Chapter 36: Bing Ge [2]

The cold wind hunts, and the flag rolls!

Under the banner of the Chinese army, Jiang Yu was dressed in mountain armor, carrying a seven-foot jade sword, with phoenix wings on his head and a solemn expression. The wind rolled up the fiery red silk cloak tied on his shoulders and brushed his resolute face, Jiang Yu did not move.

This is the first time in his life that he has put on this gorgeous battle robe, commanding this tens of thousands of troops, and his heart is as difficult to calm as a tsunami, corresponding to the silence that can be heard under the stage, and it seems so contrasting in Jiang Yu's heart.

Twenty thousand people, divided into twenty columns, twenty thousand pairs, stood quietly and solemnly, the autumn wind blew, raising the black helmet cherry blossoms of their helmets, like a beating black flame, and bursts of strong battle intent gushed out from them.

Today is the first day of the rearmament war, the seven-day march, plus yesterday's fierce attack, the soldiers are already tired, Jiang Yu understands in his heart that a degree of relaxation is a necessary requirement for the generals, so from today on, the task of 20,000 soldiers is to reorganize the army.

The generals in the Qin army are still puzzled, why not attack the mountain directly, but Jiang Yu has been smiling and silent, causing the generals to be indignant.

But today, their new commander wants them to stand still, which makes these veterans who have been through a hundred battles how willing, and finally even reported to Princess Yuyang's Chinese army tent to ask for a change of general.

In the end, when Princess Yuyang asked about Jiang Yu, Jiang Yu said with a smile "Wang Jian annihilates Chu", after these four words, Princess Yuyang didn't ask, and the matter of attacking the city was handed over to Jiang Yu.

Gradually, Jiang Yu's words spread among the generals, and everyone also remembered the events of the Chu State back then.

In the twenty-first year of the reign of King Qin, the Qin State had destroyed the Han and Zhao states, severely weakened the power of the Wei State, and forced the King of Yan to lead his troops to defend Liaodong, and repeatedly defeated the Chu army, which was extremely beneficial to the Qin State. The Qin general Li Xin is young and strong, brave and good at fighting. He once led thousands of troops to pursue Prince Yan Dan, chased him all the way to Yanshui, and finally broke the Yan army and captured Prince Dan. Because of this, the king of Qin thought that Li Xin was brave and talented.

In 226 BC, the king of Qin wanted to raise an army to attack Chu. He asked his subordinate general Li Xin: "I want to attack the Chu State, how many men and horses do I need?" Li Xin said: "200,000 people are enough." The king of Qin asked the veteran Wang Jian again, and Wang Jian said, "It must be 600,000 people." King Qin said in his heart: "General Wang seems to be old, why is he so timid?" Therefore, the king of Qin sent Li Xin and Meng Tian to lead 200,000 troops to attack Chu. Wang Jian resigned because his words were not accepted by the King of Qin. Li Xin attacked Pinghe, and Meng Tian attacked Meng, both of which broke the Chu army. Li Xinhou led his troops to the west and joined Meng Tian in the city. At this time, the Chu army took the opportunity to follow behind the Qin army, for three days and three nights, and finally attacked and broke Li Xin's troops, and the Qin army was defeated and fled.

King Qin couldn't help but be furious when he heard this. He personally flew to see Wang Jian and said: "Because the widow did not listen to the general's plan, he humiliated the Qin state. Now that the Chu army is advancing westward day after day, the military situation is very urgent, can the general bear to leave the widow alone? Wang Jian said: "If the king must use the old ministers, he must give me 600,000 horses." King Qin agreed. So, Wang Jian led 600,000 troops to go out immediately. After getting the news, the king of Chu did not dare to slack off, and immediately devoted all his forces to resist. However, after Wang Jian arrived at the front line, he built a barrier to prevent no fighting, and let the soldiers wash and rest. After some time, his men reported: "The soldiers began to play the long jump by throwing stones. So Wang Jian said, "We can go to war!" Seeing that the Chu army had repeatedly challenged and the Qin soldiers refused to fight, they led their troops eastward. Wang Jian then took the opportunity to lead the army to chase after him, and sent elite soldiers to attack first for the vanguard, but the Chu soldiers were broken and the Chu general Xiang Yan was killed, and the Chu army was defeated and fled.

In the late Warring States period, although the state of Chu was not comparable to the past, as the saying goes: "The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse", and the strength of the state of Chu is still not comparable to Yan, Han and other countries, and it is not easy to destroy it in one fell swoop. This is the reason why Wang Jian has to have 600,000 soldiers and horses. Facts have proved that Wang Qian's estimate is realistic. It is worth noting that even if Wang Jian received 600,000 troops, he did not paralyze the enemy at all. On the contrary, he is still old-fashioned, cautious, and never rushes into battle. Because he knew very well in his heart that he was facing the all-conquering army of a great country. These fully express the excellence of an old general who has been on the battlefield for a long time, is well versed in military aircraft, and has a successful plan, and thus has created Wang Qian's undefeated prestige.

Thinking of this, the generals couldn't help but have a trace of admiration for Jiang Yu, who could draw inferences from one case and use them flexibly, and was indeed a considerable commander.

In the awe-inspiring gaze of all the generals in the audience, Jiang Yu packed up his thoughts, unfolded a roll of exquisite silk silk in his hand, and looked at the twenty thousand-person team in the audience with a majestic gaze...... At the beginning, every time a name was read, there was a person out of the queue, until each pair of teams were in line with the team vice-president, neatly lined up and offstage.

When everyone lined up, Jiang Yu said loudly, "Today, this general beats drums and gathers generals, just to see you, know you, I think you also know that this general will be appointed by His Majesty the emperor, for this is the commander of the army." ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Yu paused slightly for a moment before continuing, "However, for the first time in his life, he will command the troops in the battle array, so he should be cautious and strive to be in the camp step by step. ”

"Because of this, Ben will reforge your iron army today, and all the soldiers in the audience will obey the order! -- From today onwards, we will take three people and one squadron, and three squadrons will be one squadron, and each squadron must have one person as the core, and each squadron must have a small squad as the core, tempering the battle formation, and the method of fighting, there must be no mistakes! ”

"Obey the general's orders-!" The 20,000 people in the audience responded in unison, like thunder rolling, and the mountains and forests shook unconsciously.

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Back to the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals are on both sides, Princess Yuyang is at the top, the general on the left is named Wang Song, who is the new talent in the Wang Jian clan, and the first name on the right is Meng Ao but Meng Yi's son and nephew, the two are representing the new force of the two major military groups of the empire, whether it is the Wang family or the Meng family, they all hope to temper with the help of this small-scale war, and their own offspring.

And His Majesty the Emperor also resigned himself to it, so there is today's move.

An hour later, all the generals dispersed with their own military orders, and two figures gradually emerged from behind the big tent, it was Xiangjun and Mrs. Xiang.

"How's that thing going?" Princess Yuyang asked.

"Please rest assured, Your Royal Highness the Princess, that item has been placed properly, and it will only be activated when it is needed, and great things can be expected!" Xiangjun replied happily.

"It's so good, then the palace will wait for good news."