"PS: Some book friends in the book review suggested that the theme sentence of "Bright Sword" is suitable for writing the military song of Wei Jun. Of course, the lyrics must be slightly changed, otherwise it will be inconsistent. What do you guys think? I also think Wei Jun needs a song "Jiu Jiu".

A song of the "Old Qin, let's go together to fight the national crisis" type of song.

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That night, several good generals from the Shang Shui Army gathered in the corner of the west gate of Fenghao City and ate a meal of mutton boiled in snow and water.

During this period, two thousand people laughed at Chen Xie who said they were tired of eating mutton, which caused everyone to burst into laughter.

It has to be said that eating meat every meal, and even mutton, which is very expensive in the Wei Kingdom, is really a very rare thing.

Who would have thought that these Shang Shui soldiers who went on an expedition would eat better every meal than the nobles in the Wei Kingdom.

But there is nothing that can be done about it. After all, some time ago, the Wei army captured nearly a million sheep from the three tribes of Wuxu, Jie, and Ling. Except for the ibex among them, the soldiers of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance exchanged several of them for one.

After the transaction, the rest of the sheep basically served as food rations for the Wei army - after all, the Wei army was so short of food at that time that a certain King Su did not hesitate to order the slaughter of sheep to satisfy hunger.

At that time, His Highness King Su said: People are going to starve to death, so why are we keeping sheep?

As a result, hundreds of thousands or nearly a million sheep were slaughtered. Even the Wei soldiers themselves felt distressed by this incident. After all, the price of sheep in Wei was quite high.

Thanks to this, the Wei army received sufficient mutton and sheepskins.

Especially mutton, mutton is warm in nature and can not only protect the body from wind and cold, but also nourish the body. Even in the cold weather approaching the twelfth lunar month, the Wei soldiers who ate mutton still felt full of energy and did not feel as cold as before.

The feeling of invading the human body.

The only embarrassment was that eating too much mutton made me angry, and Wei Jun couldn't get any spices to remove the mutton smell, so he inevitably felt a little nauseous after eating too much.

Because of this, several jokes circulated among the Wei army that were highly praised by the soldiers, mostly to ridicule the aristocrats in the country - although the aristocrats of Wei were much better than the aristocrats of Chu, the class conflict between civilians and aristocrats was always

It exists. And it is not like the soldiers of the merchant navy have never encountered flamboyant nobles.

"...Uh, I'm really going to vomit if I eat more."

Burping, Qianren general Xiang Li swallowed the last bite of mutton, gasping for air.

His words resonated with the generals nearby.

Due to the cold weather and the fact that the rear grain and grass transportation lines were cut off due to long-distance raids, Wei Jun's current rations are only mutton and millet. Even if they cook mutton in different ways, Wei Jun will basically eat it quickly.

Tired of it.

At this time, they really missed the pickles that they had criticized in the past, even if it was just a bite.

It's a pity that Wei Jun didn't.

"Hey, you guys are here..."

Following a wave of greetings, Ran Teng, a thousand-man general, came over from a distance and greeted several generals standing by the bonfire.

Seeing this, 2,000-man general Chen Xie, 1,000-man general Xiang Li and others invited Ran Teng to come to the table one after another. However, Ran Teng glanced at the bubbling mutton soup in the pot and quickly waved his hand, because he had recently

I have switched to roast lamb, mainly because I really can’t stand the smell.

"I just came from General (Chi) Nanmen."

Under the surprised eyes of several generals, Ran Teng, a thousand-man general, sat down by the campfire and said in a low voice: "The crossbow arrows have been consumed quite a lot in the past two days, and there are not many left..."

In fact, as the craftsmanship of Wei's crossbows became more and more sophisticated, the range and power of the crossbows built by the Daliang Smelting Bureau gradually caught up with ordinary bows. This caused the archers to be gradually replaced by crossbowmen.

, at least in the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army, there are almost no archers.

It’s no wonder, after all, archers have higher technical requirements. New recruits often need to train for a long time before they can become a qualified archer. However, the requirements for crossbowmen are relatively low. As long as they learn how to load crossbow arrows and how to aim,

They can be trained and formed in a short period of time - almost all of the crossbowmen in King Su's army have honed their shooting skills in actual combat.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages to this. For example, if a crossbow malfunctions during combat, the soldiers of King Su's army will not repair it themselves. After all, repairing a crossbow is completely different from repairing a longbow.

This is also the reason why the crossbowmen of King Su's army are equipped with swords in addition to crossbows.

"Crossbow arrows, the consumption in these two days is a bit heavy..."

The thousand-man general Xiang Li nodded in agreement. After all, in the past two days, during the siege of Weiyang Lord Ying Hua, the Wei army killed more than 40,000 Qin tattooed troops, even though only two or three of this number were killed by the Wei army.

The number of crossbow bolts consumed is also an astonishing number.

Fortunately, the Wei army's crossbow arrows were made entirely of iron and could be recycled.

Especially when facing lightly armored enemies, the recovery rate is at least as high as 89%. "Note: Arrows that are too bent, or arrow clusters that are severely deformed, cannot be used. In addition, there will inevitably be others.

Something lost."

