"Cub, let's go! You don't have to remember these things. The old soldier's head standing in the dilapidated tiled house said to the cub.

"Hmm!" The cub nodded fiercely, and he looked at the bricks and trees of the dilapidated tiled house, the old wooden urns with peeling paint, the bed on the slightly higher ground, covered with yellow artemisia grass, the dirty sheepskin carpet stained with the smell of fish, and a few pairs of tattered wild miscanthus straw shoes under the bed.

He trembled nervously and wore thick-soled cloth shoes made of fine cloth, this was the first time he wore such a comfortable thing, he was not willing to stick it with his feet for a month and a half when he came to the Lantian camp, he only used the weeds in the mountains and forests to make straw shoes by himself, and the clothes he wore were made of black coarse cloth, which was the standard equipment of the Qin army.

This month's training period is finally over, and their own township party, including their own Tongpu armor, will join the Qin army under the guidance of General Lantian, as for the position of General Lantian According to the cub, this is a very big official position, and all the recruits are under his control, originally the Qin State did not have this position, but in the era of Qin Xiaogong Yingquliang, in order to train the new army, the Lantian camp and the Lantian general also came into being.

The cub's harvest in this month is that there are a few more coarse calluses between his fingers, which are different from the usual calluses that are used to handle the crops and farm tools, and his middle and index fingers have thick cocoons like leather pads, so that they can give the crossbow machine a smoothbore without being cut.

The Qin army equipped the cubs with such crossbowmen as black lacquered wooden crossbow machines that were shiny enough to reflect the shadows, as well as two sets of black coarse cloth clothes, without armor, in the Qin army, the armor was handed down from their ancestors, or made with their own money, and the cub's father had a set of family heirloom armor at that time, but his father died on the battlefield, and these things were abandoned. On the cub's back was a quiver, a cylindrical thing with a bamboo lid, containing twelve bronze arrows, bronze triangular arrowheads, and arrows made of bamboo or mulberry wood.

In the Qin State, there is basically no such thing as archers, only crossbowmen, compared to bows and arrows, which require long-term hard training, crossbowmen come faster and are more powerful, so bows and arrows are generally equipped by Qin army officers.

"Here we are." The cub fastened the quiver tightly and locked it behind his back with a long white rope, and these arrows could not be lost, otherwise they would be subject to military law, and in severe cases, they would be chopped off.

The invention of this kind of thing was in the Mengyuan era, in the Warring States Period, whether it was a crossbow or an archer, they used a quiver to load arrows, but it is different from ordinary people's understanding, although it is very difficult to load arrows in a quiver, but it generally will not fall, otherwise what is the strength of a long-distance war?

The veteran nodded, dressed like a cub, but in black lacquered wood armor. The veteran leader is the commander of this group of recruits, and the Qin army is armed with five people, which is the lowest army establishment, and according to the military law of the Qin army, people at the rank of captain must wear armor.

"That's not how the sideburns are tied." The old soldier looked at the cub's upright boxy sideburns, and pulled down his black and red face.

The cub sneered, quickly tilted the sideburns on his head to the left, and hurriedly said, "Captain Wu, I didn't mean it, I forgot, I forgot." ”

The old soldier shook his head, with a depressed face, looking at the cub's messy hair, and said angrily: "When you take a break, rearrange it, if others see it, don't talk about a military whip." ”

Speaking of which, the reason for this oblique sideburns is not from the Qin army, but from the Chu State, the people of Chu were looked down upon by the Zhou family, so they broke the jar and broke it, not only the military uniform was variegated, but even the sideburns were slanted.

However, the Qin State, which has been marrying and fighting with the Chu State all the year round, found that the advantage of this oblique sideburns is that when firing crossbow arrows, you can see the line of sight in front clearly, so the crossbowmen in the Qin army must wear oblique sideburns, which is a mandatory requirement, and there is no such thing among the people of Qin State.

In this way, the cubs who followed the flow joined the dense black oppressive Qin army, and the solemn Qin army team walked on a barren wilderness, and the long snake-like team finally stopped after several hours of rushing.

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"Captain Wu, where are we going!" The cub looked at the lonely scenery everywhere and was confused, and the purpose of his coming was only to earn military merits and share money and food.

The old soldier's head loosened the armor on his body, and a strong smell of sweat began to emanate from his body, but none of the people around him expressed dissatisfaction, because they were all like this, the old soldier's head opened his dry lips, and his yellowed and blackened teeth were exposed, he licked his upper lip, raised his eyes to look at the sky, and said to a group of juniors: "This is the way to Xianyang." ”

"Xianyang?" There was a burst of exclamations from the crowd.

"Eh, I've never been to Xianyang in my life." The cub said with emotion.

For the "savages" who have never been out of the deep mountains and forests, the name Xianyang has lingered in their hearts for a long time, and their hearts are full of longing, but they are also full of timidity, and they are afraid to leave their homeland.

