Chapter Twenty-Three: The Gambling Fight Begins
Woo ~ woo woo ~ woo ~ The desolate sound of the horn woke up the sleeping earth, and the continuous sound of drums added a bit of unspeakable blood to the prosperous city of Luoyang.
The gambling battle between Ye Zhao and Yuan Shu, as the deadline approached, has recently become a hot topic in Luoyang City, from the princes and nobles to the common people of Limin, they are all curious about Ye Zhao's training results in the past three months.
Those five hundred delicate palace maids, after three months, what will Ye Zhao train to look like?
Most people look at this gambling fight with the mentality of watching jokes, women? It's just used to sleep, no matter how much you train, when you see real knives and guns, I'm afraid that the enemy hasn't rushed over yet, and you've been scared out.
Early in the morning, the soldiers on both sides have not yet entered, the West Garden has gathered a lot of princes and ministers and Luoyang celebrities, most people think that the post of Wei Wei is already in the bag of Yuan Shu, as long as this position is taken, there is Yuan Shao in the Luoyang army as the captain of the division, and there is Yuan Shu in the palace, there is already enough strength to compete with the general, from now on, the scholars will no longer have to be attached to He Jin, look at the face of this butcher.
"Brother Ciyang, this victory, our scholars will raise their eyebrows!" Around the huge school field, Yuan Kui and others sat in the seats, and several important ministers sat with Yuan Kui, congratulating in a low voice.
"There is no point in the victory, why is there any joy?" Yuan Kui looked at Liu Hong, who was sitting not far away, and said in a low voice: "Gentlemen speak carefully." ”
Several ministers nodded tacitly.
He Jin sat beside Liu Hong, glanced at the scholars who gathered in groups of three or five, I don't know if it was the reason why Xi Zhi woke up, today he suddenly felt a little lonely, and he could clearly feel that these scholars who gathered around him in the past were a little less respectful to himself.
Especially Yuan Kui, when he asked for help, he frequently visited the door, and now that this matter has become a foregone conclusion, it is difficult for him to even want to see the other party.
These scholars are really wolf-hearted!
He Jin's face was a little unsightly, and he snorted coldly in his heart, and regretted that he agreed to Yuan Kui so happily at the beginning, that Xi Zhicai was right, he was really just a chess piece for these people, this gambling battle had not yet begun, and the position of the guard had not really fallen into the hands of Yuan Shu, and these people had begun to draw a line with themselves, I really don't know what kind of face these people would be if they really let that Yuan Shu get the position of guard captain in the future.
Thinking about it, He Jin felt quite pathetic, and he strongly hoped that Ye Zhao could win this battle, as long as the post of guard captain did not fall into the hands of these people, these scholars would still have to rely on themselves, and when the time came, it was time to consider how to divide the rights of Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of the division.
Just how to divide it? He Jin didn't have much idea now, his eyes were searching for someone in the crowd who could help him share Yuan Shao's rights, but after looking for a long time, at a glance, there were all scholars on this high platform, which made him feel like he didn't know where to start.
In the end, He Jin's eyes fell on Cao Cao, and his heart moved, this Cao Cao had a good relationship with Yuan Shao in the past, why is he so far away from Yuan Shao today?
This matter has to start with Ye Zhao, Yuan Kui broke Ye Zhao's mind that day, Yuan Shao has soft ears and is easy to trust others, not to mention that it is Yuan Kui who speaks.
Even Cao Cao, who was close to Ye Zhao recently, was also angered by Yuan Shao, he had been friends with Cao Cao for a longer time, and he knew that Cao Cao also didn't like to follow the rules, which was quite similar to Ye Zhao, who knew what kind of heart this Cao Cao had?
Therefore, this time when he came to watch the battle, although Cao Cao invited Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao deliberately distanced himself, making Cao Cao look a little lonely now.
"Why doesn't the general look good today?" Liu Hong turned his head, glanced at He Jin, and sneered in his heart, the scholars who surrounded him in the past have now faintly begun to draw a line with him, this general should also understand some problems, right?
"Your Majesty is concerned, and the ministers are fine." He Jin restrained his mind and bowed to Liu Hong.
"The general is the pillar of the country, and he should take care of his body." Liu Hong smiled disappreliantly, looked at the huge school field and said, "It's started." ”
He Jin hurriedly looked back, but saw that on the huge school field, the first to appear were Yuan Shu and Ye Zhao, as commanders, they did not participate in the war, on both sides of the school field, two high platforms as high as three zhang were set up, and the two of them would command on the high platform.
Behind Yuan Shu, five hundred burly, bamboo-clad soldiers lined up in a phalanx, followed behind Yuan Shu under the leadership of Yu She, at a glance, but saw the sword shining, murderous, this is the Yuan family with the help of He Jin, from the entire Luoyang tens of thousands of forbidden army selected from the elite, each soldier is wearing bamboo armor, in addition to the shield, spearmen, archers in turn, although there are only five hundred, but the distribution of troops is extremely reasonable, belonging to the formation that can be attacked and defended.
On the other side, the female soldiers behind Ye Zhao were eye-catching.
