Qin Official

(Fourth update)

Just when Wei Chenliu ordered the bell to ring as a warning, Zhong Gengqiang's general's flag had already appeared more than ten miles west of Chenliu, and the Qin army's vanguard, with more than a thousand troops, had already approached the city...

The army of more than ten thousand was dispatched, not in a swarm of swarms, but according to the marching method in "Wei Liao Zi", it was divided into several parts: the main army, the heel army, the rising army and the divided soldiers.

There are more than two hundred people in this army, all light cavalry scouts. In Heifu's opinion, their attire is exactly the same as the "cavalry warriors" in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses: wearing short armor on the upper body, tight pants on the lower body, and Wearing long riding boots, a round hat with a buckle on the chin, and carrying a bow and arrow on his back, he is a typical horseman and archer dressed in Hufu.

The Xing army should move twenty miles ahead of the main army and be divided into several villages, three to five miles apart, responsible for detecting the enemy's situation on the road ahead.

The heel army was the vanguard infantry, with two thousand men, all lightly armed and without armor. Once the Xingjun discovers the enemy's situation and sends a message to the rear, the Heijun army must quickly move forward and cooperate with the Xingjun to defeat it and open a clear path for the army.

The largest army was located behind the vanguard, with a total of 7,000 people, where the generals and flags were located, and there were also garrison soldiers carrying baggage and food, walking slowly.

On both sides of the army, a thousand "separate soldiers" were arranged to advance in parallel. The separate soldiers were responsible for occupying favorable terrain, chasing the enemy when the battle was victorious, and temporarily stationed to protect the flanks of the army.

Wei Liao thinks so: "The so-called generals' soldiers are those who are within the four wonders, and they win."

This means that if a general can command these four parts of the army skillfully and make them cooperate with each other, marching and fighting in correspondence with each other, how can he be invincible?

Thinking about it, if every march and battle can be so carefully arranged, like in the movie and TV series, when a golden sound suddenly sounds, countless ambushes appear on both sides of the road, and the enemy troops are completely wiped out, it will really happen unless it is located on a narrow road in the mountains and rivers. It's hard to show up. The Qin army was victorious in almost every battle, and the biggest reason was that its excellent marching method eliminated low-level mistakes.

Qiang Su's march and formation were all seen by Hei Fu, who not only nodded secretly, but also remembered these things in his heart.

In terms of marching and fighting, he is still a newbie on the battlefield. This battle to destroy Wei must be watched and studied carefully.

No matter what era it is, every title and official position has corresponding professional skills. If you think about how to be promoted all day long but don't know how to study, even if a pie in the sky suddenly lands you in a high position, you will only make jokes and be punished in your job.

But unfortunately, Heifu and his "thousands" did not win the "heel army" which is the easiest to perform meritorious service. Instead, they served as separate pawns to defend the flanks of the army...

Hei Fu was not too disappointed. In an army of more than 10,000 people, it would not be easy to claim credit unless you were a direct descendant of the general.

He also reprimanded Dongmen Leopard, who was muttering that he might have no merit this time: "Don't complain, everyone will act according to orders. Xiao Tao, you have a sharp eye, take care of the bridges and roads on the flanks, Dongmen Leopard, lead the people to drive them away." All Wei people who try to get close! Even the men and women in the farmland must be driven away!"

This is the task of dividing the troops. Now that they are in a strange Wei territory, with enemies everywhere, they have to be vigilant. If any bold Wei people come to watch the fun, they are really looking for death.

Green seedlings of millet and wheat have grown in the fields next to the road, and occasionally farmers can be seen working in the fields. However, after seeing the Qin army from a distance, everyone was stunned for a while, and then hurriedly ran back as if they had seen a ghost. village.

On the next road, the gates of several lijus passed by the army were closed. The farmers of Wei looked at the Qin people trampling through their fields in horror and fear, but no one dared to come out.

The Qin army is not a benevolent and righteous army that claims to "have no offense in autumn". Everything prioritizes the convenience of marching, and the damage to the local agricultural economy is not within the scope of the general's consideration.

The journey was uneventful, and just as they were approaching Chenliu City, two naked children playing by the stream accidentally entered the guarded area where soldiers were divided while they were laughing and playing. The two children looked at a group of Qin people wearing strange armor and wearing strange buns in front of them, and they were stunned in place.

The Dongmen Leopard already had a fierce look on his face, raised his sword and walked towards the two of them, but after thinking about it, he put the sword down again, with a fierce look on his face, and shouted loudly to drive them away.

"In a few years, my son will be as old as them."

Heifu breathed a sigh of relief and said to everyone: "The military inspects the heads very strictly. Even if you kill them, it does not count as beheading. Don't attack civilians unless necessary."

Everyone only agreed. Their trip was relatively smooth. They had not experienced bloody battles and were not crazy enough to kill everyone they saw.

Generally speaking, the Qin army is relatively calm. Although it has always had the bad habit of killing prisoners of war in order to decapitate military merits, the tiger and wolf divisions that "violated Qin" rarely massacred cities like the Chu-Han melee.

What the King of Qin wanted was conquest and unification, not retaliatory destruction and destruction. Qin's generals also had the ability to use strict military laws to restrict every move of Qin's soldiers.

After this small episode, the soldiers arrived at Chenliu City together with the army...

Chenliu is an important county east of Daliang. It is located on an important transportation road and has a large population of more than 10,000 people. The city is four to five miles in circumference, which is much larger than Heifu and his family's Anlu County.

The city wall is made of rammed loess and is about four feet high. There are gates in the east, west and south, and there is a turret six feet high on both sides of the gate...

