Has always been bleak

Li Xin was locked up by Jieshuai.

This news has always been tightly sealed. At the beginning, Chen Ruiyao foolishly often went to Wang Zhongsi to try his best to lobby, and prepared to talk about the various benefits of Li Xin being a forward. Finding something wrong, Wang Zhongsi just replied with an extremely flat sentence: "Li Xin has been a little crazy recently, I have the right to accept his heart."

Chen Ruiyao has also been with Wang Zhongsi for many years, and he knows that the calmer Jieshuai's tone is, the more intense the emotions in his heart are. Only then did he realize that Li Xin's jumping up and down a while ago had angered Jieshuai. Use this matter to divert the attention of Dong Yanguang and others, so that they will not pay too much attention to the progress of armaments.

Wang Zhongsi didn't mention this matter any more, but called Chen Ruiyao into the secret room, and solemnly instructed: "Careful, if Dong Yanguang's order to enter Shibao City this time is contrary to my commander's order, you only need to follow the 'soldiers, The major events of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival' can be used without fear. I don't seek victory in this battle, I only seek to reduce injuries. Everyone you bring is your life that you and I can entrust comrades, don't be reckless."

Chen Ruiyao accepted the teaching awe-inspiringly and went as ordered.

The battle of Shibao City was lost as expected by Wang Zhongsi.The three lines of defense he had set up before the war, the first line was Chen Ruiyao, the second line was Zhao He, and the third line was Li Guangbi. They were all for one word: life.

The result finally got what he wanted.Sure enough, Dong Yanguang cherished his feathers and refused to take out all his descendants to fight for his life. Sure enough, Chen Ruiyao didn't use his vanguard battalion to fill up the mountain road of Shibao City before the battle. Sure enough, Zhao He gathered the defeated army and made it retreat safely. Not daring to chase them out of the city, Li Guangbi's attack was completely useless. Before the army reached Jishi Mountain, Zhao He had already organized it in an orderly manner without showing any signs of defeat.Although it was a big defeat, it only injured more than 1000 people, killed dozens of people, and lost some food and supplies.

But the more he did not show defeat, the more angry Dong Yanguang became.He was also considering attacking Shibaocheng, but if the soldiers tried their best, he would be willing to lose, but he just watched those people rushing down casually, letting him shout out his throat, It didn't work at all, and I hated Wang Zhongsi to the extreme.

Xiao Yi stayed in the end. I don't know if it was to appease the young man, but Wang Zhongsi officially transferred him from Li Xin's side to be his personal bodyguard. Yedi helped him analyze, and if he wanted to, he would even move out of the sand table and practice one-on-one with Xiao Yi directly on the sand table.His experience and strategy are far stronger than Ge Shuhan's, and a few casual pointers can benefit a lot. Such a detailed explanation is simply a gluttonous feast. Xiao Yi understood what he meant, so he simply let himself go Immersed in it, but at the same time I didn't forget to practice martial arts every day, and I was so busy all of a sudden.

The fulfilling days naturally passed quickly, and several months passed in a blink of an eye, and when Xiao Yi received a few more letters from Rong Xiang, he suddenly realized that so long had passed.

Rong Xiang writes letters very regularly, basically once a month, but it is not so easy to seize the military channel, and it cannot be because he has delayed serious military affairs, so his letters are often delayed on the road, and he always saves up It took several letters to be sent to Xiao Yi's hands all at once, which was also impossible.

When Xiao Yi received the letter, he was practicing archery on the field of the university. He used to know how to do archery. He has strong physical strength and good eyesight, so he can draw a strong bow and his accuracy is not bad. But when he is on a horse and then shoots an arrow, the feeling is completely different. Now, the horse bumps up and down while running fast, it is not easy to hold the bow steady, and talk about aiming?But Wang Zhongsi didn't tell him the tricks, no matter whether he hits the target or not, he just taught him to shoot an arrow, and when he practiced enough, he would naturally find the feeling.Xiao Yi became ruthless to practice, and finally found his hand a few days ago, excitedly looking for Jie Shuai, Wang Zhongsi praised: "You are improving really fast, in fact, archery is more about the heart than the eye, a really good arrow The hands are all united, and as soon as the hand is raised, the arrow will go out, and there is no need to take aim seriously."

Xiao Yi nodded repeatedly, and said: "That's right, that's right!" The excitement was beyond words.

Seeing his innocence, Wang Zhongsi couldn't help laughing, and said: "Okay, it's enough to practice positioning the target like this. Starting tomorrow, ask someone to tie the target to the horse's back to practice again. Remember to change the headless arrow to avoid injury. my good horse."

