A Jishui, separating the Qin official army from the rebellious Qi "group of thieves", south of Jishui, the Qin army camped, north of Jishui, the camp of the Qi people seemed a little chaotic, although they were numerous, but there was little discipline.

In one of the corners, there were dozens of light heroes from Le'an County, and the battle was imminent, and their faces were not nervous, but they were constantly coaxing a ranger who was surrounded by people.

"Le Bian, I heard that you killed a Qin soldier and got a reward?"

Surrounded by everyone, the light man Le Bian was in his thirties, wearing an ordinary brown dress, but at this time, his eyebrows were fluttering, holding a bag of money, weighing it in his hand, and showing it to everyone, looking up under their envious gaze and saying:

"That's nature! On the orders of the prime minister's general, Naigong crossed the water to investigate the enemy's situation, and was discovered by a Qin sentinel, and before he could warn, he raised his sword and killed him. ”

He raised the Qin pawn hat in his hand high and let everyone see it, and his smug expression was beyond words.

Someone questioned on the side: "Le Bian, I have known you for so many years, I know that you have a good water nature, and you are also very familiar with Jishui, but if you want to say that your swordsmanship is ......."

Jiele Bian's short light man smiled and waved his hand, his face was contemptuous, indicating that his swordsmanship was not worth mentioning, so he didn't believe that Le Bian could kill the enemy.

Ranger has the best face, Le Bian suddenly blushed, and defended again and again, saying that he didn't like to show off before, but when he got into the battle formation, he realized that he was powerful, and finally even bragged:

"Seven years ago, I joined the army as a skilled fighter, if I hadn't surrendered before the war, I would have killed the Qin army!"

The turning point of Le Bian's fate did happen seven years ago, before that, he had been a ranger, following the local county chivalry and townsmen of Le'an, who was a diner for a few days today, and went there to eat and drink a few meals tomorrow, and was a chivalrous man all day long, earning money by fighting. It was not generous, but it was also free, at least in his own opinion, better than the peasants who were digging in the fields, and the peddlers who were busy making a living.

Qi is different from the other six countries, the country is rich, and whenever there is a war, in addition to recruiting soldiers from the five capitals, it also uses money to recruit light heroes to join the army in various places, which can be regarded as the earliest mercenary army in China. Therefore, the status of the light man is not low, a bit like the low-level samurai and ronin of Japan in later generations.

But since the fall of the Qi Kingdom, all this has been very different. The Qin officials dressed in black came to take office with a few people, and this group of officials said things that Le Bian couldn't understand, and notices with Qin characters began to be posted in front of the county temple - although Le Bian couldn't understand the Qin characters regardless of the Qin characters, it didn't prevent him from spitting on all the people and things from Qin behind his back. The black clothes of the Qin officials, the crooked buns on the heads of the Qin people, the thick and rich accents of the Qin people, and the Qin characters copied on the objects called "paper" all made him look unpleasant.

Le Bian hated Qin because Qin Law made him unemployed.

Everywhere Qin officials went, what they were most enthusiastic about was to crack down on the rangers who "violated the ban with force". The light man who was respected in the past became a person who was not allowed by the law, and the swords were all taken away, and I heard that twelve golden men were cast in Xianyang.

As a result, Le Bian could only change to other livelihoods and go to Jishui to support boats.

But once after a brawl with a guest at the ferry, Le Bian was arrested and imprisoned for the crime of "private fighting". Because he couldn't afford it, he had to do three months of hard labor for the government, go to the seashore to cut wages and cook salt, and when he came back, he was so tanned that he didn't even have the errand to support the boat.

Lebian has no land, no skills, and it is impossible to be a official, so he can only be a mediocre and do short-term work for others. Harvest wheat and harvest wheat, and rice will eat rice, but they can't do it for a long time, and they can only eat with a mouthful of rice.

Even after several years of hardship, the originally strong body became thin, and when I heard that the county guard on the Jiaodong side had defeated the Yeyi Tian clan and distributed the Tian clan's land to Yongbao and hired farmers, Le Bian was not moved at all.

He said contemptuously, "Even if I die, I won't go to the field to dig for food." ”

This is the pride of Le Bian who prides himself on being a "scholar", he doesn't know how many generations ago, his ancestors were also small nobles, and they were broad.

Countless times, Le Bian misses the surviving life of Qi State, everything in Qi Country was so beautiful back then, playing Keju and Liubo, watching people drumming and blowing sheng, so happy, celebrating festivals every year, and even having the opportunity to drink and eat meat.

But now the days are depressing and boring, the wealth has been taken away by the officials, and the whole society, no matter which class, is more difficult than in the past.

