Chapter 19: Qin Trouble
After besieging the city for half a year and fighting dozens of times, how the spearmen of the Chu army lined up and how to fight, Meng Wu and Wei Yi naturally looked at it. The battle between the inner and outer cities is just that, and the battle for the earth city is more obvious because it can stand on the palace wall and be condescending. And the Chu people had less than 10,000 spearmen to resist the onslaught of the 30,000 Qin army, and the two naturally had the idea of imitation.
Relying on the huge armor and blades taken from the dead Chu soldiers, the broken and discarded Yi spears were replaced with wooden ones, and then the soldiers who were familiar with the tactics of the Chu army were selected, and finally trained according to their own observation and understanding, and a 150-person Yi spear formation came out.
The Chu army's spear formation, which had resisted the Qin army and killed the Wei army and abandoned its armor, appeared in the Xianyang martial arts field. Although the armor has dented scratches, the nail pieces are bright and dazzling; Although the spear is new, the tip of the spear is still cold and shining; Although the queue is thin, when the five rows of spears are placed horizontally, the dense spearheads who see them shake their heads.
Zhao Zheng looked at the spear array and didn't speak, only gloomy face. At present, the Qin State has 15 million Dingkou under its jurisdiction, and among these 15 million people, there are more than 4 million Fu men. The height of the soldiers who can go into battle in leather armor is more than seven feet four inches (1.70cm), and the age of the infantry soldiers in other counties is under forty years old, and the age must be strong and fast. In this way, choose one of the five people, and there will be 800,000 troops of the Qin State.
The physical fitness of the Qin army's individual soldiers, except for the Zhao State and the Yan State of the Six Kingdoms of the Kwantung Kingdom, the other countries are not comparable at all. However, Zhao Guoding's mouth is only more than four million, and Yan Guo's mouth is only one million, even if the physical fitness of the soldiers can compete with the Qin soldiers, the number is not comparable. Once even the five-foot pawn (113, 115cm) goes into battle in the field, it is an adult beating a child, and there is no suspense at all.
The state of Chu is located in the south, and its height is already shorter in the north, and there are less than three million in Dingkou, and there are only 16 or 70,000 elite soldiers who can be selected, and no more than 200,000 at most. This is only macroscopic, in fact, Lu Di and Song Di were unable to fight for a long time because of Confucianism and Mo. It is equivalent to saying that the most elite soldiers in the Chu State who can really fight field battles are more than 100,000, and the rest are inferior pawns.
The army of 250,000, including 100,000 Qin soldiers, could not defeat the 150,000 army of the Jing people. Zhao Zheng could not forgive such a failure. Meng Wu and Wei Yi made a Jing spear formation, and then boasted that Qin Pawn couldn't defeat Jing Pawn, he was naturally even more angry. It's just that the battle is not won or lost at the moment, and the anger in his heart can only be endured first.
Zhao Zheng's face was gloomy, and the generals beside him, such as the general Gong Gong, the old general Zhao Shan, and the young Tu Sui, were also stunned when they looked at the spear array. Because the king was here, they could only whisper.
"What does Tu Qing mean?" Zhao Zheng likes young generals, such as Li Xin and Tu Sui.
"Your Majesty, the formation must be long and short, long to save the short, short to protect the long. This formation does not fit the formation, and once our army's opponents get close to him, the formation will be chaotic. Tu Sui said, but he said: "General Mengwu has fought against Xiang Yan twice, when he is familiar with the Jing people formation, he will risk his life to invite the king to watch the Jing people's spear formation, there must be a deep meaning." ”
"The minister also thought that the Jing people could defeat our army in a row, and there must be something to be meritorious." Gong is a great general. The people who came down from the battlefield were not civilian officials, not temple people, and they did not know how to pretend to be wrong, they only recognized reality. "The minister asks the king to order him to fight in real battles, so as to know the secrets of the Jing people."
