April 22 was the day of the battle between the two armies of Yan and Qi on the south bank of the Ji River.

In the palace in Wuyang City, just after Yin, Ji Kang woke up.

Seeing that it was still dark, I couldn't sleep on the couch.

Turning over, washing up a little, tying a cloak, Ji Kang walked out of the dormitory.

I saw a pale blue sky, and a shallow crescent moon still hanging high in the sky.

The attendant ordered Wang Cong, behind Ji Kang, to say to Ji Kang: "Your Majesty, can you eat?" ”

Ji Kang waved his hand and said to Wang Cong: "The waiter's order, accompany the widow for a walk." ”

"No."

Wang Cong knew that the young king was worried about the battle ahead, so Zhiqu followed behind Ji Kang, waiting for orders.

When the sky was about to dawn, Ji Kang came to the highest building in Wuyang City, the Wuyang Palace.

Ji Kang looked up to the south, and after a while, he muttered to himself, "The big war is about to begin!" ”

On the south bank of the Ji River, early in the morning.

At this time, it has entered the early summer.

On both sides of the Ji River, the trees are verdant and green, and the water flows eastward to the sea.

The mountains and hills in the distance stretch endlessly, and the banks of the Ji River are like green water.

In this picturesque season, the armies of Yan and Qi, the seven strongest in the Central Plains, gathered more than 200,000 troops on the banks of the Ji River, and were about to start a tragic battle.

At the front of the large array of the two armies, the commanders of the two armies were making speeches to boost morale.

Damin, the commander of the Qi army, drove a chariot and shouted loudly to the 150,000 Qi army:

"I, the soldiers of the Qi Kingdom, don't want to say anything more today. I just want to tell you that on the other side is the army of Yan that has invaded the territory of my Qi country. They are occupying the land of our Qi country and slaughtering the people of our Qi country. ”

And Wang Shi, the chief general of the Yan army, rode in front of the Yan army and shouted:

"My sons and daughters of the Yan Kingdom, the land under your feet is the land where my Yan people have been spilled with blood for hundreds of years. Now, after more than 20 years, I, the Yan people, have once again set foot on this land. ”

Damin was still facing the soldiers of Qi Guo and shouted in a hissed voice:

"The soldiers of the Qi country, more than 20 years ago, on this land, my Qi country's general Tian Dan led my Qi country's men to expel all the Yan Kou who invaded our Qi country, and kept the homes of my Qi people and the society of my Qi country."

Wang Shi rode his horse slowly and shouted at the soldiers of the Yan army:

"Sons and daughters of the Yan Kingdom, on this land, hundreds of thousands of bones of my Yan ancestors are buried. Their heroic spirits are watching us; Their spirits are blessing us; They are waiting for us in this land, worshipping them; They are waiting for our descendants to bury their bones back home. ”

Damin's voice was hoarse:

"The soldiers of my Qi country, behind us is the capital of our Qi country, which is our relatives, and we have no way out. This battle is not only related to the life and death of my 150,000 troops, but also to the life and death of my Qi country and even my relatives. Soldiers, let's fight to the death and bury the Yan army on the opposite side on this land again. ”

Damin drew his sword and shouted, "I will win with all my troops!" ”

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! The shouts of the Qi army shook the fields.

Wang Shi, the commander of the Yan army, also drew the sagile on his waist and shouted:

"The sons and daughters of my Yan Kingdom are the elite of the elite. Ben was convinced that now, there was no longer any power to expel us from the land; Now, there is no longer any army that can stop the march of my Dayan Iron Cavalry. ”

"Sons, my East Road army has occupied Jimo City. This time, let us defeat the Qi army on the opposite side, and there will be no more strength that can stop us from stepping into Linzi. Sons, let's defeat the Qi army on the opposite side, and our army will win! ”

Almost at the same time as the Qi army on the opposite side shouted, the Yan army array also erupted with a heaven-shattering sound:

"Victory! Win! Win! Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

Wang Shi inserted the saber back into the scabbard and rode his horse back to the command platform.

To the deputy general Wu Yangjing, he said: "General Wu, the left and right roads of our army are Zuozong's second army and Hu Guiliang's third army. In the middle of our army, the Fourth Army and the Tenth Army were armed. ”

"Looking at the layout of the Qi army on the opposite side, it is still the traditional tactics of the past, placing chariots and cavalry in the middle. In this battle, our army should use the left and right armies to attack each other; Our army in the center did not attack, but used the position to block the enemy's main force. ”

"After the two armies of our army on the left and right have defeated the enemy, we will quickly encircle the enemy. At that time, our army in the middle of the road counterattacked again, completely leaving the 150,000 Qi troops here. ”

"As long as our army annihilates these 150,000 troops here, it can be said that Linzi, the capital of Qi, will no longer have any military strength to stop our army. General Wu, do you see our arrangement like this? ”

Wu Yangjing, the deputy general, bowed to Wang Shi and said: "The general's arrangement is very proper, and the last general agrees." ”

Damin, the chief general of the Qi State who has returned to the Chinese army, happens to be in direct opposition to the arrangement of the Yan army.

Damin said to the deputy general Wang: "General Wang, I have just taken a look at the large array of the Yan army on the opposite side, with infantry on the middle road and cavalry on both sides. This time, our Qi army will concentrate all the chariot cavalry, and you will lead the attack on the middle road, and the left and right armies will hold on to the spot. ”

The adjutant general Wang listened to his fists and replied to Damin: "The last general will obey the order." ”

Damin bowed to the king and said, "General Wang, you go and prepare, and wait for the general's order." This battle, please. ”

"Please rest assured that the general will live up to the general's trust." Adjutant General Wang listened to Damin.

At the same time, Wang Shi, the commander of the Yan army, had also ordered to the command platform:

"The battle begins, the order. Command my left and right armies to prepare to storm the enemy's array; The army in the middle lined up for defense, and the catapults were ready to strike at the enemy's chariots and cavalry. ”

Just when the armies of Yan and Qi were on the banks of the Jishui River, preparing to start a battle.

In the palace of Linzi in the capital of Qi, the queen and the king of Qi were in a palace, and the divination officials were doing divination, predicting the outcome of the battle.

In this era, the courts of various countries have set up this official position, and they are also very concerned and particular about it.

There are two ways of divination, one is the use of tortoise shells or animal bones, which is called divination; one is made of yarrow, which is called a basket; Together, the two are called divination.

At this time, in front of the divination officer of the Qi State, forty-nine sticks of grass were placed for divination.

The diviner looked at the grass scattered on the table, and began to calculate in his heart.

And the queen and Qi Wangjian looked at this divination official nervously, waiting for the result of the divination.

The speed at which the diviner scatters the grass is very fast.

Looking at the grass that fell on the table, the diviner frowned.

Seeing this, Qi Wangjian said to this diviner: "What is the result? ”

The official bowed down and said to the queen and the king of Qi:

"The queen mother, the king, judging from this divination, it is a chaotic situation, and the outcome is unknown."

After listening to the words of the divination official, Qi Wangjian looked very disappointed and hurriedly said, "How can this be? ”

The queen sighed and said to Wang Jian: "Your Majesty, the chaos is already the best result. It shows that our army is still sure of winning the battle with the Yan army in Jihe. ”

Then he turned his head to the diviner and said, "Okay." You go down first! ”

"The queen mother, the king, the ministers retired."

As soon as he walked out of the palace, the priest lifted his robe and wiped the cold sweat from his face.

Then from the sleeve robe on the left, he took out a piece of straw and looked at the strange symbols on it that looked like ghost drawings.

The beads of sweat on the face of this diviner came out again: "Bad omen! A great omen! ”