The heavens start from saving Daming

As a famous general, Wang Jian tried every means to strengthen his strength before the second round of martial arts performances began.

First of all, the number of crossbowmen was increased on a large scale. Among the three thousand infantry, there were even more than one thousand crossbowmen.

This is because there are not many sergeants at Yueyang Camp, only these crossbowmen.

Secondly, chariots and cavalry were added. Basically, everything that could be used in the camp was used.

Finally, the number of long soldiers such as long swords, long halberds, and beryllium hands was greatly reduced and replaced by short soldiers holding shields.

Obviously, these are absolutely targeted.

Ying Zheng was very dissatisfied with this, but Li Yunze comforted him with a smile, "This is a good thing. It shows that these generals are serious and recognize the improvement of the cavalry's combat effectiveness. Work well and make the cavalry independent and directly commanded by the king. It can continuously dilute and disintegrate the military power of the generals, so as to ultimately achieve the ultimate goal of all the troops belonging to the king."

After some preaching, Ying Zheng agreed with this statement and took the initiative to discuss with the generals the rules for the next military performance.

"Master."

Zhao Ji, with a scent of fragrance on her body, came to Li Yunze and stared at him, "Isn't the master hiding from me these days?"

"How is that possible?" Li Yunze smiled and spread his hands, "I haven't even been to the house given by the king."

Hearing this, Zhao Ji looked a little melancholy.

She thought of Lu Buwei, the man who had given their family so much help.

If it weren't for Lu Buwei's support, Ying Yiren wouldn't even have a chance to escape Handan City, let alone Ying Zheng.

Zhao Ji is not Wu Meiniang, a strong woman like Lu Fei, she is just an ordinary beautiful girl. When she mentioned her former benefactor Lu Buwei, she felt a little sad for a moment.

"That's a good thing."

Li Yunze comforted him and said, "The queen mother must know that at this age, Prime Minister Lu can enjoy the glory and wealth on his own page without having to fight openly and secretly in the court. For Prime Minister Lu, this is something that no one can ask for." day."

After beating the man down, Li Yunze no longer called Lu Buwei by his first name, but called him Prime Minister Lu.

Zhao Ji really has no political sensitivity at all. She brought her own feelings into Li Yunze's words. On second thought, it was really a good thing.

She also thinks that the fighting in the court is really boring. Wouldn't it be more joyful and comfortable to be a local emperor in the fiefdom?

Zhao Ji, who was fooled in just a few words, quickly changed the subject.

"If Tai Tu is free, you can meet me in the palace."

This is the only purpose of Zhao Ji coming here. He is not interested at all in military innovation or anything like that.

What really interested her was the man in front of her with a sharp knife at his waist.

Li Yunze smiled like a spring breeze, "Okay, let's talk about it when I get back."

Here Wang Jian selected his men, entered the martial arts field and began to arrange the military formation.

He placed the shield-bearing soldiers on the outside to form a shield wall. The crossbowmen, chariots and cavalry were all in the formation, looking like a turtle shell.

Seeing this scene, Li Yunze observed carefully for a while, then got on his horse and led the cavalry who had changed their mounts, and started to circle again.

Compared with the previous two to five hundred masters, Wang Jian was obviously more calm and allowed Li Yunze's cavalry to run around the perimeter without any intention of attacking.

"Obviously Wang Jian has more people." Ying Zheng, who was staring at the martial arts arena intently, asked Yang Duanhe beside him, "Why don't you take the initiative?"

Yang Duanhe responded in a low voice, "Your Majesty, although Wang Jian has more people, they don't have enough power to catch up with the cavalry. Moreover, once they pursue, they will destroy the formation and give the Taifu an opportunity."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng looked over in surprise, "There are only a thousand Taifu. From what you said, it seems like you can win at any time."

Yang Duanhe smiled bitterly, not knowing how to explain it.

Zhang Tang here explained, "Your Majesty, this is a martial arts arena, and the scope is only so large. Wang Jian seeks stability. As long as he maintains a stable formation, at least he will not lose. Although there are only a thousand people in Taifu's place, they can defeat Wang Jian before his support arrives." Attack and retreat, so we can only focus on stability."

Ying Zheng, who seemed to understand, nodded, "I never thought that the cavalry could be so powerful."

The generals around him smiled bitterly. They did not expect that the combat effectiveness of the cavalry would increase so quickly after the equipment and training were upgraded.

On the martial arts field, after wandering around Wang Jian's military formation for several times, they finally started to launch an offensive.

As the flag bearers continued to wave their flags, the buglers also blew the bugle, and the cavalry who had previously formed a long snake formation quickly dispersed to form a very loose fish scale formation.

Under the leadership of Li Yunze, the hundred-man team broke into the range of a hundred steps and launched crossbows into the military formation.

The cavalry bow is useless at this time. The distance is too far and the limp cavalry bow has no lethality at all.

Wang Jian also quickly counterattacked, and swarms of crossbow arrows roared in and fell like raindrops.

The crossbowmen's counterattack was very powerful, but the results were not great.

The main reason was that the cavalry moved quickly and the formation was very scattered. Only a few dozen cavalry were judged to have been damaged in the battle and were eliminated.

After the crossbowmen in the infantry formation fired, Li Yunze suddenly changed the formation. The previously scattered cavalry quickly gathered and rushed within thirty steps of the military formation.

