"Chen Ping, a citizen of the library, came to answer the order of You's order."

In the early morning of the next day, before the morning fog had completely dissipated, Chen Ping came to the outside of the gate of the Qin army's garrison camp, and after he said loudly, he tried to raise his head so that the Qin guards above could see his face clearly.

Chen Ping was wearing a clean-washed coarse linen coat, carrying a basket with a bald pen and a piece of inferior ink, all of which he used on weekdays. Although he will definitely be prepared in the camp, he should still bring it and be prepared. It also contained his breakfast and dinner meals, and the corn that was crumpled into a ball, although Chen Ping felt that he must have eaten with the soldiers in the battalion, but his sister-in-law still made it for him to take with him.

The Qin pawn guarding the door was very cautious, because he couldn't understand what Chen Ping was saying, and he didn't know who he was, so he asked people to report it. Taking advantage of this gap, Chen Ping also carefully observed the Qin army camp. This is the most mysterious place in the eyes of the villagers in Humu for more than half a month, not only is it very strictly guarded, no one is allowed to enter, and even the Qin soldiers inside rarely come out.

But seeing that the gate was tall, although the entire camp did not occupy a wide area, it was well surrounded by a seven-foot-high wooden pile. When Chen Ping arrived, it happened that they had changed the guard, and the Qin pawn, whose armor was covered with dewdrops, yawned and left, changing into his comrades who had slept all night and were full of energy.

It didn't take long for Chen Ping to be inside, and after a while, the camp gate opened, and Zhong Ming, a native of Hanoi County, walked out and said to Chen Ping: "Chen Ping, I never thought that you came so early. ”

Now that the sunrise has just passed, and the eclipse has not yet arrived, Chen Ping did come quite early, he was only embarrassed to say that he came deliberately pinching the time, and wanted to try to see if he could mix with the morning food of the Qin army.

His family is poor, there is no way, he has to take care of every meal, Chen Ping is not the kind of person who would rather starve if he wants to save face, he is very flexible.

Zhong Ming did not disappoint Chen Ping, he said that You Yi had just gotten up, and he was leading the soldiers out of the morning exercise, and after the training was completed, he could use the feast.

"Morning exercises?"

Chen Ping had never heard of this word, but after following Zhong Ming into the camp, he could faintly hear the shouting from inside the camp.

When the two of them walked to the open space of the military camp converted into this Lilu, the wandering Heifu they had seen yesterday was standing here, he was not wearing armor, he was holding his hands behind his back, watching dozens of Qin soldiers stand in several rows, holding swords and shields to practice.

Heifu also saw Chen Ping, but only nodded at him and didn't come over.

Chen Ping also took the opportunity to observe the scene in front of him, he had no experience of living in the military camp in the past, so it looked quite fresh. What's more, these seemingly simple and tough soldiers in front of them have made the Wei people fear the biggest enemy for generations: the Qin army.

He was born in the year of the death of King Wei Anjiao, and during those years, Qin and Wei were almost without fighting.

In 242 B.C., the first year of King Jingyu, Qin pulled out twenty cities of Wei, thinking that Qindong County, Wei was surrounded by Qin on three sides, and there was a danger of extinction.

In 241 B.C., under the persuasion of Tang Ju, the last time the longitudinal alliance was reached, the king of Chu Kaolie was the commander, with Pang Xuan as the general, Shuai Han, Wei, Zhao, Yan, and Chu attacked Qin, took Shouling, Qin sent troops, and the soldiers of the five countries returned. The Qin State took the opportunity to seize the Chaoge that had just been recovered by the Wei State, and also moved the small vassal Wei State of the Wei State to the Yewang.

In 240 B.C., Qin Baji. In 238 B.C., Qin Bayuan, Puyang, Yan and other cities, Wei humiliated and sued for peace.

That year, Chen Ping was only 6 years old, because the king of Wei sued for peace in time, and the war did not reach his hometown.

