Chapter 43 Chariot Formation

The Herders chose an excellent moment to launch their ambush.

The attack began just as the convoy was passing between two earth mounds at a saddle point.

To bypass the high ground, the long column twisted into an S-shape. The head and tail lost sight of each other and couldn't watch out for one another.

Accompanied by the sound of bugles, a group of Herder Cavalry burst out from the north-facing slope, plunging straight into the middle of the convoy.

The length of the column, stretching over a kilometer, made communication difficult; Winters at the very front couldn't see what was happening behind.

Upon realizing something was wrong, Winters immediately rode his horse up the western slope.

The full breadth of the battlefield unfolded before him:

A group of strange cavalry donning mail armor had broken into the middle of the convoy, where the Paratu People were already in disarray;