It's September, and the morning is already a little chilly that is hard to be noticed, but by the time the sun rises, the weather is hot again. Not only was it hot, but it was also dry, and there was dust everywhere, and standing on the high side of the palace, you could see at a glance that half of the palace was covered in a large cloud of dust. The seasons change, the phenology migrates, and the chirps on the trees are becoming more and more sparse, but the concubines and courtiers are more and more concerned about the king's body, and what is reassuring and worrying is that the king is in good health.

The king is in good health, Yingdu is not affected by the possible war, the city is still prosperous, and the wine shops are still full. It's just that the topic of conversation among the drinkers has changed, they don't have as many taboos and concerns as the courtiers and nobles, and after the rumor that the Qin State was going to attack Chu if it failed to obtain quality, some people proposed that the king should abdicate and the crown prince ascend the throne, which is a good way to solve the current situation.

At first, everyone looked at each other, and then it seemed reasonable. The crown prince is young, and it is impossible for him to be in power when he ascends the throne, so he cannot be regarded as seizing power; The king is sick, he should have recuperated well, and he must no longer work because of government affairs.

The truth is that the head is the way, but every now and then, Mr. Duxing, who is in the wine shop, will look at these talkers and sneer: "If you wait for a few Qin Jian to be there, the Chu State will die." ”

The others were completely aware that Mr. Duxing's mantra was 'the death of the Chu State', but these people did not know. They said, "Sir, why do you say that we are Qin Jian? What we say, every sentence goes to the heart, worrying about the country, and the sun and the moon can ......"

"Haha......" Everyone in the restaurant laughed, and the shopkeeper laughed even more happily. When these people were puzzled, someone suddenly smashed the wine bowl and scolded: "Take money to spread rumors and kill the whole family!" Get out of here. ”

"We're waiting, we're really ......" The talker was shocked and panicked for a while. At this time, someone sneered: "I don't know Mr. Death, you must be the first to come." When they first came, they dared to say such a disloyal rebellious and disloyal word, and there was no doubt that they were among the Qin countries, and they were taken to see the officials. ”

"Yes, yes. Take them to the magistrates. More people chimed in, and a few of them got up, rolled up their sleeves, and prepared to take the people, so frightened that these people hurriedly retreated from the table and left in embarrassment, and there was another laughter in the wine shop.

"Mr. Kenya. If there is no gentleman, we will never know their intentions. After everyone laughed, someone gave Mr. Lone a drink.

"Exactly. During this period of time, the Qin people were rampant and rumors were spreading. The Qin people spread rumors like this, I am afraid that my king and eldest son will have a gap with each other. "Some people have clever speculations to expose the intentions of the Qin people.

"False. I, Wang Xianming, the eldest son is smart, how can I not know the cunning of the Qin people? Come on, come on, all the kings drink bitterly, and congratulate me for the country of Chu. "There are many patriots of the Chu people, although Mr. Duxing is 'the fall of the Chu country, the death of the Chu country', in fact, he also has the Chu country in his heart, otherwise, why get drunk for the 'death of the Chu country'.

The wind rises at the end of Qingping. The wine shop behind the palace is almost like the news center of Chu State, dignitaries and nobles, soap subordinates and ordinary people, they always have to come to drink a few bowls if they have nothing to do, and all kinds of news come from them and are also transmitted by them to all parts of Chu State.

"Oh. Do you know where this word came from? In the middle of the bed, Xiong Yuan, the king of Chu, also heard Chang Jiang say some things that were circulating in the wine shop. His expression became a little solemn, but it was only for a moment, and after a while, he looked as usual.

"King, where the wine shop is located, the rice is mixed, and it is common for such a big rebellion to come out." Chang Jiang said, "It's just ......"

"Just how?" Xiong Yuan looked at him and knew that what he said would not be so simple.

"King, Jinghua is the city Yin so far, the rumors of Yingdu are increasing day by day, and most of them are the words of the court, this ......" Jinghua's management of Yinghua is not as good as the previous city Yin, not to mention the rest, only he imprisoned Yingdu with a sword, which caused chaos in the government and the public.

"It is fateful, and it must not be repeated." Jing Hua's tough military style has caused a lot of criticism, Xiong Yuan knew about this matter for a long time, but what he wants now is the political stability after his son ascends the throne, at least his life is worry-free. "What is Jing'er doing lately?"

"The eldest son has been ...... recently" Chang Jiang's vest suddenly sweated, and he couldn't wait to slap himself a few times. The king, the eldest son is ...... Soldiers, then. It's the council, the council. ”

"Legion?" Thinking of the rumors just now, Xiong Yuan chuckled in his heart, and he said, "The widow will go to the East Palace to have a look." ”

Chang Jiang was in trouble, but the king wanted to go to the East Palace, so he could only accompany the king to the East Palace. He only hoped that the crown prince and the Donggong armor were really 'discussing' the soldiers instead of 'handing' the soldiers.

The railway around the East Palace has long been withdrawn, and on the open space where the railway was laid earlier, the East Palace armor soldiers lined up two rows of military formations. On the left, is the traditional Chu army battle formation, five people in a column, five columns in a formation, two formations one deviation, two deviations and one pawn, each hundred people, there is a chariot command. At this time, four 5x5 small formations were facing the enemy horizontally, and the armor soldiers were holding Ge, halberds, spears, guns, and crossbows.

On the right, there is the 'new army' of the crown prince Xiong Jing. But these men were in a column of five, and ten in a row, and two in a row, and a hundred. The soldiers carried a spear of 24 feet (Qi Qi) and 4.72 meters, which was also commanded by the commander of the chariot behind the battle.

