Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Drums of War

Qiu Yi thought about it, it was really possible, Ye Hua, as a captain of Zhaoling, was born with a righteous reputation for the soldiers in the county, although this army was a volunteer army, it was still a subordinate of Ye Hua, the county lieutenant, in the county. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

It's just that from the establishment of this army to the completion of the army, it has always been arranged by Gong Zhang, the commander of Zhaoling, who is nominally a subordinate of the county lieutenant, but in fact is a subordinate of the county magistrate. If the soldiers are fine, Ye Hua wants to have military power and has to discuss with Gong Zhang, who is the county magistrate. But the soldiers were in chaos, and Ye Hua could take the opportunity to seize power in the name of Gong Zhang's domination.

Qiu Yi asked: "General Che Laotun, if I don't move, will the Ye clan dare to forcibly annex our department again?" ”

Che La said with a smile: "The old man heard that the Ye clan forcibly annexed Houwei Qu yesterday when Qiu Junhou was not in the camp. But if Qiu Jun is in the camp, will he let him Ye Clan swallow up the soldiers? ”

Qiu Yi replied puzzledly: "Naturally not." ”

Che La clapped his hands and laughed: "That's right." Qiu Junhou can now stand still, just order his soldiers to put on armor and hold troops for defense, and then send an envoy to the rear camp to inquire, salute first and then soldiers, and let them not make noise in the military camp, so as to avoid misunderstanding among friendly troops. If you don't listen, you can beat the drum of the main general's gathering troops and make it quickly assemble in front of the school in front of the Chinese army's big tent. If you don't listen again, you can attack it with an army. ”

Qiu Yi pulled his face and said dejectedly: "Why is it so troublesome? ”

Chelahaha laughed and said, "If you are the commander of this army, you can directly order the attack and kill." But you are not the commander of this army, just a soldier. ”

Qiu Yi asked again: "If I beat the drum of gathering troops, will the other armies come according to the order?" ”

Che La said: "Even if a small pawn beats the drum of gathering troops, the whole army must be ordered to assemble. Otherwise, you can beat the drum and be acquitted. ”

Qiu Yi sighed: "I am not the commander of this army, and it is also a sin to beat the drum of gathering troops without authorization." ”

Che La turned his head away and smiled without saying a word. Qiu Yi gritted his teeth, and was about to give an order, not wanting to camp on the right side, the Yiqu army Hou Fang Ji suddenly broke in, raised his spear and rode his horse, with tears on his face, and called at the soldiers who were looking at each other outside their respective tents, and shouted: "Jiaqu's brothers, Ye Cun, the dog thief of the guard department, dare to murder my eldest brother. The brothers of Yiqu have all gathered, and the brothers of Jiaqu, you also quickly pick up the sword and follow me to take revenge and kill. ”

When the soldiers received the order, they immediately turned around and went into their tents to find their weapons. Qiu Yi was taken aback, Fang Ji didn't say hello to himself, he had not yet given an order as a candidate for the Jiaqu army, and the soldiers under his command were actually ordered by Fang Ji of the Yiqu army, which had to make Qiu Yi very dissatisfied in his heart.

Qiu Yi took a few steps forward, and shouted loudly to the soldiers who held the soldiers' tent and said, "This army has not yet given an order, which of you dares to leave the camp." ”

The figures of the soldiers couldn't help but stagnate, Fang Ji snorted coldly, and shouted: "Lao Tzu doesn't have time to pay attention to you, brothers, go with me quickly." ”

The soldiers were restless again, and most of them moved lightly, testing Qiu Yi's thoughts. Qiu Yi couldn't help but be angry, although Yan Ping was the previous military candidate of this song, but now he is the military candidate in charge. Fang Ji didn't ask himself, so he forced himself to summon troops and left, isn't this too much of a deception? Ye Cun deceived me, and you Fang Ji also deceived me, if you really have no anger.

