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Of course Wang Bo would not tell Zhang Zongyan that this was what his uncle meant. He argued: "You don't know Chen Qing, he is very cunning, plus I had conflicts with him before, once we defeat him, he will be dissatisfied and will definitely Investigating us secretly, I am afraid that he will discover the secrets of the army, and the loss outweighs the gain.”

Wang Bo's explanation still made some sense, Zhang Zongyan said sullenly: "I'm really not sure of defeating Cao De. If I lose, I hope Mr. Qin will not blame me!"

Wang Bo squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Don't worry! I have a solution. Even if Cao De's army has [-]% strength, they won't be able to do so."

……

What Chen Qing drew was Li Heng's army, which Chen Qing didn't understand, or even know nothing about.

Although Li Heng held a high official position, he did not leave any traces in history.

"This Li Heng used to be the emperor's confidant, but he didn't get along very well in the past two years." Hu Yantong once again played the role of a know-it-all.

"Why didn't you mix well?" Chen Qing asked puzzled.

Hu Yantong smiled slightly and said: "In fact, everyone in the army knows about this kind of thing. You may be far away and don't know much. Li Heng did not perform well in the Liu Miao Rebellion and was defeated by Miao Fu's army. The emperor did not pursue his responsibility, but the emperor has become more indifferent to him since then, and Gu Shigu has become a new favorite."

"How strong is Li Heng's army?" Chen Qing asked again.

"The strength is definitely not weak, but it is not the strongest. Li Heng has recruited 2000 recruits this year. It should not be a big problem to select [-] elite soldiers from the [-] soldiers, but it will still be inferior to Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun's army. Probably Similar to Wang Bo's army."

At this moment, Zheng Ping hurried in and said to Chen Qing solemnly: "I just got the news that Cao De's army suffered from severe diarrhea, vomiting and diarrhea, and dozens of soldiers have died."

Chen Qing and Hu Yantong glanced at each other, and they both thought of Wang Bo at the same time, "Only Wang Bo can do such a despicable conspiracy."

"Do you want to tell Cao De?"

Hu Yantong clenched his teeth, the hatred in his heart burst out from his eyes.

Chen Qing shook his head, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Simply let the storm come more violently!"

Chapter 83 rematch

Both the semi-finals and the finals will use actual combat confrontation, which is also the traditional way of military competition. The two armies use wooden weapons or blunt weapons without sharpening edges.

The five rematch matches were held in the Martial Arts Academy. The first match was Yue Fei's Shenwu Houjun against Zhang Jun's Shenwu Right Army.

The main generals of the two sides were Zhang Xian and Yang Xizhong. The two generals each led 500 people to fight. This match was originally to use wooden weapons to fight, but was vetoed by the emperor Zhao Gou.

"It's not a peaceful and prosperous age, how can you use a wooden knife as a joke!"

It seems that although this Zhao Guanjia does not participate in the competition himself, he will never be soft-hearted. You must know that a blunt sword contest is fatal, and injuries are even more common.

When Chen Qing himself trained the soldiers, he took sufficient protection, and the vital parts were tightly guarded with leather armor. But even so, more than [-] soldiers had their bones broken during the confrontation training.

Now is the official match, there is no special protection, everything depends on the bravery of both sides, death and injury are all within the allowable range.

Chen Qing and a group of generals sat on the left side of the stands, watching the contest between the two armies. The contest between him and Li Heng's army was the last match of the afternoon, so he took a little time, anyway, he wanted to see the quality of Yue Fei's army.

The competition is not long, and it is divided into two rounds, each for a quarter of an hour. There is white lime on the weapons of both sides. If the soldiers have stabbed or cut marks on their bodies, they will be counted as dead. Whoever has more soldiers killed in the end will win the battle. Just losers.

Of course, if the main general was hit by white lime, even if his army had the upper hand, it would be a loser. If the main general of an army is killed, then this army will undoubtedly be defeated.

Chen Qing really doubted whether this rule would lead to a lot of heads-ups.

Takahiga, the military doctor, announced the rules of the game, and the game kicked off immediately.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The fierce drums from both sides sounded, and the two armies quickly lined up on the competition field the size of three football fields.

