Chapter 4 In the third quarter, Kitakami wiped out the bullhead soldiers

Old Qianlong felt uneasy for the first time. At the beginning of March, when the agreed date was reached, Gan Shi's "Yin Talisman" hadn't come back, and Qian Long's heart skipped a few times.It's not that I'm worried about the Yin Talisman being intercepted, it's just some lines of different lengths and colors drawn on a piece of bamboo board, and no one can understand it except the person who agreed.This Yin Talisman is more secretive than the Yin Shu.Yinshu is "clearly written and distributed, sent three times and one arrives", which can convey complex secret orders; It’s still not done, it’s decided or it’s not decided.Gan Shi is very safe in handling such secret and important affairs. Old Ganlong never thought about accidents, such as whether the person who sent the Yin Talisman fell ill halfway, etc. Gan Shi can think of such accidents and has a way to overcome them.There is no news of Gan Shi's Yin Talisman, there is only one possibility, someone is "playing chess" with him tit for tat, this incident itself has an accident!

Old Ganlong made a special trip into the palace, but he didn't notice any abnormalities.King Ying Si talked to him for half an hour, but he was only piously consulting the elders of the family for their "high opinion of the country".Qian Long only vaguely said that the aristocratic nobles were hurt too badly by Shang Yang, and the old Qin people still miss the ancestral system of Qin.Ying Si said worriedly, Shang Yang is dead, things should be done slowly, haste makes waste, and the old grand master should mediate more, don't force him to wait; How about asking Qian Long's opinion for the old grand master to straighten out the chaos?Old Qianlong was vague and noncommittal.What he saw in the new king's eyes was helplessness and gloom, and he let out a long breath.

According to his expectation, the new king Ying Si should be like this, otherwise, he would be blind. Even so, Lao Qianlong decided to launch the "Mugong Dingguo Change" in advance.This is the name of the incident he set - in the name of Duke Tuo Mu, to introduce Rongdi, eradicate the new law, and then charge Rongdi with the crime of "killing and disordering the country" to exterminate him!At that time, the Qin State belonged to the old Qin family like them, and anyone who wanted to overthrow the ancestral system was wishful thinking!Old Ganlong doesn't want to be a regency in Qin, but he wants to restore Mugong Bailixi's kingly government!Originally, this important matter should be planned slowly, and should not be acted rashly.However, the disappearance of Gan Shi's Yin Talisman made him suddenly vigilant: at present, the monarch is still ignorant, if he turns to the new school of reform for help, wouldn't all his grand plans be in vain?As far as the current strength is concerned, the real power of the Qin State is still in the hands of the Reform Party. Although the veterans have all recovered their titles, none of them has been assigned a real position. ;At this time, as long as the king turns around, everything will be destroyed; opportunity, opportunity is fleeting; without opportunity, old Qianlong can wait for a long time; with opportunity, a moment of hesitation will also lead to eternal regret .

That night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, a cart of an oriental businessman drove out of the north gate of Xianyang with the flow of people, and drove into the Beiban pine forest.A moment later, a steed flew out of the dense forest and galloped towards the mountains in the north in the cold spring breeze. Half a month later, an astonishing news reached Xianyang——the head of Yiqu Kingdom's big cow led an army of 100,000 to kill him! Qianlong finally breathed a sigh of relief.The dispatch of troops from the Yiqu Kingdom indicated that Xirong's fierce cavalry was about to arrive.For him, the only thing to think about is how to guide the monarch to clean up the rebellious party and straighten out the court situation, and at the same time prevent the Rongdi chaos from destroying Xianyang and repeat the mistakes of the Gaojing Change.Old Qianlong no longer kept a low profile, he put on the official uniform of the grand master, received the elders and nobles one after another, and secretly arranged one big event after another.Taishi Mansion seems to have become the center of the Qin State, and its momentum is even more prominent than when Shang Jun's Mansion was in power!This time the old Ganlong did not enter the palace, he was waiting, and believed that the monarch Ying Si would come in person, and solemnly urged him to come forward to settle the country!He believes that Ying Si will definitely come!At that time, his arrangement will shock the world——like King Wen of Zhou pulling a cart for Jiang Shang, Ying Si will put a harness on his neck and pull the cart himself, and pull him Qianlong all the way to the gate of Xianyang Palace!

