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Chapter 30 Running

Qingshui River flows into the Huai River from north to south. To the north of the flowing water, the Chu army camp lights before dawn and smoke came up. This is a rare meat fragrance in the curling smoke. There is no way to fight with meat. You must reward before the decisive battle. Shortly after the Chu army's lights lit up, the Qin army camp three miles away also lit up. In the same smoke of cooker, Mengwu, Sima Kong and others did not sleep all night. In order to prevent leaks, the Qin army always issued a formation map before the war. The real knowledge of the intentions of the chief generals was only a few generals of each army, and the intentions of the chief generals were finally determined the night before the war.

With Meng Wu's general order, more than a dozen military chariots drove to each camp left or right to summon the generals of each army to the shogunate to discuss troops. When it was dawn and the generals of each army returned to the camp, the Qin camp was already full of people and dust. After eating, the soldiers put on armor and helmets and took their weapons. Under the orders of the sergeant, the squad leader and others, they lined up the camp. The arranged queues would be gathered under the leadership of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the marquis of the

Whether the array completely determines the victory or defeat of the formation battle, and the speed of the formation also determines the victory or defeat of the formation battle. The two armies of Chu and Qin started the array competition before dawn. The soldiers of the two armies quickly set out the camp according to the arrangement of the chief general and quickly set up the formation. They were worried that the other party would rush to complete the formation in front of them and then attack themselves. So, like drawing a picture on paper, in the blink of an eye, the Chu and Qin armies each built a Great Wall that was more than ten miles long. Feather flags fluttered on the city, and spears stood under the city. The front row of soldiers looked at each other from the air, waiting for the upcoming life-and-death battle.

Xiong Jing woke up very early. When he was having breakfast, he found that his palace Jia had all broken hair overnight, and his hair became shorter than Yueren. Broken hair is a punishment. After several questions and no definite answers, he did not pursue it. He was in the palace and did not think that the punishment of his hair was so terrible and shameful. Many times he even wanted to cut his hair shorter, but he didn't dare.

Before the sun rose, he rode his horse before the military formation. The Chu army formation was six kilometers long. It was obviously impossible to patrol on foot as before the previous two times. He could only patrol on horseback. He no longer bowed to all the soldiers in the army, but planned to stop every one or two kilometers to say something to the soldiers to boost the morale of the soldiers.

The flag began to fly in front of the army again. There were no infantry or chariots, only dozens of carefully selected Chu riders followed Xiong Jing to ride the horse. The left army soldiers who had just finished the formation saw their king riding a dark horse and came happily, and immediately wanted to cheer and bow, but suddenly someone shouted in Yue, "The king has something to say, please listen."

Yue Yu shouted several times, and the commanders who had already learned that the king was going to swore in front of the formation were also talking, asking the disciples to keep quiet and wait for the king to swore in. The left army lined up twenty lines, and 20,000 Yue soldiers immediately calmed down and stared at their young and heroic king.

"Qin, a country of tigers and wolves, Chu Yi blocks the road, and punishes people everywhere. No one in the world wants to be the people of Qin, so Han people flee to Zhao, Shu people flee to Chu." Looking at the soldiers from Yue who were looking up at each other, carrying the fierce and cold north wind, carrying the Qin army formation with a strict lineup and a lot of soldiers and flags, Xiong Jing began his oath. "In today's battle, either he dies or I die. A real man dies, a family is dead?! Is it possible to die a country?! I, Xiong Jing, swear to fight side by side with you and live and die together."

Xiong Jing was very slow in making a vow. Every time he said something, the literati of Yue would translate it. It seemed that everything was as imagined, but what he didn't expect was that even after listening to the translation of the literati of Yue, even if he vowed to fight side by side with the soldiers and live and die together, the military formation in front of him was still silent, without cheering or worshiping, and more than 20,000 people were watching him quietly.

Unexplained in Xiong Jing's heart, when the Yue scholar bowed respectfully to ask if he had anything to say, he rushed straight to the military formation, pulled out his sword with the soldiers in the first row, and sang loudly according to his memory: "I am impatient and destroy the long and strong halberds and drive the sterns, and I cannot surrender my kingly aura. The three armies flew and descended and all the way to kill them. A soldier was sentenced to death and became a centuries..."

This is a farewell song before Goujian attacked Wu after his tenth birthday, and it is also a battle song that has been passed down in the land of Wu and Yue for hundreds of years. Although Chu Yue is different, it has been soaked in hundreds of years. Xiong Jing has not finished singing the first sentence. Yue people know what he is singing. They instantly recovered from the oath of the king and himself to "living and dying together" and began to sing in Yue. After singing the last sentence, "Everyone works hard, and everybody is working hard," not only the 20,000 people who have already arranged the array, but more than 30,000 Yue soldiers who have traveled behind the array are also stomping their feet and shouting.

