Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

After the excitement caused by Liu Bei's speech gradually subsided, Li Ji took over from Liu Bei and introduced the process of the "Grand Martial Arts Show".

Martial arts performances in the army are an old tradition of the Han Dynasty.

However, that was often limited to the training and review of soldiers in the parade grounds set up in military camps. Public review like today was undoubtedly a new thing.

Therefore, Li Ji needs to give a general introduction to the process of the "Grand Martial Arts Show".

The overall process is based on the military parades of later generations. It will first review the soldiers under Liu Bei's command, and then the generals in the army will compete in cavalry archery and cavalry warfare.

After Li Ji publicly introduced the process of the "Grand Martial Arts Show", the event was handed over to Sun Qian to host.

Sun Qian may not be famous in later generations, but in fact, apart from being an eloquent person, he was also a man of extensive knowledge and strong memory, and he knew a little bit about everything.

Of course, there is still a slight gap between Sun Qian's basic knowledge and Li Ji's basic knowledge, but this may not be enough to make Sun Qian a jack of all trades in practice, but it is enough for Sun Qian to use his eloquence to... brag.

As Sun Qian began to preside over the process and started to review the troops in groups of 500 to demonstrate the elite military forces under Liu Bei's group, the attention of the people who were originally immersed in the oath made by Liu Bei was quickly attracted.

After all, since Liu Bei took control of Yangzhou, he has become a force that cannot be ignored.

Especially since Liu Bei made such a lofty ambition in public, it made countless people curious about how elite the troops Liu Bei relied on were.

"Everyone, the first to conduct the review are the elite troops trained by the Marquis of Han Shou Ting. They are called the 'Sword and Axe Barbarian Army'. They are formed by the Marquis of Han Shou Ting selecting those who are good at climbing and agility from among the Han, Shanyue and Barbarian peoples."

"It is said that the 'Sword and Axe Army' is not only good at fighting in the mountains and forests, but is also invincible in sieges, street fights, and melees..."

When the five hundred sword-and-axe barbarian soldiers reached the bottom of the city wall, they stopped immediately and quickly practiced and changed several formations, demonstrating a high level of coordination ability.

Following closely behind was the White Horse Volunteers...

The representatives of the princes and noble families watched the whole process intently, but after watching several elite troops reviewing the procession, they felt more or less regretful.

These soldiers being reviewed are naturally elite and strong troops.

However, after watching for a while, everyone discovered that the powerful soldiers on display were almost all the same ones that had appeared in the coalition army led by Liu Bei to fight against Dong Zhuo.

Most of the princes already knew the intelligence about these soldiers.

Apart from those strong soldiers, the rest are mostly elite troops from other generals' headquarters. They may be considered elite troops, but not to the extent that people would be intimidated.

Soon, the review of the eighteen elite troops was coming to an end.

"Boom!"

A heavy sound of footsteps completely different from the previous ones was heard.

This sound...

Everyone's attention was quickly drawn to it, and then almost everyone's pupils shrank.

Heavy armored soldiers!
The glorious record of resisting tens of thousands of cavalry in the Xianzhen Camp undoubtedly attracted the attention of countless princes to the "heavy armored soldiers".

Perhaps the "heavy armored soldiers" are not flexible enough, but as long as they are placed in the right terrain, such heavy armored soldiers like the "Entrapment Camp" are enough to truly stop the enemy from advancing an inch.

However, becoming a “heavy armored soldier” is not something that can be trained easily.

It was not just whether the generals who trained the soldiers had the ability to do so, but more importantly, a set of heavy armor was worth more than ten sets of light armor. The cost of training eight hundred heavy armored soldiers was even more than that of five thousand infantrymen, and it was really not something that ordinary princes could afford.

And what appeared in everyone's eyes at this moment was undoubtedly a body covered in heavy armor. The layers of armor made them seem unusually heavy every time they walked.

From a distance, they are dressed in dark black, holding a large shield in their hands, and with a white whisk inserted on both sides of their heads, making them very recognizable.

It was also the first time that Sun Qian saw such heavily armored soldiers. His voice was delayed for a moment before he quickly reacted and introduced them in an excited and rhythmic tone according to the script provided by Li Ji.

"The ones advancing now are the 'White Lie Soldiers'. They are composed of the strongest men selected from the entire army. They have two White Lie Whisks as identification and are covered in heavy armor. They cannot be harmed by ordinary swords or guns..."

After a pause, Sun Qian looked at the manuscript in his hand, thinking that he had read it wrong. It was only after confirming it again and again that he continued speaking.

"And did you notice that the Bai Li soldiers only had huge shields but no weapons?"

"This is not to say that the Bai Li soldiers are only good at defense and have no offensive capabilities. On the contrary, the Bai Li soldiers are good at attacking but not good at defense."

"The weapons used by the Bai Li soldiers are too advanced and sharp to be displayed, so they are replaced with large shields of equal weight and held by the Bai Li soldiers for inspection."

When these words were spoken, those who knew something about weapons and shields all looked surprised.

Such a large shield probably weighs no less than fifty kilograms.

In terms of weapons, a weapon weighing fifty kilograms is quite an exaggerated weight and it is not something that ordinary soldiers can use.

Sun Qian continued to read the manuscript and said.

"In order to make up for the regret of the Bai Li soldiers' display of weapons, I would like to tell you the evaluation of this weapon by the state heroes, which is: wherever the blade passes, both the man and the horse will be shattered!"

All the men and horses were destroyed?!
These words undoubtedly caused a burst of exclamations among the people.

Perhaps not every citizen in Yangzhou has seen a war horse, but they all know something about oxen.

Just imagine, everything the blade passes through is shattered...

Even the representatives of the princely families were somewhat frightened by this evaluation.

When the Bai Li soldiers passed right under the city wall, they did not stop to practice like the other soldiers. Instead, they advanced forward like a towering mountain and disappeared from everyone's sight.

In response to this, Li Ji and Liu Bei looked at each other, and both showed a helpless look.

In fact, Chen Dao’s ability was indeed quite good, but the time left for Chen Dao was too short, and the Bai Li soldiers were far from being truly trained.

So it’s not that the Bai Li soldiers don’t want to show the changes in formation, it’s just that they haven’t fully mastered it yet.

When wearing heavy armor, the flexibility and vision of the Bai Li soldiers are much worse than those of ordinary soldiers. Even their ears are surrounded by heavy armor, so their hearing is much worse.

How to make the Bai Li soldiers obey orders is a big problem.

The white whisk, which seemed to be for decorative purposes, actually had a great purpose. It was to allow each white whisk soldier to quickly identify the positions of his colleagues on the left and right in the dense formation.

In general, the Bai Li soldiers are promising in the future, but they are far from being to the point where Liu Bei and Li Ji are satisfied.

In particular, the arm strength of the Bai Li soldiers needs to be further trained before they can truly wield the "heavy Mo Dao" designed by Li Ji on the battlefield. (End of this chapter)