"Charge, charge!"
At the order from Buniyan, the commander of the First Division of the Black Hat Army, 20 decree companies raised their long spears. Led by the two brigade commanders, they charged towards the wooden stakes ahead.
Within a distance of twenty steps and at a sprinting speed almost like a fast walk, they quickly formed an interlocking formation in just a few seconds.
The difference in position between the ones at the front and those at the back was about two to three body lengths.
"Thunk! Thunk!"
Sweat beads reflected the blazing sunlight as the cloth-wrapped spears crashed into the wooden stakes, shaking out a cloud of dust.
The company commanders' long spears were not tipped with spearheads but wrapped in a layer of cloth with a bit of lime powder at the end.
After all, those forged spearheads were consumables, breaking after less than ten uses, so it was better to save them.
