Chapter 20 Inspections of the Barracks

A few days later, Yingquliang took Jing Jian and Wei Kai to drive to the military camp outside Liyang City.

Along the way, Wei Kai looked at the Qin soldiers rushing to the barracks on both sides of the car, and Wei Xingzhong's imagination of the Qin army at this time was completely subverted. In Wei Kai's eyes, the Qin army assembled outside the car was completely a chaotic image of hungry people fleeing the famine.

Among the soldiers rushing outside the car, some were carrying farm tools, some even carrying wooden forks, and their clothes were ragged, and among them were old people and children. This time to attack Wei, the Qin State fought the whole country, and now, seeing these Hou Wei Kai was greatly shocked.

After a while, the carriage stopped. After Wei Kai got out of the car, he saw a group of people waiting at the gate of the barracks from a distance. When Yingquliang saw it, he took Jing Jian and Wei Kai to the barracks. I saw a few burly men standing at the door wearing the costumes of the generals of the Qin State, one of whom had a Chinese face and a long sword on his body, and said after seeing Yingquliang: "Second brother", Yingquliang replied: "Big brother", and then said to the generals behind the burly man: "Yingquliang has seen the generals", and the generals replied: "The last general has seen the second son".

Then, Yingqu Liang introduced Wei Kai to the generals. Wei Kai looked at the burly man in front of him and thought: It turns out that this is the famous prince and prince Fu Gongzi in history. Wei Kai said to the generals: "Wei Kai has seen the generals." Ying Qian raised his hand to look at Wei Kai, and said with a smile: "Little brother doesn't have to be formal. The second brother often talks to me about the little brother's remarks, and my second brother is always amazed." After Wei Kai heard this, he looked at Yingquliang, and Yingquliang looked at Wei Kai and smiled. Then, Wei Kai and his party followed Ying Qian into the barracks.

After entering the barracks, Wei Kai saw a little bit of what the army should look like. One after another military tents were erected in the open space, and flags with the characters of Qin were written all over the period, fluttering in the wind. Soldiers coming and going, holding Changge constantly patrolling.

Wei Kai saw many soldiers in the clearing, fighting each other with long swords, or a group of people, or two people fighting each other, until one was defeated, and then another person continued to fight with the winner. The full morale of the soldiers, as well as the fierce side of the Qin army, were undoubtedly revealed in this noisy fighting with each other.

However, Wei Kai also noticed the singleness of the Qin army's equipment, and the soldiers seemed to be only equipped with long swords, and did not see the armor. In the barracks, Wei Kai looked around and found that the soldiers on duty were only wearing thin Qin armor and were not equipped with a variety of compound weapons. Either holding a Ge or a long sword, the equipment of the Qin army lagged far behind the Wei soldiers, not to mention the Wei Wushu.

Wei Kai looked at the Qin pawn who was training, and he didn't realize that he had fallen behind Gongziqian and his party. At this time, Wei Kai's voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Wei Kai,....." Wei Kaicai turned his head and saw Gongziqian and his party looking at him, Wei Kai hurriedly said: "Wei Kai couldn't help but be fascinated when he saw the demeanor of the Qin army. I hope you will forgive me. Gongzi smiled and said: "Little brother Wei Kai, in addition to the grain and grass in the military camp, you can visit the others." Then, he sent two generals to take Wei Kai to visit the Qin army camp.

Wei Kai looked at the two generals who led him to visit and said, "Wei Kai pays a visit to the two generals." The two generals said, "The last general will meet Mr. Yujin (Yuda)." Subsequently, the two generals took Wei Kai to visit the various camps.

At this time, the Qin army was beaten and shouted: "Brave, brave". Wei Kai searched for the sound and left, and saw a soldier dressed in the clothes of a Qin army officer, who was lifting the other three soldiers besieging him together, and then threw them out.

After Wei Kai saw it: "This man is really angry." You Jin next to him hurriedly said, "Sir, this person is called Xiong." He was a thorn in the army, often disobeying military law and gathering crowds to make trouble. The eldest prince took pity on him for his bravery, so he let him enlist in the army."

As soon as Wei Kai was about to speak, he felt a gaze. Wei Kai looked at Xiong's eager expression, and he understood that he might be involved in something. Yuda on the side hurriedly pointed to the bear and said, "You, stand back."

