Chapter 511: Hangu Pass

Seeing the prince staring at him, the soldiers couldn't help but straighten their chests.

"My soldiers!" Qin Lei's voice was low and majestic, but it could spread throughout the square again, allowing everyone to hear clearly: "Today, I will take you on a journey and head to the battlefield thousands of miles away. I want to ask, are you ready?"

"Okay..." the soldiers shouted in unison, and the neat voice made many fearful people ask themselves: 'Is it because I am too cowardly?'

"Very good." Qin Lei nodded slowly and said, "I am very relieved." Suddenly, his voice became quiet: "But are you willing to embark on this unknown journey and accept the cruel baptism of the battlefield?"

The officers' expressions changed slightly, and they thought to themselves: 'The arrows are already on the strings. How can the prince say such morale-losing words?' He quickly signaled his subordinates to shout, "Yes!" Although the voice was loud, it was a little uneven.

This time, Qin Lei did not have any expression of relief, but asked loudly: "Can anyone tell me why I am willing?" As he threw the horse whip out, drawing a beautiful arc, falling into the hands of a small officer, Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "You said."

The little officer under the gaze of the crowd was quite at a loss. He held the prince's whip in his hands and stuttered a little: "Sweep away the Liuhe, unify the three parts."

Qin Lei's expression on his face softened a little, "Good ambition, what's your name?"

"Report to the prince, the humble rank of Qin... Xu." This boy who didn't know whether it was good luck or bad luck was the "9527" who had continuous insomnia.

"Qin Xu, have you ever thought that if you die in battle, will everything you said make sense?"

"I am humble and rude, please teach me." Qin Xu shook his head and whispered. Not only Qin Xu, but a considerable number of soldiers also showed confused eyes.

Qin Lei said that he wanted to raise his head first, and after he suppressed it, he should raise his head. Then he heard him ask and answered: "I want to say that there is one! But the most important reason is not "sweeping the six-held" or "unifying the three-part", but don't let the tragic history repeat itself!"

With a majestic gaze swept across the officers and soldiers below the stage, Qin Lei said with a deep pain: "You should be familiar with the history of the Lone King. You should all know that the Lone King has just been a month old and has been a hostage in Shangjing, Qi for 16 years. Do you know that as the prince of the Qin Dynasty, you are extremely noble, why should you suffer such a great humiliation of being a vengeful person and being unable to protect your life?"

Overcoming the initial panic, Qin Xu spoke much more fluently, clearing his throat and said, "That's the prince Gao Yi, who is willing to be humiliated by the millions of people in the Qin Dynasty." I don't know how Gao Yi is, a child who is not a full month old.

"Yes, you're right." Qin Lei nodded and said in a deep voice: "When he was in Qi, he was named "Zhi Ge Gong". It was Qi people who mocked me for the defeat of Qin and had to send a prince to stop the war!" He sighed and said: "It's better to say that the young man or young man didn't change it at the time. But my dear aunt, Princess Mo Yu, who was known as the "Treasure of the Great Qin", was also forced to marry the emperor of Qi, and become a married princess. Life and death were separated and a great humiliation, which eventually made her depressed and died young. This is all the shame of my great Qin!"

The soldiers' expressions gradually became serious. When they thought of the shame that Daqin had suffered, they couldn't help feeling a lot of indignation.

"But what my aunt and I have had insignificant experience than the millions of people who were in trouble in the Qin Dynasty." Qin Lei looked at the scene with a bright look and said in a low voice: "When Qi and Chu invaded 20 years ago, half of our territory in Daqi were destroyed, and even the capital was surrounded by enemy groups. The enemy in both countries burned, killed and looted, and did all kinds of evil, causing our Daqin family to be destroyed to destroy and destroy three million people. It can be said that it is thousands of miles away from the ground, and the bones are formed into mountains!" The soldiers' breathing began to speed up, and their hands unconsciously strengthened their strength to hold the weapon.

Qin Lei gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "Now, the family has not been affected by Qi Chu's soldiers twenty years ago, please raise your hand!"

No one raised his hand because Qin Lei’s problem was too cunning. When the national crisis came, the mountains and rivers changed color. Which one could not be affected? Even if it was affected, it would be affected.

After waiting for a while, no one moved, Qin Lei asked again and said, "For those three generations, some relatives have been killed and raped by the enemy of Qi and Chu. Hold up your weapons!" One of his soldiers came from the Qin clan of Zhongdu, and he knew the heavy losses in the Zhongdu Guard Battle. The other part came from the area in the east that suffered from military disasters all year round. When he went to recruit soldiers, he only picked some young and strong people with great suffering and deep hatred, so he naturally had no worries about not having any blood debts.

Sure enough, as soon as Qin Lei said this, he heard the sound of heavy rain. The square suddenly saw swords and guns, and countless sharp blades pointed at the sky!

"Look at it for yourself!" Qin Lei waved his hand suddenly and said with all his strength: "Then tell me what this means!"

