Chapter 23: The Birth of Divine Machinery Battalion

  At this time, Ma Teng was extremely surprised. On the mountain slope, Ma Teng gazed down at the mountain below and surprisingly discovered that the vanguard of the laughable Ye family army was not some elite cavalry, but rather a group of infantrymen.

  Haha! This is truly heaven helping me, Ma Teng! As long as we open up the breach in the Ye family's army later, I'm sure they won't be able to withstand our attack. That little Ye Xuan is still too inexperienced after all!

  At this time, Ma Teng and others were still a distance away from the Ye family army, but after Ma Teng carefully observed the formation of the Ye family army, he had already gained confidence in his victory.

  Ma Teng waved his hand magnanimously and immediately gave the order for a general attack!

  Five thousand cavalrymen charged down from the mountain with the momentum of a fierce tiger, rushing towards the Ye family army at the foot of the mountain. The sound of killing filled the fields, horses neighed, and the earth shook.

  At this time, Ma Teng was proudly directing his troops on the mountain, waiting for the scene he had imagined in his mind to break through the camp of the Ye family army.

  "Haha! Victory is within sight! Charge for me, little ones!"

  But Ma Teng's triumphant expression didn't last long, and the smile on his face froze...

  It was just after Ma Teng's cavalry launched a charge that this battle, which seemed to have no suspense at all, took an unexpected turn!

  Ye's army suddenly changed formation.

  When Ye Xuan discovered that Ma Teng's army had launched an attack, he immediately ordered his subordinates to change the formation of the Ye family army.

  The infantry in the front row of the original team quickly retreated from the middle to both wings, and a strange unit immediately poured out of the rear array of the central army to fill the vacancy.

  However, this unit was different from the cavalry and infantry in Ye's army, led by Su Zhong, and the soldiers held not sabers or long swords, but repeating crossbows.

  After quickly arranging the formation, Su Zhong immediately gave orders to his soldiers to aim their crossbows at Ma Teng's cavalry who were rushing down from the mountain.

  At this time, these soldiers holding crossbows were waiting for their general Ye Xuan's final order.

  At this time, Ma Teng's cavalry also noticed the change in Ye Jia's camp, but most people didn't pay much attention and continued to gallop forward, fantasizing about the scene where they would charge over and defeat the Ye family army.

  However, not everyone failed to notice the implication of Ye Family Army's change in formation...

  At the same time, Ma Teng on the mountain also saw this scene. Unlike his subordinates, a bad premonition suddenly crept onto Ma Teng's mind. After glancing at Ye Xuan, who was calm and composed below, the unease in Ma Teng's heart grew even stronger. However, Ma Teng couldn't care about these things and silently comforted himself that he was just being overly cautious...

  But what happened next made his face turn pale, he was a seasoned veteran, the sudden change in the Ye family's military formation gave Ma Teng a shock that made his hair stand on end, and his blood almost froze.

  Originally under the command of Su Zhong, the commander-in-chief of Ye Jiajun's central army, a thousand arrows were fired at once, and Ma Teng's cavalry, who were charging forward, did not expect that Ye Jiajun would still play this trick, giving them such a sudden blow, many of whom fell to the ground with arrow wounds, suffering heavy losses. For a time, the battlefield was in chaos, with people and horses rolling around, the scene was extremely tragic.

  Ma Teng suddenly realized what had happened and thought to himself "I'm in trouble! Has this little guy fallen into the trap?!"

  Ma Teng did not disappoint as a hero of his generation. After a brief moment of stunned silence, he immediately reacted and was heard shouting hoarsely: "We've been ambushed! Quick! Retreat for me at once!"

  Although Ma Teng reacted in extreme time, unfortunately it was too late, now everything is too late...

  It's not that Ma Teng is to blame, because in this era and the one Ye Xuan was from are different. The development of weapons in this era is still very backward, it's still an era of cold weapons, and the wisdom of these people can't be compared with the laborers of ancient China.

  At least in this era, at least for now, there is no appearance of Zhuge Liang's repeating crossbow, so Ma Teng's strategy was correct.

  However, Ye Xuan had been recruiting craftsmen since the recruitment of soldiers. Relying on his experience and practice in his previous life, he made a weapon called Zhuge Repeating Crossbow that could fire 10 shots at once, and then handed it over to the craftsmen under him, letting them work overtime to make it according to the drawings.

  In less than a month, they finally managed to produce 100 repeating crossbows. At the same time, Ye Xuan first taught Su Zhong how to use this repeating crossbow, and then let Su Zhong select 100 new soldiers with good psychological quality from his own troops to be under Su Zhong's command. After ten days of special training, they were barely able to put these soldiers on the battlefield to face the enemy.

  This is also the task that Ye Xuan privately handed over to Su Zhong, so when Zhuge Yu reported back to Ye Xuan that Su Zhong had completed the task, Ye Xuan was overjoyed, because this Lian Nu Camp of his could play a huge role on the battlefield! It can even have the ability to turn the tide of battle!

  When Ye Xuan finished watching Su Zhong's training results, he was also very satisfied. This reminded him of a very powerful army under the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Di, the Divine Machine Battalion!

  Although at this time the Lian Nu Ying camp was holding a Lian Nu, while the soldiers of the Shen Ji Ying camp were holding bird guns and other firearms, they had a similar effect.

  So Ye Xuan then named the crossbow camp led by Su Zhong with over 100 people as "Shen Ji Ying", hoping they would be like his previous life's "Shen Ji Ying" and display great prowess on the battlefield, sweeping everything before them!

  However, at this point, the battle has reached this stage, and Ma Teng also understood that retreating is fundamentally impossible. He had already charged forward, so how could he retreat now? He might as well fight to the end!

  Ma Chao and Ma Tie, the two sons of Ma Teng who were leading the vanguard at the foot of the mountain, also understood this principle, so they resolutely led the remaining cavalry of Ma Teng to charge desperately towards the Ye family army.

  Seeing the scene in front of him, Ye Xuan couldn't help but nod his head in praise and admire Ma Teng on the mountain, then said to Sun Yu beside him: "Heh heh, as expected of Ma Teng, able to make the right choice even in such a situation!"

  In the midst of everyone's puzzled gaze, Ye Xuan continued to explain: "This approach can be considered the most correct choice that Ma Teng's cavalry can make at this time. Because our soldiers use a repeating crossbow that needs to be reloaded after firing 10 arrows, and reloading takes time, so after the first round of simultaneous shooting, the battlefield fell into a brief silence like now."

  "Perhaps Ma Teng's cavalry were overjoyed at the sight, they must have thought that as long as they could charge into our Ye family army camp, they would be able to defeat us and win a complete victory."

  He finished speaking and Ye Xuan coldly laughed, then confidently said: "Unfortunately, they've found the wrong opponent! The Ye Family Army, listen to my orders! Change formation!"