"Speaking of this Xianyang, it's the biggest city I've ever seen, good fellow, it's very high, and I heard that it's all made of stones pulled from the mountains...."The veteran head recalled.

"What are we going to do in Xianyang?" The other asked, unexplained.

The old soldier's head tapped the person who asked the question with his fingers that had cracked black dirt, and everyone laughed secretly.

"Go to Xianyang, you recruits are going to fight Xianyang's army." The veteran head explained to the crowd.

"Bury the pot and cook! Bury the pot and make rice! The Qin army, who had come to give the order, rode a horse and galloped down the hill far away from the cubs, shouting these words in his mouth.

The ancients of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period only ate two meals a day, except for the aristocracy who ate three meals, in order to save food, it was best to eat two meals.

The cub also untied the deeply tied quiver, placed the crossbow machine and quiver in the right position, and then looked at one of the five people with an expectant expression, he had a clay clay pot on his body, this clay pot was the size of a human head, wide at the top and small at the bottom, with two hollowed-out "ears" on both sides, and ropes tied to them.

In the Qin Army, there is no such thing as a firehead army, they are all in a group of five, with the position of military commander, and the guys who eat are taken by four people in turn.

After a while, the five of them erected a shelf with branches, and tied thick ropes around the ears of the clay pot, which they usually used to carry on their backs, and when they ate, they fished on it, and burned firewood with branches below, and hot water boiled in the clay pot.

The blazing flames burned brightly, and the cub, like everyone else, took out from his back the coarse bread that was heavily folded with strips of blue cloth, and these cakes were made of sorghum, that is, barley, and mixed with the yellow chaff of this dregs, which were all dead bread made of the fire kang, and they were hard and fatal.

However, although this coarse bread is unpalatable, it has one benefit, that is, it fights hunger.

I saw the hot water that the cubs are familiar with breaking the coarse dough cake into small pieces and throwing it into the wooden bowl, these coarse dough cakes are like pig feed mixed when feeding pigs in the countryside, with coarse chaff and yellow and white cakes, from which the wheat fragrance is emitted.

They ate these thick dough cakes with relish, and when they ate them, they were afraid of wasting a little, so they used their dexterous tongues to spin back and forth, which meant that the "soup" that flew out of them, and when they ate hard, the sweat left from their sideburns slid out of the deep furrows that could not tell whether they were white or black.

When they were about to finish eating, they were afraid of wasting a little, so they "washed" the warm boiling water from the clay pot in the wooden bowl, and then opened their mouths to shake the mixed noodles and chaff inside, and the tongue covered with a thick yellow sticky tongue coating was like the most loyal domestic dog licking the bowl with golden gold.

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The court of the Qin state.

Qin Wang Yingji, who was in his sixties, came to the peak of his life, endured for almost twenty years, and finally drove away his uncle Wei Ran, who was pressing on his heart, with the help of Fan Ju, and drove his biological mother Empress Dowager Xuan to the deep palace, he was eager to make some achievements to prove his extraordinary, even if he was now in his sixties.

In the days when he was the king of Qin in the past, the government of the whole country was listened to by Prime Minister Wei Ran and Empress Dowager Xuan's eight sons, and the battle of Yan Ying of Qin State drove Chu State to Chen Ying, and at this time it was commanded by Prime Minister Wei Ran, which was the only big victory so far.

Including not long ago, when Zhao Wang Danchu succeeded to the throne of Zhao State, the campaign launched to attack Zhao State was also over, and Qi State, which had been playing soy sauce for 20 years, dared to take the risk of annexing Tao County.

Even Yingji, who is good at forbearance, can't bear it himself, if the Qi country is still the era when King Qi Min was invincible twenty years ago, the country that even King Zhao Wuling didn't dare to look at directly, he would have to swallow what he said.

However, Kuang Zhang, the god of war of the Qi State who broke through Hangu Pass, has died of old age, and Qi Zhi has already lived up to his prestige.

"The widow ordered Wu Anjun Bai Qi to lead 80,000 Qin troops, another 30,000 troops from South Korea, and 100,000 troops from Wei, a total of 210,000 horses, to attack Qi State!" Yingji stared closely at the officials up and down the court, touching the lines of the throne in her hands, although she had already discussed it with the officials, she was still a little uneasy in her heart.

"The minister Wu Anjun Bai Qi was ordered to lead the Qin army to attack the Qi State, but he was not victorious and did not return." Bai Qi half-knelt down to Yingji.

A smile appeared at the corner of Yingji's mouth, looking at Bai Qi's eyes full of satisfaction, and was about to say, "Wu Anjun, please get up." ”

But Fan Ju, the prime minister on the right, interrupted Yingji's words, he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, this time Wu Anjun went out to fight against the Qi country, 80,000 Qin troops are too few!" ”

Yingji glanced at Fan Ju suspiciously, and kept guessing in her heart, the 80,000 Qin army was said by Fan Ju, and now she said that 80,000 is too little, I don't know what Fan Ju is selling in his heart, but out of respect for Fan Ju, Yingji did not interrupt Fan Ju.

