Chapter 489: The Parade (4)

In the following days, the people of Dai County were immersed in the wonderful Keju competition on the first day, and other competition items of this parade were also in full swing.

Because there are too many projects and personnel to be tested, it is impossible for all the competitions to be held on the military field of the small school in the city, so most of the competition projects are in the large school field outside the city, but every day in the small school field, there are still a few games, and there are all kinds of competitions.

In fact, after the first day, the various competitions of the parade have also become the most popular topics of conversation among the residents of Daijun in the streets and alleys, between the three religions and the nine streams, and after the end of the daily competition, the people who have watched the competition on the day have also become the object of everyone's attention, and relatives and friends will come up one after another, asking about the content of today's competition, whether it is exciting, who wins and who loses, and so on.

The residents who were lucky enough to receive the admission card eagerly waited for their time to enter the stadium to watch, while the residents who did not receive the admission card regretted that they did not receive the admission card in the first place. Missed out on this rare spectacle.

Moreover, in the past few years, the business of Daijun has developed rapidly, so many businessmen have also seen a lot of business opportunities from it, so the merchants immediately went out to buy their admission cards from some residents who received their admission cards, and then bought them to earn the difference, and it is estimated that it is the earliest scalper in history. And their business was very good, the price of the admission card soared all the way, and after a few days, an admission card was burned to more than a thousand copper coins, and it was still in short supply. Because after the governance of the plateau in the past few years, the people of Daijun have basically lived a worry-free life, and there is no shortage of money, and there are not many people who originally intended to transfer the admission card in their hands.

However, after all, speculating in the voucher is still a small business, just a few thousand copper coins, and it is not in the eyes of medium and large businessmen, so they naturally do not bother to do it, they play a bigger business: set up a bank to open a market, bet on the margin. And the business is also very good, and the opening of each competition will attract many people to bet, and naturally it is also a big profit. In addition, there were also people who set up stalls around the small school yard and started selling and buying, and all kinds of business related to the military parade were carried out very prosperously for a while.

Gao Yuan also did not expect that he held a military parade, but also can play a role in promoting the economic development of Daijun, it seems that in modern society, heavy sports competitions often drive local economic development, ancient and modern are the same.

Of course, these are all trivial matters, and Gao Yuan is mainly concerned about the progress of various competitions. Although before the competition, the commanders of the armies also talked about the victory and defeat, and made some predictions, some armies were optimistic, but with the progress of the competitions, some results were similar to the predictions, and some were completely different from the results, which even surprised the **.

On the first day of the official competition, there was a big upset, before the competition, the main generals of the army were unanimously optimistic, thinking that it was the first place in the infantry competition, and there was almost no suspense about the back army, which was defeated by a newly formed army.

It is not unreasonable that the Beiwei Army can be favored by all the generals, because in the past few years of warfare, the Beiwei Army can be said to have made great achievements, and its mandarin duck formation tactics are also a headache for the Qin Army. And it is precisely based on the record of the Beiwei Army that it has been unanimously favored by all the generals, including Gao Yuan, who also feels that the victory of the Beiwei Army should be without suspense.

Although the setting and installation of the competition are as close as possible to the actual combat environment, there are still a lot of gaps compared with the real combat, after all, it will not really cut and kill.

The rules of the infantry competition are that each side appears two hundred people, equipped with leather armor and protective equipment, using wooden weapons, but not using long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows, and set up a wooden platform in the center of the field, one zhang high, three zhang long and wide, with stairs on all sides, and a flag is planted on the wooden platform, and the two sides will compete for this flag as the goal, and the side can bring the flag back to its own formation and insert it into the designated place, it will win.

The strength of the Mandarin Duck Array lies in the coordination between various long and short weapons, which is a medium and long-range weapon such as a bow and crossbow throwing gun, which is the main means of killing the Mandarin Duck Array, and the spear, shield, wolf, etc., mainly play the role of covering the bow and crossbow throwing spear. Therefore, the medium and long-range weapons were removed, and the power of the Mandarin Duck Array was naturally reduced by half, and the Mandarin Duck Formation was a formation that paid attention to coordination, attaching great importance to the coordination of the whole army and the rhythm of the operation, and was not good at disrupting the battle and mixing the battle.

In this way, almost all the rules are unfavorable to the back of the army, the result is naturally conceivable, the actual whole competition lasted less than ten minutes, it has ended, the other party took away the flag lightly, inserted it into its own array, and won the victory, and the back of the army was eliminated, which naturally made many ** eyes drop.

