Chapter 497: Divine Fire Arrows

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"Watch out for the Tartar mounted bows on the left flank! Attention — the Tartar troops on the right flank are charging! From the left and rear wings of the wagon formation, redeploy one jia of matchlock soldiers to the right flank!"

At Wagon Formation No. 9, Squad Commander Zeng Jiuyi, under Company Commander Yang Guodong of the Right Battalion's Left Section defending that formation, bellowed out a rapid series of orders.

The Zeng Jiuyi before them was tall, broad, and powerfully built, his face covered in fierce, bulging muscle. Yet clad in an officer's armored vest, with thigh-guards attached, and the gleaming exposed scale armor and arm-guards, he cut a thoroughly imposing and awe-inspiring figure.