In the early morning of the third day, there was a slaughter in the Han military camp, and the warm morning did not make the slaughter warm. Whether it is the Han army or the Chu army, at this moment, the camp is full of the sound of sharpening swords, and the sound of metal hitting when wearing armor. Pieces of pork pies were distributed to the soldiers.

The soldier's face was tense, like chewing chicken ribs, devouring the smell of meat that they could not usually see for a month, and the nervousness had made them lose their sense of taste, but they would swallow it instinctively.

Yang Zilu did not stay in the big tent of the Chinese army and waited for the time to come, but wore a suit of armor and patrolled in Yingzhong. Yang Zilu did not let many guards follow and protect, but only took Hou Yuanzhi and Mang Gao to follow. Yang Zilu walked among the soldiers, eating exactly the same food as them, comforting them and encouraging them.

"Boom! …… Boom! "The drums beat slowly, slowly, and the drumsticks were waved almost at the end of the previous drum. This was not an order to attack, but a preparation to tell all the soldiers to go on the march. In a quarter of an hour, the real marching drums will sound.

Yang Zilu heard the sound of drums, calmly encouraged the last soldier, and returned to the Chinese army's tent under the protection of Hou Yuanzhi and Mang Gao. And the soldiers quickly checked their preparations, and the soldiers who were eating immediately gobbled up. Officers at all levels came out to count the number of men under them, or told them what to do and what to be careful about when they were on the battlefield for a while.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! A quarter of an hour later, the rapid beating of drums sounded, this time to inform the whole army that it was time to go on the march.

Yang Zilu, surrounded by the light cavalry of the 3,000-feather forest army, took the lead out of the camp. The Yulin Army gave a great shock to the Chu army on the opposite side, and under the faint sunlight, the smooth armor on the Yulin Army's body reflected a little dazzling light, which made the Yulin Army extraordinarily mighty. It can be clearly felt that there was a slight confusion in the Chu army that was also leaving the camp on the opposite side, although the soldiers' uneasiness was quickly suppressed by the officers, but the confusion had already occurred, which was an unchanging fact.

"This is the army of the Han army? So majestic! Ye Gong's face also became a little solemn, and he looked at the general beside him and asked.

The person next to Ye Gong was surnamed Xu Mingcheng, and he was originally one of the generals of the husband. As the general of Wu's boat division, China's first naval battle was his command of the attacking party's boat division. In order to deal with the Qi State, the Fucha sent Xu Cheng to lead the Wu Guozhou Division to attack the Qi State from the sea, but unfortunately the Qi State waited for work, and the first recorded naval battle in Chinese history ended in the defeat of the Wu State.

And the reason why Xu Cheng is here is because Yang Zilu attacked Wu for the second time and killed his husband. Xu Cheng was unwilling to serve Yang Zilu, especially when he knew that the general of the Han army was still deaf. A dignified former general of Wu Guo actually wants to be under the command of a deaf man? Isn't that humiliating? So Xu Cheng came to the Chu State, took refuge in Ye Gong, and became a doctor in the Chu State.

Xu Cheng was also reused because of his familiarity with the situation of the Han State, although he did not call the fruit with the Han army, but because he was an enemy, the generals of the Wu Army who had fought with the Han army many times discussed and studied the army of the Han State. So although he saw the Yulin Army for the first time, he still guessed that this army was the Yulin Army.

Xu Cheng said respectfully to Ye Gong: "It should be the palace guard of the Han State, which is different from the palace guard of the Chu State, which is called the palace armor of the Han State, and the palace guard of the Han State is called the Yulin Army." It was raised by Yang Zilu himself, which means that it is the wings of the country, such as the prosperity of the forest! Everyone is dressed in iron armor, with an iron helmet on his head, white feathers on his top, and a red robe on his shoulders. Very elite, and the Han Kingdom now probably has 5,000 forest troops! ”

"No wonder it's so elite! I just don't know how the Han people make the evil gold so hard, and it's even curious! And the scale is still so large, everyone has a handful of evil gold in their hands! Ye Gong muttered.

Although he also knew that Yang Zilu liked to use iron weapons, he couldn't help but sigh when he really saw that the soldiers out of the camp were holding iron weapons. In fact, the state of Chu already had a certain scale of iron smelting, but the iron tools produced could only be used as agricultural tools. It's not that Ye Gong hasn't tried it, but if it is used as a weapon, it will break after a few touches, and it can be made into good iron, the problem is that the cost is too expensive, compared to the surname price ratio of bronze weapons, obviously bronze weapons are better.

Speaking of the arrangement of the armies on both sides, Yang Zilu sent a total of 40,000 people, except for 5,000 soldiers stationed in the Chu army cities captured in various places, and 5,000 people to defend the camp. Divided into front, center, and left armies, Yang Zilu personally led the central army, with 10,000 people, in the center.

The front army was 15,000 people and was led by Black Bear, but Black Bear was easily impulsive, so Yang Zilu sent Han Jiading, who was more calm, as his lieutenant. Prevent the black bear's blood from surging up, forgetting everything, and knowing to rush and hit.

The main general of the left army is endless, and the deputy general is Yang Tugou, and the same force as the black bear, both of which command 15,000 people.

