Chapter 726: Dragon Flag

The leading army system adopts a typical system of divisions, with one hundred people as one capital, five capitals as one battalion, five battalions as one army, and the tenth army as one side, called the owner of the box, with 25,000 people.
This is already the highest military position under the general rule. The person in charge of the number of divisions must be the emissary of the emperor's priesthood. Setting up the emissary privately is no different from rebellion.
But now, the number below is only 20,000, and the county soldiers walking along the mountain road are fighting the bright yellow emperor's promissory flag.
More than that, one step behind is the bright yellow seven hanging dragon flag!
The Dragon Banner is owned by the emperor and the princes, and the highest is the supreme emperor Jiuchui. Apart from the emperor, Dagan has no kings of the same or different surnames.
So this must represent the arrival of people in the royal line, either the prince or the emperor’s compatriots. People like the emperor are not qualified to use the Qiqi Dragon Banner, up to six.
In the middle of the army, seventy-two tall and strong men carried a large building called a sedan chair, but it was actually called a small palace. The footsteps of the people passing by were light and silent, and every move was in full compliance with the etiquette. It is the most famous in Lingzhou. You can’t find any faults here.
In the spacious palace, a handsome young man with a head and a purple face said indifferently: "General Xiong, you can complain in your heart that this spoiled prince lonely came to make trouble and rebelled against a small refugee. It’s a waste of money for the people and money?"
thump!
In front of him, Kong Wu was powerful, and the long-bearded old man in the second-grade embroidered lion red robe made his face pale in fright and knelt down from the chair next to the small half.
"His Royal Highness, you are concerned about the country, and you are not far away to quell the rebellion. Lingzhou's civil and military officials are all rejoicing. How can there be the slightest grievance?"
He sternly said: "If there is such a villain who does not know the general situation and is in vain of the interests of the court, Xiong Feihu will definitely take it down by himself, and he will only relieve his hatred by eating his flesh and skin."
The words did not quote the classics like the scholars, they were beautiful and gorgeous, but a bit crude, but the evil spirit of a hundred battles loomed out, making the surrounding little eunuchs pale.
"Bold!"
The surrounding guards instinctively placed their hands on the handle of the knife and looked at him coldly, with undisguised warnings and killing intent in their eyes.
Xiong Feihu was so frightened that he lost all his anger, knelt on the ground and said in a trembled voice: "Your Highness, I am not..."
"Hahaha! General Xiong is indeed a general of a hundred battles, and it is worthwhile to choose you from among the generals of Lingzhou."
Chu Wang Fangyuan waved his hand and signaled the nervous guards and Xiong Feihu to relax: "I'm not complaining about you when I say this. It's all human nature. After all, we are not a saint."
"His Royal Highness, I will never wait..." Xiong Feihu still wanted to defend, but Chu Wang Fangyuan stopped again.
"It's not that I'm lonely looking for trouble. Even if I want to mess around, my father won't allow it. Although I can't tell General Xiong for the specific reason,"
Fang Yuan, the king of Chu, said solemnly: "General Xiong, if you can wipe out the bandits that appeared in the Tumo Department this time, I will guarantee with the head of Xiang Shang that your Viscount's title will definitely be promoted."
"But if it fails, no matter what the reason is..."
Xiong Feihu said solemnly: "Yes, Your Highness, your subordinates know."
Promoting the title? That is the Marquis!
His heart was hot and awkward, leaving the last trace of contempt in his heart.
The royal family inherited the fate and knew many secrets that other people did not know, and the enemy they were about to face would definitely not be ordinary thieves.
Thinking of this, Xiong Feihu suggested: "His Royal Highness, the army of the seven counties in Lingzhou only gathers in three counties. The other four counties are far away and it will take several months to arrive. Why don't we wait?"
Originally, he thought that the prince was young, and it would be too silly to use the whole state's troops, but now that the life of the whole family is involved, the more such silly, the better.
"General Xiong has a very good heart."
Chu Wang Fang Yuan shook his head: "But you don't know, these thieves are now at their weakest time. If we wait for a few months, we will not only face thousands of enemies less than 10,000."
The army is like a huge black mank, marching along the winding road. The metal armor and the flags on it are its scales, appearing and disappearing from time to time among the dense forest.
In the valley full of trees, the sound of cicadas is smaller than that of birds.
‘It’s really a big regular army, with much better equipment and order than the Tumo Ministry. ’
Zhao Shi silently watched the army passing by underneath. There were only a few people from Ouyang Wu scattered around, and the others were hidden by the dense jungle.
Dagan scouts came several times, but couldn't find them.
Ouyang Wu reported: "Zhao Shi, this 20,000-strong army has all entered the jungle."
"Assault as planned."
Shoo!
There was no trace of gongs, drums, and flags. Hundreds of arrows were suddenly shot out of ordinary jungles. The flight trajectory could not be said to be a hundred shots or a hundred shots, but the deviation was maintained within three meters, instantly drowning four or five hundred people on the way. A piece of blood blossoms.
"Enemy attack! Raise your shield quickly!"
Ying Zheng watched in horror at the team with more than a hundred people missing in an instant, and screamed bitterly, trying to organize the panicked soldiers.
It's just that the Lingzhou army is only an ordinary county soldier, and there is no elite, how could it react at the moment of attack.
After suffering three successive waves of arrow rain and losing more than 200 people, he reluctantly relied on shields for defense, and there were no more casualties.
Although the arrow made of bamboo wood is equipped with a metal head, the power given by the bamboo bow is not enough. In addition to causing a lot of casualties to unarmored units, the arrow of a person with scales cannot be worn if it does not hit the bare skin. through.
It is even more impossible to penetrate the buckler that has been erected.
"Hold! Don't panic, reinforcements are coming!"
More than two hundred soldiers who formed a circle with the help of shields were panicked under the huge casualties, and managed to keep order under the loud reassurance of the camp.
Indeed, although the county soldiers in Lingzhou are not elite, they are also regular troops that receive training every year. The military regulations are extremely strict.
If a friendly army is in distress and fails to save the officer, he will be put to death, and his subordinate soldiers will also be sent to a crime camp to perform meritorious service for pardon.
Immediately after the attack on this battalion, four or five battalions rushed from both sides of the march, and the news was sent to a further distance by the soldiers.
Shoo!
Before waiting for the heavy losses, Ying Zheng felt a little relieved. The dense arrow rain immediately covered all the reinforcements, and the scattered formation due to the fast rush immediately ushered in death and injury, dozens of people died, and the arrow rain hit again.
"Hold a shield! Shoot a bow and arrow!"
These battalions in distress on the way made a similar response, and the archers accompanying the camp immediately counterattacked, shooting a more powerful and dense arrow rain toward the dense jungle, covering a piece of wood.