A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 1 Defection before the battle
February 1046, the th year of Emperor Xin's reign (about BC).

On the bank of Luoshui River, King Wu of Zhou and other tribes gathered with Meng Jin.

The coalition forces totaled more than 45,000. divided into six divisions

On the 26th, the coalition forces arrived at the pasture and built a high platform.

In the early morning of the 27th, the coalition forces gathered under the high platform.

Just after the rain, the air is filled with moisture,

On the high platform, the flags were whistling in the wind, and the hem of Ji Fa's clothes was also blowing wildly in the wind. Ji Fa was seen holding the yellow ax handed to him by Lu Shang in his left hand, and the decorated jade handed to him by Ji Feng in his right hand. The small flag of the oxtail faced the army under the high platform and said loudly:
"Thank you for your hard work, people who have come all the way to the west! The kings and ministers of my friendly countries, Situ, Sima, Sikong, Yalu, Shishi, commanders of thousands and commanders of centurions,

As well as the people of the Yong, Shu, Qiang, Mao, Wei, Lu, Peng, and Pu countries, raise your arms, line up your shields, and raise your spears. I will swear an oath. The war started.

There is an ancient saying: "A hen cannot crow in the morning. If a hen crows in the morning, it means that the family will be ruined." '

Today, the King of Shang only listens to the words of women, and foolishly abandons the sacrifices to his ancestors and turns a blind eye. He foolishly abandons the descendants of the previous kings and his brothers from the same clan, and refuses to appoint them.

But they only respected, respected, trusted, and used those sinners who fled from the four vassal states, and appointed them as the country's officials. They caused them to brutally torture the people and break the law and cause chaos in the capital of the Shang Dynasty.

Now I, Ji Fa, respectfully carry out God’s decree of punishment. In today's battle, when marching, if you don't take more than six or seven steps, you must stop and get into formation. All soldiers, march forward bravely! When marching, stop and reorganize your formation no more than four, five, six, or seven times.

All soldiers, march forward bravely! They should be mighty and majestic, like tigers and leopards, like wild beasts, like bears, and like snakes, marching on the outskirts of Shangdu. Do not kill those who come to me in the Shang army, but let them help our Western armies.

Go forward bravely! Soldiers, if you don't move forward bravely, you will be killed! "

The chariot carrying orders galloped among the army, spreading Ji Fa's oath widely. After hearing this, all the sergeants' morale increased and they shouted in unison: "Power! Power! Power!"

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The merchant army's military formation, the former army's slave army,
A slave asked the person next to him: "Pi, you have a good ear. What is the Zhou army on the other side shouting?"

I saw a man next to him who was dressed as a slave but was much stronger than the slaves around him and replied in a low voice without squinting: "I am making an oath. It seems that those who defect before the battle will not be killed."

"Who are you talking about? Those who make noise in the army will be killed without mercy!" I saw an armored officer behind him shouting fiercely towards him.

Hearing this, Zhen and several slaves next to him quickly lowered their heads and prayed that they were not discovered. What's more, they were frightened into two groups fighting. Fortunately, the officer did not pursue too much and turned around to patrol other groups. , glanced out of the corner of his eyes, and breathed a long sigh of relief. Then, he glanced at the human head hanging on the high pole behind him, sighed again, and turned to look at the Zhou army array opposite, falling into deep thought.

Zhi, who is it? The young chief of a tribe in the mountains is more than 23 years old. He is quite brave and good at bow and arrow. His mother is a woman of the Xia tribe and knows the Xia language. At the time when the merchant army was attacking Dongyi, Zhu's tribe was also on the march, so it was easily wiped out by the merchant army. Most of the tribe members died in the resistance, and he was the only one who was exhausted in the battle and was captured. The merchant saw that he could speak well. He was so strong that he was sent as a slave to Chaoge to build the palace.

When King Wu attacked Zhou, the main force of the merchant army had not returned from the expedition against Dongyi. Emperor Xin hurriedly gathered the slaves in the city, organized them into teams, and then placed merchants as officers and distributed weapons to fight against the Zhou people.

Thinking of this, he looked at the weapon in his hand, a shu (a big wooden stick with spikes stuck on it by himself). Without worrying about his own life, he then thought of Zhou Jun's oath and secretly made up his mind.