Xiao Yigang received the praise, but who would have thought that what followed would be deep contempt, he was angry but did not dare to refute, so he had to practice harder and harder. In fact, the difference between the moving target and the fixed target is not much, all that needs to be done is to prepare Judgment, Xiao Yi originally had the foundation to practice flying knives, but it is more handy to practice moving targets.When Rong Xiang's letter arrived, he was practicing on the big field until he couldn't stop. The messenger sent him several times before he heard it.

He put down his bow and arrow, galloped back, took the envelope from the messenger soldier, opened it, and opened it. It turned out to be several familiar light blue envelopes, with a small jade ring vaguely drawn on the lower left corner of the envelopes.

It was Arthur's letter.

His heart warmed up, he patted the messenger soldier's hand, and said: "Thank you, brother", as he spoke, he stuffed a few Tongbao in the past.

He has a bold temperament, although his salary is not much, but he never takes money as money, and he is very generous. If Wang Zhongsi didn't take care of food and shelter, he might starve to death in this Liangzhou city sooner or later.But if he is willing to spend money and treats people with sincerity, his popularity in the Longyou army is very good, and everyone in the upper and lower ranks has more or less friendship with him, even Ge Shuhan and Li Xin, in front of Xiao Yi's face was criticized by Jie Shuai like that, and he didn't have any quarrel with him.

The messenger soldier received the money, and really smiled, and said: "Thank you, this is what brothers should do. If Xiao Zhaohe has anything to send, just come to me."

At this time, Xiao Yi was awarded the title of Captain of Zhaohe, Xiao Zhaohe was the name given to him by those who were at the same level or had a military rank lower than him.

Xiao Yi thanked him again, put away his bow and arrow, and left the schoolyard together with the messenger soldier.He hurried back to his tent, changed out of his sweaty clothes, and cleaned his hands before sitting cross-legged on the bunk, opened the envelope, and read each envelope carefully.

Rong Xiang's letters are quite long every time, telling her life in Chang'an in detail, her leg injury is finally healed and she wants to write it in the letter, but she was kicked by the little black horse, so she insisted on taming the little black horse, and recently she finally succeeded To write it in the letter, I ate a very delicious Gulouzi a few days ago, and I will definitely take Xiao Yi to eat it later, and I will write it in the letter, and so on.

Every time Xiao Yi reads such a letter, he always feels that his heart that has been hardened by armor, swords and guns in the army will melt again, and those heavy things on his heart will seem to become less unbearable .

Therefore, his mood when he opened the letter can be said to be joyful.

However, these few letters made Xiao Yi's originally rosy face quickly lose its color.

Wang Zhongsi looked at this rapidly haggard young man, counting from the time when he came to him with those letters in his hands, Xiao Yi had already lost a lot of weight in just half a month. She no longer had the original flying spirit, but appeared extremely silent.

He pointed to the seat across from the table, and said softly, "Sit."

Xiao Yi responded in a low voice, and sat down opposite Wang Zhongsi.Wang Zhongsi picked up a letter from the big case and handed it to him, with a slightly teasing tone: "Your letter came again, and it just arrived today. You kid actually spent [-] Liga this time." Urgent, what audacity."

Xiao Yi was startled, but his expression was still gloomy. Before reaching out to pick it up, he first looked up at Jieshuai.

Wang Zhongsi smiled slightly: "Don't worry, this letter is sandwiched in the military newspaper for me, no one can see it except me."

Xiao Yi said in a low voice: "I waited for us to overstep, don't blame Jieshuai."

Wang Zhongsi smiled again, put the letter on the big case, got up and said: "Look slowly, I have some things to go out first, after you read it, go out and find me." After saying that, he wanted to leave.

Xiao Yi ignored the letter, pushed the big case and got up suddenly, rushed to Wang Zhongsi with a stride, and said anxiously: "Jie Shuai! You really don't think about it!"

Wang Zhongsi stopped in his tracks, his smile gradually faded: "Maybe what he said is true, but I don't care."

Xiao Yi's eyes were slightly red, he stretched out his hand to block Wang Zhongsi's way, and begged: "Jie Shuai, you are in your prime and a pillar of the country, if you really resign because of this kind of thing, it is not only your own regret, but also my own. Great loss for Datang, if you resign, who can take your place? Please think again!"

