The two-month period came soon again, and this time, Yun Chengfeng, the dean of the Shangwu Academy, came in person, bringing with him more than two hundred martial arts disciples.
During the first competition, Lin Ye came out by himself and left after admitting defeat. The martial arts disciples laughed at him to this day.
This time they wanted to see what tricks Vice President Lin could come up with.
In the early morning, when the sun had just emerged, Yun Chengfeng appeared at the gate.
This old man, who could be considered a weathered man, was actually a little unable to hold himself back.
So he laughed to himself, not knowing what was wrong with him, but he actually felt a little more youthful.
At his age and in this position, he has no desire to win or lose in his heart. Let alone winning or losing, he even looks down on fame and fortune.
This competition that Lin Ye suddenly initiated made Yun Chengfeng feel that he was young again.
Just like him, the disciples of the martial arts academy also got up early and spontaneously gathered outside the gate to wait.
They are all selected people from the Kitano Army. Dean Yun has no desire to win, but their hearts are full of desire to win.
In short, the truth is that the people of the Kitano Army cannot lose.
The door of Shangyuan opened with a creak, and everyone's eyes were immediately attracted.
But they saw Lin Ye walking out slowly alone, exactly the same as last time.
Yun Chengfeng waited for Lin Ye to come closer, but he couldn't suppress his emotions and asked a little eagerly: "General Lin, why are you coming out alone again?"
Lin Ye smiled and said: "I want to ask first, are the disciples of the martial arts academy ready to admit defeat?"
Last time, Lin Ye made the martial arts disciples burst into laughter with just one sentence. This time, Lin Ye made the martial arts disciples furious with just one sentence.
Yun Chengfeng felt a little helpless.
He said to Lin Ye: "The martial arts disciples have been preparing for two months, so there is no reason to admit defeat."
Lin Ye said: "It is not rational to admit defeat, it is to understand the current affairs."
When a martial arts disciple heard what he said, he couldn't help shouting: "It's better to ask the people in Shangyuan to continue to understand the current affairs. It's not too late to admit defeat now."
Lin Ye looked at him: "Look at the hostility in you, is it so strong that you have even forgotten your dignity?"
The disciple was startled and quickly leaned down to salute: "I have seen the Vice-Chancellor in my humble position."
Lin Ye said: "In addition to being the vice-president of the Shangwuyuan, I am also a fourth-rank general and a third-class general personally conferred by your majesty. You'd better think through it before you speak, so as not to lose the face of the general and lose your dignity."
The dignity of the Kitano Army was lost.”
After he said these words, even Yun Chengfeng was stunned for a moment, and then he took the lead in leaning forward to salute.
The martial arts disciples all followed suit and saluted, but naturally the anger and resentment in their hearts became stronger.
Lin Ye's attitude of using his official position and title to suppress others made these arrogant soldiers feel even more violent.
Of course Lin Ye did it on purpose.
Lin Ye said: "The disciples of Shangyuan are much more peaceful than you, and they are also more merciful than you. They asked me to say, if you are willing to admit defeat, they accepted it."
"General!"
A martial arts disciple said loudly: "General, please arrange a competition as soon as possible."
Yun Chengfeng also said: "The disciples are impatient because they have been waiting for too long and said the wrong thing. I apologize to General Lin on their behalf. However, since the competition has been decided a long time ago, it is better to proceed as usual."
Lin Ye said: "Then, if you want to admit defeat later, we won't accept it."
Yun Chengfeng was such a well-educated old man that he could hardly contain the anger in his heart.
Lin Ye said: "In that case, let's follow the rules agreed before."
He looked at Yun Chengfeng: "Please, the dean, please announce the rules."
Yun Chengfeng cleared his throat and said: "I have discussed with General Lin that since it is a competition between soldiers, we should follow the battlefield method."
"General Lin and I are in our respective formations as the commanders of both sides, but neither of us is allowed to use force."
"My original intention was that the 200 disciples of Wuyuan would be against the 1,200 disciples of Shangyuan. But General Lin said that this was unfair and insisted on 200 people fighting 200. But I think this move would be detrimental to Shangyuan.
It’s not fair even to the disciples.”
"The disciples of Wuyuan were in the Beiye Army and practiced military tactics and battle formations every day. This gave them a head start, so after discussing with General Lin, it was finally decided that 500 people from Shangyuan would fight against 200 people from Wuyuan."
