Zhang Chun's "Racing"

  Liu Yu, after some recruitment, quickly gathered 5,000 militiamen. These militiamen did not have much combat power, and if they were dragged out to fight a field battle, they would probably not last half a day under the Wuhuan cavalry. But if used to defend the city, it also had some use.

  Liu Yu divided the local militiamen into five units of a thousand men each, deploying four units to guard the four gates of the county seat and keeping one unit in reserve as a response force. The city walls of Zhuo County were not high, only about two zhang (6 meters) tall. City walls of this height would be easily breached by siege engines like cloud ladders or battering rams. Fortunately, the Wuhuan were mostly cavalrymen focused on plunder and did not carry siege equipment.

  Sun Yu used NM01 to statistically categorize the data, easily distributing the military equipment in the county warehouse to the village warriors and issuing grain to every household. All materials were accounted for with not a single discrepancy, and one account book was kept perfectly balanced.

  For ancient warfare, Sun Yu was an outsider, and NM01 couldn't provide any information. Sun Yu had made up his mind not to interfere randomly and focused on doing a good job in logistics. For a scientist from a later generation, his sensitivity to numbers was extraordinary, handling logistical matters was effortless, without exerting any effort.

  The villagers saw this official calm and composed, assigning tasks without any confusion, under his influence, even the panicked hearts couldn't help but calm down.

  Liu Yu spent three consecutive days with the militiamen practicing tactics on the city wall, such as how to read flag commands and use falling stones and wooden clubs. He then dispersed the original 300 soldiers in the county seat, assigning them among the 5,000 militiamen, where they served as low-ranking officers responsible for leading the militiamen in battle.

  Three days later, the northern gate of Zhuo County was shaken by the sound of horseshoes, and countless cavalrymen came riding in, kicking up dust that blocked out the sun. The riders on horseback wore strange barbarian clothes, holding curved knives, long spears, bows and arrows, and other various weapons. When they saw the county city, the Wuhuan cavalry let out a heaven-shaking, eerie cry, and the sound of their shouting caused the people in Zhuo County to be restless.

  "Here!" Liu Yu's heart tightened.

  "Here they come!" Sun Yu's heart was also a bit panicked, this was the first time he had seen an ancient army, and the momentum was really extraordinary. He didn't know how long the small county of Zhuo could hold out or whether it could last until Gongsun Zan's reinforcements arrived.

  Liu Yu loudly ordered the soldiers beside him: "Hurry up and roughly calculate the number of enemy cavalry, try to be more accurate."

  Sun Yu's heart moved, and he wondered: In ancient times when two armies clashed, both sides would line up their troops in a row, making it very difficult to know how many soldiers the other side had. Without knowing the enemy's strength, there would be situations like those recorded in history books where several thousand cavalrymen would charge into an encirclement of tens of thousands and then get surrounded and killed.

  He whispered to NM01: "Fly up into the air, scan the enemy formation and calculate the number of enemy troops."

  A little while later, NM01 reported: "Enemy total of 23,572 cavalry, including leaders."

  Sun Yu did not want to enjoy this "reconnaissance" result alone, and he made a fist at Liu Yu and said: "Liu Daren, the total number of enemy troops is 23,572, including the enemy generals."

  Liu Yu was taken aback and asked in surprise, "Xun Zhen, how did you know? Can your martial arts skills also be used for arithmetic?"

  Sun Yu's heart was in a sweat, I certainly can't say it was the nanorobot that calculated it, right? He hesitated for a moment and decided to tell a benevolent lie. So he clasped his fists and said: "Lord Liu, actually, this humble official has another martial skill called 'Divine Eyes', which allows me to know the number of enemy troops with just one glance. I secretly used this skill earlier."

  He thought he could get away with a lie, but unexpectedly, Liu Yu's eyes changed as soon as the lie was told. She exclaimed: "Xun Zhen, is what you said true? You know two kinds of martial arts?"

  "What? Can't I?" Sun Yu was startled by her surprised expression.