Wang Zhongsi stared at him: "My life can be said to be given today. When I was young, because I often led Qingqi out of the customs, the Supreme One recalled me to Chang'an for fear that I would lose my life because of my lightness. , my temperament gradually calmed down, and I was relieved to let me lead the army. I dare not repay the Supreme for my love. If the Supreme really convicts me, there must be his reasons, I think. As for what you said, no one will take over , This is just a joke, don’t say that Guangbi and Geshu are talented people for a while, enough to be a big responsibility, it’s you, a fledgling kid, who has already shown his talents, if I predict correctly, your future is limitless, and Why worry that there is no one in Tang Dynasty?"

"Jieshuai!" Xiao Yi tried his best not to yell out, his voice was a little hoarse because of trying to suppress it, "Jieshuai! Who else has the prestige to control the three sides except you! If you resign, the nine successors They will inevitably go their separate ways and become a mess!"

Wang Zhongsi looked at Xiao Yi with strange eyes, nodded slightly after a long time, and said: "You are right, but there is nothing wrong with this, my lord, I will like it." There was a bit of bitterness in his tone.

Xiao Yi never expected that Jie Shuai would answer like this.He understood Wang Zhongsi's thoughts all of a sudden, but because he understood too much, he felt at a loss instead.

Even a man as cautious and steady as Jie Shuai, who almost never makes mistakes, is still the supreme fake, can't escape the fate of famous generals since ancient times.

So, those famous generals throughout the ages, why did they become famous generals?

Wang Zhongsi bypassed him, and walked out slowly but firmly.Xiao Yi was stunned in place for a long time, a long time, and finally let out a heavy breath, and picked up the letter before the big case.

Unsurprisingly, this letter was really about the situation between North Korea and China.

The defeat of Shibao City made Xuanzong very depressed, but he could not vent his anger on Wang Zhongsi. After all, before the war, Wang Zhongsi said that this battle was impossible. To scold Wang Zhongsi?

Therefore, Xuanzong's full dissatisfaction was placed on Dong Yanguang.This person took the initiative to ask for a fight, boasted to Haikou, but returned in defeat, he must be punished!When the emperor was angry, he laid down millions of corpses. The angry emperor was originally an indestructible knife, and no one dared to show its sharpness. .

The imperial concubine said, just listen to what the general said, it will not be too late to punish you.

What the concubine said, even if it was just a casual joke, Xuanzong would find it very pleasing, not to mention that what she said this time was really reasonable, so Xuanzong withdrew his order and asked Dong Yanguang to write a letter to explain himself.

Dong Yanguang originally didn't think that the defeat was his fault, not to mention that Wang Zhongsi's pre-war preparations were indeed too delayed. Therefore, Dong Yanguang attributed the reason for the defeat to four words: delaying the military aircraft.

The subject is naturally Wang Zhongsi.

When Xuanzong received the memorial, his first reaction was to fly into a rage, but he didn't give a direct reply, but kept the memorial.

With this news, Rong Xiang immediately wrote a letter to Xiao Yi.To Xiao Yi, Wang Zhongsi is no different from the biggest and most solid shady tree. Before Xiao Yike has enough strength to fight Li Linfu, he may have to rely on Wang Zhongsi to save his life, so Rong Xiang is paying attention to any news about Wang Zhongsi, and will naturally report to Xiao Yi in time.He said that no matter what, Jie Shuai should write a letter to defend himself as soon as possible, so as not to be slandered by traitors.

Unfortunately, this letter was not sent to Xiao Yi in time.

Then, the court began to criticize Wang Zhongsi's speeches. Some said that he had made great contributions, so he was proud of his achievements, and he didn't even listen to the words of the emperor; Therefore, he flinched in frontier battles and lost his courage in the past; even more critical, he said that Wang Zhongsi was raising the enemy's self-respect.

Up to this point, Li Linfu had not made a statement. Rong Xiang guessed that Li Linfu was not sure that he would kill with one blow at this time. He was still waiting, waiting for the best opportunity.

This is the second letter and it still hasn't arrived in time.

Then, the third letter wrote that Xuanzong kept all the memorials for the impeachment of Wang Zhongsi unpublished.However, Dong Yanguang's self-defense memorial was shown to all the officials.

The meaning behind this move was really terrible, when Xiao Yi received these three letters, he didn't hesitate for a moment, and hurriedly praised him to find Jieshuai.

Dong Yanguang said that Jie Shuai delayed the military plane. If the emperor doesn't believe it or directly asks Jie Shuai to write a letter to defend himself, it is a good thing, which shows that the emperor still trusts Jie Shuai.If the emperor stays in the middle school and does not send him, it is also reluctant, which means that the emperor still has a minimum trust in Jieshuai, and it depends on Jieshuai's future performance.However, the emperor chose to show this memorial to all his officials, which was a slap in the face naked/naked/naked.