Chen Qing observed Yue Fei's army with great interest. The chief general was a young general about his own age. He should be Zhang Xian. He was tall, riding on a horse and holding a golden gun. Zhang Xian used a golden gun. It was a real gun, and what Wang Gui used behind him was also a real knife, a gold-backed broadsword weighing about forty to fifty catties.

Generals must use real weapons, but they cannot fight soldiers.

Zhang Xian's army consisted of [-] spearmen and [-] sword and shield troops. They formed a group of ten people, and each group was equipped with six spearmen and four sword and shield soldiers.

The opponent, Yang Xizhong, is all sword and shield soldiers.

In terms of murderous aura, Zhang Xian's army is extremely murderous and full of murderous aura, and their explosive tension can be felt from a long distance away, which is also the characteristic of Yue's army.

But Yang Xizhong's army is just the opposite. They are like an abyss, with 500 people standing quietly on the school grounds, without any murderous intent, but it makes people feel its unfathomable depth.

In contrast, Chen Qing valued Yang Xizhong more, which surprised him a little.

Hu Yantong leaned over and said in a low voice: "The officials are here too!"

It was only then that Chen Qing noticed that there was an extra green canopy on the main stand. It should be that the emperor Zhao Gou also came, but he was so low-key that the generals beside him didn't know about the arrival of the emperor.

Hu Yantong smiled meaningfully again: "If this Yang Xizhong loses, he must be the one who wins in the end."

Chen Qing understood what Hu Yantong meant. The emperor didn't have the patience to watch for a long time, and it was probably only one match. Of the two teams, Yang Xizhong's army, which was as quiet as an abyss, was more in line with the emperor's appetite.

In this recruit competition, isn't the emperor picking his confidant Yulin army?

Historically, Yang Xizhong was the confidant of the Emperor Zhao Gou's Imperial Forest Army. If history hadn't turned a corner here, Yang Xizhong would probably have been picked.

At this time on the battlefield, the two armies had already begun to fight. Zhang Xian led five hundred troops like a raging wave, charging towards Yang Xizhong's army wave after wave, with a fierce momentum, but Yang Xizhong's army was like a rock, focusing on defense. , No matter how strong the opponent's attack is, his army forms a shield formation and remains motionless.

It can be seen that Zhang Xian also wants to perform well in front of the emperor, but it's a pity that the king's heart is as deep as the sea, he doesn't understand!

Chen Qing looked back to the main stand again, the Qingluo umbrella just now was gone, and the emperor left.

Chen Qing sighed softly, the outcome of this match has been decided.

……

The final result of the match was indeed that Yue Fei's army won. After all, offense is the best defense. Yang Xizhong was too conservative and would definitely suffer. His soldiers were more than [-] "killed" than Zhang Xian's army.

However, Chen Qing is not too concerned about the final battle situation. He is finalizing the final battle plan of his army with the generals. His opponent is Li Heng's famous general Xin Yongzong. Follow Yang Xizhong's route.

"Xin Yongzong's sword and shield army has a variety of formations. After a morning of training, we found that they have changed into eight formations. They have both offense and defense, and their morale is very high. Their strength is by no means inferior to ours, and their coordination proficiency even surpasses ours."

The person who introduced the situation to everyone was naturally Zhao Xiaoyi, and his task was to pay attention to and understand the opponent.

"Where's the weakness!" Chen Qing asked.

"Their weakness is also obvious, that is, lack of physical strength. This kind of high-intensity confrontation takes less than half an hour, and their physical strength will not be able to support it."

Both Hu Yantong and Liu Qiong showed joy, Hu Yantong said with a smile: "With this weakness, we can focus on the second half of the show."

Chen Qing shook his head slowly, "If you can run fifty miles back and forth, isn't it enough to persist for half an hour?"

Liu Qiong quickly explained: "It only takes more than half an hour to go back and forth for fifty miles, but in fact, high-intensity confrontation is much more tiring than running, and it is also more tiring than a real war. After half an hour of high-intensity confrontation, most troops lose their physical strength. It's a common phenomenon."

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "We must be prepared for everything we do. We must not pin our hopes on their final physical exhaustion. If they find someone peeping, they will definitely show their flaws on purpose."