  Liu Yu's face was filled with joy, she stretched out her aged hands and grasped Sun Yu's shoulders, saying: "Xun Zhen, you are a prodigy! In our Han country for hundreds of years, only women can use martial general techniques, and each person can only use one technique. But you, not only are you a man, but you can also use two techniques, what a prodigy!"

  "Hmm, Sun Yu thought to himself, I've also invented 'Giant Strength', 'Divine Movement'... not just two kinds, with NM01 I can achieve all sorts of things that ordinary people can't do, and make them all look like martial arts moves. If I were to use them all, it would be strange if you weren't scared to death."

  Liu Yu sighed, "You possess two martial skills, especially this 'Divine Eye' that can see through the enemy's military strength at a glance. It's truly a rare and valuable skill. To have you serve as a county's history recorder is really an underutilization of your talents. If we both survive this battle, I will recommend you to our lord to take up a more suitable position."

  She murmured again: "This old general's skill 'governing the people' is useless, haha, it's useless."

  Sun Yuxin was overjoyed, a promotion? Not bad, I'm just dissatisfied with the current official salary being too low, getting promoted is making a fortune, earning more money, and I can set out on my journey to find a way back earlier.

  At this time, the Wuman army had arrived under the city wall. They didn't call out to the city or say any words of intimidation. A large contingent of cavalry immediately galloped around the city, and the horsemen drew their bows and began shooting arrows at the county seat.

  Liu Yu gave the order, and the militiamen on the city wall immediately counterattacked with hunting bows. Several regular soldiers also pushed out two large crossbow carts to guard the gate, each cart capable of shooting multiple people at once, with a range of several hundred paces. The two crossbow carts fired several rounds, and many Wuhuan cavalrymen fell from their horses.

  The Wū Mǎn cavalry were skilled in archery on horseback, and they shot a round of strong arrows at the enemy's head. Many inexperienced and poorly hidden village braves fell to the ground with arrows, bleeding profusely. The village braves who didn't fall immediately rose up with a common hatred for the enemy, picked up their hunting bows, and bravely counterattacked.

  As soon as both sides clashed, they fought fiercely, with arrows flying back and forth on the city wall like a swarm of locusts, what a lively scene.

  Two teams of heavy shield-bearing soldiers protected Liu Yu and Sun Yu in the middle, making it impossible for the arrows flying everywhere to hurt the main general, only exposing a few seams between the shields to allow the two high-ranking officials to see the outside situation.

  Sun Yu kept hearing the "peng peng peng" sound, which was actually arrows flying to his side and hitting the shields held up by the shield-bearing soldiers, producing this muffled sound.

  More than 20,000 Uighur cavalrymen obviously could not be stacked at one city gate. The cavalry galloped around the city and soon all four gates were embroiled in battle, with shouts of killing coming from all directions.

  Liu Yu, on the other hand, was not flustered at all. She ordered the messenger soldier beside her: "Order all troops to hold their positions tightly and guard the four gates. The northern barbarians are not good at prolonged battles. As long as we can withstand them for a while, they will retreat and lose momentum."

  She said to this, suddenly saw a female general rushing out from under the city. This female general was about thirty years old, without armor, only wearing a wolf skin wrapped in a Hu robe, tall and strong, probably over 150 pounds. She looked at Liu Yu on the city wall and the heavy shield soldiers surrounding her, let out a cold hum, then bent his bow and arrow on horseback, aiming at Liu Yu.

  Sun Yu's sharp eyes caught the scene and he hastily shouted: "Shoot that female general, don't let her shoot arrows at will." Several militiamen shot a few arrows according to his orders, but the Hu woman general galloped away, and all the arrows fell behind the horse.

  She was seen riding her horse at a frantic pace, the horse running extremely fast, circling around the city wall below, and the feathered arrows shot by the rural guards couldn't even touch her. Sun Yu thought to himself that with such incredible speed, even Genghis Khan wouldn't be able to shoot an accurate arrow, so he didn't need to worry about her.

  But at this moment, the soldiers of both armies on and under the city walls shouted together: "Martial General!"

