"Lao Cao, do you think I can still lie to you?" Chen Yang said confidently.

Hearing this, Cao Cao also had to seriously consider this matter.

"How are you going to bet?" Cao Cao said.

"I plan to make a batch of bows and crossbows recently, but ordinary blacksmiths in Xudu City don't dare to make this kind of thing, and I still need a lot of iron ore, so I'll bet with Lao Cao on this batch of blacksmiths and iron ore."

Chen Yang continued: "If I win, you will allocate a part of the blacksmiths and iron ore in the army to me for use, if I lose, what do you say, Lao Cao, then what to do." ”

Cao Cao said: "Really? ”

"Naturally, it's true, are you interested in betting on this?"

"Okay, since you are so confident, I will bet with you, and my request is not too much, if you lose, you have to agree to the marriage with Ning'er, is it okay?"

"Deal!"

Chen Yang nodded and said.

Not to mention not too much, Chen Yang can take advantage of it no matter whether he wins or loses.

"Shopkeeper Chen, I'm just waiting for you to marry Ning'er, hahaha......"

Cao Cao smiled happily as if he saw victory in sight.

Chen Yang still said confidently: "Lao Cao, maybe it will be you who loses, ten days later, I will bring 3,000 people from the salt mine factory to compete with Lao Cao's 10,000 people on the school field, and it's decided." ”

"Good!"

Cao Cao nodded and agreed, no matter whether he won or lost, there was no harm to him like Chen Yang.

If Chen Yang wins, a battle formation that can fight against 10,000 people with 3,000 people must be able to get it, not to mention those blacksmiths and ores, and Cao Cao feels that it is worth it if he rides 10,000 war horses.

In case Chen Yang's battle formation is not so powerful, it is even better, and the marriage between the two sides will come naturally.

"Shopkeeper Chen, if you want a bow and crossbow, I can directly give you a new batch of them, why do you want to build them yourself?" Cao Cao asked another question in his mind.

"Because my bow and crossbow are so different, you'll know when I build them, and you'll probably come to me to buy them when the time comes." Chen Yang said with a smile.

After the two sides agreed on the competition, Cao Cao said goodbye to Chen Yang and went back to Xudu.

When Cao Cao returned to Cao's mansion, he summoned everyone in the council hall.

"Do you think there is a very powerful battle formation that can use 3,000 infantry to resist 10,000 infantry?" Cao Cao roughly told them about the bet with Chen Yang.

However, as soon as his words fell, Xun Yu beside him shook his head for the first time and said, "Is Shopkeeper Chen joking with the prime minister?" Three thousand against ten thousand, how is it possible! ”

"Yes, who is that shopkeeper Chen? This man must have deceived the prime minister, and 3,000 people want to defeat 10,000 people, unless they use cavalry! Beside Cao Cao, there was also a general, Cao Ren, who said in disbelief.

Although the generals who followed Cao Cao had never met Chen Yang, they basically knew about Chen Yang's existence, and even knew that Chen Yang had recently advised Cao Cao.

"I've been on the battlefield for a long time and have fought a lot of battles, so how can I not know that the battle formation is only an auxiliary role. If you want to win the battle, in addition to the battle formation, there are many limiting factors, even if the battle formation can improve the combat effectiveness, there is also a limit. Xiahoudun analyzed, "Under the premise that the difference in numbers is so huge, 10,000 people can defeat 3,000 people casually, of course, if it is 3,000 cavalry, it will be said otherwise." ”

After meeting Chen Yang last time, Xiahou Tang thought that Chen Yang was also a capable person, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that, I really don't know what the prime minister likes about him, and because of Chen Yang, he withdrew from the marriage contract of their Xiahou family.

"This person must be lying to the prime minister, how strong can a battle formation of 3,000 people be?" Cao Hong also said, "If I am asked to fight against him, give me a thousand infantry, I can penetrate the battle formation of that shopkeeper." ”

Hearing that they all expressed their opinions, most of them were disdain for Chen Yang, Cao Cao hesitated in his heart, and thought for a long time before saying, "Fengxiao, what do you think?" ”

Guo Jia asked: "Prime Minister, did Shopkeeper Chen explain that it was a cavalry?" ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "That's the battle formation of the infantry, and besides, Shopkeeper Chen doesn't even have a war horse, where did the cavalry come from?" ”

Xiahoudun said again: "Since it is not a cavalry, as Zilian said, give me a thousand people, and I don't need any battle formation, and I can also penetrate Chen Yang." ”

Zilian is Cao Hong's word.

Guo Jia said: "I think that Shopkeeper Chen must have his basis and self-confidence if he dares to say this, but the gap in number is too big, and I can't imagine how Shopkeeper Chen will let 3,000 people win." ”

Thinking of Chen Yang's fairy-like methods, Guo Jia should have believed in him, but this time he didn't know whether to believe it or not.

What the final result will be, we will have to wait until the fight starts.

"In that case, ten days later, the matter of the competition between the leading soldiers and the shopkeeper Chen will be handed over to Yuan to let you be responsible, what do you think?" Cao Cao looked at Xiahoudun and said.

"The last general will take the order, please rest assured, I will definitely kill Chen Yang's people and throw away their armor and flee in the wilderness!" Xiahoudun bowed and said loudly.

Although the contradiction was resolved, Xiahoudun was still a little resentful of Chen Yang, and this time it was just a chance to give him revenge.

——

Over there in the salt mines.

Chen Yang found Ye Shun, and then directly asked all the soldiers to gather and run ten laps around the entire salt mine.

The circle around the salt mine was almost five kilometers, and most of the soldiers in ancient times marched and fought on foot, so ten circles were nothing to them.

However, Chen Yang said again: "Ye Shun, you go and divide everyone into thirty teams, each team of one hundred people will form a small group, and after ten laps of the meeting, the three small teams with the slowest overall speed will have nothing to eat tonight!" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers let out an exclamation at the same time.

Chen Yang said again: "Surprised by what? When the Lord speaks on the stage, you shall not make a noise. Also, marching and fighting is not something that can be won by individual heroism, nor can you win with strong individual force, it is about teamwork, and what each of your small teams has honed is the ability to cooperate, and everyone in the team shares honor and disgrace, you know? ”

Listening to Chen Yang's words, all the soldiers stopped saying anything and nodded silently.

"Ye Shun, you calculate the number of laps for me, when you run, only allow more and not less, and start to divide the team!"

As Chen Yang's voice fell, Ye Shun immediately went to rearrange them, and soon divided into thirty small teams.

"Let's go, run!" Chen Yang shouted again.

All the soldiers did not want to run out of food, so they rushed outside the camp as soon as they heard the order, and the scene was chaotic.

"Stop, what are you doing here? Fleeing? Give it all back to me! Chen Yang put on the appearance of an iron-blooded and stern instructor.

Seeing this, Ye Shun had to call all the soldiers back and reassemble.

Chen Yang said again: "You all have listened to me, now is training, not escaping." Give me neatness when you run, and hold all your weapons in your hands. ”

"When we get to run, every squad must be kept neat and tidy, as long as I find out that one person is messed up, your team won't want to eat tonight, I'll only give you one chance, start again!"

Those soldiers were afraid of Chen Yang's training methods and his severity, but they had to listen.

Soon, I started my second run, and it was finally a lot better than before.

Although a few people were in chaos, Chen Yang let them go for the time being, as if they couldn't see it.

Under the leadership of Ye Shun, the three thousand soldiers began their first training under Chen Yang.