However, three days later, Ying Xi did not show up. At noon that day, Lao Ganlong was discussing the appointment and dismissal of ministers in secret with Du Zhi, Zhao Liang, and Meng Xibai when he suddenly heard heavy and hurried footsteps at the gate of the mansion, and then loudly proclaimed: "The imperial edict has arrived— ——!" Du Zhi, Zhao Liang and others looked at each other in astonishment, Old Ganlong snorted and sneered a few times: "I don't know anything, so ignore him." Old Ganlong is known as a great Confucian, and at this moment he said such words that violated the etiquette, Everyone in the seat changes color.At this time, the envoy in the courtyard had already read out the imperial edict aloud: "Edict of the King of Qin: All the ministers and workers of the Qin Kingdom, upon hearing the edict, immediately go to Xianyang Beiban to strengthen the prestige of our army. Those who fail to obey the edict will be arrested immediately!"

"Want me to watch the battle? Are you going?" Du Zhi asked softly. "The soldiers from Yiqu have arrived? It's really fast!" Zhao Liang was obviously very excited. The three of Meng Xibai did not speak with gloomy faces, as if they were preoccupied.Qianlong suddenly stood up, walked under the pillar and said coldly to the envoy, "Go back, I will naturally go to Zhuangwei." Unexpectedly, the envoy also replied coldly: "No. The old grand master must board the car immediately!" Then he shouted loudly into the hall: "Who else is there? Go to Beiban immediately, or they will all be arrested!" Du Zhi and others came out after hearing the words , Looking at the majestic group of soldiers with bright swords and spears behind the messenger, without saying a word, they went out and mounted their horses to Beiban.

Qian Long thought about it for a while, and felt that something was wrong, but when he thought that Yiqu had 100,000 soldiers and Qin State had at most 50,000 soldiers, his heart felt at ease, so he sneered and boarded the chariot and left the north gate.Old Ganlong believes that when the dust settles, it will be the day when he and Ying Xi will settle accounts, so why bother with the momentary humiliation? The formation of Beiban in Xianyang is beyond the dream of nobles and veterans. Beiban is a mountain plateau outside the north gate of Xianyang, and it is also the first ridge north of the Weishui Plain.From the north gate of Xianyang, a ten-mile-long slope reaches the top of the plateau, and there is the famous Beiban in Xianyang.At this time, the Weishui River had not been led to Beiban, and apart from a large pine forest on the top of the plateau, it was a vast and flat wasteland.The soldiers and horses of the Yiqu Kingdom came from the south of the Jingshui River Valley, and Beiban was the only way to attack Xianyang.The place where the Qin army attacked was also chosen here.

Ying Si received Kuai Ma Yin Shu from Chi Liji, and she decided in her heart that she decided to take a war of annihilation against Yi Qu's rebellion to eradicate future troubles. Before Shang Jun went to execution, Ying Si, who was highly alert to the power of the family, had already set up eyeliner in the mansions of various veterans and important officials through his cousin Ying Hua.Last winter, he received a secret report—Gan Shi, the eldest son of Qian Long, and Du Tong, the eldest son of Du Zhi, went northward secretly, with unknown intentions!Ying Si was very keen, and immediately realized that the elders of the family wanted to borrow the power of Rong and Di to force him to abolish the new law and restore the old system.Ying Si didn't act in a hurry, he was waiting for a suitable opportunity.Before Chiliji's mission to the West Road was decided, no action could be taken against the nobles of Xianyang and the Yiqu Kingdom.According to Ying Si's speculation, after Longxi Rongdi settled down, the Xianyang clan might change course, and the Yiqu country would definitely subside.After repeated weighing, Ying Si decided to keep the news of Rongdi's deterrence in Longxi a secret, and see how the nobles in Xianyang and the big cows in Yiqu act.It is better to induce them to dispatch, but if it fails to induce them, then try to divide and conquer.