A female soldier is dressed in light armor, not like Yuan Shu's men and horses, with clear types of troops, all longbows and quivers, and it is not a strong bow with a very long range in the army, but an ordinary wooden bow with a relatively close range, wearing a short sword at the waist, and nothing else.
The difference in equipment between the two sides can be said to be a world apart, but what really makes people shine is the lineup of these female soldiers, without the delicate and pitiful posture of the palace maids, the queue is neat, one by one the waist is straight, like a javelin, no matter from which angle, the whole queue is like a person, it looks like a whole.
The most important thing is the spirit of these female soldiers, it is hard to imagine that these heroic female soldiers in front of them were a group of palace maids with thousands of manners and delicate three months ago.
Even if he can't look at Ye Zhao anymore, looking at the posture of these female soldiers at this moment, he can't help but admire, this Ye Zhao does have a set of training.
Behind Ye Zhao, Dian Wei and Guan Hai did not follow, but watched the battle on the side, saying that the female soldiers, Ye Zhao could not mix in a group of old men, behind him, in addition to Zhang Yue, there were five military marquis selected from among the female soldiers, all of whom had performed well in the past three months, and some knowledgeable palace maids, one Li Shuxiang, who was a person who had learned some martial arts, was well-trained, and was also smart, and could implement Ye Zhao's orders very well, and the other person was named Ren Hongchang, who was a person from the state, She is also the only female official in the palace among the eight hundred palace maids selected by Ye Zhao, with outstanding appearance, quite a feeling of disaster to the country and the people, but she is very smart, although her force is not as strong as Li Shuxiang, but she has a strong view of the overall situation, and she also has her own unique views in terms of command.
In addition to these two temporarily appointed military marquis, Ye Zhao also selected the team leader, the chief of the team, and the commander of the army in turn, and was responsible for coordinating the entire army.
Ye Zhao's eyes swept over the West Park school field, he told the Son of Heaven at the beginning, the school field should be large enough, this West Park school field can accommodate the Luoyang army to point troops here, the place is big enough, there is enough space for the body, and it also makes Ye Zhao let go of the heart that he has been choosing, with this venue, he can fully play the results of his training in March, and then look at the other party's equipment, Ye Zhao couldn't help laughing, the location is advantageous, this gambling battle, he has already won half of it, and the rest depends on the on-the-spot performance of these girls.
"Tactics, as I have said before, the enemy is heavily equipped and will not be able to fight for a long time, what you have to do is to avoid its edge, remember, what we want is victory, and it is a complete victory, it is not a shame to defeat the enemy, as long as you win in the end, everything is worth it, you only have two tasks, the first is to run, never give the enemy any chance to engage in close combat; The second is to lure the enemy to release arrows, the opponent only has two teams of archers, each with only one bag of arrows, 1,200 arrow clusters, try to lure them to send arrows, and when they finish sending arrows, we will win this battle. ”
"Don't worry, general, we won't let the general down." Ren Hongchang and Li Shuxiang glanced at each other, silently put the bronze mask on their faces that had been created in advance, and bowed to Ye Zhao.
"Let's enter!" Ye Zhao looked at the Yuan Shu soldiers and horses who had already lined up the formation on the opposite side and couldn't wait to start the battle, glanced at the two women encouragingly, and climbed the high platform.
Five hundred female soldiers walked into the arena in a neat queue, from beginning to end, there was no trace of chaos, just looking at the appearance of the army, the female soldiers had already thrown Yuan Shu's side away.
"General, this is the rule of this war, if there is no objection, you can go to war." A small yellow door held a paper booklet and handed it to Ye Zhao, bowing down.
Ye Zhao took it and looked at it, probably the rules of this competition, Yuan Shu's side is full of bamboo armor, and it is difficult to break the defense, so the standard is that those who are hit by arrows three times or cut twice are considered dead, and Ye Zhao's side, because they are all light armor, so as long as they are hit by arrows once, they have to exit.
The swords and arrows used are wrapped in cloth to avoid casualties, but this lack of protective measures in the drill, casualties are inevitable, before both sides of the soldiers have signed a life and death certificate, if they die on the field, the family will get a sum of money, these money by the victor will be the main general.
The outcome depends on the final remaining number of people, if one side is all destroyed, the other side wins, and the other is not an indefinite competition, limited to two hours, two hours have passed, and no party has been wiped out, the person with the largest number of people left in the field wins, of course, you can also take the initiative to abstain and admit defeat.
Yuan Shu was the first to wave the command flag, so that Yu Shi led the army into the field, Ye Zhao saw this, also waved the order flag, Zhang Yue led the troops to approach slowly, seeing the two soldiers and horses continue to approach, until the two sides were about to approach the distance of a stone's throw away, Ye Zhao waved the flag, and Zhang Yue immediately stopped moving forward.
"Charge!" Seeing this, Yuan Shu sneered, directly waved the command flag, and issued a general attack order, the opponent was just a group of women in light armor, I am afraid that even a charge could not be supported, this battle was too easy to win.
However, the next scene blew the eyes of Yuan Shu and most of the people present.