Chapter 15 Patrols
The pieces of armor are strung together by leather ropes, the left armor presses the right armor, the upper armor presses the lower armor, and so it is arranged in a neat row, and then the cuirass, skirt armor, and helmet are formed by such a row......
According to Gong Yin Dao, a set of armor requires a total of 183 pieces of armor and takes one month to make. The huge armor worn by Xiong Jing used one hundred and twenty-six pieces of iron, which took two months to complete. Each piece of iron has undergone a quenching and tempering process, which is by no means an ordinary blade. The last time Yingdu rebelled, Xiong Jing, who was wearing a huge armor under his robe, was only shot away by the assassins, but the sword did not pierce the iron armor.
Now, this set of life-saving armor is once again worn on Xiong Jing's body, and it is the first time that he has worn it all, and he is directly worn on the outside of his clothes. Unlike other armors in the Chu State, which are all lacquered, and the appearance is pitch black, this set of huge armor is specially polished piece by piece, the armor piece is extremely smooth, and it is like a copper mirror under the sun and light, and it is bright and dazzling to the human eye.
"Thousands of miles to the plane, Guan Shan is like flying. Shuoqi passed on the golden watch, and the cold light was iron-clad ......, "Ge is not here, it is another temple man who brought a shaft to put on this pair of armor for Xiong Jing." Armor piercing is not like dressing, you always have to fiddle for a while, and the bored Xiong Jing unconsciously chanted a passage in Mulan's poem. Zuo Shi Candle is far dead, and there is no one to take over for the time being, and Xia Shi quickly records the poems chanted out of Xiong Jing's mouth, and his pen is flying. At the end, Xiong Jing groaned to 'the male rabbit's feet fluttered, and the female rabbit's eyes were blurred; When the two rabbits walked on the ground, and An could tell that I was a male and female', the confused right history realized that this poem was originally about a woman in the army.
"Your Majesty, your armor is ready." The temple people gently told each other that the body armor, skirt armor, arm armor, and the shin armor that they had never seen before were all put on, and finally the iron armor was also in Xiong Jing's hands, however, Xiong Jing, who heard the words, did not move at all.
"My lord, the armor is fully dressed." The temple people thought that the king had not heard, and said again, this time louder than the previous one.
“…… Whew, it's too heavy! Xiong Jing himself also knew that the armor was worn, but his body was too light, although the weight had been taken into account when making the armor, and he only had the front body and no back body, but he was pressed by these kilograms of armor and could not breathe.
"Ah, too heavy?!" The temple people were at a loss, so they had to sit down with the erector to help Xiong Jing.
"It doesn't matter." Xiong Jing stopped him, he took a deep breath, and began to walk, either he couldn't walk, or his chest was uncomfortable.
"Stroke me on the horse." Xiong Jing, who had walked a few steps, felt that the horse had gone up by himself, and he could only rely on people to help him.
"King Fu gets on the horse." The temple people had a sharp voice, and hurriedly helped Xiong Jing out of the tent with a few other people. It was already dark outside, and according to General Xiang Yan's order, breakfast had already been eaten, and now the stove was being dismantled to collect the military tents, and some fast-moving division tents had already been put away and were being arrayed.
"The last general has seen the king." Chang Yan, the palace guard, and his people have been guarding outside the tent all night.
"No courtesy." Xiong Jing had to adjust his breathing when he spoke, but fortunately, his pony was quickly led over, and after getting on the horse, his breathing was a little easier, and the huge armor that weighed like a thousand catties seemed to be half lighter. "I want to go to the camps, and you follow."
Walking means to inspect, and Xiong Jing means to let the whole army see themselves and know that their king is in the camp with them. With Xiong Jing's order, hundreds of palace armor followed him out of the king's camp and marched to the divisions. In the early morning, the flag fluttering in the wind is not visible, but the bell on the flagpole is very pleasant. In addition, Xiong Jing is a palace armor with two spears in his hands, and this team of hundreds of people attracted people's attention as soon as they came out of the king's camp, and the soldiers saw it and saluted, and the voice of 'the king's ......' instantly spread throughout the camps.
"No courtesy. Military affairs are important, you are busy with yours, I will only come to see. Xiong Jing came to the first battalion casually, and said this to the officer who watched the salute in front of the horse, and he also saw that the whole battalion had stopped, and he was a little uneasy.
"The prince came to my teacher, and the minister was not very afraid." The low-level officer may not dare to speak, and only a young officer rushed to the end.
"Military affairs are important, you let them not delay." Xiong Jing commanded again, "This is the division of Xiyang?" ”
"Exactly." The person who came was Zeng Yin, and when he answered, his father Zeng Fang came without a rush. "The minister has seen the king."
The king came to Xiyang's division for no reason, and Zeng Fang wanted his son to come first, but then saw from a distance that Xiong Jing only brought two or three hundred palace armor, and felt that there was no danger so he came.
"No courtesy." As soon as Zeng Fang came, the right history behind him whispered how Xiyang was behind Xiong Jing, so that Xiong Jing could know Xiyang's past and situation. "The big war is coming, and it's not just about patrolling the whole army."
"Ahh Zeng Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he pointed back to the military camp and said: "Xiyang is lucky, and the minister implores the king to look at it." ”
"Military affairs are important, and when we do not ignore them, the soldiers must not delay the military aircraft." Xiong Jing said so, and the people rode their horses to the camp tent of the Xiyang Division. The pawn of Xiyang, who had never encountered a similar situation, did not see Xiong Jing, nor did he avoid it, he stood there stupidly, and some of the armor soldiers even violated the etiquette and did not take off their skins.
"How many times are there pawns?" Xiong Jing looked over and found that there were not many people in this Xiyang Master.
