Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 20 20. Meeting with Liu Bei
Soon the two sides rushed together. To everyone's surprise, when the arrows of the sharp arrow formation were about to collide with the fish scale formation, the fish scale formation actually split in the middle, forming two smaller fish scale formations. The arrows of the Changsha soldiers naturally could not stop just because they wanted to, and they went straight through this huge air raid.

The weakness of the Fengshi formation is that it is afraid of being attacked from both wings. The Fengshi is like an arrow, thick at the front and thin in the middle. However, Feng Xi's guards avoided the sharpest center army and turned to strangle the flanks with two parts.

"Oh no! What kind of formation is this!"

Liu Ning stood up immediately, a look of surprise flashing across his face.

Normally speaking, the Crane Wing Formation or the Goose Formation are more effective against the Vanguard Formation, as they can directly let go of the core and attack the flanks. However, it is generally difficult to change the formation temporarily, as happened to Feng Xi's personal soldiers.

After all, the soldiers' training at that time was still superficial, and they could not be mobilized at will. For example, Cao Ren had to train those soldiers specially when he deployed the Eight Gates Golden Locks, and it was almost impossible for ordinary soldiers to change their formations temporarily on the battlefield.

"What kind of training is needed to achieve such an effective enforcement of orders..."

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but fan his goose feather fan a few more times. If he could train such an army, wouldn't he be able to use the Eight Diagrams that he was still exploring at will on the battlefield?

At this moment, the Changsha soldiers on the field were in an awkward situation. There were only a thousand people on both sides in total. The two wings of the vanguard formation were already weak, and now there were only fifty people on one side. There were nearly two hundred people in the vanguard, and the remaining two hundred people followed in a long line behind the arrow.

Now the arrow flank was easily killed, and the fifty men on each wing were almost all out in an instant. The two small fish scale formations on both sides did not hesitate, and after breaking through the flanks, they took the opportunity to directly kill the more than 200 men behind the arrow formation.

Although the two sides had obviously equal numbers of men, Feng Xi's personal soldiers managed to form a situation where they were outnumbered locally on the battlefield. At the same time, due to the strong discipline of the soldiers, the losses were minimal. Only a few unlucky guys were stabbed in the vitals and had to retire regretfully.

The two fish scales were like a meat grinder, advancing layer by layer towards the long and thin square formation in the rear. Soon, the 200 Changsha soldiers in the back row were wiped out by the more than 400 personal guards of Feng Xi.

The remaining 200 men who served as spearheads were also in disarray and had no will to fight. Although some people wanted to resist with their personal bravery, facing Feng Xi's well-organized shield and spear formations, personal bravery seemed useless. Unless there was a person of the level of the Five Tiger Generals, it would be possible to fight a hole.

At this point there was no more suspense. The remaining 200 people were pressed step by step by the shield formation that was as immovable as a city wall, cut by the fish scale formation many times again, and stabbed one by one by the gun formation composed of wooden sticks. After being stabbed with countless red dots, they had to leave the stage with regret.

"This... In this competition, the personal guards under General Feng Xi of the Front Army won! The number of survivors... is four hundred and seventy-two!"

Even though Feng Xi's guards were sweating profusely, they were still smiling. What was even more terrifying was that even though they had won this terrifying victory, they did not slack off at all, but just quietly formed their troops into a square formation and waited for the captain's order to leave in an orderly manner.

The spectators were completely silent. Less than 30 people defeated 500 people. This casualty ratio was simply terrifying. Although this was just a bloodless exercise and a battle between 500 people, the meaning behind it was extraordinary.

"Congratulations, lord, for your wisdom in identifying talented people. With talents like Xiu Yuan, there is no need to worry about the prosperity of the Han Dynasty!"

Zhuge Liang reacted quickly and immediately stood up to congratulate Liu Bei.

"Why did Kong Ming do this? However, Xiu Yuan's brilliant performance also makes me ashamed. From the perspective of military management alone, I can't compare to Xiu Yuan in the slightest."

Liu Bei seemed to be in a good mood. He said a few polite words and waved his hand, calling the guard over and asking him to ask Feng Xi to come up to the stage to talk.

Liu Ning and Du Lu were pale. Huang Zhong was in poor health recently, probably because of his age, so he could only let these two generals lead the team in this competition.

Now the two of them led a team that was defeated by Feng Xi with almost no casualties. If the news got back to Huang Zhong's ears, he would probably beat them up to vent his anger. After all, they came here on behalf of Huang Zhong.

Liu Ning and Du Lu changed their minds and immediately showed a flattering smile, ready to get close to Feng Xi, but when they went over, they found out that Feng Xi had been called away by the King of Hanzhong, so they could only return in disappointment. Zhang Nan couldn't help but sneer at the performance of their forces. "Meet the king, the military advisor, the three generals and General Zhao."

When Feng Xi came up to the stage, he bowed and saluted.

"Xiu Yuan, tell me, how do you train your soldiers? How can you make them so uniform and act like one person?"

Liu Bei was also quite curious about Feng Xi's method of training troops, so he asked on behalf of others.

Feng Xi chuckled and shared his daily marching and military postures.

"What's the secret of this military posture and goose-stepping? Why can we get used to obeying orders just by standing in a military posture?"

Zhang Fei was also somewhat puzzled.

"Third General, the purpose of standing in military posture is to wear down the arrogance and ruffianism of soldiers. No matter how stubborn a person is, if he is made to stand in military posture for a month, his stubbornness will be worn down.

The purpose of marching is to strengthen the cooperation of soldiers. They need to observe the pace of their comrades and keep up with the pace of others. In the long run, the soldiers will be ingrained in their every move. Then, teaching them how to change the battle formation will be twice the result with half the effort. "

Everyone was thoughtful after listening, but Liu Bei spoke first and led the topic to other places.

"Xiu Yuan, I heard from the military advisor that you presented farming techniques and a new type of plow a month ago. Is that true?"

"My Lord, it is true. I just pondered over it in my spare time and occasionally communicated with the old farmer, so I got some insights."

When Feng Xi heard about this, he quickly found some excuses.

"Oh? But I heard from Yide that your deputy general Zhang Nan, Zhang Wenjin, told Yide that after you fell off your horse, you had a dream in which a god taught you martial arts. He not only taught you martial arts, but also military tactics, battle formations, state governance, and the Qimen Dunjia."

Liu Bei looked at Feng Xi with a somewhat intriguing smile, and even Zhuge Liang looked at him with a somewhat inquiring look.

"What nonsense is Zhang Nan talking about outside every day? I didn't expect that this kid would actually guess it right by accident..."

Feng Xi complained a few words in his mind, but he certainly didn't show any flaws on his face.

"Wen Jin usually likes to joke around. That was an exaggeration to get the three generals to compete with me. How could a god teach me so many abilities?"

Feng Xi immediately cleared himself of all responsibility. Are you kidding me? How can I admit to such a thing?

"Haha, no problem. In any case, after I wait for a hundred years, Xiu Yuan, you will be a pillar of the Han Dynasty. It's not surprising to have some new and novel ideas occasionally."

Liu Bei personally stood up and patted Feng Xi on the shoulder, but his words had another meaning.

(End of this chapter)