Chapter 45: The Wind and Snow
The use of flying claws to climb the city wall is still very feasible in Wu Ming's opinion, after all, the city wall is not high today. After thinking about it again www.biquge.info and again, this project has become a project that Wei Zu's elite must know in the future.
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Ten days have passed in a blink of an eye, and many soldiers in the Hedong military camp have made some progress in these ten days, although it is not significant, but Wu Ming knows that these things cannot be forced.
After all, everything has to have an adaptation period, and training takes time to sharpen. Although it was still far from what he had requested, the 15,000 soldiers here could already raise their swords for basic slashing and sprinting.
Those who can march a hundred miles in a hurry, hold a sword in one hand, and hold a shield in the other hand, and can fight for an hour in a row are the long swordsmen in Wu Ming's heart.
The reason why you have to hold a sword in one hand and a shield in the other is that the swordsmen are inferior to the ge, halberds and spearmen in terms of attack distance.
Of course, for the Changge and spearmen with a single action, the swordsmen have a stronger ability to adapt to the terrain and are more limited by other troops.
After ten days of bare-handed and shirtless, Wu Ming divided the noon training program into two, first a one-on-one shirtless warm-up, and then a long sword with armor and a shield to practice arm strength against a wooden stake.
Of course, this is just to let the soldiers experience their own shortcomings faster, how to work hard. As for the results, don't say that it is ten days and half a month, as long as there are preliminary results in half a year, Wu Ming will feel pleased.
After all, Wu Ming still understands the truth that freezing three feet is not a day's cold.
To put it bluntly, the 15,000 soldiers in the Hedong military camp were just a test of Wu Ming's plan for future soldiers.
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At this moment, Ni Tao's army, which was thousands of miles away, was still equipped with Changge and a newly created spear from the treasury.
Of the 40,000 troops, there were 10,000 spearmen, 10,000 crossbowmen, and the other 20,000 were all used Changge.
Because the Wei State was located in the Central Plains, the cavalry of this era was not developed, and the chariot, as the king of the plain war, was not easy to build, expensive to build, easy to damage during the charge, strict requirements for the terrain and a series of shortcomings, since the three divisions entered the Warring States period, it has withdrawn from the stage of the main battlefield.
Therefore, the 40,000 Wei troops led by Ni Tao this time were all armored foot soldiers.
The arrangement of Yicheng and Fengyu is precisely from the southwest to the northeast, and the two cities are not more than fifty miles apart, because Wei and Han have not fought each other for many years, and there is no way for Korea to compare with Wei in terms of national strength. Therefore, the rammed city wall between the two cities has been in disrepair for many years, and now it is almost equal to nothing.
Ni Tao, who arrived with an army of 40,000, according to Wu Ming's instructions in the military camp in Hedong, asked the 10,000 army to set up camp in the north of Yicheng and about 40 miles west of Fengyu, and arranged it in the shape of a triangle with the two cities of Yicheng and Fengyu, so that no matter which side the Korean army attacked first, the 10,000 army could ensure that they could rush to support in a very short time.
The remaining 30,000 troops were divided into two teams to strengthen the city defenses in the two cities of Yicheng and Fengyu, and prepared the boulders and rolling logs used to defend the city.
Time runs fast in a rush of preparation.
About twenty days later, the new year dawned on all the nations, in 341 B.C., and the people of all nations were singing and dancing, eating the most delicious meal of the year, and watching all kinds of juggling. There is a new atmosphere on the land of China.
However, on the third day of the year, a strong wind mixed with snowflakes the size of goose feathers covered large areas of land in the Central Plains, such as Wei, Zhao, and Korea, overnight.
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In the palace of the Great Liang Palace, the wind shuttles between the glorious and domineering buildings.
King Wei Hui, dressed in a mink fur coat, stood on the inside of the fence outside the palace. Tilting his head, he looked down at the white, fluttering snowflakes in the sky.
"Snow sends auspicious rui, this snow, plus the Hedong governed by Wu Aiqing and Chen Aiqing, this year's autumn will definitely be a good harvest!" The slightly squirming lips exuded a voice with a soft sigh and relief.
The ups and downs of his life, as an inspirational monarch who wants to surpass the achievements of his predecessors, he can no longer remember how many times he soared on the road of life and fell into the deep valley several times.
But this time the ups and downs have made a heart become unfazed, people are old, and the pride in the heart has passed a little with the years, but the dream of a lifetime, a strong Wei State, the overlord of the Central Plains, will push the Wei State to the "king" country, so that the countries will recognize the status of the Wei State equivalent to the Zhou Dynasty.
This dream Wei Hui Wang has been doing for decades, and now looking at this fluttering snow, the dream seems to wake up, since worshiping Pang Juan as a general, Wei has achieved the feat of besieging the capital of a great country for the first time in the troubled times and the Warring States. The one-year blockade of Handan City by the military soldiers of the Wei State was enough to make him proud to meet the ancestors.
For the sake of this great achievement, he proclaimed himself king, but only a few small countries such as Wei and Song had to recognize his throne. The final defeat of the Zhao and the complete defeat of the Han people, the Qin people took the opportunity to seize most of the land in Hexi. This thing smashed into the heart of such a king, like a fish in the throat, and it was unpleasant not to vomit.
The appearance of Wu Ming, retreating from the Qin army in the west, saving the Wei State and the fire and water, Wu Neng retreated from the enemy Anbang, and Wen Neng ruled the country. In his later years, he had this talent, which had already made King Hui feel gratified.
Now he is a year older, looking at the snowflakes in the sky, and now he only thinks about restoring the former majesty of the Wei State, and in addition to being a strong country, he has diluted all the hatred in his heart.
The pair of cloudy eyes finally showed a smile of relief that I hadn't seen for nearly a year. This is laughter from the heart.
"Your Majesty, Han and Zhao have announced to the world three days ago that the two countries have concluded an alliance to sacrifice the flag of the three armies at noon today, one south and one north, to conquer our Great Wei." In the corridor surrounded by milky white railings, Liang Chengshou presented an urgent report with both hands, lowered his head, and whispered.
"Got it......" waved his hand without looking back, his eyes were still looking at the sky, and between the light opening of his lips, King Wei Hui was already relieved: "Go down, widow, I want to stay alone." ”
"Yes."
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Thousands of miles away in Jeongseong, South Korea.
Thirty miles away, a red fast horse had been covered with a uniform white back by goose feathers and heavy snow.
Not far away, the guard of honor was loosely arranged like a long dragon, shuttling through the official road between the trees.
Under the umbrella of Huang Luo, Han Zhaohou lifted the spacious black sleeves and chewed the wine full of wine in the long wooden plate held by the eunuch on the side.
Turning around, he looked at Gong Zhongxuan, who was dressed in armor and wearing a long sword at his waist not far in front of him: "You and I are the kings and ministers to drink this, and next, whether the evil breath in the hearts of the widows can come out or not depends on Aiqing." ”
After saying that, Han Zhaohou raised the wine with both hands and chewed it all.
"Weichen will live up to the king's expectations." Putting down the wine and chewing, the public bowed extravagantly.
Turning, he wiped the layers of snow from the horse's back, turned over on the horse, turned the horse's head, and whipped the horse away in the wind.