Chapter 3: The Drums
Whether Tian Luo agrees or not, Shi Yi will lead the army to leave, and the only thing hindering Shi Yi's action is the night. Under the cover of night, Shi Yi had ordered the whole army to pull out the camp tomorrow. On the second day, when the wind and snow stopped, and the rest of the divisions and brigades were still making food, the 30,000 men took the lead in pulling out the camp, stepping on the snow, and marching along the straight circumference to Linzi, which was 130 miles away.
As a Qi person, the general Tian Luo naturally understands that the problem of Qi is between the ointment, and the corruption of the powerful is even deeper into the bone marrow, and the Qi State can only fight a small war, and it can never be a big war. Small wars can produce elites, and they can fight a dozen, but if the whole country fights and mobilizes the pawns of the common people who 'have old grudges and do not fight', then the whole country will collapse. What he hopes most now is that the Qin State will not break its promise: when the Chu army attacks Qi in a big way, 100,000 Qin troops can help him resist Chu.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion of Linzi City, the highest-level combat meeting discussed diplomacy, war preparations, corn price reduction, and benefit the common people; At the post station outside Linzi City, the Jixia Society sacrificed wine Chun Yu Yue and others were saying goodbye to Qu Guang.
Qi and Chu are at odds with each other, and now they are facing a war, and although Quguang has tried his best to ease relations between the two countries, it has achieved little success. Today, after receiving the instructions of Yingdu, he is finally going to return to China.
"Qu Zi is gone, I don't know when I will see you again." After a few years of getting along, Chun Yuyue and Refractive have a deep relationship, and today they are very reluctant to say goodbye.
"The world is about to fall, and Chu Qi will not fight for long even if they fight each other." Refractive was also reluctant, but he smiled. "After the war, the king should also send me to meet freely."
"The heart of the Qin people swallowing the world is known to women and children, and the Three Kingdoms Alliance is the policy of preserving the country. How could the king ......, alas! Speaking of the war, Han Zhong, who saw him off together, couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Chu is the left arm of Qi, and Zhao is the right arm of Qi, although this right arm is not very obedient, but the left arm is strong and can suppress the right arm. The Three Kingdoms Alliance is to equip the Qi State with two arms, so that the body lives in the east, watching those two arms fight to the death with the Qin people. If you don't do such a good thing, you have to marry the Qin people.
"The king was confused by the victory, so he did this act of cutting off his arm." Another gentleman from the school lamented.
"The sons think it's a pity, but I think it's a please." A gentleman who is not like a gentleman is not worried but laughs. "I saw that Chu was discussing foreign courts, and the feelings of the common people reached the court, and the Chu people attacked me, which is a great benefit."
"Soldiers, fierce also." Chun Yuyue looked at this gentleman in Ge Yi and grass shoes, and understood what he meant, so he did not refute it directly. "If Qi and Chu are undefeated and undefeated in the war for three years, what will Song Zi do?"
Song Zi is Song Yi, right different from his ancestor Song Yu, with the weakening of the Qi State, the common people are gradually awakening, vaguely, he feels that the common people should not be satisfied with the status quo, as for the status quo and what kind of state should be satisfied with, he has not understood it for the time being. The prosperity of the Jixia School Palace has passed, and the hundred schools that were fighting at the beginning have been the dominant Legalists, and the sons who thought that there was no repetition of the world's doctrine were surprised to find that the Chu State was actually reinstated.
The strength of the country must be relied on by doctrine, that is, the so-called reform of the law. Although no one in the Chu State wrote books and said, and no student said that the Chu State used its own doctrine, and those who were pro-Qin and praised Qi were even more likely to scold the Chu government for being cruel and unkind, but the political system of the Chu State still attracted the attention of the Jixia Society. Song Yi once went to Yingdu in person and personally met the Chu foreign court.
In the Qi State, the common people had no power, they lived only by continuous labor, and most of the wealth created was plundered by the merchants, and the wealth obtained by the merchants would be seized by the government every once in a while, and most of them actually went into the private pockets of the powerful. The common people of Chu are different, they elect their trusted armor soldiers, and these armor soldiers speak to themselves in the outside court.
If the State of Chu destroys Qi, wouldn't it be a good thing that the common people of the State of Qi can stand outside and speak to themselves like the State of Chu? But it is also possible that it is like what Chun Yuyue said: Qi Chu fought for several years without winning or losing, and the common people were unlucky.
The sun had risen very high, and Refractive had no intention of witnessing another argument from the gentlemen at the time of parting, and he said to the gentlemen: "After returning to China, I will definitely meet the widow and relay the words of the princes. ”
"There's a laborer." Chun Yuyue took the lead in returning the salute.
"If the king of Chu can defeat the Qi army, I hope Qu Zi will speak, and ask the Qi country to also carry out Chu politics." Song Yi also returned the salute.
"Only." Qu Guang smiled when he heard this, and then said goodbye to everyone again and boarded the car.
As Wu Jiheng said before, every time the cold front crosses, there is always a strong wind and heavy rain, and at this time the sea also becomes extremely tyrannical, and the huge waves several feet high are accompanied by the fierce howling of the north wind, swallowing everything on the sea.
On the first day of February, it rained heavily in Langya, and the rain seemed to be poured down directly from the sky and splashed on the roof of the temple. Xiong Jing under the curtain is offering sacrifices to his ancestors, asking them to bless this cross-sea expedition. The noisy sound of the rain made it impossible to hear his chanting, but fortunately, the sacrifices were all customized, and the skilled witches cooperated with the sacrifices, and there was no mistake in the slightest.
