After listening to the chicken man's report, Meng Shuo turned around and motioned for the drummer to beat the drum! Xunzi. There is a clear record in the "Parliamentary Army" that "advance when you hear the sound of the drum, and retreat when you hear the sound of gold", the drum calls for the attack, and the Ming Jin orders the troops, which has a long history and a long history for the drumming and the gold.

Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor captured 'Kui' from Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea. 'Kui' is like a cow, the body is blue-black, and glows with a faint light, there are no horns on the head, and the most peculiar thing is that 'Kui' only has one foot.

Although the appearance is strange, but the eyes of 'Kui' are like lightning, and the cry is like thunder, which is very majestic and majestic.

The Yellow Emperor was immediately overwhelmed by the cry of 'Kui', so he ordered his subordinates to peel off the skin of 'Kui' and make eighty-sided drums, and at the same time let Xuannu Niangniang beat the drum herself, and the sound was like thunder, and it was transmitted for five hundred miles.

In the Great War between the Yellow Emperor in the Central Plains and the Southern Chiyou, the Yellow Emperor relied on the drum in his hand to accurately command his tribes to advance when they heard the sound of the drums.

On the other hand, the tribal alliance of Chiyou, due to the lack of tools to connect with each other, was defeated by the Yellow Emperor one by one.

Legends are not enough to explain the true nature of the matter, and the wars of the Spring and Autumn Period should generally be attributed to the wars of the nobility, and since they are aristocratic wars, it is natural to follow the etiquette of the nobility.

Song Xianggong, whom we mentioned earlier, said that "a gentleman with a benevolent heart will not attack an enemy who has been wounded when he fights, and at the same time he will not attack an elderly person whose hair has turned gray." Especially when the ancients fought, they did not rely on the barriers to win the battle, and although the outnumbered Song Kingdom was about to perish, it still couldn't bear to attack the enemy who had not set up a good formation. “

This style is the same as the chivalry of Europe, which is an expression of the spirit of morality and personality based on the superiority of the individual, the supremacy of honor, loyalty and trustworthiness, bravery, courage and martial arts.

Chivalry, like noble faith. Standing on the top of a lonely peak, letting the wind sway the torn clothes, patting the armor covered with dirt and ash, raising the blood-stained face, smiling, and staring into the distance. Honor, propriety, humility, fortitude, loyalty, pride, piety......

The nobility of China and the West figured it out at this point, and the war of the nobility naturally had to obey the etiquette of the nobility, as an example.

The Battle of Yi, also known as the "Battle of Liangtang", was a famous battle in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the second major contest between Jin and Chu for hegemony in the Central Plains.

After the Battle of Kun in 627 BC, Qin immediately released the Chu general Douke, who had been captured in the Battle of Yan, and formed an alliance with Chu to fight against the Jin Dynasty. In order to maintain its hegemony, the Jin State also had to deal with the challenges of the two great powers of Qin and Chu in the west and south. Therefore, although the state of Chu did not participate in the battle of Kun, it was the biggest beneficiary of the battle of Kun.

In 597 B.C., the state of Chu besieged Zheng State, and the Jin State sent Xun Linfu to lead three armies to rescue Zheng, and the two sides fought for it in Yidi (now north of Zhengzhou, Henan). King Chuzhuang also established the status of the "Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons" in one fell swoop because of the victory in this battle.

After the defeat of the Jin Kingdom, he fled in a hurry! The chariots of the Jin Kingdom fell into the quagmire one after another, unable to move. The soldiers of the Chu State did not take the opportunity to come forward to kill the soldiers of the Jin State, but helped the soldiers of the Jin State and taught the soldiers of the Jin State how to pull off the crossbars on the chariot and reduce the weight of the chariot so that the chariot could get out of the quagmire.

After the soldiers of the Jin State escaped, they did not forget to be grateful to the soldiers of the Chu State, but the way was a little unique, 'I am not as good as the number of big countries', the implication is very obvious, we are not as experienced as you in escaping. The soldiers of Chu State did not care about it either, and let them retreat calmly.

The elegant temperament of the aristocracy, extending to the war between the nobles, naturally does not aim at killing and final conquest, and leaves room between each other, which is also the characteristic of the aristocratic war.

In fact, most of the drums are related to the work and rest time at that time, and the ancients believed that "Zhou Yi" naturally corresponded to the five elements in the east, west, north, south, and middle.

The east belongs to wood, the west belongs to gold, the south belongs to fire, the north belongs to water, and the Chinese side belongs to earth. When the sun is facing the east, the two sides fight, and they come back at sunset to wash and sleep. At sunset, the sun happened to be in the west, so there was a saying that Mingjin withdrew his troops, to put it bluntly, the sun set, the horn was blown, and the soldiers went back to the city to rest.

