Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the eighteenth day of August in the first year of Great Qin II.

The 200,000 soldiers of the Bashang battalion stationed in Guanzhong, the former capital of Daqin, Liyang, Yongcheng and other places all returned to the Bashang battalion one after another. The camp now has a total of more than 600,000 soldiers.

Today, all the soldiers of the Bashang battalion are wearing the newly made armor of Shang Fang.

Today, it is the day when the more than 600,000 troops of the Bashang battalion have formed an army.

As early as twenty days ago, the soldiers of the Bashang battalion had already begun to be selected. The object of this selection is the emperor's pro-army, the 200,000 tiger army. However, the 200,000 Tiger Ben Army now has less than 170,000 places left.

At the beginning, Wang Li's remnants of more than 20,000 Xianyang guards had been directly incorporated into the Huben army by Hu Hai's permission.

600,000 people competed for 170,000 places to enter the Tiger Army. The Tiger Ben Army was destined to become the Dinghai Divine Needle of Great Qin from the very beginning.

Through the selection of horsemanship, archery, martial arts and other aspects, 170,000 soldiers finally got their wish today and wore the special armor of the "Tiger Army" branded with black tigers.

At the same time as the selection of the Tiger Ben Army was completed, in addition to the Xuanwu Army, the banners of the Blue Dragon, Vermilion Bird and White Tiger Legion appeared for the first time in the Bashang Battalion. The Xuanniao Army seems to be already the secret of Great Qin.

Except for the Xuanwu Army, because there are specific requirements, the selection has already been completed. In addition to the more than 30,000 people selected by Weng Zhong from the soldiers of the Bashang battalion, Li Si also selected nearly 70,000 people from the labor left in Guanzhong, which just met Hu Hai's requirements, 100,000 people.

It's just that among these 100,000 people, there are still too few heavily armored foot soldiers, less than 30,000, and the rest are heavy armored cavalry. Horses for heavy cavalry are now a big problem, and there are at least 30,000 heavy cavalry who don't have suitable horses and can only be used as foot soldiers.

The three major legions of the Blue Dragon, Vermilion Bird and White Tiger did not adopt the method of selection, but adopted a voluntary method.

After being selected by the Tiger Army, there were still more than 400,000 soldiers in the Bashang battalion, and these soldiers reported to their respective generals to which army to join by knowing the special surnames of the three major legions of Qinglong, Suzaku and White Tiger.

Of the three major legions, each legion has a rated soldier of only 100,000 people, which cannot be more or less. Once each legion has reached its full rank, it will no longer be able to retrieve the roster of soldiers.

The Qinglong Army, Qinglong is both offensive and defensive, equipped with 5,000 heavy cavalry and 25,000 light cavalry. The rest are all pawns. There are still 2,000 people in this infantry whose combat strength is slightly inferior to the heavy armor infantry of Weng Zhongxuanwu's army, which is used to attack fortifications.

The Suzaku Army, except for the 20,000 foot soldiers, all the rest of the 80,000 people are cavalry, and the cavalry of these 80,000 people is also light cavalry except for 5,000 heavy armored cavalry. At the same time, the Suzaku Army is also equipped with a large number of box cars, so the Suzaku Army is as fast as a flying bird and as an attack as a fire.

The White Tiger Army, 100,000 White Tiger soldiers, except for 10,000 cavalry, the rest are all foot soldiers. However, in the White Tiger Army, it was equipped with a full two thousand large repeating crossbow machines that no single army in the entire Great Qin could compete with. If you add the small powerful crossbows that each soldier carries, the White Tiger Army's attack power is unmatched in the world.

The White Tiger Army, including the large repeating crossbow machines that the entire Great Qin will gradually be equipped with in the future, is fundamentally different from the repeating crossbow machines used in the Great Qin Army before. In the past, large-scale repeating crossbow machines were all used by human power to pull the strong bowstring. Through some of Hu Hai's ideas and suggestions, Tian Ren's Shang Fang designed a new large-scale repeating crossbow machine.

The base and arm of the new large-scale repeating crossbow machine are no longer purely wood, but are half wood and half iron. At the same time, there are four more iron legs at the base of the crossbow machine, which can be directly nailed into the ground to fix, but these four iron legs can be rotated, which means that in wartime, the crossbow machine can quickly turn the direction of the crossbow machine and hit the enemy of any party.

The repeating crossbow machine used in the Great Qin Army was generally difficult to move again after it was fixed. At the same time, because of the four iron legs, the large repeating crossbow machine was no longer close to the ground, but was nearly two to three feet away from the ground.

The new large-scale repeating crossbow machine all adopts the winch winding method, using several hand-polished iron gears to pass through the arm on the side of the crossbow machine, and only one or two soldiers can complete the winding, loading and other things that used to require at least six strong men to complete the winding, loading crossbow arrows and so on. The firing speed of the large repeating crossbow machine is very different from the old repeating crossbow machine used in the Great Qin Army before.

The new large-scale repeating crossbow machine is stronger than the previous repeating crossbow machine used by the Qin army. The firing range has reached a terrifying 2,000 paces, and the effective killing is 1,600 steps, which is a full 200 steps more than the old-fashioned repeated-fire crossbow machine.

