Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!

Chapter 1946 1416: The True Use of Jurchen Heavy Armor, Breaking Formations with the Tiger Vanguard

"The Chief Divine granted me the Magic Artifact, allowing me to see a hundred miles ahead! ... One, two, three, four, five? The Japanese have brought five large ships! What is the flag atop those ships? A strange five-color flag of blue, white, green, red, and yellow? ... There are marching troops on the shore too, around two to three hundred people, bearing the 'Wai Tian' flag seen previously!""Damn it! A new flag has appeared; it might imply a new Great Tribe from Japan is dispatching troops! Sound the horn! Load the Tiger Squat Cannon, sailors prepare the fire arrows! Heavy Armor Vanguard Team, armor up and mount the horses, Mountain Hunters, scatter and ready your bows, Samurai, form a line and hold your spears! Let the Ezo militia scatter too, prepare for flanking maneuvers, don't block the Central Army's charge! ..."

On the Great Snow Wolf, Zuwaro held the "Divine Eye Magical Artifact," observing the distant fleet of Japanese ships while swiftly giving orders.

"Woo! Woo!"

Under the deep horn sound, one hundred and eighty Kingdom's Warriors, backed by three longships by the river, expertly formed a dense spear formation at the front. These warriors wore cloth armor and leather armor, the front row lifted their shields and short spears, while the rear brandished long spears, resembling a row of moose.

Forty Mountain Hunters, skilled in archery, each wielded a composite horn bow, arranging a flexible dispersed formation ahead of the spear formation. They were the most agile shooting team, attacking from afar and killing enemies up close, like wolves on the snowy plains.

To the east of the military formation, amidst the broad hills and long grass, two hundred Beiyu Division militia were faintly visible, each holding a copper spear or iron spear, gathering in a disjointed circle. From afar, they appeared like a line of porcupines.

After a winter and spring's training, these Ainu Tribe Soldiers barely understood the discipline of formations and looked somewhat the part. In the front row, the tribal soldiers had the Chief Divine's hummingbird mark engraved on their foreheads, donned simple leather armor, and their morale visibly higher. Each of them also carried three flint spears on their backs to compensate for their lack of combat skill. If they threw javelins from the flanks and the enemy failed to respond timely, they could inflict significant casualties ...

On the west side of the formation was the Vanguard composed of thirty Heavy Armor Warriors, mostly from the Shengshu Jurchen Tribe. They were much fiercer, like a group of northeastern tigers in the forest.

Tiger Vanguard Hu Nu, clad in sixty pounds of heavy armor, holding a long knife, rode the sturdiest Jurchen stallion, resembling an Iron Tower. He carried a handy heavy bone mace on his waist, along with three more on horseback. Behind him was a heavy bow, with just ten long heavy arrows.

In Hu Nu's view, the "Big Long Sword" equipped by the Great Chief wasn't very handy. It could be useful against long spear formations to break them in the first couple of moves. But breaking formations didn't necessarily require a long knife; the Jurchen heavy arrows were more effective. And once charging into the enemy formation on horseback, he would naturally switch to the handy bone mace, hitting one with each swing, like striking a Big Mahayu, mercilessly pounding on the enemy's heads!

Further back were four Jurchen Heavy Cavalry with similar styles, all bearing bone maces and heavy hammers in tribal designs. These bone maces could also be used as throwing weapons; weighing eight to ten pounds, they could cause death with a forceful throw aided by horsepower!

It's just unfortunate that these so-called "Heavy Cavalry" didn't have any horse armor; at best, their horses' heads and bodies were covered with a thick layer of leather. If they charged fiercely, who knows if the horses could survive...

Unanga Warrior Xiong Da, also equipped with full-body heavy armor, wielded a big axe, with two hand axes on his waist, standing among the Vanguard. He couldn't ride a horse, only knew how to chop with axes, hence he was the leader of the infantry. As strong as a bear, he could run very fast, even in heavy armor!

Behind him was a row of Heavy Armor Jurchen Archers on foot, each equipped with a bone mace, a heavy bow, and two particularly long arrow quivers. Each quiver contained only ten heavy arrows, similar in size to short spears. Carrying twenty arrows each, that was the limit. Zuwaro had experienced the potency of these heavy arrows and had no doubt about their terrifying armor-piercing capability...

"Damned hell! Are these supposed to be warriors from a Great Tribe of Japan? Why do they look somewhat short, like little antelopes in the forest? Able to fight a row with just one!"

