CHAPTER XVII

Those who are familiar with it know that Zeng Fang is an old fox, and at this time he has not won the praise of the king, and he is still thinking about how to rely on the king's appreciation to get some benefits. It's a pity that this is in front of the formation, and the division of Xiyang is too small, and the width is only one hundred and fifty people, and Xiong Jing will soon be finished. The division of Xiyang is close to the division of expectation, with more than 10,000 people and more than 500 people in the array. Just like in the morning, before Xiong Jing arrived, Fei did greet him.

"Good." In the morning, Xiong Jingyi said that now the people standing in the front row of the division of anticipation are all noble children wearing rhino armor. He rode his horse and swept in front of the formation, and then turned back to the middle of the formation, and asked in a loud voice, "Do you know why the descendants of the princes are in front of the formation?" ”

It seems that he didn't think that the king would come to inspect again, and these noble children listed in the front row didn't know how to answer for a while. It was only after Xiong Jing asked twice that someone had the courage to answer loudly: "Tell the king: We should be the king's forerunner." ”

"Anything else?" Xiong Jing bowed his head to the person who spoke, this answer was a reason, but not the reason he wanted.

"Speak to the king: We shall be in front of the battle when we receive the blessings of all the peoples." Someone else answered. Unlike the man in front of him, this man is Sven.

"Anything else?" Xiong Jing asked again, and this was still not the answer he wanted.

No one answered. Not for the king, nor for the peoples, so why? For yourself?

"You are waiting in front of the military formation, because you are waiting for the strongest people in the future, and it is natural for you to be in front of the formation." Xiong Jing looked at the more than five hundred noble children in front of him and said. Another sentence suddenly burst out of his mind: "The milk tiger roars in the valley, and the beasts are terrified." The falcon tries its wings, and the wind and dust are sucked up. The strong should not be loyal to the monarchy, not for the people, do you know? ”

"The kid knows." The crowd answered. Xiong Jing's reason is unethical, only heavenly principles, if it is usual, even if such a truth is not refuted, it will be discussed by others, but this is the battlefield, it is the front row of the array, even if it is true, I also think it is true.

"King Jing is looking at his soldiers in front of the battle?!" The Qin army camp, no one dared to believe the news in the mouth of the cavalry.

"The villain's words are true, please be clear to the general." At first, he couldn't believe that the king of Jing Guo actually came to the front of the battle to watch the troops, but the flag, the voice, and the palace armor made him have to believe it.

"Everyone knows that the sanitation of Jing country wears red. The spear armorer mentioned by the rebuke is definitely not the red clothes of Jing Kingdom. "A flaw was pointed out.

Everyone nodded and was about to believe it, but they didn't want Meng Wu to say: "Jing Guowei is dressed in red, but the eldest son of Jing Guo has the fifteenth time of the East Palace, this is not a red clothes." It is expected that the eldest son of Jing Guo will not be long on the throne, and the person who guards him should be the armor of the East Palace. Meng Wu said, and said, "Prepare the car." ”

The intention of preparing the car is naturally to go out to see, and the short-term generals will not dare to slack off, so they hurriedly go out to prepare the car. A quarter of an hour later, Meng Wu led his men out of the camp. The Qin army's military camp suddenly rushed out of nearly 10,000 people, which immediately aroused the vigilance of the Chu army, at this time Xiong Jing was still in front of the Chinese army array, and Youshi, whose face was pale with fright, hurriedly said: "The Qin army is going to war, please return to the camp!" ”

Xiong Jing's whole body was also a little stiff, most of the time he could talk and laugh was because the Qin army had not left the camp and lined up, and now that he had actually come out, he was naturally apprehensive. "Why did you go back to the camp before you finished your patrol?" He said stiffly, with a trilling tone in his tone.

"Dangerous before the war, please return to the camp." Right Shi was so anxious that he got out of the car and knelt down, there had never been a king between the two armies, and Xiong Jing was looking for death in his opinion.

"Please return to the camp!" The sergeants and soldiers in the right history also heard it, and they were also worried that something would happen to the king in front of their eyes, so they crowded the troops and exchanged troops, and the twenty-line thick array immediately gave way to a path three or four people wide.

Xiong Jing turned to look at them, but did not answer, nor did he look at the narrow passage. After that, he continued to march towards the left army, not to mention the speed, but slower than just now. As soon as Xiong Jing left, Youshi had to get in the car to follow closely, and Gongjia was also listed on the outside.

"The Qin people went to war, and the ministers invited the king back to the camp." Going down is the division of Xia Cai, who will worship Cai Chi as soon as he sees Xiong Jing.

"Don't go back to the camp naturally after the inspection." Xiong Jing's face was faintly blue, which was frightening and angry.

"King, the Qin Martial Knights have crossbows, if they ......" Cai Chi said urgently, and he didn't dare to say anything more later.

Cavalry, the cavalry of the Qin army was the greatest fear of the generals of the Chu army. In addition, the cavalry with tactical maneuver can also launch surprise attacks or flank charges, so that the opposing infantry does not dare to break away from the formation in small groups, because once they break away, they will be ruthlessly killed by the opposing cavalry.

In the era of artillery, the side that was controlled by the enemy's cavalry and forced to defend itself was often overwhelmed by the artillery that the opponent slowly and slowly transferred. According to Xiong Jing's unreliable memory, the Sichuan Baipole soldiers who went to Liaodong at the end of the Ming Dynasty, or perhaps the last Qijia army, were forced to form a formation by the Manchu cavalry to protect themselves and were killed by artillery.

