Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 817

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 287
93. 200 vs 200 (3)
Mongolia’s grasslands are an exceptionally simple map.
Because of this, the most strategically vital position here is equally straightforward: the very center.
The reason is simple. You can reach anywhere quickly from there.
And because there are major gold mines there.
Essentially, whoever controlled this center would win the game.
So it made sense that Joseon and China had been locked in a standoff over this central position for several minutes, shifting back and forth.
-Just fight already
-They’re just pushing and shoving, this will never end
-At this rate the battle will be next time~
-Ugh, China is so annoying
-Relentless! Joseon!
Of course, from the viewers’ perspective, they’d reached the middle of the third era without a single proper battle, and even there, instead of a spectacular clash, they were just watching repeated standoffs. Frustration was inevitable.
-Fight!
-The Greatest Martial Arts Tournament format is insane!
-What are they doing?? I seriously don’t get it
-King Gul’s tongue show is more fun lol
However, their assessment was wrong.
In fact, a fierce battle was already unfolding at the center.
They simply couldn’t see it because they lacked the understanding to comprehend what was happening.
For example, M-bul, who actually understood the game, had a completely different reaction.
Base system fight lol, cookies won’t push through
-Cookie’s skill has always been highly regarded, now he’s finally getting some recognition
Lol, I feel like I’m finally standing up straight now.
Fuck, I’m overwhelmed.
How many commanders could actually do this against China? Seriously impressive ㅠㅠ Coubertin ㅠㅠ
Even Yuvi feels the wall that Doraemon has, it’s crazy.
-The fortress wall rush was really an easy win… How do you even beat this??
They were already debating the relative skill levels of the two commanders as if a battle had already occurred.
Well, they could see it with their own eyes.
The countless tactical exchanges unfolding in the empty center. That fierce offensive and defensive exchange.
However, there was a scene even they couldn’t comprehend.
[China is leaving??]
[Huh?? They’re coming out]
What the hell?
China had suddenly decided to push forward and advance into the central plains.

* * *
“Joseon has been demanding we come out from the start! Come out! And now it’s happening exactly as they wanted!?”
“Is China annoyed and just thinking, ‘Fine, let’s give it a try!’? Is that what this is!?”
The commentators shared the same bewilderment.
“What’s the intention here!? Joseon was practically shouting outright! Come out, come out! And now China is actually going!?”
-They just got pissed and went out lol
Isn’t Ming Dynasty supposed to be coming up soon??
-What’s going on???
Whether out of irritation or anger, Youbi had simply advanced—yet his face on screen remained perfectly composed, unmoved as a photograph. It was hardly the expression of an annoyed man.
He had simply seen through it. The true nature and full scope of Joseon’s strategy of brazenly demanding they come out.
‘The real goal is to prevent us from coming out.’
Joseon didn’t actually want China to advance.
They wanted to delay the moment China moved into the central plains.
Because if China secured position first, they would gain an overwhelming advantage.
China was a civilization that became far stronger once it established its position.
Their formation system was excellent, their organizational power was unquestionable, and the civilization itself was inherently defensive.
But Joseon?
‘They couldn’t come out.’
Joseon’s structure wasn’t one where securing position first would grant them a significant advantage.
‘In other words, this is a psychological warfare delay tactic for a diversionary operation.’
So Joseon was delaying China as much as possible from claiming the gold veins of the central plains, while in the meantime, a separate detachment would target their main base.
That separate detachment was likely already moving at this very moment.
Before that could happen, Youbi would completely dominate the central plains, and once he detected Joseon’s detachment in motion, he would launch a full offensive from this central position as his stronghold.
Then the detachment would have no choice but to return without accomplishing anything.
Resources aside, this center was strategically vital. Pretend otherwise if you like, but ultimately Joseon wanted this place too.
Kuguguguguuu…!
And so all of China’s forces began their movement, scattering dust clouds in their wake.
“Joseon kept saying come in! Come in! And now China actually went in!?”
“What is this!? Is this some kind of alpha male management style!?”
-lololol what is this
-The nation of magnanimity
-Yeah. That’s the older brother for you.
“I don’t understand! But right now! China’s formation is quite peculiar!?”
Even King Gul, observing everything from above, found it difficult to discern China’s true intention.
Was it genuine confidence in winning the central plains battle? Or did they simply not understand Joseon’s current objective?
‘No.’
That couldn’t be it.
A commander of Youbi’s caliber couldn’t possibly be unaware of Joseon’s current intention.
In fact, Joseon’s intention was being revealed quite nakedly at this very moment.
‘Wait.’
King Gul found himself questioning what he saw.
It was laid bare so nakedly….
‘Why? Why express it so nakedly?’
Cookie’s way was always to hide his intentions, to strike from behind.
This didn’t feel like Cookie at all.
Why had Joseon constructed the board so nakedly, as if inviting China to advance?
It was obvious the enemy would see through his intentions.
‘….’
King Gul decided to put himself in Youbi’s position.
Why would he advance?
He examined various parts of the map.
From Youbi’s perspective, not all of Cookie’s forces were visible.
Only a portion could be seen.
Cookie faced the same limitation.
Then, a certain threat entered King Gul’s vision.
‘Gasp.’
In that location, there existed only pitch-black darkness.
That’s right.
Absurdly, this threat had no visible form.
Yet, a Joseon detachment existed there.
Invisible, yet present.
Because it was invisible, it was all the more terrifying.
‘That’s it.’
Joseon would never engage in a direct confrontation. They were at a disadvantage.
This premise—the commentators had mentioned it too.
This must be lodged in Youbi’s mind right now as well.
‘Does Youbi think Joseon is playing psychological warfare?’
So Youbi had grown suspicious of Cookie’s overly honest approach.
The enemy binds us here, unable to advance, while dispatching a detachment to circle around to our main base.
If we respond then, we’ll be caught between two forces, weakening both our main army and our base.
That’s why he advanced preemptively.
If Joseon had dispatched a detachment, their main force must have weakened. He saw this as an opportunity.
If he destroyed the main force now, the detachment would be automatically neutralized—killing two birds with one stone.
But there was no such detachment.
A detachment that didn’t exist had drawn China forward.
‘China would have been winning if they’d just held their ground.’
They could have maintained a stalemate here, preventing control of the Central Plains, then moved up to Ming and come back out.
But China didn’t do that.
Without becoming Ming, they pushed all their forces forward.
‘I wondered why they came out. So this is all there was….’
King Gul felt a chill run down his spine.
His gaze instinctively shifted to Cookie’s screen.
Cookie was smiling.
That was it. This was entirely intentional.
He understood precisely how an uncharacteristic display of honesty could plant certain thoughts in an enemy’s mind… and he wielded that knowledge with precision.
In that instant, King Gul’s vision filled with a massive wooden board crisscrossed by black lines running horizontally and vertically.
Countless soldiers moved across it in every direction, and Cookie’s hand placed a white stone upon it.
A move so transparent, so nakedly revealing its intent.
Yet, it shifted the current.
If one guards the main current, what flows with it becomes a counter-current to the enemy facing them.
Whoooooosh…!
A wave.
A fierce tide surges forward.
Shing!
Coffee’s blade was drawn.
[Charrrrrge!!]
The Cavalry Archer Unit surges forth.
Countless hooves thunder across the grassland, kicking up clouds of dust.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
The Korean audience rises like billowing dust, their roar shaking the air.
Following the Cavalry Archer Unit, all of Joseon’s forces charge forward.
The fated three-era battle has begun.

