Juo Yi truly had no other choice. His vanguard, though wielding knives and equipped with small round shields, was fundamentally heavy crossbowmen at heart, a type of soldier whose crossbow arrows had such devastating power that they could break enemy formations and cut down foes with ease.
Even though Hua Xiong's Xiliang Iron Cavalry was not well-outfitted, the riders of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry were top-tier elites, much like the extreme speed innate to the White Horse Righteous Followers, the dash of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry lay in their formidable defense.