"The blood sea is deep and vengeance! Immortal!" Under the leadership of the officer, the soldiers howled at the top of their lungs.

"Yes!" Qin Lei pulled his cloak fiercely, and his face was also blushed: "The enemy killed our parents, raped our wives and daughters, robbed our property, and committed many crimes against us. What should we do?"

"Avenge! Revenge! Revenge!" The soldiers raised their swords and guns and roared with a sound of shocking the sky.

"Yes, take revenge!" Qin Lei fisted fiercely and said in a deep voice: "After waiting for twenty years, my millions of royal divisions of the Qin Dynasty are now moving eastward. The time for revenge has finally come. If it is a man from Qin, he should shed his blood and make no contributions to his generation! This will make your wife and children never suffer any disasters!"

"Avenge revenge! Make achievements! Let your wife and children never suffer any disaster!" The soldiers were completely crazy. Their blood was boiling and their passion was burning. They wished they could immediately carry their guns east and fight with Qi Kou for 300 rounds.

Seeing the morale booming, Qin Lei waved his hand and said, "Give it a drink!" The officers who had prepared a long time ago held the big wine jar and poured a bowl of sturdy wine for each soldier.

Qin Lei raised the big bowl high and shouted with all his strength: "Old Qin, let's go to the national crisis together!" After that, he raised his head and drank it hurt.

"Good old Qin to go to the national crisis together!" The soldiers shouted, imitating the prince, and raised their bowls with their hands to drink the strong wine.

"Happy!" Qin Lei wiggled his mouth casually, and raised the thick porcelain bowl in his hand, and said passionately: "The yellow sand has been worn with golden armor for hundreds of battles, and will never return until it is destroyed!" As he said that, he threw the bowl on the ground and ordered in a deep voice: "Set go!"

The soldiers followed suit, threw the bowls and got on the horses together, shouting, "Go together!" Then they lined up in a long row and set out toward the city in a mighty manner.

When the horse's hooves rumbled and left Jingshan City, the officers and soldiers couldn't help looking back, but they saw that the city was crowded with people standing full of fathers, wives and children seeing off...

Qin Lei was no exception. He saw his wife and sister in the most conspicuous place, and they were waving at him desperately.

Qin Lei took a long breath, waved his hand to the top of the city, and turned around without hesitation, rode his horse to the distance...

The Jingshan Army was the vanguard of the army, so they took the lead and did not participate in the oath-taking of the suburbs of Beijing three days later. It is said that they could go east directly and did not need to pass Zhongdu, but Qin Lei still ordered the team to take a turn and pass by outside the city, which made the officers and soldiers worry...

When the team passed by Shibalipu outside Zhongdu City, they were immediately surrounded by a large army of farewells that could not be seen at first sight... After all, from common sense, Jingshan City is far less attractive than Zhongdu City, so most of the relatives of the officers and soldiers are still in Beijing.

The carriages are scattered, the horses are scattered, and the pedestrians are bowed and arrows are all on their waists.

The grandparents and wives walked away and saw each other, but the dust disappeared from Xianyang Bridge.

The military family carried the elderly and the young, carried the basket and raised the basket, shouting loudly about their children's names. The soldiers were also confused and their eyes were shuttled around to find their relatives. Some of them had rich emotions and even shed tears.

Qin Lei knew that it would take a lot of time to say this kind of thing, so he rode his horse through the Central Army, hoping to find a shade of trees to cool down and wait. Along the way, he heard those gray-haired fathers say, "Try to fight the enemy bravely, don't embarrass our Daqin!" Hearing the wrinkled mothers say, "Son, you should take good care of yourself if you sleep in the wind..." Hearing those young wives say, "Let's wink, don't go too far when charging, don't go too far when retreating... I'll wait for you to come back." Hearing those children who were learning to speak, "Dad, don't leave..."

When Qin Lei finally walked out of the crowd and suddenly realized his feelings in front of him, he couldn't feel relaxed... It turned out that every soldier had so many identities. Although in the eyes of the commander of thousands of troops, they were just bargaining chips and even consumables, for their respective families, they were the heavens and everything...

Qin Lei felt a heavy feeling on his shoulders. It was something called responsibility that was pressing against him, forcing him to remind himself at all times, take a hundred times more alert, be cautious, and try to bring back as many and intact as possible to these sons, husbands, and fathers.

"Sir, it seems that Mrs. Shen is far away." Shi Gan interrupted Qin Lei's thoughts softly. He knew that the prince and this aunt had a deep affection... He even felt that Mrs. Shen seemed to be more like His Highness's mother than Concubine Jin. He had a basis. For example, this time, Concubine Jin did not come, and the Seventh Highness did not come either...

Qin Lei came to his senses and followed the direction pointed by Shi Gan. Sure enough, he saw his aunt in purple, standing under a Gongsun tree, looking at the messy crowd, obviously looking for herself.

A little excited in his heart, Qin Lei rode his horse over. As soon as he approached, Mrs. Shen also noticed him and smiled happily.