Xiong walked all the way, completely ignoring Youda, Wei Kai looked at Xiong's sturdy body and said, "This benevolent brother, what do you have to say?" ”

When Xiong heard this, he was stunned for a moment, touched his head and said, "Do you dare to compete with me?" What kind of magical boy is that? ”

Wei Kai smiled bitterly when he heard it, sure enough, people are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong.

You Jin on the side, You Da looked at Wei Kai who was only fifteen or six years old, compared to the sturdy and fierce old oil bear who had been in the army all the year round, he had no chance of winning at all, and hurriedly stopped Wei Kai from accepting it.

But Wei Kai felt that this was a good opportunity for him to gain a foothold in the Qin army, and opportunities would always be accompanied by certain risks.

Seeing that he couldn't stop the competition, one person went to the Chinese army camp to report, and the other stayed to protect Wei Kai.

Wei Kai, looking at the bear who was eyeing him, thought to himself: Let's test my strength. Xiong, who had been prepared a long time ago, saw that Wei Kai's eyes were a little distracted, and immediately seized the opportunity to attack Wei Kai. Feeling the oncoming pressure of the bear, Wei Kai immediately replied and met the fist that the bear had been accumulating for a long time with a punch. Then, due to the huge reaction force, the two took two steps back. However, Wei Kai seemed to have a little more spare strength. Xiong looked at Wei Kai with a shocked expression, and his hands shook involuntarily.

Xiong said, "You are very strong", and Wei Kai laughed: "You too".

At this time, Ying Qian and others, who learned that Wei Kai and Xiong were dueling, came to rush over, and when they saw Wei Kai and Xiong who were on both sides and guarding each other, Ying Qian yelled at Xiong: "Xiong, what are you doing?" Non-compliance with military law? ”。 Looking at Ying Qian, Xiong, who had always been unruly, was instantly honest, and his tall body lowered his head and said, "Eldest son, I don't ........"

Wei Kai hurriedly said: "Eldest son, it is also Wei Kai's fault at this time. Xiong is indeed a good man."

Xiong listened to Wei Kai defend himself, looked at Wei Kai and said, "You are not bad", said goodbye to Ying Qian, and left directly.

Ying Qian looked at the departing bear and said to Wei Kai, "Mr. Wei Kai, don't mind ......"

After hearing this, Wei Kai smiled. Looking at the bear, this man is really an interesting person - arrogant and knows etiquette, knows military law but acts recklessly.

Ying Qian looked at Wei Kai and remembered what happened just now: just now, Ying Qian and his party who entered the tent of the Chinese army sat around the fire and discussed military affairs. Ying Qian looked at Yingquliang and said, "Second brother, has the grain and grass been rectified?" Yingquliang said: "More or less I have enough grain and grass." But don't have high expectations for food and grass, big brother." After Ying Qian heard this, he also understood in his heart that the Qin State was too poor, and there was often no food halfway through the war, so he could not conduct a long-term positional war, and then said: "It's hard for the second brother at this time." Yingquliang said: "This battle is related to the life and death of my Qin country, and it is natural for me to be a Qin person."

Ying Qian thought about it again and said, "Father Jun asked you to bring that kid to the barracks, why is that?" Yingquliang said: "Father Jun said that Wei Kai's ancestors were all military soldiers, and they may have some unique views on military affairs, so they brought Wei Kai to visit the military camp." Then I heard an urgent request from Youjin.

Subsequently, Ying Qian took Wei Kai into the camp.

Ying Quliang asked: "Mr. Wei Kai, you have visited the Qin army camp, what do you have to learn?" ”

Wei Kai looked at Yingquliang and said, "Wei Kai dares to ask the family, those old people and children who are holding farm tools and not wearing armor are also among the recruits?" After hearing this, Yingquliang was silent for a while and said: "This is a life-and-death battle for the Qin people, so the whole country participates in the war." Wei Kai didn't speak, just looked straight at Yingquliang and the others.

At this time, one of the generals spoke: "If we have money, of course we will each carry heavy armor and be equipped with various weapons. But the old Qin people dare to fight, even if they have farm tools in their hands, they can go into battle to kill the enemy." After listening to this, Ying Qian on the side patted the case and said, "Meng Yan, is it your turn to speak here?" After hearing this, Wei Kai said: "What General Meng said, Wei Kai understands. But Wei Kai was full of emotion after seeing the Qin army today, and he had something to say. I hope the generals don't mind."

