In the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King Qin (222 BC), February 2.

It was the day when the Qin general Zhao Tuo and the Great Sima of Qi agreed to go to war.

In the early morning, as soon as the sun emerged from the mountains in the east, it was obscured by dark clouds, and the sky and the earth were gloomy.

Nan Guo Gua, who came from Qidi Yeyi, was following the soldiers of the same battalion and heading towards the southwest of Zhencheng.

Pao Ze, named Mei, complained as he walked: "Nan Guojun, why do you say that we are so unlucky, we are about to go to the battlefield just a few days after we came." ”

Nan Guo Gua said in a loud voice: "What are you afraid of, we have more people than the Qin people, and when we fight, three will fight him and two, are you still afraid that you won't be able to win?" ”

"It's also ha, we have a lot of soldiers. When the fight starts, a few of us rush together, and we will catch a single Qin person and poke it, and we can poke one to death in a few clicks. ”

Mei picked her buttocks, looked left and right, and grinned when she saw the crowd of human heads everywhere.

Judging from his experience in fighting with people in Yeyi, there are more people and fewer people, and he will win steadily.

Hearing Mei's words, Nan Guo Gua shrugged indifferently, he didn't have any desire to kill the Qin people.

It's not that there was no reward after the Qi army killed the enemy, on the contrary, in history, the Qi State was the earliest country to establish the knighthood system.

During the reign of Duke Qi Huan, there was a system of giving the lord Lu Huyi to respect the meritorious heroes. By the time of the Duke of Qi Zhuang, it was more clear that the Yongjue was set up to order the warriors, which was almost the same as the military merit system of the Qin State in terms of nature and function.

When it came to the Warring States Period, the Tian Qi State also attached great importance to the title system, and the first sentence of "Qi Sun Tzu Killer" was "Ming Juelu".

It's a pity that the military merits of the Qi State are not as thorough and extreme as those implemented by the Qin State, and the entire title system is not fully integrated into all aspects of the life of the Qi people. Coupled with the strong power of the nobles of the Qi State, the role of the military meritorious lords of the Qi State was far less significant than that of the Qin State.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Qi State has not fought for more than 40 years, and the system of awarding knights for war merits is abandoned. For more than 40 years, no one has been knighted for their military exploits, and most people have long forgotten about this thing, so how can it still inspire people at this time.

Although Da Sima restarted the military merit reward system for this war, after consulting with the nobles and ministers of the court, he only gave some more bounties and fields for the decapitation.

Such a reward may be somewhat attractive to civilians who have no money.

But the Qi people have always been rich, and many people are not willing to exchange their lives.

For example, after the Jiang Qi clan like the Nanguo clan.

Although the status of their Nanguo family declined with the Tian family's generation of Qi, the ancestors of the clan were reduced to the point of blowing the flute for the king of Qi and eating with a mixed mouth.

Now he has moved out of Linzi and has become a family of merchants selling melons and fruits in Yeyi, but he has relied on business, and Nanguo Gua's family has no shortage of money, and there are also some farm savings.

He Nanguo Gua walked in the nearby township, and he would be respected by the villagers as "Mr. Nanguo".

If it weren't for the menacing Qin army this time, forcing the Qi State to recruit troops on a large scale to resist, how could he Nanguo Gua go to the battlefield with a spear.

"The reward of cutting off the head of a Qin soldier at the risk is not as much money as the public selling melons, if the battlefield is too dangerous, it is better for me to run first, and it is the right way to go back and sell melons."

Nan Guo Gua whispered in his heart, followed this group of soldiers from Yeyi for a while, and finally arrived at the battlefield agreed by the two armies of Qin and Qi.

Looking down from the sky, I saw that from the direction of Zhencheng, a long snake composed of Qi people meandered over, and finally converged on the plain north of the river.

On the chariot, Sima Tian Chong, the Grand Master of Qi, was wearing a purple gorgeous armor, with a smile on his face, very confident.

He glanced at the large army that was gathering under the command of generals at all levels.

Turning to look at a big river to the south, Tian Chong asked Xiangfu, who was riding a horse beside him, "Mr. Xiangfu, do you know, what is the name of this water?" ”

"Da Sima asked well, and the husband did know. This water is called Pushui, and it was also called Chengpu in ancient times. ”

Xiangfu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The Qin people are timed, and I am the army is fixed." In my opinion, Da Sima chose this place for the battlefield, not only because the terrain here is open and vast, but also because my army can develop the advantage of troops. It is also because this ancient city of Pu is the place where the Jin people broke Chu Barbarian in the past! ”

Xiangfuji's voice was full of pride: "Four hundred years ago, Chu was strong, invaded the Central Plains in the north, and the fierce power shook the world, until this city was defeated by the Jin people and retreated in embarrassment, showing the majesty of my Central Plains country. ”

"And now, Qin Rong is advancing eastward, barbaric and unreasonable, just like the Chu barbarian invasion in the past. Da Sima fought with Qin Rong here, which was in response to the defeat of the Jin Kingdom in the past! ”

Tian Chong laughed: "Mr. Xiangfu really knows what I mean!" ”

As Xiang Fu Ji said, Tian Chong's choice of this place is not only convenient for the deployment of troops, but also for a little superstitious reason.

Four hundred years ago, the Jin State defeated the Chu people in the north here and retained the majesty of the princes of the Central Plains.

Four hundred years later, he Tian Chong will also face the Qin people who are advancing eastward here.

In this major event of the country, in the era of worship and Rong, Tian Chong will naturally believe in some mysterious power in the underworld, in order to get a good fortune.

