Chapter 128: Banners Like Forests
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The sacrificial flag has existed since ancient times.
Ancient armies had to see blood before they went on battle, either human blood or animal blood. The general murder is to take the person who does not obey the order or the prisoner who is to be beheaded in the autumn. Livestock must be the noblest of the five.
There are two categories of five animals, one is cattle, dogs, sheep, pigs, and chickens, and the other is cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, and deer.
The most noble of the five animals of Great Qin is naturally the horse, which is related to the fusion of Rong Di in the Qin State. Today's cattle are not the most noble livestock, and the Qin State chose horses instead of cattle to cultivate the fields. In fact, cattle are also used to plough fields, but there is no way to wear a cow's nose yet.
Lu Zhe's killing just now was not a sacrifice flag in the true sense, it was purely a killing due to the situation.
The people of the Six Kingdoms ran away and only Gongwen was left, and these old people looked at Lu Zhe with dissatisfaction and admiration. It's complicated. They dare to kill people in this atmosphere, and decisively choose the best time, there is no reason not to admire.
Raising the bloody sword in his hand, Lu Zheyao pointed at Fan Zeng, whose face was like ashes, and his voice sounded extremely peaceful: "Grab it-"
Gong Weng trembled his lips, they wanted to stop it, but Lu Zhe's aura was too strong now, just like the psychology of those young men who ran away, they didn't dare to speak out when their minds were robbed.
It would have been fine if Lu Zhe had a fierce face and was full of anger and wanted to kill someone, but he was very peaceful now. There is always a reason for those who are angry to stop it. The Lord of Peace will kill and cannot be refused.
Mei Kai, who was short in stature, took the lead. This was followed by a 500 lord named Su Lie. The two of them walked over and lifted Fan Zeng, who had no resistance at all, high and low, and looked at Lu Zhe waiting for instructions.
"Hold it." Lu Zhe took the lead and walked towards the gate, and his voice came slowly: "In front of all the soldiers, kill the sacrificial flag!" ”
From start to finish. He didn't give up his obsession with killing Fan Zeng.
The roaring drums had already been beaten. No one else or others blocked the soldiers' aisles, and it was a burst of sticks to drive them away. At this time, no one cares about any local feelings. The Warring States period has just ended, and almost all of the young and strong have experience in the army, and as long as someone blocks the reason, no one will show mercy.
The soldiers had been assembled in the open space in the middle of the camp with three corners, and Lu Zhe was now walking on the road and saw all kinds of expressions of the old and weak women and children.
The people of the lost country have experienced dangers and hardships. They have their own fears about sending troops, which is their own children who are about to set foot on the battlefield again. Now there is no beautiful poem of "a few people returned to fight in ancient times", but battles have always killed people.
Lu Zhe was talking about something in a not high-pitched voice as he walked towards the gate, he spoke very slowly, and his voice was not too clear because of his weakness. But naturally, there will be a loud Mengsan and Yan Bi who ran behind him repeating.
Mengsan is full of Guanzhong dialect, the Hans, Zhao, and Wei people can probably understand, after all, the three old warring states were annexed by the Qin State earlier, if you really don't understand, you can ask the people who understand.
Yan Bi is a Yan person, and his Liaodong accent can make Yan people and Qi people understand.
is constantly repeating, about the Chinese accent and Liaodong accent, there are actually people in Chu who can understand it, but they are used to Wu Nong's soft language, and their hearts will be empty when they hear no one relay Chu Yin.
This time it's not for any king, it's just to kill the barbarians who attacked and ask for a survival for everyone.
Lu Zhe, who didn't know too much about the rules of the Qin period, didn't know whether Lu Dao needed to pay the documents for sending troops at this time, he just made an announcement according to Huaxia's habits.
The old and weak women and children who stayed in the camp probably understood the intention of sending troops, and those who should be sad were still sad, and those who should be worried about their relatives dying in the war were still there, but the panic in their hearts was relieved. They believed that if the "Lord of Yiling" in front of them spoke, it would never work if they did not send troops. It is better to take the initiative to kill the barbarians and kill them all than to resist them. Now is the era of the end of the Warring States Period, what are the people fighting for, how can they be cowardly?