Xiong Jing rode his horse and ran in the shouts of the left army. What he unexpectedly expected was that the central army was also shouting, not only the central army, but also the entire army was shouting. The sudden shouts of the Chu army immediately alarmed Meng Wu who was praying for the gods. Although Qin expelled the witches and demolished the temple, the prayer ceremony remained tenaciously in the army. When he was about to fight, he prayed for the gods. This was the oldest tradition of the Qin army.

"Father, King Jing is patrolling again and is still vowing in front of the formation." Meng Tian had already received a report from the detective cavalry. From the beginning of the flag now in the left army, reports were heard continuously. "Our army should order the rush to the formation quickly."

Meng Wu was holding Lu Lijing and looking at it in detail. He said with some regret: "King Jing rode a horse and ran over the central army again, and it was too late to charge."

"Father, you must not miss it." Meng Tian pointed to Xiong Jing five hundred steps away, "After the inspection of King Jing, you will retreat into the formation!"

The Chu army was already crazy. Xiong Jing didn't need to say anything or do anything. As long as he rode his horse through the formation, the soldiers would be crazy. At this time, the formation of the three armies was not trembling, but was boiling. It was so boiling that it was about to rush to 500 steps away, killing the Qin people one by one, chopping them up, so that they would never dare to invade Chu again.

"Please don't take another oath." Xiang Chao was one of the dozens of riders who followed Xiong Jing. At this time, he and Xiong Jing kept a distance between the horse's heads and tried hard to get close to talking.

"Why not?" Xiong Jing knew that Xiang Yan's son did not ignore his words.

"If our army is too powerful at this time, it will inevitably decline during the war." Xiang Chao's instructions were also Xiang Yan's concern. Before the war, any general would try every means to boost morale, but because of Xiong Jing's existence and behavior, what Xiang Yan had to do was to suppress morale, so he never beat the drum several times.

After Xiang Chao finished speaking, Xiong Jing, who knew it, rode his horse out and moved a little away from the Chu army formation, but he still held his sword in his hand and waved it to the soldiers. The Chu army shouted endlessly, which made him unable to make an oath. The military formation was very long, and it took thirty minutes to run from one end to the other. When Xiong Jing turned around from the right army and returned to the rising Chaoyang, when the central army was planning to make a last oath, the Qin army was lined up against the opposite side and was ready to hit the drums. He pointed in front of the flags, and the Qin army formation that could not see the end began to move forward.

The Chu army's shouts became less unconsciously. Because of the existence of Jing crossbow, the distance between the two armies in a formation had changed from the two hundred steps that had been agreed upon as a custom, and the existence of the trencher made the Qin army's array farther away to five hundred steps. The Qin army rushed in like a tide outside the five hundred steps, and more and more people's hearts were beating wildly. Xiang Chao and Gui Jing behind Xiong Jing were even more anxious. Although the five hundred steps were far away, it didn't take long for the Qin people to rush over, and they didn't even need a quarter of an hour. If he could not escort the king to the safe position of the central army before the Qin army rushed forward, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"King..." Xiang Chao was about to advise, and Gui Jing, who was quick-handed, had already whipped the whip and whipped the yelling horse with a whip. He was suddenly hit, and he neighed, and ran wildly in a conditioned reflex manner. If Xiong Jing had not clamped the saddle and grabbed the reins, he might have been pushed off the horse.

The cavalry suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the central army more than 2,000 meters away. The Qin army on the opposite side was also accelerating. Even if the fire-dropping weapon had no range of 500 steps, it would have been 400 steps. If it could not quickly rush across the 700 meters distance, the fire bomb of the Jing people would have to fall on him.

In front of the long army of the Chu army, Xiong Jing's cavalry and Qin army infantry were in a Mercedes-Benz race that was related to life and death. The flag representing the king was not inserted into the chariot behind the central army before the Qin army rushed up, and the morale of the Chu army would be greatly affected. If some soldiers who were far away could not see the flag, they would even think that the king was killed by the Qin people. If Xiong Jing retreated safely into the formation, then the Qin soldiers who were running five hundred steps would probably be weak and could not fight.

The competition was unfolding in front of the formation. After the Chu army formation, the left and right armies divided from Youque were also running. They had to arrange forty rows of arrays after the two armies at the fastest speed to prevent the Qin army from breaking the thin and thin arrays of only twenty marchers. Ten trenchers were loaded with the smallest lead bullets and aimed at the nest chariots that were slowly advancing in the Qin army. Although fire bombs could kill Qin soldiers who rushed towards the tide, the observation equipment of destroying the enemy could ensure that their array and tactical intentions were not understood.

Everything was in a hurry, and everything was orderly. Xiang Yan, who was not standing in the nest car, faced the north wind and heard the soldiers under the catapult shouting "Let it go-away!" His heart couldn't help but tighten again, clenched his fists and stared at the fast-moving flag in front of the formation, almost saying "speed".

Xiang Yan stared at the flag, and Peng Zong beside him did not dare to open his eyes at all. He knew in his heart that the Qin army was so urgent that Meng Wu must have seen the king turn back to the right army and walked in front of the formation again. His purpose was probably to let the Qin army follow the gap between the king and the back of the formation and kill the generals.
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