Chapter 54: The Drums
At the southernmost end of Bailu Plateau, under the ridge of the mountain is the valley where Taoyu water flows eastward to Gongchuan Shui, and the valley is about 100 meters lower than Bailu Plateau, which is basically equivalent to the altitude of Lantian County. Above and below the plateau were the tents of the Qin army, and they often looked at each other.
In the next spring, the sun is setting, and the red appearance is no longer the posture of drying people to a person, but the world is still stuffy, but the wind on the hill is not blowing the military flags in the camp tent, and the soldiers on duty are blown by this cool breeze, and suddenly give birth to some comfort.
When the Jing people attacked, the officials and military officials were in a panic and sent soldiers, and many people entered the camp and set off with a pestle. When I arrived in Lantian, I learned that the soldiers of Guanzhong County were all here. Hundreds of thousands of armor soldiers gathered here, and the general Meng Wu led hundreds of thousands of troops to reinforce, and those who were originally worried about the Jing people coming are now a little afraid that the Jing people will not come - the hundred generals, the tun chief, and the army commander are all discussing: If the Jing people come, such a victory will be waiting to grab the first rank.
Is the head of the enemy you killed yours? That's dreaming. Grabbing the first level is a profound technology, paying attention to the time, place, and people. The so-called time of the day is naturally the victory or defeat of the two armies of the enemy and us, only if our army wins a big victory, at least it is undefeated, can we have the order to grab the head, otherwise it will be the same as the battle of Jiyi, and the whole army will be annihilated;
The location is advantageous, one is the position of the military formation where they are located, and there are differences between the front and the back, the left and the right. When encountering a strong army, the front row suffers; When encountering a weak army, it is a loss in the back row. In addition to their own position, there is naturally the position of the enemy, sometimes the enemy hits, sometimes the enemy hits the side, and the method of battle is ever-changing. If you stand in the right position, the head can bury people, but if you stand in the wrong position, then there will be no harvest.
The above are not things that can be controlled by individuals, and what individuals can really influence are only people in the same army. If the people in the same army cannot be united, even if the head is tied to the waist, they will be snatched by others. If you go to ask for it, a person is weak, and if he encounters a little horizontal, maybe the other party will stab him with a few swords, and he will become a head.
The white deer plateau under the breeze is not quiet, and when the smoke gradually rises on the military stove, the military market in the north of the plateau is lively. Compared to the barracks, where military law is strict, this is a place of leisure. Restaurants, wine shops, women's markets, as long as you have money, you can have fun.
The Jing people disappeared, and the most likely scenario was that they wandered again, leaving only 10,000 or 20,000 people to feint at the Lanchuan Valley Road, and the rest all wandered back to Nanyang to wait for the forty Qin troops led by Li Xin. In view of this, Zhao Zheng's king ordered to quickly leave Lantian County, and spread along the line of Weishui, the Yellow River, and Cuihan to Li Xin, who was advancing into Nanyang County. At the same time, the military secretary also began to prepare for the demolition of the embankments of Lanshui, Liuyu, and Shimen, and notified the rear party to transport Dazhang to repair the burned plank roads.
From top to bottom, the tension and vigilance of the past five days seemed to disappear at this moment. It's already spring sunset, and the sky will be completely dark in just over an hour. Taking advantage of the rare leisure before the meal, Huang Mian and his teammates pulled Xia Yang to the military market. They naturally came to the military market to drink and have a good time, and Xia Yang wanted to buy a pair of wide-mouth shoes that foot soldiers often wear, and he couldn't go to the battlefield barefoot.
When he put on his feet and put on wide shoes, Xia Yang still wanted to buy another set of armor. The existence of the trapped soldiers is just for the sake of fighting, and they can't run fast at all when they put on the armor of twenty or thirty Qin catties, and even if they can run fast, they are not flexible when fighting. The most important thing is that a set of leather armor cost more than a thousand years ago, and he simply did not have so much money.
Xia Yang was standing in front of the armor shop, and when people saw that he had no armor on his body, he was tortured with ink on his face, and they all avoided him. There are two kinds of people in the Qin army that no one dares to provoke: one is Ruishi, who is tall and horse-tall, holding a long beryllium, and one can be ten; The second is to trap soldiers, donate armor and clothing, drink and fight, and half of them will be killed or injured, and no one will be returned in the worst cases. Who's going to care about the dead, isn't it?
"Now that you have done it, what is the gentleman doing here?" Out of nowhere, he was followed by a dozen of his comrades, most of whom were drunk. In a state of preparation for war, the trapper battalion supplies alcohol, and once they are not prepared for war, the trapper can only go to the military market to buy alcohol.
"Nothing." In two days, Xia Yang seemed to have adapted to the new identity in front of him, and he looked back and smiled. It's a pity that the injury on his dark face has not healed yet, and his face hurts when he smiles. "It's just that I want to buy an iron sword."
"Sword? Hahaha......" A half-drunk trapper laughed, he turned out to be one too. "What is the use of the two armies against each other, the short one, the long one, the spear, and the sword? The sword is not as good as the pen in the hand of the gentleman. Sir, don't forget ......, go back to the camp and help me write ......"
"If you want to help me, help me ......and so on, I please... Mr. Drinking. A few other trappers also said.
can read and write, and be looked at everywhere. Although there were special scribes in the army to write letters on behalf of the soldiers, they had to queue up, collect money, and some important (self-interested) words were difficult to explain. Xia Yang can write, help people write family letters without charging money, people in the same team, people in other teams, when there is no Shangguan to call him sir.
"Mr. doesn't like to drink, I invite Mr. to the women's market." Someone is more generous, and a trapper named Retort wants to invite Xia Yang to go to the Great Health Care.
Before Xia Yang could say no, he became excited when he heard about the female market.
"It's a big move, how long can I be happy?" It will be dark when the car is suspended, and you must return to the camp before dark.
"The women's market is very expensive, with your hundred and ten dollars, do you want to share a daughter with your husband?" Someone asked with a smile.
"It's better to wash off your white shares, so that Mr. and I can have a good time." More coarse to the voice, this person has a black face and many beards, three big and five thick.
"Hahahaha, hahahaha...... "A team of eighteen trappers, the black face is the captain, and the black beard is his diehard. His voice was so loud that everyone laughed as soon as he spoke.
Even Xia Yang smiled very heartily, even if his face hurt, but the drum beat at this moment. The sound of the drums was very subtle at first, so subtle that it was difficult to hear, and the military market and laughter were noisy, but the black face was still alert at the first time, "Beat the drums too!" Walk! ”
As soon as the wine jar in his hand was thrown, he immediately led everyone to the exit of the military market. The military market and the big city are all the same enclosures, with only few entrances and exits. Now the drums are beaten, and the soldiers in the military market will run to the exit. It is extremely important to get out of the military market as soon as possible - the function of the drum is to gather the soldiers, and one drum is 330 mallets, even if it is slow, it will only take more than two minutes, not more than three minutes. Gather troops and beat a maximum of five drums. If they don't arrive, those who come later will definitely have their heads cut off.
After all, he was a trapper who was good at fighting, and from the time he heard the drum to the time he shouted away, he was already more than a dozen steps away. And he did not walk through the street, but jumped into the middle of the road behind Zajia, and the crowd followed him, and like a tornado, he swept behind Zaijia, who was sitting with his back to him, and rushed to the gate of the big city five hundred paces away. At this time, the other soldiers heard the sound of the drums and reacted, and these people also hurried to the exit of the military market, but there were not many people on the street, and a bunch of people were crowded together.
"Mr. Lift." When he ran to the gate of the city, he couldn't help shouting when he saw Xia Yang falling last.