"Marquis."
Lu Zhe heard someone calling when he walked around, and turned his head to see that it was a young woman.
The woman trembled and knelt on the ground, not daring to look up, the sand of the ground was constantly wet with dripping tears, and she lowered her head to see a pair of feet in front of her.
"Marquis, can you let us see us off?"
Despite the intermittent and trembling words, she finally said it and finished it.
The woman in Lu Zhe's eyes was very thin, and the posture of kneeling down and raising her hips high was not beautiful at all. He saw that this woman could wear a linen tunic dress, which should be one of the more prominent among the Six Nations, or the wife of a former Six Nations bureaucrat. I guess it was also the eunuch's house that had a little insight before he mustered up the courage to ask for it, right? You don't see the rest of the people, even if they think about it in their hearts, but they only move their lips and dare not speak?
Lu Zhe carefully observed the expressions of the surrounding crowd, and saw that they all had a look of eagerness, and the words that he wanted to refuse stopped at the edge of his mouth.
"Yes!"
It's not soft-hearted, it's not bloody to be attracted to women or something, he noticed a trace of help in the battle from the eager expressions of the crowd. These people know what they are going to fight for, and having them go out to encourage their relatives to fight bravely will greatly boost morale.
"Take my token and bring in five hundred soldiers to maintain order." After Lu Zhe finished speaking to Mengsan, he handed out the token, and shouted loudly: "You wait for the soldiers to list the human wall and then line up." Those who dare to rush into the military formation after leaving the army will be killed. Do you understand? ”
Got it. How can you not understand? Maybe this is the last time to see a relative, and with Lu Zhe's consent, people cheered with gratitude.
Meng San was already accustomed to Lu Zhe calling the soldiers of the Six Kingdoms soldiers and the Qin army as soldiers, and when he heard it, he immediately decided to mobilize the five hundred Qin troops.
"You're an idiot too." Fan Zeng finally came back to his senses, and he didn't change his mocking tone: "At this time, they even took the risk of doing something to boost morale, aren't you afraid that their cries will disturb the hearts of the strong men who are about to go on the expedition?" ”
Lu Zhe smiled: "For the sake of your death, I will answer you." Soldiers have words, husbands fight, courage also! Now the more women and children weep, the more courage they mustered. Do you know what the Tao is for? For I will tell them that if they are defeated in this battle, their relatives will be slaughtered by the barbarians, and the women will be taken captive and humiliated. ”
Fan Zeng took a sip: "You are very despicable. There was a pause. I don't know if Lu Dao is cursing. "A character like you, who understands people's hearts and does things without scruples, maybe you will succeed. But the most cowardly will inevitably be spurned by the world because of despicability and unscrupulousness. ”
"Huh."
Lu Zhe really wanted to tell Fan Zeng. The meanness of the victors will be called a scheming. Without scruples, it will also be praised for doing big things without being informal. But forget it, there were only two people in the tent just now, and he was already determined to kill Fan Zeng, and he could talk nonsense. Now it's not just a space for two people, and you can't just say whatever you want.
didn't see the Qin State collapse Fan Zeng didn't want to die, he made the most difficult struggle: "I know your thoughts, better than you know yourself." If you want to ......, you need the help of a counselor. Old ......"
At Lu Zhe's suggestion, Mei Wei did not hesitate to give the old Fan Zeng a punch.
The right rib was hit hard, and the lungs were inevitably injured under the blow, and Fan Zeng was left gasping for breath, and there was no lung capacity to speak.
Appreciating, or rather, glanced at Mei Kai who knew strangely, Lu Zhe felt that this guy who knew how to look could be cultivated.
The so-called reorganization of arms warfare is naturally not a simple call for soldiers to prepare for war, but includes arranging weapons, tightening leggings, and tying leather belts around their waists, which are just the points that soldiers need to pay attention to. Large-scale is to bury the pot and cook food, prepare the number of arrows needed on the battlefield and count the number.
It has been an hour and a half since Lu Zhe gave the order, and most of the time is actually spent on cooking and eating.
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have not eaten for almost a whole day, no wonder he chased an old man in the tent until he was about to collapse.
