However, no matter how you look at it, this superb coordination allowed the Han army's vanguard to practically cut through the Kushan vanguard like a hot knife through butter.
Additionally, the large number of archers led by Ling Cao and Dong Xi on the flanks only used sword and shield infantry to guard on the outskirts, without engaging in aggressive counterattacks, instead using a rain of arrows to suppress the Kushan central army.
With the sword and shield infantry only defending and not attacking, focusing on internal suppression, the already not-so-strong land forces of the Kushan had virtually no hope of breaking through the Fan Cage created by Zhou Yu from the front and sides, leading to even greater pressure on the Kushan central army.
As for the over a thousand cavalry, after Zhou Yu lured them into a flaw on the flank and overwhelmed them with a wave from the crossbow mechanism almost wiping them out, they lost all their combat power.
