Invincible

  The only ones on the scene who were hoping for Wang An to win were the casino owners, as it is now known that several million taels of silver have been bet on Wang An losing.

  This amount put unprecedented pressure on the casino, just recently someone had bet 20,000 taels on Wang An to win.

  Wu Ge's army took the field, marching in lockstep with their armor shining brightly, prompting a burst of applause from the people of Yu Yang, and Liu Jiao Jiao also smiled at the corner of her mouth.

  Wu Ge's opponent was indeed Wang An, and it was said that enemies would always meet. Wang An's five hundred men were not marching in unison either, wearing leather armor and cotton armor, looking a bit rustic, some soldiers even looked tense, glancing around nervously, the onlookers burst into laughter at the sight of them.

  Wang An's troops were still disorganized, and the entire army looked very unimpressive. Liu Jiao frowned after seeing this, feeling a bit resentful towards Wang An in her heart, and secretly thought to herself: "Don't blame me, Wang An. Cunning strategies are just auxiliary means of winning wars, but regular warfare, where one defeats the enemy through sheer force, is the true way of kings. I hope that through this setback, you will come to understand this point, and realize my good intentions."

  Liu Jiao turned his face away, not wanting to see the dejected mood of Wang An's troops after their defeat. The various defensive envoys looked at Wang An's troops and suddenly became excited, this time the money was guaranteed, and they could win a sure bet.

  Wu Guo immediately gave orders to his own army: "Attack, quick battle and quick decision", Wu Guo's troops rushed forward, their number was much more than Wang An's.

  Wu Guo's army charged at Wang An's army like Mount Tai, hoping to settle the battle in the shortest time.

  Wang An drew out his treasured sword, and in a troop all armed with long spears, he looked somewhat incongruous. Wang An's action again provoked the onlookers' ridicule.

  Wang An didn't care about these, loudly commanding the soldiers: "Charge, annihilate them", the soldiers let out a shocking and earth-shaking battle cry, charging towards Wu Guo's army.

  The onlookers were stunned, King An's army actually launched a charge, they had such a huge disparity in military strength with the opponent, but King An's army still launched a charge.

  The defender burst out laughing as soon as he saw them, thinking to himself how ridiculous it was. Your numbers are far too inferior compared to the enemy's army, you should be defending, don't you know?

  But Wang An's army soldiers were no longer tense, with a brave and forward momentum, charging towards Wu Ke's army.

  Wu Guo's army suddenly felt pressure, and the five hundred soldiers in front of them had an aura of a thousand troops charging forward.

  The troops of both sides soon came into contact, but the soldiers of Wu's army were quickly knocked to the ground or more accurately stabbed to the ground.

  Both sides' long guns had no gunheads, wrapped in cotton at the front, with very little lethality, but the wooden sticks still came forward with great force, and stabbing was still able to bring people great pain.

  The front row of soldiers were quickly stabbed down, as each one received ten stabs. The front row of soldiers had opened up like a dye shop, with their clothes in the front all covered in lime, and were judged to be arrayed corpses.

  Then came Wu Guo's second row, then one row after another fell down.

  Wu Guo's army fell like harvested wheat, row after row. Wang An's army advanced like an invincible warship, surging forward with the wind and waves.

  The defender was originally laughing, but suddenly opened his mouth and couldn't laugh anymore. The man watching on stage widened his eyes, covering his small mouth, with a shocked expression. Liu Jiao had already turned her face away, but seeing the audience's abnormal reaction, she still turned her head back. When he saw this situation, he also opened his small mouth, wide-eyed, full of shock.

  Wu Ge's army cursed in their hearts, bad luck, first time encountering soldiers arrayed and fighting like this.

  Originally, Wang An's troops adopted a new formation. The front row of soldiers had large intervals between them, and the back row of soldiers did not align with the front row but instead staggered one position behind, then stretched out their guns. The back row of soldiers also staggered one position behind and stretched out their guns as well, thus stretching out five guns at a time. The guns used by the back row of soldiers were slightly longer than those used by the front row of soldiers, so they could fight together with the front row of soldiers, and the back row of soldiers followed this pattern.

  Wang An's soldiers worked in perfect harmony, always attacking an opponent with eleven guns at the same time. One long gun would pin down the opponent, while the remaining ten guns would simultaneously attack another opponent, quickly gaining the upper hand. Then they would swiftly move on to target the next opponent.

  Wang An found this formation in an ancient book from a place called Macedonia in the Western world. This formation has a figurative name called "Spear Storm".

  This great formation was never mentioned, thrown into the heap of useless papers, and ignored by all modern military leaders. It's not that this formation is too good, but it's really too bad, outdated, and no longer suitable for modern warfare.

