Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1141 A moment of thought

When the sunlight broke through the clouds and spread evenly on the earth, Xiao Yuansui's 100,000-strong army came in a mighty force, completely covering the entire land in front of Hulao Pass and east of Sishui, and the smoke and dust it raised almost blocked out the sky.

Seeing this scene, the faces of several soldiers on the city wall changed.

It's not that they just saw the scene clearly. Before Xiao Yuansui's army entered the area within their sight, spies had already come back to report, and not long after, the people standing on the city wall felt the earth shaking - more than 100,000 troops were dispatched at the same time, not only did the ground shake, the sand and rocks rolled, but even the Yellow River not far away began to flow violently.

Then the army deployed its battle formation.

These hundreds of thousands of people were arranged into eight large formations, with four rows in total, two in each formation. Each formation had about ten thousand people, and a road of more than three meters in the middle was left for cavalry to shuttle back and forth to deliver military orders.

However, even the soldiers with the best eyesight could only barely see that the two arrays in the front were holding up heavy black shields to prevent cavalry charges and flying arrows, and the two arrays in the back were mostly archers. Once the soldiers from Hulao Pass appeared and launched a charge, those archers could immediately draw their bows and shoot arrows to repel their attack.

As for those behind them, they couldn't see clearly. They could only guess from the neighing of war horses in the wind that they should be cavalry.

Seeing such a huge army formation, many soldiers showed cowardly expressions. Xue Lin grabbed the rough battlements of the city wall with one hand, his fingertips turned white, and even Shen Wuzheng frowned.

How should we fight this battle?
Shen Wuzheng turned to look at Yuwen Ye who was standing beside him and looking into the distance. He saw that Yuwen Ye's brows were gradually furrowing. He couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "You led him here. Why do you feel something is wrong now?"

Yuwen Ye still looked ahead, muttering, "That's not right."

When Shen Tutai, Xue Lin and others around him heard this, they all looked at him with wide eyes in shock. After watching for a while, Yu Wenye said softly, "Xiao Yuansui, something is wrong."

Everyone was surprised, then they realized that the "wrong" he was talking about was referring to Xiao Yuansui.

Shen Wuzheng said: "He, something is wrong."

Yuwen Ye said: "He likes adventure very much, or in other words, he likes to advance and will not retreat unless he has to, and he is not good at defending. Therefore, he can take down Wanggangzhai, capture Xingluo Cang, and even sweep across Hebei, but he can't stop the disintegration of Wanggangzhai, nor can he defend Xingluo Cang..."

When he mentioned Wanggangzhai and its disintegration, Shentutai shook his head gently and heard someone beside him sigh. He looked down and saw that Shantong'er had climbed up to the city wall at some point and was lying on the battlement looking down. He had obviously never seen such an overwhelming army and could not help but gasp.

Shentu Tai reached out and patted his shoulder gently.

Shen Wuzheng also had this child in his eyes, still staring at Yuwen Ye: "So do you think his formation is wrong?"

Yuwen Ye shook his head: "It's not the formation that's wrong, it's him who's wrong."

Generally speaking, when a large army is lined up, especially when the enemy has cavalry, the front row will be a shield formation to prevent the impact of cavalry and infantry from destroying the formation behind. Then comes the archers to repel the enemy's attack, and then the infantry team. This is the most common way of formation, but this way of formation also means that their own cavalry charge will be hindered.

In other words, psychologically, they did not intend to charge forward.

However, this battle was fought by Xiao Yuansui himself.

Hearing Yuwen Ye's explanation, Shen Tutai nodded gently. He had been in battle for a long time, so he could see the purpose of this formation at a glance. However, he did not understand what Yuwen Ye meant by "something is wrong". Shen Wuzheng thought about it again and came to his senses. He glanced at the army formation that stretched for several miles, and then said, "This formation means that he himself is very contradictory."

Yuwen Ye nodded: "The strange thing is that he has always been very determined. He knows better than anyone what to do and what should be done. But this time, he seems not so determined."

Even he was puzzled by this.

He could see through the intentions of the battle formation, but it was difficult for him to see through people's hearts.

At this moment, the kind boy's low mumbling voice reached their ears: "Master said that many things are just a matter of thought."

Hearing this, everyone looked at him, and a flash of inspiration flashed in Yuwen Ye's eyes: "In a moment..."

While everyone was thinking silently, Xue Lin, who was not interested in what was wrong with Xiao Yuansui, became anxious and asked, "Your Highness, they are all here, so should we also go out of the city to fight?"

After saying that, he immediately clasped his fists and said, "I invite you to fight!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone's breathing quickened unconsciously, but Yuwen Ye only glanced at him calmly and said, "Who said I want to accept the challenge?"

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Lin was stunned immediately, he looked up at Yuwen Ye with a puzzled look on his face - he knew very well that Xiao Yuansui would definitely retaliate after he attacked Xiao Yuansui's camp at night and returned injured; besides, it was he who asked Gao Feng and Jiang Kesheng to take those thousands of horses across the river to graze, deliberately showing his weakness to make the other side think that their cavalry was short of fodder and they could take advantage of it. Then in the early morning, they discovered that Xiao Yuansui's camp had indeed begun to prepare to send troops, so they immediately put the entire Hulao Pass on alert. Now, Xiao Yuansui's army was at the gates, why didn't he fight back?

Shen Tutai also said: "Your Highness, no fighting?"

Yuwen Ye turned his head and looked at the more than 100,000 troops lined up neatly in front of him. He sneered and said, "They are standing in a neat line. Let them stand."

After saying that, he turned around and walked down the city wall.

As he walked, he gave orders: "Pass the order down, close the city gates tightly, and anyone who dares to leave the city without permission to fight will be punished by military law."

All the soldiers should claim yes.

The people on the tower looked at each other in bewilderment. Xue Lin immediately became anxious and said to Shen Tu Tai, "General Shen Tu, what's going on?"

Shentu Tai did not answer him immediately. He just frowned slightly and chewed on the words that Yuwen Ye had just left. He seemed to understand something. He glanced at the mighty army of 100,000 in front of him and said, "Yes, it's so neat."

Shen Wuzheng said: "What you mean is——"

The two people's eyes flickered, and they suddenly understood something.

Just when the two of them understood and Xue Lin was getting anxious, the kind boy lying on the battlement slowly took two steps back and said softly, "I don't know if Sister Ruyi is over there."