Chapter 8 Section three

Ying Zhuang got the Tiger Talisman, but he had to think twice. The military symbols of the Qin State are divided into three classes: the highest grade Black Eagle soldier symbol, which is in the hands of the monarch. Thirty thousand is usually awarded to fortress guards or generals of small battles; the third class is the tiger-shaped soldier talisman, which does not exceed 8,000 each time, and is mostly awarded to special envoys for trips or secret business trips in the country.After Shang Yang's reform, Qin's private army was abolished, and the new army was under the control of the monarch, and the military law was perfected.Whenever troops are dispatched, the left and right soldiers must be inspected and announced to all the soldiers under orders before they can go.The generals in charge of the barracks start from the commander of a thousand commanders, and each person has a right symbol in the shape of a tiger or a dragon according to his position.In wartime, the commander-in-chief holds the left talisman granted by the monarch, and when all the generals match the right talisman, the command to raise the account can be issued.At the end of the war, the left talisman was immediately returned to the monarch.If any link is inconsistent, it will be difficult to deploy troops.

Even so, the Warring States Period was full of wars, all countries were united in one mind, and the monarch and the generals in charge of the army were less dirty.Generals often fight continuously, but there are famous generals with outstanding prestige who often hold military talismans, and there are often those who cannot match the military talismans and mobilize large troops.But this is a special case when the soldiers are united in bloody battles. It cannot be done without a famous general like Sima Cuo. Naturally, it is absolutely impossible for the soldiers to be as unfamiliar as Gan Mao.Ying Zhuang was not familiar with the military, and had never had military experience like Ying Dang's. Naturally, it was impossible to transfer troops outside the law.

It is difficult to win strong, where is it difficult to deploy troops? Qin's elite new army is divided into three places: one is the 8,000 imperial guards in Xianyang City, which cannot be mobilized by any military talisman. The second is the defenders of Hangu Pass, Wuguan, Dashan Pass and other fortresses. However, except for the 10,000 troops stationed at Hangu Pass, none of these pass guards has more than 8,000 troops. All the defenders here, this is something that anyone would find weird, it is tantamount to self-violence; the last is the Lantian Camp, this is the camp with the largest number of troops and the most frequent deployment of troops, how can they be adjusted?When to tune?It's a problem again.How to tune?What kind of arms should be transferred?Cavalry or infantry?Is the military ration allocated by the State Lieutenant's Mansion, or is it taken as an emergency operation by the barracks to bring the military food for a few days?When to adjust is also a problem.It's too early, where is the secret military camp?How is the military food transported?Who will lead the troops?It's late, so if you can't make it in time, isn't it a major event?All these matters are not difficult for the army ordered to go to war, but once they are handled in a secret operation, they all become difficult!

After sitting for an hour, Ying Zhuang had many thoughts, and finally couldn't decide on a perfect solution. He stomped his feet in frustration, and came to the Fuqu Pond in the back garden again.A small boat floated towards him, the maid just smiled at him, raised her hand and threw something, and the boat went away.Ying Zhuang opened the bamboo tube to seal the mud, and on a piece of white silk was Ying Li's powerful self-created brushwork: Ying Zhuang's eyes lit up, and he was immediately refreshed. He went back to the dormitory to relax, got into a black car with a very tight tarpaulin, and then scrambled out the back door, and quickly merged into the traffic on the long street.After a while, the chariot got out of the east gate of Xianyang and headed towards the southeast calmly.

The Lantian Barracks was submerged in the fiery red sunset, and long bursts of long horns were sounded in all directions, and the last drill was finally closed.As soon as General Pi Yingxian returned to his account, he received a notification from the campers: "There is a merchant from Chu at the North Camp Gate, please see the general!" Ying Xian laughed loudly and said, "I have no relatives and friends from the merchant from Chu. Hitting the military stick." The ranger knight said seriously: "There is no mistake. This is a token from the Chu merchants to the general." After speaking, he leaned forward and handed Ying Xian a green jade pendant.Ying Xian took a look at it, was taken aback for a moment, but suddenly smiled and said, "Oh, I see, I'll go right away." After you rode away on a flying horse, Ying Xian immediately entered the account and called the military officials for a while He ordered them to stand outside the tent and wait for the patrolling vehicles.

Tens of thousands of troops are permanently stationed in the Lantian barracks, and the barracks are stacked. It is strictly forbidden for soldiers to ride horses in the barracks.As long as there is no fighting, even if the general goes out of the camp, he must walk or walk. If he wants to be quick, he has to wait for the special military vehicles that patrol between the military tents and the camp gates.This kind of military vehicle has been eliminated in combat. It does not belong to the army, but belongs to General Lantian's barracks configuration. It is specially used for soldiers above a centurion to leave the camp quickly. Each vehicle can stand five to eight people and has a fixed driving route. , It does not interfere with the military camp drills, and it is quick and convenient, but it is much less troublesome than feeding and washing the horses after riding them back.

A while later, Ying Xian arrived at Beiying Gate in a military vehicle.After getting out of the car and leaving the camp, it was already dusk, and a car with a yellow canopy was parked in the woods outside the deer village. It really looked like a Chu businessman's car.Ying Xian shook the jade pendant in his hand, and strode towards the car.As he approached the woods, he saw a young man in yellow clothes walking out of the forest, and bowed to his face: "The general invites you. The master is waiting in the car." Ying Xian nodded and walked towards the black car.The curtain of the car was opened from the inside with a "pop!", and Ying Xian stepped into the car.