Unexpectedly, Yiqu's whole family was mobilized, and an army of one hundred thousand came to Xianyang! Yiqu sent troops, which meant that the Xianyang family did not take him seriously, and wanted to put him aside as a monarch and directly destroy Qin's new law!What those old people think is that as long as they kill the reformist ministers and announce the restoration of the Mu Gongzu system, isn't the new monarch still a spinning top under their whip?Thinking of this, Ying Xi sneered for a while. In his opinion, this is just a great opportunity to clarify the Qing Dynasty's state affairs in one fell swoop, and it is also a great opportunity to show his true colors and win the hearts of the people of Qin!The key is to wipe out the bullhead soldiers of Yiqu country in one fell swoop.Ying Si has no experience in leading troops to fight. When it comes to military affairs, he naturally has to rely heavily on his uncle Yingqian, Guo Wei Che Ying, and even Jing Jian, a senior official who was born as a general.But Ying Si thinks more and further. He wants to cultivate younger talents who truly belong to his own generation in dealing with this special turmoil, and gather the backbone of the future in the turbulent state affairs.Xi Liji and Sima Cuo are two civil and military talents specially recommended by Shang Jun during his lifetime. They must be allowed to show their true colors in this tough battle.Although Ying Si believed in Shang Jun's vision, she still had to consider it for herself.After all, many talented people also have uncertainty in the wind and waves.For example, Zhao Liang, who can be regarded as a well-known celebrity in Jixia, is not neither fish nor fowl in the storm, and is scorned by the government and the public?Since ancient times, people with outstanding talents and awe-inspiring character have been rare after all.What the Qin State needs, what Ying Xi needs, is exactly this kind of talented person, not Zhao Liang's "celebrity" who is full of knowledge but will be stained when he enters the vat.But because of this, Ying Xi admired Xi Liji and Shang Yu's uniqueness in his heart; but he couldn't publicly praise him, so he pretended not to know.At present, Chu Liji's secret mission to Longxi has been a great success, which proves that Chu Liji is indeed a capable minister worthy of great responsibility!So what is wrong with Sima?An outstanding general is the number one treasure in today's world.

Ying Si made an exception and dispatched Kuaima special envoy to urgently summon Sima Cuo, the guard of Hangu Pass, to go to Xianyang in the starry night! When the five monarchs and ministers had a meeting, Yingqian had a murderous look on his face, and he declared that Yiqu must be completely wiped out in a single battle, so as not to leave any future troubles!As for how to fight, he asked Guo Wei Che Ying to talk to the senior doctor Jing Jian.Both Che Ying and Jing Jian are cautious and careful veterans, and they proposed the perfect strategy of concentrating 50,000 new Qin troops to ambush Yiqu at the mouth of Jingshui Valley.Finally, Ying Si looked at Sima Cuo who was just in his early thirties: "What does General Sima think?"

