The four monarchs and ministers all knew in their hearts that although the Qin State had 100,000 troops, half of them were infantry and old chariots.

Only these 50,000 cavalry are elite iron cavalry composed of all old Qin people. In the early Warring States period, the cumbersome chariot warfare had gradually receded, and the fast, agile and powerful cavalry gradually became the most effective new class.

This kind of cavalry was the world-famous "iron cavalry" at that time.

The so-called iron cavalry is a group of cavalry equipped with war horses and knights with the best iron harness and armor weapons at that time.

The horse's hooves were equipped with iron palms, which enabled the horses to gallop on any rough ground without fear of thorns and spikes; The horse's head was equipped with a mask of iron attached to the leather, which greatly weakened the intimidation of infantry bows and arrows against war horses; The harness is also made of fine iron with light weight, high hardness and good toughness, instead of heavy, thick, soft and brittle copper harness; Immediately, the knight's weapons also evolved from the long spear to the light sword, which was generally cast with fine iron, and the length was generally about three feet, sharp and light, which was convenient for the group to charge and kill.

In the face of the classical phalanx of heavy and slow chariots combined with infantry, this kind of iron cavalry launched a furious group charge, with the power of devastating.

In the early Warring States period, this kind of iron cavalry was the most sophisticated in Wei, followed by Zhao in Korea, and the four kingdoms of Chu, Qi, Qin and Yan were not equal.

The Qin State rose in the west and had a long tradition of fighting on horseback, so there was no chariot class.

However, after the Qin State became a great vassal state, the Spring and Autumn Period tried to imitate the military system of the Central Plains powers, and turned most of the originally poorly equipped cavalry into charioteers. In the early Warring States period, iron cavalry emerged and the tactics of warfare underwent major changes, but the Qin State could not have more elite iron cavalry due to the lack of refined iron and the declining population.

Most of the fine iron needed by these 50,000 iron horsemen was bought from Korea and smuggled into the Qin State. At the beginning, Qin Xiangong carefully selected 50,000 old Qin soldiers to form the Qin State Iron Cavalry, which actually became the only defense force in Qin State that could fight against the Shandong princes at any time.

If all of them are driven to Longxi, there are only more than 1,000 old chariots and 20,000 foot soldiers left in the eastern part of the Qin State.

However, it is facing a desperate situation of being attacked from both sides, if it is not so desperate, the west will rebel and the east will fight, what will be the consequences?

The four monarchs and ministers looked at each other silently, the sky was faintly flashing, a rumbling thunder swept through the roof, and the fine raindrops hit the window lattices of the study, like ten thousand cannibalized mulberries, and like a breeze passing through bamboo.

"What is this?" Qin Feng was stunned.

Jing Jian was taken aback, "Lao Lin? Not good! The thought that flashed through him was, the roads were muddy, how could tens of thousands of cavalry march?

Ying Qian, Qin Feng's eyes lit up, and he strode to the bottom of the porch.

Looking up at the night sky, but seeing that the clouds are thick and the sky is low, the oak city is dark, and all the sounds are silent, only the boundless sound of rain between heaven and earth is heard.

This kind of rain is not urgent, not slow, not dense, and continuous, and its slow stretch is like the heavens spreading a fine veil to cover the earth.

This is the early summer rain that is like a spring rain but thicker than the spring rain, and it is the inevitable April rain in Guanzhong.

At that time, the spring ploughing is over, the sowing has been completed, and the continuous drizzle from heaven is wonderful. It is not a torrential rain that can wash away the ground and expose the seeds, but also can slowly moisten the land and completely eliminate the spring drought, which can be called the seasonal good rain in the land of Guanzhong.

Weiping River, sowing seeds are harvested, it is precisely because of this kind of wind and rain that is difficult to find in the world.

Every year at the beginning of April, the people of Qin pray for this rain to fall in time. I don't want this year's Lao Linyu to come more than half a month earlier than in previous years, which is indeed a bit unusual. Ying Qian looked up at the sky for a long time, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.

Qin Feng was also ecstatic. This rain is usually a disaster for the Qin State in advance, but at this time, it can be said that it saved the life of the Qin State!

Qin Xiaogong burst into tears, strode into the courtyard and bowed deeply to the dark night sky, "God knows, if Qin is not destroyed, Yingquliang will never live up to the sky." ”

In an instant, Jing Jian suddenly realized, and was so excited that he rushed to the courtyard and waved his hands to the sky, "God, it's raining!" The Qin State has been saved! ”

The four monarchs and ministers laughed in unison, and a gentle drizzle drenched them.

This early arrival of Lao Linyu is really worth thousands of troops. It not only delayed the advance of the Six Kingdoms, but also gave the 50,000 iron cavalry of the Qin State an excellent opportunity for a secret movement.

On days of heavy rain, the cavalry and foot soldiers of any country would not have made long journeys, let alone bulky chariots.

It is obvious that the follow-up of grain and grass cannot be solved at all.

Therefore, the rainy season is almost the iron rule of the entire classical war era.

However, the Qin State faced a two-sided attack of life and death, and this continuous rain became the best cover. The Lao Qin people were a tribe killed from the Rongdi Ocean in the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period, and their bravery, fierceness, and tenacious hard fighting were inferior to all the tribes in the world.

At that time, the vast sea of barbarian tribes surrounded and encroached on the Central Plains civilization from all directions, and if it were not for the princes of Qi Huan and the princes, the Central Plains civilization would be completely engulfed by barbaric violence.