  Sun Yu was shocked, he quickly looked up and saw that the woman's whole body was emitting a bright red glow, the red light illuminating her face which was etched with wind and frost, on top of the woman's head two huge red characters floated: "Ben She".

  She galloped on horseback with outstretched arms, bending her bow and placing an arrow...

  As soon as he saw these two words, Sun Yu was shocked. Just by looking at the literal meaning, he knew that this was a skill that could shoot arrows on the back of a galloping horse. Needless to say, this skill must be for Liu Yu. He quickly jumped up and pushed Liu Yu's shoulder with one hand.

  At this moment, the Wūwán woman on horseback relaxed her right hand, and a strong arrow carrying a red light flashed like lightning, what an arrow, with a momentum like a meteor chasing the moon, flying over a hundred paces, through the layers of beacon smoke and flames of war, crossing the female wall and battle grid on the city wall, rushing straight towards Líu Yú.

  The shield-bearing soldiers surrounding Liu Yu hastily converged to the middle, trying to use their shields to deflect the powerful arrows. However, with a dull thud, the arrow pierced through the shields as if aided by divine power, and hit Liu Yu's shoulder with a "thwack". This was still thanks to Sun Yu pushing her, otherwise this arrow would have hit Liu Yu's chest.

  Liu Yu was struck by the arrow's immense force and fell backwards, his shoulder bleeding profusely like a gushing spring. For a moment, he was in so much pain that he couldn't even speak.

  "Hua" chief will be shot down, Zhuoxian county brave men's morale suddenly sank, instantly in an uproar.

  Liu Yu endured the intense pain and opened his mouth: "That female general is Wuman Mitiang General, Anding King Zhang Chun. She's a fierce warrior with exceptional martial skills. In truth, I'm severely injured and can no longer command. Now, I entrust you with the responsibility of defending the city; don't let our troops waver."

  At this time, Zhang Chun shot down Liu Yu with one arrow outside the city, but he was not satisfied. She bent her bow and arrow, with a red glow flashing on her body, firing several arrows at the top of the city wall, each arrow knocking down a defender. In a moment, the soldiers shooting crossbows from the city wall were also shot down by Liu Yu, and the Wudan army cheered loudly, their voices shaking like thunder.

  Sun Yu let out a long sigh, although he came from the future and had no bias towards such battles, but since he was in Gongsun Zan's army and eating his salary, he should make an effort for her. At this time, the responsibility of defending the city fell on himself, and he must come up with some way to maintain the people.

  "Bring me my bow!" Sun Yu shouted loudly.

  A soldier immediately handed over a hunting bow, Sun Yu let out a loud cry, drew the bow and arrow, aimed at Zhang Chun who was galloping under the city wall, viewing the arrows as nothing.

  "NM01, start calculating enemy movement speed, calculate bowstring tension, firing speed, wind speed, air resistance, relative speed adjustment, elevation angle adjustment, draw width adjustment... Display red light on me, head display - Must Hit."

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  Scientist's Diary:

  I am Sun Yu, a young scientist from Beijing Academy of Science. I have been in this strange world for several days now.

  Here I witnessed a society with a female superior and male inferior social structure, as well as strange martial arts techniques. Although I kept reminding myself that these martial arts techniques were unscientific, the principles of science are based on what can be seen with one's own eyes, and since my own eyes have already seen these unbelievable things, then I must acknowledge their existence and reasonableness.

  But as a scientist, what I need to do is not to doubt them, but to unravel their secrets.

  As for the female warriors who became women, I am not surprised at all, because a name is just a symbol and it doesn't have any meaning in itself. In my world where there are countless people, there are many people with the same name and surname, too numerous to mention.

  Therefore, I don't think it's inappropriate for a woman to be named Zhao Yun. It may just be that two people with the same name and surname happened to be in the same environment, which is a low-probability event, but even if it's one in a billion, as long as there's a probability, it can happen.

  I really want to unlock the secrets of martial arts, but what I need to do more is to cure my own illness. With life, there can be pursuit.

  Sun Yuji recorded in the strange era known as "Zhongping First Year"

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