Chapter 169: Eighteen Slashes

Indeed, in the narration of the storytellers in the teahouses around the Seven Kingdoms, when the First Emperor of the Ages led the Southern Chu legions that surrendered without a fight to the south entrance of the Tianqiao, he actually "killed" all the way. Moreover, it was not the iron cavalry of the Golden Khan Horde that had already marched south that they had already moved south, but these soldiers of the Southern Chu State!

When the Starfall Continent was still in the period when the princes and small states were standing side by side, there was a master of the art of war who once said: "Those who use soldiers well can kill half of the soldiers; Whoever can kill half of them will be in the Weijia Sea, and whoever can kill his tithes will be able to add the princes, and whoever can kill his tithes will be ordered to do his soldiers. ”

That is to say, let's ignore the high-level army realm of those "Weijia Hainei" or "Lijia Princes", even if it is only required to make the army disciplined and forbidden, at least one percent of the soldiers must be killed to achieve the goal!

The strong army of the West Wind Country was not obtained out of thin air, and the kings of the West Wind Country of the past generations worked hard to govern the country, treat the people at the bottom well, and change the law to strengthen the army and enrich the country.

In particular, military law is the most important, and legislation prohibits desertion: soldiers must be "linked" to each other, and they must be convicted of crimes; generals must be able to establish authority, have full power to punish soldiers, and every rank of officers has the power to execute their subordinates!

In the military formation, gold, drums, duos, and flags are used as command signals: when you hear the sound of drums, you should advance; when you hear the sound of heavy drums, you should charge and engage the enemy; when you hear the sound of gold, you should stop, and when you hear the sound of gold, you should pay attention to the commander's verbal orders; when you hear the sound of the duo, you should pay attention to the commander's verbal orders; and look at the direction of the military flag, the left of the flag is left, and the right of the flag is right.

Whoever does not listen to these signals will be sentenced to death, and whoever makes noise in the battle will be put to death!

The military law of the West Wind Country is not complicated or difficult to remember, and it is known as "Eighteen Beheadings" in history, but it is only eighteen articles.

Those who advance and retreat in battle and do not wait for orders and do not return to the team after the battle shall be beheaded; those who review and retreat in battle and whisper to each other shall be beheaded; those who report untruthfully in the battle and deceive their merits and rewards shall be beheaded; those who flee on a mission and are sick in the battle shall be beheaded; those who do not keep their cards strictly and the enemy has to steal and report late, and those who are frightened away first will be beheaded......

In short, it's just eighteen "chops"!

According to legend, in fact, the two Southern Chu soldiers who were able to follow the Emperor through the ages to reach the south entrance of the two flyovers were not half of the original!

One hand warmly appeases and surrenders, and the other hand kills people's heads! An emperor through the ages, rewarding good and punishing evil, and attaching equal importance to grace and power!

Since the first emperor of the ages, the whole army has set an example, undressed, pushed food and food, and there is no abuse of soldiers except for strict military law. Just before boarding the overpass, the second edict after the First Emperor took over the Southern Chu State arrived in the military camp. Regardless of whether they died on the battlefield or not, their relatives and families will have 50 to 30 acres of fertile land in northern Xinjiang, which will be inherited by their direct children, and there will be rewards in addition to their military exploits. Taking the opportunity of registering and making a record, the new Southern Chu Army was "linked", and even the specific location of their future family members and relatives was registered, anyway, those fertile fields were basically all in the fallen area of the northern frontier of the Starfall Continent.

Accept the concession of the Southern Chu monarch to appease the people; mobilize the warships of the Southern Chu State to go north to help in the war, which is equivalent to blocking the coastline of the Southern Chu State; transfer the regiments of the Southern Chu State to the north and draw the houses of the civilians of the Southern Chu State, reducing the possibility of surrendering and rebelling; build a Xiongcheng at the north entrance of the Tianqiao to guard the Tianqiao...... It is the worst plan for the division of the north and the south.

In fact, from the naming of the two cities of "Heavenly Moat" and "Tongtu", it can also be seen that the First Emperor of the Ages did not have much worry about the Southern Chu Kingdom, which had completely lost the natural danger of the Great Rift Valley. What the sky bridge shows to the Southern Chu Kingdom and even the entire Starfall Continent is not the power of the West Wind National Force, but the Star Monarch powerhouses who gathered around the First Emperor of the Ages!

After the First Emperor of the Ages launched a campaign against the Great Rift Valley after the Northern Horde pursued the Golden Horde, a total of four troops from the south and north of Tianqiao were jointly dispatched, and almost all the combatable troops on the Starfall Continent were launched at that time. Of course, compared with the overpass that was originally built purely for the purpose of attacking the capital through the raid of the Southern Chu State by the elite army, the overpass in the previous period should be regarded as a "single-plank bridge", and the overpass that has been expanded through countless manpower and material resources is closer to the actual meaning of the "bridge".

Izuchen laughed, and said: "The Great Rift Valley in front is the place where the First Emperor of the Ages personally buried the strong army that unified the Starfall Continent and chased the Golden Horde in the north....... The First Emperor of the Ages did not personally kill his battle-hardened followers, he only broke their hearts...... The high-spirited commander who scolded Fang Xuan, the king who promised to return the people to a peaceful and prosperous world, heaven and earth, I am the only one, but unfortunately I have become a demon in the end!"

Bao Da suddenly coughed lightly and glanced at Wu Xing.

Although Qin Lan and Xiaotu lowered their heads and remained silent, the communication method of the eight tones and eight paintings derived from the "Wisher" exercise did not need to speak in the first place.

Perhaps only Bagen was really none of his business, looking up at the starry sky, and not caring about what the two of them said, who had obviously gone off topic, Duota and Izuchen.

"Dota, then again......" Wu Xing finally found a gap and interjected: "What is it about this Kite Shield Star Weapon that makes you dissatisfied?"

"Because it's not a round shield. Dota's answer was very brief, so that the rest of the people, including Bagen, turned their heads to look at him in unison, everyone seemed to have been sealed with the most powerful "forbidden words" ornament in the history of the Starfall Continent, and the expressions on everyone's faces looked at each other through the movement of looking at each other, as if they were looking at themselves in the mirror with tears and laughter.

Wu Xing said to Dota, "Judging by your fighting style...... The ancestor of the master should be a sword and shield soldier, right?"

In the battle of the legions, the real front line is usually the shield bearer, that is, the strong man with a large square shield. Usually made of aspen or pine, the shield is light and sturdy, and is usually painted with monster paintings on the front, handles on the back, and a single-axis bracket. This kind of shield oar needs to be transported by a special ox cart, and it is impossible for ordinary soldiers to march with a shield oar.

The shield bearer had no weapons other than the large shield. The shields were inserted into the earth through several wedges below, and then held against the shoulders of the strong men by a bracket, and they formed a wall side by side, mainly bearing the burden of defending against stone projectiles and even the indomitable tide of enemy horses charging into battle.

After the line of shield bearers, there are generally spear and shield soldiers. A square shield with curved notches on both sides to hold a spear. When defending against enemy long-range attacks, raise shields to form a large area above the head, and when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, it forms a "concave" formation with nearby shield operators one after another, putting the enemy into the formation and strangling on three sides. The shield stood like a wall in front of it, and the spears were stabbing from everywhere, and the enemy, even if he had three heads and six arms, could only drink on the spot.