Chapter 181

"Are you Xiao Ran?" While Xia Shuangtian hesitated, a teenager in armor walked into the door. He was more than seven feet tall and looked extraordinary and magnificent. He said to Xia Shuangtian and his wife, "See you, second uncle and second mother."

Xia Ruoyan frowned and said, "Why did my cousin come here? Where did he get the news?" Xia Shuangtian and his wife were going to agree and broke into the blade halfway. From his bad eyes, he could guess that it must be Xia Ruoyan's cousin Xia Yu.

Xia Yu sneered and said, "After her cousin is a general, she is beautiful and prolable in both literature and martial arts. How can you be worthy of this useless Jianghu grass? Don't think that you want to please your cousin with beautiful words and dream of it. I, Xia Yu, am the first to disovince you.

The words are straightforward, ** naked humiliation and provocation. Xia Ruoyan knew that Xiao Ran's temper was the most incommitable. She was about to go out of the side hall to resolve it, but she was stopped by her second brother Xia Quan and winced at her and said, "Third sister, don't be anxious. Your parents haven't said anything yet. It's only bad if you go out. Do you think Xia Yu will come back without complaint?

Xia Ruoyan was stunned and immediately thought of something and said, "The second brother means that his parents deliberately revealed the things that Brother Xiao put in the house to cousin Xia Yu. Is it a test for Brother Xiao?"

Xia Quan shook his head and said, "This is your own guess. I didn't say anything." Obviously, Xia Quan knew something that was not easy to say directly, and she was afraid that the third sister would be worried, so she reminded her.

Xia Ruoyan smiled and said, "I know that the second brother loves Yan the most, and let's talk about the other tests. The second brother doesn't want Yaner to marry someone he doesn't like and wash his face with tears all day long, right?

Xia Quan couldn't help acting coquettishly, coughed dryly, looked at the direction of the school and said, "Just let the second brother go. I really don't know anything."

Xia Ruoyan giggled: "Thank you, second brother."

Seeing Xia Ruoyan running away, he got out of bed and shook his head helplessly and said to himself, "I haven't said it's the campus yet."

In the main hall, the atmosphere is a little strange. Get off the horse?" Xiao Ran's mouth was slightly upturned, with an imperceptible smile, and said, "It's a little useless. Your Excellency is?"

Xia Yu said proudly, "I am General Xuanwei of the fourth grade of the Tang Dynasty." No wonder he is so arrogant that he is only in his early twenties. He is one level higher than Yaner's second brother.

Xiao Ran looked calm and said, "That's all. Art of war, riding, shooting, martial arts, if Xiao has anything worse than you, turn around and leave. From now on, I will never step into Xiafu again!" If a person is too weak, he will only be kneaded by others. Since he wants to compare, he should show some real skills. Xia Jia Shangwu, then defeat him in what he is best at! Xia Yu did not expect Xiao Ran to be so frivolous. He studied military books and had excellent martial arts since he was a child. He went through hundreds of battles before he was elected as a general.

Although some of them are related to the Xia family, they are also outstanding among their peers, which is actually looked down upon by an outsider. He said angrily, "If you say something crazy, then let you die as soon as possible. Looking at the way you have read books for several years, don't say that I, Xia Yu, bully you, just compare the art of war.

Xia Shuangtian coughed gently and interrupted the two people and said, "Both restrictions are young talents. Don't hurt the harmony. In my opinion, there is no need to lead the soldiers to fight. Come on, carry the sand table up.

Xiao Ran was stunned, and there was such an advanced thing as the sand table? It is not recorded in history books. Sure enough, it is a little different from the Tang Dynasty I know. Four or five servants slowly lifted the table. On the table is a simple battlefield made of clay. On the other hand, the man held a black bag in his hand, which was thought to be some props for soldiers.

"Talking on paper?" Xiao Ran's smile is even better. Because of his eccentric personality, he doesn't like to deal with outsiders. In my previous life, I rarely went out and spent my free time hunting for books. I have read a lot of military books. As long as the other party is not Zhuge Kongming alive, he will not be afraid of him.

Xia Shuangtian said, "The Tang Dynasty mostly fought with the barbarians. This is the grassland terrain. Now the weapons of the two armies are the same. There are 1,000 infantry and 500 cavalry archers. The weather is normal. In the case of no deserter insiders. The two armies met. The damage of the two armies and the final victory or defeat will be judged by me. Do you have any objection?"