Qiu Yi turned around and took the bow and arrow from Yu Hua's body, stood with the bow, and shouted, "Cheng Qi listens to the order." ”

Cheng Qi shouted violently and responded: "The subordinates are here." ”

Qiu Yi shouted: "Whoever dares to leave the camp without our military order will be killed." ”

Cheng Qi replied: "Get the order." With that, he pulled his knife and stood outside the gate of the small camp.

Each 100 people are separated by wooden fence antlers, which can block the enemy's march speed in wartime, and distinguish the garrison between each tun on weekdays. Qiu Yi's two tuns were very close to each other, each with two small doors in and out, but they also shared a gate at the same time. Cheng Qi stood still at the gate, which showed Qiu Yi's firm position, if anyone dared to leave the station, he would be a person who violated the order and could be killed.

Fang Ji saw that he couldn't summon the soldiers of Jiaqu, and couldn't help but point at Qiu Yi angrily: "What a son-in-law, Brother Yan has been killed, you don't think that we are all in a group, and you still want to stop Lao Tzu from taking revenge......"

Qiu Yi ignored him, turned his head and shouted, "Gao District, you go and pick out a team of guards for me first." General Che Lao Tun, General Tian Tun, you then quickly assigned your subordinates, put on armor and hold troops, and wait for orders at any time. Lu Ping, you are my messenger, go to the rear army headquarters quickly, inform Sima Yecun of the rear army department, and quickly stop the restlessness of the soldiers under your command......"

Lu Ping clasped his fists and asked, "Junhou, what if Ye Cun is gone?" ”

Qiu Yi said: "As long as you inform the soldiers of the rear military department, it is their business whether you tell Ye Cun or not." A moment later, the rear army headquarters was still restless. But come back and ride my horse to the city, and tell the county king, and say that the Ye family is in chaos in the camp. ”

Lu Ping replied: "Get the order." Then he quickly left the front camp and headed towards the back camp. After Gao Qu, Che La, and Tian Brown also bowed their hands, they took the men and horses they brought to distribute the command soldiers.

Fang Ji waved his spear hatefully: "The dog thief Ye Cun has already harmed Brother Yan, you son-in-law, you have to wait for a moment later, and you have to enter the city to tell the county monarch first." Can't you hurry up with me and go with me to take revenge and kill someone? ”

Qiu Yi glanced at Fang Ji at this time and said, "Fang Junhou, how do you know that Yan Pingjun has been killed?" Did you see it with your own eyes? ”

Fang Ji was stunned and said: "It was an acquaintance soldier from the Houjun Department who came to report, saying that not long after the eldest brother led the people into the Houjun Ministry's big tent, he heard a scream. Soon, several bloodied men were dragged out of the tent. Who is this Brother Yan? As soon as the soldier left the rear military headquarters, he heard the sound of swords and soldiers clashing from the direction of the baggage bend, what was it if it wasn't the Ye family's rebellion? ”

Qiu Yi asked, "So, the previous shouting was shouted by this person?" ”

Fang Jiying said: "Yes, it is this person. ”

Qiu Yi asked again: "Although Qiu Junhou is not in the camp, but his four sons are generals, can someone come to report the news?" Su Heng and Zhu Li's second armies of the Central Protector Military Department are waiting for Lao Cheng, did they also send people to ask for help, saying that Ye Cunzheng of the rear military department led the troops to attack the heavy song? There are also two wings on the left and right, are there also bad actions at the same time? ”

Fang Ji was stunned for a moment and shouted, "How does Lao Tzu know this." ”

Qiu Yi said: "Why don't you know anything, so impulsive? How do you know that this is not the Ye family's trick, waiting for us to send it to the door? ”

Fang Ji was suffocated again, and then said angrily: "Lao Tzu doesn't care about anything, Lao Tzu just needs to save Brother Yan." If you don't help me, Lao Tzu will go by himself. Then he turned and left.

