On the battlefield where the two armies fought, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the roars and shouts of killing shook the sky, countless soldiers marched forward bravely in armor and guns, the blood soaked the sky into a dark and desolate ochre red, countless corpses lay on the cracked and heavy earth, and there were also many white bones buried under the loess.

The soldiers were in a desperate situation, and the depression, sorrow and helplessness of struggling also deeply infected them, Shen Bujiao and several people stood on the cliff and looked at it from afar, under the cliff, it was the battlefield of the battle between the two armies, the entrance to hell, and the boundary line between life and death.

Every time the two sides fight, they are harvesting the lives of countless people, and the fresh lives wither in an instant and never bloom.

Sanqing's eyes were as deep as night, and he sighed softly, "This is the battle of Chengpu recorded in the annals of history. It took place in 632 BC, the first major battle between the Jin and Chu states in the Chengpu area of the Wei State for hegemony in the Central Plains. ”

"Around 634 B.C., the power of Chu was strong, trying to dominate the Central Plains, trying to go north, the northern power of Jin since the Jin Wengong ascended the throne, the strength gradually recovered, Jin Wengong knew the Chu king's plan, so he made the first move to be strong, and there was a war with Chu. ”

Shen Bujiao stared at the battlefield below, she knew that this time it was the Jin State and the Chu State, the number of people in the Chu State was far less than that of the Jin State, the difference between them was about 10,000 people, and the troops invested by the two countries this time were about 70,000 people.

Shen Bujiao didn't know much about the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, only a rough idea, but she had heard a little about the famous Battle of Changping in later generations, and she had never heard of the Battle of Chengpu.

Sanqing smiled and asked, "Do you know the idiom of "retreating"?"

Shen Bujiao nodded, "Where is the origin of this idiom?"

Sanqing said: "It has a relationship. ”

Shen Bujiao was curious, "I would like to hear about it." ”

The two of them sat on the cliff and said: "When the Jin Dynasty was in turmoil, Gongzi Chong'er fled, and when he arrived in the Chu State, King Chu Cheng treated him with courtesy, and once in a casual conversation, King Cheng asked him, "If you return to the Jin Kingdom to be the monarch in the future, how will you reward me?" Chong'er said, "Things like treasures, you Chu State also have, if I can really return to the Jin State and become the king, if our two countries are unfortunate to fight, then I will retreat from you." ””

Later, with the help of the Qin State, Chong'er really returned to the Jin State and became the monarch, known as the Duke of Jin Wen in history, after that, the Chu State sent troops to attack the Song State, and the Song State sent people to the Jin State for help. Because Duke Wen of Jin had been kind to him, he summoned all the generals to discuss the matter and see how to save the Song ......"

Shen Bujiao nodded again and again when he heard this, and the battle continued between them.

Ah San fought behind the generals as a soldier of the Chu State, and his body was already stained with a lot of blood, and the bright red blood stained his battle armor, and the blood did not know whether it was his or the enemy's.

Enemy? A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Ah San's mouth, is his enemy a Jin person? He thinks no.

As a poor boy who has never read in the countryside, Ah San should have stayed at home and farmed honestly, saved some money, married a daughter-in-law, and then gave birth to a big fat boy, so that he could live a life of inaction.

However, this wish is destined to be unfulfilled in this life, and his destination in this life will no longer be the barren mountains of his hometown, but this battlefield full of broken arms and stumps, and this is not the first time he has fought a war.

How long ago it was, months, years, it seemed long, it seemed so short, he couldn't remember. He was originally an ordinary Cao person, but later the Chu State attacked the Cao State and Cao was destroyed.

The state of Chu got the territory of the state of Cao, including the people above, and he changed from a Cao person to a Chu person overnight, but he didn't care, what difference did it make to him which country it was?

What does it have to do with him, a peasant who depends on the sky for food? Oh, there is still a little bit of a relationship, for example, the taxes and forced labor after the new monarch conquered the territory of Cao are still closely related to him.

For example, today's situation, either you beat me today, or I will beat you tomorrow, those who are in high positions he doesn't know, he only knows that he hates this kind of life and the world, and the war has always brought to them, the people at the bottom, there has always been only endless suffering.

After the state of Chu swallowed the state of Cao, and destroyed the country, the strength increased greatly, as soon as the national strength was strong, the monarch was going to encroach on the land of other countries, the conscription order came down, and every family had to send a man to the battlefield, he originally had two elder brothers, but they all died, died in the battle of Chu Cao, and the bones did not return to their hometown.

Ah Weng is already old, his temples are blooming early, and his body is not as good as before, when he left, Ah Weng also had a serious illness, and his mental energy was much less, such a state, he couldn't go to the battlefield no matter what, so he came.

He survived the last battle, and this time he doesn't know if he will be able to make it back alive.

Ah San is not a person who understands the political situation, his heart is very small, so small that he can only pretend to have a home of his own, since he left home, it seems that a long time has passed, life in the barracks is very difficult, many Chu soldiers know that he is a Cao person and sneer at him, and if he is serious, he will be beaten, which is regarded as revenge for the Chu people who died in the battle of Chu Cao.

Every time he was beaten, he didn't dare to fight back, and when he fought back, he would only be beaten more brutally, and those of them seemed to want to sprinkle all the anger of the war on him, and Ah San hated them in his heart, and felt deep sadness.

Who should he hate? Is it the Chu people who invaded his country? Or is it this cannibalistic world?

He had a weapon in his hand, but he didn't know who he was fighting for.

Life is very hard, but his life, his Ah Weng A-Niang only has such a son as him, and they are breathless and overwhelmed by the heavier and heavier taxes, if they die, then this family is completely dispersed, and their A-Weng A-Niang is still waiting for him to go home!

Ah San is unfortunate, his identity as a Cao person will always cause the hatred of those Chu soldiers, it is a matter of course to be excluded and bullied, and at the same time Ah San is lucky, there is a soldier in the military camp who is in the same country as him who saved a general in a battle, the general is a kind-hearted person, and allows that person to go home to visit relatives.

The soldier and he is a fellow villager, although the relationship is not much close, but it is always okay to bring a word, here as a soldier is a military salary, although very little, very little, but it is better than nothing, he quietly let his fellow villagers who have accumulated for a long time bring back, can slightly improve the life of the family, and tell his own Ah Weng A-Niang that he is living well here, let them not worry, peace of mind and wait for themselves to go back.