CHAPTER XVI

The flag fluttered between You Que and the three armies, and the width of this space of seventy paces was nearly ten miles, except for trebuchets and crossbows, only a column of men and horses was moving on the empty field. Xiang Yan, Peng Zong and others, who were looking at this team, were very worried that Xiong Jing would collide with the military formation, but the flag first moved forward, and then turned right, probably trying to go around to the front of the military formation from one end of the right army column.

"How can this be?" Peng Zong looked at Qi in a daze, he received a report early in the morning that he didn't send the king out of the camp last night, so he knew that Zhou Wen and Yangyu had messed up the matter.

"Today, the Qin army will not go out of the camp to line up, and the king will inspect and inspect." Xiang Yan's eyes were still fixed on the flag, which was getting more and more to the right. This is the direction of the sun, and ten thousand golden rays of light are swaying on the earth from the east, and although there is no warmth on the face and hands, the hoarfrost on the dead grass is melting and disappearing.

"The king ordered each division to record the names of the first three lines of armor for later use." The commander of the Chinese army was not worried, and someone quickly told him what happened to the division of the expectant thinking. "The king also asked the princes why they didn't stand in the first line."

"General Guan, how can the children of the Gong clan stand in the first line?! There is a difference between the noble and the low, that is the position of the common people. "There are many generals around Xiang Yan.

"The king also stands in the first row!" Yiyang Jun coughed heavily, and the division of Yiyang, which was the right army, temporarily returned to Youque.

"How can the king stand in the first row?" Under the surprise of the generals, more people asked questions.

"yes. How can the king be in the company of the common people, this... This is ......"

"In all battles, the king stands in the first ranks, and the country does not hear of it. The ceremony cannot be abolished, the king is young, please ask the general to admonish the king, the king is respected, and you must not be in the company of the common people. Higashino said. As the left army, the division of Lu Di is also in Youque.

"It is true that the king is listed in the first line, but in ancient times, the brave were all listed in front of the battle, and the weak were lined up behind." Peng Zongben also objected to the king being in front of the formation, but he was not used to listening to the tone of the generals, and he knew that the son of the noble man was lined up in the background. "The king is heroic, and the words listed in front of the battle will definitely boost the morale of our army, and our army will win a great victory in this battle."

"Not good!" Someone stretched out his hand to the right, only to see the array of the right army fluctuating, and the whole army was waving and shouting: "Zhao! Illustrious! Illustrious! ”

"Why did the Right Army exclaim?" The generals were shocked, but fortunately it was not night, otherwise they really thought it was a camp roar.

"Zhao! Illustrious! Illustrious! The chaotic shouts of the right army at the beginning gradually converged into one, and the 20,000 Yue soldiers shouted in unison, which was deafening, and the other three armies were all shocked and did not understand what was wrong with the right army.

"General, the Yue language 'Zhao' is 'king', and the Yue pawn is calling for the king." Seeing that the general's face also changed, the strategist behind him hurriedly explained, and the generals were relieved after hearing this.

"General, with such morale, this battle will be won." The whole right army was crazy, not only did they shout loudly, but they kept jumping, and the apprentices in the formation could not see the king, but could only jump.

"Great King ......" Like Xiang Yan and the others, hundreds of palace armor were also startled by the shouts of the right army, and the spears in their hands were all aimed at the Yue pawns in front of them. Fortunately, Xiong Jing's right history knew the Vietnamese language and knew that they were shouting 'Wang'.

"What should I do?" Beads of sweat were already on Xiong Jing's head, and he was behind the right army array at this time, and he had not yet turned to the front of the right army formation.

"This is after the military formation, and you are not allowed to salute." You Shi not only knows the Yue language, but also understands the military salute, he stroked his beard and said: "The king should go around to the front of the battle and pay tribute to the soldiers." ”

When the monarch looks at the court, he needs to bow to the ministers first, and his surname is different, and the surname is different, and the surname is the same. After three rounds, the ministers returned the salute, so that the court meeting officially began. Xiong Jing knows that Tu Yi is just to push down his hands at the height of his chest.

"Zhao! Zhao's cry is like thunder, where Xiong Jing is there, the soldier's eyes are looking. Xiong Jing no longer waited for the palace armor escorted on foot, but rode his horse quickly to the front of the battle and saluted the soldiers.

There were only twenty people in the twenty rows of military formation, and the front row may have armor, and when they arrived in the back row, only colorful linen clothes remained. Whether it was armor or sackcloth, they all shouted loudly in the queue with weapons in hand. The polite officers kept stripping off their shirts and saluting Xiong Jing, and the common people who did not know how to be polite had never been so close to the king, and they looked at Xiong Jing with burning eyes, and they had forgotten to shout, and they did not understand why their king saluted him.

"Soft and soft, Chang Lai Ze Yu Changzhou Prefecture......" Suddenly someone sang, the song was in Vietnamese, Xiong Jing couldn't understand, only to rush over the right Shi with elegant translation.

"Soft and soft, what is the day of the day, the formation of the battle

(What a good day this morning [I was in the army] with a spear?) )

Chang Lai Ze to Changzhou Prefecture today He Rixi, and the king of the same field

(With whom did you stand in this field?) and you, the king. )

The state is ashamed of Qin Xuxu and is not ashamed

(Thanks to the king's good intentions, I am extremely ashamed of my humility)

Manyu is stubborn and stubborn, and he has to meet the king

(How I wish I could see the King, [I finally saw it today])

There are trees in the mountains, and there are branches in the woods

(There are bushes on the mountain, and branches on the bamboo)

With the heart of the river and lake, you don't know

(Did you know?) How much I have a lot of admiration for you in my heart)"

The right army, which was about a kilometer wide, slowly advanced under Xiong Jing's gaze, and every two hundred meters he walked to the soldiers. Every soldier was singing, and the song had been used with all their strength, and their faces were red and their bodies were hot.

