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Chapter 908 Is This How You Usually Train?
Xie Yuan rode a horse and stood behind the formation, looking at the menacing enemy coming in the wind and snow, he ordered to prepare.

The drums and thunder behind him resounded throughout the camp.

At the front is a huge spike shield, which is equipped by powerful people. When they heard the sound of the drum, they all held shoulder resistance and squatted in front of them.

A gust of wind and snow swept over, and the huge shield resisted the wind and snow. The archers behind the shields took their positions one after another. Relying on the cover of the shields, they knelt on one leg, drew arrows and bows and stood with hands down, ready to raise and shoot at all times.

The cavalry on the opposite side came galloping. They rode on horseback, and while running, they drew their longbows along with the wind, and arrows shot towards them sparsely with the strong wind.

Some arrows poked on the shield with a "thud-thud", some passed the shield and landed behind, and hit a person, and fell to the ground three or four in a short time. Although some people were shot, they were covered by cotton clothes Blocked with the scales.

Downwind arrows have a much longer range than theirs.Fortunately, the opponent didn't have many bows and arrows, and his accuracy was not very good.

Even if they had the time, this wave of arrow attacks did not cause many casualties on Xie Yuan's side.

In addition to a small number of shots, most of them were swept by the wind, drifting erratically, and inserted into the ground in front of them at different distances.

Xie Yuan kept watching the battle situation, seeing the other party behave like this, he felt more confident in his heart, and said:

"They were too impatient. There was not much wood in the grassland, and the number of arrows was limited. It was a waste of time."

Shi Yuheng Jia Lema stood beside her, glanced at Xie Yuan, and said:

"The direction of the wind has too much influence. Even if it is a tailwind, it is not much more beneficial than a headwind. Don't underestimate the enemy."

When Xie Yuan heard this, he kept a solemn face and didn't say a word, but just looked ahead intently.

At this time, an archer at the back of the shield soldier suddenly stood up amidst the scattered and erratic rain of arrows, with a brave and fearless figure, he drew his bow fully, pointed the arrow pointing directly at the opposite side, and shot it loose.

He moved very quickly, he let go of the bowstring when he stood up, as if he hadn't aimed at it, and when the arrow flew out, he immediately squatted down and hid behind the shield.

As soon as he squatted down, the arrows of the two enemies landed on the shield above his head with two "dongdong".

Shi Yuhengjia's eyes lit up for a moment when he saw that their shield soldiers and archers cooperated quite tacitly.

But there was only one person who drew the bow and shot the arrow so abruptly, and the arrow fell in front of the enemy, and the range was not enough.

It wasn't just the Zhuzhu people opposite who felt strange, Shi Yuhengjia also felt strange, but when he turned his head to see Xie Yuan's expression, he was not surprised to see her expression as usual, so he asked:

"What did that mean just now? Didn't the person who shot the arrow suddenly violate the order and shoot the arrow without authorization?"

Xie Yuan pursed his resolute lips, looked at the arrow falling on the ground in the distance, seemed a little nervous, and couldn't care less about talking to Shi Yu Hengjia.

But soon, his doubts were resolved.

Because when the creeping man's horseshoe passed the falling arrow, the corporal commander gave an order, and the shields of all the shield soldiers swished out of the gap in the middle.

The archers, who had been standing still with their bows down, raised their arms in unison in an instant, and through the gaps in the shields, they drew their bows and loosened their strings.

With the "swish" sound of dense arrows, they flew out through the wind and snow in a uniform manner.

Immediately, the cavalry who was galloping on the opposite side fell to the ground with an arrow.

Only then did Shi Yu Hengjia understand that the archer who fired the arrows first did not make a mistake, nor did he waste the arrows on his own initiative.

Rather, his task is to measure how far the specific shooting range is in this extreme weather.

This is more accurate and less wasted arrows than ordering arrows to be released according to Shangguan's experience.

It is not uncommon for any experienced veteran to use this method.

The strange thing is that when they did this, no one gave orders, no one directed them, as if all the soldiers had become used to it, calm and silent, as a rule, they did so tacitly.

Shi Yuhengjia looked at Xie Yuan in surprise, and couldn't help asking:

"Is this how you usually train? Have you ever practiced in windy and snowy days?"

Xie Yuan looked ahead and said lightly:

"I like to train on sunny days and test in extreme weather."

Shi Yuhengjia looked at Xie Yuan's side face, and couldn't help his heart skip a beat.

The leader of the creeping people saw that the people in front fell off their horses one after another.Even if the opposite side is against the wind direction, the power of the arrow can still be so great, he suddenly felt terrified, and quickly ordered loudly:
"Side attack!"

The galloping cavalry obeyed the order and quickly separated from the middle, avoiding the archers in the front formation, and went to the side.

But who knows, wherever their horses run, the bows and arrows will be shot, not only in front, but also in the side.

As they approached, the rest of the archers seemed to be awakened, and the same reaction, the same uniform operation would happen again.

The crawling people who entered the palace, facing the layer after layer of black shields in the snowstorm, saw their calm and rhythmic indifference, and suddenly felt a sense of fear that what they were facing was not a group of living people .

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!" the leader of the creepers ordered, turned around and ran.

The wind and snow seemed to be getting bigger, blowing people's eyes.Xie Yuan's eyes were already red and painful from the blowing, and he could only see into the distance by squinting.

But the sight is really limited, I can only see those remaining squirms turn around and run away, disappearing into the wind and snow, and it is impossible to see whether someone behind them is robbing their back.

She didn't know if letting these people escape would count as a win. She originally thought that if they entered the formation, they could get a few prisoners, get some news, and send a message to the nephew of King Rouran... …

If the cavalry on both wings didn't arrive and couldn't catch high enough prisoners, then she could only send people to turn over the pile of dead people to see if they could save one or two.

Seeing Xie Yuan's displeasure, Shi Yuhengjia asked:

"What's the matter? Why are you unhappy when you win?"

Xie Yuan was in a bad mood, he glanced blankly and said nothing to the messenger behind him:
"The scouts went out to investigate the enemy's situation within a radius of [-] miles, and ordered the reserve troops to quickly clean up the battlefield to see if there were any survivors, and to pick them out for questioning. The rest of them took a short rest and waited for orders."

"Yes." The orderly rode away.

Xie Yuan turned his horse's head and walked towards his tent.

Shi Yuhengjia followed behind her, looked at Xie Yuan's profile, and smiled.

He had never watched Xie Yuan's military training before, but now he saw the climate of the central camp with his own eyes, and was very pleasantly surprised, saying:
"To be honest, I didn't think that using infantry against cavalry on the grassland could be used in this way. It was like a man-made fortress, suppressing the advantage of cavalry. It's a pity that they came to test and retreat. It's too fast...I still want to see how the fight will happen later."

(End of this chapter)