Qiu Yi shouted, "Stop." In this big camp, the Ye family has thousands of soldiers, and my Zhu and Qiu families also have thousands of soldiers. If you are so brutal, it will only make us and the other two more passive. ”

Fang Jitou shouted disdainfully without replying: "It's strange that Lao Tzu believes in you." ”

Qiu Yi shouted loudly: "Believe it or not, but at this moment, you must not use your soldiers arbitrarily." ”

Fang Ji was silent, but hurriedly rode away with a look on his face. Qiu Yi thought about it and was a little worried, so he asked Yu Hua to lead the horse over, turned over and rode on horseback, and rode the horse with a bow and ran towards Yiqu in the camp on the right. As soon as he reached the camp gate, he bumped into Fang Ji who was the leader of the army.

Qiu Yi stopped in front of the door and shouted: "Fang Junhou, please bear with me for a while, and wait for my guards to come back." ”

Fang Ji took a few steps forward and shouted, "When Fang Cai was in your camp, you were in charge. Now in Lao Tzu's camp, it should be Lao Tzu who is in charge. Quickly dodge, if you delay Lao Tzu to save people, don't blame Lao Tzu's spear for not knowing people. ”

Qiu Yi hugged the bow and said: "When I was in my camp before, I may have something wrong in my tone, but I really think about Zhu Qiu Er's family, and I don't have much selfishness, and I hope that Fang Junhou will forgive me." ”

Fang Ji said angrily: "It's right that you are thinking about Zhu and Qiu Er's family, but Lao Tzu and Brother Yan are not servants of your two families, and they are only willing to do things for your subordinates because of righteousness, but you don't need to think about your two families in everything." If I say that my eldest brother can be saved, I will care what happens to your two families. ”

Qiu Yi was taken aback, he didn't want Fang Ji to think like this. If you know that being a subordinate means having the consciousness of being a subordinate, how can you not consider your superiors and act arbitrarily only according to your own heart? This is not the work of a righteous man. This Yan Ping still doesn't know his thoughts, but this Fang Ji is a righteous person with little loyalty. It seems that Zhu Mian has only surrendered his body, not his heart yet!

Qiu Yi stopped at the gate of the camp and wanted to speak, but Fang Ji was in a hurry, and he raised his spear to fight. Qiu Yi hurriedly dodged and rode away a few steps away. Fang Ji waved his spear and shouted: "Brothers, quickly follow Lao Tzu to the rear military headquarters to save people." ”

Qiu Yi saw that Fang Ji did not mention the matter of revenge and murder again, and after thinking about it, he still listened to some of his own words, and no longer thought that Yan Ping was dead, but just went to save people, and hurriedly shouted: "Fang Junhou, don't be impulsive when you arrive at the back camp, please be cautious and careful." ”

Looking at the figure of Fang Ji leading the troops away, Qiu Yi patted his legs and sighed: "Why wait for a moment, just beat the drum of the main general to gather troops, although it is a fake command of the main general, but it is not a crime to death, right?" At most, they were beaten with dozens of military sticks. ”

After thinking about it, Qiu Yi ran towards the military war drum in front of the Chinese military tent, caught up with Fang Ji's soldiers and horses halfway, and in the stunned eyes of Fang Ji and others, he boarded the war drum car next to the military platform. The war drum was made by an army of 1,000 men, only three feet square, placed vertically, and only one person was required to beat it. The war drums of the army of 10,000 will be six feet square, will be placed in a straight position, and will be played by four drummers at the same time.

Qiu Yimo thought twice about the sound of the main general's drums, picked up the drum hammer and struck it fiercely as usual. The war drums of "knock, knock, knock" sounded like thunder, and the sound of swords and soldiers in the rear camp immediately stopped. Soon, sparse conscription orders were issued one after another, and Fang Ji was also a little surprised when he heard this, and temporarily stopped in the middle military academy.

After a while, Yan Ping led more than a dozen people to come forward, and when he saw that it was Qiu Yi beating the war drums, he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Where is the county king? ”