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At dawn on the 28th, the allied forces formed a formation and advanced towards Chaoge. The army was mighty. Ji Fa personally commanded 300 chariots, 3,000 tigers and warriors formed one division, and the other tribes formed five divisions, all armed with armor. .

But looking at the merchant army, the total strength of the merchant army is more than 170,000, divided into two armies, the front and rear. The former army was a temporarily formed slave army. They were sallow and skinny, had low morale, and had crude weapons. Except for the officers, none of them wore armor. Their number accounted for 70 to 80% of the entire army. The rear army was quite elite, including the Imperial Guards of the Shang Kingdom, commanded by the King of Shang himself, but their number only accounted for 20 to 30% of the entire army.

In the first line, the coalition forces led by Lu Shang led hundreds of elite troops to challenge, intending to frighten the merchant army and disrupt their position;

In the rear formation, General Ji Fa personally led the main force to follow up and charge, completely disrupting the Shang army's formation, and then took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack.

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Merchant Army Formation
He looked at the hundreds of elite armored warriors of the Zhou army coming towards him, holding the pen in his hand tightly, and heard the constant roars of the supervisors in his ears:

"Those who move forward will live! Those who move backward will perish!" "Those who move forward will live! Those who move backward will perish!"······

As he spoke, the supervisor chopped down a slave who wanted to retreat with one sword. Blood spattered on the prisoner's hideous face, making him look like a demon who had just crawled out of hell.

While he was talking, the Zhou army collided with the team that Zhu was in, and roars, screams, and roars filled the entire battlefield.

He fought hard with a Zhou Jun. The sword in his hand hit Zhou Jun's stomach, but it only knocked him back for a moment. The blow from Zhou Jun's sword was a wound, and he had to guerrilla to dodge. After a while, there were fewer and fewer teammates around him. , Suddenly, Zhuan saw the Zhou army's chariot approaching, and before he had time to think about it, Zhuan used all his strength to push back the Zhou army in front of him, loudly raised the bomb in his hand and shouted:

"The King of Shang has no way! He has lost his destiny! Those who adhere to him will perish! Those who betray him will live!"

"Those who defect will live!" "Those who defect will live!" "Those who defect will live!"

After that, he turned around and went towards their team of supervisors. Only Zhou Jun, who had just confronted him, was left stunned.

When Zhuan's teammates heard what Zhuan said, they were stunned for a moment, and then they all saw the Zhou army's chariot driving with smoke in the sky. They suddenly reacted, then gave up on the Zhou army in front of them, turned around and followed Zhuan, and shouted together:

"Defection!" "Defection!"

Zhou Jun's Military Formation
Ji Fa was leading a charge on the chariot. Suddenly, high up on the chariot, he saw a group of merchants collapsing on the left front. Then the gap became wider and wider, and the shouts of "Defection!" in his ears became louder and louder. With surprise on his face, he gave an order loudly:

"Send the order! Don't kill those who rebel in the Shang army. Those who resist will be killed without mercy!" Then he shouted to the left and right, "All soldiers, follow me forward!"

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King Xin of the Shang Dynasty looked at the gradually collapsing front army with a livid face, and with the increasingly clear sounds of "defection", he said angrily:
"I should have killed all these untouchables! Kill them all!"

However, as the slave army's impact on the Shang army continued to collapse, Shang King Xin had to be coerced by the defeated army and evacuate to the city.

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In the astonished eyes of the supervisor, Zhuan beat him to death with a stick, then picked up the bronze sword dropped by the supervisor, roared and killed in the direction of Chaoge. At this moment, he was not only trying to survive, but also to avenge the genocide. , the hatred of slavery. The red-eyed Zong seemed to be really like a bear, completely tearing apart all the merchants blocking the front.

After an unknown amount of time, he found that there was no one in front of him, only a high altar. Gradually, he calmed down and looked at his surroundings. It turned out that he had unknowingly killed the merchant's altar. There were only three people following him, one of them was the slave who asked him yesterday, his name was Su, and the other two were named Quan and Yuan.

"Zhu, what should we do next?" Su asked breathlessly.

Wen Yan looked at Su, then at Inu and Yuan. Su is in his thirties, and his face looks a bit old due to long-term slavery; Quan is a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old, with a sallow face and thin muscles, but a pair of eyes that are so smart; Yuan is one or two years older than Yuan, silent and unkind. Because of his speech, he is often teased and bullied by others.