  Now, warfare also involves deploying troops in formation. Deploying troops is a kind of joint operation involving multiple branches of the military. The cavalry is responsible for protecting the flanks and launching surprise attacks and pursuits. Archers are responsible for long-range attacks, while soldiers with long spears engage in close combat. Each branch of the military plays to its strengths and avoids its weaknesses, combining to unleash their maximum striking power and creating a situation where one plus one is greater than two.

  The advantages of this infantry formation are that the use of spears has been refined to perfection, but the disadvantage is that its troops are too single-minded and not suitable for modern warfare. If they were to fight against the Xiongnu, they would all be killed by the Xiongnu's arrows before even getting close, as the Xiongnu are expert archers on horseback who do not engage in hand-to-hand combat.

  If you fight against the army of Da Jin, you will only be played to death. The army of Da Jin will first use crossbow arrows to kill some, then use bow and arrow to kill some more, and finally use cavalry to charge your formation. In just a short while, you will be defeated and scattered all over the place.

  This great formation is really outdated, the military strategist of Da Jin is the most outstanding talent in ancient and modern times at home and abroad. At a glance, it can be seen that this formation is not enough, so it was abandoned and no one mentioned it. The famous generals of all generations do not use this formation.

  However, today's martial arts competition surprisingly only allows the use of guns. These people want to bring down Wang An from his pedestal and increase their own influence, wanting to enhance their right to speak in Yu Yang, all sorts of forces have come together to form today's martial arts competition scene, which is seriously disconnected from real war.

  Wang An was also indignant. What's the point of this martial arts competition? We can't beat the Xiongnu, and we can't even beat our own people. What's the significance of this martial arts competition? Is it just a show?

  But Wang An didn't have time for sentiment now, he had more important things to do, that was to win the battle against Wu Ke as soon as possible.

  Wu Guo's army fell one after another, and soon they were killed in front of Wu Guo. Just as he was about to speak, more than 20 long spears pierced him, causing his body to ache abnormally. Both eyes were stabbed, although the eyeballs were not injured, but a small amount of lime still entered the eyes, making him suddenly tearful.

  Wu Ge fell to the ground, thinking of the special care he had received, and found that 29 guns were pointing at him. He couldn't help but exclaim: "Despicable! Too despicable!" As soon as Wu Ge spoke out, the referee immediately warned him: "You fouled, you're already dead, a dead man should shut up, not allowed to speak."

  Wang An's army fought to the last row of Wu Ge's army, and his casualties were also heavy, with 400 people killed, including Wang An, Du Lu, Li Li and others who "died in battle". When Wang An saw that his army had won the game, he burst out laughing, Jiang Cai also cracked a smile, and the soldiers laughed too. But after a while, they all cried, this victory was not easily won.

  King An was severely reprimanded by the referee: "The dead are not allowed to laugh, your laughter will affect our team's combat statistics and make this simulated martial arts competition lose its solemnity. Think about it, if you were killed on the battlefield, would you still be laughing?" King An and others cursed in secret: "Fool, of course we wouldn't laugh if we were killed. If we were killed and you came before us, as long as we gave you a cold smile, would you dare to lecture us like this?"

  Wang An's army won, clean and neat. In less than a quarter of an hour, Wu Gou's army fell to the ground, they were defeated, and Wu Gou had tears in his eyes, not knowing what the real reason was.

  Wang An's army won, but there were no flowers or applause, only curses. "Wu Ge, you're a waste, you actually lost to Wang An," an onlooker shouted, having lost his family fortune. Only the underground casino owners secretly rejoiced, thinking that they wouldn't have to lose their family fortunes after all. However, at this moment, one of the casino bosses was also cursing Wu Ge: "Wu Ge, you're a jinx, causing me to lose my family fortune!" Others quickly inquired and found out that Wang An's odds were 1 to 50. Those who had bet on Wang An winning now had 700,000 taels of silver, which meant the casino would have to pay out 35 million taels, not counting the betting fees they had collected. The casino would still have to pay out an additional 1 million taels, truly losing their family fortunes. The bosses who finally understood the situation all cursed Wu Ge. It turned out that Wang An's victory was more damaging to them than if he had lost the match, only because they had previously only calculated the impact of Wang An's loss on them and hadn't considered the damage his victory would bring.

  Wu Ge now feels more wronged than Dou E, the one who won against you is Wang An, why don't you scold him? Instead, you scold me, I'm also a victim, not long ago I was beaten by Wang An and the injury still hasn't fully healed, I'm barely holding on to come here, why don't you scold Wang An.

  The crowd is now squeezing the soft persimmon, Wang An defeated the Xiongnu, is famous.

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