"Using captured civilians as disposable scouts. As expected of the Shadow World Sect. Slaughtering the local population indiscriminately would only devastate the morale of their own troops."
With a faint chuckle, Phield did not even bother ordering the fortress defenses to open fire.
Instead, he dispatched the demi-human cavalry through the hidden gate, circling around the unfortunate civilians before engaging the enemy light cavalry in mobile skirmishes.
Every demi-human rider was an elite horse archer, highly skilled in mounted combat and capable of firing accurately with either hand.
Within moments, they had shot down more than a dozen enemy cavalrymen.
After effortlessly driving off the two enemy light cavalry units, they formed a battle line and charged toward the civilians.
The overwhelming presence of galloping warhorses was something ordinary civilians simply could not withstand.