"How long is it outside the camp?" An urgent question came from the dark carriage. "One hour. Brother Zhuang has something to say, so it doesn't matter." In the darkness, the black car started and walked along the forest at the foot of the mountain to the official road.Amidst the rumble of the car, the urgent and deep voice continued continuously.The car got off the official road, turned back again, and gradually drove under the Diao Doujun lamp at the North Camp Gate of Lantian Camp. The car came to a stop, and a Chu country businessman with a long beard and a yellow shirt got out of the car, opened the curtain and hung it up, and bowed his hands to the inside of the car as a salute: "The general invites you." Ying Xian, who was dressed in black soft armor, stepped out of the car, Turning around and bowing: "The last general is on duty, so I can't accompany you, please forgive me." Chu Shang said with a smile: "I have made friends from thousands of miles away, and I hope that one meeting is enough! Come, give the general some bits and pieces. Don't laugh at me." The young man in clothes has already unloaded from the cart an extremely delicate mahogany barrel wrapped with two copper hoops and a big cowhide bag.Chu Shang pointed and smiled: "The Lanling wine and dried whitebait from my house are just that, the general and the brothers have tasted and pointed out." Ying Xian cupped his hands and said with a smile: "The military law of the Lantian camp is very strict, and you are not allowed to bring food into the account privately. , I’ve finally got my heart, let’s say goodbye!” Then he turned around and strode away.

The Chu businessman in Huang Yi clicked his tongue in admiration, and watched Ying Xian's back disappear into the tall gate of the village before boarding the car and scurrying away.As soon as the black chariot drove up the official road, there was a sound of whips, and the two horses showed their hooves, and the black chariot went west with a clatter and a whirlwind. At dusk of the next day, Zuo Shuchang Ying Zhuang secretly entered the Lantian camp with six knights as guards, and showed the military talisman and arrow to Meng Ao, the former deputy general of the army who was temporarily in charge of military affairs. Empress Dowager Huiwen went west to Yongcheng to take care of her."After surveying and combining the left and right soldiers with General Ying Xian of Pi, eight thousand cavalry set out to camp in the starry night, and galloped westward with Ying Zhuang. After traveling for thirty li, they went straight to the northern foot of Nanshan Mountain, and secretly marched westward, camping in the dense forest and high hills on the north bank of Bashui River. up.

With eight thousand cavalry in hand and Ying Xian in command, Ying Zhuang suddenly felt confident. Back at the Xianyang mansion, Ying Zhuang paid a special visit to several nobles of the royal family with fiefdoms.After Shang Yang's reform, the nobles of the Qin family kept no more than 20 miles of fiefdoms. Not only did they have little land, but they also had no governance rights, except for a small number of symbolic taxes.In this situation, it is naturally impossible to raise private soldiers.All these nobles of the royal family have are just some old and disabled subordinates who have accumulated in the long-term battle.Before joining the army, these old tribes were either the children of the peasants who were attached to the royal family, or the children of the civilian branch of their own clan, or the children of servants.They followed their old masters on the battlefield for a long time. Even if they have military merit titles after being disabled, they still live in the old master's fief and home with their families, resting and sharing lifelong dependence with their old masters.Although these people are not private soldiers, nor will they form a very strong combat force, they are loyal and reliable, and they have one advantage in particular: they all survived a hundred battles, and all of them are extremely courageous. If they serve their master's revenge, they will kill without blinking an eye That is no exaggeration!If hundreds or even thousands of these dead soldiers can be gathered, it will be an astonishing force to attack the palace.