Meng said that he ordered the drummers to beat the drums of the marching troops. Shooting sound captain, Yue cavalry captain has already been arranged at this time, along the way, dare not make a sound, elk is an extremely keen animal, Meng said let them leave the sword halberd bow crossbow, naturally take this into account, the key to the whole plan, is whether it can be quietly placed, the encirclement! Once there is some noise, causing the elk inside to be alert, it is possible to escape through the gap before the encirclement is established.

Meng said that after beating the marching drum here, the captain of the shooting sound, the captain of the Yue cavalry immediately organized his subordinates, and the gongs and drums in his hands rang loudly, and the valley suddenly became lively. Those elk lurking in the woods, for a moment, at a loss!

The elk is an organization with a very clear social structure, and the elk led by the elk did not show any panic when he heard the sound of gongs and drums on both sides, but nervously planned how to get rid of these people's round-up.

As the leader, the male elk has a very tall body, two meters high at the shoulders, and a foot away in length, and the tail alone is more than one meter, and it looks like it weighs six or seven hundred pounds, with a head and face like a horse, horns like a deer, a neck like a camel, and a tail like a donkey.

The elk is extremely keen, and there is the sound of gongs and drums behind it, and it seems that there are still a lot of people involved in the roundup, as the leader of the male elk, after pacifying the deer herd not to panic, the sound of gongs and drums is also approaching step by step, and the danger is also approaching step by step, it seems that it is time to decide to break through, otherwise there will be a danger of being killed.

The elk is good at swimming, and the elk at the head decided to take advantage of the river valley in front of him and quickly fled to the deep mountains to avoid the round-up of these people.

After a short commotion, the elk herd began to prepare to break through, only to see that under the arrangement of the leader, part of the male sturdy male elk was arranged at the front of the team, it seems that these male elk are the pioneers of the pathfinder, at the critical moment, these male elk, can rely on their strong body, break through the enemy's round-up, tear open the big net of hunting, followed by the female elk and the baby elk, in the middle of the team, there are some male elk behind the palace, these elk are also as tall and strong as the elk in front of the path. It seems to be to prevent the entire herd from being lost.

Judging from the current distribution of strength, the entire deer herd is a strong male elk in front and behind, as a charge and queen! The weakest doe and fawn are protected, as long as they run with peace of mind and do not fall behind.

The elk hides its weakest part in the middle of the group. The elk herd began to break through, and the originally quiet mountain forest, for a while, the birds chirped in unison, shaking the snowflakes on the trees down one after another.

In addition to the noise of gongs and drums, there were many sounds of elk trampling falling snowflakes, sonorous and powerful, with a clear rhythm, like a well-trained soldier, retreating in an orderly manner according to the established route.

The men and horses of the captain of the shooting sound and the captain of the Yue cavalry, because they were in the mountains on both sides, left a soldier, a samurai carrying sulfur and saltpeter, quickly occupied the source of the river valley, and the gongs and drums shook the sky, and those who did not know what was wrong thought that thousands of men and horses were practicing.

As the saying goes, "look at the mountain and get tired of the horse" An inconspicuous hill cannot be surrounded by thousands of eight hundred people, let alone the majestic Qinling Mountains, but it is this endless Qinling Valley, which was actually surrounded by hundreds of people under Meng Shuo, and the reason for this is no wonder! Elk are naturally alert, and they are spotted before they get close.

Meng said that it was by making full use of this characteristic of the elk that he would sprinkle a small number of soldiers in the mountains along the way, and form an invisible giant net by beating gongs and drums to drive the elk into the river valley.

The weapons in the hands of the soldiers were also replaced by gongs and drums instead of bows and crossbows according to local conditions!

The elk herd, led by their leader, roared from the mountains and headed straight for the valley, hoping to use their advantage to quickly escape from the enemy's round-up.

"General! Look! The accompanying samurai said, pointing to the front.

Meng Shuo didn't answer, just nodded. On the high ground not far away, King Yingdang of Qin Wu and Mrs. Wei were observing Meng Shuo's plan to hunt.

"Why don't you see Meng Shuo get on the horse?" Ren Yan asked curiously.

"The commander of the army, the emphasis is on strategizing between the tactics and winning thousands of miles away," Gan Mao said on the side.

When Ren Xian and Honest heard Gan Mao's words, he naturally felt that he still needed to be tempered, and hurriedly said:

"The prime minister's insightful views are admired by the general!"

