"Pass means just barely passable, right?"
Emperor Wen smiled and looked at Zhao Ji again, "It seems that Jia Yao doesn't think highly of the cavalry in your hands!"
Zhao Ji's face flushed slightly, and he said ashamedly: "Their performance this time was indeed not good. I will train well and will not let your majesty down!"
Zhao Ji was pretty good and didn't try to make excuses.
After all, it is an indisputable fact that there is chaos in their lineup.
No matter what the reason is, it shows that there is a problem with their cooperation.
"Um."
Emperor Wen looked at Zhao Ji approvingly and consoled him, "You can't tell much from just the battle array. Don't worry too much. There are still two more battles to come!"
"I will definitely do my best!"
Zhao Ji stood up and bowed.
...
...
Emperor Wen smiled and said yes, motioning Zhao Ji to sit down, and then instructed Zhou Dai: "Let them withdraw and prepare for Yu Shizhong and his men to enter the arena and form a battle array! And by the way, ask what the chaos was about just now."
"yes!"
Zhou Dai immediately took the order and made arrangements.
Soon, Zhou Daogong and his group began to leave.
During the retreat, nothing went wrong and they seemed to be advancing and retreating in moderation.
As the troops below retreated, Emperor Wen looked at Yun Zheng again, "Sixth Brother, I want to see your army's ability to respond."
"What does Father think?"
Yun Zheng asked with a smile.
Emperor Wen smiled and said, "Don't set up your troops in the assault formation anymore. When the vanguard arrives, order them to set up in the goose formation!"
Emperor Wen's move was equivalent to temporarily changing the exam questions.
"Your son obeys your command!"
Yun Zheng stood up and bowed to receive the order.
Just change it!
Any temporary change of formation would definitely take some time.
However, he has confidence in these elite soldiers who have experienced many battles.
After all of Zhao Ji's cavalry had withdrawn, Emperor Wen again ordered the beating of drums and began counting the time.
Soon, Yu Shizhong led the vanguard army into the assembly point.
Yun Zheng took the command flag and quickly ordered Yu Shizhong at the assembly point to change the formation.
"General Yu, His Highness, signal us with the flags, ordering our troops to form a goose formation!"
The messenger reported to Yu Shizhong.
"Change formation?"
Yu Shizhong glanced up at the tower and immediately gave the order: "Inform all troops to change the formation! Order Lu Xing to lead the troops to the rear, and order Fu Tianyan to lead the troops to the left wing..."
As Yu Shizhong's order was issued, the front army immediately began to change its formation.
Although it was a temporary change of formation, the troops below were not in chaos at all, and each unit quickly entered the designated position.
Zhao Ji saw it and felt frightened.
The goose formation is basically a less used battle formation in the military, especially for cavalry that are good at surprise attacks.
Most of the time, the goose formation is used when encircling the enemy.
But even so, the army below was able to maintain order even with a temporary change of formation, which shows that the various units below had a high degree of tacit understanding and strict military discipline.
While Zhao Ji was lost in thought, Zhou Dai stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, the chaos in General Zhao's troops just now was caused by Yuan Gui's sudden attack too quickly, which seized the position of other troops..."
Listening to Zhou Dai's report, a cold light flashed in Yun Li's eyes.
It was really that good-for-nothing Yuan Gui who caused this!
This thing is more likely to cause trouble than to help!
They can't even do something as basic as forming an array!
"waste!"
Emperor Wen growled in annoyance, and then ordered Yun Li: "You can handle your people yourself!"
"Your son..."
Yun Li gritted his teeth and stood up. "I will definitely deal with Yuan Gui properly. However, there are still two more competitions to come. I beg you, father, to give Yuan Gui a chance to redeem himself and make meritorious contributions!"
Yun Li still knows how to win people's hearts.
Yuan Gui is his die-hard fan.
Although Yuan Gui was not capable of taking on important tasks, he still pleaded for mercy when it was necessary.
Especially, in front of Zhao Ji.
He wanted to let Zhao Ji see that he would not treat those who followed him unfairly!
Emperor Wen stared quietly at the Northern Army arrayed below him, and said without turning his head, "You are the crown prince, you can handle this little matter yourself."
"Thank you, Father!"
Yun Li bowed.
