Chi Li led his men in a swift ride at the rear, aiming their arrows at the rear of the Han army.
They weren't the small raiding party of a few hundred men as the Han army imagined but a formidable cavalry force of three thousand, hidden in the sandstorm, masking their numbers.
The saying goes, "When narrow paths meet," but you can't charge headfirst into a well-prepared spear formation; tactics are essential. Prairie cavalry is never meant to directly charge into spear formations, and Chi Li's unit was even more so.
Once the nomadic cavalry starts moving and shooting, it becomes highly terrifying. If given an opportunity to weave in and harvest, no numbers could withstand their assault. The sudden emergence from the sandstorm of cavalry covering the mountains and fields, especially when the Han army hasn't had time to form a formation, would often decide the battle without a fight.
However, the Han army had formed their formation.
