Spring and Autumn I Am King

After Wei brought the food, she looked at Zhao Wuxi's tattered dark clothes, bit her pale lips, and hurriedly returned to the village temple, bringing him a full set of armor.

Before the war is approaching, Chengxiang is chilling inside and outside the village.

Outside Xiaoyi, there are enemies besieging the city, and above the watchtower, the moonlight is hazy, and there are beautiful women who wear armor for the gentleman...

Wei, who was dressed in plain dark clothes and had a slender figure, served closely under the watchful eyes of the public, and wore armor for Zhao Wuxi.

First of all, Zhao Wuxi put on "頮", that is, leather boots with copper foam nails.

Then, on the hands, bronze armguards are to be worn, which are cast from a single piece of bronze, encircled in a cylindrical shape, with smooth edges.

Then, with the help of Wei, he put on the armor over the clothes.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, leather armor was still the mainstream armor. Zhao Wuxi's equipment was a set of xiu patent leather armor with a combination of leather and copper.

The fish-scale-like armor is made of thick cowhide and is divided into inner and outer two pieces, which can block arrows shot from a distance. There are hundreds of pieces in total, the armor is larger and thicker, and the sleeves are smaller and softer. They were all dyed with black raw lacquer by the "coloring process", for the sake of beauty and to prevent insect bites and rot, and then woven into a whole ●∝ whole with red kudzu tapes.

The gluttonous beast-faced bronze chest and back guards were hung outside the armor by shoulder straps and fastened with copper buckles to protect his confidants, but Zhao Wuxi had always doubted whether they could block the fatal blow of the sharp blade.

On the waist is a pan armor, which is a leather belt. Wei is half-knelt on the ground, looking up and smiling at her gentleman. Immediately fasten it firmly for no shirt. Put the Shaoyu sword on the copper metal belt hook.

Finally, hand the robe to the queen of the gentleman. She bowed her body and bowed, with reluctance and a little worry in her big eyes. But without saying a word, he obediently stepped aside.

Tonight is the stage for the men.

Zhao Wuxi, who was dressed in military uniform, glanced at half a mile away, the "pirates" who had formed two large square formations. Then he turned around and faced the soldiers of Chengxiang and the people of the country.

At the back door at this time, there were more than 100 village soldiers, as well as two soldiers from the country and the wild people who were temporarily dispatched.

With three hundred people against more than a thousand people, and the opponent is an elite family soldier. Zhao Wuxi was not fully sure in his heart, let alone other people.

He needed to say something to encourage himself and others.

In the pre-Qin era, before the war, there must be an "oath", one of the five precepts of Zhou Li, which was used in the military.

Although Chengxiang replaced this temporary restraint with a new military law, the "oath" was used as a call for mobilization before the war. Means to boost morale, but also essential.

So Zhao Wuxi said softly: "Cheng Tuan, what I say next must be recorded in the brief book without omission."

Cheng Tuan was temporarily appointed as the secretary. Nod Weiwei.

Wu-shirt wears a composite leather jacket, arranges the silk lining, and tightens the silk tie. The red tassel made of pheasant tails rose high on the top of the coat, making it visible to everyone in the firelight. Then he descended from the top of the watchtower. Generously said to the crowd:

"Hey! My retainer Zhuangzai, Sima, Sanlao, Situ, Lixu, military officials, Shichang, and corporal leaders, as well as Chinese, savages, and scoundrels. Call Ergo, Biergan, Liermao, listen to my oath!"

The loud-voiced Mu Xia and the others spread this passage from ten to ten, spreading it all over the township, while Cheng Tuan held a pen and wrote it down on a bamboo booklet.

Everyone is listening attentively: the villagers are looking up with their spears, the people of the country are pushing the baggage and concentrating, and the archers on the watchtower are looking out at the enemy, rubbing their fingers on the bowstrings, and listening carefully. .

"Tonight, there are thieves who disturb me and make me a village. If I can conquer the enemy, the military officers will be promoted, and those who do not have the title will be awarded. The villagers and people of the country can kill one enemy, and they will be rewarded with a piece of cloth and silk, one stone of wheat flour, ten stones of corn, and ten stones of farmland. Ten mu! Those who can kill the savages will move to ten acres of land! Those who can kill the enemy will be released! If there are casualties, the reward will be doubled.

He didn't say too many impassioned words. Those eloquent, red tape, and righteous things were for the scholars. On the other hand, the soldiers at the grassroots level and the public in the country feel more intuitive about direct rewards and punishments.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Wuxi said a word, the crowd became even more enthusiastic. In particular, the dozen or so archers were stunned when they heard the words, and then they showed their expressions of gearing up. They will be the main force to cause damage to the enemy today.

"If anyone disobeys the orders, disrupts our ranks and order, and even flees in fear of the enemy, or babbles nonsense, the new military law will deal with it! Cheng Tuan, you will act as a right judge! Just wait until dawn, and the lower palace will have its own reinforcements. Come and destroy it!"

Zhao Wuxi had no idea whether he could come or not, but at least there was a hope for everyone to persist until dawn.

After Mu Xia and other village soldiers spread Wu Xie's words all over the town, they shouted in unison: "We must destroy this place and eat in the morning!"

"It will be destroyed and eaten in the morning!"

Zhao Wuxi was very satisfied, and everyone's morale had reached its peak.

Affected by this, Cheng Tuan's hands also trembled slightly, but instead of trembling with fear, he was excited. With the trembling edge of his pen, he wrote down the last few words, and then wrote the name of the oath of a gentleman.

"Oath of Accomplishment"!

At this moment, Xing Ao, who had been staring at the outside without even turning around when his sister arrived, suddenly shouted, "Gentleman, Kou Zhi!"

