Chapter 163: Yang City
At the end of July, Li Xin was arrogant enough to tell the officials and generals of the Qin State about his strategy to break Chu. The soldiers of the Qin State here still don't know when the return date of this delay will end.
After staying in Chen for half a month, they finally received a new order, but it was not to be dismissed, but to be reorganized.
The soldiers from Nanjun were asked to go to Yangcheng County to rendezvous, and everyone immediately looked at each other and asked each other where Yangcheng was.
Someone who knew quietly said: "To the south of Rushui, it was originally a county of Chu State. ”
As soon as he heard the name of the place, Hefu instantly remembered a text he had learned when he had learned.
"Chen Sheng, a native of Yangcheng, is also involved in ......"
Although the opening paragraph was not required to be memorized, for some reason, Heifu was impressed, so as soon as he heard that they were going to be transferred to Yangcheng, he instantly remembered it.
In mid-July, they left Chenliu again and traveled southwest, walked more than 300 miles, and arrived in Yangcheng County after crossing Rushui.
The outskirts of Yangcheng County have become a large barracks, in addition to the black man, the four or five thousand soldiers who were ordered to be transferred from Nanjun last year are also concentrated here, unlike the battle to destroy Wei, because of the need to separate garrisons and disperse, this time, they will be reunited together to form a song.
"This is preparing for a field battle." Heifu secretly said that it was not good, looking at this situation, he really did not avoid the first time that the Qin State attacked Chu.
The wartime organization of the Qin army was formed into a large-scale combat unit on the basis of the peacetime establishment. First of all, the total strength of the troops should be determined according to the situation of the combat targets and other aspects, and the commanders of the three armed services should be appointed. For example, in the previous battle to destroy Wei, the number of troops used for the battle was 80,000, in addition to 100,000 soldiers and prisoners, all of whom were led by Wang Ben.
Under the general, there are a number of deputy generals, called General Pi, like Qiang, who originally led Heifu and them eastward, and Yang Duanhe, the father of Yang Xiong, who are all generals. The generals generally bring tens of thousands of people and call it one, but not all of them are soldiers, and there are many people.
Under the generals, it is basically a unit of 5,000 people, which is called a song, and there is a captain, or a captain.
The subordinates of the lieutenant are the commander of the thousand people and the five hundred lords of the five hundred.
The five hundred people from Anlu, Jingling, and Yanling were divided together, and the five hundred lords who led everyone were no strangers.
At the time of the readjustment, Hefu was appointed as a hundred generals because he had been promoted to the title of "doctor".
As the commander of a hundred soldiers, the hundred generals are equivalent to the company commanders of later generations.
Touching the wooden talisman used for the transfer of troops, Heifu couldn't help but sigh, thinking about his previous life, he heard his classmates in the army say that the fastest way to be a company commander in the army is to graduate from a military academy, and to be promoted to deputy company after one year, this is 4+1 years, if someone mixes with the company commander in less than two years, he will definitely be envied.
But now, he has experienced so many dangers in Anlu County and on the battlefield before he climbed to the position of Chen Baijiang and Bin Baijiang in Anlu County, but he is inevitably a little deficient in his heart.
Struggling from scratch is far better than throwing a good tire.
Heifu said secretly: "It's also to blame that the battle to destroy Wei was fought too smoothly, and there were many beheadings, which made many people's titles rise and the gold content of military lords also decreased." Before the war, a great lord will have the opportunity to be a five-hundred......"
Fortunately, there is no instructor to supervise the decentralization of power, and he can do a word hall, and he has two tun commanders, which is equivalent to the platoon commander of later generations. They are the old subordinate Dongmen Leopard, and the first Dengtun Tun chief who pulled out the city first in the Battle of Waihuang, and Huaimu, a native of Jingling County.
Heifu still remembered that Huai Mu was wounded several times in Huangcheng's head and body, and even his right palm was pierced by the enemy's arrows, but he still held the sword in his left hand and killed a light man.
However, looking at the right bun on the top of Huaimu's head, Heifu was slightly surprised: "You were a hairpin as early as when you were yellow, and you could be promoted two levels in a row at that time, why are you still a hairpin now?" You haven't reached your knighthood yet? ”
Huaimu has dark skin, and his teeth are very white when he laughs: "I won the title, but I took it to exchange my family for freedom." ”
It turned out that Huaimu's two younger brothers broke the law and became subordinates, Huaimu could only exchange his title for them, and the first-class title was exchanged for a slave to restore his freedom.