The right army consisted of 8,000 soldiers brought by Bai Gongsheng and 5,000 Wu troops. The main general of the right army is naturally Bai Gongsheng, and the deputy general is Ru Cao, the only remaining battlefield general of Wu State.

Because of the terrain, the Chu army on the opposite side did not put all its troops in front, but set up seven phalanxes. Each phalanx is composed of about 10,000 people, and there is also a dense phalanx behind it. I don't know if Ye Gong didn't put out all the 150,000 Chu troops, or just brought most of them. Ye Gong's action made him more and more suspicious that Ye Gong had soldiers in ambush in the mountains on both sides.

Although it is said that the terrain is related, Ye Gong only needs to push forward for more than ten miles, and the terrain is open enough to place an army of 300,000. Although Ye Gong may be worried that once the battle is defeated, the terrain restrictions are likely to cause the army to be crowded for a while. But Yang Zilu believes that at this time, he can no longer think about defeat, but only want to win. Because of the defeat, whether it is a small defeat or a big defeat, it is not something that the current Chu State can afford, rather than so cringefully setting up, it is better to give it a go.

"Let the soldiers on both sides not need to chase and kill the routs who fled into the forest, they only need to firmly protect the two wings!" Yang Zilu commanded the herald with some unease.

The herald answered, and immediately galloped out.

After half a ring, Yang Zilu saw that the Chu army had not yet beaten the drum to fight, and sneered: "Sure enough!" Order! Drum Attack! ”

"No!" The soldier answered, and immediately waved the drumstick in his hand, "Boom! Boom! Boom! The drums sounded, and the 53,000 Han troops slowly advanced.

"It's a formidable enemy! It's a pity that he's still a little tender! Ye Gong said slowly.

Yang Zilu didn't know what Ye Gong said about him, but even if he knew, Yang Zilu wouldn't care too much. When the army advanced to one hundred and twenty paces. The beating of drums stopped, and the army of more than 50,000 immediately stopped and began to slowly organize the queue.

Suddenly, columns of longbowmen and crossbowmen poured out of the Han army's array, and they skillfully raised their longbows or crossbows in their hands slightly. Several officers came out of the ranks, preparing for a test firing. But at this time, there were also teams of archers in the battle formation of the Chu army, and the most striking thing was that each of them was holding a large bow about a man high.

"Longbowmen?" Hou Xiong, who was sitting next to Yang Zilu, couldn't help but lose his voice.

Although Yang Zilu and Zigong were not shocked to the extent of Hou Xiong, their faces were also solemn. Yang Zilu took off the monocular hanging from his waist and leaned into his left eye. Yang Zilu's heart immediately let go of a few points, the longbowmen have always been his secret weapon, although the materials are simple, but Yang Zilu is strictly confidential, and the selected longbowmen must be Shanyue people or Sanyi people, these Yang Zilu can only serve as the first to rule, in order to keep the secret of the longbow.

Now the big bow in the hands of the archers of the Chu State resembles a longbow, but Yang Zilu can see at a glance that this is not a longbow. Rather, it is a large composite bow, and the material does not quite look like yew wood. And the number of the Chu army is not much, probably about 3,000 people. Obviously, this kind of large bow may be comparable to the longbow, but it will not be less demanding of the user than the longbow.

Moreover, the price of this kind of big bow should also be very high, otherwise it is impossible for a huge Chu State to have only three thousand archers of this kind. Although Yang Zilu is now attacking Chu, in terms of national strength, Chu is still stronger than Han, and its territory is more than twice that of Han, how can it be that Han has 3,000 longbow soldiers, and Chu has only 3,000 big bow soldiers.

really let Yang Zilu guess correctly, these archers were all formed by Ye Gong in recent years. This also has a lot to do with Yang Zilu, when Ye Gongtong led an army of 50,000 to attack Shenyi, where Bai Gongsheng was located, he was suppressed by the crossbows and longbowmen of the Han army sent by Yang Zilu, and greatly killed and injured the soldiers of the Chu army.

Ye Gong was also stimulated by this, and on the way back, he made up his mind to form a soldier who could compete with and even surpass the longbowmen and crossbowmen.

These bows are the original technology of the Chu State, they are all composite bows, and each bow is made of more than ten years of Zhemu as raw materials, plus bone clips, bamboo, etc., and it takes two years to make them. The shape is similar to that of a longbow, but they are all set to be around eight feet, which is slightly shorter than a longbow. Moreover, the production cost of these big bows is extremely expensive, so although the Chu State has long had this technology, it produces more than 100 bows per year, and less than 10 or 20 bows.

Ye Gong collected the big bows over the years, and hurriedly accelerated the speed, so that three thousand archers similar to longbowmen were formed. Ye Gong had great expectations for them and personally appointed them as the Sharp Arrow Battalion.

For this reason, Ye Gong also invited the famous archer Yang Yuji's grandson to raise the disease and come to serve as the general of the sharp arrow battalion. Now it is time for the two sides to compete, although the Han army is relatively large, but the Chu army is not afraid at all.

PS: The second update is coming! Three thousand words, not too much, not too little! Ha ha! Now Mu Mu owes 8,000 words, and he will try to break out tomorrow. I don't dare to think about it, but I still want seven or eight thousand words!

(To be continued)