Section 241 Disposition of the army
In the middle of winter, the Great Sima will teach the people the rites of the Great Review. Before the parade, the villagers would warn the people to practice tactics. The Yu people will remove the wild grass that will be hunted, and then set up a table, every 100 steps, after the establishment of three tables, and then set up a table at intervals of 50 steps. On the day of the field hunt, the Great Sima would erect a flag in the middle of the back table and the second table, and the villagers would fly the flags, beat drums, duos, bracelets, cymbals, etc., and each led the villagers to arrive. At dawn, Sima would put down the flag and punish those who arrived later. The Great Sima will use the vehicles and the disciples to arrange the formation, just like the formation in actual combat, and all of them will sit down.
The military commanders stood in front of the formation to listen to the restraints and admonitions of military law, and the great Sima would kill and sacrifice to the left and right army formations, and at the same time said: Those who do not obey the order, behead! Then the marshal of the Chinese army would beat the small drum to order the drumming, and the drummers would beat the drum tee. The two Sima lords would wave the golden duo at the same time, the commanders would raise their banners, and the chariots and infantry would all stand up. The drummers would beat the drum to give the order to advance, the company horses would ring the bracelets as a knots for the march, and both the vehicles and the infantry would advance, advancing from the rear to the second table and then stopping.
The drummers beat the drum tee, the two horses covered the mouth of the duo with their hands and shook the duo, the commanders lowered their flags, the vehicles stopped advancing, and the infantry sat down. The ancients beat the drum three times, the two horses shook the golden duo, the commanders raised their flags, and the vehicles and infantry stood up. The ancients beat the drum and ordered to advance, the company horses beat their bracelets, the vehicles ran quickly, the infantry marched briskly, and they stopped when they advanced from the second to the third, and they sat down and stood up as before.
The drummers beat the drums again, the vehicles galloped rapidly, and the infantry ran quickly, advancing from the third to the fourth before stopping. Three successive drumming ordered the attack, and the shooters on the cart fired three arrows in succession, and the infantry stabbed three times. The order of the imperial history to beat the drum is to retreat from the south to the north, and the commander rings the cymbals, and the soldiers retreat to the north, and they will stop when they retreat to the back table, and they sit down and stand up as they did at the beginning.
This is followed by a winter field hunt. The commanders each led the vehicles and infantry out of the military gate in turn, and there were vehicles and infantry on the left and right, and the township division would organize the queue of soldiers entering and leaving the military gate. The banner was erected between the pawn and the pawn to divide the lot, and the chariots and infantry were stationed in front and behind, so that they were a hundred paces apart, and the township division inspected the front and rear of the military formation. When setting up the formation, the infantry is in front of the dangerous places, and the vehicles are in front of the flat places. After the formation is completed, the Great Sima will set up a car to drive the beast and a car to stop the beast, and the priest and Dianzhu will hold a raccoon dog festival at the timer before the formation.
The marshal of the Chinese army would beat the small drum to order the drumming, the drummer would strike the three links, the two horses would shake the golden duo, and the vehicles and infantry would stand up, and then the ancients would beat the drum and order the march, and the infantry would march with the coin in their mouths in order to prevent a sound. The big ** hunted is given to the public, the small beast is kept for himself, and the person who hunts the beast cuts off the left ear of the beast to facilitate the calculation of merit. The army stopped as soon as it reached the border of the hunting grounds, the drums thundered, and the vehicles and infantry cheered in unison. The disciples then stopped hunting in the fields, concentrated on the birds and beasts they had hunted, and offered sacrifices to the gods of the four directions on the outskirts of the country.
When it was time for the army to travel with the king, Da Sima gathered six armies to enforce the relevant prohibitions, to rescue the innocent and violated countries, and to crusade against the guilty. If the prince is enlisted, the Great Sima will be in charge of the relevant precepts. Before leaving, the Great Sima will temporarily visit the province to see the divination of the good fortune, and lead the relevant officials to the province to see the temple owners and society owners who will travel with the army, as well as military equipment. When it was time to gather the army, the great Sima would erect the king's Dachang banner, proofread and verify the number of soldiers who arrived, and punish those who arrived later. When it was time to fight, the Great Sima would inspect the military formation to see if there were any merits to reward and punish.
If the army wins, the Great Sima will hold the law pipe in his left hand and the Yue (yuè) in his right hand, and lead the way in front of the army, while playing triumphant music to offer tribute to the shrine god. If the army was defeated, Da Sima wore a crown on his head and escorted back the car carrying the owner of the temple and the owner. When the king was mourning and condolences to the dead and wounded soldiers and concubines, the great Sima assisted the king in saluting.
During the construction of a large project, the Great Sima needed to participate in the planning of the project, gather the servants, accept the list of servants, wait for their results to be evaluated, and thus decide on their rewards and punishments. At the same time as the assembly, the Great Sima would lead the scholars and concubines to follow the king, thus administering the decrees concerning them. If the Great Archery is held, the Great Sima will match the princes into six pairs. When the great sacrifice, feast, and food ceremony are held, the Great Sima is responsible for offering sheep, horses, and fish animals, and giving the corpses or guests the items that should be used for sacrifice, and performing the sacrifices before eating. In times of great mourning, the Great Sima is responsible for regulating the duties and dignity of the doctors; During the funeral service, the Great Sima was responsible for bringing the horses and animals to the cemetery and reporting to the deceased.
(3) Xiao Sima/Division Insurance
Xiao Sima's duty is to be responsible for all the small sacrifices, such as the small meeting, the small feast, the small archery ceremony, the small expedition, the small field hunting, and the small funeral, all of which are in charge of the small Sima, and the method of the big Sima is responsible for related matters is the same.
Si Xun is in charge of the law of rewarding land in Liuxiang, and the amount of reward reflects the size of the merit. The merit of assisting the royal industry is called Xun, the merit of preserving the country is called merit, the merit of benefiting the people's livelihood is called Yong, the merit of working hard to stabilize the country is called Lao, the merit of making laws for the country is called Li, and the merit of war is called Many. Whoever has merit, Sixun will write his name and merit on the king's Dachang banner, and after his death, he will have him as an attached sacrifice during the winter sacrifice to the temple, and Sixun will report his merit to the gods. If there is a great merit, Si Xun will collect a copy of the merit book.