At this time, Sima Cuo was just a general guarding the Hangu Pass, and he was only a mid-level general according to the rank of the army.In front of him, apart from the monarch, are all famous generals of the older generation in the Qin army. In the eyes of ordinary people, he is not qualified to speak here at all.However, seeing the king's inquiry, Sima Cuo said something astonishing: "Your Majesty, Sima Cuo invited 20,000 troops to wipe out Yiqu soldiers in the first battle." His tone was surprisingly calm.As soon as the words came out, everyone was surprised.Yingqian reprimanded in a deep voice: "Sima Cuo, have you ever fought with Rong Di? It's like a child's play!" Che Ying smiled: "Sima Cuo has never been a frivolous person, please listen to your majesty and Taifu how he plans. ?” "Your Majesty, Sima mistakenly thought that although the opinion between the lieutenant of the state and the doctor was perfect, it was too late to lose. The new Qin army was stationed at Sanguan in the west, Lantian and Bashui in the center, and Hangu Pass in the east. All of them were concentrated in Jingshui. Taniguchi, at least ten days, will definitely delay the opportunity of the war. Second, Yiqu's so-called 100,000 troops are dispatched by the whole family, which is just a show; the real soldiers are only about 20,000. With the strength of our new army, Lantian two Wanbuqi is enough to annihilate them, so there is no need to go to war." "The location of the decisive battle?" Ying Si's eyes sparkled. "Xianyang Beiban. It is most conducive to cavalry galloping." "time?" "Three days later. Yiqu soldiers just arrived." "Okay!" Ying Si did not hesitate at all, and immediately made a decision: "Promote Sima Cuo to be the former general of the army, and lead 20,000 new troops to fight against Yiqu!" Ying Si did not regard the Battle of Beisaka as an ordinary war, although in terms of strength comparison and the tradition of the Warring States Period, it was indeed a trivial battle.But in Ying Si's eyes, this Battle of Kitakami is very unusual, the fundamental reason lies in its shocking power and symbolism!Because of this, Ying Si not only led all the officials to the battlefield in person, just like the king himself, but also forced all the nobles and veterans to watch the battle in Beiban. When Old Qianlong came to Beiban, he was led to a hillside near the pine forest by a court servant in full armor.This hillside was just facing north, and there was a large group of gray-bearded nobles and elders standing there, everyone with gloomy faces and silent voices.Seeing Qianlong coming, the Taimiao order Du Zhi quietly squeezed over and said in a low voice: "Old Master, look, the imperial driver is going to conquest." Old Qianlong sneered: "Let's talk after the fight." The old eyes looked at Shan Yuan. It was early summer, and the vast Kitasaka Mountains were green with green grass.The 20,000 soldiers of the Qin army have already formed a formation - in the center is an inwardly sunken arc formed by 5,000 infantry, and an iron-gray shield in the lead is like an arc-shaped iron wall, shining in the midday sun With a piercing blue light!On the edge of the arc-shaped formation, stood a large flag with the word "Qin" about three feet high, and a tall cloud car under its banner, on which stood Sima Cuo in a black cloak; Thousands of cavalry formed a huge black phalanx; behind the infantry's arc-shaped position, a hundred chariots and a hundred cowhide drums were lined up, but standing on the chariots were not chariot warriors, but Ying Si led behind the chariot, there is only a team of internal guards in full uniform, and there is no guarding army. "How courageous!" Xi Hu, who had been General Rong You, whispered, "Fifteen thousand versus one hundred thousand? It's unbelievable!" "Look over there." Bai Jin, who used to be a chariot general, pointed at the chariots and said with a smile: "Don't guard the army, can five thousand infantry block the attack of tens of thousands of bull soldiers? It's fun to watch!" Only Lao Qianlong, who didn't know how to fight, turned pale and didn't say a word.He felt that today's formation was very strange!Qin's new army is at least 50,000. Together with the veteran army and urgent recruitment, it is not difficult to gather a 100,000 army. Why are there only 15,000 new troops on display today?Is there an ambush?Or did you go to the old nest of Yiqu country?Big bull head, big bull head, you can't be careless... While he was thinking, he suddenly heard that the heavy thunder in the north was rolling continuously, and in a short while, smoke and dust rose from the distant blue mountain ridge, and a black line faintly spread under the smoke and dust.As the billowing thunder approached, the smoke and dust turned into pervasive dark clouds, covering the sun at noon!The black line under the smoke and dust became thicker and thicker, and finally turned into a crowd of people all over the mountains and a wild roar like a tsunami.Looking from a distance, there are bull-headed human bodies all over the field, and shining scimitars all over the field; a large group of bison running wildly in the front is not inferior to the speed of war horses!The knights on the bison also had their heads on their heads, brandished their scimitars barebacked, and shouted wildly.Behind the large field of bison, a big blood-red banner unfurls in the wind, faintly visible the bull's head on the flag, the convoy, pack team and a large group of red-clothed and bare-chested long-haired women; on the east and west wings, there are endless bull-headed infantry, They leaped and shouted, like countless mountain monkeys, not far behind the leading buffalo formation; at the end, there was a tide of "farmers and hunters", carrying axes, iron poles, hoes, All kinds of weapons, such as hatchets and wooden sticks, drove the horse-drawn carts (ox gods cannot pull carts), roared and shouted, and chased after the army in front of them, submerging the boundless wilderness into a haze! The Qin army's large formation in the south was as quiet as a mountain, and the killing was silent, only the wind of the battle flag was heard. Nearly two arrows away, I only heard a