Yun Chengfeng glanced at everyone and then continued: "The two sides of the school grounds are the base camps of both sides. General Lin and I are sitting in the base camps of both sides. We cannot escape, use force, or resist."
"Both sides attack each other. If the disciple of Shang Yuan touches me first, the disciple of Shang Yuan will win. The disciple of Wu Yuan will touch General Lin first, and the disciple of Wu Yuan will win."
He looked at Lin Ye and asked, "General Lin, do you have anything to add?"
Lin Ye said: "Both sides are free to attack and defend, but they are not allowed to hurt people's lives. If the opponent has lost the power to resist and still wants to beat him, he will be expelled from the Shangwu Academy."
Yun Chengfeng nodded: "This is natural."
Lin Ye said: "Now that the words have been explained, both parties are ready..."
Lin Ye looked at the martial arts disciples: "I still want to ask one more question, will you admit defeat?"
"Don't admit defeat!"
"bring it on!"
The anger of the martial arts disciples was really completely ignited.
Lin Ye waved: "Come out."
However, they saw a large group of strange-looking people lined up from the Shangyuan side. Logically speaking, the martial arts disciples should be surprised when they saw this scene, but they didn't care at all, and even looked at them with contempt.
Because this heavy purchase cannot be hidden, they already know what preparations Shangyuan has made.
The five hundred selected disciples of Shangyuan made armors from expensive dark wood.
With their financial resources, even building heavy armor would not be a problem, but the first court did not allow it, and the second time it was too late.
Even if we leave this matter to the Ministry of War, it would be difficult to build five hundred sets of heavy armor within a month.
According to the rules of the imperial court, anyone who uses iron tools to make weapons and armor privately without the permission of the imperial court will be punished as treason.
Therefore, if the people from Shangyuan made real heavy armor, no matter how many people were captured, Tuoba Lie would not be able to save it.
Ebony wood is different. Although its hardness is comparable to iron and its weight is heavy, wood is still wood.
If you make armor out of wood, there won't be any law in Dayu's court to punish you.
But ebony wood is expensive, and it is the best material used by rich families to make furniture.
A table made of ebony wood can be worth thousands of taels of silver.
The disciples of Shangyuan were not short of money. They almost bought up all the dark wood in Yunzhou and made five hundred sets of armor. How could they hide such a thing from others?
According to the competition agreement, even if both sides used bows and arrows, the arrows would be blunt and unable to hit the ebony wood.
Even if it is a real feather arrow, the dark wood can still block it.
Yun Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw the disciples of Shangyuan coming out like this.
What use can this thing have?
This will only make the Shangyuan disciples, who already have no advantage, move more slowly and clumsily.
Lin Ye said at this time: "The disciples of Shangyuan asked for a battle and said they wanted to fight against the disciples of Wuyuan. Is the Wuyuan side willing?"
If you don't want to, won't you be laughed at by the disciples of Shangyuan?
As a result, the two sides quickly set up a formation. In the middle of the school grounds, one hundred and ninety-six martial arts disciples faced three hundred Shangyuan disciples.
On the Wuyuan side, a few masters were left to protect Yun Chengfeng, but Lin Ye was much more cautious, leaving a total of two hundred people.
This move made people in the martial arts academy look down on him even more.
Lin Ye shouted loudly: "You have black wood armor, they won't hurt you, just hit them!"
The three hundred Shangyuan disciples in that scene immediately responded, but when they agreed, they seemed to have no confidence, and instead attracted ridicule from the Martial Arts disciples.
Even after more than a month of training, how could they really think that they could defeat the elite of the Kitano Army?
Lin Ye returned to the main formation and sat down, protected by two hundred disciples in front of him, leaving a passage for Lin Ye to observe the battle.
"let's start."
As soon as Lin Ye gave an order, the disciple responsible for the order would blow the horn.
At this time, there was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and when everyone looked, it was General Tuoba Lie who arrived with a group of generals from the Beiye Army.
Just as Lin Ye and the others were about to go over to greet them, Tuoba Lie reined in his horse and said, "You don't have to come here to beat yourselves. I'll just watch the battle here."
When the martial arts disciples saw the general coming and so many generals coming, they became even more motivated.