However, the heads of these noble families are all gray-haired old Qin courtiers, and they have all reached the end of their lives in seclusion, and they never ask about state affairs on weekdays.It is too difficult, too difficult for them to be involved in the vortex of the king's struggle.Although Ying Zhuang used the Queen Mother's name to borrow veterans to accompany the Queen Mother to hunt westward, there was still no result.What puzzled Ying Zhuang the most was that all these old people became deaf overnight!Let you yell Gabihua loudly in your ear, but he just shakes his snow-white head and laughs and interrupts in every possible way, but he can't say a word clearly.After visiting a few, Ying Zhuang felt strange and immediately stopped the visit. On the same night, Ying Zhuang received a secret report: the prime minister of the right, Xi Liji, had frequently been in and out of the royal court recently, and every time he went out drunk. "Old man! Black pig!" Ying Zhuang was furious, cursed fiercely, and almost jumped up to kill this annoying old relative immediately.After thinking carefully for a while, Ying Zhuang suppressed his anger and rode his horse straight to his fiefdom. In the evening of the next day, when Ying Zhuang came back from the fief, there was a wild pheasant plume on the desk.The gorgeous tail feathers are the most famous mountain pheasant feathers in Zhao country.Ying Zhuang was overjoyed, and immediately went straight to the Fuqu Pond in the back garden, and entered the thatched pavilion in the pool, but Ying Li, dressed in white and veiled, was waiting. "How about Zhao Guo? Do you want to do it?" Ying Zhuang's words were urgently spoken between handcuffs. Yingli's youthful voice was as leisurely as before: "Take your seat first. Red hibiscus, serve wine." When the words fell to the ground, there was a clear response from the lotus boat, and a girl in red suddenly flew up to the thatched pavilion. There is an exquisite wooden poke and two shiny copper cups.Ying Li waved his sleeves: "Come on, Lanling wine, strong brother's ambition!" Ying Zhuang was as quick-tempered as his father, and he was a little impatient with his brother's mysterious and easy-going in a critical moment, but he had no choice but to raise his hand. Qi Jiujue drank it all in one gulp: "Okay! I will also clean up the dust for my brother." He just dragged the topic back.Ying Li just took a sip, and said with a leisurely smile, "It went well. The King of Zhao has already sent the former general Lian Po to lead an army of 80,000 troops into Jinyang. Ten days later, he will attack Lishi Fortress and oppress Hexi." "Okay!" Ying Zhuang jumped up against the case, "With Zhao Guo sending troops, the event will be decided!" "Calm down first." Ying Li said indifferently, "Zhao Guo sent troops to make demands, but Zhao Yong is black and ruthless." "What kind of request? Ceded land?" "Exactly. On the day when Ying Zhuang ascended the throne, he ceded the twelve cities of Hexi." These are Zhao Yong's original words." "Too much deceit!" Ying Zhuang's face was ashen, and he punched the stone case with a fist, which made the big Tongjue jump up and close the case, with a loud "Dang!".Ying Li's youthful voice was full of laughter: "How simple and straightforward is Brother Zhuang? If you give it to him today, you can't get it back tomorrow?" Ying Zhuang scolded with a black face: "Bird! Ying Zhuang is king, and the first one will die." Zhao Guo, let’s see who is ruthless!” Ying Li shook his head and smiled: “Brother Zhuang is always too straightforward. If he ascends the throne, he should destroy Yan State first, and execute Ying Ji’s mother and son for the crime of Tong Yan and betraying Qin, so as to consolidate the foundation. Then we will destroy Zhao." Ying Zhuang cupped his hands in thought for a while and said, "Brother is brilliant, that's it." Ying Li's slender fingers tapped on the stone table: "How about the deployment of troops?" Ying Zhuang nodded: " Things are going well. I just worry about this Ying Xian, does he have a deep friendship with his brother?" "Do you know Ying Xian's original surname?" Ying Li asked with a soft smile. Ying Zhuang was puzzled: "Ying Xian Ying Xian, how could it not be the surname of the royal family of Ying?" Ying Li sighed slightly, stood up and looked at the green flowers under the moonlight, turned his back to Ying Zhuang and said softly, "Ying Xian is the son of Concubine Mi before she married Qin. His mother's surname is Mi, and his father's surname is unknown. .” Ying Zhuangda was surprised: "Concubine Mi had a son before she got married, could King Hui not know about it? How could you still marry her?" Ying Li shook his head: "Chu and Qin countries are unrestrained, how many times have people considered having children before marriage? Don't you hear the Qin proverb: Having children before marriage is a great blessing for the husband's family?" "That's true." Ying Zhuang nodded, "I heard that when Concubine Mi married, Ying Dang hadn't been born yet, and King Hui had no son yet." Ying Li's clear voice was a little trembling: "Ying Xian is just like me. He has been a child of solitude. We have wandered together for ten years." "Brother, what are you talking about? Mi's Chu people, I found you in Puyang?" Ying Zhuang was already covered in clouds and mist. "That's something for later." Ying Li sighed intermittently: "More than 30 years ago, I was taken out of Xianyang by the maid of the Queen Mother Huiwen, and lived in seclusion on the north