Chen Qing asked Zhao Xiaoyi again, "Before I asked you to investigate these generals, did Xin Yongzong investigate?"

Zhao Xiaoyi nodded, hesitantly said: "The investigation is done, but I don't think it's reliable!"

"Tell me, why is it unreliable?"

Zhao Xiaoyi smiled wryly and said, "It is rumored that Xin Yongzong is a manly man."

Everyone was stunned, and burst into laughter at the same time, Chen Qing laughed without saying a word, if this is the case, he can take advantage of it.

At this time, Zheng Ping rushed into the big tent in a gust of wind, "Damn it, Hu Yan really hit the mark, Cao De gave up the game!"

Everyone immediately looked at each other, and Hu Yantong yelled strangely: "I'm just talking out of anger, just kidding!"

Chen Qing asked in a deep voice, "Is the news accurate?"

"Of course it's true. The Ministry of War has already announced it, and the humble officials went out of their way to find out. Cao De's subordinates were exhausted, and dozens of them died. The living soldiers couldn't stand up, so they had to give up."

This result was exactly what Chen Qing expected. Liu Guangshi prepared carefully for half a year, but was finally destroyed by Wang Bo's despicable means. How could Liu Guangshi let it go? Even if Liu Guangshi couldn't provoke Qin Hui, what about Cao De?He is the grandson of the Cao family, and Wang Bo also ruined his important opportunity. It depends on whether Qin Hui will offend Liu Guangshi and the Cao family for his wife and nephew?

After pondering for a while, Chen Qing said to Hu Yantong: "After today's martial arts competition is over, you can find an opportunity to persuade Cao De!"

Hu Yantong was overjoyed, he laughed and said: "Old Cao is in a bad mood today, I really want to have a drink with him."

……

Today's fourth actual combat match kicked off. The Shaanxi Army played against the Shaanxi Army against Shenwu Zuo Fujun.

On the school field, Chen Qing personally led [-] elite soldiers into battle. He was wearing iron scale armor and a phoenix-winged hood on his head.

Behind him, five hundred soldiers lined up in five rows. The soldiers held spears and sword shields, ready to go, murderous.

Chen Qing's troops are exactly the same as Yue Fei's, consisting of [-] spearmen and [-] sword shield soldiers. In addition to the main general Chen Qing, there are also the left and right lieutenants Hu Yantong and Liu Qiong, as well as the rear army general Zheng Ping.

And Xin Yongzong's army is composed of [-] sword shield soldiers and [-] spear soldiers. The morale of both sides is high and the formation is neat.

Coincidentally, they were similar to the first match in the morning, one side was full of murderous intent, while the other was as quiet as a deep pool.

However, in terms of strength, everyone thinks that Xin Yongzong's army is superior. After all, they have [-] recruits as the base, and the Shaanxi army is actually just Shaanxi generals plus the Ximenxiang army. Typical generals are strong and weak, even if these few Yue trained well, but Xiang Jun's foundation lay there.

Moreover, Xin Yongzong has been a general for more than ten years, has experienced hundreds of battles, and is well-known in the army and the court.

In comparison, Chen Qing, the general of the Shaanxi Army, has much less seniority. He is unknown in the Song army and the court. Everyone only knows that he is Zhang Jun's confidant. He killed Wanyan Loushi. He has good martial arts skills. Just know nothing.

The unknown general and the weak army made the Shaanxi army the least promising team among the ten armies.

This made the other teams envy Shenwu Zuo Fujun, who was lucky enough to get the weakest Shaanxi Army.

'Boom!Boom!Boom! 'The drums on the school field sounded suddenly, and the contest began.

Chen Qing waved his halberd and shouted sharply: "Let's fight!"

Chapter 84 rematch

The two armies were [-] paces apart, and the [-] Shaanxi troops walked forward step by step. They formed a square formation with [-] spears in the center, and [-] sword and shield troops on each side as the left and right wings.

The Shenwu Left Deputy Army formed a group of five people and a group of 50 people, forming ten combat groups.

"Zhang Dutong seems to be optimistic about the Shenwu Army?" In the stands, Privy Clerk Li replied with a smile and asked Dutong Zhang Jundao.

