[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten":3,"chapter-simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-19":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Simulated to Reality: I Once Looked Down Upon Ten Thousand Ages?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2347034,4587,"Chapter 19: The Method to Break Iron Futo, the Plan Begins","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-19",19,"\u003Cp>Yu Ke was not idle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With time still early, he fetched blueprints and wrote down some of his ideas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the paper, he wrote:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron Futo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not understand military strategy or battle formations, but in his past life he had been a history enthusiast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had studied this peak form of ancient cold-weapon warfare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those heavily armored knights, like the hooked cavalry sweeping from both flanks, were unstoppable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were heavy cavalry, armored to the teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These heavy cavalry, their defense perfected, linked every three horses with iron chains, charging into battle with no equal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drawbacks were obvious: the horses bore heavy loads; once a rider fell, they became birds without wings, utterly motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ke combined this knowledge from his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cut the horses’ legs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a good solution—after all, horse legs were never covered in iron armor, or the horses could not run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commanders in this simulation world were no fools; Yu Ke felt the world’s realism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The records before him documented battles involving clever stratagems and poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cutting horse legs had long been devised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavy axes, mo dao, and other weapons had been used.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The results were good, always leveraging terrain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It worked once, but lost effectiveness after repeated use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside Hulao Pass now lay vast plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two armies lined up, facing each other squarely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ke, in black ink on white paper, wrote three words that leapt off the page.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three Lives Formation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the name suggests, this formation is “deploy a circular encircling formation at the front, then extend both flanks to attack from left and right,” hence named Three Lives Formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tactic is exquisite: first use the hooked cavalry on both flanks to probe the enemy’s weak points, then launch a fierce strike by extending both flanks, finally driving straight for the enemy’s heart with the unyielding might of Iron Futo, forcing the enemy to break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tactic appears simple, yet it deeply understands the way of military strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In large-scale confrontations, deploying troops and forming formations, to employ such a brilliant tactic proves its power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern Xuan State’s invincibility in battle, its unstoppable advances,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stem precisely from their flawless mastery of the “Three Lives Formation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In many major battles, soldiers did not die merely from enemy swords and spears; more died from chaotic formations, trampling each other like lambs awaiting slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ke paused to think, drawing on old memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dipped his brush and slowly wrote: “Disperse the troops for field warfare, grouping in tens and fives, spread like scattered stars.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This line was not his own—it came from a great military strategist of his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the battlefield, heavy cavalry charge infantry formations like floods and beasts, aiming to shatter their order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the infantry formation breaks, the battle is over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a solid formation cannot repel Iron Futo, why not break it into fragments and strike with dispersion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Play to strengths, avoid weaknesses—that is the path to victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancient texts record armies that “advanced upon drumbeat, dispersed upon gong signal,” shifting flexibly between small-unit coordination and large-scale operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Iron Futo charges onto the battlefield, it becomes surrounded by scattered infantry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cut their horse legs, then annihilate the riders!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wrote again on the paper, decisively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fight to the death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cutting horse legs is the beginning of a fight to the death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the Northern Xuan State’s astonishing combat power and endurance, to win,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>one must embrace the will to die!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a battle of morale, the critical moment testing a soldier’s will and a general’s ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancient history records how eight hundred brave men shattered ten thousand enemies, relying solely on unshakable conviction and soaring morale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander holds the center, directing the entire army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generals must personally enter the battlefield, fearless of life or death, to inspire morale and unlock soldiers’ potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yu Ke finished writing these words, his father Lu Jiaxuan watched silently beside him, eyes filled with seriousness and deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze grew brighter, as if stirred by the words, his face showing a look of profound contemplation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yu had prepared everything and entered the tent to report: “Father, all is arranged.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Lu Jiaxuan’s eyes remained fixed on Lu Chen’s paper, the ink still wet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Disperse the troops for field warfare, grouping in tens and fives, spread like scattered stars.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fight to the death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He whispered them aloud, a flicker of shock in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Jiaxuan, a general steeped in military strategy and seasoned by countless battles, knew the vast gulf between theoretical discourse and real combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet as he carefully read Lu Chen’s strategy, he was deeply shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though some ideas seemed naive, the overall plan was highly practical and feasible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He eagerly picked up the paper, gently blew on the ink to dry it, and carefully stored it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he looked, the more he felt this could not have been written by a mere boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was clearly the work of a seasoned general who had fought the Northern Xuan State for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when Lu Yu urged him did he snap back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the flickering candlelight, Lu Jiaxuan gazed at this composed young man, sleeves rolled, brush laid down, a profound, indescribable pride rising in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He burst into loud, unrestrained laughter:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course! No wonder he’s my Lu family’s son!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As previously planned, in the thick morning fog,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>two thousand Lu family soldiers followed Lu Yu out of the city in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Chen and Lu Jiaxuan waited behind to provide support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city gate slowly opened, the bridge lowered, as if inviting the enemy into a trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ke thought: if someone were to play the qin atop the city gate,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this plan would be perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing on horseback, Yu Ke gazed toward the distant encampments west of the gate, then turned to his white-haired father beside him, silently praying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>May all go well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Northern Xuan State’s tent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuoba Shuyi sat alone, dismissed his attendants, and quietly read the military text in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike other imperial brothers, he brought no concubines or wine when he marched south, no leisurely sightseeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering the camp, he disciplined himself strictly, avoided women, drank not a drop of alcohol, always keeping his mind sharp and clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His bed was no different from that of ordinary soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ate and slept as they did, with no privilege.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The military text in his hands was one of the most famous in Daqing history; though Daqing had lost its former glory, now like fish on a chopping block,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuoba Shuyi knew he must learn from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, urgent footsteps sounded outside the tent, followed by a loud report:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Report! Intelligence from the west of Hulao Pass!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuoba Shuyi slowly raised his head, eyes sharp as an eagle, and asked in a low voice: “They dared to leave the city?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grew puzzled—was it the garrison or the rebel forces who dared to sortie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly dismissed the possibility; in his view, both the garrison and rebels had been terrified into submission and would never dare attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lu family army from the west?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuoba Shuyi knew of the Lu family army—though only four thousand strong, their combat power was not to be underestimated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he held no respect for General Lu Jiaxuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mediocre talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Jiaxuan could defend, but lacked offensive ability—he posed no real threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Lu family army…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuoba Shuyi murmured, a flicker of contempt in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a force was no concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Report!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The western gate of Hulao Pass is wide open.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuoba Shu yi stood up abruptly\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? The city gate is open!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1310,"2026-06-21T01:32:57.622Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bad0b351fd6bd4fa3f4a7fdf559b049b180531746d6be9ccf108b147ac0df7cc","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-20","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-18",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-cover.jpg"]