bank of Yunmengze, Chu State. I grew up five or six years ago. When I was young, I often went to Yunmengze with my adoptive mother to fish and pick lotuses. Once, I met a mother and son who were also fishing and picking lotuses. I stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the opposite bow that was about the same size as me. However, the child with a lot of tiger power slipped into the water unexpectedly. The adoptive mother was not good at swimming, so she cried loudly in anxiety. But the child jumped into the water and lifted me up to the side of the boat. The adoptive mother wanted to Thanks to the mother and son, I left them to live in our small village for three days. The strange thing is that during the three days, the child and I just played, and the two adults just gossiped. Ask him about his life experience. Since then, I have met that child by the water almost every day, either staying at his house or my house. I like that child because he is never afraid of me with white hair and a red face. , protected me everywhere. Later, we all grew up, fishing together, practicing swords together, and studying together. On the day of Lichun when he was fifteen years old, he suddenly came to say goodbye to me and said that he was going to Qin. Went to Xianyang... That was the day I found out his name, Mi Xian. The three-star jade pendant was a souvenir he left for me. When my adoptive mother found out about this, she was so surprised that she sat there all night , took me to the north the next day. When I was twenty years old, my adoptive mother became sick from hard work and passed out under the old mulberry tree in the courtyard. After talking about my life experience with difficulty, she died... After I returned to Xianyang It took three years to find Mi Xian quietly. At that time, he was already Ying Xian. Every time there is a full moon, as long as his military camp is within a hundred miles, he will rush to this Fuqu Garden to be with me. Pan Huan drinking. His barracks will be stationed far away, and I, an idler, will go to him. Do you think that such a vicissitudes of life is not worth sharing hardships?" Ying Zhuang couldn't remember what he heard for a while, and he just murmured: "What a Mi Xian, what a Ying Xian, who is who? The truth is so confusing!" "Who cares who is who? I just need to be who I am." Ying Li turned around and lifted the veil for the first time. The long snow-white hair against the bright red face was surprisingly coquettish and grotesque!Although Ying Zhuang lived in the same house with this brother for more than ten years, and often sighed secretly for his brother's fate, he had never seen the real face of this brother. She couldn't help but get goose bumps all over her body, she couldn't help but shuddered, and actually took two steps back. Yingli's two rows of teeth flashed sharply, then he smiled brightly, and then put down his veil and sighed leisurely: "You and I are of the same flesh and blood, but there is a world of difference. Who can tell the secret here? Even if it is clear, what does it matter?" Use? The current situation requires us to be brothers, so we are brothers. Why ask who is who? Ying Xian’s real surname is a mystery, but later he changed his surname to Mi, and more than ten years ago he was named Ying again, but you said, who is he? Ours My mother is from a barbarian, but our surname is Ying, and we are the descendants of the Qin royal family! Think about it, if we were born in the Hudi grassland, would we not be able to drive south with a scimitar and ride a horse to rob the Qin people? , who can tell clearly?" Ying Zhuang let out a long sigh, and punched him down again: "Stop talking! Let's do it in ten days! Veterans of the fiefdom, I've settled down too." Ying Li nodded calmly, and suddenly chanted: "No grass will never die, no tree will never wither, let the wind of the valley, Weishan Cuiwei!" The clear voice trembled with excitement, "The strong brother won the first throne in the world, It is not in vain to leave the royal family once, this life is enough!" "Brother," Ying Zhuang's heart sank, "The great cause of the throne was created by you and my brother, it belongs to the two of us!" Ying Li laughed for a while, but his voice sounded like a warbler and a crane: "It's wrong! You are you, and I am me. The throne is co-created, but not co-owned! No! What Ying Li wants is only 'outstanding' Two words, nothing else. Brother, you, do you know my heart..." There was a sob in the middle of the speech, and suddenly he fell down at the desk and burst into tears.Tears welled up in Ying Zhuang's eyes, but he just stood there numbly. The moon has risen to the middle of the sky, and the stars are flickering sparsely. The weeping in the green bushes is like the thin and stagnant sound of a zither, and it is also like the warbler singing in twists and turns. in the night sky. The Baiqi horse team finally rushed back to Xianyang starry night. After passing Lishi Fortress, they entered the ground of Hexi Yangzhou within a day.The west of Yangzhou City is more than fifty miles away from the Great Wall of Qin, and the north is more than one hundred miles away from Fushi City, the prefecture of Shangjun. It is definitely the effective control area of ​​​​the Qin army.Even so, Bai Qi still did not enter Yangzhou City, but only sent scouts to enter the city with arrows ordered by the former general to inform General Yangzhou of the crossing, but the horse team drove to a hidden valley of a small river in the north of