In the middle of the winter month of the 30th year of Qin Shihuang (the 11th month of the lunar calendar), in the northern suburbs of Xianyang, there was a flat horse in Fengzhengyuan. Early in the morning, the snow had just stopped last night, and tens of thousands of civilians flocked to him. Under the shouts of officials, they swept the ground open, and then built an altar and flags, making them very busy.

“It’s so cold…”

Liu Ji couldn't help but shivered, and his hands holding the broom were cold red. Although it snowed in Pei County every year, I don't know if it was a psychological effect. The winter when I left home was always particularly cold.

He could not sweep the snow anymore, threw away the broom, shrank behind a tree, looked south, and could see a hazy Xianyang Palace several miles away...

"I really want to go to the palace wall to hide from the wind."

Liu Ji's good brother Lu Wan leaned beside him and looked at Xianyang Palace enviously. Although they were common people living like grass, they were very excited after returning to Guanzhong from the north and living in a place not far from Xianyang Palace. They also liked to talk about the emperor:

How big is the emperor's palace, how many concubines are there, what are they eating every day? Is it delicacies or beef that ordinary people cannot eat. All of this is often in their mouths.

Although, they couldn't get close to there even half a step.

Liu Ji's fellow villager Zhou Qi (xiè), a cattle breeder, also came over and licked his chapped lips and said, "If the emperor swept the snow, he would definitely use a golden broom."

Lu Wan was amused when she heard this: "I don't know that there are hundreds of thousands of slaves of the emperor, so how can I wash the snow personally? In this weather, I'm still in a warm house with charcoal, drinking mutton soup, boiling some fine wine, and warming the concubines... But Brother Ji, do you think the emperor lives in such a large palace, how much firewood and charcoal should he burn to warm up?"

Liu Ji rolled his eyes: "The biggest house that Mr. Nai lived in, that is, the residence of Zhang Daxia, Wai Huang. In the Xianyang Palace, there are thousands of such courtyards. How can I know?"

"But, will we see the emperor's carriage in a while?"

Lu Wan was still very excited. The reason why they wanted to clear the plain was because today we would hold the military ceremony of the Northern Expedition Army "Training the Brigade". It is said that Qin Shihuang would arrive in person!

Everyone started talking and talking, they were curious, was the emperor really two feet tall like the legend, and there were auspicious clouds above his head when he passed by. What would the emperor's car be like? Could it be that eight dragons were really driving around?

When the laborers in Pei County were having a good conversation, the supervisor's whip came over.

"How dare you be lazy when you are these Shandong migrants?"

The whip tip hit the cold, hard winter clothes and it hurt. Liu Ji and the others could only hurry up and continue to sweep the snow. After the supervisor left, Lu Wan couldn't help but curse a few words.

"I thought I could go back to Pei County directly after the war, but I still kept us to continue to work hard labor, paving bridges and building roads, and snowing in the cold winter. Do these Qin people really think we are subordinates?"

"Okay, don't cause trouble just because you talk too much, and you'll be in charge of the entire village."

Liu Ji didn't want to do this hard work, but as the pavilion chief, he also knew that if he committed a crime in Guanzhong, the only thing waiting for everyone was to doom.

"Zhou Bo stayed in the north of the Seitou area. Even though he was wearing wool clothes, he was definitely colder than us! He would rather say less, finish the work soon, and squatted aside to watch the fun!"

Everyone agreed and speeded up. When the sun was fully raised, the snow in Fengzhengyuan had been cleaned up. However, Liu Ji and others did not have the opportunity to see the emperor's carriage coming. Thousands of fully armed soldiers entered one after another, setting up a cordon within a radius of ten miles, and drove all the laborers out without saying a word.

After the clearing, nobles in Xianyang City arrived surrounded by the emperor's carriage, and the soldiers from Shangjun, Yunzhong, Beidi, and Longxi, who were the main lords of this journey, also entered the venue one after another...

