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The day after the wolf skin returned to Xia City, it was the day that E Yue agreed to go to Xia City, and everyone in Xia City was also making final preparations before the expedition.

Chen Jian took Yu Qian'er to look for an ant's nest near the pavilion on the road that the people of Echeng must pass, and whispered a few words in Yu Qian'er's ear, Yu Qian'er looked surprised, but still prepared according to what Chen Jian said.

The soldiers from Xia Cheng lined up near the pavilion, and seeing the soldiers brought by E Yue from a distance, Jian Chen gave Yu Qian'er a look.

E Yue believed that Chen Jian was the way to win, and after counting nine divination, he also told the soldiers of E Cheng that this time he would definitely win.

On this expedition, Shu Jiu, as the priest of the tribe, also had to follow everyone to Xia City, praying to the ancestors of heaven and earth before the expedition, and also to make the soldiers who went out to believe that this time they would win.

There are many ways to choose from the number nine, but none of them are intuitive, the clansmen can't pass on the burned shoulder blades one by one, and they may not be able to understand it, and the lines of divination can only be seen by the priests.

The soldiers of Echeng knew that they were facing six or seven thousand Xijon people, these Xijon people had learned to grow millet, and they were no longer the kind of barbarians who lived in caves.

The combined number of the two cities was less than 2,000, and it was still a long expedition, and anxiety was inevitable.

The vast majority of the soldiers in Echeng had only had a glimpse of it when Jian Chen was conquering the Meteorite Clan, and the rest had only heard about it.

Looking back at that glance, Xia Cheng did not make too deep an impression on the people of Echeng, with tattered clothes and fatigue after the battle.

This time goodbye, but different.

The army was preceded by eight chariots side by side, all of them on horses, the right side of the chariot was covered with leather armor, and the left side of the chariot was holding a long bow, standing still.

After the chariot, there is the new army with unified uniforms, and the so-called uniforms are nothing more than silk turbans dyed with indigo, dancing in the summer breeze, like forests and mountains.

The shock army of the peasants and wild people was sparse, each armed with a short sword, and carrying a variety of other weapons that he had prepared, such as javelins and leather armor.

The army in the entire Xia City was no more than a thousand people, but Chen Jian asked everyone to deliberately widen the distance, and after arranging it neatly, the soldiers of Echeng, who were not very sensitive to numbers, had a little more confidence, and it seemed that this time a big victory was really possible.

After E Yue and Chen Jian greeted each other, when the two were about to say something to the soldiers, the originally quiet military formation suddenly became a little restless, and many people looked not far away, their faces full of surprise.

Jian Chen also pretended to be puzzled, and walked with E Yue to a flat ground not far away, and E Yue's heart trembled suddenly.

I don't know when there were a lot of ants on the ground, lined up on the ground, standing in the distance and looking, it was obviously a word, a Xia Cheng text.

Shu Jiu has seen a lot of strange things in her life, and as a priest, she also has a lot of divination skills, but she has never seen such a thing.

She recognized a lot of Xia Cheng's words, and because they were pictographic, the few words were easy to recognize. And those words with strange pronunciations will have the simplest common words reversed and phonetic, which is not difficult to learn.

These big black ants are like the pen and ink in the hands of the earth, and write a strange word "auspicious" on the sand, which is the best omen in the divination of Echeng, and it also has the meaning of returning home with a great victory in the summer city.

The words written by the ants were in front of everyone's eyes, not to hear about it, but to see it with their own eyes, whether it was the soldiers of Echeng or Xiacheng, they all let out a light sigh.

Xia Cheng's divine power and divination are lighter, in Echeng, the number nine is second only to the existence of the leader, the two sides communicate frequently, the people of Xia City already believe in the guidance of the ancestors, but the guidance of the ancestors is mostly shown by people's hands and minds, and this is the first time to use natural phenomena to reflect.

The soldiers excitedly shouted at the auspicious signs they saw, and the number nine was also full of suspicions, could it be that this was really the guidance of the ancestors?

Chen Jian took advantage of everyone's surprise and shouted: "The soldiers of Xia Cheng and E City, the results of this expedition, the heavens and the earth have already told us the answer, we will win!" Do you recognize that word? ”

The soldiers of Xia Cheng knew a few words, the handwriting of the white ash brush was all over the city, and they would not be punished if they learned it every month, of course they recognized it, and shouted in unison: "Ji!" The meaning of a big victory! ”

With the shouting of the soldiers of Xia Cheng, the soldiers of Echeng were in high spirits, and they also shouted: "Ji! A big win! ”

The soldiers of the two cities no longer had any doubts, and the trace of worry in their hearts disappeared in an instant, and they followed Jian Chen and shouted loudly about victory.

