At that time, Zhao Xi did not elaborate on the rules of the exercise...such as the size of the area, such as setting up warning signs to inform the people, such as how to distinguish the two sides, such as what materials should be prepared, etc.
It wasn't that he wanted to leave loopholes in the guard camp, it was him who cooked up the drill rules without asking for them. Wen Yanbo directly informed him of the drill time.
When he arrived at Wanyin Mountain, he discovered that the country really had no shortage of talents, especially the rules for such exercises related to play were very strict.
"Your Highness, this is an exercise document. It was originally prepared by the adjudication team. Since the exercise will start at noon the day after tomorrow, neither the exercise documents nor the food and grass from both sides have been transported..."
Cruel enough! After hearing what the Yushitai official said, Zhao Xi understood that this was all done by that villain Wen Kuanfu.
He just thought that tomorrow both sides would arrive, and then he would just watch the guard camp enter the mountain, and then...then...then there would be 25,000 forbidden troops encircling and suppressing the 2,000 guard camp.
He really did everything possible! This Wen Yanbo really made full use of the favorable factors to the extreme.
Fortunately, the imperial court did not prepare a camp for the guard camp in Xingyang, and fortunately they arrived at Wanyin Mountain overnight.
It's just this exercise document...
Within a radius of twenty miles, the weapons were arrow shafts, and the dye was actually talcum powder.
As for the rest, it is similar to what Zhao Xi said in the court. Those who are dyed are considered injured and are no longer allowed to participate in the exercise; the guard battalion will be deemed a failure if it loses 30% of the battle... you are not polite at all; the Forbidden Army will be deemed a failure if it loses 50% of the battle.
After three days, when the battle losses of both sides are not equal to the victory or defeat, the actual battle losses will be calculated.
It was this twenty-mile radius... that really made Zhao Xi realize Wen Yanbo's plan. When twenty-five thousand forbidden troops were put into the twenty-mile radius, it would be equivalent to one forbidden army for every two hundred meters.
This almost left the escort battalion with nowhere to hide.
"I'm sorry. The escort camp has not received any clear instructions from the court, so it is early. We need to stay at the judgment team's camp tonight."
No matter what, at least I can't embarrass the judgment team. Besides, Zhao Xi feels that today's scholars are interested in magic and may not be able to accurately calculate the relationship between a radius of 20 miles and 25,000 people.
Therefore, I still greeted Lu Jingchu politely.
I guess this is also an unlucky guy. Most of the adjudication team was still in Xingyang, but he arrived at the camp early... Of course he was not alone. These few people happened to have empty campsites.
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"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived last night with his escort battalion? Is what you said true?"
Wen Yanbo had just arrived at the adjudication team camp a while ago when he heard Lu Jingchu's report.
For a moment, he really didn't believe it! How could this be possible? He had just sent someone to inform him of the specific drill time of the escort camp the day before yesterday. He heard from the messenger that Mr. Lu looked very bad at that time.
It's only been one day...how did the escort camp arrive at Wanyin Mountain?
"Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. Today at Mao hour, Jing Chu ordered people to make rice, but His Highness the Crown Prince has already entered the mountain. His Highness the Crown Prince will take him away..."
"Where are the horses of His Highness's escort camp? Or who transported the escort camp here?"
Before Lu Jingchu could finish speaking, he was rudely interrupted by Wen Yanbo.
It's no wonder that the huge Wanyin Mountain is high in the mountains and densely forested. It's late autumn, not only the branches and leaves are lush, but also the fallen leaves on the ground are several feet thick.
If the escort battalion is hidden like this, where can we find it? After three days of fighting, neither side suffered any damage... This basically proves that the escort battalion is extraordinary.
"Your Majesty, there is no one transporting people in the guard camp and no horses are seen."
Lu Jingchu was interrupted once, so he stopped talking and simply asked and said whatever he wanted.
"Are you saying that the escort battalion could reach here from Bianliang in one day by relying on their own strength?"