* * *
China advanced toward the Central Plains.
“Stop!! The enemy is coming!!!”
They had no choice but to halt momentarily.
“Reorganize the formation!!”
Guan Yu, the deputy commander, rode his horse in circles, driving the soldiers forward.
But Zhang Fei urged them on from behind.
“Faster! We win if we move faster!!”
Orders were now crossing each other in confusion.
One faction insisted on reaching the Central Plains first, establishing a formation there, and fighting—while the other argued the enemy was already arriving, so they must engage here and now… The command had split into two opposing directives.
This chaos arose because Youbi failed to make an immediate decision.
‘What?’
His eyes widened so visibly that even the camera feed captured it.
‘Where’s the detachment?’
He had been certain the detachment existed, so when 200 soldiers suddenly revealed themselves all at once, it felt like he’d been struck in the head.
‘Joseon….’
Tremor.
His hand shook as he prepared to issue orders.
‘Joseon is launching a full-scale assault on us!?’
His eyes, bloodshot with rage, made his fury unmistakable to anyone watching.
No matter how hard one tries to suppress it, overwhelming emotion cannot be hidden.
What matters most is how one responds after the emotion erupts.
After a brief moment of deep breathing, Youbi quickly suppressed the surging turmoil within.
Then he began issuing commands.
‘Reaching the Central Plains is impossible now. But holding this ambiguous position and maintaining our formation here offers little chance of victory either.’
His eyes swept across the battlefield in an instant, and his hands moved swiftly, dispatching orders.
Ting. Tiing.
[Move]
[Stop]
[Move]
.
.
.

