Time was passing slowly, and Huo Qubing was also silently calculating the position of Yu's army.
"Five hundred steps... three hundred steps... two hundred steps... let go!!"
Following Huo Qubing's order, a full 20,000 people in the army took out their bows and arrows.
Under Huo Qubing's rehearsal, the 20,000 archers were divided into four groups, each group consisting of 5,000 people.
After the five thousand people shoot an arrow, the next group continues the cycle.
The people who were charging from the opposite side were dumbfounded when they were a hundred steps away from Daxia's army.
What the hell, it’s raining?
Damn it, this is a rain of arrows!
A group of sharp-eyed people have already discovered that something is wrong, but now it is too late.
Daxia's arrow rain seemed to have eyes, stabbing at a group of people crazily.
Many people screamed in pain on the spot, and some even died on the spot.
War is cruel, and when there is a war, there are casualties, but for generals, no matter how difficult the situation is, they cannot retreat at will.
"Come on! Rush into their camp!"
Under Lin Tianba's strong and domineering charge, a group of people braved the rain of arrows and rushed into Daxia's camp.
Then Daxia's soldiers began to engage in various close combats with various crude weapons.
Some of the first armies of Daxia might have had some inferior knives, but many of the soldiers who later joined the army of Daxia only had one bow.
If there must be some melee weapons, it would be some wooden sticks customized by Xia Yan.
But even with such weapons, Daxia's army still fought back and forth with Yu's army.
A bloody battle was taking place here, far above Daxia's court, and a group of people were anxiously waiting for the battle report.
After all, Daxia is not that big, and it only takes half an hour to get out of the city by horseback, and even including reaching the battlefield after leaving the city, it will not take more than an hour at most.
In this way, the battle report will never be sent too slowly.
Zhu Ming looked worried, "Today is the decisive battle, and we don't know how our army is doing..."
On the side, Xu Jing and Di Renjie also returned to the court after a day's rest. Compared to a few others, their faces were a little more indifferent.
"Today, our military strength in Daxia is more than 30,000. Although it is still not as good as that of Yu State, it is not much different. If Prime Minister Zhuge uses his troops mysteriously, it may be miraculous."
After hearing this, Xia Yan laughed silently in his heart.
If there is a military ambush or something, then it is indeed possible.
But what happened today? The two teams were directly slashing with swords, and one person had an absolute advantage.
And what is the army of Yu State? They are well-equipped.
On my side, ten thousand fire sticks and twenty thousand bows without arrows would be good if they could knock some blood on someone's head.
As for expecting to win the battle in this way, that is simply wishful thinking.
Soon, the first battle report arrived.
"Your Majesty, the bows and arrows used by our army have a long range and are very powerful. The enemy's troops were slow to move in the face of the rain of arrows and suffered numerous casualties!"
Upon hearing this, Xia Yan was stunned for a moment.
What the hell? Are there arrows? Where did they come from?
With this thought in mind, he looked at Xu Jing and Di Renjie below.
Neither of them went to court yesterday or the day before yesterday. They must have done something bad!
Now it seems that I actually went to buy arrows.
I don’t know how many arrows I bought. I don’t know if there are thousands.
Although arrows are not expensive, it will still take some time to make them again.
Plus I haven't allocated any funds to them at all, so it shouldn't be too much.
Thinking of this, Xia Yan asked directly: "You two, I wonder how many arrows you have obtained for the front line?"
"Hehe, no more, no more."
Di Renjie said this and stretched out two fingers directly towards Xia Yan. Xia Yan frowned as soon as he saw it.
Two thousand? No wonder the battle report said there were countless casualties. Two thousand arrows are indeed quite powerful.
But little did he know that Di Renjie just shook his head.
"Is it, twenty thousand?"
Saying this, Xia Yan felt a little uneasy. Twenty thousand arrows was already an exaggeration for Xia Yan.
With arrows, there is no doubt that the combat effectiveness of the army will greatly increase, and there may be variables in your plan.
Unexpectedly, Di Renjie was still shaking his head at this moment, and then said a number that made Xia Yan despair.
"No more, no more, just 220,000."
As soon as this statement came out, a group of old men exploded.
"Oh, two hundred and twenty thousand, these two are strong!"
"Yes, yes, what kind of celestial speed is this? With more than 200,000 arrows, I'm afraid your hands will get cramps when you make them?!"
"Hey, how could someone use such a clichéd method? These two adults must have used extraordinary means in extraordinary times!"
"That's right, you two are absolutely werewolves!"
Including Zhao Zheng, everyone has come out of the shadow of yesterday's assassination of Xia Yan. At this moment, everyone is dancing and performing a song and dance performance on the spot.
Unlike several others, Xia Yan was completely stunned.
Two hundred and twenty thousand? Did the two of them blow up the weapons depot and move it away?
It only took two days, and it still had to be transported to the front line and produced. How the hell did this cost 220,000?!
Below, the two of them beamed with joy when they saw Xia Yan's expression.
"It seems that His Majesty didn't expect there to be so many. I think when he first thought about it, he just thought that hundreds of thousands of them would be enough, haha!"
Xia Yan's face started to look extremely weird, thinking when did I ask you to find arrows and pay hundreds of thousands? This is nonsense!
But at this moment, Xia Yan couldn't just ignore this behavior, because it was written in the system's violation regulations that one could not deliberately show anger towards meritorious officials.
He forced a smile, "How did you do it?"
Seeing Xia Yan smile, Di Renjie's face became even more proud, and he began to vividly tell the story between himself and Xu Jing.
Xia Yan was stunned when he heard that the two of them were going to Xi Country in the middle of the night.
Good guy, are all the straw boat borrowed arrows here?
Zhuge Liang is not here, and Di Renjie is here for you. How can you explain this?
At this moment, Xia Yan suddenly felt that things seemed not that simple. Just as Xia Yan was thinking about countermeasures, the second battle report came.
"Report! Our army used arrows to kill more than 20,000 enemy soldiers, but a large number of soldiers from the Yu Kingdom rushed into our army's camp. The two sides are now engaged in a sword fight, and our army has suffered heavy casualties!"
Upon hearing this, a group of old men who were dancing happily stopped again, and their expressions became a little solemn again.
Our bows and arrows are indeed of excellent quality. The bows were customized by Xia Yan at a high price and are of very good quality.
Not to mention arrows, Jiang Han's arrows are famous in many empires.
But if it got into a head-on sword fight, Daxia wouldn't have much chance of winning.
After all, there are a lot of people with sticks.
And they are a large group of infantry with sophisticated equipment. How to fight this? This chapter has been completed!