Wen Yanbo almost concluded that Lu Jingchu was hiding something. Traveling a hundred miles in a day was not easy, let alone the prince himself.
"That's true. It's not just what Jing Chu said, it's what everyone in the vanguard camp of the ruling team saw."
You can't match His Highness the Crown Prince's plan, so you vent your anger on the adjudication team? Who should be in debt to you?
When he said this, Lu Jingchu straightened his neck.
"Kuanfu, don't think it's strange. When His Royal Highness was a child, he would run around the palace wall every day, rain or shine."
Seeing that the situation was not harmonious, Fu Bi quickly said something more. He became more and more interested in the East Palace Guard Camp. At least in terms of planning before the exercise, His Highness the Crown Prince did not lose to Wen Kuanfu.
It can be said that Zhao Xi traveled all the way from Bianliang to Xingyang just by relying on his feet... This is a journey of more than 200 miles. This is not a training exercise, this is an exercise. Before w, the soldiers need to conserve their physical strength.
Therefore, the night before, Zhao Xi contacted six caravans, transported them day and night, and gathered at Shilipu, Xingyang...
The whole process was unknown to Wen Yanbo, who had already arrived in Xingyang, and even Pang Ji, who was watching the guard camp in the court.
As for Zhao Xi's father, he knew it, but what could he say? He knew the whole process, and he could only be a spectator in this contest between his son and his father-in-law.
At most, he was worried that Xi'er would win the Southern Expedition.
"Come on, you were just about to say, what did His Highness the Prince take away?"
As for Wen Yanbo, although he interrupted Lu Jingchu's words, he actually heard the last half of the sentence clearly.
Because at this time he also felt that there would be surprises in the exercise, especially since His Highness the Crown Prince was able to travel hundreds of miles overnight, which showed that the East Palace Guards were really extraordinary.
He had to pay enough attention, otherwise, this exercise conducted by his coach Wen Kuanfu would be his military Waterloo.
"For your information, sir, the guard camp has taken away nearly 70% of the guava powder and seasonings for making rice."
"Seventy percent?"
Wen Yanbo seemed to realize. In this exercise, guava powder was used as a dye. Due to the viscosity of guava powder, even if it were used for 30,000 arrow shafts, it would not be much.
Just to make up for the amount of guava powder, Wen Yanbo bought almost all the medicine stores in Bianliang.
Now His Highness has actually taken away 70%... It's not just that there is a medicine shop in Bianliang. If His Highness the Crown Prince wants to reduce the amount of silica from the Forbidden Army to reduce the battle losses of the Guard Battalion... I'm afraid he is wrong.
"With a cavalry army in the capital, we quickly went to Xingyang to buy guava and grind it into powder..."
This problem is really not a problem. But Wen Yanbo still feels a little uneasy. His Royal Highness has marched two hundred miles day and night... This is very worrying for Wen Yanbo.
"Your Highness is going to the mountains to eat wild game."
He was joking with Fu Bi very easily, as if he was not the one who was in a hurry just now.
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"Your Highness, why did you return to the foot of the mountain again?"
Mr. Lu didn't understand very well. The escort camp left the adjudication team's camp early in the morning, and then walked leisurely to the top of the mountain. They even hunted some game and lit a fire to cook food from time to time. His Highness was not even allowed to hide any traces.
I originally thought that His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to fight the Imperial Guards on the narrow mountain top... Even if there were more soldiers, they could actually fight at least twice as many soldiers as the guard battalions. At this point, Lu Gongzhu felt that he could still win.
But after a while, His Highness once again ordered the guard camp to return to the foot of the mountain...
"Uncle Jie, if you were a civil servant and targeted twenty-five thousand against two thousand, what would you do?"
"Launch out comprehensively, search forward, gradually compress the hiding space, and force the guard battalion to fight."
Obviously, Lu Gongzhu had considered the tactics of the imperial army.