At this distance, the lethality of the riding bow increases.

"Buzzing buzzing~~~" Amidst the sound, a large number of sharp arrows crossed the shield wall composed of shield soldiers and landed in the military formation. Many crossbowmen who were busy reloading had white spots on their bodies.

The cavalry, in units of hundreds, fired arrows around the military formation.

And before the crossbowmen finished reloading, they took off their throwing spears, axes, etc. and threw them into the phalanx.

Of course, these are also made of wood and wrapped in white cloth soaked in flour.

Before the remaining crossbowmen in the infantry phalanx completed reloading, the cavalry once again retreated [-] steps away, slowing down their horses to reload their crossbows leisurely. "It's going to be bad." Yang Duanhe shouted softly.

Ying Zheng hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"Wang Jian may lose." Yang Duanhe frowned and praised, "I never thought that the cavalry trained by the Imperial Tutor would be so elite."

"That's right." Zhang Tang followed up, "Gathering and dispersing like the wind, with orders and prohibitions. Wang Jian's crossbowmen will be completely lost after a few more attacks."

Ying Zheng was slightly puzzled, "Why not attack? He has so many people."

"Your Majesty."

Zhang Tang smiled bitterly, "The cavalry trained by Grand Tutor are skilled in tactics and tactics, and can be commanded as well as their arms and fingers. Wang Jian's crossbowmen and infantry cannot catch up unless the cavalry and chariots are released."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the infantry formation on the martial arts field. The shield-holding soldiers dispersed and gave way to their positions. A large number of chariots and cavalry roared out and headed straight for Li Yunze.

Obviously, what Zhang Tang and the others could see, Wang Jian could naturally see too.

If Li Yunze were to harass him like this two more times, his military formation would collapse.

"It finally came out."

Seeing Wang Jian taking the initiative, Li Yunze was not surprised, but actually laughed.

What he used before was the harassment tactic commonly used by the Huns and other northern nomadic tribes in later generations. It can also be said to be an enhanced and upgraded version of the harassment tactic.

This tactic is very effective on the vast prairie, but here the effect is greatly reduced.

The reason is simple. After all, this is just a martial arts arena. After all, this is just a martial arts arena.

He did not have a few days or even ten days to defeat the enemy.

Relying solely on mounted archery might be able to defeat Wang Jian's crossbowmen, but it would be of little use against those shield-wielding infantry.

Wang Jian also understood this truth and knew that dragging it on would mean a tie.

But his 3000 troops were tied by a thousand cavalry, which was unacceptable.

Moreover, the purpose of this military exercise was to test the combat effectiveness of the new cavalry, so he did not hesitate to send out cavalry and chariots.

Li Yunze didn't care about Wang Jian's cavalry.

It's easy to agree. Wang Jian only has less than [-] cavalry, and the cavalry has not upgraded its equipment or updated its skills and tactics.

What really interested him were the dozens of tanks.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, chariots were the protagonists on the battlefield.

During the Warring States Period, the status of chariots declined, but they were still important.

Even in the Han Dynasty, there were still chariot soldiers.

It was only after Wei Qing and Huo Qubing swept the Huns through the use of cavalry that the ancient arm of the chariot was completely eliminated.

Li Yunze responded quickly.

The cavalry of the two Centuries dispersed and lured away Wang Jian's cavalry.

The rest of the cavalry, led by Li Yunze, started a face-to-face contest with the chariot.

It's said to be a competition, but in fact it still relies on maneuverability to fly a kite.

Li Yunze used the tun as a unit and assigned cavalry to use one tun to deal with one chariot.

As for how to deal with it, it is not like the infantry, using heavy spears, or the six-meter-long long sword to resist, but the most standard mounted archery.

A chariot is usually pulled by two to four horses. The driver drives the chariot in the middle. The chariot commander stands on the left side holding a bow for long-range strikes, while the chariot on the left holds weapons such as spears for close combat.

Chariots were expensive and difficult to train. During the Spring and Autumn Period, only nobles could become chariot soldiers.

In that era, chariots were the standard of national strength. Anyone with thousands of chariots was a country of thousands, and anyone with ten thousand chariots was a country of ten thousand!
It stands to reason that this kind of equipment is very complete, and can be used for both long-range and close combat.

But when facing the cavalry, especially the cavalry trained by Li Yunze, they ended badly.

A group of cavalrymen pointed at least dozens of bows at a chariot, but there was only one archer on the chariot.

The chariot fighting the cavalry fell into a rout without any suspense.

I don't know whether it was because he was too sad and angry, or because the driver failed to control the horse. One of the chariots tragically overturned while running.

Of the three men on the chariot, one broke his neck, another broke several ribs and punctured his internal organs, and the third broke his leg.

It's just that everyone just glanced at it and ignored it. It is extremely common for this kind of thing to happen during martial arts performances.

"This is why chariots are becoming less and less popular now."

Yang Duanhe sighed, "The terrain in the martial arts arena is already very flat, but this kind of thing still happened."

If a chariot wants to display its strength, a flat battlefield is a necessary condition.

But now is no longer the era when the two sides agreed on a time and place for fighting. How could there be such good conditions!
Ying Zheng nodded thoughtfully, and then looked at Wang Jian's military formation.

He wanted to see how Wang Jian, who originally had the numerical advantage, could cope with it now.