Chapter 739: Be more confident and delete two words.

The next day, with the arrival of Zhao Ji and his troops, the martial arts performance was ready.

The martial arts performance was divided into three sessions.

Formation, charge and riding and shooting competition.

The imperial court dispatched five thousand cavalry, with Zhao Ji as the chief general and Zhou Daogong and Yuan Gui as deputy generals.

The Beifu Army also dispatched 5,000 cavalry, with Yu Shizhong as the main general. Among them, 2,000 were from Yu Shizhong's command, 2,000 were from the Beihuan Send-off Regiment, and 1,000 were from the Blood Clothes Army.

The competition in this first game is formation.

Emperor Wen sat sickly at the top of the city, while Yunzheng, Yunli, Jia Yao and Zhao Ji sat at the back on both sides.

"Zhao Ji, are you so sure of winning?"

Emperor Wen, wearing a cloak and a wool blanket, lay half-lying there and asked Zhao Ji.

Originally, Zhao Ji was supposed to perform martial arts in the open space outside the city, but Zhao Ji felt that it was just a formation and there was really no need for him to participate in the martial arts performance in person, so he also requested to come to the city to observe.

Zhao Jizheng was about to stand up, but Emperor Wen raised his hand and motioned for him to sit down, "No need to get up, just sit there."

Zhao Ji accepted the order, then sat down again and replied: "If the two armies clash, I will definitely not be the opponent of His Highness the Sixth Prince, but if they form a battle formation, I am absolutely sure to win!"

"Oh why?"

Emperor Wen raised his eyes and asked.

Zhao Ji: "My subordinates are not elite, but at least they are skilled in bows and horses, and they usually conduct unified training! However, His Highness the Sixth Prince's troops are composed of three troops, and the heavy armored cavalry lacks sufficient flexibility. The array speed will definitely be a little slower..."

Zhao Ji is still very confident about this.

Compared with the array, it mainly compares the tacit understanding and cooperation.

Riding skills are secondary.

Same starting point, same formation.

If they can't even compare to Yun Zheng, what else can they compare to?

After hearing this, Emperor Wen showed a rare smile and asked Gayao: "What do you think?"

Jia Yao shook his head gently, "With all due respect, General Zhao is a little overconfident."

"Why?"

Emperor Wen asked again.

Jia Yao replied: "Although these people from Yunzheng and Beihuan formed a temporary army and their cooperation will be slightly insufficient, they are all elite soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles and will make adjustments quickly. Moreover, their horses are better... "

Formation is naturally better than the tacit understanding between people.

But it is also better than the tacit understanding between soldiers and horses!

"Prince, who do you think will win?"

Emperor Wen asked Yun Li again.

"My son, I believe in General Zhao's command!"

Yun Li was confident.

He just doesn't know much about marching and fighting, but he's not stupid.

The tacit understanding of the five thousand people formed temporarily could not be as good as Zhao Ji's five thousand cavalry.

"Lao Liu, what do you think?"

Only then did Emperor Wen ask Yun Zheng.

"My son basically agrees with General Zhao's opinion."

Yun Zheng smiled, "However, Yu Shizhong and the others have no chance of winning."

"So, you agree with Jia Yao?" Emperor Wen asked again.

"no no……"

Yunzheng shook his head, "I just found the shortcomings of General Zhao's cavalry."

"What shortcomings?"

Zhao Ji took the initiative to ask.

"Yuan Gui."

Yun Zheng chuckled, "If General Zhao personally commanded and dispatched, I estimate that Yu Shizhong and the others would not have much chance of winning! But now that Yuan Gui is a loser, it's hard to say."

Listening to Yun Zheng's words, Yun Li's face suddenly couldn't help but twitch.

Yuan Gui!

Yuan Gui is his person!

When Yun Zheng said that Yuan Gui was a loser, didn't he mean that he had no vision?

"It seems that Sixth Brother looks down on Yuan Gui, right?"

Yun Li asked with a smile on his face, "Yuan Gui was also a cavalry captain before, so he can't be so bad, right?"

Yun Li started to set a trap for Yun Zheng.