"Great King, since General Mengwu has put the blame for the defeat on the Jingren spear array, he should really fight it." Zhao Shan also said, he is the clan of the Qin State, and his eldest son Zhao Wan is standing next to him, and he also has a younger son named Zhao Tuo.
"Command it to fight in real battles, and the winner will be promoted to the third rank." was said by the two old generals, Zhao Zheng also had the intention of real war. If the spear formation is defeated, then there is nothing to be sorry for, if the spear formation wins......
"The king has an order, this battle is a real battle, and the winner will be promoted to the third rank." Zhao Zheng and the others stood in the north of the martial field, and the five elements guards in front of them were heavily guarded, because they were worried about accidental injury or killing, and neither side could be equipped with bows and crossbows. The temple people ran over from afar to announce the king's order, and the spearmen were in high spirits when they heard the words, and they all bowed to Zhao Zheng and shouted: "Thank you for the king's knighthood." ”
The shouts of the spearmen made Gong Gong and the others laugh. The guards are the best of the best, not eight feet tall but also seven feet eight inches (180cm), and everyone is strong, otherwise they would not be able to show the majesty of the king. With the smiles of the generals, a team of guards holding halberdium spears slowly came from the other side of the martial arts field. At the sight of them, the smiles of the spearmen vanished, replaced by a solemn one.
One hundred and fifty spearmen were exactly three tuns. These three spearmen were arranged in five rows, and the width of the formation was thirty columns. There were less than 100 sets of captured armor, which could only make them barely armor in the first three rows. The tun commander was in the center of the front row - this was discovered by Wei Yu, the spearmen of the Chu army all stood in front of the formation rather than behind the customary formation, and the two feet and four feet of Yi spears were held diagonally in their hands, and they were not raised above their heads like the Chu army.
'Knock knock knock...... 'Knock knock' The drums were beaten, and the guards, who were a hundred paces apart, began to march forward, and when they reached fifty paces, they galloped again. The martial field was not grass, and dust was raised from under their feet.
"Kill ——!" The three tun grew up and drank, and the tip of the spear was instantly raised, but it was still held in his chest. Although the height of these people who crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood was not as high as the guards, once the murderous aura overflowed, the guards who were only used for honor guards every day were disgraced. They also ran towards the guards with their spears, but the difference was that the first one or twenty paces were the small runs, and the last ten steps were the big runs.
The spearman's scream shocked Zhao Zheng's heart, and he seemed to feel the bloodshed of the battlefield in this shout. Gong Bi, Zhao Shan and the others nodded unconsciously, this was the Qin army they were familiar with.
"Ah......" The guard at the forefront of the guard was stabbed through the rhino armor by the spear as soon as he received the enemy, in his eyes that could not be believed, the spear passed through the entire body, from behind him, the second row of halberders in the running could not avoid it, and he crashed into the spear, but fortunately his hand held the spear and did not let the spear body stab him again.
"Abandon the spear!" The three tun chiefs were born in the same mouth, which was actually the password of the Chu army. The spear that could not be drawn was abandoned by them, and the blade on his waist was withdrawn. Under the sun, the light reflected by the blade made Zhao Zheng suddenly think of Queen Mi Qian.
"Kill!" Thirty spearmen rushed into the guard's formation and slashed with their blades. Tu Sui was stunned in an instant! He said that the Jing people's spear formation did not fit the formation, and once our army's warriors approached him, the formation would be chaotic. But once the halberd in the front row of the Qin army is finished, Jing Ren pulled out the huge blade on his waist, and it was actually the Qin army that really didn't fit the formation.
The guards were tall, but the taller they were, the more clumsy they became, and they held beryllium spears of about four meters in their hands, and once they were approached by these spearmen with five-foot blades, they were immediately killed and screamed. Between life and death, they had forgotten that the king was by their side, and they had forgotten the king's order that 'only victory and not defeat' would be achieved, so they abandoned their troops and fled backwards.