the city to station. Bai Qi passed down the military order: rest overnight, bury the pot, cook food, wash the horses, and set off immediately at dawn.The horse team galloped thousands of miles, and this was the first time they buried pots to make food. The Tie Ying warriors were extremely excited. Before the tents were set up, there was already smoke and people screaming.In a short time, the scout sent by Bai Qi to Yang Zhou City returned on flying horses, and brought a cart of green radishes and ten slaughtered fat sheep rewarded by General Yang Zhou, and the valley burst into cheers.At this time, another scout reported: Lantian General Mi Rong led two thousand cavalry to the south of Yangzhou City!Bai Qi knew in his heart that Gan Mao had sent to welcome the army horses, and that General Mi Rong of Lantian was also the uncle of the new king Yingji, so he immediately came to a small tent with heavy guards to report. Yingji traveled all the way, dressed in complete knight attire, except for the iron armor and heavy armor unique to Iron Eagle Ruishi, he was almost a real fast horse knight.Bai Qi sent Ding Wang Ling to lead a hundred-man team to guard and take care of Ying Ji, with strict orders that there should be no mistakes.Wang Ling was shrewd and capable. When he set off, he prepared a few leather bags filled with mare's milk and a few earth plasters for herdsmen to heal and relieve pain in the Yanshui Grassland in Yan State. He sent two knights from medicine farmers to take care of Yingji to eat and drink. Prescription. After driving and bumping all the way, he came down unharmed.Although Ying Ji is a young man, he has gone through many hardships in Yan Country, and he has been tempered to be steady and tenacious, not at all like a sixteen-year-old boy who has nothing to do.Along the way, he categorically refused to drink horse milk except for the medicine. The reason was just one sentence: "There is no prince in the army, and there is no difference between Yingji and knights!" Sighing with emotion, they all secretly praised the little prince.Even the cowhide thick tent specially allocated, Yingji did not want to use it alone, but insisted on sharing it with ten knights.Wang Ling reported to Bai Qi, Bai Qi thought about it, and the knights stayed overnight with him. One is safer, and the other is that it will give the prince more experience, so he also follows Yingji.It's just that these knights are all strong men and warriors. Once they lay down and fall asleep, they will snore like thunder, grit their teeth, fart and talk in sleep, and the air will be full of filth.Although Ying Ji was also a deep sleeper when he was young, after all, he had never experienced such an experience before. He often woke up with a start, and patiently pulled back the quilts or leather jackets that the knights kicked off one by one, and moved away the thick legs that were pressing on others.Sometimes, when his childlike innocence got up, he would caress the nostril with the loudest snoring with a fluffy grass, which would trigger a burst of sneezes, and he would laugh and fall asleep next to the knights.But every time he wakes up at dawn, Yingji finds that he always sleeps in the best position, the cover is warm and tight, and his eyes can't help but be moist. When Bai Qi strode to the cowhide tent, Ying Ji was laughing and eating and drinking with the knights.Seeing Bai Qi standing up, the knights sitting cross-legged with mouth full of oil jumped up like arrows, "Hi!" bowed and scattered around. "What's the matter with the general? Are you leaving?" Ying Ji also stood up abruptly. Bai Qi cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "Lantian general Mi Rong led two thousand cavalry to meet him, is the prince willing to join him and go south?" Yingji's eyes flashed: "What does the general mean? When the army stops, Yingji is the only one who will follow." Bai Qi pondered: "During this extraordinary period, Bai Qi dare to ask: Does the prince know everything about his uncle?" "This uncle has never met before, but I ask the general to make a decision." Ying Ji did not hesitate at all. Bai Qi sighed with emotion: "Since this is the case, the prince can stay in the tent as usual. Bai Qi has his own way to deal with it. Prince Anbao will arrive in Xianyang in three days." After finishing speaking, he turned and left in a hurry.After a while, Bai Qi led ten cavalry out of the camp and headed straight for Mi Rong's camp in the south of Yangzhou City.Just as they arrived at the gate of the camp, they saw Mi Rong galloping out with a centurion surrounded by a bronze chariot. Bai Qi is a former general at this time, and his rank in the army is the same as that of General Lantian. If it comes to the two points of being ordered when he is in danger and holding a military talisman, his identity is far more important than an uncle Wang who is still in the dark.But Bai Qi has a calm personality, and never wants to be proud of his secret identity at an extraordinary moment when it is necessary to keep it secret.Seeing Mi Rong coming out of the camp from a distance, he immediately got off his horse and stood by the side of the road with his hands folded: "The former general Bai Qi, pay a visit to General Lantian." "Who are you? Bai Qi? Oh, I didn't say it earlier!" Turning off his horse, he bowed: "Mi Rong has heard of the general's name for a long time, offended!" But it was a group of military camps who were bold and showed no airs. Although Bai Qi also knew the name of General Mi Rong of