[Is this the Empire? Even the wars are so profound that they are incomprehensible.] Soma Prince looked grimly at the chaotic battlefield below. No one present could determine who had the advantage or the disadvantage in the current battle.

As the Han Army’s left wing extended from the point of engagement with both sides to the rear of the Kushan forces, Brack finally understood where he went wrong.

"Order..." The moment Brack realized the situation, he prepared to order a rescue for Carano. However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he realized he no longer had any officers of notable ability left.

The officers of the Han Army’s left and right wings all possessed Legion Talent. To combat this kind of power, only the finest Kushan Generals activating a Belief Blessing could stand a chance. Without such a blessing, confronting this power would likely require something akin to when the Han Army forced a legion to its limit against Shantanu, delivering a lethal blow.

Otherwise, the only option was to use a massive number of soldiers to block them forcefully. However, Brack neither had officers capable of activating a Belief Blessing equivalent to a Talent Rank nor the manpower to surround Zhang Ren, allowing Carano to deliver a lethal blow to Zhang Ren’s Legion.

Every card Brack held was firmly restricted by Zhang Song and others. While Brack hesitated over whether to abandon one vanguard line, dispatch the rear army to assist Carano in defeating Zhang Ren, and free up his hand, the Cloud Qi above the Han Army finally began to change.

Zhang Song and a group of civil officials frantically unleashed their Spiritual Capacity, connecting the Military Formation and Cloud Qi through it. They channeled the Cloud Qi in the sky into the formation crazily, sparing no expense to enhance the Military Formation’s defensive power on individuals.

At this moment, dark blue-gray Radiance bloomed from the Han soldiers, forming a kind of distortion even in the sight of the Kushan soldiers. This was the extreme defensive effect produced by the Yizhou civil officials, who spared no cost in madly injecting Cloud Qi to enhance the Military Formation.

At this moment, the defense of the ordinary Han soldiers had been strengthened to the extent of almost wearing Full Body Armor, while the Han Army’s Cloud Qi rolled and churned, slowly dissipating at a speed barely visible to the naked eye.

On Kushan’s left wing, Carano’s elite main force noticed the change immediately as the Han Army’s Cloud Qi rolled. A powerful strike, which would have severely wounded the Han Army by slashing from the neck, was now blocked by the Han soldiers with their arm bones.

This significant change from the basic soldiers was evident to every Kushan soldier. The enemy soldiers that could be severely injured with one strike could now catch the blow forcefully.

It was no longer just some soldiers being partially enhanced, but all soldiers receiving a noticeable boost. With this change arising, the previously stalemated situation saw Kushan’s army sliding slowly yet irresistibly into an abyss.

"Deng Xian, Wu Lan, strike!" Forcing Carano into continuous errors with aggressive attacks, Zhang Ren, seizing the opportunity when Carano was pressured to deploy the last three reserve teams, shouted furiously to the backup forces that had been hidden behind after crushing Carano’s entire defensive line.

Following Yan Yan’s orders, Deng Xian and Wu Lan, who arrived at Zhang Ren’s Division shortly after, had been holding back per Zhang Ren’s command. As the entire defense of the Han Army enhanced, after Zhang Ren forced Carano’s every reserve force out, they immediately led their forces like two sharp daggers, stabbing fiercely into the left wing of the Kushan defense line.

Initially, the Kushan side’s flank was already strained due to Zhang Ren’s fierce attacks and battles. If not for Carano being slightly stronger than Zhang Ren, the line wouldn’t hold. Now, with Deng Xian and Wu Lan’s assault, two gaps were directly torn open in Kushan’s already precarious defense line.

With the emergence of these gaps, the Han Army crushed the entire dyke defense line formed by Kushan’s army like a flood. In an instant, Kushan’s left wing was battered and scattered by the Han Army.

"No!" Carano roared furiously, launching a counterattack toward Zhang Ren, hoping to rally his main force by relying on his bravery, resisting the Han Army’s charge. However, in the chaotic battlefield amidst a 200,000-strong army, bravery alone wasn’t enough.

Chaos engulfed the Kushan left wing led by Carano, and Zhang Ren’s Legion Talent proved exceptionally effective against the Rebel Army. Immediately, the Kushan left wing led by Carano made mistakes amid the chaos, becoming even more disordered.

Carano’s bravery, along with his Belief Blessing, lost its significance in this context. The Kushan left wing, which was already collapsing, crumbled entirely the moment Carano’s Belief Blessing faded.

"Carano, give up. You might be slightly stronger than me, but you have no one to help you besides your soldiers." After pushing Carano back, Zhang Ren pointed his Long Spear at him.

Carano hesitated. Even if he weren’t a fool, he’d understand there was no longer a chance of turning the tables. He sighed, shook his head, agreeing with Zhang Ren, but Zhang Ren, out of habit, interpreted it as disagreement. Reflecting on how despite the past hundred years, Kushan boasted many righteous warriors, Zhang Ren didn’t persuade further, launching a volley of arrows to shoot Carano down. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

When Carano fell to the ground, his face was filled with confusion. He had clearly agreed, so why was he shot down?

"Fortunately, it didn’t hit his head. Who was so ruthless to shoot right at his heart?" Watching Carano fall, Zhang Ren rushed over, seeing two arrows lodged in Carano’s left chest. His mouth twitched, "Take him down, quickly treat him, don’t let him die."

After thoroughly defeating Kushan’s left wing, Zhang Ren roughly sensed the suppression of Cloud Qi on them. Without hesitation, he led Wu Lan and Deng Xian, directly extending from Han’s right wing, charging towards Kushan’s rear army.

It was then that the two arc formations extending from Han’s side noticed a natural inward curve in Kushan’s rear army. The Kushan Commander-in-chief, Brack, had already charged into Han’s main formation, leading his main force into the previous four-way assault army of Kushan’s Vanguard.

"Leiblalei, which direction should we strike next?" After merging one of the armies with his main force, Brack turned to ask his adjutant.

"Advance to the right. Now, for both the Han Army and ours, the formation has lost its practical meaning. Our current battle is solely about who has the stronger raw strength, and quite unfortunately, though I am reluctant to admit, we’ve entirely fallen into a disadvantage." Leiblalei pointed to the right.

"Is there any chance of reversing this?" Without a second thought, Brack stripped the command of a commander, merging the units.

"In a true war, we would just take out their Chief General, but in this scenario, we can’t." Leiblalei hesitated.

"From the beginning, we fell into their calculations. Their Central Army is a feint, which is why when our Vanguard pushed too aggressively into the rear, nearly leading to disengagement from our main formation, they could easily gather superior forces to take out our parts one by one." Sulapri said with a grim expression.

As someone skilled in strategy, ending up trapped in someone else’s formation was simply humiliating.

"Leiblalei, what’s the biggest flaw in the Han Army’s strategy?" As he led another officer to charge toward the blocked Kushan Vanguard on the right, Brack asked Leiblalei while advancing.