Tuoba Lie sat on the horse and looked at those strange-shaped dark wood armors. He couldn't help it and grinned. "One, two, three, wooden people."
As soon as he said this, the hundreds of generals behind him all laughed.
Someone drew a line in the middle of the school field, and the two sides were on both sides of the line. There was about 20 feet of space in the middle as a charging ground.
As the horn sounded, the martial arts disciples took the lead in charging. During the rush, it looked like a standard front arrow formation, but if you look closely, there was an extremely strict formation of ten people in the front arrow formation.
Looking at the disciples of Shangyuan, they also rushed forward after the horn sounded, but they were too cumbersome.
A group of people have to hold their crotches even when they step, and they all look like puppets.
"attack!"
Following a shout from the martial arts disciples, nearly two hundred people fiercely rushed into the formation of three hundred Shangyuan disciples.
Don't you want to use ebony armor to defend against our arrows? Then we won't use arrows at all.
Even if we use a long stick formation to break your wooden armor formation, it will look like our Beiye Army is bullying others.
Just rush directly.
Three hundred people really didn't last long because they were too cumbersome.
Some people were unable to get up after being knocked to the ground.
After a martial arts disciple knocked down a Shangyuan disciple, he just pressed the Shangyuan disciple's hands under him, and the Shangyuan disciple couldn't even take his hands out.
Of course, among the disciples of Shangyuan, there are also those with higher martial arts value, who are strong and strong, and they have indeed defeated several disciples of Wuyuan.
However, the scene was still one-sided. Sometimes, when a martial arts disciple kicked out, the man wearing wooden armor could knock over several of his companions behind him, and he could not get up after falling.
In just two moments, all three hundred Shangyuan disciples fell down, half of them fell while escaping, and others were knocked down when they fell.
"Get General Lin!"
"Capture him alive!"
More than a hundred martial arts disciples rushed towards Lin Ye, each one moving like a cheetah.
Lin Ye waved his hand: "Beware."
Two hundred Shangyuan disciples wearing wooden armor immediately changed their formations and formed a circle, protecting Lin Ye within them.
The martial arts disciples rushed over as if they were rushing against a solid wooden barrel.
At this moment, among the Shangyuan disciples who had fallen down, more than ten people suddenly got up.
Their ebony armor was fake, and they were not knocked down. They took advantage of the chaos and pretended to fall to the ground.
When the martial arts disciples all attacked Lin Ye, the dozen or so Shangyuan disciples stood up, tore off the fake wooden armor casually, and then rushed towards Yun Chengfeng.
"childish."
Yun Chengfeng snorted softly.
There were more than a dozen elites from the martial arts academy beside him, and there were only a dozen people from the Shangyuan who rushed over. How could they still have a chance of winning one on one?
Yun Chengfeng waved his hand: "Take it."
The martial arts disciples immediately stepped forward, and at the moment when they were fighting hand to hand, several Shangyuan disciples suddenly threw sand at the martial arts disciples.
Yes, blowing sand.
At this moment, several martial arts disciples in front immediately lowered their heads to avoid him, and several Shangyuan disciples took the opportunity to go around and go straight to Yun Chengfeng.
Yun Chengfeng first cursed despicably, and then subconsciously wanted to move, but remembered the rules and sat firm again.
The two sides started fighting, and while their companions were entangled all the martial arts disciples, a Shangyuan disciple rushed towards Yun Chengfeng.
Yun Chengfeng couldn't move or hide. As long as he was touched by the Shangyuan disciple, he would lose, so his face looked ugly at this time.
When the Shangyuan disciple was only half a foot away from Yun Chengfeng, it was only one big step away.
A martial arts disciple rushed over, grabbed the Shangyuan disciple's legs, and pulled him down.
The Shangyuan disciple fell to the ground and stretched out his hand. He was less than a foot away from Yun Chengfeng, but he couldn't reach it.
Yun Chengfeng breathed a sigh of relief. He saw the Shangyuan disciple being pulled back and said with a smile, "What a pity."
The Shangyuan disciple kicked and hit the opponent behind him randomly while shouting: "You will lose if we encounter him!"
Yun Chengfeng said calmly: "Yes, you will win if you touch me, so it's a pity that you are only one foot away."
The disciple was held by his legs and pulled back. He suddenly shouted: "You lose."
Then he turned to Yun Chengfeng and said: "Ha...spit!"