It is based on this that the subsequent calculations took place. The strong attack formation is actually just the simplest way to pierce through, cut, and intercalate, breaking the enemy’s army into fragmented segments, making their forces either lack or completely lose effective command.

This is a very effective tactic. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry has used this one tactic for years, and it’s a one-trick that works everywhere. Moreover, due to the Xiliang Iron Cavalry using this move to defeat various Feudal Lords for at least ten years, and even continuing abroad, everyone associated with military affairs in the Han Dynasty is well aware of the pros and cons of this move.

The greatest disadvantage of this tactic lies in its inherently weak rear defense, which can be easily severed. Once the rear is cut off, blocking the front, it basically turns into a rhythm where the enemy is surrounded instead of cutting through.

Yan Yan confidently believed that his army wouldn’t collapse even if repeatedly diced by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, thereby having the stance to resolutely endure the Kushan intercalation and forcefully slaughter the enemy.

This is also why Yan Yan’s army setup is extremely unbalanced. Zhang Ren representing the Han Army’s right wing, has only Zhang Ren with Inner Qi Manifestation, and Zhang Ren’s main force was the first to engage with the Kushan Army.

Simultaneously, the Han Army’s left wing was arranged with three individuals with Inner Qi Manifestation, not to tear apart Kushan’s right wing, but to conceal Yan Yan’s intention. The existence of Meng Huo and E Huan was more of a focus on Heart Sound, making Kusahn perceive the Han Army’s left wing as non-threatening.

Indeed, every commander of the Kushan forces present was not weak, with only Wutugu able to outright defeat any of the opposing commanders. However, all strong attack formations are inevitably strong in attack but weak in defense. When the Kushan’s last four main forces erupted with combat power penetrating directly into the Han Army’s Central Army, the weak defense at the rear of these four main forces was exposed to the Han Army’s flanks.

Perhaps King Mulu indeed couldn’t outperform the opposing commander, but staging a surprise attack to breach the opponent’s weak defense point was effortlessly easy. So directly one Kushan main force was locked between the Han Army’s Central Army and Rear Army.

In fact, when the Kushan’s four main forces broke through the Han Army’s central army, the resistance faced was not strong, and in the battle of 200,000 forces, the Kushan Vanguard quickly shredded the Han Army’s Central Army. To avoid disconnection with the Vanguard, the only option for Kushan Rear Army was to press the entire army forward.

After all, in terms of normal scope warfare, the central army being pierced by the enemy typically signifies the battle is about to end.

Unfortunately for the Han Army, the war truly began at this moment. From the very beginning, Zhang Song and others designed Wutugu and the Rattan Armored Soldiers to be in the Central Army, while the subsequent soldiers were virtual forces in a sense.

Precisely because of these virtual soldiers, Yan Yan pressed all of Han’s essence into the rear army and two wings, with only Wutugu and Rattan Armored Soldiers in the central army possessing real combat power. Wutugu’s fierce combat power and the Rattan Armored Soldiers’ almost overpowering defensive power can absolutely hold up against the three elite main forces of Kushan.

With this in mind, when King Mulu struck to lock down one path, three fronts cooperated to eliminate one, after Zhang Ren held another path, the Han Army actually only needed to deal with four paths.

However, the actual situation on the battlefield was better than what Zhang Song and others had anticipated. Zhang Ren surprisingly held two paths, leaving Yan Yan and others facing only three linear intercalating Kushan main forces.

Earlier, when Kushan’s four vanguard paths successfully shattered the central army and intercalated into the Han Army’s rear army, the entire Kushan forces became imbalanced. To avoid the disconnect between the vanguard and rear army—believing victory was secured—Kushan opted for pressing the whole army, yet they had transformed into a cookie-like shape slowly squeezing into the Han Army’s central army.

When the Kushan forces, driven by the vanguard, successfully pressured into Han’s central army, Wutugu along with the Rattan Armored Legion were encased closer to the center, Leitong finally received Yan Yan’s second command. At that moment, Leitong showed no hesitation, forcefully ordering all soldiers behind him to raise their Heavy Crossbows and pull the trigger at the Kushan soldiers already rushing within fifteen steps.