"Wait a minute, General Ran Teng. General Nanmen is not asking us to go out of the city to collect the crossbow bolts right now?" A Shang Shui Army general asked sarcastically. He heard clearly, Ran Teng said

But he just came from the side of Nanmen Chi, the deputy general of their merchant navy.

Noticing that several nearby generals were looking at him with astonished expressions, Ran Teng spread his hands helplessly and said: "That's what General Nanmen meant, and I can't help it. Who knows whether Weiyang Lord will lead the army tomorrow?"

Are there more tattoos coming to attack the city?"

Hearing Ran Teng's disguised admission, the generals couldn't help but wailed. After all, it was not a good job to go out of the city to dig up corpses and recover crossbow bolts from the corpses of enemy soldiers in the middle of the night.

But wailing is wailing. Since the order has been issued, as generals, they must carry it out.

"I'll leave this place to you. I have to go to Beicheng to deliver orders." After greeting the generals, Ran Teng left.

After a while, Fenghao's west city gate rumbled open, and groups of merchant soldiers came to the outside of the city holding torches and began to recover crossbow bolts from the corpses of tattooed soldiers scattered outside the city.

During this period, thousands of people rubbed Xiang Li's hands together and murmured: "It's so cold..."

In fact, it was mainly my exposed face and hands that felt cold, but the rest was fine.

This is no wonder, because when Wei Jun slaughtered nearly a million sheep, he obtained the corresponding sheep skins. Under the instruction of a certain King Su, Wei Jun stuffed these sheep skins inside the cold armor and stuffed them into his boots. It was very good.

The ground acts as a thermal insulation.

Even some smart Wei soldiers would wrap sheepskin around their necks to prevent cold wind from pouring in through the collar of their armor.

This is the reason why the Wei army dared to leave the city in the middle of the night in the cold winter. Otherwise, how would they dare to come out? In the cold winter approaching December, the cold wind in the middle of the night would kill them, especially in the army with almost no medical conditions.

As long as you catch the cold, you are destined to die.

This is true for any army.

"What do you think Mr. Weiyang is thinking?"

Chen Xie, a general with two thousand people, glanced at Xiang Li and said, "In the past two days of siege, he lost at least more than 40,000 people, right? But maybe he will come to attack the city tomorrow... I really doubt it."

, are we at war with the Chu army?"

"How can the Chu army be as fierce as the Qin people?" Xiang Li rolled his eyes and said, as if he ignored that they were all Chu people.

But what he said is correct. The Chu State's "grain recruiters", that is, civilians recruited with grain, actually have very low morale and fighting spirit. In this regard, Xiang Li and other generals who were born in "food recruiters", then

It couldn't be clearer.

This is also the reason why Chu generals often indulged their troops in looting enemy cities: to stimulate the fighting spirit of recruiting soldiers.

It is undeniable that Chu's wars are often based on numerical superiority, which is the so-called human sea tactic. If it can be won, then the "food recruitment" may be more fierce than the regular army, but it will put our own side at a disadvantage.

, that is, a crushing defeat, with almost no possibility of reversing the defeat.

In comparison, the Qin army, whether it was a regular army or a tattooed army, seemed to be fierce and not afraid of death. Even the Shang Shui army actually felt a little bit jealous when they saw the Qin army, which looked like tigers, wolves and evil beasts.

Feel weak.

While the soldiers of the Shang Shui Army were chatting and recovering arrows from the corpses of the tattooed soldiers, Lord Weiyang was leading three thousand cavalry and quietly approached Feng Hao.

When he saw that outside Fenghao City under the night sky in the distance, there were dots of torch light everywhere, Weiyang Jun Yinghua had a hint of sneer in his heart.

"superior!"

Following Weiyang Lord Ying Hua's order, three thousand Weiyang Qinqi started running and rushed towards Fenghao City.

The sound of galloping war horses aroused the vigilance of Xiang Li, a general of thousands of people near Fenghao City Gate.

"Huh?"

There was a hint of suspicion on Xiang Li's face. Although the cold wind was biting, he could faintly feel that there were some strange sounds mixed with the wind.

At this moment, he heard a sharp whistle sound coming from the distant night, which was the sound used by the Green Crows to warn them.

"Enemy attack!" Xiang Li shouted subconsciously, which shocked the Shangshui soldiers outside the city who were digging up corpses and recovering arrows.

Enemy attack?

Qin people attacked Fenghao at night?

Before they could react, they saw an unknown number of Qin cavalry emerging from the night in the distance, waving their spears and killing them.

Seeing this, even the soldiers of Shangshui who had experienced hundreds of battles couldn't help but panic, because they never expected that the Qin army, which had suffered another disastrous defeat during the day, would unexpectedly attack them at night.

What's even worse is that because the Shangshui soldiers outside the city went out of the city to recover crossbow bolts, they did not bring all their combat weapons. The sword and shield soldiers did not bring shields, and the crossbow soldiers did not even bring crossbows.

In this case, how did they fight against the invading Qin cavalry enemy?

"Retreat! Retreat into the city!"

Xiang Li, a general with a thousand men, shouted loudly, calling for the merchant navy outside the city to quickly retreat into the city.

At this time, two thousand general Chen Xie had already rolled into the city, shouting "enemy attack" with all his strength to alert his comrades in the city.

In an instant, the alarm bells rang loudly in Fenghao City.
Chapter completed!