Chapter 61: Preparations are made
From the north gate of the palace, and then along Luoshui for more than ten miles, you will arrive at the first development zone established by Ji Yan ordering Sikong Xia Xun. At the water's edge www.biquge.info the water, a large number of brand-new houses are lined up, and they look like well-trained infantry phalanxes, silently waiting for its destined glory. Ji Yan, who was sitting in the king's car, pulled the curtain and looked out, his eyes moistened unconsciously.
It's not easy to build this place! First, he deceived a group of reinforcements from the East and West Zhou, and then coaxed and frightened these reinforcements to be willing to come here to build houses, and then asked the Winter Official Mansion to summon the disbanded craftsmen to come back to guide the construction. For a whole month, Ji Yan was thinking about this place all the time, and he was very worried that some accident would lead to a failure, and it was not until he heard Xia Xun report that the house had been built that he was really relieved. The hardships and effort involved in this are really not enough for outsiders!
Fortunately, everything went well, I finally had the first base for economic development, and the most difficult period has passed, and it will never be so difficult again! He wanted to get out of the car now and touch the houses and feel the joy of success, but instead of doing so, he firmly lowered the curtain and continued on his way through the carriage, for there was more important things waiting for him.
After walking another mile or so, the team reached the camp of reinforcements. In front of the camp, a large flat ground has already been trampled out by more than 10,000 reinforcements, several phalanxes are lined up in the middle, the front is the cavalry phalanx, the right side of the rear is the chariot phalanx, the left side is the infantry phalanx, all neat and solemn, the momentum is high, the team of more than 10,000 people looks quite spectacular. This is the reinforcement team that plans to return home.
"The Son of Heaven has arrived!" Ji Dong shouted loudly.
Ji Che brought more than 20 senior generals above the brigade level to the king's chariot, and said in unison: "See the king." ”
"Excuse me!" Ji Yan said calmly.
After Ji Che and the others stood up, Ji Dong said again: "My king is grateful for your high righteousness in assisting the construction of the Zhou Room, and I personally came to reward you with fine wine, thank you for the reward!" ”
"Thank you, the king!" Ji Che took everyone to bow to the king chariot again.
Yan Shu had already come to the back of the side of the king chariot with the carriage pulling the wine, and asked a group of attendants to take the wine bowls and hand them to Ji Che and other generals one by one, and then a few waiters held the wine jar that had been opened and filled the wine bowls one by one.
"Playing music!" Ji Dong shouted loudly, and immediately a piece of music sounded.
Ji Yan walked out of the car slowly, took the wine bowl handed over by Ji Dong, held it high and said: "Reinforcements and soldiers, relying on your help, a brand new house has been built on the wilderness by Luoshui, thank you!" I would like to thank you for your help. Come on, do it! ”
"!" As soon as Ji Che gave an order, all the soldiers grunted and killed the wine in the bowl, and then raised the wine bowl, bowed to Ji Yan, and shouted in unison: "The wine of the Son of Heaven is sweet and delicious!" ”
Another attendant stepped forward and filled the empty bowls.
Ji Yan raised the wine bowl again and said: "I think that my Zhou Room and the East and West Weeks come from the same source, and they are already connected by flesh and blood, but everyone rarely communicates, and they are gradually estranged." When you are about to leave, this king is quite reluctant! With this wine, I wish you all the best along the way. Come on, do it! ”
Ji Che and the others took another sip of dryness, raised the wine bowl again and bowed down and said: "The wine of the Son of Heaven is long and the sky is long!" ”
When the wine is drunk, the music stops.
Ji Yan continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, before you leave, you will have fun competing with the royal forbidden army. The specific competition method has its own two-week public arrangement, so let's return to the team! ”
Ji Che and the others were all stunned, and said that after the reward, they would let us go back, why did they still have to compete with the forbidden army? We weren't prepared! But the thought of doing a month's work here like a lifu, the soldiers are all suffocated, and now they suddenly have the opportunity to move their muscles and bones, and they can also teach a lesson to the rotten army of the Zhou room, isn't it very relieving? Then he became excited again.
At this time, the East and West Fortnights walked out of the forbidden army and returned to the reinforcement team with Ji Che and the others.
Ji Yan shouted Yan Shu, Li Gui and Wei Yan, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you ready?" ”
Wei Yan arched his hand and said: "Enlighten my king, everything is ready to stop, and the general will definitely give them a big surprise!" ”
"Okay, you go and get the forbidden army lined up and ready for battle. Remember, be sure to tell everyone that if they lose, the king will really send them out. ”
"No!" Wei Yan calmly went to arrange the forbidden army, and the first thing was to let everyone find a wooden stick to take advantage of.
When the house was being built, a lot of trees were cut down, and the branches were everywhere, so it was very convenient to find a stick, and it was not long before they were all there.
At this time, a thousand-strong team of infantry in the phalanx of the reinforcement team, led by two generals in full armor, walked forward for a distance, and divided into two pieces, each free and one general led, and slowly formed two circles about fifty paces apart. The other phalanxes stepped back a bit, making room for the upcoming contest.
Ji Gen and Ji Chao came to Ji Yan's side again, and Ji Gen arched his hand and said: "Our two dukes have already discussed, so this duke will send a thousand troops to compete with the forbidden army." As for the army that goes to war, this prince doesn't need the most powerful chariots, nor does he need cavalry with good combat power, just use foot soldiers, so as not to embarrass the forbidden army too much and make the king lose face! ”
Ji Yan said disapprerovingly: "It's up to you, who is it a contest with anyway?" But the forbidden army has horses! ”
Ji Gen smiled lightly: "It's only fair that the forbidden army has horses!" ”
Ji Yan snickered in his heart, but said worriedly: "Even if you have a horse, you may not be able to beat your foot soldiers!" ”
The cavalry phalanx of the forbidden army had also lined up and slowly drove towards the contest field. Wei Yan walked at the forefront, several heralds and drummers walked beside him, the brigade commander Lan Peng followed, and then there were ten pawn commanders each leading a team, but these teams were independent, leaving a wide gap between each other, without the slightest overall feeling, Ji Gen and the others who were watching the battle all shook their heads secretly.
Ji Che and several other senior generals also paid attention to the field, but their expressions were quite relaxed.
Ji Peng, the general of the Western Zhou infantry army, approached Jiang Fan, the general of the Eastern Zhou infantry army, and said in a low voice: "General Jiang divided the 1,000 teams into two groups, and both sides were longer than defensive circles, is this planning to defend and counterattack?" ”
Jiang Fan sneered: "If the other party is a strong soldier, it is natural to defend and counterattack, but are they?" ”
Ji Peng shook his head and smiled: "Naturally not, it's just a group of rabble!" ”
"That's right!" Jiang Fan's face was full of mystery and said, "Do you know how I trained these foot soldiers?" ”
Ji Peng shook his head.
Jiang Fan said: "My family has a book that records Wu Qi's training of Wei Wushu, and I trained these foot soldiers according to this set of methods. Back then, Wu Qi led Wei Wushu to capture the Hangu Pass of the Qin State, and after 64 battles, he seized more than 500 miles of land on the west bank of the Yellow River of the Qin State, and compressed the Qin State to the narrow strip west of Huashan. Later, in the battle of Yin and Jin, Wu Qi defeated the 500,000 Qin army ten times his own with 50,000 Wei soldiers. ”