* * *
“China is panicking right now!?”
“No, why would they panic!?”
Caster couldn’t make sense of it.
From his perspective, China had come out to engage Joseon, yet now that they were actually charging forward, they were faltering.
King Gul had no time to explain.
Just describing what was happening required him to speak at superhuman speed.
“China can’t decide whether to fall back to their original position or stand their ground against Joseon right now, and it looks like Youbi is proposing a compromise solution, and meanwhile the Cavalry Archer Unit is almost within range, Youbi! Youbi! Youbi is! Wait!?”
hahahaha
I’m dying laughing
lol
-Faster than hoofbeats, is this normal?
King penguin strength show lol
King Gul was in extreme excitement.
“Youbi is ingeniously twisting the formation! He’s completely restructuring the entire tactical layout!?”
Clop! Clop!
Joseon’s Cavalry Archer Unit charges forward.
Their intention was to arrive first and harass the enemies with arrows while scattering their formation.
But—
“Youbi has opened up pathways from the very beginning!?”
Youbi had deliberately created spaces throughout the formation for the mounted archers to charge through.
And all the troops divided into small defensive squares and gathered together.
Snap!
They all raised their shields to block and thrust their spears forward in threat.
“!”
Almond, leading the charge, hesitated.
Their objective was clear.
To strike the archer unit positioned in the rear of the formation.
Though China was currently the Liao Dynasty, if they switched to the Yuan Dynasty, the Gakgung unit in the back would become extremely threatening.
‘But… where are they?’
The archer unit that had been in the rear had vanished.
The entire formation itself had completely changed. A massive trapezoid had decomposed into several small circles.
There was no way to tell which was the archer unit and which was regular infantry.
All of this happened in an instant.
“Uh, what do we do! Joseon!? They won’t be able to make instant judgments like this!”
Numerous circular formations spread out in circles everywhere.
Whoosh!
All those circles bristled with spines like hedgehogs.
-The formation shift is insane
-Wow
-Is he panicking???
lol
-Damn, he’s been turned around
“I don’t know which direction to turn this!”
“A-and! The Archer unit!!!”
At the same moment, China’s Archer unit reveals itself.
They’re positioned in the center of countless circular formations.
Pababababang!
They unleash arrows toward the Cavalry Archer Unit.
Ultimately, the Cavalry Archer Unit is forced to charge between those hedgehogs like they’re being sucked in, just to evade the arrows.
“Ahhh! We’re being pulled in!”
“W-what happens if we go in there!?”
A sufficient number of Mounted Archers pour into the spaces between the countless divided hedgehogs and draw their bowstrings toward the Archer unit.
Then, China’s Soldiers move, and the path changes.
Whoosh!
Thud!
The Mounted Archers reaching the dead end are pierced repeatedly by spears and collapse.
It was a moving thorn maze.
Joseon thought they had deceived, but ultimately they themselves are deceived in return.
Youbi, whom I thought was panicking, quickly regained his senses and unveiled a brilliant countermeasure.
King Gul was astonished.
‘He’s come back to life.’
It was a situation that had to waver.
Yet he ultimately came back to life.
‘This… is top-class.’

* * *
Almond’s pupils dilated as he frantically scanned his surroundings.
Countless allies falling in death.
‘We’re finished.’
Even Almond could feel it clearly.
There was no way to survive this formation through ordinary means.
‘What do I do? What even is this?’
Guilt washed over him.
Had everything been swept away because he charged ahead at the front?
“Haa… ha.”
He exhaled roughly, surveying the area around him.
Shields positioned with meticulous coverage, and spears jutting upward.
There was no visible path of escape.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Archer unit unleashed a barrage of free damage upon them.
Whoosh!
Whish!
He felt the arrows grazing past on the wind.
One misstep meant death.
“What do I do….”
“Almond!!”
Someone screamed sharply from behind.
It was Danggeun.
“Give an order!”
“…?”
“You’re the leader! Find a way! Give us an order, please!!”
Even as she cried out, soldiers continued to fall.
Thud!
Crack!
Pierced by spears and collapsing, horses struck and tumbling, soldiers pierced by arrows and dying.
Whinnnnng…!
Countless Joseon horses shrieked and thrashed upon the ground. Crimson dust mixed with blood rose into the air.
If this were a game against Choi Sun-sin, he would have marked every possible route for them.
But Cookie had not.
The leader had to make the judgment.
He had to save his colleagues, save this battle.
‘Find a way, give an order….’
Almond’s eyes darted back and forth.
‘What?’
As if entering a minesweeper world, countless hedgehog formations pressed down upon him.
Whoooosh!
A spear thrusts toward him.
Almond deftly twisted his horse’s reins, weaving through the assault with remarkable agility.
However, the other soldiers lacked the finesse to execute such precise maneuvers.
So I had to search.
In a hastily formed formation, there would inevitably be a gap—a weakness to exploit.
I scrutinized my surroundings with sharper focus than ever before.
I stopped looking at the soldiers themselves and began studying the terrain.
Not the filled spaces, but the empty ones.
Then—
‘There it is!’
One spot suddenly crystallized in my vision as if magnified.
I used the Leader’s skill to mark that location.
“Here! Converge here now!!”
[Gather]
The command cascades through my unit.
Thud.
In that instant, every mounted archer’s hooves thunder toward the same point in perfect unison.
Just as they had practiced, following Almond’s lead.

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