Zhao Zheng's face immediately turned black, and he seemed to have been slapped twice, and his face was hot. The 30,000 guards were the Miyagi guards he trusted and relied on the most, and they couldn't defeat the soldiers sent back by Meng Wu from the battlefield at will.
"Kill!" He shouted viciously, and after shouting, he gritted his teeth and said: "Fight again, if you win, you will be promoted to the third rank!" ”
"The king has a life, kill the fugitive! You wait for another battle, and if you win, you will be promoted to the third class! The fleeing guards soon died in the arena, and the victorious spearmen were elated. They are more or less knights, just now promoted to the third class, the person with the highest title is already an official doctor, and the official doctor can be exempted from military service if he is promoted to a public doctor, and the third level is a fifth doctor, and there can be 300 households.
Suddenly, the rumbling drums began again, and another group of guards came in formation. They were clearly instructed, with the spear-wielding guards and beryllium-wielding guards at the front, and the shorter halberds at the back. Both sides shouted wildly in the sound of the drums, and then rushed to each other again, and the martial arts field was dusty.
'Poof, bang, bang' The guards were all stabbed by the spears during the exchange ......of troops, and the two-zhang long chief spears in their hands were also stabbed by the spearmen, but unfortunately the bronze spearhead could only make a bang on the giant armor, and they couldn't be stabbed at all.
"Kill!" Once the spearman who abandoned the spear and drew the knife came forward, the guards were killed in pieces, even if the back row of Ge came forward, it was useless, and the bronze Ge was cut off by the treasure knife. The battle was quickly decided, and the last remaining fifty or sixty guards were wounded and surrounded by spearmen.
"Widow ......" Zhao Zheng no longer has the vigor of a young man, he stepped off the car to see those spearmen.
"King!" Zhao Gao, who understood what he meant, was shocked, and he hurriedly stopped: "If the king wants to take a look, summon a few people to come close." ”
"Yes." Zhao Zheng stopped when he heard this, and several spearmen covered in blood rushed over with shocked faces, and the iron scarf on his head was not removed.
"Tell the king: Although the spear of the chief is hit by his body, he will not enter!" In addition to the guards guarding the screen, Zhao Shan and others personally stepped forward to inspect the spearmen. Just now they saw the guards stabbing the spearmen, but none of the spearmen fell to the ground, of course, because of the armor. At this time, when I touched it, there was indeed a depression in the middle of the spear, but the armor piece was intact.
"Tell the king, the blade is more than five feet long, and all the slashes will be broken!" Zhao Shan took out the spearman's bloody sword and sighed helplessly.
"Wei Qing," Zhao Shan looked at Wei Yi and saw that he was still naked, so he got out of the car and untied the thorns tied to his body, held his hand tightly and said, "The meaning of Shangqing is unknown to everyone." ”
"Minister......" Wei Yi's tears gushed out, and he broke free from Zhao Zheng's hand and worshipped: "The minister has a negative king, and the minister is also guilty of capital crimes." ”
"Qing is not guilty, Qing is meritorious." Zhao Zheng lifted him up from the ground again. "Do you know the size of Jing Ren's armor?"
"Xiang Yan's army, the army is in nine lines; The army of King Jing has six elements of armor, with a total of 670,000 people. There are more giant blades, and half of the thorn pawns have huge blades. Wei Yu cried. In addition, King Jing also has an iron horseman, the war horse is covered with leather armor, the knight wears huge armor, when he rushes into battle, he holds a spear, and after the spear is broken, he draws his blade and slashes and kills, even the Yiqu people are not opponents, and General Xin Wu is killing them.
Therefore, the general said, 'At this time, there are still few iron cavalry of the Jing people, and the foot soldiers are not all razing spears, if they are given respite, it will be more difficult to win the next battle'. The general asked the king not to attack Zhao, and should send an army of 500,000 to destroy Jing first, otherwise, Jing will become a disaster for Qin! ”