The leaders of Xia City were also surprised, but Yu Qian'er had a piece of maple candy in her mouth and said secretly: "It's a pity to give the ants a good maple candy to eat." ”

She knows that ants are just for sugar, where do they recognize the word good and evil? But the rest of the people didn't know that they knew the outcome of the big victory before the war, and they were excited and worried.

Ants are the inspiration of the earth to everyone, Xia Cheng and E City are both farming tribes, and the land is a very important god, so the results of this divination are more credible.

With the excitement of everyone, Chen Jian said: "Although the ancestors gave us guidance, this battle will definitely be won, but all the soldiers must also obey the orders of the leader, not retreat privately, not panic in the face of the enemy, and follow the sound of drums, gongs and horns. Don't talk about the guidance of the ancestors, even if the child listens to the mother's teaching, he can't drown if he doesn't jump into the water, and he can't burn if he doesn't stand in the fire, aren't these words right? But if you have to run into the water and into the fire, you will still die. The truth is the same, victory is certain, but this victory requires obeying the orders of the chief. ”

E Yue nodded and said: "That's right, the two cities jointly sent troops, I swear with Ji Xia here, before Xia Cheng does not retreat, E Cheng will not take a step back, if you violate it, you will suffer disaster." ”

"The same is true for Xia Cheng, if Echeng does not retreat and Xia Cheng retreats, it will also suffer from floods and fires, and the ancestors will not bless it!"

The two of them sacrificed to their ancestors and heaven and earth, offered tribute, and swore a blood oath, Chen Jian asked Hongyu to read an oath that had been written a long time ago, to the effect that the Xijon people are like evil wolves that cannot be satisfied without our race, and we must go out to save the Acropolis, which is what the ancestors want to see, and it will inevitably guide us to return with a great victory.

The soldiers were arranged to rest temporarily near Xia Cheng, while E Yue and the others discussed with Chen Jian what they would face when they set out on the expedition.

For Echeng, this is the first expedition 400 miles away, and how to eat and rest is a big problem.

Xia Cheng had gone to the grassland before, although there were not many people that time, but after all, he had experience.

"Ji Xia, how long are we going to go this time?"

"Four hundred miles, 1,800 men march, I'm afraid it will take ten days. Don't be in a hurry, send out scouts every day, camp early in the evening, and advance step by step. Wei He was so impatient last time that he was ambushed by the Xijon people in the valley, and we can't help but learn this lesson. ”

Eyue pondered: "In ten days, if we defeat the Xijon people, we can eat the food of the Acropolis. But the people of Xijon are afraid that they may not fight us in a decisive battle, and delay us, and this time they will prepare a month's worth of grain and grass. Counting cattle and horses, it costs six or seven thousand catties of grain to eat alone every day, which is 180,000 catties a month. 1,800 people, each of whom had to carry 100 catties of grain? ”

How can one person walk with a hundred catties of food?

Chen Jian said: "In the team of 1,800 people, there are only 1,000 real soldiers, and the rest are baggage soldiers. I have piled up enough food and grass for a month and a half for an army in the city of Heyin. For the first few days, it was transported back and forth by baggage. In the event of an enemy, it is enough for each person to carry thirty catties of dry food. ”

This is full of confidence, even a little arrogant, this is also the first time E Yue has seen this side of Chen Jian, in the past, Chen Jian was a young but extremely calm person in his heart, cautious, but this time he was so confident.

The number nine secretly calculated, thirty catties of grain, and people eat horses and chew for six or seven days.

"Could it be that Ji Xia thinks that after arriving at the Acropolis, he can defeat the enemy within six days? That's six or seven thousand, how can it be so easy. Even if divination is auspicious, you must be careful. ”

Jian Chen laughed and said, "Then let's wipe our eyes and wait to see." Originally, the three cities made an appointment, and they gathered in Xia City in May, and the warriors competed in skills, but unfortunately they were disrupted by the Xijon people. In this way, it is better to defeat them, escort the captives back, and sacrifice their ancestors before fighting. Six or seven thousand people, but six or seven thousand slaves, I am afraid that there will not be enough stables. ”

The men all laughed dryly, hard to believe.

The higher you climb, the harder you fall, but once you succeed, because you climb high, you will be in the limelight.

After laughing dryly for a while, Su He on the side asked, "Ji Xia, I have heard that the chariots in Xia City are powerful, I am afraid that you think that the confidence that you can defeat the Xirong people within three or five days also comes from this...... It's just that the hundred-step-wide grass river, so how do you get there? ”

As soon as the words came out, everyone looked at Jian Chen, and felt that Su He's scoop of cold water was just right, before the war, especially as a leader, he couldn't be too confident, and he needed to be careful.

However, no one expected that Jian Chen was just stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The grass river of just a hundred steps will become a thoroughfare in less than three days." Are you credible? ”

Everyone in Xia Cheng said in unison: "Of course I believe Ji Xia." ”

The rest of the people saw that the Xia Cheng people thought it was true, and they felt a little helpless in their hearts, maybe it was Xia Cheng who had won a few times that made these Xia Cheng people trust Jian Chen so much.