When Ying Quliang heard it, he said, "I would like to listen to Mr.'s words."

Wei Kai said: "The Qin army I saw today is brave and strong. But the bravery of individuals on the battlefield had little impact on the overall situation of the battle. However, because of the failure to obey military orders, the failure to obey military laws, and the wanton attack caused by individuals are extremely harmful to the entire combat army."

After hearing this, Ying Qian said: "The old Qin people have been fighting and killing for hundreds of years, and they have always relied on their own bravery to defeat the enemy. When Wei Kai heard this, he said: "The people of Qin have always been fighting against the Rong, Hydro and other tribes, and they have no military discipline. But the Qin State was about to face the Wei State, wearing heavy armor, holding a sharp sword, and a phalanx of Wei warriors who felt disciplined. The bravery of the individual, in front of the orderly and well-equipped phalanx, is only an addition to the corpse." As soon as Wei Kai finished speaking, someone immediately stood up and said: "Put your mother's bullshit, then Wei people come to kill one grandfather, come and kill a pair of grandfathers."

Wei Kai did not refute after hearing this, and continued: "The range of Wei's bow and arrow is between one hundred and fifty paces on a hundred trails, and at the same time, there are Wei cavalry sweeping formations on the flanks. In the middle, there are generally warriors, or phalanxes with long hands and giant shields, and then phalanxes with short weapons. ”

"In the face of such a sophisticated Wei army, if our army does not adopt corresponding strategies, even if our army can break through the Wei army's large array, but in the process of breaking through the defenses, our army lacks sophisticated weapons and will definitely suffer huge losses. will even be trapped in the Wei army's military formation, and the Wei army's cooperation will be slowly exhausted by the Wei army's cooperation in the battle formation. ”

"Today, when I visited our barracks, I found that our soldiers were not fully armoured, had only one weapon, and were equipped with very few shields. If in the face of the attack of the Wei army's strong bows and crossbows, our army still adopts close to the enemy and closes up to the enemy, it will soon collapse. After Wei Kai finished speaking, everyone who heard the preparation of the Wei army was suddenly silent.

After a long time, Yingquliang said: "The old Qin people are too bitter, even if many of these armors are still passed down from generation to generation." After hearing this, Wei Kai pondered and said: "At home, Wei Kai suggested that all the fierce and brave people in the current military camp be gathered from each army, with a small amount of protective gear, to form a lightly clothed dead soldier. Wait until the moment of crisis, break the enemy with lightly clothed soldiers, launch the fiercest attack on the enemy, concentrate your forces, and then fight out in an instant. ”

After Ying Qian heard it: "This kind of idea is feasible, the old Qin people are not afraid of death." Gather them together now, and you'll be able to deal a terrible blow. ”

Wei Kai continued: "Can the various craftsmen in the army be gathered together and organized into a separate team? Wei Kai hopes to use them to build some utensils." Ying Quliang said: "Mr. Wei Kai, if you need anything, just take it." Ying Qian also felt that Wei Kai might have something new, so he did not object to Wei Kai's use of the military resources that were not consumed.

Wei Kai soon got a team of craftsmen who were almost made up of old men. Wei Kai looked at their gray hair fluttering in the wind, looked at them in rags but still standing straight, and said to them with emotion: "Everyone has a role for everyone. Wei Kai gathered you today, not to deny your bravery. Wei Kai needs you to be able to use your talents to build some tools, gather your strength, and defeat the enemy."

At this time, one of the old men said, "I have lived a lifetime, and finally I have picked up my old business." Hahaha", another person said: "I originally expected to be able to block the sword for the young offspring this time, and I will die in my life", "With your body, it is estimated that you have not yet entered the battlefield, and you are ......".

Wei Kai looked at the old people in front of him laughing and scolding each other, and he was immediately full of emotion. Even when they were old and sick, they still obeyed the orders of the country after the call of the country. Bow to Lao Qin, go to the national disaster together; Defend the old Qin, restore my rivers and mountains; Blood does not sweat, death does not truce.