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Chapter 691: A Bolt from the Blue
The formation of Liu Sheng's army was similar to a triangle, with the widest part facing east and the two wings shrinking towards the middle. Most of the cavalry of Liu Sheng's army were behind the numerous infantry phalanxes, and the two cavalry reinforcements that arrived this morning were located on the two wings of the formation.
He did not set up a defensive formation, nor an offensive formation. Unless the Tatars went around the rear wing, the shape of Liu Sheng’s army would be like an arrow cluster formation.
The enemy's main cavalry was already more than a hundred steps away, but the Tatars rode slowly, showing no signs of charging. Since the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, the armies of the various forces in China seemed to have rarely had heavy cavalry equipped with armor to charge into battle.
Liu Sheng squinted his eyes and looked at the large group of Tatar troops not far away, but he could not see clearly; because he was facing the east, faci
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