Three Kingdoms: Fusion of Entries, Change of Destiny

Chapter 3 First Blood!

The drawing is just for the convenience of explanation.
As for the image of the painting, you don't need to worry too much about it.

Cao Yan picked up another clean brush, pointed at the twelve little figures, and asked Cao Ang, "Ang'er, do you recognize this formation?"

"Is this... a formation?"

"This formation is called the Mandarin Duck Formation. It was taught to my uncle by a general who was invincible in every battle in his dream." Cao Yan explained slowly, with a hint of mystery in his tone.

But the look in Cao Ang's eyes when he looked at Cao Yan was full of "I don't believe you at all".

Cao Yan didn't care about this at all, and began to explain to Cao Ang: "The Mandarin Duck Formation consists of twelve people forming a team.

The person in the middle holding the command flag is the team leader, responsible for commanding the entire team, observing the battlefield and adjusting the formation at any time."

"The two men in front are shield bearers. One holds a large shield, defending against enemy arrows and spear charges. The other holds a light shield, equipped with a javelin and a waist knife, responsible for close combat assaults."

"The two in the back are wolf-whip masters. They wield specially made wolf-whips, which are bamboo sticks one to two feet long. Their primary function is to sweep and disrupt the enemy's formation, limiting the range of their melee weapons."

"There are also four spearmen. They are responsible for assassinating the enemy at medium range with their two-zhang-long spears, protected by wolf-whips."

"The two on either side are halberd bearers, or you could think of them as fork soldiers. They're primarily responsible for protecting the flanks and assisting in the attack."

"The last one is... um... a crossbowman, responsible for long-range sniping of the enemy!"

The last one was originally a musketeer, but there were no firearms at the end of the Han Dynasty, so he had to be temporarily changed to a crossbowman.

Get a basic version of the Mandarin Duck Formation and use it first, then upgrade it slowly when your skills catch up. The main thing is to develop your skills!
When Cao Ang saw that Cao Yan actually said something, the expression in his eyes changed slightly.

"Uncle, will this Mandarin Duck Formation really work?" Cao Ang was still skeptical, but finally felt a glimmer of anticipation.

"Whether it works or not, you can ask your elder brother for some people to practice with and then you'll know," Cao Yan said with a smile.

"Okay! I'll go right away!" Cao Ang was about to run away after saying this, but he suddenly turned around and looked at the table in front of Cao Yan, and asked with shining eyes: "Uncle, this picture..."

Cao Yan waved his hand and said generously, "Take it!"

"Thank you, uncle!" Cao Ang rolled up the silk and ran out excitedly.

Cao Yan also successfully received the notification tone from the system.
[Cao Ang's favorability towards you has changed. Current favorability: 92%]

Cao Yan couldn't help but clench his fists after hearing this, and cheered softly: "Nai Si!!"

The first character with a favorability of over 90% has appeared, and he is a character with great potential!

Hold on!

Don't be impatient for quick success.

You must wait for Cao Ang to grow up and produce golden entries before you can pick the sweet fruits!
The surprises didn't stop there, the system's prompt sounded again,

Congratulations on achieving First Blood (Achieve a 90% or higher favorability with any historical figure)

[Obtained entry: Morale Boost (Blue) (Requires active use, improves army morale and slightly enhances combat effectiveness. Duration: 1 hour, Cooldown: 2 hours)]

"There are achievement rewards?!" Cao Yan was cheered up, and then looked at the description of [Morale Boost].

"Although it's just a blue entry, it might play a decisive role in a crucial battle."

Cao Yan was very satisfied and began to think about how to improve other people's favorability.

"Catering to his taste?" Cao Yan murmured.

"Lao Cao's style is 'married women, drinking, and writing poetry,' but I can't really give him someone else's wife, can I? As for drinking and writing poetry... I can try."

"Xiahou Dun's hobbies are 'reading and spending money'. These hobbies are a bit too scary, Pas."

"Xiahou Yuan seems to be good at 'archery and horseback archery'. I'm powerless and can only be laughed at by him."

"Cao Ren is 'hunting'. If he encounters a ferocious beast, won't he become its meal?"

"Alas..." With a long sigh, Cao Yan could only give up the path of "hobby" for the time being, "I'd better honestly clean myself up first."

……

The next day.

Cao Ang worked quickly, preparing the personnel and equipment in just half a day. He even specially invited Cao Yan to help check whether the drills were going well.

Cao Yan followed Cao Ang to the training ground.

I saw that the twelve soldiers had already started training.

Not far away, many soldiers were watching.

They looked at the strange weapons in the hands of the twelve people, pointing and talking, and occasionally there were a few laughs.

However, these twelve soldiers were not affected, nor did they slack off at all, and they were all training seriously.

They should be the few veterans who followed Cao Cao back from Luoyang.

Therefore, no matter in terms of execution, experience, combat capability or concentration, they are much better than other recruits.

Cao Ang and Cao Yan came closer.

The captain in charge of commanding the formation quickly ordered to stop the drill, and the other members of the team immediately put away their weapons and moved in unison.

Even Cao Yan couldn't help but nod secretly after reading it.

The captain came up to Cao Ang, clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "Greetings, Young Master."

Cao Ang turned to Cao Yan and said, "Uncle, these are the elite troops I asked my father for. Do you think they are doing well in the training?"

Cao Yan threw [Insight] at the captain, but found that he was just an ordinary soldier without even an entry.

However, he remained expressionless and praised, "You are disciplined and have a calm demeanor. Very good!"

When Cao Ang heard the compliment, he immediately smiled.

He then asked, "When can I go to the battlefield?"

Cao Yan glanced at Cao Ang and said, "Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in battle. It's better to train hard for a few months first."

"More sweat in peacetime, less blood in battle..." Cao Ang chewed on this sentence carefully, then bowed and said, "Nephew, I have learned your lesson."

After the captain returned, the drill continued.

Cao Yan watched from the side, nodding in praise from time to time.

At this time, the sound of drills came from the other direction of the training ground.

"Hands must be steady, guns must be fast!"

"prick!"

"receive!"

"prick!!"

Cao Yan looked over and saw a short but very strong young general directing the drill.

"Could it be Le Jin?" Cao Yan's mind moved, and he threw out an [Insight].

[The distance is too far, and the skill release failed. ]

Cao Yan was slightly stunned and thought to himself, "This thing actually has a distance limit?!"

Cao Yan calculated that he was about fifty steps away from that place. It seemed that the release distance of [Insight] would not exceed fifty steps at most.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Yan asked Cao Ang, "Who is that person who is training the soldiers over there?"

Cao Ang followed Cao Yan's gaze and replied, "Captain of the Chen army, Le Jin."

"It's indeed him!" Cao Yan said in his heart.

However, considering that the other party's favorability towards him would definitely not be high, Cao Yan did not go up to greet Le Jin.

Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities to meet in the future, so there is no need to rush.

(End of this chapter)