"The master will bless me with victory."

Tian Chong prayed silently to the soldier master, one of the eight gods of Qidi.

At this time, Qi sent Tian Dan galloping on his horse and stopped near the Great Sima chariot.

Tian Dan said in a loud voice: "Great Sima, a total of 150,000 people from all parts of our Qi army have arrived at the battlefield and are arranging the formation according to the order of the Great Sima. ”

"Good! I have 150,000 warriors in my hands, so why not be victorious! ”

Hearing that the army had gathered, Tian Chong smiled.

The Qi army claimed to have conscripted 300,000 soldiers to fight the Qin people.

But in fact, among the 300,000 troops, the auxiliary soldiers responsible for transporting grain and straw and building camps accounted for as many as 120,000.

And this is because the Qi army is fighting on the ground, and if it is a long-distance expedition, the proportion of auxiliary soldiers in the army will be further increased.

Of the remaining 180,000 soldiers, 20,000 were deployed in the area from Zhencheng to Ayi to prevent the possibility of the Qin army raiding the rear.

Another 10,000 soldiers were guarding Zhen City to prevent the Qin army from stealing homes.

Only the remaining 150,000 people are the real available forces for Tian Chong in this battle.

Compared with 300,000 available troops, although it is less than half, Tian Chong is still confident that he still has an advantage in terms of troops.

The total number of Qin troops was only more than 200,000.

They went on an expedition to Qi, even if there was a big river to transport, but the proportion of auxiliaries in the army was definitely higher than that of the Qi army, and Zhao Tuo also had to leave troops to guard Puyang and other key places, so the number of people the Qin army could use in this battle can be imagined.

"Zhao Tuo, I bet that there are no 100,000 people in your army!"

Tian Chong looked to the west and saw that the Qin army had not yet arrived, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a faint smile.

The battle of gentlemen is when the two sides set up a position and fight in an upright manner, without using tactics such as sneak attacks, which does not include factors such as troops.

He Tian Chong was not so pedantic that he had to fight with Zhao Tuo with the same force, so as to fight more and fight less, which was also the right way of military art.

In addition to the advantage of troops, Tian Chong chose this place as the battlefield, in addition to some superstitions, but also because this place is close to Qi and far away from Qin, which is somewhat advantageous to Qi in terms of geography.

"Although I don't have time to train soldiers, I have more troops than you Zhao Tuo, and my Tian Chong is better at fighting than you Zhao Tuo, and now I still have a geographical advantage, how can I not win this battle?"

Tian Chong whispered to himself, he had already found many advantages for himself, and now he was only waiting for Zhao Tuo's arrival.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the distance, Tian Chong turned his head to look, and saw that there was some commotion on the right flank of the military formation.

"What's going on?"

Tian Chong frowned and asked.

Tian Dan immediately went to check, and after a while, the commotion subsided.

Some short soldiers came back and forth: "Da Sima, General Tian Dan said that it was the newly arrived Yeyi and Yiwei's soldiers who had a dispute over the position of the dispute, and now it has subsided. ”

Tian Chong thought that the Qi army recruited in Yeyi, Yiwei and other places was the last to arrive, and they were not trained and run-in, and they were even worse than other troops, and it was normal for there to be a commotion now.

"In the time of the war, these people were weak."

Tian Chong felt a little nerve-wracking, thought about it, and ordered: "Arrange the soldiers in these two places to the rear of the left flank as a reserve. ”

"Yui."

The short soldiers received the order and immediately went down to give the order.

Tian Chong felt a little more at ease, the Qi army was arrayed according to Pushui, and the left wing was close to Pushui, which could block the Qin army's chariots and rides, which was safer than the right wing.

Soon, Mei, Nanguo Gua and others, who had just almost fought with people on the right flank of the Qi army, began to circle around the left flank of the Qi army under the reprimand of the military officials.

"This is on the battlefield, you can't do it at will. Otherwise, Naigong will definitely twist off the heads of those Yiwei erectors. ”

Mei scolded as she walked.

"Don't say it, don't you see that they are all beheaded?"

Nan Guo Gua shrunk his neck and spoke.

When standing in line just now, a Qi pawn from Yiwei actually held the halberd flat, and a Yeyi soldier in front didn't know that when he retreated, his buttocks were stabbed by the halberd.

Together, the soldiers of Yeyi and Yiwei scolded each other on this battlefield, and the few who took the lead also made a move.

That General Tian Dan came over, and regardless of the reason, he directly clicked all the people who took the lead, which suppressed the chaos.

"The battlefield is really dangerous, and there is a danger of losing your head before you fight."

Nan Guo Gua had fear in his eyes, and while following his own team to the rear of the left flank of the Qi army, he looked around with his eyes open.

"What's that sound?"

At this moment, Mei exclaimed in surprise.

"The Qin army is here!"

"It's their singing!"

The surrounding Qi pawns spoke one after another, and looked forward on tiptoe one by one.

Nanguo Gua had short legs, and he couldn't see the arrival of the Qin army when he stood behind.

"Mei, send me up to have a look, and give you a penny."

Nan Guo Gua screamed, and asked Mei to lift him on his shoulder, and suddenly he was a head taller, so that he could clearly see the west.

Under a gloomy sky, the ground was green, miles to the west.

There, there was a boundless black army, lined up in a neat line, walking in the direction of the Qi army with the same pace.

On either side of the black armor, there are cavalry and chariots slowly moving forward.

The Qin soldiers have not arrived, but the sound has arrived first.

"Do you say you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. Enmity with the Son......"

There is also a third chapter in the evening, a little later