Not only was the light man unhappy, but the merchants were also the target of the attack, the farmers' taxes were also several times heavier, and the Confucian scholars were also drooping their heads, and they could no longer enter and leave the government.

Many people, like Le Bian, hate Qin and miss their past lives, but they don't know how to change all this, so they can only mess around and get by.

But the opportunity finally came, first Emperor Qin was assassinated, although he sent someone to pass on the message, saying that he and the world are fine, but some people whispered that this is fake, the emperor is actually dead, in order to calm people's hearts, only issued a false edict.

"It's like Qi Huangong, obviously dead, but the people outside don't know!"

Soon, news came again! The Tian brothers of Di County killed officials and rebelled!

After hearing about this, Le Bian gave the three Tian brothers a thumbs up, which is worthy of being a famous county hero in Qi many years ago!

Then the matter spread in the county, and everyone didn't believe it at first, but the people from Di County said it with noses and eyes: it was said that the new King of Qi had put on a purple robe and erected a banner to attract heroes and heroes from all over the world. And Sun Tiandu, the gentleman of Anping who was entrenched in overseas islands, was also killed, and the sails like boats covered the sea, and the "40,000 troops" brought out by Yongmen Sima back then were all white helmets and white armor: this is for the king of Qi to build filial piety, and to avenge him!

The government calls this a "rebellion", but in the eyes of the rangers, it is clear that the Qi State is about to be restored, and the minds of Le Bian and others are also active, and they want to take advantage of this time to return to their past lives.

When Di County and Qiancheng's soldiers and horses drove to the city of Le'an, the county order of the Qin Dynasty wanted to gather everyone in the county to resist, but Le Bian and some light chivalrous young men who were fed up with Qin Zheng's rule rushed into the county temple and killed. Everyone opened the city gate to welcome the Tian brothers, and finally they were all received under the "Right Sima" Tian Rong.

The new King of Qi is the brother of the old King of Qi who was taken away by the Qin people and starved to death, dressed in a purple robe, a little bloated, and the plaque was only seen from a distance.

And Tian Dan, because he was the mastermind of this restoration, became a "Xiangbang", and his younger brothers Tian Rong and Tian Heng were Sima on the left and right. An Pingjun's great-grandson Tian Du became a "general".

Tian Dan wanted to take advantage of the reputation of Anping Jun Tiandan and call on the vast number of Qi people to join this great war to expel the Qin people and restore the Qi country!

In this way, Le Bian was able to pick up the sword again, raise his head, and bend his stomach, enjoying the respectful and fearful gaze of the ordinary Qianshou.

He didn't know how old Qin was, and he didn't know how many people really rebelled, he only knew that Le Bian was in Le'an County, and he could walk sideways, and there was no more complicated Qin law to restrain him......

It's like a mountain crumbling down on your body in vain, and your shoulders are light.

But before they had time to enjoy it, they were pulled to the edge of Jishui by "Xiangbang".

The Qin army is here!

Lebian has a good water nature, and was sent over last night to investigate the enemy's situation. Regardless of whether he really killed the Qin pawn and took the throne, Le Bian was ordered by Tian Rong to be promoted to the head of the tun, and according to the past rules of the Qi State, he gave two taels of gold in public, which was to boost morale before the war......

On the night of the day after ordering Le Bian and others to cross the water to investigate the Qin army, Tian Dan ordered another 1,000 people to force the crossing of the water, but they were defeated and returned......

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On the south bank of Jishui, Linzi County Wei Lou looked at the "group of thieves" who tried to cross Jishui to attack, but were defeated by themselves, and laughed.

In the past half a month, the rebellion swept across the entire north bank of Jishui, and the groups suppressed by the Qin Dynasty's government joined forces to kill Qin officials and seize the city to rebel. Because of the suddenness of the incident, Linzi County was in a hurry, and only had time to gather 5,000 county soldiers to defend the area south of Jishui and garrison Duchang County.

The rebellion of the Tian brothers had been planned for a long time, and the attack on the neighboring counties was responded to by the henchmen, and it took little effort. Soon gathered hundreds of cars, hundreds of rides, and tens of thousands of soldiers, and now gathered in the north of Jishui, which is also considered to be huge.

However, judging from their uneven clothing and various weapons, the Linzi County Lieutenant felt that no matter how many people there were, they were still a rabble.

It can be seen from these Qi people who hurriedly crossed the water to attack the Qin army's main formation, the commander did not know the art of war, did not know how to march, and was really indiscriminate, and as a result, a team of men and horses sent over was attacked by the Qin army!

