Chapter 20 The decree arrives
There was no school ground in Shangjuncheng, and the soldiers sent to guard them just practiced casually in the open area, and did not conduct systematic training. It was not that Meng Tian did not know the importance of military training, but he was afraid of arousing the suspicion of the suspicious Qin Shihuang. But in
After Fusu returned from Xianyang, he immediately ordered people to build a large school field in an open area outside the city. Although tens of thousands of people could not be trained inside at the same time, training of thousands of people was still possible.
The summer sun shines on people's bodies, causing a burning sensation. Fusu, Li Heng, Meng Tian and others rode horses and led their soldiers to the university grounds. Along the way, civilians in the city looked at Fusu when they saw him passing by.
In response to the warm call, Fusu also smiled and greeted them.
Li Heng looked at all this and smiled and said to Fusu: "In today's Qin Dynasty, the only person in the world who can gain such support from the people is you, Prince Fusu."
Fusu said while greeting the people: "Actually, the people's requirements are not high. As long as they have enough food, clothing, and a place to live, they will be satisfied. As long as we do these things, we will gain their support.
As the person in charge of Shangjun, I feel ashamed that I can only do so much."
"The prince is really like a king!" Li Heng praised.
"The prince is not only good at governing the people, he is also good at running the army." A general on one side heard their conversation and couldn't help but interjected, "Look at this thing called a stirrup that the prince came up with and the thing I'm sitting under.
That thing called a saddle is really a treasure of the cavalry."
Fusu listened to his words but didn't laugh. After returning from Xianyang, he knew that he was going to have a tough battle with Hu Hai, so he built a school ground first, and at the same time ordered thousands of saddles and stirrups to be made for equipment.
His own cavalry. When the generals discovered this thing, they were stunned by its function. They never thought that horses could be equipped in this way, so that the knights could not only sit more comfortably on it, but also make them sit better.
Stable, this is a great improvement for a knight.
Meng Tian said: "Prince, I also discovered a wonderful feature of this saddle and stirrup. I have already asked someone to implement it. The prince can take a look at it."
"Oh? General Meng has also learned how to show off." Fusu said with a smile, which also aroused laughter from the people next to him. They knew that Meng Tian's character did not like to hide things, and now he was obviously in a happy mood doing so.
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The group of people arrived at the large campus while chatting and joking. Several generals entered the gate and went straight to their troops. Fu Su, Meng Tian, and Li Heng climbed up to the high generals' platform and began to watch the Qin soldiers' drills.
Groups of Qin soldiers lined up in neat square formations, advancing and retreating together under the command of the generals, waving their long swords and spears with powerful movements, showing great power. Meng Tian waved his flag, and the soldiers began to run through each other.
When moving, the seemingly chaotic scene is actually very orderly. No one will bump into another person. As soon as Meng Tian ordered the flag to stop, the phalanx was still a phalanx and was not disturbed by the rapid insertion.
It changes.
Fusu nodded repeatedly when he saw this scene, and Li Heng on the side couldn't help but admired: "General Meng is really well commanded. This army can actually be commanded by the general like his arms and fingers."
Meng Tian smiled proudly and said: "This is not nothing, there will be something even more rare later." After saying this, he waved the flag in his hand, and the infantrymen withdrew from the middle of the school ground, and then there was a rumble from outside.
The sound of horse hooves.
One by one, the cavalry with light armor on their bodies and spears in their hands quickly rushed into the school grounds. The speed of their horses did not slow down because they entered the school grounds. Instead, they accelerated further and turned into a sprint.
. They rushed in from the entrance like lightning and headed straight for the straw men and wooden stakes on the edge of the school field. Just when their horses were about to hit those straw men and wooden stakes, the spears in their hands thrust out like lightning,
With the rapid running of the horse, the straw men were smashed to pieces by the spear, and the wooden stakes were also split open, which shows how powerful the charge was. Then, taking advantage of this stab, the knights turned around.
Ma Tou drove the horse to the middle of the school field again, then reined in the horse, pointed his spear in the sky and let out a roar.
Seeing this wonderful scene, Fusu couldn't help but make his blood boil: "General Meng didn't expect that our cavalry in Great Qin would be so powerful."
Li Heng on the other side saw something was wrong and hurriedly asked: "This horse is running so fast, how can the knight on it still sit as steady as Mount Tai, and can actually launch an attack with a spear in both hands?"
Fusu gave him a strange look. He had watched it on TV and movies a lot. How could he just rely on his own strength to assassinate the enemy without the force of a charge of a war horse?
"This is the method I came up with from the prince's stirrup saddle to enhance the combat effectiveness of my cavalry." Meng Tian said excitedly, "Because with the stirrups, the knight's feet have a point of support, so that they can
The hand holding the reins is free to hold the spear."