However, such results also prove that no matter whether it is training or exercise, it cannot replace actual combat, and that showing excellence in training and exercise does not mean that it can be shown to be excellent in actual combat, and vice versa, so only by experiencing actual combat can we prove the strength or weakness of an army.

In addition to the Beiwei Army, there were also many unexpected results in other competitions, although they were not as big as the response to the defeat of the Beiwei Army, but they were also unexpected by Xu Ren.

For example, in the single competition, because the grassland nomads are proficient in the art of riding and archery, before the competition, many people also take it for granted that the Fan Yongjun can shine in the competition of archery and individual cavalry, and some people even assert that the Fan Yongjun may be in the top ten of these events.

But after the first nine days of competition, the result was: in individual foot shooting, only two people from the Fan Yongjun were shortlisted in the top ten; In the individual cavalry battle, the Fan Yong army was completely annihilated, and no one was shortlisted in the top ten; Only in the individual cavalry shooting, Fan Yongjun's results were slightly better, with a total of four people in the top ten, but compared to the previous prediction that Fan Yongjun would be in these events, this result is naturally a big difference.

However, if you think about it carefully, it is not entirely surprising that such a situation occurs, although the steppe nomads are indeed proficient in the art of riding and archery, but among the Chinese soldiers, there are also many people who are good at archery, although there are not as many steppe nomads in proportion, but after all, the population base is huge, so the absolute number of excellent archers is not a minority, and compared with each other, the Fan Yong Army does not have much advantage; However, in terms of cavalry and archery, the Chinese soldiers were indeed worse, so that the Fan Yong army accounted for nearly half.

Only the competition of individual cavalry is slightly special, because the cavalry battle is a one-on-one competition, that is, two people hedge against each other, attack each other with their own weapons, and knock one side off the horse to win. But after changing to a new style of horse furniture, the knight's riding skills are not the absolute conditions that determine the outcome of the competition, on the contrary, personal strength, the timing of the shot, and the speed of reaction are the key to victory or defeat, and in these items, the soldiers of the Fan Yong Army actually do not have much advantage, and none of them can be shortlisted in the top ten.

However, in the group cavalry battle, the Fan Yongjun lived up to their expectations, and although they also experienced a lot of hard battles, they finally reached the final of the competition for the first place. Because it is only in this collective competition that the overall superiority of the steppe nomads can be reflected.

In addition to some trouble in the first game, but as the game progressed, the women's army became more and more proficient in the use of Keju's technology and tactics, and the experience became more and more abundant, and the result was that the advantage was getting bigger and bigger, and in the next few games, almost all of them defeated the opponent with a huge advantage of more than three or four goals, and the result was naturally all the way to the final without suspense.

In all the competitions, except for the Keju competition, which is more civilized, the rest of the competitions are very intense, although the participating soldiers have changed to wooden weapons, and they are wearing leather armor to fight, but in the competition, each army is of course to win, naturally will not be merciful, and injuries have become a common thing, and even many people are seriously injured, what bone dismantling, vomiting blood, concussion, etc., there are a lot of people.

However, there are now one hundred and fifty women of the White Spirit Clan in Daijun, and there are enough treatment manpower to not be afraid of the soldiers being injured, and every time after the competition, the wounded are immediately sent to the White Spirit Clan to receive their treatment. And in this way, the soldiers who participated in the competition did not have any scruples, just catch up with their subordinates, anyway, if they were injured, someone would treat them, of course, the competition would be more intense, and naturally it would be more refined and good-looking.

Of course, this also made Tian Kezang's father and his sons and the generals and private individuals they brought really opened their eyes, in addition to seeing the military appearance of the Dai Army, the military prestige, but also had to admire, no wonder the Dai Army's combat effectiveness is strong, not lost to the Qin Army, even if it is a sparring between their own people, they really dare to start, such an army, will it be sent there.

Finally, after nine days of intense competition, the ten finalists of all individual competitions and the two teams competing for the first place in the team competition were also produced. All the competitions for the first place were held on the last day in the school field. And after the winner is decided, he has to go to the central platform to receive his reward in person.

The audience who finally watched the last day was also divided into three groups, and the Keju competition was one; Individual foot combat, cavalry combat, infantry shooting, and cavalry archery are one; And the collective infantry and cavalry battles are one. After each competition, the field will be cleared immediately, and then the next group of people will enter the stadium to watch. And on this day, Gao Yuan, his wife and concubine, as well as all the civil and military officials, will watch the whole process.