Chapter 22, Wang Yuxingshi
Bai Qi asked, "Which side is the military horse, and how many are there?" ”
The sentinel replied: "It looks like there are 4,000 men, not officers and soldiers, there are no banners and uniforms, the formation is not neat, there are not many horses, most of them are infantry, they must be civilian troops." ”
Zhang Yi said: "The northwest is the direction of Baishui, and it must be the neat king that Sun Chuanting said." ”
Bai Qi thought about it for a moment: "It's not the right time, they are seventy miles away from here, if they walk, thirty miles per hour, they can come at night, but they will never attack tonight." After walking a distance of one or two hundred miles, you must rest for the night. ”
King Qin asked, "Does the general have a strategy to break the enemy?" ”
Bai Qi hurriedly arched his hand: "Exactly." We can use it as a way to wait for their work, and when they are tired of running for their lives, we can rush through at night and kill them with one blow. ”
King Qin high-fived and applauded: "Since the general has a clever plan, the tiger talisman is here, you can go and dispatch military horses." Wang Qian, you are the deputy general. ”
As he spoke, he took out half of the tiger talisman from his sleeve and handed it to Bai Qi.
The tiger talisman was a common troop transfer arrow used by all countries during the Warring States Period. Most of them are tiger-shaped, divided into two pieces, one in the hands of the monarch and the other half in the hands of the general. Each unit has a different tiger talisman, and when it is deployed, the army only recognizes the tiger talisman and does not recognize anything else. Therefore, even if you are a general, prime minister, or prince, and you do not have the tiger talisman granted by the king, you will not be able to mobilize any army of more than fifty people, unless the emperor comes to transfer troops in person.
In the underground palace, of course, the king of Qin also carries the tiger talisman, and the army in his dungeon is 10,000 people, and when more than 5,000 people and horses are called, the tiger talisman must be used.
Bai Qi and Wang Jian received the order, came to the village, passed the order, and then sent people to the other three villages to pass the order, and taught all the soldiers to gather outside the village at night.
Just after the order, someone came to report, Li Dang and a few others came back, and they were carrying a stranger on their backs.
Bai Qi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly ordered Li to dare to come to see him. Not long after, Li Dang came, and behind him were the four sergeants who went with him, and sure enough, Li Dang was carrying a person behind him, and he was still a teenager.
Li Dang put the young man down, and Bai Qi realized that the young man was injured in the leg, so he asked Li Kang: "Who is this?" Li Dare hurriedly said: "This is a child saved by the villain on the way." ”
Bai Qiyi frowned: "What happened to the one who was saved halfway?" Why don't you send him home, but carry him to us? Li Dang replied truthfully: "This child was injured and lying on a big rock in the river, I rescued him ashore, and found that he had a serious arrow wound on his leg, but when I asked him where he was from, this child actually said that he didn't know." I asked him what his name was, and he didn't know, so let's put it this way, he's an idiot right now......"
The young man suddenly sneered: "Who is the idiot?" I know my surname is Li, and I remember all the books I memorized, but I just can't remember my background. ”
Li Dare nodded: "Yes, yes, he has a longevity lock around his neck, and there is a Li character engraved on it." Only then did I know that his surname was Li. Bai Qi groaned for a while: "This kid has read, so let's send him to Zhang Xiang, and then send someone to treat him, and then send him back when he remembers his life experience." We have big things to do. ”
This young man surnamed Li is naturally Li Xin. He said goodbye to his parents and went to Lingbao to visit relatives, and there were two domestic servants along the way, so it stands to reason that nothing will happen. But there were unforeseen circumstances, and the three of them missed the overnight stay that evening, and it was not until it was completely dark that they found a wild shop to live in. Unexpectedly, this wild shop is a black store, and there are five or six robbers hidden in the store, killing people and stealing goods.
In the second half of the night, the thieves began to act, entered the house, and killed the two domestic servants, but Li Xin was not seen. It turned out that he happened to catch a cold, upset his stomach, went to the toilet in the middle of the night, just came out of the toilet, he heard the movement in the guest room was wrong, faintly heard two muffled hums, he touched the window under the listen, then he knew that he lived in a black shop, and the two servants were dead.
Li Xin was shocked and hurriedly fled over the wall.
Not far from escaping, the thieves rode behind to chase him, Li Xin climbed the mountain and walked, the thieves caught up, opened his bow and shot indiscriminately, an arrow hit Li Xin's thigh, Li Xin's leg was weak, rolled down the mountain, and fell into the river.
