Chapter 24 Chicken and Egg Beating
On the watch platform, when many military officials saw the equipment of the female soldiers, they felt that there was no suspense in this battle. Chunyu Qiong sat beside Yuan Shao, looked at Ye Zhao's female soldiers, and couldn't help but sneer: "Although Ye Zhao is famous, in his opinion, he is also a reputation. He is all archers. If the second young master only needs one charge, these female soldiers will probably be defeated."
Yuan Shao nodded unconsciously when he heard this. He thought so, but when Yuan Shu's soldiers launched a charge, the changes in the field surprised everyone.
In the schoolyard, Yu She and his troops launched a charge. Seeing that the other party were all archers, they specially placed the archers in the general position to follow the shield hand and were ready to shoot with a strong bow at any time.
But what everyone unexpected was that as Ye Zhao ordered the flag to wave, the female soldiers did not charge, but suddenly turned around and began to retreat, widening the distance from Yuan Shu's troops.
The entire school grounds were quiet at first, and then there was a burst of laughter. After all, women were women. Even after three months of training, they looked quite imposing, but the war broke out. It seemed that Ye Zhao's name as a famous general was going to be ruined here today.
Among the laughing crowd, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and other soldiers did not laugh. The female soldiers retreated without being in a mess and always maintained a neat formation. It was obviously not as defeated as others said, but they had not seen what Ye Zhao had intended for a while.
Although Yu She was not famous, she was also a general under Yuan Shu who could take advantage of it. It also shows that the other party was not really defeated, but what did it mean to escape like this?
"Press up!" Yuan Shu didn't think much about it on the high platform. He didn't think that these female soldiers could do anything. At this moment, they just wanted to fight quickly and take the position of Guard.
Yu She observed the female soldiers' formations and closed them step by step, trying to rely on the campus area to narrow the range of the female soldiers' activities step by step, and eventually forced them to fight against him.
Seeing that the female soldiers were about to compress the range of movement, Ye Zhao suddenly shook the whip on the high platform. In Yu She's stunned gaze, the five hundred female soldiers split into two and scattered from both sides. Yu She wanted to chase, but she didn't know which side to pursue, and she didn't know whether this was Ye Zhao's strategy of division. She did not dare to divide the troops rashly, and could only watch the female soldiers rushing out of their flanks with lightness.
The archers in the army shot out the bows and arrows in a scattered manner, but they all shot in the air. Yu She could only readjust the formation and launch another attack on the female soldiers.
After several rounds of this, on the huge school ground, the people on both sides ran back and forth for an hour, but they didn't even have a single contact. Although Yuan Shu soldiers were all elite, they were wearing heavy bamboo armor, holding sharp and heavy swords, guns and even large shields. After induced by the female soldiers, they could still run back with a rainbow at first, but after running like this for an hour, many soldiers were exhausted and panting, and their equipment seemed to be heavier than usual.
"Does Ye Zhao want to fight?" Many people on the platform had already seen the clues. Yuan Wei's expression changed. He quickly stood up and said to Liu Hong and He Jin: "Your Majesty, General, how can you decide the winner with this style of fighting? Please ask your Majesty and General Ye Zhao to fight quickly!"
Before Liu Hong said yet, He Jin said calmly: "The Taiwei's words are bad. The soldiers are inconsistent, and the water is inconsistent. When we agreed to bet and rules, we did not say how to fight. Besides, the command of the army is not just a head-on battle. Knowing that it is impossible, it is not wrong to choose the appropriate strategy. Although the highway is the nephew of the Taiwei, this approach is too unfair. How does the people in the world view the court?"
Liu Hong looked at He Jin unexpectedly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and nodded to Yuan Wei, "Your dear, don't be impatient, the winner is not decided. After all, Yuan Shu is an elite army and may not lose."
Yuan Wei's heart sank, looked at He Jin, bowed to Liu Hong, and knelt down again, but his expression became ugly when he turned around.
"Brother Ciyang..." Liu Tao looked at Yuan Wei worriedly. Even though he didn't understand military affairs, he felt something was wrong when he looked at Yuan Wei's expression.
Yuan Wei shook his head and didn't say anything. This time he missed his plan. He thought that the position of Weiwei was already in his pocket. Although he did not show disrespect, many scholars thought that the overall situation had been settled and began to alienate He Jin. At this moment, He Jin probably saw something, and his attitude changed drastically.
Without the butcher He Jin, who stood in front, many things are really hard to do, especially looking at the situation on the field, Yuan Wei was even more worried. If Yuan Shu was defeated in this battle, he would lose all his face. But in the current situation, it was obvious that Yuan Shu had been led by Ye Zhao. Five hundred imperial guards were brave, but facing these five hundred female soldiers who were running like the wind, they could only stare at them.
On the high platform, looking at the imperial guards who were obviously much slower than they did at the beginning, Ye Zhao calculated the time and sent a horse whip in his hand for another round.