Look, this guy Wang Zhongsi, who is so handsome, actually did such a thing.Is he afraid that his generals will take down Shibao City, and the light will overshadow him?Or is there some other ulterior motive?

In the past, the discussion on this matter in the court was relatively hidden, but as soon as Xuanzong's move came out, the criticism of Wang Zhongsi came to the fore. Take this matter as the blueprint for the script and Bianwen.

So dignified and handsome, he became the laughing stock of the traffickers.

Just at this time, Li Linfu wrote a letter, and he actually defended Wang Zhongsi. He said that the general loves soldiers like his sons, and he doesn't want the soldiers he trained so hard to suffer heavy casualties because of the service.

These words sounded right, but it was a pity that the audience of these words was Xuanzong.

Love soldiers like sons, sometimes, is tantamount to buying the hearts of soldiers.

The sensitive and suspicious Xuanzong couldn't help but think this way. Could it be that Wang Zhongsi was trying to refute the emperor's face in exchange for the support and love of the army?

Li Linfu really knew Xuanzong too well, and he knew how to speak too well. On the surface, he was speaking for Wang Zhongsi, but in fact it was a slash that couldn't be more vicious.

Li Linfu, with a sweet mouth and a sword in his belly, lives up to his name.

The situation is so critical, Jie Shuai still ignores it, is he resigned to his fate, or does he have other plans?Xiao Yi thought about it, his heart was rolling up and down as if in boiling oil, the pain made him restless, finally put the letter in his arms, and went to Wang Zhongsi again.

The flags are like clouds on the colony field, the army is practicing, today the commander-in-chief is here, the sons and daughters are in agitated mood, they are extraordinarily attentive, the guns are like forests, horses are like dragons, and the shouts of killing are deafening.Wang Zhongsi was wearing heavy armor, standing on the high platform with his sword hilt in his hand, his face was hidden in the shadow of the helmet, and his expression could not be seen clearly.

All the generals stood in two squads behind Wang Zhongsi. Before Xiao Yi reached the high platform, Ge Shuhan had already seen him from a distance and beckoned him to go up. Xiao Yi went up to the high platform.

Xiao Yi has a good foundation in lightness kung fu, and his steps are usually brisk, but at this time he purposely stepped on his feet, stopped a step behind Wang Zhongsi, knelt on one knee and cupped his hands and said, "Jie Shuai."

Wang Zhongsi didn't turn his head, and said calmly: "You're here, get up."

Xiao Yi originally had thousands of words to say in his heart, but in this situation, he couldn't say a word, so he could only stand aside silently.

On the field, it was the duel between Li Xin and Zhao He, with Zhao He defending and Li Xin attacking.A large flag on the high ground is used as a mark, surrounded by chariots a hundred steps away from the large flag, representing the city wall.There are red flags all over the back and both wings of the highland to show that it is a desperate situation. It is not feasible. Only the front can be attacked, and the only flat land in front is Zhao Hebu's Queyue formation. A thousand heavy infantry are formed into a half-moon formation. Hugging the wall, [-] bowmen/crossbowmen were in the center, and [-] cavalry on each side were standing by in the rear. Li Xin led [-] cavalry to charge forward along a narrow path.

Li Xin's soldiers were three times that of Zhao He's, and the heavy cavalry was formidably strong, but they were defeated by a favorable location, and the battle array could not be deployed. Zhao He had few troops, and the mobility of the infantry was poor. There were only 200 flexible cavalry in total. , Too few, his main advantage is the difficult terrain and the formation.

Li Xin had charged several times, and the best one knocked Zhao He's left wing back a stone's throw, but Zhao He waved the flag and quickly changed formation, and the cavalry on the right broke through the formation, flying straight at the speed of thunder. Crossing towards Li Xin's left wing, Li Xin's left wing turned to meet him, Zhao He's cavalry suddenly changed direction and turned a big turn to the right, followed by Li Xin's left wing, and the two flanks confronted each other The cavalry continued to charge forward, but rushed to the rear of Li Xin's troops, far away from the main lineup, and Zhao He concentrated his troops by mobilizing bows/crossbowmen and heavy infantry , against the attack from the left wing, the left-wing cavalry came out around the formation, pounced on the empty left front of Li Xin's troops, cut Li Xin's formation from it, broke through the formation, took advantage of Li Xin's unstable position, turned around and charged again .Li Xin's troops were squeezed into a narrow space, and it was extremely difficult to change formation. They were rushed several times in a row, and the formation was already in chaos.

Wang Zhongsi signaled Xiao Yi to come forward, and asked: "You have also been with Li Xin for a while, let's talk about it, the front of the battlefield is the flattest, suitable for cavalry to charge, why doesn't Li Xin always fight the front?"