He told the story about Yuan Gui becoming the Cavalry Captain, and Yun Zheng also said that Yuan Gui was not good enough, which was tantamount to saying that Emperor Wen's vision was not good enough.

"Third brother, be more confident and delete the two words."

Yun Zheng smiled calmly, "I'm not bragging, but if a loser like Yuan Gui is placed in the Beifu Army, he can serve as a pawn. Letting him lead the troops is tantamount to giving military exploits to the enemy! I I guess my father felt pity for Yuan Cong for having such a stupid son, so he rewarded him with the official position of Cavalry Commander."

"Then let's wait and see!" Yun Li forced a smile.

Emperor Wen glanced at Yun Li from the corner of his eye and asked again: "Zhao Ji, what do you think of Yuan Gui?"

"This……"

Zhao Ji hesitated for a moment, then replied: "Although Yuan Gui is not very useful, he should still be able to serve as a cavalry captain."

To be honest, Zhao Ji also looked down upon Yuan Gui.

Not only Yuan Gui, he even looked down on Yuan Cong.

Even though Yuan Cong was once the general of Zuotunwei, in his heart, Yuan Cong was just a reckless man.

"I think so too."

Emperor Wen smiled and said no more.

Soon, the drums started beating.

At the same time, the hourglass also started counting.

However, this hourglass is different from modern hourglasses.

This is a simple funnel.

Determine the time based on the weight of the sand that escapes.

Upon hearing the sound of the drums, Zhou Daogong immediately led his troops to rush towards the assembly point from 500 meters away.

Along with the sound of rolling horse hooves, a cloud of smoke and dust flew up.

Yunzheng and the others didn't say anything, they just sat on the tower and watched quietly.

Yun Zheng actually didn't have much interest in this kind of competition.

Formation should be regarded as a basic skill. Zhao Ji is also one of the famous generals in Da Gan. If the cavalry in his hands can't even form a mess, Zhao Ji can probably return to the imperial city to retire.

Five hundred meters is not that far.

Soon, the leading cavalry units from both sides arrived at the assembly area.

"Array up!"

As Zhou Daogong, the temporary acting general, gave an order, the soldiers around him immediately waved their order flags.

After receiving the order to form a formation, the cavalry pouring in from behind immediately deployed in an orderly manner.

Each department quickly enters the designated position.

Although formation is only a basic skill, it still puts the cavalry to some tests.

It is also a test to quickly rein in the war horses and keep a sufficient surprise distance between each other to avoid collision with each other and cause chaos.

At the beginning, everything was relatively normal and all departments were in order.

But soon, Zhao Ji discovered something was wrong.

There was a small-scale chaos in the group of cavalry at the rear right. From a distance, it seemed that someone could not find their position and was scurrying around in the formation like headless flies.

"That is how the matter?"

Emperor Wen also saw the chaos in the field and turned to ask Zhao Ji.

"It must be that someone was eager to show off and led his troops to attack too quickly, so that the rear army ran into the position of the front army."

Zhao Ji's face didn't look good, and he obviously didn't expect such a situation to happen.

What the formation emphasizes is that each unit obeys the general's orders and enters the battle formation position step by step and in an orderly manner.

Doing this now will definitely waste a lot of time.

Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, "General Zhao's guess is correct. I estimate that Yuan Gui, the loser, led his troops to charge too fast."

When Yun Zheng spoke, he deliberately glanced at Yun Li.

Facing Yun Zheng's gaze, Yun Li was so angry that he cursed his mother.

Yuan Gui!

Better not be you asshole!

If Yuan Gui, this bastard, really did something bad, he would have to teach this bastard a lesson!

While they were talking, Zhou Daogong seemed to have received news of the chaos in the rear army.

They didn't know what Zhou Daogong said. They only saw the ordering soldier waving the order flag again.

After a period of adjustment, the chaos in the formation finally stopped, and the various units reassembled in an orderly formation.

Although there were some twists and turns in the process, the triangle assault formation was finally completed.

As Zhou Daogong raised the flag, the clock was also suspended here.