It was only then that the Qin soldiers, who were gearing up for a battle, were shocked to find that the gates of Chenliu City had been opened long ago, the flag of Wei had been cut off and thrown to the bottom of the city, and the flag of the Hei army was already flying on the turret.

"No."

Even Heifu was a little shocked. The vanguard of the heel army was only ten miles in front of him. Could it be said that it only took an hour for the two thousand of them to defeat the city? Didn't Chen Liu mount an effective resistance?

Didn't he say that there were three thousand Wei troops in Chenliucheng?

With such doubts, the garrison soldiers were asked to enter the city to maintain order and search for remaining enemies.

Walking into the west gate of Chenliu, Heifu discovered that a battle had taken place inside the city gate. There were more than a hundred corpses lying here and there. They died tragically, either killed by crossbow arrows or poked out by spears. Several bloody holes.

"Is it Wei Jun?" Ji Ying, walking behind Hei Fu, whispered.

"Look at these people's clothes and weapons. They don't look like Wei soldiers..." Gong Ao answered.

"He's a local light knight."

Heifu had already guessed their identities and couldn't help but sigh. The Wei army stationed in Chenliu left without a fight. Instead, it was the local rangers who shed their blood defending their hometown.

Half an hour later, the few remnants of the enemy in the city were also eliminated. Unfortunately, because there were too many Qin troops and too few light knights who resisted, Heifu and his group only managed to get two heads in the village, and they were unable to reach the level at all. When it comes to the standard for his village chief to be promoted to a noble rank due to collective merit...

The heads of those who resisted were chopped off and piled into a pile, while the headless corpses were hung high inside the city gate, which looked very horrifying.

The people in Chenliu City were driven out of their homes by Qin soldiers and stood tremblingly at the door, looking at the corpses of their relatives and friends while waiting for General Qiang Yu's entry into the city.

Heifu also stood by the door with his subordinates, holding swords and spears to maintain order.

He looked around, and among the faces on both sides of the road that were either fearful or filled with hatred, Heifu saw a middle-aged man in Confucian attire in his forties. His Confucian crown was worn crookedly, and there were stains on his clothes. It was full of wine stains and looked nondescript.

This man was pointing at the Qin army entering the city, and said something in the ear of a young man whose eyes were full of resentment...

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"Hateful! That captain apparently had three thousand soldiers, but he fled without fighting! How hateful!"

Li Shang from Gaoyangli is well-known among Chenliu Rangers. He likes to be the first in everything and is highly respected by his peers.

But today, because he was stopped by his brother, he was unable to join the last resistance of the hundreds of light knights and disciples led by Chen Liuling.

At this moment, he stood among the crowds kneeling to welcome the Qin army into the city. Looking at the corpses of his former companions and the Qin soldiers showing off their power, he couldn't help but feel resentful. He almost couldn't hold it back and wanted to go over and stab the armor-clad soldier. The black-faced Qin official who looked at them struck a sword!

"If Brother Wei hadn't held you back, you would have been one of those headless corpses right now."

Li Shiqi, who was on the side, dismissed this. In his opinion, it was not worth it for these rangers to die in bare clothes and grab the ground with their heads.

When a man is born in the world, he should imitate Zhang Yi and Gongsun Yan. When he is angry, the princes will be afraid, and when he lives in peace, the world will rest! Even if he dies, he must be like Su Qin, who did something big that shocked the princes and died spectacularly, making the world look at him! How can you easily sacrifice your precious life for a regime that is destined to perish?

"Shang, put away your anger."

Li Shiqi patted Li Shang and said in his ear: "Chen Liu ordered Shijun to earn his salary, and he had the responsibility to protect the land. He could only die to repay the king of Wei. But Wei has not shown any kindness to you and my brothers, so why should we do it for you?" Burial? The fall of Wei is a foregone conclusion. Let’s think about how we will survive under Qin’s rule in the future. I heard that Qin doesn’t like rangers. What are your plans in the future?”

Li Shang was still a little aggrieved and very dissatisfied with his brother's attitude, so he turned back and said to him: "I also heard that the Qin State does not like Confucian scholars."

Li Shiqi laughed softly.

"Although I wear Confucian clothes and look like a Confucian scholar, I am learning the art of vertical and horizontal strategists. Of course, in today's world, the Qin State is sweeping across the Central Plains. Without the melee among the princes, the art of vertical and horizontal tactics is of no use..."

Li Shiqi was inevitably a little regretful. It was a pity that he was not born in a time of great strife with his sharp teeth, eloquence, and boasting skills.

"That's right." Li Shang said sarcastically: "Whether you are a Confucian scholar or a political strategist, there is no way out, so what are you going to do, brother?"

However, Li Shiqi's expression remained normal and he said calmly: "I heard someone say that when Qu Yuan of Chu State committed suicide, a fisherman said to him that saints are not stagnant in things, but can move with the world. The world is all dirty, why not control it? The mud is making waves? Everyone is drunk, why not feed the bad and swallow the bad (huo)?"

"I deeply believe what the fisherman said!"

In this world, the key to people's survival lies in the word change. Since the current situation is like this, then...

Li Shiqi tore off the Confucian crown that was crooked on his head and tore open the skirt of his clothes. He suddenly became a wild and uninhibited man.

"When the Holy King was alive, I was a scholarly Confucian scholar; when the princes were fighting for balance, I was a scornful strategist; now that Qin has occupied Chenliu, I cannot be a Confucian strategist, but I can still feed the bad and suppress the foolish. , imitate the drunkenness of everyone..."

He laughed: "From now on, I am a drunkard of Gaoyang! Li Shiqi should seek to be a minor official of the Qin State and collude with the world!"