They all knew that there were boats in Xia City, people could cross the river, and horses could swim across, but the chariot was huge, how could it be loaded on the boat?

Within three days, the moat will become a thoroughfare, how is this possible?

The easiest way to change the moat is to build a bridge. These people have not seen bridges, but the concept of bridges is still a log running across the banks of the creek in their eyes, and no one ever thought that there would be a rainbow bridge over the grass river that is 100 steps wide.

The bridge that Chen Jian wanted was naturally a pontoon bridge, and he had been thinking about it as early as January, and the reason why it had not been repaired was because he was waiting for the people from Echeng to come.

From the beginning of the meeting, Jian Chen has been saying something that sounds rather arrogant, and he did it on purpose, because he wanted to make this expedition more mythical in the story of the Three Cities, and the protagonists of this myth are him and Xia Cheng.

If you climb high and fall hard, you will be too confident and will leave the ambition of throwing a whip and breaking the stream into a joke; But it will also leave behind the Xuanqi that destroys the withering and decaying and looks at the grass and mustard while talking and laughing, and becomes the talking point of the people of the Three Cities after dinner.

The difference is nothing more than victory or defeat, and the evaluation of others has always been consequential.

Therefore, in order to ensure that these words became a statement of confidence rather than a joke, Chen Jia had already pondered all kinds of situations that might be encountered, so as to ensure that after this battle, whether it was Echeng or the Acropolis, the people would be convinced of him.

In the memory of the previous life, the earliest history of the pontoon bridge can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties. In the earliest family narrative epic in China, there is a record of the pontoon bridge: the second part of the "Book of Songs" "Daya, Daming", is an epic, from the unpredictable destiny of Yin Shang will die to lead to Wang Ji marrying Tairen, to King Wen was born to marry Taiji, and then to King Wu to fight Jiang Shang to assist, the momentum is magnificent.

It's just that because of the backwardness of a certain alien colonization and the loss of the right to speak, when it comes to epics, many people in the previous life first thought of "the Achaians with strong tibia bones and the Achilles with quick feet", forgetting "Tanche Huanghuang, Shiwei Yingyang", and even the concepts of republic, Datong, cabinet, and the world for the public have become imported products, as if the tradition should be like the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, tradition is not like that, King Wen met Tai Juan by the Wei River, and was shocked by the heavens and people, and finally realized his dream and married home. As the first part of the Book of Poetry, Guan Guan Ju Dove is also the style of Southern Zhou, the encounter between King Wen and Tai Ju may not be so romantic, and the final bell and drum music may not be a gentleman's fantasy but only a narration of historical facts. In order to marry Taiji, King Wen "built a boat as a beam and did not show its light", built a pontoon bridge, and the bells and drums rang in unison.

Xiacheng is qualified to build such a pontoon bridge, the 100-meter-wide grass river is divided into two by Luo Island, and Luo Island can be used as a transit to reduce the shaking of the bridge deck.

The people of Xia Cheng have always believed in Chen Jian's words, and the people of Echeng and Su He and others naturally don't believe that they can build a bridge in just three days.

After Chen Jian explained the method of building the bridge, he took the people to the river, where there was still wood left over from the last time, and a large number of bark boats were also filled with stones and sand for balancing.

"It is only necessary to put the boat in the middle of the river, spread wood on it, and the chariot will be enough to go along."

"But wouldn't the ship drift down with the current?"

"Do you see the snail island in the middle? Use two ropes, one end tied to the north shore, and the other end tied to the snail island, so that the boat is pulled, and the water flows downward, which will make the rope tight, and the force on both sides will of course be stable. ”

Shu Jiu smiled: "This method is good, but Ji Xia, you have to consider the length of the rope, if one side is long, the boat will deflect to the long side, and even cross in the water." ”

"Yes, Ji Xia, everyone knows that if the sun is brought closer in winter, it will be warmer, but who can do it?"

Before Jian Chen could speak, Yu Qian'er couldn't wait to say, "Since my brother said it, he can do it." ”

Shujiu affectionately took Yu Qian'er's hand, shook his head and smiled, he could see that Yu Qian'er believed in Chen Jian very much, and he also hoped to believe in Chen Jian, so that E Yue would go out and come back sooner, but how can things in the world be so simple?

Chen Jian was naturally prepared, and said directly: "Leader Eyue, the matter of building a bridge requires the assistance of warriors, are you willing to let me temporarily take the soldiers of Echeng to build a bridge within three days?" ”

E Yue nodded and said, "Naturally." Before going into battle, how to eat and how to march still needs to listen to Ji Xia. A two-headed child will not survive, and an ox will not be able to farm if it goes in both directions while plowing the field. ”

It was just to repair the bridge, not the allocation during the decisive battle, E Yue did not hesitate at all, and was also a little curious in her heart, wanting to know if Jian Chen could really repair the bridge within three days.