Let's get a look at each other without showing weakness: "Let's start."

The grassland is flat and there is no cover. It is impossible to use circuitous tactics. It seems simple, and the investigation of the platoon is extremely detailed. The infantry holds a shield, and the cavalry dissend off the horse as heavy infantry. Archers have the advantage of long-range shooting. Xiao Ran quickly analyzed the information obtained in his mind. It seems that how to use the three arms skillfully is the key.

This involves a question: Will the brave win or the wise win the battle between the two armies? Of course, it also involves two ways of playing, which has a lot to do with the general's personal style. The brave and resourceless king of Chu, and the brave Zhao Kuo is sad. If it's not Zhuge Liang, don't sing empty city tricks! The red flag represents 50 infantry. The yellow chess piece belt, the bower fifty thought for a little, and the black flag represented the cavalry fifty. Xiao Ran had a plan and began to array on the opposite side.

In front of the main formation are three rows of infantry with shields, a total of 600 people. There are 100 iron riders in the middle and 400 archers in the rear. In front of the left wing are 200 shielded infantry, and behind are 200 iron riders and 50 archers. The left wing and the right wing are the same.

Xia Yu glanced at him and looked disdainful. One thousand infantry in the main battle are divided into three rows with shields. 500 archers in the rear. Two hundred and fifty iron riders on each of the left and right wings. It adopts a dense formation. Xia Shuangtian looked at the situation with a smile and said, "Since they are all lined up, let's start."

Xiao Ran said, "Our 500 archers shot at the opponent's main array."

Xia Shuangtian roughly estimated the casualties and said, "Xia Yu was a shield infantry three times ago, and the archers were concentrated. 200 infantry lost, 150"

Xia Yu snorted coldly and said, "I want to destroy the archer first. Our 500 archers shot at the opponent's main battle.

Xia Shuangtian said, "Xiao Ran's army suffered an arrow head-on and lost 200 infantry."

Then Xiao Ran ordered 100 iron riders to charge forward. Xia Yu fought with infantry, and the remaining middle positions of the two sides were superb. Xia Yu ordered two-winged iron riders to support the main array. At this time, the range archers were useless. Because Xia Yu's infantry was flat in front of the main array, the line surrounded Xiao Ran's iron horse step by step. Xiao Ran ordered 400 iron riders on the left and right wings to rescue. Xia Yu surrounded the iron horse surrounded by the infantry with 500 iron horses on his side. Eight hundred infantry stopped the 400 iron horses rescued by Xiao Ran in an attempt to encircle them and annihilate the enemy's living forces with superior forces.

After the first confrontation, Xiao Ran lost 150 cavalry, and Xia Yu lost 200 infantry and 50 cavalry. In this way, Xiao Ran occupied the disadvantage, and Xiao Ran had to admire the other party's military talent. Seeing that Xiao Ran had no regret, Xia Yu sarcastically said, "When the general doesn't even care about the lives of his soldiers, it's useless to read military books."

Xiao Ran ignored it and continued: "The infantry reunited, and 450 archers shot at the main array."

Only then did Xia Yu find that in order to encircle and suppress Xiao Ran's 100 iron cavalry formation were in chaos. His 800 infantry surrounded the iron cavalry in the middle and could not disperse it. And the archers behind him should be too close to aim and blocked by the iron horse. There are less than 200 left for 500 iron riders in a round.

"If you count the trampling and collision formation, will your infantry still be searched? I can use the remaining infantry to drag your cavalry, the archers who retreat from the cinnabar. The rest of the soldiers are all arrow targets!"

Xia Yu looked ugly, but he didn't expect that Xiao Ran's 100 iron cavalry charge was just a bait. The purpose is to make his iron horse rolled in the center as an opportunity to annihilate the archers. Once the cavalry is destroyed, it is difficult to exert the effect of quick mobility, and the defeat has been determined. Although Xia Shuangtian was happy, his face was still calm: "Xiao Ran won the test. Is Xia Yuxian's nephew convinced?"

Xia Yu was unwilling to say, "Sure enough, soldiers are not tired of fraud. I can't figure out how to lure the enemy with hundreds of soldiers."

Xiao Ran knew that Xia Yu was still a little unconvinced and said lightly, "It's not the right way to exchange 100 soldiers for the victory of the whole war, but which is more important compared with the consequences of defeat? Kill the city. Is there still less burning, killing and looting? This is a war, not a moral place. Is it true that the lives of soldiers are the lives of ordinary people?