"Tell the king, there are forty times." Zeng Fang blinked his eyes and answered an imaginary number, he didn't believe that Xiong Jing would count them one by one.
"Good. The soldiers of Xiyang are strong, all have armor, and they are really sharp soldiers. "It can be seen that although the division of Xiyang has few people, it is extremely well-equipped, and the appearance of the soldiers is much stronger than that of the Yue people in the right army.
"The king praises." Zeng Fang couldn't close his mouth happily, although his soldiers were fine, but there were few people, and they were actually only thirty times.
"This battle is very important, and the soldiers are sworn to die." Xiong Jing, who had a hasty turn in the barracks, said so, and then went out to see the camp of Xiyang and came to the camp of expectation next door. Qisi is a big county, and there are thousands of soldiers in the camp. The news of the king's inspection had already spread to the ears of the general Yu Sizhi, and before Xiong Jing entered the camp, he took people to wait outside.
"The Division of Expectation is in formation?" Unlike Xiyang, which is next to it, Qi Si has already packed up the camp tent and demolished it, and the soldiers have already discharged a small military formation in units of 100 people.
"Yes, yes." There was some pride in his tone, he was an old man, and he was used to preparing everything in advance.
"Good." Looking at the military formation in front of him, Xiong Jing rode his horse around in front of the formation, and then turned around and returned to his original place. The soldiers all looked at him, and most of them had a sudden look in their eyes: this group of commoners, who had never even seen the county magistrate, actually saw the king today; And there was a eagerness in the eyes of the sergeant officers, who hoped that they would be appreciated by the king.
"Is there a descendant of my Chu State Secretary? Is there a descendant of my surname Gong? "I should have left after the inspection, but I saw that some people in the front row of the military formation had broken armor and no swords at their waists, these people were obviously not the children of nobles, so Xiong Jing asked.
"Yes?" The Yayan in Xiong Jing's mouth is not something that the Shu people can understand, they can only understand the Chu language. When Xiong Jing asked if there was any, the army trembled, and hundreds of people stood up one after another, most of the armor on their bodies was rhino armor, and the long sword around their waists was also quite exquisite, the most conspicuous thing was the clothes, the others were ordinary linen, but the inside was just stuffed to avoid the cold, and they were mostly fur furs, and one of them was wearing a fox fur.
"Even after the nobles, why don't they be listed in front of the battle?" Fei did know what Xiong Jing was going to say, and suddenly looked extremely embarrassed. "If the battle is unfavorable, can you avoid it at the back of the battle?" Xiong Jing rode on the horse, and the mount seemed to sense the dissatisfaction of its master, and it snorted uneasily, constantly turning back and forth in place, and Xiong Jing had to comfort it and calm it.
"Why are you at the back of the line, you say?" The disobedience finally calmed down, and Xiong Jing rode forward and asked one of them. The rhino armor on his body is very new, the copper nails on it are also very bright, and the sword is not long, but it is very simple, and it is a good sword.
"The kid doesn't know, the kid just ...... Just obey the orders of the soldiers. This person didn't dare to look at Xiong Jing, and hurriedly bowed down.
"In today's battle, do you dare to be at the forefront of the military formation?" Xiong Jing didn't look at him, but at the others.
"Boy dare." Under the pressure of the king, no one dared to say that he did not dare.
"For the descendants of my clan, it should be after my surname. Mi Fei Ji's surname, to have today's Chu State, thanks to the ancestor Ying's brave battle, fear of war and fear of death, will only shame my ancestors. Xiong Jing continued to reprimand. The probability of casualties in the front row and in the last row is completely incomparable, and it is said that Western mercenaries are paid completely differently for standing in the first row than for standing in the back row. Xiong Jing had guessed that there might be such a situation among the Chu army before, but he didn't expect it to be the case.
"Not too young to be crowned, not even to be tooth to tooth, but already king, this battle must be before the army. Why are the Qin people afraid? What is there to fear about life and death? Xiong Jing questioned loudly, the rising sun shone on his bright armor, and everyone's eyes were dazzling, and they intuitively felt that he was extremely dazzling. Where is the concubine? Xiong Jing said and shouted again.
"The minister is here." The concubine was indeed told by Xiong Jing that his vest was sweating, and his son was in the army.
"Pass on my king's command: All those who are listed in the first three lines of the army during the war, regardless of their nobles, whether they have meritorious deeds or not, will remember their names for later use."
"The minister commands." Fei did immediately say.
"All the children of the Zhan Gong clan and the children of the Qing Shi will leave their names, and those who are officials and officials in the army will make up their posts." Xiong Jing said again. "After the war, the life, death, injury and illness of the first three lines were marked, and both strategies were delivered to the Great Sima Mansion, and there must be no mistakes."
"The minister commands." She was sweating again. Although the king did not force the children of the nobles to be in front of the battle, a comparison of the two lists made it clear who was doing what during the battle.
"Good. That's it for today. After this toss, the sun has come out, and when I look up, the entire military camp has turned into a military formation full of flags, and there are no longer various camp barriers between the divisions, only a small gap. No one looked to the north, and not many people paid attention to whether the Qin army was out of the camp, and at this time, the eyes of the whole army were focused on which flag fluttered in the wind.
"King, the military formation is lined up, and the big battle is imminent, please return to the camp quickly." Ge is not there, and the newcomers to the temple dare not persuade them, only the right history dares to speak.
"Who said the big war was coming? The shadow of the Qin people is gone. Let's go, go to the front of the battle. "Xiong Jing's position is behind the 20 lines of the Chinese army, according to the arrangement of the council troops, the three armies are all 20 lines, and they only change formations before the war. Xiong Jing did not go in the direction of You Que, but ran to the front of the military formation.