If you can fix it...... Wouldn't he be able to do what he said? After marching to the Acropolis, within five or six days, all six or seven thousand Xijon people could be defeated?

With all kinds of doubts, he handed over half of the jade talisman in charge of the soldiers to Jian Chen, and told the soldiers in Echeng that when they built the bridge, they needed to listen to Ji Xia all.

The soldiers looked at the wide grass river, compared with the wooden bridge they had seen more than ten steps long, and shook their heads again and again, how could they build a bridge on such a wide grass river?

The most curious thing is the number nine, with the intuition of being a priest for many years, from the time the handwriting of those ants appeared, she felt that something was wrong.

At this time, seeing that everyone outside Xia Cheng didn't believe Chen Jian very much, she said secretly: "Perhaps, he really has a way?" ”

Chen Jian took half of Echeng's talisman, rubbed it secretly, and then put it away.

In fact, he had already prepared, which was nothing more than using the triangle principle to calculate the length of the rope on both sides. All that is needed is the Pythagorean theorem and a pen-calculated square, placed at the level of the second year of compulsory education in his previous life, but here he can support his ambitions.

First, the soldiers were divided into two groups, rowed a boat and piled a large number of logs on Luo Island, and he took the children in the Summer City School to pretend to measure them.

When calculating, she watched Chen Jian quickly come up with the answer with the strange algorithm and Xia Cheng's numbers, and she was envious in her heart, she understood the principle inside, she learned it from Chen Jian when Xia Cheng still needed to ask for seeds from Echeng a year ago, but she was still not as skilled as Chen Jian after all.

Suddenly, she understood, in fact, she had thought of this method herself. But...... How do you calculate the length of a rope? If it were her, it might take a month to solve it with the calculation, at least the calculation of the prescription, and it would be absolutely impossible for her to complete it in three days.

Chen Jian didn't use it for three days, and after pretending to measure it, he quickly solved the answer and instructed the children to intercept the hemp rope according to Xia Cheng's weights and measures.

Shujiu quietly asked a number, she was not skilled in opening the square, but she could calculate the reverse product, and after a while, she looked up, her face full of surprise...... That's right, not the slightest?

This is only one of the ropes, even if the whole pontoon bridge has a snail island as a transit, it will also take thirty or forty ropes, and it only took him a while to figure it out?

In an instant, Shu Jiu suddenly felt a little old, he had followed his mother to learn the method of calculation since he was a child, even after marrying E Yue and becoming a priest of Echeng, he still did not delay, decades of hard work, I thought that Chen Jian was just an advantage in terms of form, and I always felt that I was on par with him in terms of counting, but today it made her have a strong sense of frustration.

Looking at the sunset on the horizon and the pontoon bridge that had begun to be built, Shujiu smiled bitterly, sighed, and turned to leave...... After taking a few steps, he finally turned back again, immersed in the strange algorithms written by Chen Jian, immersed in them, and couldn't extricate himself.

Except for her, those who had thought that Chen Jian was a little arrogant stopped making a sound, and found Chen Jian early at noon the next day, bowed down to worship, because the pontoon bridge had been erected.

More than 30 ropes pulled the heavy boat, and the force of the current and the pull of the rope kept it in balance, and the waves moved slightly, but the boat did not move, as if it was rooted in the water.

Logs and planks were already covered with the bridge, and a few people led their horses through it, slightly shaky, but passable.

Within three days, when the chariot was pushed across the pontoon bridge to Luodao, these soldiers who participated in the construction of the bridge, whether it was Echeng or Xiacheng, and even those who reported the news from the Acropolis, all issued a cry of admiration, and the mountains roared with a tsunami.

This is not only a bridge, but also the embodiment of Ji Xia's words in their eyes.

From divination to auspicious omens given between heaven and earth, these have convinced them that they will win.

When Jian Chen told everyone that this expedition would be won in a maximum of five days after approaching the Acropolis, half of them believed that the other half felt that they could always win, but it might take longer.

When Jian Chen told everyone that within three days, the moat would change the way, he still half believed and half didn't believe.

Now that the bridge has been built, those who once did not believe have to believe, and in turn believe that this great war will soon be over.

The shouts of admiration were not only for Jian Chen, but also for themselves: they wanted a leader who could lead them to victory, not defeat.

The soldiers of Echeng who stepped on the bridge muttered quietly: "We will definitely win, because Ji Xia said that we can defeat those Xirong people in five days at most." ”

When the soldiers of Xia Cheng heard it occasionally, they would naturally raise their heads and say, "Of course. (To be continued.) )