In the afternoon, the camp at the entrance of Cuihan was tense and busy. Without the sound of the trumpets and drums of the evening exercises, the military tents covering the hill have all been pulled up; The armoured horses were well equipped, fed and brushed, their hooves were all wrapped in three layers of coarse cloth, and they were neatly arranged in the school military field, and the knights checked their swords and bows under their horses; In addition to the masks and food bags, the hoplites' full armor was already on their bodies, and they were busy checking each other, tidying up the loose parts that made a slight noise; The thick smoke drifted in the wind, and the aroma of stewed sheep in a large pot filled the entire barracks.

Ji Hu's car drove to the camp gate, and Zhao Bohu pointed from afar: "The marquis of Wei is so neat, he is ready to send troops." Ji Hu got up from the car and jumped out of the car, feeling a little uncomfortable, it was his dream to lead the troops to fight, but as a monarch, he also had to admit that the doubts of the government and the opposition were justified.

A monarch who has never been on the battlefield can only sit in command but cannot really actually command the battlefield, after all, he is not the ancestor King Wu and King Mu.

"The honor guard stayed at the camp gate, and Lone rode into the camp with the prime minister." He commanded the guard general Qiang Xing.

"That's just right, don't disturb the barracks." Zhao Bohu turned to Changshi Rui Liangfu and instructed: "Ten scribes will accompany you, and the rest of the chariots will be waiting for the meal in place." At this time, Rui Liangfu had shown the royal golden order arrow to the general of the camp gate, and the scout of the military camp had already entered the camp to report, and when the royal honor guard chariot and horse and a thousand iron cavalry guards dispersed in the woods outside the camp, he saw the chariots in the barracks rumbling, and Wei He had led ten generals to take eleven patrol troop chariots out of the camp gate.

Seeing the salute, Wei He said: "King Qiyu: A patrol military vehicle can carry three people, please board the king and his accompanying ministers to enter the camp together." Ji Hu Zhengse said: "Okay! Entering the barracks is the supremacy of military law. Rui Liangfu already knew that Ji Hu's voice had fallen, and ten scribes had been assigned to get into the chariot.

Wei He waved his hand to the accompanying generals: "Everyone drives and goes straight to the shogunate." "Ten generals

"No" agreed, and each flew and jumped into a military vehicle. As soon as the military chariot carrying King Li and Zhao Bohu under the control of Wei He started, ten chariots flew out and came straight to the Chinese army camp.

Zhou Li, Wang Jihu and Zhao Bohu, Rui Liangfu and others had just entered the shogunate hall, and the thirteen generals who came from Cheng Zhou and Feng Hao's camp Pegasus arrived almost at the same time.

"Brush" neatly arched his hand and shouted: "See the king!" See Prime Minister! The young King Li was extremely practiced, and he held his hands in front of the long case in the middle, and said with an easy-going smile: "Generals, please take a seat." Wei Hou, you better come to the Shuai case. Wei He replied

"Obey the order", stride to the front of the handsome case, turn around and order loudly: "All the generals are seated!" "Twenty-three generals

With a "hi" sound, the brush floor was divided into two columns and sat on the two rows of piers, and even the iron armor leaves did not sound slightly.

"Generals, listen to the king's instructions." Wei He shouted an order. Ji Hu pressed the sword of the Son of Heaven on his waist with his hand, and said with a solemn expression: "Lone and Prime Minister came to the base camp of Kunshan in person, one to inspire the soldiers of the whole army, and the other to grant the right to command the army of the Hou Hou. This battle is an unprecedented war since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the fate of the country is tied to its survival. The generals have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they must work together to defeat Hubei and Chu under the command of the Marquis of Wei, and win the battle. The tent roared in unison: "Defeat Echu!" Fight and win! Ji Huyi waved his hand: "Long history Xuanshu." Rui Liangfu picked up a scroll of bamboo slips and read it aloud: "Zhou Wang Ji Hu's fifteenth year book: Wei Hou Jihe, ordered in danger, to lead the army to fight the Hubei and Chu coalition forces. The guards and dragon and tiger soldiers are hereby granted, and all the garrisons in the country must be transferred; In addition, the Wangcheng soldiers were granted, and the capital garrison and the Wangcheng forbidden army could be transferred, and they could be temporarily requisitioned in the land of Wangji. The spring moon of the fifteenth year of the reign of King Ji Hu of Zhou. The announcement was over, and the tent was silent.

Needless to say, the Dragon and Tiger Talisman is a power that all commanders must possess - to mobilize the regular army in all fortress passes to meet the enemy.

However, this royal city talisman is a secret talisman that has never been given to any general, it can only be controlled by the Son of Heaven himself, and it is the forbidden army of the capital and the royal city and all secret forces that are dispatched.

The power leaning towards the government and the opposition is like Zhou Gongdan back then, and he has never been awarded the Wangcheng Talisman. Now that they have been awarded to Wei He, how can they not surprise the generals?

For a while, even Wei and himself were surprised, and they forgot the etiquette there. Zhao Bohu said loudly: "The king's life is like a mountain!" Where did Wei Hou hesitate? ”

"Minister, Wei He is ordered!" Wei He no longer hesitated, and bowed solemnly to Ji Hu. Li Wang Ji Hu took the two copper boxes from the hands of the two scribes and solemnly handed them to Wei He.

Wei He was about to give an order, but Ji Hu took off the long sword on his waist and held it with both hands: "Wei Hou Ji He, Gu specially gave you the sword of the Son of Heaven, and the general was disposed of before the army, so there is no need to report it." Wei He did not hesitate to receive the order this time: "The ministers and Wei He obey the king's orders!" He took it with both hands and handed it to the Chinese army Sima to stand on top of the handsome case, and the shogunate hall was suddenly solemn.

