Chapter 11 The Breeze on the Mountaintop
At this time, the remnant sun is like blood. The more than 10,000 soldiers standing in the Qiansang military camp were solemn and solemn, quietly waiting for something.
The generals followed Li Guang into the general's tent, and half an hour had passed at this time, and there was still no news coming out. Within half an hour, two more military reports were sent to the general's account. One is from the county town of Shangdu on the north left, and the other is from the county town of Duoka on the north right. The content of the military newspaper is roughly similar: the Huns invaded, and there were more than 5,000 people who controlled the strings, burning and looting all the way.
If Qin Cheng saw these three military reports, then he would find that the situation facing Shanggu County now was exactly the same as what he had analyzed with Le Yi at the beginning. The Huns were divided into three routes, and the three sides marched together. The Xiongnu on the left were the troops that had previously invaded Daijun; The Xiongnu on the right were naturally the troops who had invaded Yuyang before. After these two armies burned and looted in Daijun and Yuyang, they did not withdraw directly to the north, but surrounded Qiansang from left to right! And the more than 5,000 troops in the north are the troops led by the Xiongnu Zuoxian prince!
Shanggu County originally built a large number of pillboxes and beacon towers, once the Xiongnu army invaded, the beacon towers warned and transmitted information along the way to Qiansang, and the pillboxes were used for the surrounding soldiers and civilians to take refuge! This is also the anti-Hungarian strategy that Li Guang implemented from the beginning of his appointment as the county guard of Shanggu County after the siege of Mayi, and the source can be traced back to Li Mu's strategy against Hungary during the Warring States Period.
It's just that, unlike in the past, the army that invaded Shanggu this time not only had the army led by Prince Zuoxian, who was going south from the north, but also the army that broke into Shanggu County from Yuyang, Daigun, one left and one right, so it was really unexpected to advance on three sides, which made Shanggu County fall into an extremely passive situation for a while. And the previous soldier came from the jurisdiction of Shangdu County, because he was unexpectedly hit by the Hun army, so he looked miserable. Otherwise, like the two later soldiers, the guards of the county town came quickly after seeing the beacon fire.
How to send troops has become the most testing issue for Li Guang at present.
Half an hour later, Li Guang took the lead in walking out of the general's tent, stepped on the general's platform, and glanced at the more than 10,000 soldiers in front of him, with a serious face.
The Qiansang military camp was filled with the atmosphere of slaughter, and occasionally a few small birds flew up from the forest, and they also screamed a few times, and then quickly flapped their big wings and flew away in a hurry.
The eyes of more than 10,000 soldiers fell on Li Guang's face at the same time, and their eyes were full of indignation, hatred, heat, expectation, and excitement.
"More than 15,000 Huns rode on three sides to invade our upper valley, and the situation was critical. Now, Ben General ordered, except for one infantry to guard the county seat, the rest of the soldiers went out of the city with Ben General to attack the Huns! Tomorrow at the end of the day, eat at three o'clock, and go out at the end of the day! The whole camp is ready now! ”
"No!"
After Li Guang finished speaking, the more than 10,000 soldiers who had been waiting for this moment for a long time roared in unison.
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After all the tests were dispersed, the entire Qiansang military camp began to prepare for the expedition in full swing.
And Qin Cheng, the newly promoted military officers, don't have to wait until tomorrow, they will take office that night. Fortunately, Qin Cheng was only directly promoted by two levels, and was not transferred to other tuns, so the procedures were much simpler. But when I returned to the barracks, the bright moon was also hanging high.
Before walking to the barracks, nine soldiers were lined up in a standard military posture in the moonlight, standing in the open space outside the room, and the person at the head was Dong Chu.
Qin Cheng strode towards this queue and stood still in front of them.
These nine people are none other than the nine soldiers of Qin Cheng. Qin Cheng also knew that according to the convention, on his first day in office, they would receive their own lectures outside the barracks.
Before crossing, every time Qin Cheng received a group of junior brothers or absorbed a group of junior brothers from the enemy into his command, he always had to find a time to gather everyone together to give lectures. If nothing else, at least let them know who their boss is.
After Qin Cheng stood still, the nine soldiers saluted in unison and said in a loud voice: "What's the chief!" ”
Qin Cheng returned a military salute, but did not speak immediately, but first looked at each soldier one by one from left to right. He undoubtedly knew all nine of them, for they had been living in the same barracks for nearly a year. Some of them have a good relationship with Qin Cheng, some have had unhappiness with Qin Cheng, and some have bullied Qin Cheng - such as Dong Chu. But from today on, they are their own soldiers, the first batch of subordinates after they came to this era, and their own capital at the beginning of this era.
As Qin Cheng coldly swept over the faces of every soldier, although everyone could not see his eyes clearly at this time, every soldier he had seen still clearly felt the cold aura emanating from Qin Cheng's body, and after scanning it again, no one dared to look at him.