Farewell to her aunt who was reluctant to part with tears and put the big bag of things she sent in the car. Qin Lei couldn't help but hum, "The child of a mother is like a treasure..." Immediately remembering that the generals were still following her, she secretly scolded herself for being a little lost, and coughed dryly, "Is the team gathering over?"

Several generals quickly replied, "The assembly is over."

"How is the morale?" Qin Lei was actually a little unsure about the effect of turning this corner. Don't steal the chicken and lose the rice.

"The children's emotions fluctuate a little, but the overall atmosphere is positive." Huangfu Zhanwen laughed and said, "The last few generals said just now that the prince is unique in motivating morale and stabilizing the morale of the army."

Yang Wenyu also nodded and smiled: "Indeed, we are still discussing just now how the prince helped a group of new recruits who had never been on the battlefield to overcome their fear of the battlefield."

Qin Lei smiled faintly, stroked the horse's hair and said, "You might as well talk."

"Get orders." Yang Wenyu said seriously: "After new recruits go to war, they will always feel more or less fear. In the military camp, negative emotions will spread rapidly, greatly affecting the morale of the army. Even if the team is at a very low level, there will be no fighting spirit, and if the worst is at a serious level, it will collapse. It has been a headache for military strategists since ancient times."

After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "The prince used four-step series of tricks to easily resolve this problem. First, he used severe punishments to conquer the morale of the army and shock the soldiers; he also used abundant materials to reward the soldiers to make the soldiers feel at ease and happy. Only then did he use bold words to inspire the morale of the soldiers, and finally let them accept the farewell of their families and completely stabilize the morale of the army." As he said that, he looked at Qin Lei with respect, and said with a palm: "These four steps are linked together, and leniency and strictness are aligned, and solving the problem is naturally natural."

Qin Lei scratched his head and smiled, "I just groped and did it, but Wen Yu summed up it up."

Huangfu Zhanwen laughed and said, "The prince's inspiration is unpredictable. The last generals will record and organize it carefully. In the future, they will gather them into a book and write them into military books. They can also create more outstanding generals for our Qin Dynasty. Isn't it a great achievement?" Everyone is used to the flattery of this gentleman anytime and anywhere...

Fortunately, Qin Lei's mind was still clear, so he rolled his eyes and said, "Don't put a high hat on me. Can anyone write military books? He must be a war god who wins every battle! He is like Bai Qi and Sun Wu." He pointed at himself, pointed at them again, and cursed with a smile: "I haven't fought a serious battle, so I'm talking about books here, and I'm not afraid of being laughed at by others!"

Everyone was laughing, and Huangfu Zhanwen said embarrassedly: "But it is okay to write an internal information and let our officers learn it."

Qin Lei did not laugh this time and nodded, "This is still in the tune. It is hard to start with everything. Our Jingshan Army's equipment training can be called first-class. The main shackles on combat power are lack of experience. It is necessary to write a manual for dealing with various situations and tell the officers what to do and what to do when encountering situations."

My subordinates sang loudly.

Among the Three Kingdoms, the Qin people recognized it as more realistic, which is also reflected in their domestic official roads... They are well-connected, flat, wide and withstand pressure, and are definitely not comparable to those of the bumpy and broken roads in Qi.

From Zhongdu, through Yicheng, through Shangbang, and out of Sanguan; then through Gaoling, through Fengyi, and out of Tongguan, the journey of thousands of miles was unobstructed. In just seven days, the Jingshan Army arrived at the bottom of Hangu Pass.

As long as you can see the far away pass, Qin Lei and his subordinates had to stop... Because tens of thousands of refugees with their families were pouring out from the direction of Hangu Pass, the passage in front of the pass was filled with... Of course, because of the Jingshan Army, the refugees could not get out. The roads were congested for a while, and it was not a temporary achievement to clear them.

Seeing the influx of refugees outside the pass, Tu Gongchun, a staff officer at the military, said strangely: "Yesterday, the military newspaper also said that the imperial reinforcements were coming. The military and civilians outside the pass were united, and the nine palaces were as stable as Mount Tai. Why did the situation suddenly change in the blink of an eye?"

"Just ask someone." Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "It won't be a good thing anyway."

After a while, Shi Gan led an old man who looked like a villager, and Qin Lei dismounted and said kindly: "I wonder why you are so panicked, this father-in-law?"

The father-in-law looked at Qin Lei's subordinates and whispered: "I'm so embarrassed, why can't I tell which part of the adult's army is?"

"Jingshan Army." Qin Lei said patiently: "We are reinforcements from the court."

He thought the old man would be very excited, and at least he would say a few words like "The King's Invincible", but the old man shook his head and sighed: "I advised him not to go, that would be a waste of death!"

"Oh," Qin Lei said with a gloomy face: "Why?"

"The Demon King Zhao of Qi is here." The old man said with a panic expression: "Unless my imperial guards of the Qin Dynasty are coming, who can resist?"
Chapter completed!