The Qin army array, which was one and a half miles away, looked like an endless wall, the morning sun was rising, the wind was cold, and the military flags on the wall were fluttering, making this long wall even more majestic. However, the eyes of more than 200,000 Chu soldiers and soldiers were not on that section of the long wall at all, they were looking at the red flag in front of the left army.

Seeing the king, he said that he asked for a chapter. Long Yang Yang, and Ling Yang Yang. There is a partridge in the leather, and there is a blazing light......

(The princes began to meet the king of Zhou and asked for a decree.) The dragon flag shows a bright pattern, the car and the bell jingle, the reins are decorated with golden light, and the whole team is dazzling and majestic)

After the retreat of the right army of the Qin army, the matter of saving people has been handed over to the ordinary soldiers, and the sword and shield bears after the fierce battle are once again in the ranks, protecting the chariot in the center of the patrol team and the bear thorn riding a pony between the spearmen. Under the rising sun, the team that patrols the whole army is as described in the Book of Songs: Long Yi Yangyang, and Ling Yangyang, the huge armor on Xiong Jing's body, the huge sword of the sword and shield hand, and the huge iron spear tip of the spearman, all of which are shining in the morning sun.

"I'm Wang Yingwu!" The soldiers knelt down like a tide, even if many people knew the military rules that the intermediary did not worship.

"I'm Wang Yingwu!" More people bowed to Xiongjing, including the officers on the chariot. This had to make the palace guard shout like yesterday, 'Don't worship'. But this is no longer useful, at the suggestion of the right history, the palace guard changed the name to 'the king said: free courtesy'. This was useful, and when he heard the 'forgiveness', the soldier at the head of the bow stood up suddenly.

The Qin army's surprise attack in the morning was fatal, according to the report of Pan Wusheng, the commander of the left army, the left army suffered at least more than 4,000 casualties, and the corpses left by the Qin army, including those killed by the sword and shield soldiers, were only more than 1,000 people. Walking in the front of the left army, Xiong Jing had already seen the tragic situation after the attack: the width of the 1,000-person army array, there were basically no armor soldiers in the front row, and most of them were Mai soldiers. It is impossible for the people listed in the first row to be without armor, and there is no only explanation that the armor in the front row has been killed by the Qin people.

The patrol team that was slowly moving forward suddenly stopped, but it was actually Xiong Jing who stopped. He saw a blood-stained rhinoceros soldier in the procession, his hair bun was completely disheveled, and he lost one of his leather shoes, and he was standing barefoot on the dry grass, with undried blood on his hand, even if the Qin army retreated, he held it high in his hand, ready to cut it down at any time.

"What's your name?" Xiong Jing looked at him and sighed softly.

"Your lord, boy Shen Rong." I thought that the king was just here to inspect the earth, but he suddenly asked his name, and Shen Rong was stunned before answering, his vest was full of sweat.

"Shi Shen, but after Gongzizhen?" Shen Tong, the county was originally given to the son of the king of Chuzhuang, so he was called Shen Yin. Shen Yin originally meant Shen County Yin, and he didn't want the word Shen Yin to become a clan, so he was born in Sleep County.

"The kid is humble, he doesn't dare to humiliate the ancestors, he only belongs to Shen, but he doesn't dare to belong to Shen Yin." Shen Rong's face is bitter, he is naturally after Gongzizhen, but after more than 300 years of reproduction, there are more than 100,000 people in Shen Yin of the Yuxian clan, and some declining branches can only be changed to Shen.

"King, Shen Rong is the queen of my clan! It's a pity that hundreds of princes' sons and daughters, now only ...... are left" Shen Yinxi, the general of the county, wanted to cry without tears, yesterday as soon as he returned to the camp, he summoned the children of the princes in the division to inform the king's order, and in the morning most of the prince's children voluntarily lined up in front of the battle, but no one could have imagined that the Qin people would come as soon as they said it, most of the first line of armor soldiers were killed and wounded, and Shen Rong was one of the few survivors.

"Give the sword!" Xiong Jing nodded heavily. The first three lines of the army were heavily killed and wounded, and the children of the princes listed here naturally had to follow the law of the jungle and eliminate them. Only those who are strong, intelligent, and lucky will survive.

"The king has a life, give the treasure sword." The cavalry of the Chu State did not mention it, and the cavalry knife was kept and not issued. Right Shi objected to giving these huge iron swords to the useless Yue people's apprentices, but it was natural to give them to the children of the princes who dared to stand in the first column.

The cavalry knife was quickly served, and the length of four feet and three inches was amazing, and when Xiong Jing deliberately drew the knife out of its sheath, the snowy blade immediately made everyone's eyes straighten. "Woohoo, sword!" Shen Yinxi couldn't tell the difference between a sword and a knife for a while, and unconsciously whimpered. Shen Rong was also stunned, his ancestors had also left a sword, but it was only a bronze sword less than three feet, how could it compare to this sword that was four feet three inches long and snow-white?

"Get on your knees!" Xiong Jing put the knife into the sheath, and the dazzling brilliance suddenly disappeared, and everyone was at a loss.

"Boy, thank the king for the knife!" Shen Rong bowed down after kneeling, and at this time he completely forgot the fear and remorse just now.

"Remember, bravery is honor!" Xiong Jing stared at him closely, as if he wanted to engrave these words in his heart.

"Boy, remember, bravery is honor!" Shen Rong met Xiong Jing's gaze and repeated the words.