Since then, the Wei State has completely surrendered to the Qin State, and the King of Wei has become a vassal of the Qin State twice, as if he has become a vassal of the Qin State, and has made continuous contributions every year, standing by and watching the Qin attack on Han and Zhao, the attack on Yan in the north, and the Chu State in the south.

There is no way, Wei Guo has no Xinling Jun, so he has lost his backbone, and he was scared by Qin Guo, so he covered his face and didn't dare to say a word again.

So except for the first few years, Chen Ping's youth and youth, wars were still relatively rare. Therefore, the common people of Wei State at his age never had the opportunity to meet the Qin people, and their impression of the Qin army mainly came from the stories of the old soldiers......

Chen Ping remembered that when he was a child, there was a disabled old soldier in the library, who liked to bask in the sun with his broken arm on the bluestone slab by the well, and he would sometimes tell Chen Ping about the war of the Five Kingdoms against Qin that he experienced more than ten years ago.

The old soldier chattered a lot, because he was still young at the time, so Chen Ping only remembered the sentence that impressed him the most.

"Our Shandong soldiers were armored to fight, but the Qin people on the opposite side actually donated armor to the enemy, carrying the head on the left and the captive on the right, like a hungry tiger and a wolf......"

He still remembered that when he said this, the eyes of the fearless old warrior were full of fear!

Wei's fear of Qin, like people's natural fear of beasts, is deeply ingrained in their bone marrow and has been passed down from generation to generation. Up to the King of Wei, down to the soldiers, everywhere.

So the kings and nobles of Wei thought that if they could avoid beating while kneeling, then kneel. It's a pity that kneeling to the end, and can't avoid the Qin army turning around and giving Wei a knife, looking at the posture of this war, Qin is determined to destroy Wei.

The death of the country is imminent, and the court magnates have to kneel in front of Sheji and cry, regretting their stupidity and short-sightedness, but people like Chen Ping have to think about where to go in the future in the new order of the Qin army.

Recalling the past, Chen Ping couldn't help but be a little distracted, but found that the training of the Qin soldiers had ended in the order of the loud and loud night.

Heifu took the cloth handed over by Ji Ying, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and didn't show too much enthusiasm for Chen Ping, just let him eat with everyone.

……

The meal was in the courtyard of a large house, which was originally a wealthy family, but has now been converted into a special kitchen.

Heifu arranged for five people to be responsible for washing vegetables and cooking, which was equivalent to a cooking class, the rice was used for the 150 stone given by the Zhang family, and fresh vegetables and meat were purchased from the bazaar in the township.

At this time, Heifu arranged the first job given to Chen Ping.

"Chen Ping, in the future, every other day, you will go to the township and market with the commander of the army here to buy vegetables, what to buy, how much of everything, will be written on the wooden slip, the soldiers do not understand the local vernacular, the vegetable sellers are illiterate, and the coins of the Qin State cannot be used locally, so they can only be exchanged for cloth, so it is very inconvenient. It's much easier for you to help. ”

Heifu did this not out of the bad taste of "asking the future prime minister of the Han to help me buy vegetables". It's because today's Chen Ping is a small people, and he is a poor scholar who has been in the mess for 18 years, and he still can't carry his hands on his shoulders, much like those college students who have just graduated and entered the society, and their hearts are higher than the sky but they can't do anything.

He also just wanted to see if Chen Ping could do practical things in addition to being good at arguing and seizing opportunities.

If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world? Chen Ping still has a long way to go in the future. As a person who also started from the end of the world, and of course is still from the end of the world, after meeting a celebrity who is still immature, he wants to teach him a little life experience......

Heifu stumbled in the local dialect mixed with a Nanjun accent, and Chen Ping understood that what he had to do was not only paperwork, but also a lot of miscellaneous things.

He didn't feel that it was humiliating, but readily agreed.

