Chapter 240 - 231: Madness and Cruelty
The charge had ended and the narrow terrain limited the Cavalry’s ability to turn around. Yang Zhenshan had no choice but to lead the Cavalry to circle back on the gentle slope.
It’s not that Cavalry couldn’t come to a stop and then turn around, but doing so would cause their formation to become chaotic, and reorganizing the formation could take as much time as circling around to change direction.
Moreover, on the battlefield, this chaos could easily give the enemy an opportunity to exploit.
Therefore, after a Cavalry charge, if they’ve charged out of the battlefield, they generally circle around to change direction. Not only does this action maintain their speed, but it also retains a certain level of maneuverability, ready to charge again or withdraw at any moment.
At this time, Yang Zhenshan was only leading three hundred Cavalrymen. With fewer numbers, their flexibility was higher, and it didn’t take much space to circle around and change direction.
However, it still took them a few minutes to turn around, and by the time they returned to the ravine, they found that the remaining enemy Cavalry had already scattered in all directions, leaving a mess behind.
This outcome surprised Yang Zhenshan somewhat.
That was it! They broke!
Although the previous combat had a crushing effect, the actual number of Northern barbarian they killed wasn’t that many.
Despite the mountain road being narrow, the slopes on either side weren’t too steep. Many Northern barbarian, realizing something was wrong, had already ridden their horses up the slopes to evade.