After that, Huai Mu patted his chest and said: "Huai Mu has no other skills, but he dares to be ordered to fall into battle in the battle array, and in the future, we will charge ahead, but we must also rely on the help of hundreds of generals in the rear." ”
Huaimu had already told everyone about the battle of Waihuang, Heifu bandaged their wounds and bandages, and seeing that Huaimu and Dongmen Leopard, two seriously injured people, were now jumping around, those soldiers who were newly incorporated into Heifu's command suddenly looked at Heifu differently, and felt that Baijiang really had the ability to save lives and help the wounded.
Ji Ying also shouted: "Although the hundred generals are not doctors, they have been praised by the medical officials from Xianyang, and they are willing to worship the hundred generals and learn the art of wrapping injuries from him!" ”
Bu Cheng also took the opportunity to come over, held up a volume of "Book of Days" miscellaneous copy, and propagated superstition: "The people who have been rescued by these hands of the hundred generals will not even accept the orders!" ”
So, with Huaimu and Dongmen Leopard appearing, plus Ji Ying and Bu Cheng adding oil and vinegar, Heifu made the new soldiers bow down to him in less than a day. Seeing that another war was inevitable, no one dared to guarantee that they would not be injured, and after such a magical hundred generals, the hearts of the soldiers couldn't help but settle down a lot.
After completing the new reorganization, Heifu and the others were also assigned a new task, but instead of fighting, they helped harvest grain in Yangcheng County......
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In the middle of August, the earth was golden, with the assistance of the soldiers of the Qin State, the harvest in Yangcheng County was also nearing the end, of course, the Qin army did not come to do volunteer work, but in the robbery of their own military rations, the south county of the whole Qu 5,000 people, but they all counted on the grain of Yangcheng to eat.
Heifu threw a large bundle of millet on the ridge, wiped his sweat, sat down on the ridge to drink water, and asked the hunched local farmer next to him: "Uncle, how is this year's harvest better than in previous years?" ”
After half a month of getting along, the farmers in this field are not too afraid of the Qin army, because the people concentrated here are all from Nanjun, Nanjun used to be Chu, Yangcheng is also Chu, both sides speak Jingchu dialect, although there are many deviations in the accent, but they can generally understand.
Whether or not you can communicate is an important way for people to distinguish different from their kind.
Although it is a bit painful for the Qin people to take away one-third of the harvest, it is similar to the land rent collected by the local Chu County Yin "Yangcheng Gong" when the Chu State ruled here.
So the old peasant rattled and said that because of last year's war, many people heard that the Qin army was going to occupy this place, so they moved away in advance, and a lot of land was wasted.
After chatting and chatting, the chatter box could not be contained, and Heifu talked to the old farmer about family life, and suddenly asked him: "Uncle, have you ever heard of a person named Chen Sheng in this county?" ”
"Chen Sheng?" The old farmer blinked, as if searching for the bits and pieces of names in his head.
"He should be a hired farmer, cultivating the land for others."
This is the only thing Heifu knows, since he came to Yangcheng, he can't help but think, is Chen Sheng also in this county? I don't know if he is the same as himself at this time, sitting on the ridge of the field, sighing the sentence "The ambition of the bird......
"The old man has never heard of Chen Sheng."
After thinking for a while, the old farmer shook his head, pointed to the east of Yangcheng and said: "But in Dongxiang of Yangcheng, there is indeed a Chen family, hundreds of people in the whole clan, living in one room, and the Chen Sheng that the hundred generals are looking for may be the people of the Chen family." The descendants of the Chen family were prosperous, and there were also many poor children, because they had no land, they could only work as tenant farmers for others. ”
Heifu suddenly became interested: "Where is the location of the Chen clan in Dongxiang?" ”
"It's on the edge of Rushui, but there are hundreds of generals, and now, there are people going to empty houses! The patriarch of the Chen clan heard that Qin Kou ...... The Qin army wanted to occupy this place, so they took the whole clan and moved away! ”
Hefu asked, "Do you know where they have moved?" ”
The old farmer shook his head: "I only know that I went along Rushui, maybe I went to Dun County, maybe I went to Xiang County......
"Xiang County?"
Heifu nodded thoughtfully, but his mind was no longer on Chen Sheng, who was difficult to find.
Xiang County is one hundred and fifty miles southeast of Yangcheng, and it is said that the Chu State also concentrated nearly 10,000 troops there, and there was also a fief of the Xiang family......
Xiang Yan, the last famous general of the Chu State, his son Xiang Liang, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu more than ten years later, are full of talents, all of which originate from here. Although the main body of the Xiang family has now moved to Xiaxiang, Xiang County is still an important town in the northern part of the Chu State.
This time, the opponent of the Qin army is no longer the vulnerable Wei State, but the brave Chu with many soldiers!
"In this battle, the Qin State fought in such a hurry." Heifu looked at the cloudy sky and was worried.