Zhuang Wudi knew Xiong Jing's worries, and said: "If the Qi people come, they can use our army generals to lead the commanders, so they don't have to worry about being unrestrained." ”

"I can't understand my words." Peng Zong was also a little worried about Qi people. "And why do the people of the city fight?"

"The people of the city can only oblivion." E Cao replied helplessly, saying the usefulness of the city people.

The Zhou people's system was divided into Shinong and industrial, and Guan Zhong was Qi Xiang and made Shinong and industrialist and commercial respectively, and established the township of Shinong and the township of industry and commerce. Shang is a merchant, belonging to the city, which is the lowest rank among all kinds of origins, and is often compared with the lowly nationality. When the Qin people were on the border, they first issued 'officials who had faults, redundant officials, and Jia people'; if these people were not enough, they would be given 'those who had city registration (those who had city registration before)'; if it was not enough, they would be issued 'those who had city registration (those who had city registration before)'; and finally 'those who had city registration should be taken'. This kind of Lu Zuo is mostly farmers who have no land to grant after they have multiplied.

The status of the city is not as good as the craftsman, and it is even worse than the agricultural status. During the Spring and Autumn Period, only Chinese (nobles) could join the army, and during the Warring States Period, they had to be peasants to be pawns - in a country with a strong Spring and Autumn legacy, such as the Chu State, city registration, artisan registration, and landless peasant registration were not allowed to join the army - but each time they went on an expedition, they would forcibly recruit a number of city registrations and artisan registrations for military service.

It's not a joke that Ecao wants these city people to go to the trenches. The military law of the Wei State clearly demanded that 'the siege of the city should be used for its insufficiency, and the general would use (false door: fake Tongjia) to annihilate the trench', and at the same time demanded that 'the general should not be merciful when he is sent to the army today, cook cattle and eat the soldiers, and give him three meals and give it to Kun'.

Originally, the city registration was not allowed to go to the battlefield, because the king of Wei was 'hungry and unbearable', so he reluctantly let them join the army. However, the generals who lead the army should not be sympathetic to them, and when there are countless deaths during the siege, they can let them go to the trenches; When the cattle are slaughtered in the camp and eaten meat, they must not be allowed to eat the beef, but give them a third of the corn.

Wei State cannot change city registration, Qin State can change city registration, but if the city registration is changed, it will also pursue 'those who have city registration' and 'big parents and parents who have city registration'. The state of Chu, like the Kwantung states, cannot change the city registration, but it will not be like the king of Wei, who is 'lustful and unbearable', and asks them to fill in the trenches when they attack the city.

"If you send the people of the city to oblivion, you will chill their hearts." Zhuang Wudi also knows the low status of the city's people, but the current situation is urgent. "There is no trench to fill in at the time of the decision, and it is okay to use it as a deputy pawn. The rest are pawns, although they can't understand the language, but they will lead the captain to lead by example, and they can fight if they don't understand. 30,000 soldiers, can be thousands of battle arrays. Coupled with the two armies of Zhao and Wei, there are more than 1,000 columns. Or can the Qi army be the right army, the army of Zhao Wei as the left army, and our army as the middle army? ”

Zhuang Wudi is a depth of 30 rows into a formation, more than 30,000 Qi troops, can be thousands of columns; Zhao Wei has more than 40,000 columns, which can be more than 1,400 columns; There are nearly 20,000 people from the Ba people and the tribes of Xiou, and their depth is thinner, and twenty rows can be thousands of columns. The remaining 20 Chu army divisions, each division formed a large array of rushing spears, 60 columns, and counting the interval between the two formations, about 2,000 columns.

In this way, the width of the whole army's array will be close to or even reach 5,500 columns, and these 5,500 columns have not counted the sword and shield arrays of the tribes in Xiou, after the sword and shield arrays are expanded, the width of the columns and columns is twice that of the spear array, and the width of their thousand columns is 2,000 columns of the spear array. It is equal to 5,500 columns, and another 1,000 columns will be added to make it 6,500 columns.