The Qin army's Zhang Shi lined up at the water's edge, and with Lou Kang's command, he continued to shoot arrows into the water, and the Qi people did not have many bows and crossbows, and they were suddenly shot on their backs, screaming again and again, although there were ships to cover them, but they still suffered heavy losses. The Qin army continued to fire crossbows and arrows into the water on the shore, and the victims let out screams and exclamations, which was a one-sided slaughter.

At present, the water is full of corpses, hundreds of Qi people tasted it, and quickly retreated, saying that they would not go into the water anymore, and the Qi people who were still shouting above the shore were all dumb at the moment, and after a while, after another failed attack, they began to scatter, turning their flags and retreating!

"The bandits have been repulsed!"

Seeing that his junior was so vulnerable, the Linzi County Lieutenant's brain was hot, and he actually issued an order to cross the Jishui and continue the pursuit!

Some military commanders were suspicious and said to the county lieutenant: "The Qi people are so factional, they will collapse at the first touch, and they will cover the north bank with thick smoke, or there may be fraud." ”

"The old man hasn't been fighting for a day or two, can't you see if there is fraud or not?"

Lou Kang's face was suddenly unhappy, he is indeed not young, he is over fifty years old, as Wang Ben's old general, if you talk about fighting alone, Lou Kang can fight a lot, Zhao Yanchu three battles, he has participated, although there is no great merit, but the accumulation of small merits, but also to today's position.

Among Qin's many opponents, Lou Kang looked down on the most was Qi State, weak as Han Yan, who at least took up arms and resisted the Qin army. Only the rich Qi State was a soft egg and surrendered without a fight, which made many Qin generals very contemptuous of Qi people.

So Lou Kang said: "The world has long had a public opinion that Qi's skill attack is not as good as Wei's martial arts, Wei's martial arts, and not as good as Qin's sharp soldiers." ”

"When the country of Qi is still alive, the skilled fighters will be vulnerable, they will be lucky when they encounter small enemies, and they will be scattered in an instant when they meet big enemies. What's more, the kingdom of Qi is now extinct? Although this rabble has picked up the guts, they are just as vulnerable! ”

After making up his mind, the county lieutenant Lou Kang immediately asked people to set up a pontoon bridge and cross the water to pursue the bandits......

Not only in terms of military self-confidence, Lou Kang knew very well that if he could rely on Linzi's own strength to quell the rebellion, Qin Shi Huang's punishment for them afterwards might be lighter......

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At the same time, on the north bank of Jishui, under the hillock covered by the smoke from the fields, the real large army of the Qi army was waiting for the battle, but there was no order, especially the rangers, who did not stand or sit, and were in a mess.

Le Bian was even talking to his companion about the sound ahead.

"Defeated?"

"It is said that it is a deception, luring the Qin army to cross the water to attack."

"I'm afraid it's not really a defeat."

The rangers were talking about the order announced by Fang Cai's "Xiangbang" and Sima Zuo, saying that the front sent people to cross the water to deceive the defeat, so don't be suspicious.

But seeing the sound of killing several miles ahead, I don't know what the truth is, and some light heroes are really timid.

Even Tun Changle Bian couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and there was sweat in his hand holding the sword.

Although he fought bravely and ruthlessly, this was the first time in many years that Le Bian stood on the battle array.

Regardless of whether it is a bluff defeat or a real defeat in the front, there will definitely be a fight in a while. He had been to the other side and observed the Qin army nearby, this group of Qin troops came from Linzi, the number of people was 5,000, although the elite of Guanzhong was only 1,000, and the rest were composed of soldiers from various counties, which were changed every year.

Because Qi has been peaceful for a long time, the training has been relaxed, but the shelf is still there, they are stationed on the opposite bank in the dark, although the number is only half of the Qi people, but because of the solemn order, it looks like there are more than the Qi people, when marching, the spear in the hand is like a forest shining cold.

Le Bian looked back at his side, the rebel army was composed of several parts: the overseas bandits brought by Tian Heng and Tian Du were the main force, and the disciples of the Tian Dan family, plus the light men from all over the country, lived on the left and right flanks respectively.

Everywhere, the Qi people were dressed in all kinds of clothes, armed with all kinds of weapons, and even some with wooden sticks, their clothes were ragged, and the order was not very neat.

There were also some farmers and merchants who helped to transport the baggage, their faces were timid, they hated the rule of the Qin Dynasty, but they did not dare to resist, and some people even took the lead and refused to participate. Unless they were forced to help carry the baggage with a spear, this group of people still wanted to run away at any time.

"Gutsless rats."

Although he scolded these farmers and businessmen who were like grass on the wall, he was still a little stunned in his heart.

