhou Chongshan shot the bow frantically, and from time to time, he even performed double shots or even continuous arrows, just to allow himself to kill the giant rat knight faster.

Maintaining this archery rhythm, the arrows Zhou Chongshan carried were soon used up.

Seeing this, the soldiers nearby hurriedly handed over their quivers.

Compared with their commander, it would be a waste to keep these arrows in his own hands.

After sending out the quiver, he did not stay in the middle row for long, but rushed to the front row on his horse, cooperating with his comrades in the front row to resist the surrounding rat tide and provide cover for the middle row.

Seeing this, other soldiers around followed suit.

Zhou Chongshan rolled his eyes in his heart.

Fortunately, he is now in the Hundred Refining Realm and his physical fitness has greatly improved. Otherwise, if it were before, he would have been unable to withstand such high-frequency continuous archery.

During this process, the giant rat knight on the opposite side undoubtedly realized the power of Zhou Chongshan's mobile sniper, and immediately changed his action mode.

In the blink of an eye, some of the Giant Rat Knights had moved to their middle row and launched an attack.

Faced with this situation, the front-line cavalry, who were responsible for the cover mission, were not to be trifled with and immediately launched support.

But at the same time, the whole situation became more and more chaotic.

Zhou Chongshan noticed this and shouted hurriedly...

"Keep the charge formation!"

For heavily armored cavalry like them, charging requires a single thrust.

Once you lose speed in the enemy's camp, it will be difficult to charge again, especially when facing such a high-density rat tide.

Facing the attack of the giant rat knights, the soldiers' subconscious reaction was to provide support and protect the middle row who were drawing their bows and arrows, but this directly led to the formation of a melee.

By the time Zhou Chongshan realized the problem, there was no turning back.

And this is probably exactly the purpose of the Giant Rat Knight!
Without giving them any chance to think, the Giant Rat Knights quickly formed an encirclement and, despite suffering casualties, launched a powerful attack directly at them, completely disrupting their formation.

On the battlefield, as the fighting began, the Vanguard Cavalry gradually lost their momentum and soon stalled. The surrounding rat tide, at this moment, was like sharks that smelled blood. They immediately swarmed forward and tried to devour them all!

The rat slave soldiers, who originally posed no threat to them when they were charging, have now become their biggest obstacle!

Faced with the drastic change in the situation, Zhou Chongshan resolutely changed his weapon back to a saber and responded with the cleanest and most efficient swing.

The rat slave soldiers who were besieging him were basically no match for him.

But so what?

The situation is completely different from that of the regular army. The number of rat slave soldiers is simply too large.

Just rely on the 500 members of the trap camp to kill them one by one? Even if they kill until their hands are tired, they still can't kill them all.

Looking at the ratmen who had surrounded them, Zhou Chongshan suddenly had a bold idea.

"Everyone listen up, raise your shields and dismount! Move your horses to the center of the formation! Form a sword and shield formation to meet the attack!"

After receiving the order, the soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp executed it immediately without hesitation. In the blink of an eye, the Xianzhen Camp, which was still heavily armored cavalry the moment before, seamlessly switched to heavily armored infantry the next moment!

The biggest advantage of cavalry lies in its mobility and the powerful destructive power it creates when launching a group charge!

In the current situation, facing the rat tide that has completely trapped them, these two advantages as cavalry have no place to be used, and even become a limitation for their fight against the rat tide.

Now that they had dismounted from their war horses and stepped onto the ground, facing the surging tide of rats, they fought side by side with swords and shields. After a round of slashing, they were actually much more skilled than before when they were riding on horseback.

During this time, he encountered a giant rat knight who was rushing towards him, but he was not panicked at all.

According to human standards, the giant rat knights of the rat people are lighter than light cavalry.

And they are also a very special and unconventional type of cavalry.

The core of conventional cavalry is group charge, but this does not exist at all for the Giant Rat Knights.

After several rounds of fighting, they have clearly felt that the core of the Giant Rat Knight is sneak attack!
They used the tide of rats as cover, spread out, blended in with the tide of rats, waited for their chance and launched a surprise attack on their target.

This fighting style meant that they were unable to launch offensive methods such as group charge, and the surprise attack depended entirely on the explosive power generated by the giant rat mounts' fierce kicks.

However, it is not so easy to break through the phalanx of heavy armored infantry with this amount of explosive power!
Not to mention that in the formation of the Xianzhen Camp, there is Zhou Chongshan, a general in the Bailian Realm, who is ready to fill in the gaps at any time.

In the center of the rat tide, the trap camp led by Zhou Chongshan quickly stabilized its position.

But this alone is definitely not enough.

Given the scale of the rat tide on this battlefield, it is more than enough to kill them all. The most important thing right now is to break the deadlock.

However, the key to breaking the deadlock at this time does not lie with them.

Maintaining the battle formation, the Xianzhen Camp led by Zhou Chongshan seemed to have taken root in that area and would not move away.

As they continued to hack and kill, the corpses of the ratmen piled up more and more at their feet.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, and the crowded crowd of rats in front of them was quickly pushed away by a force.

Immediately afterwards, the velociraptors led by Tash appeared directly in their field of vision.

“This is coming too slowly.”

Looking at Tash rushing in, Zhou Chongshan, who could be considered an old comrade-in-arms, couldn't help but complain and immediately gave an order.

"Everyone mount your horses!"

Tash was speechless about this.

Originally, he only needed to lead the Raptors to happily conduct a sweep along the periphery.

At that time on the battlefield, the ratmen's concentrated firepower was completely focused on the trap camp, which made it almost stress-free for Tash and his men to take action.

Who could have thought that the cavalry would one day be overturned?
If Zhou Chongshan knew what Tash was thinking at this moment, he would definitely say that this was prejudice!

Although the heavy cavalry has strong combat effectiveness, their shortcomings are also very obvious. Once they are targeted, their combat effectiveness will be limited.

Of course, the main reason was that the rat tide was too large. If it were a normal human army, they would have been defeated by them in one blow! How could there be any further events?
This situation made Zhou Chongshan wonder whether this rat tide was incompatible with them.

Compared to their heavy cavalry, perhaps they would be better off with light cavalry.

(End of this chapter)