Emperor Wen waved his hand gently and asked, "Sixth Brother, Zhao Ji, how many people do you think are suitable for the battle?"
“Not too much!”
Zhao Ji immediately replied: "Your Highness and I are all cavalry. If too many people join the charge, it is inevitable that some will fall off their horses and be trampled by them..."
"General Zhao is right."
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "I think it would be best if the total number of people charging at both sides does not exceed a thousand!"
"I think so too!"
Zhao Ji agreed.
Their opinions on this matter were surprisingly unanimous.
They are all military leaders, and everyone knows the disadvantages of cavalry charging.
On the battlefield, it is common for cavalrymen to fall off their horses.
Failure to control the number of people will definitely lead to unnecessary casualties.
Even if the number of people is controlled, we can only try to avoid casualties. No one can guarantee that there will be no casualties.
"Is that so?"
Emperor Wen thought for a moment and then asked, "Sixth Brother, how about sending out 100 men from each of your three divisions, a total of 300 men, to charge at the battle line with Zhao Ji's 700 cavalrymen?"
Three hundred versus seven hundred?
Yun Zheng smiled and immediately agreed: "I will listen to you, father!"
"Zhao Ji, what about you?"
Emperor Wen asked Zhao Ji again.
"I...obey the order!"
Zhao Ji did not act arrogantly and stood up to accept the order.
To be honest, seven hundred versus three hundred is a bit of a bully.
Even though Yun Zheng has a hundred heavily armored cavalry charging into the battle formation, the biggest advantage of the heavily armored cavalry lies in their strong defensive capabilities, and their advantage in impact force is secondary.
But since this is a martial arts performance, it is definitely impossible to use real swords and guns.
In this way, the greatest advantage of heavy cavalry cannot be brought into play.
Once a long fight occurs, the disadvantages of heavy cavalry carrying too much weight will become apparent.
However, thinking that these people were elite soldiers who had experienced many battles, Zhao Ji did not dare to be overconfident.
Since they all had no objections, Emperor Wen set the rules for the charging competition.
Each side has a commander.
If the main general is defeated or all the members of one side are defeated, the army will be declared a failure.
Yun Zheng and Zhao Ji looked at each other at the same time and nodded.
After this matter was settled, Emperor Wen said no more and quietly observed the battle array below, but he glanced at Yun Li from the corner of his eye from time to time.
Seeing that Yun Li didn't look very good, Emperor Wen felt relieved.
Let him see the strength of the soldiers under Lao Liu first, so that he won’t have any evil thoughts all day long!
Soon, Yu Shizhong led his troops to form a battle line.
"Stop the timer!"
Following Zhou Dai's loud shout, the person timing stopped.
Without needing Emperor Wen's order, the timekeepers began to weigh the leaked sand.
Soon, the weighing results came out.
Even more sand leaked out when the Northern Army formed its battle array.
However, it was only three cents more than the sand that leaked out when Zhao Ji's troops were in battle formation.
"I lost!"
Zhao Ji stood up and lowered his head in shame.
The extra three cents of sand indicated that it took the Northern Army only half a word (note: one word is five minutes) longer than them to complete the battle formation.
For an army of 5,000, this little extra time is almost negligible.
But Yun Zheng's troops changed their formation temporarily.
If they also change their formation at the last minute, it would probably take at least two quarters of an hour longer than it does now.
Just for this reason, he lost.
"Well, it is true that you lost."
Emperor Wen nodded gently and comforted Zhao Ji: "However, winning or losing in the battle array does not mean anything. The next two competitions are the highlight! You must order your men to perform well and do not let me down!"
"yes!"
Zhao Ji clenched his fists tightly and made up his mind secretly.
"Okay, let's get ready for the charge competition!"
Emperor Wen gave the order indifferently, and his expression did not seem very good.
Yun Li walked aside and whispered to his guards, "Tell Zhou Daogong that this battle must be won no matter what! Beat these bastards up for me!"
Yun Li was filled with resentment.
He made up his mind to vent his anger.
At the same time, Yun Zheng also walked aside and whispered to Shen Kuan: "Tell Yu Shizhong that the team battle... oh no, it's okay to lose the competition, but Yuan Gui must be beaten severely! In addition, protect our personnel and try to avoid trampling on the other side's personnel..."
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