There are also many light heroes next to them who showed timidity and hesitated, what they have to face is no longer the unlucky Qin officials who only have a few people around them and are surrounded by Qi people, but the Qin army that has fought all over the world in the past hundred years!

Qin Jun is equivalent to being undefeated! Those Qin officials and Qin pawns in black robes have ruled the Qi State for too long, and the light chivalrous righteous men are hiding around like rats, and even forming a conditioned reflex, running away when they see their peers......

But now, they are required to take rudimentary weapons and bravely meet them to face the strong bow and crossbow.

Just thinking of the momentum of those Qin people's equipment, even Le Bian, who likes to brag, no longer speaks.

"Le Bian, didn't you say that you would kill Qin Jun without leaving a piece of armor?" Someone next to him couldn't help but be poor at this time.

Le Bian pursed his lips and didn't speak, he was indeed bragging, that he picked it up when he was on a patrol Qin pawn......

"You say, can we win this time?" The Qi people had the courage to hold the thorn in the battle array, and some people also issued uncertain inquiries.

Le Bian frowned, although he was also a little afraid, but it was not good for him to lose his prestige for such a long time, and he was about to say something, but suddenly a car galloped to the front of the army, but it was "Xiangbang" Tian Dan.

"Second and third sons, listen to a word!"

Although Tian Dan has done "Xiangbang", he still likes to wear a strong suit, so that he can mingle with the rangers.

He knew that the real battle was next, and that something had to be said before the battle to appease the hearts of the people.

So Tian Dan asked more than a dozen strong men to speak for himself in front of the army, and said loudly:

"These days, whenever we break through the city, the Qin officials who will be killed often curse us, saying that we are a rabble, a mantis arm as a car, angry with its arm as a rut, I don't know if it is incompetent, and I don......'t know if it is incompetent."

This metaphor is very vivid, the praying mantis is very small, very fragile, and the wheels are hard and fast, once hit, it will be crushed into powder, the rangers look at each other, and their eyes are a little depressed, although it is very refreshing to turn over and be the master in this half a month, but it is too late to regret it.

"But I admire praying mantises!"

Just when his morale was low, Tian Dan suddenly raised his voice: "Back then, when Qi Zhuang Gong went hunting, there was a cyan insect blocking the road, raising his arms high, and he was about to fight his wheel. So Qi Zhuang Gong asked his coachman, 'What kind of worm is this?' ’”

The emperor said: This insect is called praying mantis, the insect is fierce, and it does not know what to do, and it does not measure its strength and underestimates the enemy. Then Qi Zhuang Gong said: If you are like a praying mantis, you must be the most brave warrior in the world! So he moved the car out of the way of the mantis! ”

This story is simple and easy to understand, it is still native to Qi country, and the rangers are stunned, the dignified monarch will actually make way for a small bug?

"Why can the praying mantis make the prince avoid it, because of his bravery!"

Tian Dan drew his sword, raised it high, and pointed at the Qin army that had gradually crossed from the south bank of Jishui to the north bank, he also knew that in a real fight, although his side had doubled the number of people, he still couldn't take advantage, so he could only take advantage of the Qin general's disdain for them, luring them to cross the water and attack halfway.

Coupled with his arrangements, there may be a fifty percent chance of winning......

This great cause of recovering Qi will die with a few flutters of wings, or can it be like the words of their Tian family, the phoenix is flying, and the song is loud, it depends on today!

So he roared: "Although we are small, but we have a sickle in our hands, we can't sit back like a cicada, not to mention, if there are a thousand praying mantises, ten thousand praying mantises, can't we stop a rotten and broken car?" ”

Tian Dan's younger brother Tian Heng also stood up and shouted loudly: "That's right, fight, we may die." Escape, or survive for a while. But if you stay, you can regain the glory of Qi, you can regain your former freedom, the light man does not need to hide in Tibet, the merchant does not have to be despised, and the farmer does not have to pay half of the rent, he must let the Qin people know that it is easy to take our lives, but if you want to enslave the Qi people and exterminate the fields, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky! ”

The Tian brothers knew what these people who followed them wanted, and for a while, the blood that had been cooled for a long time seemed to be ignited, and the most thirsty for chivalry in their lives was hot, and they also raised their swords, and said loudly to the people beside them:

"In this battle, I don't know if I know it, after this battle, we will be brave for the world!"

When the vanguard of the Qin army stepped on the land on the north bank of Jishui, what they saw was that tens of thousands of Qi people waved the weapons in their hands, as if 10,000 praying mantis were shaking their arms and blades, rushing towards them!