It is precisely because of this that Confucius said with emotion that if there was no Duke of Qi Huan, the people of the Central Plains would become barbarians with their arms bare! At that time, the Rongdi tribe and the Eastern barbarians were in full swing, and their fierce cavalry made the Central Plains chariots fearful.

Although it relied on more than 100 vassal states to form an alliance with one heart and finally defeated, it also greatly damaged the vitality of the Central Plains princes.

But in that bloody and bloody hundreds of years, the Qin tribe was alone in the west and fought bloodily, not only killed a large piece of foundation in the upper reaches of Jingwei, but also fought bravely when the Rongdi cavalry captured Haojing, and killed the east Rong Di fled westward with cavalry, thus becoming a great vassal state in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty with great martial arts.

The old Qin people sacrificed thousands of lives, endured unheard of hardships in the Central Plains, and accumulated a tribal character of perseverance and pride in the face of suffering.

Qin Xiaogong and his courtiers knew that marching on a rainy day was inconceivable for the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, but it was an ordinary matter for the old Qin people.

And the target is within the mainland, there is no need to carry grain and grass baggage, and the city can be fed nearby along the way. With the endurance of the Qin army, you can reach the Longxi Mountains in ten days. If the war goes well, the Qin army will be able to defend the east with all its might, from being attacked on two sides to defending on one.

This is the pattern of the war that will be caused by an old rain.

Zuo Shu Chang Yingqian hurriedly left in the rain. He had to immediately dispatch his troops, and that night he would send the cavalry of Liyang City to the road in units of 1,000 people. Scouts must be dispatched, food and grass messengers must be dispatched, weapons and harness must be checked, secret routes of the march must be determined, assembly sites must be guarded in advance, and so on, etc., etc., etc., there are too many things. What's more, Ying Qian served as the commander of the whole army for the first time as the commander of the whole army, and there was no long-tempered military Sima around him, and he almost had to make independent decisions on everything.

"Your Majesty, can you send a deputy general to Chief Zuo?" Jing Jian said softly.

Qin Xiaogong sighed heavily: "Of course it's good to have, but where are the people?" You and Qin Feng are up to the task, but who will you send as a secret envoy? Zi'an can also be used, but who will be sent by the defenders of Liyang City? Don't you see a group of ministers in the political affairs hall, there are no young people, civil and military are not good, how many people are worthy of great responsibilities? There was no way, so I had to barely support it. Fortunately, 50,000 knights have been in battle for a long time, and the general of the unified army may be more submissive. ”

Jing Jian was silent for a while, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, I will also go and prepare." If there are no accidents, I will set off the day after tomorrow. Jing Jian took his leave. ”

"Your Majesty, Qin Feng farewell!" Qin Feng also said.

Qin Xiaogong smiled slightly: "Supervisor Jing, your secret envoy who can't show up is a work with a lot of thought, I want to send a helper to you, how about it?" ”

"Jing Jian has thanked you, but I don't know who is the deputy envoy?" Jing Jian was very excited.

"Don't be busy, it's not a deputy envoy, it's a helper. Oh man, I still have to think about it. The young monarch smiled with a rare mysterious smile.

Jing Jian couldn't help but smile, but he didn't want to ask again, so he took his leave.

Qin Feng stayed by Qin Xiaogong's side to help plan. But tonight, the two didn't talk much, and they rested early.

The sky and the earth are vast, the drizzle is falling, and the oak city in the early morning is as cold as autumn.

There is a narrow nameless street in Liyang City. There lived a famous old Qin man, who was a white camel who had been a masonry for forty years.

The old man got up early in the morning, looked up at the dark and thick dark clouds, looked down at the rammed earth in the small courtyard that had not yet shone brightly, and sincerely knelt under the shallow eaves of the stone house and prayed to the sky: "Heaven has the virtue of a good life, let's go down well, there is no rain in a spring." Then the courtyard will be bright, and the sky will be sunny again. ”

At this time, the old man heard the sound of "pop, pop, pop" knocking on the door, which was not light or heavy, and it was very rhythmic. The old man cautiously walked towards the door, trying not to slip himself.

The folk proverb of the old Qin people is that men fall into the sun, and women fall into the yin. The man fell in the rain, and the sky was about to clear, how did he get it? The old man cautiously walked to the door step by step, opened the stone door, but stood there in astonishment and couldn't speak.

An ox cart pulled a boulder wrapped in a black cloth, and the ox was driven by an old man with gray hair like him. Standing behind the car were two coarse-clothed juniors. The old man who drove the car bowed, "Dare to ask the foot, but the old man of the white camel?" ”

It is not an ordinary family with ox carts in Liyang City. The old man hurriedly bowed his hand: "Masonry white camel, I've seen adults." ”

"I want to ask you to carve a big stone, a hundred old knife coins, I don't know if it's okay?"

Carved stone? The old masonry was surprised. Years of war, the dead are not counted, and the violent corpses are common in the wilderness, how can anyone ever erect a monument and carve stones for the dead?

He hadn't carved a stele for twenty years. Today, this person is going to carve a stone, could it be that there is a big man in the government who has died?

Besides, the wages are as much as three times higher than usual, who has such courage among ordinary civilians? I don't think it's right, the stone carvings in the office have always been sent by Liyang to order him to enter the palace to serve as a servant, how could he ever come to the door to invite? The old masonry didn't have time to think about it in confusion, and bowed deeply, "How dare you be a word?" Please stand over, and I will call the neighbors to come and move the stones. ”