Zhao Wuxi turned his head to look, and sure enough, the torches that had arranged the queue half a mile away began to move, walking straight along the avenue towards the back door.

They were indeed two elite soldiers. Every hundred steps they walked, they would stop to organize a queue, so that the team would not be scattered. They stopped only when they were two hundred paces away from the town gate.

At this point, through the torch, Zhao Wuxi could already see the silhouettes of those figures in armor and coats. Although some people deliberately dressed up as pirates, Zhao Wuxi had already seen through their true identities.

Not to mention, there were still two looming carriages behind the battle, with drums on them, and those standing on them were probably the masterminds of this night attack.

...

Fan Jia stood on the chariot and looked at the neat array of soldiers from the two families in front of him, the spears and torches erected high. Then he looked at the small town in the distance, looking forward to his self-promotion for a while.

"This is the way to attack the city. What city can't be defeated? Zhong Xingzi, let everyone rush up!"

Fan Jia thinks. As long as all the soldiers in front of him move forward in unison, they will be able to step on Zhao Wuxi's small town to the ground.

However, the Bank of China Hei Huo, who was familiar with Sima Fa and had a rough understanding of battle formations, was more cautious. He said, "Wait a minute, Mr. Zhao seems to be prepared."

He pointed to the front and said: "Fan Zi, please look, that wall has been newly reinforced in recent months, and it is extremely thick. The lintel is tall, and there are three watchtowers with archers on them. At this time, I am afraid they have aimed at me. Waiting, and there are some obstacles on the road, it is not easy to cross. Moreover, after our army arrived, we did not hear the chaos and noise of people, but there were faint screams of grief and indignation, and its momentum was flourishing."

"This shows that this town has not yet been in chaos, and the military and people's hearts still exist. Don't underestimate the enemy."

Fan Jia was stunned for a moment, thinking that what Hei Huo of Bank of China said was very reasonable, and put away his contempt: "What should I do then?"

Indeed, there are wooden fences tied within a few dozen feet outside the door. Digging a gully means that there is another obstacle outside the city wall. But it was only a few days of temporary work, and there was no Zhao Wuxi plus various ideas of later generations. So it can't be very effective. The ditch man crossed a little hard, but even if he fell. It can also climb up again and play a role. It's just to prolong the time for them to rush to the city wall.

When Bank of China Heigong discovered the preparations for becoming a township, he also saw the haste and flaws in these preparations.

"Wait for a while, let the sergeants go to cut down trees and make simple siege equipment to fill in the ravines, cross the walls, and wait until my family's Rong Nu Hu Ying leads a group of thieves to attack the front door first. In this way, Zhao If you don’t care about the front, you can’t care about the back, and the heart of the army will become frightened when it is besieged and attacked, and then if we do this again, this town will be broken!”

...

Therefore, Zhao Wuyi, who was on the watchtower, found that the enemy who had reached more than two hundred paces stopped again. From time to time, people ran to the two cars on foot. They were probably military officials, as if asking for instructions from the leader of the army. what.

After receiving the order, they returned to their original places, and the headquarters did this and that. Some black spots walked towards the sparse woods on both sides, and began to cut down branches to make crude siege equipment, which was in preparation for the attack.

Seeing that the enemy was orderly and did not rush over rashly, Zhao Wuxi felt a little uneasy in his heart, but it also gave Chengxiang time to breathe.

He told Wei and other non-combatants to stay away from the front line, the military officials led the villagers behind the gate and the back of the wall, and the corporal and corporal leaders led the national and wild people to take charge of a section of the wall.

Near the back door, behind the wall, send a soldier every step, a corps commander every five steps, a super commander every ten steps, and a **** commander every 100 steps.

The rest of the people retreated dozens of steps and cleared away all the flammable debris. Because the area here is limited, it is necessary to leave enough space for activities, and it is good to be ready for emergency rescue at any time.

In the city, the village Situ has followed Wu Xie and Yang Tong Rong's instructions, and took people to wherever arrows can reach outside the village. The back digging bag is completely blocked. He also ordered the people in the city to tie up dogs and horses, and make sure that they are fastened firmly, so as not to let the livestock cause confusion.

Zhao Wuxi didn't go down to the watchtower himself, but took over a new pulley bow, carrying two pots of arrows behind him, playing the role of a bowman, and at the same time, he could command from a high position.

He also had an idea, and asked the well that sent arrows and dry food from the treasury to go back and fetch some things, just in case.

"The things I said must be shipped quickly and stacked in the nearby safe and fireproof residential buildings. You can watch them yourself and keep them ready for use!"

Jing Weiwei went as promised.

Zhao Wuxi thought for a while, and then grabbed a few people from the country: "Go and carry the cooking pots from the cook over here, build a stove behind the wall, and start boiling water, and start burning immediately."

"Bang bang bang!"

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of gongs and drums in the direction of the front door!

For a time ~www.wuxiahere.com~ Chengxiang was full of rapid knocking sounds, followed by a roar of roosters and dogs, mules and horses neighing, but fortunately they were tied in advance to prevent them from running around. The elderly, women and children who stayed at home were hiding behind the door, unaware of what was going on outside, and were terrified.

"Gentleman, the group of thieves at the front door has arrived!" Zhao Wuxi had long ago asked the village soldiers who were good at running to stand by in light clothing between the front and rear doors, and if there was an emergency report.

"I know." Zhao Wuxi's answer was very bland. He had already weighed the fighting strength of the Qianmen group of thieves on the mountain road. Those people are just making up the numbers to fill the gully, not the main attack tonight. With the ability of Yang Tong Rong, plus more than a hundred villagers and people from the country, they should be able to ensure worry-free.

The winner of the Shouyi tonight is still at the back door! The other party expects Zhao Wuxi to be frightened before and after, regardless of priority, he will not be fooled. (To be continued..)

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