And the Suzaku on the sea, several pairs of eyes have to pay attention to the barometer erected in the stern every once in a while. When a cold front passes, the air pressure drops first and then rises, and the air pressure will return to normal after a complete transit. They hoped that the air pressure would return to normal as soon as possible, and once it returned to normal, Yingshi could set off and sail to Bailing Island, which was 1,200 miles away.
"It seems to have risen." It was raining heavily, the stern was dark, and it took a candle to see the mercury in the glass tube. At this point, Hg is no longer at 71 mm, but has risen to 73 mm, indicating that the cyclone is far away and the weather is gradually returning to normal.
"Indeed, it has risen." It was the second batch of trainees who constantly checked the barometer, and the witch who had to be reported had to be seen in person to rest assured. Captain Hong Mu also followed, and Wu Ji said: "The cold front has passed, you can return to Langya." ”
"The cold front has passed?" Hong Mu also glanced at the barometer, but his tone was uncertain.
"Yes." As he spoke, the waves struck the port side of the Suzaku again, splashing onto the deck. "You can return to Langya."
The sea area where the Suzaku is located is not far from Langya Harbor, but under the strong wind and waves, it still sails into the bay until the early morning of the next day. By this time, the heavy rain had long stopped, and the people in the harbor were repairing the roof. No one knows when the bad weather will end, and since the rain has stopped, it is always time to make up for the roof.
As soon as the Vermilion Bird entered the port, Xiong Jing knew, and as soon as he saw the Wu Ji Heng he had seen, he said, "Leng Feng has passed?" ”
"Your Majesty, the cold front has passed." The witch said, knowing that time was already tight, and the army was waiting for Leng Feng to cross.
"Is it possible to have another cold front?" With no satellite weather forecast, Xiong Jing was worried that his soldiers would be swept away by the waves.
"The king, the minister doesn't know." Wu Zhiheng is not surprised by Xiong Jing's problem, there are already many cold fronts in winter. According to the textbook, cold fronts occur on the north and west shores of the blue ocean and the east coast of the green ocean, and are most common in winter. "Ranchen thinks that February is approaching spring, and cold fronts are not frequent."
"What about Ruofa? The freeboard of the war boat is not high, and it is not as strong as the sea boat. Xiong Jing hesitated. Although it was not an Inchon landing, it was an adventure to cross the Yellow Sea in the cold weather of February.
"If that's the case, the Great Priest will bless you." Wu Jingheng's devotion to the gods was better than Xiong Jing, who had distracting thoughts, and Xiong Jing couldn't help but be stunned when he heard him say 'the Great Priest's Blessing' very calmly. He once again remembered that the route across the Yellow Sea was opened in the Tang and Song dynasties, and the ancients could use this as a route, so naturally there was a reason for the ancients. Moreover, the battle of the army is not foolproof, the manpower cannot reach the sky, and the three-day row is really going to meet the cold front again, and it can really only be 'blessed by the great secretary'.
"The minister was Buzhi last night, Ji Ye." Jun Sima Zhuang knew Xiong Jing's hesitation, and he expressed his opinion.
"Your Majesty, time is running out, and we can't afford to delay any longer." Deng Sui also said that he has been counting time.
"The Great King...... Several division commanders and cavalry generals also looked at Xiong Jing.
"Command the whole army," Xiong Jing took a breath and said, "Set off when the tide rises." ”
It seems that he has been waiting for this moment for too long, and King Xiong Jing gave an order, and the generals said loudly: "Respectfully accept the order!" Then the generals withdrew. At this time, it is only more than four hours before the high tide, and if it is late, you can only set off at night, which is very inconvenient.
The Yellow Sea is a semi-diurnal tide, which means that the tide rises twice a day, about 12 hours apart. On the west coast of the Yellow Sea, due to the influence of topography and the deflection of the earth, the tidal range at this time is still two meters. There were four divisions in the Yingshi, and there were no more than 30,000 cavalry, and nearly 40,000 people plus the boys and transport force. There are more than 200 boats of 40,000 people, and most of these boats are docked in Langya Bay and Ligan Bay, and they can avoid hitting the reef when the tide is high.
After a month of targeted training, the divisions were still a little flustered after the order to set off, and the commanders, honorable soldiers, partial commanders, and even the commanders had to be told again and again so that the soldiers could avoid too many mistakes. But it was the cavalry that really panicked, and more than 4,000 war horses had to be loaded onto the war boat, which was a difficult task. The cold front has gone, the waves are still turbulent, and some war horses are allowed to be whipped by the boys, and they can't live or die in the war boat.
They had no choice but to lift their horses to the boat, or even use a crane to lift the horses to the boat. Fortunately, not all horses were like this, and after some of the stubborn horses were carried up, more horses were loaded onto the boat and crowded into the improvised stables in the middle of the Great Wing Warboat. When the tide rose in the afternoon, more than 4,000 horses finally boarded the boat.
"Please King Haizhou." Xiong Jing didn't wear a fox fur, and like ordinary soldiers, he wore a jacket, only a blood-red Wei Ben suit on the outside. The sword was no longer delicate, but the standard king's sword, more than five feet long. As he walked out of bed, a group of courtiers invited him to board the Suzaku instead of the Winged Warship.
"No, is it a woman?" Xiong Jing looked at his courtiers and smiled instead of being angry.
"The king is the king of a country, how can he be in danger." Right Shi was helpless, he knew that Xiong Jing wanted to share weal and woe with the soldiers.
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