When other people's families do funerals, he has to go out early and return late to help put on makeup for the dead, shovel soil and bury the coffin, just for a bite to eat, isn't it just to help Qin Jun buy a dish, what is this. Anyway, he only needs to move his mouth, and the physical work is handed over to the sturdy Qin pawn.

The vegetables of Weidi are still somewhat different from those of Nanjun, but the main ones are there, such as leeks, brassets, bitter gourds, sunflowers, and green onions, which are common in all countries in this era. The Qin people were stationed here, but they couldn't always just eat rice, and Heifu would occasionally add food to them and buy some meat to make a big pot of soup.

Soon, a burst of food aroma wafted in, and several Qin soldiers came up carrying large wooden barrels, which contained boiled corn rice, yellow, orange and orange.

At this time, Chen Ping saw the strictness of the Qin Army's rank for the first time, Heifu did not deliberately engage in "food and clothing with the soldiers" like ordinary officers, but under the envious eyes of everyone, he received half a bucket of polished rice, a plate of black bean sauce, and vegetable soup with sunflower leaves and diced meat, and even a few green shallots for rice.

"Because the knighthood of the wandering is not changed, it is naturally different from ours."

Zhong Ming explained to Chen Ping what a knighthood was, and then walked to the polished rice for the knight with some pride, pointed to the other end, and asked Chen Ping to take the pottery bowl and a bamboo tube, and go over to line up with the undecorated Shiwu in the bun.

In the end, Chen Ping received a third of the bucket of brown rice, as well as a bamboo tube with a little oil flowers floating in the vegetable soup, which was not much different from their family's food.

Anyway, he can eat enough, and for Chen Ping's hard background, it is not bad to be able to make a living.

"If you are in the Daliang barracks, the military law is stricter, you are not a soldier, and you can't even supply these grains."

Zhong Ming said to Chen Ping mysteriously, and then laughed: "But You said it, anyway, what we eat is also the grain sent by the Zhang family, so it doesn't hurt to have one more of you." ”

Chen Ping laughed together, but there was something strange in his heart, his identity as a "Wei person" had not been completely erased.

For the first time, Chen Ping experienced the strict title hierarchy of the Qin State up close, and if you want to change your status and treatment, you must make meritorious service, and meritorious service means that you need to kill more enemies to obtain military meritorious titles, and the combat effectiveness of such an army can be imagined.

"Donor armor to attract the enemy, carry the head on the left, and take the captives on the right......"

Chen Ping swallowed the last bite of corn, and for some reason, he recalled the words of the old warrior, and said secretly: "The Wei State attaches great importance to the warriors, recruits warriors, makes them clothed with the armor of the three genera, wields the crossbow of the stones, bears fifty arrows, and puts a sword with a sword. Wei Wushu can be called an elite, but he can travel hundreds of miles a day, and the state gives him a field house to support the people for life. ”

"Therefore, in the Wei State, wars are often only wars that belong to kings, nobles and soldiers, and have little to do with our common people. However, military soldiers often grow old after the prime of life, and it is impossible for all of their children and grandchildren to be as strong as their fathers and ancestors. And the war is getting bigger and bigger, and those few soldiers are often unable to change the situation of the war. ”

"And Qin is different."

He looked at the Qin people in front of him who were alone in a foreign land, but they were still in order, practicing every day, and the black man who commanded them, and said in his heart:

"The way for its people to make a living is narrow, the life is poor, and the king uses the people cruelly and harshly, tempting with the interests of the title, and intimidating with the law and punishment, so that the war of the Qin State is related to everyone, so it can be strong for a long time, no wonder the Qin army can be invincible in the world."

"When I was on a study tour, a friend of my master's Zhao State once mentioned to me that Xunzi and Lin Wujun were in Handan. Xunzi is right, Wei Zhiwu's soldiers, don't meet Qin's sharp soldiers. From this point of view, the defeat of Wei is not unjust! ”

For a while, Chen Ping's gaze became eager.

For the aristocracy of Wei, the fall of Wei was the fall of an era.

But for a poor man like him, isn't it a new beginning?