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"After the army defeated the enemy, the officials won the victory in the mountains and rivers, and the ancestral temple. After the army returned, they left abroad and carried out the ceremony of rejuvenating the brigade..."

This is the ritual of Zhenlu that has been passed down since ancient times, and it is also a ceremony of triumph. It is an honor that only the army that wins great victory can be entitled to enjoy. However, after Qin Shihuang took power, Xianyang was held almost every year. Insider Shi Teng destroyed Han and Wang Ben destroyed Wei, they all had Zhenlu in the eastern suburbs. Among them, Wang Jian had the most times, and he destroyed Yan, Zhao, and Chu, and was very powerful every time.

But this time the Zhenguo was different. It was specially held for Jingbian and opened borders and defeating the soldiers of the Hulu, so it was located in the northern suburbs of Xianyang.

After the sun was noon, the soldiers of the county had neatly arranged in dozens of square formations on the plains, each with a swallow's chin and a tiger's head, a strong body, a man's clothing, a red robe, a strong bow and crossbow, and an arrow bag slung on his waist. The black battle flag, a standard armor, and a sharp sword and halberd shone with dazzling light under the midday sunlight.

"The queue is clean and more energetic than the lieutenant army."

Among the accompanying officials, a Confucian scholar in his thirties was amazed. His name was Fusheng, a native of Qi. He was a newly recruited doctor. He had seen such a scene for the first time.

"After all, they were a army of wars that had gone to the northern part of the Seitou area to fight! They already had a solemn atmosphere, and these soldiers who participated in the ritual of the brigade were carefully selected, so they were naturally extraordinary."

Heifu's old acquaintance, Lu Rushu Sun Tong, was not surprised. These ancient military rituals were used by Qin Shihuang to obtain Confucian scholars. He also participated in the organization and was familiar with each process. He then asked Fu Shengdao:

"Let's see, the real lively thing is still behind. According to the rules, each army must teach the soldiers Kaige, sing loudly in front of His Majesty to promote the military power, and then offer prisoners and kill the turtle. The generals followed His Majesty to drink to the grand prize."

Kaiyue is the joy of offering merits. This is a tradition that began to be popular in the Spring and Autumn Period. When Duke Wen of Jin defeated Chu in Chengpu, Zhenlu, and Kai entered Jin. At this time, not only musicians had to play Kaiyue, but also sang Kaiyue by the priests.

Although it was just a formality, tens of thousands of people were playing together, which was very spectacular.

Fu Sheng nodded, quite expectant, and then looked at the distance. Qin Shihuang's imperial guard had already sat down under the altar. Prime Minister, court officer, censor, veteran Wang Jian and others were all accompanying him, waiting for the soldiers to come and report to Kai.

The soldiers of Shangjun came first, but there was no Feng Jie who was defeated. The defeated general was not qualified to participate in the Zhenlu ceremony, so there was only the veteran Qiang Sheng who had gray hair and lost his former spirit.

"The chariots are tān, they are tān, like thunder and thunder. Xianyun Fang Shu, conquering the tān, and the power of the tān, the tān, the power of the tān!"

The Kai Song sung by the soldiers of Shangjun is a song "Xiao Ya. Picking the Roll".

After hearing this, Shusun Tong smiled and said, "This song of Kai is meaningful. General Qiang is not familiar with poetry and books. It must not be what he thought of, but the work of the lieutenant of the military soldiers of the Shangshang County. Fu Sheng, can you explain it?"

Fu Sheng was also knowledgeable and said, "This poem talks about the fact that King Xuan of Zhou and General Fang Shu was in charge of military revitalization in order to intimidate Jing Man. However, the Qiang general had only killed 500 heads and surrendered Lou Fan. Two minor achievements were still promoted by His Majesty to the title of Siche Chief, which was really embarrassing."

"However, the poem first talks about the 无无, and the Man Jing. Although the Qiang general did not make great contributions in the conquest of the Huns, he made a lot of efforts to destroy Chu back then. The Tingwei was really determined. In addition, the poem "Fang Shu Yuan Lao, I will win the strength of his life," I think this is a clear intention to resign."

