Chapter 229 Overt Conspiracy—Attack and Defense Drill?
All the generals were stunned, their eyes full of confusion.

Ji Ling scratched his head and said, "My Lord, we understand that the attack and defense drills can improve the speed of the soldiers' attack and defense conversion and their ability to respond. We all understand this, but where is the pressure?"

Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, who wanted to ask questions, also looked at Ye Feng.

Without waiting for Ye Feng to speak, Guo Jia clapped his hands and praised: "Wonderful, wonderful!"

"It is incredible that my lord can come up with such a plan."

"Military Advisor, do you understand?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "The killer trick of the attack and defense drill is that the enemy doesn't know when we will attack. When the defenders relax their spirits, we suddenly launch an attack. Wouldn't it be easy to climb the city wall?"

"What's even more rare is that they can consume the city's defense supplies. How much damage can they cause outside the enemy's range?"

The generals understood instantly, as if a new world had been opened up, and they all asked in a rush, "My lord, when will it begin?"

Ye Feng looked at the Ru'nan city wall with a smile: "The sooner the better."

"We have to put pressure on Liu Bei and make the princes move faster, but one thing is for sure, we must not break through the city wall."

"We have to keep this bait, otherwise how can we fish?"

"The competition begins now. You each select your own soldiers and take turns attacking after an hour. Don't think about actually attacking the city for now. Get familiar with the rhythm of switching between attack and defense first."

"Here!!"

An hour later.

Woo woo woo.
The charge horn sounded.

Ten thousand neatly-arranged soldiers lined up in a row, with those in front holding shields and those behind pushing siege vehicles and ladders, and rushed towards the city wall.

The murderous intent swept across the entire Runan City.

On the city wall, Liu Bei looked at the attacking soldiers getting closer and closer, his eyes solemn, and he drew the double-edged sword at his waist: "Archers, shoot!!"

"Whizzing."

Tens of millions of arrows poured out of the city like raindrops.

At the same time, Zhao Yun, who was attacking first, raised the Dragon Gallbladder Silver Spear high in his hand and said, "Retreat!!"

The soldiers who had just stepped into the archers' shooting range turned around and retreated with their shields on.

Although the formation was in disarray for a moment, it was soon out of the range of the archers on the city wall.

Most of those arrows, as dense as raindrops, were shot into the air without any success, and a small number hit the shields, making a crisp sound like rain hitting a bead curtain.

On the city wall, all the archers were stunned. They couldn't believe their eyes. Nearly ten thousand arrows shot out had caused less than a hundred casualties.

Liu Bei's face was extremely gloomy. Before he could figure out the key, the charge horn sounded again.

Another 10,000-strong army lined up in neat formations charged forward, as imposing as a tiger descending from the mountain.

Getting closer and closer, Liu Bei gave the order again without hesitation.

"Archery."

Arrows flew out like raindrops, but the soldiers under the city were also out of the archers' range, so they turned around and retreated directly.

In the whole morning, there were more than ten attacks, but not a single one of them was effective.

When Liu Bei attacked for the third time, he ordered half of his archers to shoot, fearing that Ye Feng would turn the fake into real, but even so, 60,000 arrows were still wasted.

As the sun reached high noon, there was a relaxed atmosphere on the city wall.

The initial worry and fear on the faces of all the soldiers completely disappeared.

They all felt that Ye Feng did not dare to attack Runan, and that they were wasting their efforts all morning. Although they paid the price of arrow feathers, as long as they could defend the city, some losses were normal.

This sentiment gradually spread, and even many officers' initial fear of Ye Feng dissipated a lot. Unlike the relaxed attitude of ordinary soldiers, Liu Bei, who had been watching the battle on the tower, frowned.

"What on earth is Ye Feng up to?"

"Training soldiers here?"

Sun Qian slowly shook his head and said solemnly: "My lord, I just went down and took a look, and I found that there are many people in the army who look down on Ye Feng."

"Since ancient times, arrogant soldiers will be defeated. I think Ye Feng wants the entire army to relax and not have the will to fight to the death. This way, the attack will be more effective with less effort."

"Training is just a side job."

Liu Bei's eyes narrowed slightly: "Ziyuan, what do you think?"

Xu You nodded: "I agree with Gongyou, but I still have a concern."

"Our army's defense equipment is declining rapidly."

"Tens of thousands of arrows were shot out in just one morning, but the key is that not much casualties were caused. At this rate of consumption, how many days can our stock of arrows last?"

Liu Bei's face changed slightly, and he paced back and forth: "Ye Feng's plan of killing three birds with one stone is indeed insidious enough."

"From now on, archers are not allowed to shoot randomly, otherwise Ye Feng will waste the army's momentum and fighting spirit in vain."

Xu You hesitated for a moment: "My Lord, have you ever thought about what to do if Ye Feng turns the feint into the real attack?"

"By then, we will lose the chance to kill the enemy in the first wave and will directly enter a close combat situation, which is completely different from your original strategy of annihilating the enemy under the city wall."

The smile on Liu Bei's face froze. He pondered for a while and said in distress, "That means even if we know that Ye Feng is plotting, we still need to take some arrows?"

"But if we continue to lose food like this, we won't have enough food in stock."

Xu You had a bitter look on his face. Even though he was smart, he still couldn't think of a perfect solution.

Zhang Fei looked at the four distressed masters and servants and said through gritted teeth, "Ye Feng can't possibly break the city with just one attack, right?"

"Let's try some tricks, sometimes shoot the arrows, sometimes don't, so that he can't figure it out."

"How about giving someone a taste of their own medicine?"

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhang Fei carefully, praising him: "Yide, this is a very good idea. Send an order to the whole army, archers must shoot at the command, and no one is allowed to attack without authorization."

Zhang Fei excitedly clasped his fists and retreated. Xu You, Sun Qian and Jian Yong looked at each other and did not stop him, but they were skeptical in their hearts.

In one afternoon, more than ten attacks were launched outside the city, but each time the horses were turned around out of the archers' shooting range.

Liu Bei also followed Zhang Fei's advice and reduced the number of archery attacks. He only released three thousand arrows in one afternoon. He could definitely withstand such a loss.

When the two brothers thought they had cracked Ye Feng's conspiracy, they did not notice that more and more soldiers were relaxing in both spirit and action. Many of them were even counting one, two, and three before the attacking soldiers turned around, thinking it was fun.

The sun sets slowly.

Ye Feng looked at the setting sun and felt calmer than ever before.

"Tap."

As footsteps were heard, Guo Jia bowed and said, "My lord, the casualties of the four generals in each attack are less than 50 people. The arrows on the city wall are getting fewer and fewer. The whole army is in a state of relaxation. Do we still need to continue the attack and defense drill?"

Ye Feng turned around and said with a smile: "Since we are lax, we should teach Liu Bei a lesson."

"This time, four of us will attack together. Just remember to put some pressure on them and don't let the wall break through."

"Understand?"

Guo Jia raised his lips and said, "Don't worry, my lord!"

(End of this chapter)