loud roar under Yiqu's big flag: "God of the bull, stop—!" The rumbling cattle suddenly slowed down their wild gallop, surging After dawdling to about a stone's throw away, he slowly stopped.The buffalo riders in front of them split apart with a bang, and out of the middle came the big flag and the big head of a bull riding on a strange bull. His long gray hair was scattered on his shoulders, and a long shiny copper knife was in his hand. Yang Qi suddenly burst out laughing hoarsely: "Hey! I said, Lao Qin, you are just a prickly soldier, do you want to block the way of Niu Shen's fortune? Ah——!" "Excuse me, big bull head—" A voice came from the high cloud car, clearly still smiling: "Your bull soldiers, have you lined up—?" The big bull head looked up in surprise: "Who are you? Want to compete with the bull god? The bull god fights and only talks about killing methods!" "I'm just a partial general of the Qin army." The general on the cloud car said loudly: "Compete with you, are you a bull-headed soldier? You listen carefully: the king of Qin is here, Yiqu surrendered , move into Guanzhong, there is still time! Otherwise, my more than ten thousand Qin army will fight you in a field battle, and it is only a matter of killing!" "Ahahahahaha!" The big bull head looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Moving into Guanzhong? Ying Si's broken bastard has a good idea! The bull god wants to kill all the Qin people and avenge my blood and blood!" After speaking, the big copper knife said: " God of the Bull——! Soldier, kill——!” The horns of bull horns blew mournfully in all directions, and the rumbling bison and the bull-headed soldiers all over the mountains and plains came roaring like a tide! Sima Cuo could see very clearly from the cloud car. When the flag was split, a hundred cowhide drums sounded like thunder!The infantry formation in the center stood still, and when the buffalo formation rushed to the half-arrow of fifty or sixty steps, a sharp horn sounded to stop the clouds!The crossbowman behind the iron shield stood up with a "shua!", and the long arrows shot at the buffalo soldiers like a rainstorm.The strong crossbows of the Qin Army are all specially prepared long clusters of arrows specially designed to shoot through leather armor. The bison has a huge target, and the arrows and arrows are not in vain.The archers of the Qin army are well-trained. There is a big arc for every thousand people. past!The buffalo array was always kept at an arrow's distance by the continuous dense arrow rain, screaming and screaming, but they couldn't get close.In a short while, five or six thousand bison formed a chaos, trampled on each other, and rushed wildly to the surrounding mountains! While blocking the buffalo formation with a strong crossbow, Sima Cuo split two command flags at the same time from east to west, and the second battle drum was raised again!On the east and west plains, two cavalry cavalry big triangles roared out, rolling towards the bull-headed infantry behind the buffalo formation.This is a special method of warfare planned by Sima Cuo-strong crossbows and bows against bison, iron knights against infantry.The Yiqu country is arrogant and arrogant, relying on their defenseless thousands of bison, the horse knights and the bison soldiers charged head-on, and suddenly it was really hard to distinguish.It makes a big difference if it is turned upside down. The buffalo formation has no impact ability in front of the strong bows and crossbows of the sharp soldiers of the Qin Dynasty. Fighting, it became clear for a while that Qin Jun's iron cavalry hacked and killed living targets!In about half an hour, the 10,000 to 20,000 bull-headed infantry dropped by half, roaring and fleeing the way they came. At this moment, Sima wrongly waved the command flag, and the three-foot-high big banner beside him swung wildly from side to side.With the swing of the big banner, a line of black iron cavalry scattered in formation suddenly appeared behind the northern mountain, and suddenly expanded linearly, like a boundless dark cloud pressing down on the Yiqu bullhead soldiers and the last peasant soldiers from the sky!The infantry formation in the south was also mobilized, throwing down their bows and crossbows, holding up iron shields and thick-backed swords as high as a person, and following the rumbling rhythm of the war drums, they pressed towards the soldiers of Yiqu like a black city wall.Attacking from north to south, with another 10,000 cavalry attacking fiercely in the middle, the "100,000 army" of the Yiqu tribe was about to be completely buried... At this time, Ying Si, who had been calm on the chariot, suddenly waved to Sima Cuo on the cloud chariot.Sima Cuo also seemed to be looking at the monarch, and immediately gave an order, and the big flag was slowly swaying, and the ten huge gongs also rang out "嘡-! 嘡-!".This is the military law of "calling gold and withdrawing troops".In a moment, the Qin army on the Beisaka field stopped charging and fighting, and slowly retreated to the edge of the battlefield. Suddenly, one of the hundreds of chariots flew out, with a black horse and a black cloak, like a black lightning bolt, straight into the banner of Yiqu!In the distance, the bronze mask on the knight's head and the crescent-shaped long sword in his hand could be seen flashing brightly, and he was approaching the bull-headed flag in an instant.Thousands of troops and horses suddenly froze, who would dare to defy the military order and charge alone?Before the soldiers from all over the world and the king and ministers of Qin came to their senses, they heard a long, old howl in Yiqu's crowd, and the black lightning flew back, holding a snow-drenched white-haired head in his hand! Ying Si sighed heavily, "How reckless is Uncle Gong!" The knight in the copper mask held the bloody white-haired head, and the Pegasus yelled around the battlefield: "Yiqu's big bull head was killed by Yingqian! This is the end of seeking revenge from the Qin people! If Yiqu doesn't surrender, kill them all—— Say! Will you drop or not?" Without any orders, the people of Yiqu fell to their knees and cried, "Yiqu has come down—! It's down—!"