According to the military formation listed by Meng Tian last time, in order to prevent the Chu army from charging the spear, the depth of the Qin army has reached a terrifying 100 lines. If the width of the coalition array is 6,600 columns, if the Qin army does not want to be hooked by the coalition forces, the width of the array must also be 6,500 columns. Six thousand five hundred columns are one hundred rows deep, which will be 650,000 people, more than the total number of troops under Wang Jian now.

Of course, it is impossible for the whole army to press in a decisive battle, and some divisions and brigades that are good at fighting will be used as Youque, either to fill the vacancies or wait for an opportunity to break the formation. But at least the difference in strength between the two sides is no longer as big as before, and the twenty Chu army divisions are a force that is more satisfactory to both the Great Sima Mansion and the Shogunate strategists.

"They can't be left and right." Zhuang Wudi's opinion was opposed by Peng Zong. "The Qi army, the Zhao army, and the Wei army are afraid of hook attacks, and the Qin people have more cavalry than me, so I thought they should be the Chinese army."

"They are the Chinese army?" Zhuang Wudi was a regular formation, while Peng Zong was unconventional and put the weak army in the middle.

"Yes, yes." Peng Zongdao. "The Qin people made it so that I didn't break the formation, and I doubled the formation. Under Meng Tian's command, the Qin people were in a thick array. Therefore, I thought that our army would not be hit, but should be flanked. The strong division should be on the left and right, and after the cavalry battle, attack around the flank of the Qin people, and the Chinese army can be undefeated. ”

Peng Zong did not move the bargaining plate in front of him, and outlined the operational ideas of this decisive battle in a few words. The rushing spears are mostly in the middle of the formation, and now since the width of the arrays on both sides is about the same, it should not be hit again, but should be hooked on both wings. The Qin army is a horizontal team, and the horizontal army formation is not unable to turn, but it is not easy to turn, once the spear formation rushes to the side, there is a chance that the formation will collapse.

"What is the use of artillery?" Flanking is not possible, but flanking artillery is redundant.

"The artillery hook attack is inconvenient, and the Qin people should be in a thick position in front of the formation, and our army will attack as usual." Peng Zongdao. "Only on the left and right flanks are several divisions around its flanks and backs, flanking in both directions, and urging its formation to collapse. The Chinese army had nothing else to ask for, and when the Qin army was defeated, it could take advantage of the victory to pursue. ”

"Yes." E Cao was the first to recognize Peng Zong's idea of a decisive battle, which was a good way to give full play to the maneuver of the Chu army's column. If the Chu army is placed in the middle, the mobility will not be able to be exerted, and it can only blindly rush to break the formation.

"Yes. However, Xiong Jing nodded, but his worries were not all gone. "When will the divisions arrive?"

His question made the smile that had just appeared on everyone's faces suppressed again. In addition to the fourteen divisions that had been assembled, the other six divisions, the Qi army, the Ba people, and the Xiou tribes, were all on the road. If Makisawa Fengze is frozen tomorrow, they will definitely not be able to catch up with the decisive battle. Unable to catch up with the decisive battle, Peng Zong's flank attack still failed, because the width of the two armies was too far apart, and when the Chu army on the left and right flanks went around to the flank of the Qin army, it was estimated that the decisive battle would end soon.

"The teachers of Yue, Lu, and Zhu can be there in a few days." Zhuang is not authentic. "Qi people are slower, and they have not yet entered my Chu realm at this time; The same is true of the Ba people and the tribes of Xiou, if they can go to Huguan and Qingyang, they can arrive in ten days. ”

"Ten days?!" Xiong Jing turned his head to look outside the bed. The cold wind was howling outside the bed, the sky was dull and gray, and it looked like it was going to snow soon. Fortunately, snow does not mean ice, it is not cold when it snows, and it is coldest when it melts. However, this is a very different era, maybe this month Mu Ze and Feng Ze will be frozen.

