Chapter 17 Inspection 3
Everyone familiar with him knows that Zeng Xia is an old fox. At this time, he didn't get enough praise from the king, and he was thinking about how to rely on the king's appreciation to get some benefits. Unfortunately, this was in front of the formation. The Xiyang army had too few people, with a width of only 150 people, and Xiong Jing finished it soon. The Xiyang army was facing Qisi's army, Qisi's army, and more than 500 people were wider. Just like in the morning, before Xiong Jing arrived, Gui Que came up.
"Good." Xiong Jingyi said in the morning that the front row of Qisizhizhi's army is now surrounded by noble children wearing rhinoceros armor. He rode his horse and flew over in front of the formation, then rode his horse back to the middle of the military formation, and asked loudly: "Do you know why the descendants of the nobles and scholars of the public clan are in front of the formation?"
It seemed that the king would come to inspect again. The children of the nobles listed in the front row did not know how to answer for a while. After Xiong Jing asked twice, someone yelled at the courage to answer loudly: "Tell the king: We should be the leader of the king."
"There are other things?" Xiong Jing nodded to the speaker. The answer was a reason, but not the reason he wanted.
"Tell the king: We will receive the salary of ten thousand people and we should be listed in front of the formation." Another answered. Unlike the person in front, this person is gentle.
"There are other things?" Xiong Jing asked again, but this was still not the answer he wanted.
No one answered again. It was not for the king or for the people, so why? For yourself?
"You are listed before the military formation, because you are the strongest man, and it is natural for you to be listed in front of the formation." Xiong Jing looked at the more than 500 noble children in front of him and said this. Another sentence suddenly burst out from his mind: "The milk tiger roared at the valley, and hundreds of beasts were shocked. The eagle and falcon tried their wings, and the wind and dust sucked. The strong should not give in, not to be loyal to the kingdom, nor to support the people, do you know?"
"You guy knows it." Everyone answered. Xiong Jing's reason was unethical, only the law of nature. If it were normal, such a principle would be discussed even if it was not refuted. However, this is the battlefield, the front row of the array, and even Gui Que deeply agreed.
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"King Jing looked at his troops in front of the formation?" No one dared to believe the news in the Qin army camp.
"Everything of the villain is true, please let the general know." At first, the cavalry could not believe that the King of Jing had actually come to the front of the formation to observe the troops, but the flag, the shouts, and the palace armor forced him to believe it.
"Everyone in all countries knows that the sanitation of Jing State wears red clothes. The cavalry said that the sanctions of the barbarian spears and armored soldiers are not red clothes of Jing State." Someone pointed out a flaw.
Everyone nodded and was about to believe it, but Meng Wu said, "The Jing Kingdom is wearing red clothes, but the eldest son of Jing Kingdom has fifteen armors from the East Palace, which is not red clothes. I think that the eldest son of Jing Kingdom ascended the throne, the guards should be the armors from the East Palace." After Meng Wu said that, he said, "Prepare the car."
The purpose of preparing a car is to go out and take a look. The generals of the short-soldiers dare not be negligent and hurried out to prepare a car. A quarter of an hour later, Meng Wu led the generals out of the camp. Nearly 10,000 people suddenly rushed out of the Qin army's camp and immediately aroused the alert of the Chu army. At this time, Xiong Jing was still in front of the central army array. The right Shi, whose face was so scared that he was white, hurriedly said: "The Qin army is going to fight, please return to the camp!"
Xiong Jing's whole body was also a little stiff. He was mostly able to talk and laugh because the Qin army had not yet come out of the camp and now he actually came out. Naturally, he was nervous. "The unspoken people have not finished patrol yet, why did he return to the camp?" He said stiffly, with a trembling tone.
"Before the war, please return to the camp." The Right Shi got out of the car and knelt down. No king had ever appeared between the two armies. In his opinion, Xiong Jing was looking for death when he observed the troops like this.
"Please return to the camp!" The soldiers in the right historical sermon also heard it. They were also worried that the king would have something to do in front of them, so they crowded people to fight. The twenty-tall thick array immediately gave up a path of three or four people wide.
Xiong Jing turned around and looked at them, without answering, nor looking at the narrow passage. After Tu Yi continued to walk to the left army, the speed was not fast, but it was slower than before. As soon as Xiong Jing left, the right Shi had to get in the car and follow closely, and the palace Jia was also listed outside.
"The Qin people went to fight, I asked the king to return to the camp." If you go on, it was Xia Cai's army. His general Cai Chi bowed to Xiong Jing as soon as he saw Xiong Jing.
"After the inspection, the unspoken will naturally return to the camp." Xiong Jing's face turned blue. This was scared and angry.
"King, the Qin martial knight has an arm crossbow, if..." Cai Chi said anxiously, and did not dare to say anything afterwards.
Cavalry, Qin cavalry is the biggest fear of the Chu generals. The cavalry that dominates cavalry can always stop traffic and make the battlefield one-way transparent. In addition, cavalry with tactical maneuvers can also launch surprise attacks or side rushes, making the opponent's infantry dare not leave the array, because once they leave, they will suffer ruthless killings from the opponent's cavalry.
In the era when cannons exist, the party that was controlled by enemy cavalry and forced to form a formation to protect themselves were often bombarded by cannons slowly transferred from the other party. According to Xiong Jing's unreliable memory, the Sichuan Baigang soldiers who went to Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty, or perhaps the last Qi family army, were forced to form a formation to protect themselves and were bombarded to death by cannons.
