When Emperor Ulei saw this, he immediately stiffened. He quickly leaned forward and looked forward.

I saw that on Xie Yuan's side, there were not only Han people, but also many Xianbei people, but they were all members of Xie Yuan's central army with red cloth strips on their arms.

Without exception, they also threw away their weapons with a confused look on their faces, acquiescing to their own death.

For a moment, the situation on the court that was supposed to be winnable changed drastically, but... this didn't make sense.

Although the Xianbei nobles beside the emperor felt that this situation was a bit strange, most of them were gloating about the misfortune.

But they didn't dare to show their happiness on their faces. They just secretly observed the emperor's face, and then reminded them unintentionally:

"Looking at it like this, it looks good, but if we fight, it still won't work."

Ulei frowned, feeling stuffy in his chest, and turned to the eunuch:

"Go and ask what's going on!"

…

At the foot of the mountain.

Xie Yuan saw the two armies fighting hand to hand, and his side's originally strong momentum suddenly disappeared, as if he was surrendering on his own initiative, and was about to lose.

She didn't understand why, but her sense of urgency to lose did not allow her to hesitate. She immediately picked up her spear and rushed into the battle group with an array of soldiers.

When the soldiers saw the flying flag, their spirits were immediately shaken, and the general blocked the decline.

Xie Yuan carried a long gun and swept down a group of people. He looked at a few soldiers who were stunned in the local central camp and asked:

"What's going on?! What are you doing standing there?!"

A soldier lowered his head and tugged on his broken scale vest, then looked at the "enemies" around him, and said with some confusion:

"Didn't you just pretend to be dead when you were hit by a knife?...My armor was cut off. I don't know when it was broken."

At this time, Kesande shouted angrily while slapping the "enemy":

"It's not cut off! Damn it, I can see clearly that many of them were cut off by myself. These armors are broken!"

Xie Yuan heard that his eyes swept over the battle group, and when he saw several people fighting hard, their scale armor vests suddenly disconnected from their armpits, and they cut down the opponents.

It's not like it was broken because of the opponent's attack, but more like it was broken because of too violent movements.

It's just that in the melee, the armor suddenly broke, and I was either surprised or confused, and I was not sure whether I should lie down on the spot based on the "drill" principle.

Many people thought they had been hit and were eliminated on their own. There was also a hesitation. The person who would not have lost was caught by the opponent and lost, so he had to be eliminated.

This is why suddenly, a situation that looks winnable suddenly fails.

Xie Yuan's eyes flashed and he immediately shouted loudly:

"They are holding wooden knives in their hands. How can they cut off your scales so easily? Cheer up! ...Commander!"

As soon as her voice fell, several messengers responded "Yes" in unison and dispersed from around her on horseback. After a while, her words were repeated by the messengers and resounded everywhere.

Of course, some of them were "killed" by the other party before they could even say anything, so they had to get off their horses and pretend to be dead on the spot.

Fortunately, most people realized what was going on, and the decline they had suffered just now was gradually reversed.

…

The eunuch came back after investigating the situation and explained to Emperor Ulei:

"It seems that there is something wrong with Commander Xie's soldiers' armor. They are breaking every time they hit them. General Xie is trying to rectify their morale and tells them that wooden swords can't cut through armor."

Ulei glanced at the eunuch in surprise, then looked at the situation down the mountain.

At this time, because of Xie Yuan's heroic performance of "sweeping thousands of armies", her participation boosted the morale of the soldiers and suppressed the situation.

Seeing that the two sides have reduced their numbers by more than half, this "battle" is about to be over, but it can't be said to be a winner. At most, both sides will suffer losses.

Ulei's face was as black as a piece of coal, and he ordered angrily:

"Okay, no need to act! Immediately summon all the camp commanders to come over for questioning!"

After a while, Xie Yuan and the other four commanders stood in front of the emperor.

The emperor glanced at them with an angry look on his face, and first said to Helan Manzhen and others in the western camp:

"It has only been a few years of peace and quiet without fighting. I don't even recognize you anymore! I'm afraid if I drag you to the border now, it will only be enough to kill you!"

I heard earlier that some veterans of the Chinese Army have retired, and the replacement soldiers are all young sons of Xianbei noble families. I thought that all of my Xianbei sons were good, but I didn't expect it to be like this!

Just now, the lieutenant in the eastern camp saw that the captain of the guard who had not yet bowed down was able to fight! Even though he was fat and the horses and weapons he commanded were more polished than the last, in fact he was nothing like that!

I don’t need to look at the other camps. Just looking at the posture of you standing there, I can tell that they are not much better than the eastern camp!"

Ulay paused and glanced at them again. The commanders of several large camps lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word.

He continued sharply:

"I have established the central camp correctly. If it were not for Xie Yuan's military training, comparison and competition, I would not have known that you had slacked off to this extent! I will give you four more months. In three months, the generals will

Reorganize it to the level of the central camp, or else we'll see you!"

When Helan Manzhen and the others heard this, their whole bodies shivered and fear arose in their hearts.

His Majesty is usually not easy to kill, and many times he does so because of the small population of Xianbei. Most of the criminals who committed crimes were exiled to serve in the border army, and few committed murders.

The emperor's golden words, when he said these words at this time, it can be seen that he was really moved and angry.

Just when they thought that only Xie Yuan had escaped the fate of being scolded this time, the emperor changed the topic and said angrily to Xie Yuan:

"And you! Xie Yuan, don't think you're fine! What happened just now? The armor of most of the soldiers in the military camp can be broken?! Didn't I hear that you live in the military camp every day and watch them train?

Let them repair their equipment?! Is this the result?

Today is a drill. If we make such a big mistake on the battlefield, wouldn’t it mean that most of our lives will be in vain?! You can actually make such a low-level mistake? You disappoint me so much!"

When Xie Yuan heard this, he lowered his head and moved his lips, but in the end he did not defend himself, but responded honestly and in a deep voice:

"I was negligent in running the army. Please punish me."

She agreed so happily that Emperor Ulei's anger subsided a lot.

He knew clearly in his heart that the armaments of the Central Guard Army were the best in the whole army. It was impossible for so many of them to break down without any reason. Someone must have done something secretly to allow the Central Camp to be in full view of the public today.

As a result, the exercise was lost.
Chapter completed!