In the face of these new large-scale repeating crossbow machines, Hu Hai was sure that even Weng Zhongxuanwu's army, which was known for its turtle shells, could only retreat. No single army could stop the White Tiger Army's numerous large repeating crossbows.

In addition to the White Tiger Army, the remaining Qinglong, Suzaku and Xuanwu armies also have this kind of large-scale repeating crossbow machine. It's just that the number is far less than that of the White Tiger Army.

Because of Hu Hai's northward journey, because of Li Si's funeral, and because of Sima Xin's betrayal case, Tian Ren, who was originally under a lot of pressure, finally had enough time to complete the emperor's work of changing the clothes of the more than 600,000 elite soldiers in the Bashang battalion.

The five major legions, each legion has a standard armor that is different from the rest of the Qin army soldiers, the left chest of the Qinglong Army armor is a soaring dragon, the Vermilion Bird Army is a horny Vermilion Bird, the White Tiger Army is a black tiger that looks up to the sky and roars, and the symbol of the Xuanwu Army is extremely cute, a small turtle with a spike on the instep of the head and feet.

In addition to the branding on the armor, the lining of the undershirts of these soldiers was also embroidered with the emblems of their respective legions. Ordinary soldiers are all embroidered in white, Wu Chang green, Shi Chang red, Tun Chang yellow, 100 generals blue, 500 main orange, 2500 main purple, and all lieutenants and above are black embroidery.

These embroidered marks on the inner robes of all the soldiers' armor are extremely distinct, and can clearly tell the identity of all the soldiers. It is clear who the generals are and what rank of generals are at a glance.

It was clear that the time had not yet come to reform the military system, so Hu Hai adopted the simplest method.

The formation of the three major legions was much faster than that of the Tiger Ben Army, and in less than two days, the 300,000 troops of the three major legions were already full. And there were more than 30,000 soldiers in the camp of Bashang, who missed the opportunity and were abandoned because they hesitated to choose which legion.

The disposition of these more than 30,000 soldiers is unknown to the soldiers of the battalion. I only know that the emperor ordered all the more than 30,000 soldiers to leave the camp in Bashang, and then disappeared.

From April 15 of the first year of Great Qin II to August 18 of the first year of Great Qin II, the 400,000 prisoner troops in the Bashang camp, including the 200,000 forbidden troops who originally guarded Hu Hai's eastern tour, had been training in the Bashang camp for four months and three days.

Today, it is the time for them to show the fruits of their four months of hard training day and night, like His Majesty the Emperor, who gave them freedom and glory. Today is also the first day that the five powerful armies that have been famous for thousands of years have been officially recorded in the annals of history.

Countless flags were displayed, and five huge high platforms were already standing on the campus of the Bashang Battalion.

Each of the five huge phalanxes corresponds to a high platform.

For each legion, His Majesty the Emperor will personally and individually present the flag to them. And this military flag, awarded by His Majesty the Emperor, will be the military flag of each legion from generation to generation.

The loss of the military flag means that the legion is destroyed, even if the legion only loses one soldier, but as long as the military flag is lost, then the legion will automatically become history. From now on, this legion will never appear in Great Qin's army sequence again.

This is the matter that Hu Hai had already preached to the entire Bashang battalion before he gave the flag to the five major legions.

He wants these soldiers to know that the military flag is the life of their entire legion, and what the military flag refers to is their mission.

The military flag is all their glory.

Today, the sun is shining brightly and the sky is exceptionally blue.

Five neat phalanxes, clear black armor shining cold and dazzling in the sun. An invisible murderous aura converged in the sky above the school field. The entire colonel was silent, and all the soldiers stood silently, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to arrive.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

Three short, long drums of the Great War suddenly sounded from the silent Colonel's field.

In the sonorous sound, the 600,000 troops who had been standing for a while stood up in unison when they heard the sound, straightened their chests and stood straight. They knew that His Majesty the Second Emperor had arrived at the gate of the camp.

"Woooooo

After three dull war drums, the desolate and long trumpet resounded throughout the sky.

"Knock knock!"

The dense and loud rumbling war drums burst into flames after the sound of the horns, and each drum beat pressed the heartbeat, making people involuntarily hear and surge.

In the rumbling sound of war drums, a long group of men and horses stopped at the edge of the school yard to the sound of drums. The drumming stopped suddenly, and the people turned over and dismounted. Led by the young man in black and gold armor and with a long sword hanging from his waist, he strode towards the middle of the school field.

That person is His Majesty Hu Hai, the current Emperor of Great Qin II. Behind Hu Hai and more than ten steps away from him were Meng Tian, Feng Quji, Wei Yu, Li You, Ying Teng, Yao Jia and other three princes and nine kings, as well as important ministers above the imperial history of the court.

These people are the top group of people in the entire Great Qin today.

From left to right, the 200,000 Tiger Ben army was in the first place.

As Hu Hai advanced, rows of soldiers knelt on one knee one after another, looking at the young emperor with a stellar and solemn face with burning eyes.

He gave them freedom, gave them dignity, and gave them the opportunity to earn glory.

After today, it will be the time for them to repay him for their loyalty! (To be continued)