Walking to the gate, looking out, you can already see a gray military formation arranged in a square, wearing gray and black robes Guanzhong disciples every 100 people into a 10X10 formation standing quietly, next to a hundred generals holding a bronze sword hilt hanging from his waist to patrol back and forth.
There were thirty of them in such a boxy formation, and from a distance, the spearmen in the front row were as dense as a forest, and the cold light of the bronze blades of the spears in their hands shimmered and cold in the sunlight.
"Wei Han, tell the new scout officer to send someone to closely monitor the movements of the Baiyue people. No matter how many scouts die they do, they must report back every quarter of an hour, and if they make a mistake, they will be beheaded. Lu Zhe saw that Wei Han was about to run to the herald before he finished listening, and hurriedly shouted, "In addition, ask if the temporary high platform has been built, and let the man bring food to the 'oath platform' after it has been built." ”
Wei Han's face was full of strangeness. He should have wondered why Lu Zhe would choose to eat in front of the soldiers.
"What are you doing? I don't know if I haven't drunk a drop of water for a day and a night, and I haven't eaten a drop of rice! ”
The strange expression was gone, and Wei Han saluted respectfully and went down at a very fast speed to convey it.
Lu Zhe looked at the people around him, and found that everyone was looking at him with strange eyes, and he looked down at the dirty and blood-stained old battle robe, and then checked the arrow wound: "The arrow wound is not bleeding?" ”
It's a complex of contradictions, but he is such a personality, a personality when he is involved in military aircraft, and a character when he has nothing to do with military affairs. (The character setting was complained about)
As everyone knows, the five hundred lords around him saw the shadows of many Qin generals from Lu Zhe. The history of the Qin State is very long, from the founding of the state to the domination of the world has been 549 years. During the period of the vassal states, the Qin State was always a poor country, and the territory was also snatched from the Rong and Di people, and it was once called the barbarian country. In such a country, they don't have much literary atmosphere, they emphasize martial arts and blood, as well as the simplicity that goes deep into the bone marrow.
In a history of more than 540 years. There are not many famous generals in the Qin State, and it is not until the appearance of Bai Qi that there is a real famous general. How can you survive from hundreds of countries in the Spring and Autumn without too many famous players? In fact, it does not rely on rare famous generals, but simple and pragmatic generals.
Obviously, Lu Zhe, who was wearing an old battle robe and had injuries on his body, his shadow in the eyes of the five hundred lords gradually overlapped with those who left their names, those who did not leave their names, and those generals who had the courage to stand up in trouble.
Is it that great? In fact, no, the reason why Lu Zhe became what he is now is not because he was forced out.
Five hundred Qin troops were temporarily transferred into the camp, and they were ordered to supervise the old and weak women and children not to attack the military formation. It's a very skillful job. This time, however, the supervision was different. They were specifically told that they must be gentle and not cause riots among the elderly, weak, women and children.
What kind of thing is gentleness, the soldiers who have been transferred from being disciplined, they don't have a very clear idea in their hearts. I can only try to maintain a blank demeanor. It will not be rude to the elderly, weak, women and children.
Watch the soldiers run by in a neat line. Lu Zhe walked out of the gate and walked to the position of the high platform, and on the way, he saw a military formation wearing heavy armor and holding a three-pointed two-edged sword.
He stopped to observe the heavy infantry very closely, and found that these people were all at least one meter nine or more tall. The heavy armor on their bodies was made of leather and bronze plates, which looked very heavy, and the long-handled two-edged knives they had on the ground were really special.
In those days, there was no such thing as a sword, and almost all similar weapons were called swords. So it's not surprising to see a Japanese sword being called a sword. In fact, there is a knife now, but the knife is a straight weapon with only a single edge, and the curved shape will not appear until the Tang Dynasty.
Lu Zhe paid attention to it, the spine of the three-pointed two-edged knife was really very thick, and under the bilateral blades, if he accidentally slipped his hand and didn't hold the long handle, he would probably cut his legs.