The spears of the new army were so long that they almost reached 'no end, and they were three times their height'. In addition to the spear, each soldier also carried a three-foot shield. Although the 4.7-metre spear can be used, it can weigh up to 8 kilograms and must be held in both hands. This is where the problem arises: most soldiers can't hold a spear when they have a shield, they can't hold a shield if they have a spear, and even if they barely have a contradiction, it's inconvenient to march in battle.

"Your Highness, the spear is too heavy, and you must not contradict each other." The battle has not yet begun, it is just a formation. Xiong Jing, who was standing behind the New Army army formation under the scorching sun and watching, was dumbfounded, and Cai Bao, who had not recovered from his injuries for a long time, also saw the problem.

"What then?" Xiong Jing scratches the blind. Unlike hot weapons, most of his knowledge of cold weapons warfare is from movies. But who would watch the movie so carefully, they can find that the shield of Alexander's phalanx does not need to be held at all, it is hung on the left shoulder and left arm of the soldier.

"Your Highness, I would like to be the commander of the new army, and I ask Your Highness to allow the armor to go to the shield." Deng Sui, who temporarily acted as the commander of the old army, couldn't stand it anymore and ran over to come up with ideas.

"No! How do you go to shield to block arrows? "Xiong Jing doesn't know how to fight with cold weapons, but he is not stupid, the old army crossbowman on the opposite side is holding a double-hole repeating crossbow.

This kind of crossbow has a short range, but the rate of fire is extremely fast - the upper end of the crossbow has two storage magazines on the left and right, each box can hold ten crossbow arrows, and after each shot of two crossbow arrows, the storage arrows in the box will automatically fall into the horizontal firing slot, and can be fired when wound again. Usually, the crossbowmen in battle are only three or five rounds, and the enemy is already very close after shooting, and the armor in the back row just passes through the crossbowmen to meet the enemy, but with this kind of crossbow, as long as the crossbow machine is not broken, at least ten rounds can be fired before the engagement. The new army has no shield, how to block the crossbow arrows of the 'enemy'.

Xiong Jing refused to use his shield, and the new soldiers had to line up with their shields, and when the rear asked them to move forward with their spears in hand, the shields immediately fell to the ground. When will the arrow be released if the arrow is not released at this time? Although Deng Sui on the opposite side couldn't bear it, he still waved his hand painfully. For a while, one hundred and ten crossbow arrows broke through the air, and the formation of the new army, which had no shield to stop, was in chaos for a while, and the spears and spears slammed together.

In order to make everyone use their lives, there is a twenty gold bet on the outcome of the exercise. The new army was in chaos, and the old army's halberders did not wait for the military order, and with a shout, they rushed to the new army through the gap between the crossbowmen. Although the spear was long, the formation had already been loosened, and once the halberd who saw the gap and drilled into it got close, the spear formation was completely chaotic.

"Your Highness, go away!" The elder was loyal, he wanted Xiong Jing to go quickly, and he jumped off the car and led people forward to defend against the enemy, and Cai Bao, the old royal hand, pulled the reins, and turned the car in one direction with three strokes, and wanted to ride the horse and take Xiong Jing in.

"Stop, stop!" Xiong Jing was in a hurry, he couldn't understand why he ran away.

"Your Highness, this battle has been lost, and it is useless not to go." Cai Bao was persuading, not wanting Xiong Jing to jump out of the car and then not get up.

"Ah, Your Highness is injured." The old army attacked head-on, and was the first to see this scene, and when the new army saw that they were not fighting, they turned around and looked back to find that the prince had fallen to the ground. Everyone was frightened, and everyone fell to the ground and bowed: "Please atone for your sins, Your Highness." ”

"You, you ......" Xiong Jing hurt his butt and twisted his foot. After being helped up, he looked at the armor who fell to the ground, and he didn't scold, and it wasn't training—a good drill was ruined like this.

"Jing'er!" Xiong Yuan appeared, and he saw this 'council' very early. At first, I was startled, but then I was relieved to find out that it was not a real knife or a real gun. At the end of the exercise, his son fell out of the car and couldn't get up, so he immediately came over.

"Father." Xiong Jing didn't expect his father to come, so he immediately paused, not wanting to touch the muscles on his buttocks, and suddenly felt pain.

"Excuse me." Xiong Yuan's voice was thin but concerning. "Chang Jiang said that you are discussing soldiers, is this a counciling soldier?"

"Father, the soldiers on paper can't tell clearly, only the actual combat can prove one or two, this time, it was the child who was defeated." Xiong Jing is very helpless, it seems that he can't be superstitious about movies in the future.

"Yes." Xiong Yuan nodded, he watched it for a long time, and naturally knew that Xiong Jing was defeated. "You've been defeated, why don't you leave quickly?"

"Child...... "Xiong Jing is not a character who does not hit the south wall and does not look back, he does not run away, first, he is unwilling, and second, he wants to know why he will lose." The child thinks that even if a general cannot take the lead, he must not abandon the army and flee. ”

"Oh?" Cai Bao is Xiong Yuan's master, if it was Xiong Yuan just now, he would not have jumped out of the car and not escaped. It's just that this kind of thing can't be said in front of the soldiers, which is detrimental to the dignity of the royal family.

"Yes." Xiong Jing, who was vaguely aware of his father's intentions, was as calm as water, and he suddenly thought of the King of Chu, and immediately said loudly: "The child heard that the gentleman only died once in his life, and the villain died countless times before he died. As the eldest son of the Chu State, the child is unwilling to steal his life. ”

"If you die, what will you do?" Xiong Yuan finally couldn't help but ask.

"Child...... Undefeated is. His son's answer made Xiong Yuan endure the laughter, he no longer talked about this issue, and said: "Ge, halberd, spear, sword, crossbow, these are the five soldiers." If you are far away, you will shoot it, and if you are close, you will be short to defend it, and you will be short to save it. You only use spears in your army, how can you win? ”