On the field, when Ren Hongchang and Li Shuxiang heard the sound of whips, they each divided up a group of people to pick their bows and arrows, approaching the enemy, looking like they were preparing to attack.
"Arrowman, shoot arrows!" Yuan Shu was overjoyed when he saw this. The bows and arrows used by the female soldiers were cork bows. The strength required to draw the bow was not large, but the range was far less than the longbow used by the imperial guards.
Now Yuan Shu no longer expects to defeat the female soldiers as strong as expected and win this battle beautifully, but his must win not only concerns the position of Weiwei, but also his status in the Yuan family. He is a legitimate son, but if he loses such a critical step, his status in the clan may be in danger.
Swallowing ~
Arrow clusters broke through the air, and the arrows were wrapped in cloth, causing the arrow clusters to keep floating in the air, and the range was far less than that of the unclothed arrow clusters. Most of them shot in the air, and occasionally shot, they could be easily avoided by the female soldiers. This is also the reason why the country did not cause any losses to the female soldiers in the past few times. These elite soldiers who have become accustomed to the strong bows and crossbows have obviously not adapted to the tricks of practicing archery in this way.
After the female soldiers lured the enemy into two rounds of arrows, they quickly retreated and approached again, and reached the level shooting distance, which was very dangerous.
Yuan Shu finally led the troops, and at this moment he saw Ye Zhao's plan and did not ask the soldiers to charge. Whenever the female soldiers approached, they would shoot back with bows and arrows, no longer blindly ramming. They were wearing heavy armor, and with the weight of the weapons, these soldiers would probably not be able to catch up with the female soldiers who were lightly equipped and ran like the wind.
This took another half an hour. When the female soldier was waiting for an opportunity to come forward to test again, Yu She was about to order the arrow to be fired, but she was shocked to find that the cradles of arrows carried in the soldiers' arrow bags had been used up.
On the high platform, Ye Zhao saw the female soldiers tempting several times. After Yuan Shujun was slow to fight back, his eyes lit up and he won the battle.
The horse whip in his hand was shocked three times in a row, which was a signal to launch an attack.
Five hundred female soldiers quickly assembled and strode towards Yuan Shu's five hundred imperial guards. Yu She's face changed and she said sternly: "Form a formation!"
The original square formation quickly changed into a circular formation. I watched the female soldiers approaching vigilantly, and stopped until they were close to fifty steps. The range of the cork bow was not far, and the cluster of arrows was wrapped in cloth. Fifty steps was the effective range of the cork bow at this time.
"Let it go!" Ren Hongchang and Li Shuxiang each commanded the female soldiers to start shooting arrows at Yuan Shu's soldiers. Arrow clusters wrapped in cloth flew softly. Even if they received intensive training in strength, it would not be possible for these female soldiers to obtain qualitative changes in their strength in three months. If it was actual combat, even without cloth wrapping, such arrow clusters could not break the defense of bamboo armor. However, it was a drill at this moment, so it was naturally impossible to get real swords and guns on the cloth. As long as you touch the bamboo armor, you would hit it. Such rules would be more beneficial to female soldiers. No matter how tight the shield formation was defended, it would not be possible to block all arrow clusters. Some of the arrow clusters falling from the sky were picked up by people with weapons, but many of them fell into the crowd.
Under the command of their respective generals, the female soldiers were divided into three rows, one row was shot, and the second row quickly advanced to the country, and this cycle was repeated. However, the female soldiers always stood at a distance of about fifty steps between the enemy soldiers, forming a continuous trend.
"Roar! Go up!" Yuan Shu looked at the scene in front of him, and felt his scalp tingling. He no longer used the order flag, but stood on the platform, roaring hysterically at the soldiers below. As time approached, more and more soldiers were shot by arrows. If this continued, it would be delayed until the end of the two-hour time limit. After settlement, he would definitely lose. The arrogant Yuan Shu obviously could not accept losing to Ye Zhao in such an advantageous situation.
Yu She had no choice but to disobey his orders. He quickly commanded the soldiers to change into the formation and launched a charge against the female soldiers in front of him.
But obviously, these female soldiers had decided to implement Ye Zhao's vulgar tactics throughout. When the enemy moved, they immediately retreated. They took advantage of the enemy's lack of bows and arrows at this moment, and deliberately moved closer and turned around and shot from time to time while running. On the contrary, Yuan Shu's troops gave up defense and were shot by arrows. Moreover, the previous running had already made many people exhausted. At this moment, they forced their pursuit, which was originally quite dense, and even more severe the speed of defeat.
In the stands, looking at the five hundred carefully selected elite soldiers led by Yuan Shu, they were beaten to death by Ye Zhao at nearly zero casualties in this way, and they didn't know what it felt like.
Cao Cao stood up, looked at Yuan Shao's direction, and sighed softly. The Yuan family, who was fighting against each other, not only did they fail to make the position of Weiwei, but they also offended He Jin.
He bowed to Liu Hong's direction, turned around and left, and the ending... no longer needed to watch it.
Chapter completed!