Fortunately, the Qin army's martial knights did not have stirrups or heavy armor. They were equipped with arm crossbows and Qin swords. The cavalry with long soldiers were just horse infantry and did not have all the combat power of later cavalry. But even so, the martial knights also worried Xiong Jing. If these martial knights who were desperate enough to charge without armor, they would have to explain it here.
"It's really King Jing!" The Qin generals who had already marched a mile away from the Chu army saw Xiong Jing riding on the horse, and Meng Wu, who had Lu Lijing, looked more carefully: under the flag, behind the palace armor, a young man dressed in shining iron armor, calmly listening to the generals who were Fubaiting reported something. His face was solemn, but he didn't look at him.
"How old is King Jing?" Meng Wu, the King of Chu in Lu Li's mirror, is probably over teenage, which is inconsistent with what he knows.
"Report to the general, it is said that he has not yet been lit." The people around him answered, not knowing why Meng Wu asked.
"Take my bow." Meng Wu looked up and ordered.
"The general wants to..." The generals were startled and thought Meng Wu was going to shoot King Jing.
"General." The bow was quickly taken, Meng Wu took it, picked up a white feather arrow and let the emperor run forward. Meng Wu ran, and the soldiers behind him also ran.
The Qin army was like this, and the Chu army was naturally shocked. Gong Jia was already in the front line. The central army officer shouted and held the bell, ready to let his subordinates rush out of the army's defense king at any time; the Jingju officer behind the array was preparing for a test shot. Xiong Jing was also shocked. Could there be a person like Yang Youji who wanted to shoot himself with one arrow?
"Go!Go!" The north wind blew and the flags whistled. Under the banner, Meng Wu's imperial hand rode the horse hard, and the chariot ran not straight but diagonally. The short soldiers on both sides protected the chariot. It was too close to the Chu army, so maybe he was within the range of the Jing crossbow.
"Let it go--!" The commander of the Jing Crossbow Company after the central army shouted, and the first arrow shot from the benchmark crossbow flew away angrily. The crossbow arrow flew three hundred steps and landed near the Mengwu cavalry.
"General!" Now the general is anxious. If the general is shot and killed by the Jing people, all the soldiers of Yifa and others will die.
"Don't panic." Meng Wu had already set his bow and arrow, but the arrow was aimed at Xiong Jing, but the sky. With a 'bang-!', the white feathered arrow in Meng Wu's hand finally shot out. His target was a group of low-flying geese above his head. The arrows flew and geese fell, and the geese flew out, and immediately flapped their wings and flew higher.
"Long live! Long live--!" When the Qin army saw that the chief general shot the wild goose with an arrow, he shouted Long live again. Although Meng Wu had only four thousand soldiers, the shouting of these four thousand people put the Chu army at a disadvantage. The dissatisfied Chu army's archer looked up again. The geese were far away from the range of the bow, and it was impossible to shoot one and respond.
Shooting geese in front of the Mengwu Formation was a false alarm. After Xiong Jing was wet, she thought it was wrong. This was simply the Qin people's art of attacking friendship - your king dared to watch the troops in front of the formation, but our chief general could shoot geese in front of your army. Who is better than who?
"You can't lose your momentum! Go and let Gong Yin throw a fire bullet, and use my flag to shake it." Xiong Jing ordered his left and right. At this time, a military carriage was slowly coming from the Qin army formation opposite. There was only one person standing in the car, very young and without a crossbow.
The chariot was getting closer and closer. When it was thirty steps, it was stopped by the Gong Jia who had already arranged the array. The person in the car got out of the car and bowed, "Boy Meng Tian has seen the king of Jing." After bowing, he picked up the wild goose that had just shot down and shouted, "I know that the king is here. I am very lucky. I am not in the past year, and the birds that have not arrived, so I dare to eat all the followers."
Meng Tian's words were very polite, and he used the words of the Chu army's warrior Che Youshe Shu Feng Mi during the Battle of Chu and Jin. "Since this year is not yet seasonal, the beasts that should be dedicated have not come. I would like to dedicate it to your entourage as a meal."
Shooting geese is to demonstrate and to suppress the morale of the Chu army; and in addition to being an ancient ritual, the geese also meant to let their son see who the king of Chu was. Foreign ministers offered gifts, even if they were enemies, they had to accept them as long as they were in accordance with etiquette. Xiong Jing had to let Gong Jia give up a passage and put Meng Tian in front of him, and let his followers take over the geese in his hand.
If you receive a gift from a foreign minister, you can give it back or not. Xiong Jing has nothing to give back, but only said: "During the Battle of Bi, Chu and Qin were still allies, so why are you fighting against each other today? Since Buying received the gift from General Meng, you should give back. Buying just said one sentence, please tell General Meng: Don't approach our army 500 steps!"
Five hundred steps is already one and a half miles, and the Jingbird has a range of only more than three hundred steps. Meng Tian didn't believe it and said, "Kid remember, I will tell my father when I return to the camp."
"Go." Meng Wu took his leave and got into the chariot and went far away.
"Report to my father, King Jing said: Since I have received my father's courtesy, I should give you a reward. I will just say one sentence: Don't approach our army 500 steps." Meng Tian said after returning to the camp. The generals were surprised and then laughed loudly when they heard this. Feng Jie laughed the most arrogantly: "A child who is not yet a roar, is his words credible? He was frightened by the general's arrow. Haha, hahahaha..."
Chapter completed!