Nanban tongue, even if the lyrics are translated into Yayan, Xiong Jing can't understand what they are singing, only that each of them is watching themselves, and everyone is singing. Xiong Jing believes that after this, even if everyone dies in battle, these soldiers will have no regrets. However, they were ragged, barefoot and hairless, only the first three rows of soldiers had armor, and none of the back rows, and the halberd spears were also of uneven length, and some were additionally tied with hemp rope, probably because they were worried that they would not be strong, although they had come all the way, Xiong Jing did not know that their equipment was so broken when they were not armored.

"How many cavalry swords did we have with us?" Xiong Jing stopped his horse and asked back.

"There are only a few hundred. Don't suffer from widowhood but unevenness, the king can't ......" You Shi guessed the meaning of Xiong Jing and hurriedly stopped it.

The cavalry knife is for the cavalry, not to mention the reward for the Yue pawn, even if it is not enough for the rider, Xiong Jing had to give up when he heard this. But he didn't give these soldiers anything, and he really couldn't help it: these ragged apprentices had walked thousands of miles to sell their lives.

"The last general has seen the king." The handsome man of the right army, Yang Shoes, rode his horse and hurried forward.

"No courtesy." Xiong Jing's eyes glared at him, "Why is the Yue Pawn Armor so ruined?" ”

"King Yu: The armor of the Yue Di is all left by the Yue Kingdom in the past, and it has been too long, so it is ruined." Yang replied stiffly.

"Ridiculous! It has been nearly 70 years since the first king destroyed Yue, and he has not changed his armor for 70 years? Xiong Jing was very dissatisfied.

"The last will know, but not yet." Yang Xu had to answer truthfully. When the king of Chu Wei was the strongest in the Chu country, there was still a rebellion in Yue when the king of Huai, so he did not recruit troops in Yuedi, although King Xiang had conscripted the soldiers of the eastern land, most of the soldiers who could be conscripted were the pawns of the counties and towns of Huaishang, and there was only one time, and the soldiers of the Yue Di soldiers were also such soldiers, and then there was no war, so the armor soldiers of Yue Di have not been replaced and updated, and they are old and dilapidated.

After Yang Lu finished speaking, You Shi added, and Xiong Jing asked helplessly: "Is there still armor in the big camp?" At least the first three lines need to be prepared. ”

"None." Yang Xu's answer disappointed Xiong Jing again. "It is not easy for the last general to complete the armor, and there is no good armor."

"Is Yue Di so poor?" Xiong Jing sighed. He knew that the wars of this era were all about soldiers providing their own food, weapons, cattle and horses, and armor. Some materials, such as military rations and weapons, are distributed by the state, but these are still taken from the people, and cattle and horses have to be purchased at their own expense. The appearance of the soldiers can only show that they are very poor.

"King Yu: Yue Di is not as good as the Central Plains, although there is no starvation, there are few rich households." Yang Lu replied that he had been Sima in Yuedi for many years and was familiar with the local people. "The soldiers of Ran Yue dare to die, and they are not comparable to the soldiers of the Central Plains."

"The people who dare to die have no rhino armor, but the rhino armor soldiers are listed behind the battle, what kind of battle is this?" Xiong Jing couldn't help but sigh with emotion, no longer took care of Yang Xu, and went straight to the Chinese army array in the singing of Yue Zu, Yang Zhu only looked at him blankly after listening.

The Chinese army formation was four kilometers wide, with 4,000 men in each line, and the thickness of 20 men totaled 80,000 men. In addition to the Yingshi Division, there are also the Divisions of Xixian, the Divisions of Qisi, the Divisions of Tate, the Divisions of Xiyang, the Divisions of Xiacai, the Divisions of Juchao, the Divisions of Zhongli, the Divisions of Feiling, the Divisions of Shuxian, and the Divisions of Jianyang......

They did not sing like the right army, but shouted 'Meet the king', especially the division of Yingdu, many people still bowed between the arrays, and the arrays immediately became a mess. Seeing this scene, Xiong Jing had to turn his head to look to the north to see if the Qin army had left the camp. Fortunately, there was no movement in the north, and some were just three hundred paces away from the Qin army knights watching from a distance.

"Let them not bow down." Xiong Jing commanded left and right when he saluted.

"The king has a life, but he doesn't worship it. The king has an order, and the intermediary does not worship ......" It is better to shout than to shout, and Gong Jia immediately shouted. There is no such prostrate person.

"The minister has seen the king." Banners stood in a forest, Xiong Jing slowly went west, and finally came to the front of the Xiyang Division, Zeng Fang ran out to salute.

"The Master of the West Sun." Only two battalions were inspected in the morning, and Xiong Jing naturally remembered that everyone had armor in Xiyang's division.

"It's the teacher of Xiyang." Zeng Fang said loudly, "The minister remembers the king's order, and has ordered the sons and daughters of the nobles in the division to be at the forefront of the military array. ”

"Great goodness!" The first group of the Xiyang Division was indeed dressed in extraordinary armor, and Xiong Jing was very happy to see it.

"King Yu: My division swears to the death and will break the Qin army." Zeng Fang shouted another slogan, and Xiong Jing was even happier when he heard it.

"If all the divisions are like the divisions of Xiyang, why should the Qin people be afraid?" Xiong Jing only looked at the first line of armor soldiers, and didn't see Zeng Fang's eyes blinking.