He called out a hundred generals who led the team: "Let the first row demonstrate." ”
Bai Jiang, who didn't know the name of the road, directly responded to "Hey! Turning to the military formation, he said in a strong voice: "Get up!" ”
The first platoon of the heavy infantry phalanx staggered their three-pointed, two-edged knives in both hands as they staggered their hands to a long chant ......of "hey-" Oh, they call it the broadsword.
They raised their weapons upright in front of their chests, a posture much like a sword salute in the West, except that the weapons in the hands of the heavy infantry were too large and long, and they held them vertically in both hands to cover their faces.
The instructions of the hundred generals are very simple: "Horizontal! ”
The heavy infantry shouted "Hey-ha! The hand holding the long handle was wrong, and the three-pointed two-edged knife was actually moved straight to open the three-pointed trajectory, and then formed an oval sliding action, and the whole huge sword became a stabbing out of the oblique front finger.
Lu Zhe watched very carefully, and he found that the long handle of the three-pointed two-edged sword in the hands of the heavy infantry was slightly supported by the belt around his waist, and their arms also became the right arm in front and the left arm in the back, holding the long handle in the back, relying on the support of the waist to maintain the giant sword, this weird-looking posture was very effortless.
The hundred generals glanced at Lu Zhe, and then chanted like that: "Enter-"
The right feet of the heavy infantry stepped forward in unison, and suddenly the sound of the wind seemed to be heard in the footsteps, and the three-pointed two-edged knife that was twisted back and forth under the sideways twisting waist seemed to be stirring something, and drew a half circle from about 20 centimeters on the ground to 2.50 meters in mid-air.
From Lu Zhe's point of view, the tall heavy infantry really pushed forward like a wall, and the sharp blade with the sound of breaking through the air was like countless sharp turbines at work when it was stirred.
It is conceivable that any object standing in front of them will be stirred into slag by the heavy blade.
"This ......" Lu Zhe was a little shocked when he saw it, he was very sure that this was the Qin Dynasty and not the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and thought to himself: "What's the situation?" In the Qin Dynasty, there were Mo sword soldiers??? ”
Perhaps, anyway, the synthesis of the fencers of the Qi State and the warriors of the Wei State is really like that.
Wrong! The armor on the real Mo sword soldier is not this simple strip armor, it should be a combination of plate armor and hardwood, and then use leather to consolidate the appearance to form a very protective Mingguang armor.
If the enemy has enough archers, their armor with a lot of gaps is too poor to defend against arrows, not to mention what to say about advancing like a wall, it is estimated that all the arrows fired by the archers will be knocked to the ground by the archers after a few steps.
The gap in craftsmanship is a limiting factor for the troops, and if this type of heavy infantry did not have such an obvious weakness, the Qin State would have probably promoted it in large quantities.
Lu Zhe slowly walked up the steps to a wooden platform about five meters high. When standing on a high place and looking down, the thirty gray-black phalanxes look extremely eye-catching. He looked at the soldiers of the six countries again, except for a limited number of six or seven hundred mountain soldiers who were also lined up in a 10X10 formation, the rest of the soldiers either stood in a line twisted, or simply stood together.
Seeing this scene, why don't you understand it, soldiers who have not undergone long-term training can really only charge with the situation, relying on this kind of troops to make meritorious contributions, only in the long-term chaotic environment the elite are all dead, and it has reached the era of using cannon fodder to fight cannon fodder.
It may only take half a year to train a qualified soldier in hot weapons, and it takes at least two or three years for a soldier in the cold weapon era to become an elite. Of course. It depends on how you train. The way of choice is inefficient.
The sound of stepping on wood came from below, Li Yuncong was holding a small case with food in his hand, and several people were carrying a long case.
After they got up to the high platform, they set up the utensils, and a small case containing a large pot of yellow and black beans and a porcelain pot of bone broth was placed on the long table.
"Commander!"
The crowd bowed and bowed.
Lu Zhe did not respond. He had been keeping an eye on the troops below.
Li Yuncong asked, "The main general." The five hundred lords ask you what commandment? ”
"Orders?" Lu Zhe felt that this was simply asking too much. "What kind of order Daqin uses, it is naturally what kind of order!"
Didn't they think that Lu Zhe was leading the army for the first time, they didn't know whether this commander understood the instructions of the war drum or horn.