Lantian, he had never met him before. With just a few sentences, he knew that Mi Rong was a straightforward and straightforward old soldier. Throat, Bai Qi, how dare you take it as an offense?" Mi Rong had heard Gan Mao say that Bai Qi was so extraordinary, and he admired him in his heart, but seeing this young general's generous courtesy, he couldn't help being very fond of him, and laughed loudly He patted Bai Qi on the shoulder: "If you are in trouble, just ask me! The beef pie is the freshest!" Bai Qi has always been serious, but he couldn't help laughing: "Okay! But when there is a war, you must be noisy. Bai Qi Thank you in advance!" Mi Rong's smiling face suddenly subsided, and he said in a low voice: "Let's go! I have to see the root of the country's life first!" Bai Qi glanced around, and said in a low voice: "Once you pass the Lishi, the root of life Then he was escorted by Wang Ling to the south. I will cover from behind. I am afraid of the future but not the front." Mi Rong frowned: "Who is Wang Ling? How many troops? Is it reliable?" Bai Qi whispered: "No Mistake! He has traveled 30 miles, and we can respond at any time." Mi Rong rubbed his hands anxiously: "It's a mistake, my brother should scold me severely when I go back!" Bai Qi waved: "It's not a mistake, just about to Take advantage of the general, listen to me..." Then Mi Rong whispered hurriedly in Mi Rong's ear.Mi Rong clapped his hands together: "Wonderful! That's it!" Immediately turned around and ordered loudly: "Move the camp to the north of the river valley!" When the moon climbed to the top of the mountain, Mi Rong and Bai Qi's camps joined together. Mi Rong's position is almost the general manager of the Qin army's food and supplies, and the troops who went north came well prepared, with sufficient clothing and food.And when the Baiqi horse team went north, it was just spring, and the knights were still wearing close-fitting cotton clothes and iron armor, and then covered with turned-up fur tubes.It was already the beginning of May, when the wheat harvest was approaching. For a month, I had to travel without rest, and the seams of the thick armor were full of lice. When I sweated, it became itchy and unbearable. I urgently needed to change my military uniform.Mi Rong has been doing military supplies for a long time, so he naturally knows the seasons in the army. The two battalions merged and stationed, and immediately ordered all the single-clip military uniforms brought by Yingjia to be moved out, so that all Baiqi's men and horses were changed, and the cotton leather military uniforms that had been replaced were replaced. It was transported overnight to the Yangzhou military depot, and in the name of General Lantian, he ordered: "Wash the pulp, clean it, sew it up properly, and send it to the Lantian camp on horseback at the military road post station to fill the warehouse!" Shouted for a while, "Long live General Lantian!" At dawn, the camp set out, and the two armies parted ways: Mi Rong's first army displayed banners and ceremonial guards, and Mi Zhaza escorted a bronze chariot, heading straight south, passing Gao Nu, Yue Diao Yin, and going straight down Guanzhong along the Luoshui River. The Baiqi horse team stopped their flags and drums, and entered the Jingshui River Valley from the southwest along Beidi County, and went straight to Xianyang. Three days later, at midnight, the moon was covered by dark clouds, and everything was silent, except for the sound of frogs echoing in the fields and ponds.On the mountain plateau in the northwest of Xianyang City, a team of horses wrapped their hooves and quietly entered the Beiban pine forest, went straight down to Beiban, waded through Fengshui, and finally quietly disappeared in the pine forest on the south bank of Fengshui. The quiet Zhangtai suddenly came alive!Wei Xun and the Baiqi cavalry team met, discussed in low voices, and immediately took Yingji into Zhangtai and settled him in a big house with four stone walls in the center of Zhangtai. The Baitieying Ruishi was led by Wang Ling and stationed in the pine forest outside Zhangtai for mobile support.After a while of busy work, Wei Xun bowed his hands to Yingji and said: "The new king has not ascended the throne, and if the minister is cumbersome and polite, it will cause trouble. The prince only eats but sleeps, and it will be easy to recover. There are ministers who are in charge of foreign affairs. The prince does not have to Don't worry." Ying Ji smiled and said, "That's right, it's a waste of time to discuss things with multiple people, and uncle makes a decision at the camera." Wei Xie bowed: "The prince understands the truth, and the ministers should go all out!" After speaking, the dialogue began With a wave of his hand: "Go! Come to my tent, things are busy!" He strode away.Bai Qi bowed to Yingji: "The Liyang order is thundering, and Daqin is lucky!" Yingji smiled: "I met this uncle when I was five or six years old. But there is a general, why should Yingji worry? You go . " Bai Qi said "Farewell, minister" and went too. Wei Xun's general ledger was set up at the gate of Zhangtai Palace. In fact, it was the first one who had just entered the palace gate. The ministers and officials who had been here all called it the vestibule.It's normal and normal, here are the official rooms for the on-duty officials, servants, and guards, divided into ten compartments.In the middle is a bluestone slab courtyard more than two feet wide, and at the end is a huge Lantian jade screen wall, bypassing