Tiger Vanguard Hu Nu scratched his head, sitting on the Jurchen stallion that was a full two and a half meters tall. He glared at the approaching Kaozaki Spear Samurai, just like the common "antelope" in the forests of Northeast Asia, the Manzhou horse deer.

In the Man Language, "Andahan" typically refers to "horse deer," and can also mean the rarer and larger "moose." As for "Bazi," uh, it corresponds with "niuzi," but it refers to a woman, so it's a curse. And "bi" stands for "I"...

"Hu! The Great Chief ordered you to ride over and show some might to the approaching Japanese troops with an arrow from the tribe! But it's best not to kill anyone..."

"Damned hell! I'm not good at mounted archery, I can only shoot from foot! ... Besides, a heavy bow with fifteen strength, this horse can't take it, can it?"

Tiger Vanguard Hu Nu grumbled in a low voice, breathing heavily through his face armor like a beast's snort. He viewed the direction for a moment, then decided to ride his Jurchen stallion down the hill toward the Japanese column several miles away!

"Buddha! Is this?! Is this?! ... Could this be, depicted in murals, the heavy armored cavalry of the Yuan Invasion? But he's also carrying such a large bow, could it be an unprecedented model of heavy armored Ryu-Tetsu Horses?!"

On the Biancai Ship parallel to the Samurai formation, the Great Merchant Mori no Kiyoshi widened his eyes, watching as a rider "Iron Tower" suddenly charged out from the Shandan people's formation.

That "Iron Tower," towering at an estimated two meters height! Wearing unknown pounds of heavy armor, galloping forth, emitting a metallic clang sound, truly a rare fiercesome warrior! Seeking such tiger-like Shandan warriors throughout the Eastern Country, one might not muster up two such individuals! And if the Kaozaki family's military formation is charged by such a Shandan warrior, could they even withstand it?

"Thud-thud! Thud-thud!"

Tiger Vanguard Hu Nu rode the stallion, approaching within three hundred meters from the Japanese formation, climbing a small hill. Then, he clumsily dismounted, creating two footprints in the ground, the horse even snorted lightly. Next, he directly nocked a nearly meter-long heavy arrow, slowly drawing the heavy bow.

"Cre-ea-k! ..." The sound painfully resonated across the field. A fifteen-strength bow, weighing a hefty one hundred eighty pounds, took Tiger Nu several seconds just to draw. Squinting one eye, depending on his instinct, he aimed for the most prominent banner, adjusting slightly higher to ensure he'd strike the formation under it!

If this one arrow hit, whether the Kaozaki warriors in Doumaru or the Kudo Chief Retainers in Big Armor... on being hit, they'd be fated not to die but be severely wounded, directly pinned to the mud! A few volleys of such heavy arrows could disrupt even the tightest military formations. That was the battle-breaking weapon for the Shengshu Jurchen Tribes!

"No wait! The Great Chief seemed to say...do not kill anyone?... hmm..."

With that thought, Tiger Hu adjusted his aim significantly lower, focusing on the Japanese formation. This one arrow would...

"Thwomp... whiz!! ..."

The heavy arrow flew, producing a piercing sound as it pierced through the air. The sound of this heavy arrow could be heard throughout the Japanese formation!

"Stop it! Stop!!"

Kudo Chief Retainer tensed up, feeling immense threat. Shouting the halt order, he swiftly dismounted. Nearly simultaneously, the formation of over two hundred warriors halted as well! All eyes widened, watching the whistling "heavy arrow" fly over a hundred paces, then "thud" deeply into the ground!

"Merciful Buddha! ..."

On the Biancai Ship, Mori no Kiyoshi inhaled sharply, observing the almost meter-long heavy arrow, akin to a short spear, sunk over halfway into the mud! Had this heavy arrow landed amidst the formation, it could have skewered at least two armored warriors like gourds!

"Nan Sanwu! Such an arrow's power? Enough to make the Buddha weep, right?... Could these be the true dreadful warriors of the Yuan Invasion? And this Shandan Tribe, really the direct lineage of the Yuan Invasion, the legendary Golden Heritage?!..."

Mori no Kiyoshi gazed, shocked and lost; only after several more breaths, he glanced again.

The "Iron Tower" had remounted the large horse, silently raising the heavy bow to signify undeniable threat. Then, turning his horse, he galloped toward the rear of the military formation under the awed gazes of the Japanese warriors. And at his intended location, there were at least twenty more of those terrifying heavy armor archers! They had already taken up advantageous shooting positions, each gripping a short spear-like heavy arrow, waiting for the Japanese formation's approach...