Fortunately, the Qin military knights did not have stirrups, nor heavy armor, and were equipped with Qin swords in addition to arm crossbows, and those cavalry with long soldiers were just horse infantry, and did not have all the combat power of the cavalry of later generations. But even so, the martial knight also worried Xiong Jing, in case these martial knights who don't want to die as long as they come to charge without armor, they will have to explain here.

"It's really King Jing!" The generals of the Qin army, who had already marched to a mile away from the Chu army's formation, saw Xiong Jing riding on a small horse, and Meng Wu, who had Lu Lijing, looked more carefully: under the banner and behind the palace armor, a young man was dressed in shining iron armor, calmly listening to what the general was reporting to him, his face was solemn, but he didn't look at his side.

"How old is King Jing?" Meng Wu, the king of Chu in Lu Lijing, is estimated to be more than ten years old, which is not in line with what he knows.

"General, it is said that he has not yet broken his teeth." The people on the left and right replied, not knowing why Meng Wu asked.

"Fetch my bow." Meng Wu looked up and ordered.

"The general wants to ......" The generals were startled, thinking that Meng Wu was going to shoot King Jing.

"General." The bow was quickly retrieved, and Meng Wu took it, twisted a white feather arrow, and let Mide gallop forward. As soon as Meng Wu ran, the short soldiers behind him also ran.

The Qin army was like this, the Chu army was naturally shocked, and the palace armor was already in the front line, and the officers of the Chinese army held the bell while shouting, ready to let their subordinates rush out of the military formation to protect the king at any time; The crossbow officer behind the array was urgently preparing for a test firing. Xiong Jing was also stunned, could the Qin army have a character like Yang Youji, who wanted to shoot himself with an arrow.

"Drive! Drive! "The north wind blew the flags whirring. Under the banner, Mengwu's royal hand rode the horse hard, and the car ran not in a straight line but in a diagonal line. The short soldiers on both sides were tightly guarding the chariot, and this place was too close to the Chu army, maybe he was already within the range of the crossbow.

"Put!" The commander of the crossbow company behind the Chinese army shouted, and the first arrow fired by the base crossbow flew away angrily. The crossbow flew three hundred paces and landed near the Mengwu cavalry.

"General!" This is the general of the short soldier is in a hurry, if the main general is shot by the Jing people, the law will kill all their short soldiers.

"Don't panic." Meng Wu had already drawn his bow and arrows, but the arrows were not aimed at Xiongjing, but at the sky. 'Boom! With a bang, the white feather arrow in Meng Wu's hand finally shot out, and his target was a flock of low-flying geese overhead. The arrows flew and the geese fell, and the geese also let out a wail, and immediately flapped their wings and flew higher.

"Hooray! Banzai! When the Qin army saw that the main general had shot a wild goose with an arrow, he shouted long live. Although Mengwu's short soldiers were only 4,000 people, the shouts of these 4,000 people made the Chu army fall behind. The unconvinced Chu army archers looked up and saw that the geese were far out of the range of the bow, and it was impossible to shoot one in return.

The shooting of geese in front of the Mengwu array was a complete false alarm, and Xiong Jing felt wrong after thinking about it after sweating. This is simply the Qin people's technique of fighting and fighting, your king dares to watch the troops in front of the battle, but our main general can shoot geese in front of your army, who is stronger than whom?

"Can't lose momentum! Go, let Gong Yin knife throw a round of fire bombs, and use my flag as a signal. Xiong Jing commanded left and right. At this time, there was a chariot slowly coming from the Qin army array on the opposite side, and there was only one person standing on the car, very young, without a bow and crossbow.

The chariot got closer and closer, and when it was thirty paces, it was stopped by the palace armor that was already arrayed. The person in the car got out of the car and said, "Kid Meng Tian has seen the king of Jing Kingdom. After that, he took out the wild goose that he had just shot down, and said loudly: "I am very fortunate to know that the king is here." At the time of the year, the sacrifice of birds has not arrived, and those who dare to eat all the servants. ”

Meng Tian's words were very polite, and he used the words of the Chu army to the warrior Che Youshu Feng during the battle of Chu and Jin: "Since this year is not yet in season, the birds and beasts that should be offered have not come, and I would like to dedicate it to your entourage as a meal." ’

The geese were shot for demonstration and to demoralize the Chu army; In addition to offering geese as an ancient ceremony, it also means to let his son see who this king of Chu is. Gifts from foreign ministers, even if they are enemies, must be accepted as long as they are in line with etiquette. Xiong Jing had to ask Gong Jia to make way of a passage, let Meng Tian go in front of him, and let his entourage take over the wild goose in his hand.

Receiving gifts from foreign ministers can be given back or not. Xiong Jing didn't have anything to give in return, so he just said: "During the war, Chu and Qin were still allies, why are they facing each other and fighting against Yu Ye today?" Since he has received the gift of General Meng, he should have a reward. If you don't give back a word, please tell General Meng: Don't approach our army 500 steps! ”

Five hundred steps is already one and a half miles, and the range of the crossbow is only more than three hundred steps, Meng Tian didn't believe it in his heart, and said: "Remember, boy, when you return to the camp, you must tell my father." ”

"Go ahead." Meng Wu retired, got into the car and went away.

"Father, King Jing said: Since you have received a gift from your father, you should have a gift in return, and the reward will be one sentence: Do not approach our army for 500 steps." After Meng Tian returned to the camp, he said, the generals were surprised and laughed when they heard it, and Feng Zheng laughed the most presumptuously: "The unmarried child, his words are credible?" He was frightened by the general's arrow. Haha, hahaha......"

"What is there to fear from the king of the future, our army should destroy this dynasty." Li Xin didn't smile, but he looked at Chu Jun with deep contempt. In his contempt, the flag was shaking, and Gong Yin Dao, who was in the battle formation behind the trebuchet, shouted: "Release!" ”