"It turns out I didn't expect it." Fusu suddenly realized. In fact, this was also because all the TV movies he saw were cavalry fighting with long weapons. When he saw this scene, he only focused on the momentum and ignored this point. In fact,
Before the emergence of the stirrup, the cavalry only used short weapons to fight, because he had to control the reins with one hand, otherwise he would fall off the horse if he exerted force. Therefore, the stirrup greatly improved the combat ability of the cavalry.
Seeing the adoring eyes of Meng Tian and the others looking at him, Fusu felt that he was a thief who had stolen the achievements of his ancestors. But then he thought that now was the time for him to improve his own strength, and such a result was exactly what he wanted.
What you want to see.
After watching the drill for a while, Fusu and the others returned to the city.
In the next few days, Fusu desperately thought about any other ways he could improve the combat effectiveness of his soldiers. Unfortunately, when he thought about having a headache, he only thought about rifles and cannons. But in this era where there was no gunpowder, he had no idea at all. Why?
If you travel through time, you can work with guns and cannons, but I can only use spears and swords...
Time passed while the soldiers were training, and Fusu also understood that the head-on conflict between himself and Hu Hai was getting closer, and he was ready for everything to come.
It was a hot day and it finally started to rain heavily. The raindrops were like soybeans, and people could feel pain when they hit them. Seeing that the weather was so bad, Fusu suspended the training for the day and let all the sergeants go.
A holiday, but also a holiday for himself. He rarely woke up until almost noon, while Xiao Tao was gently fanning himself on the side.
"It's not sultry today. Why are you fanning me? Do you want to fan me to death?" Fusu joked.
"Humph, I'm not afraid that mosquitoes will bite the prince, but you're disgusted with it." Although she claimed to be a slave, Xiao Tao's words already had a coquettish flavor, and she no longer treated him with the same respect as before.
Fusu liked this feeling of being like a friend very much, which brought him back to the time when he was a student and talking nonsense with his female classmates. "Drink, you are not chasing mosquitoes away. You are clearly chasing me out of bed. Yes.
, I'll get up right now." Fusu joked as he stood up from the couch. Xiaotao didn't argue with him anymore and hurriedly got the clothes and put them on for him.
Just as the two of them were bickering and washing up, a guard came to the door and reported: "Prince, someone from the palace has come to convey the decree."
Upon hearing this, Fusu hurriedly opened the door, walked out and said, "Where is he? Take me there quickly."
The guard hurriedly led him to the front hall, where he saw a middle-ranking official sitting at the top. An attendant behind him was holding a roll of yellow silk in his hand. Fusu knew that it was the imperial edict.
Seeing Fusu coming, the lieutenant-general stood up from his seat, took the imperial edict with his hand and loudly declared: "Prince Fusu receives the edict."
Fusu had no choice but to come to him and kneel down in front of him, but he kept scolding in his heart: "You damn bastard, you actually let the prince kneel down to you, let's see how I punish you in the future." But there was still a look of respect on his face.
, bowed down and said: "I support Su to receive the order."
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict: My son Fusu was originally demoted to Shangjun as a punishment for his crimes. However, he did not think about his own mistakes and acted recklessly. He was unable to resist the Xiongnu and did not step up the construction of the Great Wall. I am really not happy about it.
And he has repeatedly slandered the government's policies and my actions, which is really unfaithful and unfilial. Now that he is the son of the emperor, I only order him to commit suicide. I admire this!" After finishing speaking, the lieutenant general handed over the imperial edict and said: "Fu Su
Prince, please accept the order and thank me."
Fusu looked at the imperial edict strangely, and then finally understood how Fusu died in history. If he were that Fusu, he would have committed suicide after receiving the edict. At the same time, he also knew that Qin Shihuang was dead.
Now, this imperial edict was forged by Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, because Qin Shihuang had already said that he would be the next emperor when he met him last time, so of course it was impossible for him to suddenly take his life now. Then a plan emerged.
in his mind.
The lieutenant-general saw that Fusu just stayed there and did not receive the order. He thought he was scared and shouted again. At this time, Fusu had already made up his mind and took the order in panic. Then he bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty Fusu."
Thank you!" Then he stood up slowly, as if he had lost his soul.
When the lieutenant saw Fusu's performance, he thought he had decided to commit suicide and breathed a sigh of relief. He knew Fusu's character was cowardly and afraid of getting into trouble, but he also knew that rabbits bite when they are anxious, and he was also afraid of Fusu.
Suddenly taking it out on himself, looking at Fusu's behavior, he thought he had given up the idea of resisting. At this time, he did not dare to stay for a long time, although when he came, Zhao Gao ordered him to see Fusu die before he could leave.
, but he didn't dare. After all, this was Fusu's territory, and he was afraid that Fusu's people would let him be buried with him after Fusu's death. After the imperial edict was handed over, he left in a hurry.
Chapter completed!