Gan Mao saw that this Ren was contemptuous and loyal, and his attitude was so modest, so naturally he couldn't show his talent anymore, and hurriedly said:

"General Ren Contempt, there is a saying in the art of war, 'the soldiers are not many but fine, and the generals are not brave but strategic', the three armies are easy to get and one is hard to find, as the minister of the humerus of the King of Qin, you and I have to learn the strategy of General Meng!"

"What the prime minister said is extremely true! It's just that the last general didn't see anything detailed? "Ren Contempt said, Ren Contempt did not mean to show off, and now he was still muttering in his heart, and the warrior in front came back to report, saying that Meng said that the soldiers had left all the blades such as swords, guns, swords, halberds, bows and crossbows in place, but they set off with the gongs and drums in the army, and they kept muttering in their hearts, 'Without these things, how can I hunt!'

I heard Gan Mao say something that he didn't seem to understand, but he still didn't understand how to round up the elk without a bow and crossbow, and when he saw Gan Mao say this, he thought to himself, 'It seems that this prime minister has already guessed the plan that Meng said, so you might as well ask, lest the King of Qin ask for a while, and he has no sense of proportion' Thinking of this, Ren Yan opened his mouth and asked:

"Lord Prime Minister, the last general is blunt, I can't see the clues, and I hope that the Prime Minister will give me advice!"

Gan Mao saw that Ren Contempt was so modest, he was a minister of the same dynasty, he was a civil official, and he was still recommended by Zhang Yi to come to the Qin State, which lacked a foundation in the Qin State, if he could have a good relationship with the love of the King of Qin, he would naturally be able to show his talents in the Qin State in the future, seeing that Ren Contempt was so modest, it was also Gan Mao's intention to win him over, and he thought that the King of Qin would naturally ask Ren Contempt for a while, if he could help Ren Contempt, Ren Cong would naturally be grateful to himself in the future, so that his power could also be extended to the military generals of the Qin State.

In the world of war and chaos, military generals are needed to expand the territory, military generals are needed to defend the country, and military generals are needed to quell rebellions, and the role of military generals is to some extent more than the role of civil ministers, and even today's King Qin is the first fierce general of the Great Qin State.

In the Qin State, which relied on cultivation and warfare to establish the country, the status of military generals also exceeded that of civilian officials, and the twenty-rank military merit knights formulated by Shang Ying were specially tailored for these bloodthirsty martial artists.

Gan Mao looked around, motioned for Ren Con to come close to him, and muttered a few words in Ren Contempt's ear, only to see Ren Contempt happy and nodding. At the end, I didn't forget to thank the prime minister:

"Thank you Prime Minister for your advice, I will be grateful!"

"You and I are ministers of the same dynasty, and we are both confidants of the King of Qin, so naturally we have to share our worries and sorrows for the King of Qin, the general doesn't have to be like this, Fang Cai didn't say anything below, didn't he?" Gan Mao asked rhetorically.

Although this Ren is loyal and honest, he still knows the song and the welcome in the officialdom, and Gan Mao's meaning is also simple, I didn't say anything just now, as for the King of Qin to ask later, it's all your own plan, as for right or wrong, naturally it has nothing to do with me.

Of course, the most critical point is to guard against the suspicion of King Qin, as the supreme ruler, he naturally does not want the people under his command to form gangs, pull mountains, and draw circles.

Just like the underworld, in an organization, only one boss is naturally allowed. If the people underground pull the mountain in private, they won't be able to keep their boss's position!

The emperor's mental trick pays attention to the separation of powers and checks and balances, which seems to be fair and reasonable for everyone, but in fact, it is not the case that there are some contradictions among the subordinates, which is what they want to see as the supreme leader, and there are contradictions among the subordinates, and naturally there is no opportunity to unite, and at the same time, the emergence of these contradictions is a horizontal contradiction between each other, and above the vertical, these people still have to obey their own leadership.

That way, you can rest easy!

"What do you think, Madame?" King Qin Wu Yingdang asked.

Mrs. Wei Guo did not rush to speak, but turned around and glanced at Ren Contempt, Qin Wu Wang Yingdang understood in his heart, this is for me to take the test Ren Contempt, Mrs. Wei Guo turned back to Qin Wu Wang Yingdang and said:

"King! The cheap concubine stays in the palace all the year round, and all she fiddles with all day is some rouge gouache, flowers and plants, where do you know this! I think you'd better ask General Ren Cong! ”

"That's right! Madame has a point! Naturally, I have to ask the general about the general! Someone will call Ren Congda! King Wu of Qin opened his mouth and commanded.

"No!" The little eunuch beside him hurriedly ran back and conveyed the order!

"General Ren Contempt! The king is invited! (To be continued.) )