"Your Majesty is easy to use newcomers..."

Shusun Tong nodded. This time, the veterans had no achievements in the northern expedition, but the newcomers were brilliant. Since the emperor also gave him a way out, there was no other choice than to surrender to the wise.

Next is Yun Zhongbing, who was under Meng Tian's command. They sang a song "Traveling the Car" that everyone is familiar with.

"The king ordered Nan Zhong to go to the city and go out. The car was Peng Peng and the flag was Yangyang. The emperor ordered me to go to the city and the city was Shuofang!"

Fu Sheng was a little puzzled: "Although General Meng beheaded 1,000, tens of thousands of livestock, he also seized the entire northern vacant land, and rekindled the beacon of Zhao Great Wall, but he has passed by himself as Nan Zhong?"

Shusun Tong shook his head, "You don't know. When Your Majesty was on the northern tour, he said in person, could Meng Tian be my Nan Zhong? Meng Tian asked his soldiers to use this as Kaige, which means that he fulfilled his promise to Your Majesty. This newly built Shuofang County was basically defeated by Yunzhong soldiers. Now Shuofang City has been really built. Even if it doesn't make much contribution, it will work hard. Moreover, the Meng brothers forget their families for the country, and the emperor will not be stingy with rewards such generals."

As the head coach and the other as the military supervisor, when they went to the outside world, their father Meng Wuzheng was seriously ill and just passed away last month. The Meng brothers didn't even have time to look at their father for the last time...

"So Meng Tian chose this poem and what he really wanted to say, wouldn't he be homeless? He feared this simple book!"

Fu Shengchang learned: "I thought that the Qin generals were all the Han soldiers in Guanxi, and they were vulgar and ignorant. I never thought that it was better than I thought."

"The Qiang General has Li Tingwei supervising the army. Although the Meng family was a military clan, he also moved from Guandong. He was both literary and military. Meng Tian also made a new brush and could make poetry and books. What's so strange?"

Shusun Tongheran: "The next two generals, Wei and Li, were the old Qin generals, who did not like poetry and books. The other was a low-class man and did not know etiquette. When singing Kai Songs, I am afraid that the young master's military supervisor could only find a way."

While speaking, the two armies of North and Longxi also appeared together. The first ones to show up were Longxi, wearing red cherry blossoms and bright feathered hats on their heads. The Northland cavalrymen were wearing black soft leather armor, crimson battle robes, holding seven-foot-long cavalry spears, black scabbard swords, and some were equipped with bows and crossbows.

Everyone rode a good horse, with a shoulder height of six and a half feet, handsome and majestic. For today's scene, they specially wore leather vests painted in tiger patterns, which looked very neat and majestic. This thing was used by the Jin army during the Battle of Chengpu.

Later, the infantrymen who were escorting the captives of the Huns, Li Xin and Heifu, were surrounded in the middle.

The last one to appear is often the protagonist of this battle. Whoever makes the best and the less, it will be clear to see the emperor's promotion. Qin Shihuang also believed that in this battle, Longxi and the north all made great contributions, and they fought against the Xiongnu Shanyu together and drove the enemy together, so they should join the army and participate in the ceremony of the brigade.

When the two armies stood at a certain time, snowflakes floated from the sky, fluttering and falling on their armor, swords, bows and arrows, war horses, and soldiers' noses...

But the military service will not be delayed by this little snow. Unlike the ancient poems that the Yunzhong soldiers are difficult to speak, the two armies of the North and Longxi sang a simple and novel tune according to Heifu's instructions!

Not only did the three armies raise their anger, but the emperor's eyes lit up, even the Confucian scholars who were not concerned about themselves were shocked by this poem!

"The moon-black geese fly high, and the Shanyu escapes at night. He wants to chase the light cavalry, and the bow and knife are covered with heavy snow!"

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