Fortunately, the river was not too deep, and Li Xin went down with the waves, drowning and drowning, and had already passed out, until dawn, when he hit a big rock, and his head was hit again, Li Xin tried to climb onto the stone, and he no longer had the strength.
At this time, Li Dang and others finished exploring Tongguan and went to Henan to buy grain and came back, just passing by the river and found him, which saved Li Xin.
Because Li Xin suffered a serious head injury, he couldn't remember his life experience.
Li Dang carried him to Zhang Yi's residence, Zhang Yi listened to Li Gan's account, looked at Li Xin again, and shouted in his heart, "Okay", this child in front of him is full of heaven, the earth is round, his big ears are round, and his eyes are like stars, he is really a beautiful boy.
It's just that Li Xin lost his memory and didn't know his name, so it was inconvenient to call him. Zhang Yi thought for a while and said, "You were rescued on a boulder in the mountains, so ...... It's okay to call Li Yan. ”
Li Yan thanked him, and Zhang Yi sent someone to treat his injuries without mentioning it.
Winter nights come quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was dark.
At this time, according to Bai Qi's military order, everyone arrived, and they lined up in four phalanxes neatly outside the village. Du Wei Ziyi stood at the front, and the four detachments behind were in charge of the four military officers.
Bai Qi took out the tiger talisman and handed it to Ziyi, Ziyi took out the other half of the tiger talisman and put it together, and then handed the tiger talisman to Bai Qi. Bai Qi looked at his army and felt satisfied.
In just half a month's effort, this 10,000-strong Qin army has been newly equipped.
In front of each phalanx, there were three rows of crossbowmen, the crossbows in their hands were freshly made, many of them were not painted and planed, and they did not look good, but they could already form a dense lethality. The crossbowmen carried five crossbow arrows behind them, and the arrows reflected the moonlight, like the steel teeth of wild beasts.
Five arrows per person is indeed not much, after all, the time they have been based on is too short, and it is not easy to make thousands of crossbow arrows.
Behind the crossbowmen were three rows of spearmen, their spears about two feet long, more than two adult lengths. Behind these three rows of spearmen were spearmen and halberders. They are the main body of the military formation.
The Great Qin Army did not use guns before, but during the Warring States Period, the gun types of later generations had not yet appeared, and the guns and spears were the same. When Bai Qi and others brought back the guns used by the Ming army from Huayin City, everyone felt that such weapons were much sharper, so they no longer produced spearheads and changed to gun heads. In the past half a month, thousands of spears have been produced.
This Qin army did not have cavalry, because there were too few horses, adding up to less than two hundred, and of course it was impossible to have chariot troops. In the Warring States Period, Qin's chariot troops were an important part of the army, four horses pulled chariots, and the chariots were equipped with halberds, archers or crossbowmen, which could attack from afar and at close range.
However, at present, the Qin army has just found a small foothold, and the conditions for the production of chariots are not yet mature, so it only equips the infantry first.
All the Qin troops had no armor, but only rushed to make thousands of wooden shields to protect against the enemy's bows and arrows.
The 10,000 well-equipped Qin troops stood there quietly, through the wind and dust of history, through the passage of time, through the cycle of years, through the red dust of Vientiane, they are back again, just like thousands of years ago......
Tonight, they will wipe away the dust that years have attached to their blades, and stab their first sword in 1,800 years.
This sword will be bloody, poignant, and brilliant.
Bai Qi was also dressed in civilian clothes and had no armor, he stared at the ten thousand Qin troops, and his mind suddenly returned to his previous life. In that era, he led the Qin army countless times, went out again and again, and set up formations again and again. The rumbling war drums are his favorite music, and the neighing of the horses is his favorite country sound, and he is born to belong to the battlefield. And this time, he's back.
In the cold night wind, a deep voice sounded: "Soldiers, tonight we will stab out the first sword of reviving Daqin, thirty miles to the north, the thieves are camping, two hours later, it is when they have just fallen asleep and slept the deepest, we will attack at that time, four phalanxes, divided into four directions, and attack inward at the same time, remember, this battle, only kill, not beheading." Be sure to keep your formation tight. Afterwards, there are people who take the head to repay the merit, beheaded! Did you hear it all? ”
The army shouted in unison: "Command! ”