the screen wall and entering the Monarch's Courtyard.Because the back of Zhangtai Palace is surrounded by hills and dense forests, there is no passage, so if something happens, this vestibule is the most convenient passage to enter and exit.Wei Xun saw at a glance that this vestibule was the key to guarding Zhangtai, so he directly set up his official office here.Two confidantes, one personal guard, and a simple study are all of this general ledger. When Bai Qi walked into the study, Wei Xun was leaning over the large case and looking at a large sheepskin picture.Bai Qi approached and took a look at Wei Xun's gaze, then he cupped his hands generously and said: "If you are worried, Bai Qi will personally lead a thousand knights to meet General Lantian." Come on, what are you going to do with him? General, sit down, you have more important things.” Bai Qi sat on the ground in front of the desk, and finally thought: “It’s also because Bai Qi didn’t think carefully: General Lantian is not familiar with geography, if there is an accident, What's the point of being in vain?" Wei Xie laughed loudly: "Why do you keep talking about this? I was just waiting for him to be attacked, but I couldn't think of where this person came from, so I was puzzled, the general should not worry too much. "Bai Qi was puzzled and said: "Is it a good thing that General Lantian was attacked?" Wei Xie frowned and said, "As soon as the dragon comes out of the water, I feel at ease. The more accurate the fight, the better! He doesn't show his head, But who are you looking for?" Bai Qi suddenly said: "According to the public opinion, the attack on Wang Jia, who was guarding General Lantian, is ironclad evidence of treason?" Wei Xie slapped the case and laughed: "Exactly! The suspect is rebelling, but Qin Fa can't Punishment." Bai Qi couldn't help feeling: "Grand Ming! If it's like Bai Qi, who only knows how to fight, how can he think about anything other than the battlefield?" Wei Xun couldn't help laughing: "The general is self-effacing. Wei Xun saw the general , I know that Bai Qi will become the pillar of the Great Qin Dynasty! If there is no general, no one will be able to win this important event." Bai Qi has always been dignified and dignified, so he couldn't help but blushed and cupped his hands: "It's a fair award for nothing. I don't dare to take it. "Wei Xun teased and laughed: "Wei Xun can only be mean to people, but he has never done anything wrong. Today, when you and I met for the first time, Wei Xun asserted: You and I are of the same mind, and the Great Qin is invincible!" Bai Qi cupped his hands emotionally: "Your Majesty is in front of you, Bai Qi remembers it!" Wei Xun slapped the table and laughed loudly: "Happy! Wei Xun should understand what the general said!" Bai Qi said with a smile: "Then I will understand it another day, today But you have to listen to the public order." Wei Xun's smile immediately subsided, pointed to the big picture on the case and said: "I have received three secret reports: first, Zhao Guolian sent troops out of Jinyang, intending to invade Hexi; Zhuang was transferred out, but his whereabouts are unknown; thirdly, more than a thousand veterans from the fief of Yingzhuang have secretly entered Xianyang in batches. The general thinks, what is the connection between these three things?" He stared at Bai Qi with piercing eyes, as if he was about to take a school exam . Bai Qi said without hesitation: "It's clear at a glance: take Zhao's invasion as the opportunity to seize the throne, eight thousand cavalry outside the town, and one thousand veterans seize the palace, making it impossible for me to take care of both internal and external affairs, but he became powerful in one fell swoop." "Exactly. Bird! Ying Zhuang is vicious!" Wei Xun stood up and cursed fiercely. "Bai Qi dare to ask: Who will lead the eight thousand cavalry?" "The general Yingxian is still a prince, a traitor!" Wei Xie scolded another Qin dialect. "Ying Xian?" Bai Qi couldn't help being taken aback: "I don't know who Ying Xian is?" "Who is it?" Wei Xie's eyes suddenly widened, staring at Bai Qi sharply. Bai Qi said in a low voice: "Ying Xian was originally a former general of the army. After I took over the command of the former military commander and general, I checked the documents of the Guowei Mansion. Ying Xian is the half-brother of the current prince and the biological son of Princess Mi. From Chu to Qin to join the army." Wei Xun was so surprised that he laughed angrily: "You mean, this kid is my nephew?" "Exactly. The public needs to calm down and think about it." Wei Xun was agitated for a while, and he walked around the book case twice and suddenly stood still: "Don't pay attention! But if you are a conspiracy, even if you are a conspiracy, God can't save him!" But Bai Qi cupped his hands and said: "Ying Xian is in the army. He is also a famous warrior general, and he has never been in a crooked way. From Bai Qi's point of view, there may be a solution to this matter." Wei Xun's eyes flashed: "You tell me." Bai Qi whispered for a while, and Wei Xun couldn't help slapping Bai Qi's shoulder: "Brilliant idea! Bai Qi is a talented general!" Immediately, he pulled Bai Qi to his seat, and after a while of confidential business, Bai Qi hurried away, but Wei Xie walked around the screen wall from the courtyard and came directly to see Ying Ji. The lights were brightly lit, and Ying Ji was wiping the Wu hook that never left his mouth before the case.In the Yan Kingdom for several years, being