"Listen to the Prime Minister's instructions!" Wei He shouted an order. Zhao Bohu Huo Ran got up and said: "The tiger only has one sentence, the tiger will sit in Cuihan Road, levy and supervise the transportation of grain, grass and baggage, and ensure that you wait for a lot of dry meat and a lot of noodles and flatbread." If a soldier is starving, only the tiger asks! These words seem simple, but they are really not easy.

Throughout the ages, no one knows for the generals

"Before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first", who does not know that once the war is protracted, the victory or defeat will be in the grain and grass nine times out of ten.

Now the prime minister has made a military order, and he is sitting in Cuihan Road, which is the throat of material transportation. Thinking of all this, the generals were greatly excited, and shouted in unison: "Long live the summoning minister!" Zhao Bohu smiled slightly: "The soldiers protect me Da Zhou Sheji, you are long live!" He turned to Ji Hu and said, "King Chenqi, the army is about to start, I'd better leave early." Ji Hu smiled: "That's right." Okay, don't send it to anyone. He turned to Wei He and whispered: "Leave Qiang Xing alone, this manpower is infinite, and there are thousands of enemies on the battlefield." How about staying under your tent? Wei He replied with his hand: "Then thank you to the king." Before he could raise his head, Ji Hu was already out of the hall.

Wei He stared at the distant figure outside the hall, calmed down and solemnly ordered: "All the generals will return to their own accounts and quickly send my king's order to the officers and soldiers of the whole army." After an hour, the deployment will be carried out separately according to the agreed deployment. "Twenty-three generals

"No" sounded, and immediately strode out of the account. Ji Hu walked out of the camp gate and instructed Qiang Xing a few words, and the general, who was happy when he heard the battle, was overjoyed, hurriedly saluted and walked to the shogunate's tent on tiptoe.

Ji Hu looked at his distant back, looked at the brightly lit shogunate tent, and sighed deeply.

Just a few days ago, the whole country was still worried about the news that the Son of Heaven insisted on going out to fight in person, and no one knew how Zhao Gonghu persuaded the stubborn young Son of Heaven.

What Zhao Bohu said, only he and the Son of Heaven knew. Ji Hu can still recall how fierce he was at that time, and he kept saying that he was determined to learn from his ancestor King Wu and King Mu to fight in all directions, and make immortal military exploits for the Great Zhou.

Ke Zhao Bohu only lightly said a word to break his sore spot: "The king knows that when King Xianwu and King Xianmu were on the march...... But they all have princes. Now that the king has been married for a few years, nothing has come out of the harem. How can an expedition be made in such a situation? Just one sentence punctured all his ambitions.

Oh, yes! Needless to say, the young self who died early and Li Yao, who was divorced and killed himself, have been married for more than a year, and all the daughters of the harem, including Queen Shen Jiang and the second concubine Chen Fei, have nothing to do.

The third brother Ji Ci and the fourth brother emperor are just weak-crowned teenagers, how can they be recruited in person? That's it! Ji Hu retracted his reluctant gaze, boarded the car and whispered, "Go back to Hojing!" ”

"I'm not going back!" A weak-crowned young man dressed as a scribe jumped out of the military vehicle and shouted loudly.

"Third brother, what are you messing about? You are allowed to disguise yourself in the barracks just to gain a long insight, but do you still want to stay and fight? Ji Hu was very helpless in his words.

"I'm seventeen, why can't I fight?" Ji Ci was very unconvinced, although he was close to the age of the crown, but because of his weak body, thin body, and not high size, his face was white, he really did not look like a warrior who could fight.

"Third prince, don't say anything else, fighting a war is to kill people and see blood, can you see it?" Zhao Bohu also came to help persuade him.

"I ......" Ji Ci's face flushed, he did faint blood, which was known to most people in the palace.

After muttering for a long time, he said: "I just don't want to go back to Haojing, Brother Wang wants to go back to Zhenguo, I am the prince of Da Zhou, and the society is in trouble, I have to do my part." ”

"Okay, you can stay with the prime minister and help deal with the heavy food and grass." After tossing for most of the day, Ji Hu was also a little impatient.

"No." Ji Ci and Zhao Bohu shouted in unison. At dawn, the moon was dark and the wind was high. Groups of men and horses quietly drove out of the barracks, and quickly dispersed in the vast and dark field, marching in different directions.

The Kunshan camp behind him is still tall and tall, and the sound of fighting seems to be still stationed with thousands of troops and horses.

In the camp of the Chu army in Michi, the coach Xiong Hong couldn't help laughing after listening to the scout's report: "Since the death of Kui Duoyou, there is no one in the Great Zhou. Wei Hou Jihe, a kid in his twenties who has not dried up, just followed Kui Duoyou to fight a battle to defend the song, and he actually became a commander? It's just a mess, Childe, this time we can let it go! E Kun, who came to contact, frowned, and said slowly: "I have never dealt with Wei He, I only heard that this person is young and wise, and he is proficient in literature and martial arts. We still can't take it lightly. Otherwise, there are so many vassal states surnamed Ji in the world, why is King Zhou so relieved of him? This is a battle for the survival of the community, not child's play. Xiong Hong smiled: "You don't know! This Wei He was the prince's companion when King Zhou was young, and he had a great relationship with the Son of Heaven. The Zhou Dynasty didn't have a flagpole to pick from the chopsticks, but picked this thick chopstick! ”