Even if this person was called a "deserter" yesterday.
The most complicated feeling in his heart is Dong Chu, but now Qin Cheng obviously has no leisure to figure out his psychological feelings, or what Dong Chu is thinking Qin Cheng already knows in his chest.
A soldier who has been mediocre for a year and has been bullied by himself for a year has become a hero who he can't touch overnight under his nose, and he will have to look up to his nose in the future, and no one can accept it immediately, and if there is no idea in his heart, then there is a ghost!
"If anyone has doubts about my strength and thinks that I am not worthy of being his chief, stand up now, and I will give him a chance to hit me." After Qin Cheng walked from left to right, he returned to the front of the queue, looked at the soldiers in front of him, and said lightly with a smile on his face, the coldness just now disappeared all at once.
Looking at Qin Cheng's faint smile, everyone felt relieved in their hearts, and the sense of oppression that Qin Cheng had brought them just now disappeared all at once. At this time, some people who originally had thoughts about Qin Cheng were moved in their hearts, and some even had a faint urge to stand up.
"I'm glad to accompany me in hand-to-hand combat, long knives, and even archery, and if anyone beats me in any of these subjects, I'll give up the position of chief." Qin Cheng's smile looked harmless and sincere.
But when the soldiers heard this, they were shocked. Just now, some of them were still thinking, with his usual understanding of Qin Cheng, Qin Cheng would never be able to win against him. But when Qin Cheng said the three subjects at once, they were suddenly shocked, Qin Cheng was already the leader of the whole camp in two of the subjects!
This "deserter", the soldier, is no longer the mediocre Qincheng of the past! Yes, he's not the same person anymore! He's changed! In the past, he couldn't even beat himself, how could he be the leader of the whole battalion?!
And now standing in front of him is no longer the Qin Cheng from before, but the proud son of the army!
"Why, is there no one?" Qin Cheng asked, and after making sure that no one answered, Qin Cheng suddenly put away his smile, and the expression on his face immediately became cold, the same as when he first came back. Suddenly, a depressing atmosphere slowly spread again.
"So, you all agree that I'm the strongest soldier?" Qin Cheng, who put away his smile, immediately turned cold when he spoke.
No one responded, and no one dared to look directly at Qin Cheng, and everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at the ground. They all felt that the Qin City in front of them was so strange, as if they had never seen him before. The aura of his whole body has completely changed.
"Don't you all have long mouths? Answer me, yes and no?! Qin Cheng suddenly roared.
"Yes." The soldiers were startled by Qin Cheng's sudden roar and immediately responded.
"Very good, it seems that Chief Benshi's military order will still work in front of you, is that so?" Qin Cheng's tone was cold, and he felt a chill in his heart when he smelled it.
"Yes!" The nine soldiers said in unison. It's all here, who dares to say it's not? At this point, can you say no? You can't beat people.
"The great war is coming, and I will serve you for what I have done. If you have any unresolved troubles at home, be sure to inform me tonight, and I will report to the army for you. However, once we set out on the expedition, we can no longer have worries in our hearts, and killing the enemy is our only mission. Do you understand? Qin Cheng's tone softened, and his gaze was no longer sharp.
"No." Seeing that Qin Cheng's complexion had improved, the soldiers were relieved in their hearts and immediately responded.
"Disperse!" Qin Cheng shouted a password and stopped talking, but he stood still and didn't move.
"No!" The soldiers answered, and went back to the barracks, but no one spoke, for they all found that each other's foreheads were covered with sweat.
Qin Cheng followed everyone and finally entered the barracks.
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When the war really broke out, Qin Cheng's state of mind calmed down. He had experienced countless nights like this before crossing over. Every time he made a plan of action and prepared to lead his brothers to fight after the early hours of the morning, Qin Cheng would always lock himself alone in a room before the action, smoking silently and not saying a word.
No one knew what was going on in his mind at that time.
After all the soldiers in Shizhong fell asleep, Qin Cheng went out of the barracks alone. When he walked out of the barracks, Wu Daliang, who had not moved, turned his head and his eyes fell on the door of the barracks.
At this time, there was no half a figure in the barracks except for the guards on duty, and the burning bonfires lit up the barracks, which seemed particularly empty and quiet. Qin Cheng walked alone in the barracks, and the cool breeze blew, which seemed to stretch his shadow a little.
Coming to a small hill in the camp, Qin Cheng sat down casually, then raised his head and looked at the starry night sky.
It was the sixth night in a row that he had been to this place.
The whole hill is overgrown with weeds, except for the top of the hill, which is bare. Around the mountain, there are several large trees that have lost their leaves, and their thin branches move slightly in the cool breeze.
Qin Cheng has been sitting like that, and I don't know how long it has been, and during this period, his posture has not changed.
After a long time, Qin Cheng moved, but he knelt down facing the south and kowtowed three times.
"Mother, the son is not filial, you take care of ......"