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Chapter 354: Friend and Enemy (please give me a monthly recommendation ticket!)

"I agree."

"I agree."

Seeing that all the captains agreed with him, Li Xin naturally slapped his thigh and said, "Okay! Then we will lead all the soldiers to attack Pingyu. This time we will only leave 30,000 people behind to guard the city, and the remaining seven captains will Everyone will follow me to attack Pingyu."

"General Lee is wise!"

"The Qin army is invincible!"

"The Qin army is invincible!"

Cheers erupted from the army.

Li Xin drew up a battle plan and immediately prepared to lead 70,000 people to Pingyu City in Chu State. He planned to capture Pingyu within ten days and report the good news to King Qin.

At this time, Meng Tian and others were also waiting a little anxiously.

Because according to the agreement, Li Xin should issue a military order to indicate that he was coming back and let their army join him.

However, Meng Tian and others never received Li Xin's order at Changge Station.

Meng Tian couldn't care about anything else at this time and summoned the army officers to discuss the matter.

Feng Jie responded, "Then send a few scouts to ask our general what happened."

Feng Jie's tone was full of disrespect for Li Xin. But he didn't take it to heart and didn't realize the seriousness of the problem.

"General Meng is really making a fuss out of a molehill."

Ren Xiao couldn't go out to fight and felt depressed. I thought Meng Tian summoned them to fight, but I didn't expect it was for this kind of thing.

Meng Tian rarely showed an expression of embarrassment, "If another general sent his troops out to fight and did not come back within the agreed time, I would not summon you all right away. But this time, the person leading the troops to fight is General Xin. As far as I know, when General Li goes to war, he always returns early and never returns late."

When everyone heard this, they just said, "General Li must have been so happy with the fight that he forgot about us."

"Hurry up and send someone to ask about the situation. What happened? Are they really leaving us here? Let them take the credit alone."

The generals complained a lot about this method of two generals leading armies to fight together.

Half of the people were able to get on, and the other half were left behind.

Now that Li Xin came back late, everyone naturally only guessed that Li Xin wanted to monopolize the credit.

Meng Tian said, "This is a serious matter. Although our army is in Changge right now, in fact, our Qin army is already at war with the Chu army. Your Majesty has entrusted us with important tasks. We must not slack off at this time."

"In my opinion, we may have to prepare our troops and horses in advance to prepare for departure at any time."

The generals were not happy after hearing this, but as soon as Meng Tian reminded him that he had to report to the king, everyone naturally became more energetic.

"I also ask all the captains to go back and prepare now. I will send thirty scouts to ask General Li what happened. If there is any injustice, return to Xianyang when the time comes, and the king will give it to me. Wait for the decision.”

Everyone was convinced and left.

In Xiang Yan's army, they learned that Li Xin had reorganized his troops and equipped his troops with siege engines. All the generals in the army were very excited.

Xiang Yan stood on the top of the city, and the Qin army was already exposed to their sight.

Xiang Yan lamented to Li Xin for the third time, "Li Xin is really born to lead troops and become a general. You see, he has crossed mountains and destroyed cities one after another, and has experienced so much, but he is still not so reckless. I thought He will attack me without stopping."

"But he rested where he was for two or three days, which was enough for his soldiers to get a full rest. Once the battle begins, it will definitely be a tough battle."

Qu Heng couldn't help but said, "The general sent out troops and praised Li Xin three times in succession. Doesn't praising the enemy's generals again and again destroy our prestige? Besides, we have achieved this point, but we still can't Defeat them?" Xiang Yan stroked his beard and said with a smile, "If the victory was not guaranteed, how would you dare to praise the opponent three times in a row?"

All the generals laughed when they heard this, "The generals are middle-aged, but their hearts are like those of teenagers."

Everyone burst out laughing.

Xiang Yan was happy and suddenly had another plan in his mind, "Let our people spread the word among the Qin army. As long as General Li Xin leads the troops, Pingyu City will definitely be captured within one day."

When everyone heard this, they all bowed their hands and smiled, "The general's plan will make Li Xin happy and confused."

"This time, we must seek justice for the 100,000 innocent souls of the Chu army."

Anger is written on the faces of all the generals, and the flame of revenge in their hearts has not yet been calmed down. It is turning into a steady stream of motivation, setting traps one after another for the Qin army step by step, making the Qin army weak, slack, and gradually reducing its combat effectiveness.

One day later.

Li Xin summoned his sergeants at the fifth watch and launched an attack on Pingyu.

It was still dark, and dark clouds were piled on the top of the mountain, not allowing even a breath of wind to escape.

The copper clang sounded in the mountains and forests.

When all the soldiers heard this voice, their eyes were wide open. They all stood up straight, holding their swords in both hands, and watched the five-color flag in front of them.

As the saying goes, once there are more than ten thousand people, there is no limit.

On ancient battlefields, commanding large armies was very difficult.

The more people there are and the more types of soldiers there are, the more people are barking on the battlefield, there are too many interference factors, and most of the infantry phalanxes are wide and thick. When those cold weapons meet the cold air, they all make weak groans, which is enough. It drowns out human voices, not to mention weapons clashing with each other.

Especially when advancing in a narrow road, the team has no head in front and no tail behind.

If you only rely on low-level officers to shout combat orders, most of the soldiers will not be able to hear them except for a small number of people in front. In this case, commanding operations is simply delusional.

Therefore, the ancients gradually developed a command system with flags and musical instruments as the main means.

The army stipulates that soldiers should only listen to the copper zheng when advancing. The copper zheng is an instrument that looks very much like a copper bell.

When advancing, soldiers only need to look at the high flag of their headquarters, and at night they look at the double lights.

Each ministry and team has different flag styles and colors according to rank, so according to the organization from small to large, soldiers only need to look at the flag of their own team, while officers look at the flags of their superiors. For example, soldiers look at the captain's flag, and the captain looks at the overall flag. , always look at the flag of the Chinese Army.

During the command, when the soldiers saw the flag raised and kept moving, they were urging the soldiers to pack up their things as soon as possible and leave camp to fight or march. During this process, no one was allowed to listen to verbal instructions.

This is to prevent anyone from falsely passing military orders or disturbing the morale of the military. They can only look at the Chinese military flag and listen to the sound of the golden drum, and ignore everything else.

The golden drum is the copper ceremonial.

After the formation is completed, continue to look at the flag in front. Nodding forward means advancing; nodding left means turning left; nodding right means turning right; turning around and nodding backward means asking the soldiers to retreat. .

During the march, if you hear the sound of a cannon, it is a warning that an emergency has occurred, and the entire army should stop immediately, and then watch the troops' flags and make deployments.

In addition to the flag, there is the golden drum. This is what everyone often says: beat the drum to march and ring the gold to retreat. After the army arrives at the battlefield, it fights the enemy. If you hear the Chinese army beating the drum, then follow the officer's flag and rush forward to kill; Just gather the team and withdraw in an orderly manner.

The most important function of this command system is to solidify the army into a whole, and then solidify this whole into a person. The general is the head, the infantry is the arms, and the cavalry is the legs.

In ancient times, only those who could "obey orders and prohibitions" could be recognized as a team that could compete after formal training.

(End of this chapter)