"Good." The knife was finally placed on his raised hands. Xiong Jing said behind him again: "Write down his name." ”

Shen Rong was not the only one of the remaining princes and scholars of the left army, and at Xiong Jing's request, the remaining fifty-eight people were listed in front of the military array to give swords. More than 120 other wounded were also given their names, and if they were not dead, they were given swords; As for the deceased, following the practice of later generations, Xiong Jing gave him a military flag wrapped in his burial, and his name was recorded in the book and enshrined in the Yingdu Temple.

Honor, the glory of the dead, the glory of the living. This is perhaps the cheapest thing - a two-kilogram cavalry knife is not worth a thousand dollars because it is not forged repeatedly, even if it is exquisitely made; The price of military flags is cheaper, seventy or eighty yuan for ordinary linen, eight or nine hundred yuan for silk, and a slave and maid sells for at least ten thousand yuan, but this is the most precious thing, so precious that people have to fight for their lives.

"King! Villain, villain...... Defy. "After the knife was given, when the inspection team was about to leave the left army, two soldiers from the column chased after them, followed by the captain who kept cursing, these two people left the battle without authorization, which had violated military law.

"What?" Xiong Jing pretended to be serious and looked back, he knew that this day was coming, and he could only treat it with a normal heart.

"The king: Two commoners, carrying people's heads, are shouting disbelieving." The temple man said, "Now the two have been stopped by Wu Chang." ”

"Why not?" Xiong Jing didn't mean to let go, but asked.

"I don't know." At this time, a man who looked like an officer rushed over. "The king, the last general has no way to restrain him, please punish the king!"

"What the hell is going on?" Xiong Jing looked at him, this was the military rate of Chen County's division. Chen County is a big county, except for the 10,000 people who are defending Chengyang, these more than 10,000 people belong to the Left Army. As for the defenders of Chen County under the siege of the Wei army at this moment, they were pieced together by the strength of each county.

"King Yu, such a common ......" The military commander gasped, he seemed to want to say something in a crepe, but the words couldn't be organized, so he had to say simply: "The two apprentices are unwilling to see others giving them swords." ”

"Can they be ranked before the army?" Xiong Jing had already guessed what was going on.

"King Yu, exactly, the two of them also killed Qin Pawn." Jun Commander added. "However, these two are not the children of the princess."

"Isn't it?" Xiong Jing asked him rhetorically. "Who said that the treasure knife is only given to the children of the princes?" Xiong Jing was stunned when he said the military rate, and the right Shi on the car behind him also shook his head frequently, but Lian Po was smiling and nodding. "Call them over." Xiong Jing ordered.

Chen County is a county of merchants, and merchants are naturally realistic and shrewd. The king urged the children of the princes to be listed in front of the military array, and announced that 'in the future, the selection of officials will be selected from the first three lines ......of the military array', and the most important thing is the latter sentence: 'If the children of the nobles are insufficient, even if they are commoners, as long as this person dares to fight bravely and can enter the school and succeed, he can also become an official. ’

The common people in the other divisions didn't care about this kind of news, but the shrewd people in the Chen division couldn't sleep at night after hearing about it. Many people fantasize about being able to be in front of the battle, then enter school and graduate, and finally become an official. Early this morning, the front of the military formation was crowded with people, and everyone was grabbing the first three rows - Chen County has been a transportation pivot since ancient times, and commerce is prosperous, and the more prosperous the business, the more poor people there are, and the poor to a certain extent, then they will take risks and become rich.

The two apprentices of Master Chen, who were brought to Xiong Jing by the military leader, were the disciples of Lu Zuo in Chen County, and if history had not changed, they would have been sent to Yuyang by Qin II twenty-nine years later.

"The villain meets the king." When the two apprentices saw Xiong Jing, they immediately bowed down, as if they were terrified.

"Why are you dissatisfied?" Although Xiong Jing tried his best to silence his voice, the child's voice was still crisp.

"Your Majesty," said one of the two prostrate, looking up. Although he was wearing armor, his face was withered and his skin was dark. "The villain Chen And, hearing that the king once said: Sima Lu, who stands in front of the military array, records his name. If the children of the first three elements of the nobles are insufficient, they are commoners, as long as this person dares to fight bravely and can enter the school and succeed, he can also be an official. ”

Chen Erzhi's words were closely related to the 'first three lines', Xiong Jing smiled at the corner of his mouth, and nodded: "No, I have this to say." ”

"The villain is brave, seeing that the king gave the first three noble sons of the three elements to give the sword, and then ......, we also stood at the front of the military array, and the Qin people were also beheaded when they came, so I felt unconvinced, and asked the king to atone for his sins." It is rude to look directly at the king, and Chen can only roll his eyes up and look at him secretly.

"Rude!" The commander next to him immediately reprimanded: "How can the sword given to the noble person give you such a pariah!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Xiong Jing drank the military rate, and then looked at the two of them and spoke: "Behead the Qin pawn, the army has its own meritorious reward." The gift of the sword is given to the brave and faithful people of the first three elements. The sons of the noble have their own faithfulness, but what they lack is bravery, do you lack bravery, but are you faithful? ”

Xiong Jing's question stopped Chen He, courage is to kill the enemy, this is easy to judge; But what is faithfulness? And how can a person be judged to be faithful? How can a Luzuo pariah be said to be faithful? The most important reason why they went on the expedition was that they were forced by Chu Fa and officials, and it is difficult to say that it was voluntary.

"Return, return, return......" Another unadorned apprentice muttered louder and louder, he didn't want to go out and shout something to disobey, what was given to the children of nobles, how could a pariah like himself have a share?