"Can it come this month?" Xiong Jing asked again. Zhuang Wu said that in the second half of the journey, the Qi people must cross the Great Wall of Qi and enter the Chu realm, and finally rush to Jucheng, only by rushing to Jucheng, can they come by boat; The Ba people must sail through the shallow water in winter to reach the pass on the bank of the Yangtze River; The tribes of Western Europe had to arrive at Qingyang and take a boat north from Qingyang.

"It's bound to come this month." Zhuang Wudi replied in the affirmative. In the case of a boat, no matter how slow it is for more than 20 days, it should arrive.

"I don't know when it snows and freezes?" Xiong Jing's eyes were still staring at the lead-gray sky outside the bed, as if he was talking to himself.

"In previous years, when it snowed at the end of the month, the river froze in the next month and the first month." Peng Zong replied. "The minister has a word, but he doesn't know ......"

Peng Zong's respect made the corners of Xiong Jing's mouth smile, and Peng Zong said when he saw this: "The Qin army is 600,000, and Doctor Zhao Wei expects me to be invincible, and I will pass through Qin." If the water is frozen, the sea of sand is only ten miles away from the beam......"

"The Qin people are all broken?" Xiong Jing immediately understood what Peng Zong meant. Although the more than 40,000 people of the two armies of Zhao and Wei were in Daliang, the three armies did not join forces, and the Qin people were likely to strike first and break each one.

"In the past, the king of Linzi was timid to me, and hundreds of thousands of troops fled at night, which was to fight with me, why did he want to pull out the city and lose the army?" E Cao looked at Peng Zong puzzled. If the Qin army first captures Daliang and then fights a decisive battle, it will be defeated by the coalition forces like the siege of Handan, which is a good thing for the Chu army.

"If Doctor Zhao Wei secretly communicates with the Qin people, what if he opens the city gate privately when it is frozen?" Peng Zong said what he imagined. In addition to the fact that the armies could not arrive in time, he was also more worried about Wang Jian attacking the Liang in advance.

"Zhao Wei has a lot of hatred for Qin, and he will fight to the death, and the Qin people will not be able to pull out the city when they enter the city. The Qin people fell into Daliang, and our army could go to the Shahai to attack their camp the next day, and once the camp was destroyed, the Qin army would be defeated. Zhuang Wu suddenly had an idea when he said this, and he said: "At that time, if you can tempt the Qin people to attack the Great Liang......

Kaifeng is only 60 miles away from Daliang, and about 70 miles away from the sea of sand after the ice, which is a day's journey. If the Qin army falls into the Great Liang, it will be a repeat of the situation in Linzi that year. Zhao Wei is not a Qi person, and the Qi people gave beauties, jade silks, and wine back then, but they did not entangle the Qin army in time, which made Wang Jian run away at night. Zhao Wei can't do this, if the Qin army really attacks Daliang, the defenders in the city will bite them hard, and Wang Jian can't run away if he wants to.

"The Wei people have ten artillery pieces, which can be used as bait." Peng Zong advised. "This is something that the Qin people must get, and it can induce the Qin people to go straight to the Great Liang King City."

"It's a good idea!" Dou Chang doesn't talk much, but he is very interested in this strategy.

"It's a good idea!" E Cao and the rest of the military horses also nodded frequently. "In this way, Wang Jian will fight with me."

Linzi's snowy night pursuit left a deep impression on the Chu army, and many generals still thought that Wang Jian would run, especially when their own troops increased greatly. Zhuang Wudi's strategy of luring the Qin army to attack the Great Liang and then entangled the Qin army by the Wei and Zhao armies won the approval of the Sima of each army.

When several people looked at Xiong Jing, Xiong Jing shook his head unexpectedly, "No." Seeing that everyone did not give up, he explained: "At this time, you must not fight with the Qin people, and you will lose if you fight your wit." ”

"This ......" no one thought that Xiong Jing's reason was actually this. At that time, when I came to ask not to dismiss Zhibisi, Xiong Jing's reason was also this: the offensive and defensive momentum was reversed, and the Chu people were not good at fighting wits, so they would never fight with the Qin army, but only bravely. I didn't beg for anything, and I almost fell on the spot.