held hostage by the prince's special envoy, Yingji already has a feeling beyond his age for the coldness and impermanence of the upper power field.A good country of Yan was almost destroyed by a vicious and sinister son, and the family of the King of Yan was almost wiped out in this chaos!All of this was caused by King Yanyi's over-trust in Zizhi and letting Zizhi support his troops.In those chaotic days, the country of Yan was bloody.First, both Zizhi and Prince Ji Ping of the Yan Kingdom chased and killed their political enemies, and the common people also took the opportunity to plunder merchants and wealthy families. The princes, nobles and foreign envoys became more dangerous and pitiful than ordinary civilians.Afterwards, the massacre and looting by the occupying army of Qi State made Jicheng almost a scorched ruins!If it weren't for the mother's sudden change, she did everything possible to find out the whereabouts of Princess Liyang, and took him to the Northern Qin tribe that remained in the Yan Kingdom. Yingji's mother and son would almost certainly have died in Jicheng, where there was a tug-of-war. After the catastrophe, the turmoil in the Yan Kingdom finally subsided, but the unprecedented famine and plague came again.Hunger is everywhere, bones are in power, and the country of Yan is desolate.The Northern Qin tribe, which was half-agricultural and half-pastoral, didn't have much food reserves, and they had to support part of the military rations of Princess Liyang and Prince Ji Ping. When the chaos subsided, almost half of them died of starvation.At that time, Yingji's mother and son had to follow the rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled into Yanshan Mountain, peeling bark, digging wild vegetables, hunting with bare hands, and lived a cave life of slash-and-burn farming.In three years, Ying Ji learned to identify various bark and wild vegetables and weeds, also learned to hunt down wild sheep with bare hands, and even learned the ability to desperately escape tigers, leopards and Yanshan wolves.He is already a thirteen-year-old boy, but he is long and thin, and his ribs are clearly exposed on the outside of a short coat made of coarse cloth.With such a thin frame of bones, Yingji is surprisingly alert and vigorous.Climbing trees is better than monkeys, running can chase wild sheep, running for life can hide from wolves and leopards, grabbing a mountain snake can tear the snake's skin and eat its flesh raw!Every night when I go back to the cave, I can always bring back some prey for my mother, either a rabbit or a pheasant, or a wild sheep and a half.Just when their mother and son were desperate to return to Qin, the new king of Yan sent someone to look for them.Yingji remembered very clearly that the envoy was a general who reported himself to Yaqing Leyi.That Le Yi talked with his mother in the cave for a long time, and when he came back from hunting, his mother had agreed to go back to Jicheng with Le Yi.Thus, Yingji was forced by his mother to change into a cumbersome cloth robe, and returned to Jicheng in an ox cart brought by Le Yi. Le Yi placed their mother and son in the back garden of the palace, in the courtyard of the maids and servants.The young new king of Yan Kingdom came once, and there was no more follow-up.Only that Le Yi always came to visit them at the end of the month, and each time he brought a piece of coarse cloth or a bag of finely pounded white rice.Ying Ji knew that it was specially given to his mother by Le Yi.My mother is a woman from the water village who tastes like fish and rice. She has been hungry for several years, and she almost doesn't know what rice is.Thanks to Le Yi's care, my mother gradually recovered, and in two or three years she became amazingly beautiful again—elegant and beautiful, even more plump and charming than when she was living in the Qin Palace!每逢乐毅来访，母亲都要亲手烹制乐毅带来的水中鲜物，或是一条大鱼，或是几段莲藕，留他小酌，与他盘桓叙谈。嬴稷不耐听这些絮叨，甚至有些厌烦这个乐毅——既有权力，便当放他们母子归秦，方为大丈夫！既不放人，又来纠缠母亲，实在不是英雄做派！可他毕竟已经学会了忍耐，便也总是应酬两句，便到院中练剑，直等乐毅告辞才回屋吃饭。母亲见他绷着脸，也只是笑笑，竟从不试图解释什么。 在白起突然到来的那个深夜，嬴稷才突然明白了母亲的良苦用心。他总是隐隐约约地觉得：若非母亲与乐毅的熟悉，他们母子的燕山脱身之计便不可能顺利成行，母亲留燕作为人质便更是危险。一路想来，嬴稷不禁有些佩服母亲的胆识气量了。擦拭着吴钩，嬴稷便想起了燕山狩猎临别的那天晚上。母亲悄悄在他耳边叮嘱：“回到秦国，一定要寡言少事，忍耐为上。”嬴稷霍然起身，举着吴钩对母亲发誓：“若咸阳有变，我便立即剖腹自杀。有乐毅在燕，母亲便不要回秦，孩儿放心。”母亲低声却又严厉地呵斥他：“小小年纪晓得甚来？不许胡思乱想！记住，只要你沉住气，秦国便是你的！”是的，一定要沉住气，目下还远远不是说话的时候。 与秦国臣子接触，仅仅是白起与魏冄，嬴稷就立即感到了一股逼人的气势，与在燕国见到的臣子大不一般。白起虽然年轻，但那厚重坚刚的秉性与处置军情危机的超凡胆识，已经象一道闪电使嬴稷目眩神摇了。乐毅也是大将，而且是名将之后，但乐毅给嬴稷的感觉却是睿智沉稳，虽然也不乏果断明晰，但却绝然没有这位年轻将领这般夺人心魄。嬴稷朦胧地闪过一个念头：乐毅就象苍翠的山岳，白起却是一道万仞绝壁。面对如此将领，还需要自己在军事上问来问去么？而掌总运筹的这位大舅父，更是凌厉锋锐，言谈举止无不透出一股笃定的霸气。看来，这位舅父的才干是不用怀疑的。这种人，最好让他全权谋划，运筹独断，等自己熟悉了他的秉性后再相机过问不迟…… 突然，庭院传来急促沉重的脚步声，嬴稷仔细倾听，却依然专心地擦拭着吴钩。 “魏冄参见新君。”灯光一摇，魏冄高大的身躯已经带着风站在了案前。 “啊，舅公到了，快请入座。”嬴稷恍然站起，放下吴钩便是一躬。 “国君无礼于人。日后无须如此。”魏冄坦然入座，又一挥手，“坐了，大事要紧。” 嬴稷也不多说，席地坐在案前便道：“舅公请说。” “第一件，”魏冄直截了当，“你将即位，日后毋得以舅公称我。君是君，臣是臣，莫使魏冄成千夫所指。”嬴稷刚刚应了一句是，魏冄便转了话题，“第二件，你母亲可曾对你说起过嬴显此人？”嬴稷目光一闪，思忖点头道：“说了，是嬴稷同母庶兄。只是我尚未见过。”魏冄手指叩着书案：“她晓得嬴显在军中为将，没有叮嘱你找他？”嬴稷摇摇头：“没有。母亲只说，大事悉听秦王遗诏。”魏冄不禁便皱起了眉头：“如此说来，嬴显便撞在了刀口上。”嬴稷惊讶道：“舅公此话何意？”魏冄阴沉着脸道：“正是他为虎作伥，领兵助逆。”嬴稷恍然道：“想起来了，母亲给显兄有一信，舅公交给他便了。”说着便从贴身衣袋里摸出一个泥封竹管，“母亲也没说写了甚，只说交给他便了。” 魏冄显然有些不悦：“如此大事，如何等到我来问才想起了？孩童心性！”接过竹管右手拇指便是一掰，“啪！”地剥去了泥封，抽出了一卷白绢。嬴稷阻止已是不及，惊讶道：“剥去泥封，显兄岂不起疑？”魏冄盯着嬴稷道：“非常时刻，不能让妇人之仁坏事！她写得有用，我自会让嬴显相信。否则，不如不送！”说着话便低头浏览，一眼瞄过脸上便舒展开来，两手已经利落地将白绢卷起塞进了竹管：“好！也许管用。”站起来便一拱手：“我去分派了。你只管放心将息，舅公保你月内即位便是。”不待嬴稷回答，便大步匆匆地去了。 嬴稷愣怔良久，轻轻地叹息了一声，竟不知如何是好？厅中转悠一圈，竟是毫无睡意，便出了廊下天井，到园中漫步去了。章台依山傍水，所谓宫中园林，实际上除了秦孝公修建的一片玄思苑外，便是石墙圈起来的一大片松林而已。一到夜晚，万籁俱寂中唯闻谷风习习，山林深处间或传来虎啸狼嗥，大是荒凉空旷。嬴稷对这里很是生疏，转悠片刻终觉有些害怕，便回到了宫中书房，睡不着便在厅中踱步，不知不觉便彷徨到了天亮。