These three people are all acquaintances of the palace of Zhuan Xiu. The four of them help each other, and the relationship between them seems quite sincere. Su is a talkative and sociable person. When Zhuan first arrived at the construction site, thanks to his guidance and help, So as to avoid unnecessary trouble.

The dog is alert and good at running, and ordinary people cannot catch him. Because he is similar in age to his brother, he often helps him avoid being bullied by others. The dog also knows how to repay kindness, and usually follows the dog like a little follower.

Yuan was a simple and honest man, although he was not good at words, he was transparent in his mind and knew good and evil. Whenever Yuan would argue with others and his face would turn red, Zhi would come out to help support him. Therefore, he was very grateful to Zhi and often served him as his elder brother.

Because he was stronger than ordinary slaves, good at martial arts, and knowledgeable about principles, he was the elder among the four.

"Let's take a rest and wait for the Zhou army to deal with it. We won't kill those of us who have made merits." He glanced at them and let out a sigh of relief, and said casually.

"We have done everything we can. We must obey fate and do our best."

After hearing this, Su and the others sighed deeply, and then collapsed beside the altar wall.

Suddenly, his eyes were flashed by a white light on the wall. He took a closer look and saw a faint white light coming from the soil.

He looked at the three people collapsed next to him, gathered some strength and turned around and brushed the soil. It seemed to be a piece of jade. He quickly dug it out with his hands. After a while, a jade guide appeared in his hand. He looked over and over, and vaguely saw the word "Feng" in the arrow position, and subconsciously wiped Yugui with his palm.

But after a long battle, Zong's hands were full of blood. Yu Gui was immediately covered with a layer of blood. Slowly, Yu Gui emitted a red halo. Suddenly, Yu Gui got rid of Zong's grasp and moved toward him. Suddenly something flew in front of Zhuan's eyes, and Zhuan fell back in fright and screamed. I suddenly felt a headache and fainted.

Zhen's exclamation frightened Su and the other two people who were lying on the ground. When they saw Zhen lying motionless on the ground, they were frightened and suddenly got up, rolling and crawling to the front of Zhen's body, shaking his body. Upper body, shout loudly:

"罴! 罴! What's wrong with you? 罴!"

After shouting for more than ten seconds, Yan Youyou woke up and felt dizzy and swollen. It took a while before he recovered.

Su and the other three people breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "罴! What are you doing?" Then they looked at the center of Zhu's eyebrows and said in surprise.

"The center of your eyebrows..."

He touched his eyebrows and asked, "What?"

Quan replied: "A long white lump, I don't know what it is." He saw a milky white jade-shaped mark between his eyebrows. If you look closely, you can also see some cloud-like patterns on the jade-gui, which is quite interesting. Miraculous.

He glanced at the three of them, stopped talking, and thought for a while, "It's okay. I fought too hard just now, and suddenly relaxed, which caused me to faint. It's not serious now. As for the center of my eyebrow, maybe it was knocked during the fight just now." Bar"

Quan scratched his head and stopped talking. Suddenly Quan pointed to a patch of red on the horizon and exclaimed: "Isn't that where we serve?"

He looked up and saw a raging fire burning in a high-rise tower. The flames seemed to burn half of the sky. Thick black smoke floated straight to the sky, but was suddenly blocked by some barrier and dispersed to other places with the wind. .

"Who are you?" A group of Zhou soldiers came to the four of them and shouted loudly, pointing at them with their swords.

"Defectors! We are defectors!" Su immediately replied.

"Abandon your weapons and lie down, otherwise you will be killed without mercy!"

When the four people heard this, they immediately dropped their weapons and lay down on the ground. Then they were tied by the hands with straw ropes by Zhou soldiers and taken to the prisoner of war camp.

On the way to the prisoner-of-war camp, Zhu and others saw the previous main battlefield. The ground was covered with corpses of both armies, but the merchant army accounted for the majority. When passing by, their feet were full of blood, and the soil and blood merged. Flags, While it was floating in the bloody water, Zhou Jun watched as the prisoners of war disposed of the body. The prisoners of war moved the body deep and shallow to an unknown depth.

Zhu and others watched this scene silently, as if no words could describe their mood at this time.

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Zhi, also known as bear, often describes a brave person.

Yugui, the name of ancient jade. Jade ritual vessels used by ancient emperors and princes for appointments, sacrifices, and funerals. For Credit Suisse. A long strip with an upper tip and a lower tip is also called "珪".

(End of this chapter)