Zhang Jun smiled faintly, "It can be seen from the formation of troops that the Shenwu Army deploys troops more skillfully. It can quickly disperse into hundreds of five-man regiments, and can be tightened into a group at any time. It can be described as flexible and flexible. That's what trained performance is all about.

Looking at the Shaanxi Army again, their formation is very traditional and simple, but it may not be effective. "

“How come you see?”

Zhang Jun snorted coldly and said, "Because the opponents are different. The Western Army used to deal with Xixia cavalry, so they formed a spear formation to fight, but now their opponent is infantry, but they still use the formation to deal with cavalry. Why? Possibly successful?"

Li Hui also became a little worried. He didn't want Chen Qing's army to fail.

……

Fifty steps away from the opponent's army, Chen Qing shouted, "Charge!"

The Western Army suddenly mobilized, and three hundred soldiers shouted. They lined up tightly. Although each blunt spear had no edge, it accumulated collective strength, and slammed into each other like an iron fist.

"Great!"

Xin Yongzong let out a secret cry. He saw the opponent's tactics and replaced the sharpness of the spear with strength. Their soldiers could not resist this powerful force. Get together.

Xin Yongzong only hesitated for a moment, and then ordered sharply: "Scatter!"

He chose to disperse. If they gathered into a group, the sword and shield army would be at a disadvantage in terms of combat distance and strength.

The Sword and Shield Army quickly spread out to both sides, and the middle team became sparse. The running Western Army rushed into the enemy formation like an elephant. The five Shenwu Army combat teams could not resist and retreated one after another. Several Sword and Shield Army soldiers were unable to retreat in time and were knocked to the ground by the Spear Army.

The Western Army's Spear Corps rushed into the opponent's formation and divided the opponent into two.

Chen Qing then shouted: "Two-headed dragon fight!"

The formation of the Western Army changed, from an elephant to a two-headed dragon. Hu Yantong led 200 people to the east, Liu Qiong led 200 people to the west, and Zheng Ping led a [-] spear army to cooperate with Liu Qiong to fight from the south.

In the stands, Li Hui laughed, "Zhang Dutong, this is not a formation for cavalry!"

Zhang Jun's face was a bit ugly. He had just understood the Western Army's combat intention, which was to cut the opponent into two and overwhelm the opponent tactically.

When the two armies are fighting, the most important thing is to fight smoothly so that the morale can be full, but if the battle is not smooth, the morale will be affected, and more importantly, the various combat plans formulated before will not be able to be implemented.

It’s like a student exam. If you can do every question on the exam paper, you will be full of confidence. You only hate yourself for writing too slowly. If you can’t solve a big question or a few questions, your confidence will be affected, and your final score will definitely be high. no.

Xin Yongzong has very rich combat experience. When the opponent changed his formation, he immediately understood the opponent's combat intention. The opponent wanted to use three super powerful legions to implement a strategy of defeating his fifty combat teams. He immediately Ordered: "Assemble!"

The drums sounded, and the two divided armies of the Shenwu Army quickly assembled. Fifty small teams assembled into two large formations of swords and shields, and also fought against each other with collective strength.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Chen Qing's mouth, and he ordered again, "Scatter the battle!"

The drums of the Western Army also sounded, 'Boom!Boom!Boom! '

The drums were beating quickly, and the three teams that had gathered together split into fifty small teams in an instant. Each team consisted of ten people, and each team had six spearmen and four sword and shield soldiers. This is the formation that the Western Army trains every night. , has been tempered, and the soldiers cooperated very tacitly.

Fifty squads fought against the enemy on the run, showing their advantages.

At this moment, Zhang Jun, who had been watching the battle, fell silent. He began to realize that he had underestimated the Western Army. The Western Army used two false moves to lure the opponent to change tactics. If the army changes tactics again, it will appear too passive. Being led by the nose by the opponent will affect morale.

But if the tactics remain unchanged, they will be completely on the defensive, and will suffer a great loss in the opponent's long weapon advantage and high-speed running confrontation.

Xin Yongzong smiled wryly in his heart. He didn't expect that the opponent's real tactic was Sanda. At this time, he could no longer change his tactic, which would seriously affect morale. He had to bite the bullet and finish the first half, and then follow his established tactic in the second half.