"Yongnian, adjust Cloud Qi, let Meng Zidu execute Legion Attack, their Cloud Qi has been forcibly covered by me and Hong Gang, hurry up!" Zhang Su said with a somewhat unpleasant expression.

Zhang Su completely didn’t anticipate even though the opponent’s Cloud Qi was thinned to less than one-third the normal level, using Spiritual Capacity to forcibly manipulate friendly Cloud Qi to cover enemy Cloud Qi was so difficult.

"Zidu, you’re up!" Zhang Song roared at Meng Da, already riding ahead leading his troops.

"Rest assured, my Spiritual Capacity is enough to restrain Legion Attack from being affected by our army’s Cloud Qi; I’ll cut down the opponent. However, Yongnian, be ready to use Spiritual Capacity to conduct Cloud Qi into Military Formation!" Meng Da roared, swinging his sword toward a Kushan general.

The next moment, a legion attack stretching over several dozen meters cleaved out from Meng Da’s blade. At this moment, all veins on Meng Da’s forehead bulged out.

"Die!" With one slash, the leading Kushan general exerted all the might of his men but was unable to withstand such brutality, critically injured by one blow, collapsing on the battlefield. Then Meng Da, roaring, led his forces to charge onward.

"Yang Huai, Gao Pei, replace me in command, Deng Xian, Wu Lan, swiftly strike!" Yan Yan roared, riding forth to meet the last Kushan general about to break through the Han Army’s rear army.

Yan Yan personally led his troops to block that Kushan general about to penetrate the Han Army’s rear army. If someone were watching from above at this moment, they’d see a rather shocking scene.

The Han and Kushan forces intertwined at this moment, with three Kushan armies deeply thrust into the Han’s main formation, yet all were harshly restrained from attacking at around 300 steps short of the goal, while one Han force had deeply sunk into the Kushan main formation, surrounded tightly by numerous elite Kushan soldiers.

Equally, a Kushan legion was enveloped within the Han’s forces, sealed tight. However, the biggest difference between the two sides is that the Han legion enveloped by Kushan is like a spherical shape, while the Kushan legion encircled by the Han is more linear.

As for the periphery of the two armies, Kushan’s right wing was forcefully dismantled by Meng Huo and others, with three individuals with Inner Qi Manifestation combining efforts, moving toward Kushan’s rear army along the Kushan right wing.

At this moment, the two sides were like dragons intertwined on a chessboard, each containing elements of the other, but the sole difference is that the Han miraculously occupies nearly all the edges and corners of the board.

"Fully extract Cloud Qi, reinforce defense entirely, abandon attack, dismantle Kushan forces! Their formation centers on breaking formation, having been stretched to line shape; cutting through it will inevitably throw them into chaos." Zhang Song frantically radiated his Spiritual Capacity, while other Civil Officials did the same, furiously drawing Cloud Qi, injecting it into the Cloud Qi Formation.

"Rear army withdraw slowly, stretch Kushan Vanguard!" Gao Pei and Yang Huai issued new commands immediately after Yan Yan successfully halted the last Kushan main force.

At this moment, the Kushan main forces deeply trapped in the Han rear army, upon noticing Han’s fighting and retreating actions, launched even more aggressive assaults. Leitong, Meng Da, Wu Yi, and others led their forces resisting desperately, yet even so, the remaining distance of nearly 300 steps was compressed by 100 steps thanks to such fierce attacks.

Similarly, the Kushan army’s rear forces during this drag were again sucked into Han’s inverted pocket formation’s inlets, and during this collective movement, Zhang Ren who hadn’t retreated at Han’s right wing forcefully compelled Carano and Kushan main forces into relative motions.

Precisely due to these relative motions, Carano was pulled away by this method, disconnecting from Kushan’s main formation as it originally extended from Kushan’s left wing. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Similarly, Wutugu trapped within Kushan’s encirclement made Monnari, Sharuk, and Albaz’s main forces unable to move forward. The whole legion was again compelled into a relative backward shift of 100 steps.