Li Yuncong asked again: "War drums or horns?" ”
"Are there war drums?" Lu Zhe looked at the long case. "It's too far back, lift some out so that everyone can see me."
"There are no war drums." Li Yuncong had to ask, this is a necessary procedure for the army before the battle, and said: "You need to choose a plan." ”
Belch? I really forgot about this stubble, there were many alternatives to the order in ancient times, and there was a corresponding plan to provide options before the outbreak of each battle, if it was always the same, wouldn't it give the enemy an insight into the opportunity?
"Let's use the No. 1 horn of the Northern Frontier Army's 'array battle' to combine." Lu Zhe walked towards the long case, and after sitting down, he could see the troops, and the people below could naturally see him.
To be honest, don't look at Lu Zhe's calm appearance on the surface, in fact, he was very excited and a little nervous when he commanded an army of almost 20,000 people for the first time. In particular, when he looked down from the high platform, he saw a dense group of soldiers standing waiting for orders, and an ambition that had already been buried in his heart began to sprout.
"Army! Army! Army! Lu Zhe put the beans into his mouth with a spoon, thinking to himself: "I don't know how much time Lu Dao has, if the conditions allow, I should really train the soldiers." ”
Nearly eighteen thousand people stood, watching from afar as the man on the high platform devoured his food.
Naturally, some of them wondered how the Lord was still eating on such an occasion. Many people watched the main general eat, and the original nervous mood slowly calmed down.
"Is it a win? I guess so! Otherwise, how could the Lord eat in front of tens of thousands of people in such a leisurely and elegant manner? ”
Is Lu Zhe motivated by such considerations? Perhaps there is an element of performance, and it is necessary to use one's calm posture to make the soldiers full of confidence in victory. Well, in fact, he was hungry with his chest against his back, and he had no time to do it.
Li Yuncong, who got off the high platform, was conveying the combination of orders.
The combination may sound like a high-end look, but it's also a bit advanced. Officers of any age must have a certain amount of knowledge, at least know how to recognize orders. After the soldiers of the Qin army became a hundred generals, the commander or long history in the army, this military Chinese officer could teach the officers himself, or he could send a small history to teach. No matter who teaches you, the first condition for becoming an officer is to know how to give orders.
After Lu Zhe was promoted to the military marquis, he has been in Xianyang, and he naturally has no palm or long history to teach when he is not in the army, but this does not prevent this studious person from teaching himself. With a certain amount of reading, it is not difficult for him to command the combination.
The orders of these years are nothing more than the rhythm of the war drums and the length of the horns agreed before the war, and the coming and going is the set of charges, retreats, left detours, right detours, chiseling through, and killing back and forth, and the difference is only a change in rhythm.
In another case, when the voice cannot effectively command the troops after the outbreak of battle, the flag bearers around the commander have to bear the heavy responsibility of heralding. As for the heralds, they are the mouthpieces of peacetime and non-wartime, and they should go to rest in wartime.
The so-called flag is like a forest or something, which refers to the number of flag bearers in an army, and the more it means, the larger the structure of the army, and it is not really to make the army full of flags look good.
For the sake of stability, Lu Zhe, who had almost finished eating, ordered Wei Han: "Call the five hundred lords and those leading officers up." ”
Wei Hanying: "Hey! Walking to the edge of the high platform and shouting loudly to convey, the layers below were conveyed, and finally all those who were summoned were notified.
The five hundred lords who had ascended to the high platform didn't know if they had the bottom of the road or what they were thinking, but they held the hilt of the sword at their waist and stood respectfully on the left side.
The quality of the leading officers from the Six Kingdoms is uneven, some quietly wait for Lu Zhe to speak, and some hesitate to speak but don't dare.
Yan Bi, who had already been pushed out below, hesitated, leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Military master, who will take the lead?" ”
Lu Zhe was not surprised at all when he heard this, it was strange that this group of soldiers of the Six Nations could be in a stable state of mind, and they should be afraid of being treated as consumables now.
There is no muttering or pretense, what the army wants is to understand directly, Lu Zhe slowly spoke...... (To be continued......)
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