"Sun Tzu said: Where the method of using soldiers, ten will surround it, five will attack it, and multiple it will be divided. Today, although our Qin State said that it sent 80,000 troops, and the troops of the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Han were 210,000, but the soldiers were noble and sparse, and between parting, the three of them were in the Qi State, and the soldiers were not necessarily prosperous, and the momentum was not necessarily strong, although there were 210,000, they were not as good as the 100,000 Qi army. Fan Ju said slowly.

Fan Ju meant that this time he sent troops to attack the Qi State, although the Qin State had 80,000, the Korean State had 30,000, and the Wei State had 100,000, but the combined forces of these three families could not put a certain pressure on the Qi State, because this was a siege war, not a field battle. Besides, because although the three families of Qin, Han and Wei have 210,000 soldiers and horses, these three families are not in harmony with each other, and the strength they will exert at that time will not be comparable to the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Qi State. Although this statement is an exaggeration, it is true.

Just like the Chinese army and the Japanese army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, not to mention the equipment, although the Chinese army has many people, there are also many factions, including Zhang Xueliang's northeast system, Feng Yuxiang's northwest army, Liu Ding's Sichuan army, plus Jiang Zhongzheng's Huangpu system, not to mention those many types of southern warlords, and although the Japanese army has a dispute between the army and the navy, it is basically one, so the strength of this play is greatly reduced.

And what is Fan Ju saying now?

Yingji suddenly understood Fan Ju's thoughts, Wei Ran was already dead, and for Bai Qi, his benefactor was dead, who should this revenge go to?

Is he Yingji? Or is it Fan Ju who proposes to chase the four most expensive?

Fan Ju is now proposing this sentence to test where Bai Qi's mind is, to continue to support King Qin, and what to understand with himself... Or they are hostile to each other.

For a moment, the eyes of the court were focused on Bai Qi's body. How will this Wu Anjun answer?

Bai Qi, who was half-kneeling in the court, slowly raised his head, glanced at Fan Ju, and said lightly: "The prime minister is just the speech of the vertical and horizontal family, on the battlefield, it is changing rapidly, and the prime minister should not speak if he doesn't understand." ”

In one place, the hall was silent, and it was clear that Fan Ju would not be given face!

"Although Sun Tzu's Art of War is said to use the law of war, ten are to surround it, five to attack it, and multiple to divide it, but there is another sentence: where the law of using soldiers, galloping thousands of cars, leather cars thousands of times, with armor of 100,000, thousands of miles of food, then the internal and external expenses, the use of guests, the material of glue paint, the dedication of car armor, the daily cost of thousands of gold, and then 100,000 divisions.

Those who make good use of the soldiers, no longer serve in the army, and the food is not three years; It is used for the country, because the food is for the enemy, so the military food can be sufficient. The poverty of the country is far from the teacher, and the people are poor if they are far away. Those who are close to the teacher are expensive to sell, and if they are expensive, the people will be exhausted, and if the wealth is exhausted, they will be anxious to serve in the hills. Strength and wealth, the Central Plains is empty at home. The people's expenses are seven out of ten; Public expenses, broken cars and horses, armor and crossbows. The halberd covers the oar, the hill ox cart, and six out of ten. Bai Qi said slowly.

Bai Qi's words refuted Fan Ju's remarks, Sun Tzu's Art of War means people who are good at fighting with soldiers. Soldiers are not recruited twice, military rations are not transported three times, weapons and equipment are obtained from the country, and grain and straw are requisitioned from enemy countries, so that military rations are sufficient.

That is to say: To conduct a war, it is necessary to solve the problem of logistical support. In war, it is very important to ensure the supply of food and grass for the troops. Although it is a basic way to mobilize the necessary grain and grass from the country, in the long run, it will bring a heavy burden to the country and the people, and the distance is long, the losses are huge, and there is a possibility that the enemy may attack and plunder at any time.

Under these circumstances, Sun Tzu proposed a new way to raise grain and grass for the troops: to plunder the enemy's fields and solve the problem of grain and grass on the spot in the enemy's country. One bell of food on the spot is equivalent to twenty minutes of transport from one's own country; One stone of forage is collected on the spot, which is equivalent to transporting twenty stones from the country. Giving food to the enemy can not only save one's own expenditure, but also destroy and weaken the enemy's economic strength, which is a good way to kill multiple birds with one stone, and is an important part of Sun Tzu's logistical strategic thinking.

This is equivalent to feeding the war with war, and if there are 80,000 soldiers and horses, it will put huge pressure on the finances of the Qin State.

But as soon as Bai Qi said this, he completely offended Fan Ju, didn't Fan Ju even understand this truth? Fan Ju said this just like Bai Qi to show goodwill, and now Bai Qi slapped Fan Ju in the face like this, and it was clear that he and Fan Ju would not die!