Xiao Yi had already seen clearly that what the colonel was simulating on the field at this time was the offensive and defensive battle of Shibao City, the battlefield was planned to be under the inner city of Shibao City, and his heart was agitated. , The frontal defense of General Zhao's troops is extremely tight, the bows/crossbowmen are defending in three sections, and the arrow array covers a range of nearly [-] steps, and the loss from the frontal charge is too great, so General Li wants to break through from the two wings."

Wang Zhongsi nodded slightly, and continued to ask: "Li Xin tried several times to break through the two wings but failed. Do you think he still has any chance?"

Xiao Yi was not in a hurry to answer, and looked carefully at the situation in the venue, Fang replied: "If it is limited to this position, General Li has no chance of winning, and the mobility of the cavalry cannot be used in this position. If not, his strength is not enough to push hard."

"What do you mean it's limited to this position?" Wang Zhongsi asked.

Xiao Yi pondered for a while, and then answered straightforwardly: "The villain thinks that to attack this high ground, there is not only the frontal road." He pointed to the high platform where Zhao He stood, "There, the terrain is even higher than the mark. , if a bow/crossbowman is condescending to shoot down, it can effectively suppress Zhao He's formation and facilitate our frontal attack."

In order to facilitate command, Zhao He built a high platform on the right side of the battle formation, and stood on the platform to command. This was originally outside the battle formation, which can be said to have jumped out of the original setting of the exercise.

Wang Zhongsi finally looked at Xiao Yi squarely, with deep meaning in his eyes, and said to the generals: "The way to break the formation is often outside the formation. I think, Xiao Yi's plan, some of you have thought about it, It’s only because there is no real high ground around Stone Castle City that is higher than it, so I gave up this idea.” He paused, “You are all generals in hundreds of battles, let’s talk about it, if you attack directly, the opponent’s defenders will Less than [-], how many people do we need to attack by force? How many casualties?"

After the actual battle in Shibao City, coupled with the continuous various simulation exercises in recent days, they already knew the answer in their minds about the comparison of the offensive and defensive forces of Shibao City, and they all replied: "At least [-]. Sixty thousand. Casualties, at least half of them.” The answer was surprisingly unanimous.

"3 to [-] people." Wang Zhongsi sighed deeply, "Our Longyou army is only [-] troops. If we want to take down Shibao City at this time, we have to lose most of the Longyou Army. , it is indeed a city of iron blades. You must keep in mind that our army can only map through such a dangerous pass slowly, and must not be too hasty. Tubo is guarding Shibao City, and the general Xin Nuoluo has repeatedly repelled our army's attacks over the years. The city, when he had rich experience in defending the city, he led a strong army to defend it. He continuously mobilized a large amount of armaments from the rear, and repaired the inside and outside of the stone castle like an iron cylinder. Relying on this, the Japanese army continued to send troops to plunder our Hehuang cattle and horses. food, to enrich the defense area of ​​Shibao City, but our army has no danger to defend near Shibao City, no city to rely on, so it is passively restrained. Now, our defense line of Jishi Mountain has begun to gradually build, Shenwei City in the desert, Yinglong City and other fortresses have also begun to see their scale. After our army builds a battle line with horns in the desert, strangles all the passages from Shibao City to the outside world, and cuts off the possibility of all the Tubo troops coming to help, the Tubo army will start looting again. There will also be our army blocking it at any time. At that time, Shibao City will gradually become an isolated city with no food inside and no reinforcements outside. At that time, it will be the time to formally attack Shibao City."

Wang Zhongsi is a deep and introverted person, and he seldom makes such a long speech. Today's analysis, with every detail, explained clearly how he planned to conquer Shibao City. Some thoughtful people listened to it, but felt a little bit in their hearts. disturbed.

Wang Zhongsi's following words made their uneasiness even deeper: "Ge Shu has always taken the lead in battle, and all the troops obeyed him. Unfortunately, his mind is not careful enough. This is not as good as Guang Bi. I can rest assured that Guang Bi will let him take the lead. Brother Shu should ask Zhao He more about everything, he and you are fast, slow, hard and soft, and you can complement each other."

The more Xiao Yi heard it, the more startled he became, and he was about to blurt out "Jie Shuai", but Wang Zhongsi waved his hand to stop him, and said softly: "I know you have something to tell me, but now is not the time. I'll go to the account."

The confrontation on the field of the colonel has been stalemate for a long time, the officers and soldiers are already hungry, but the commander-in-chief is still standing there straight, how can the generals retreat?

In the end, Li Xin was defeated and retreated in an all-round way. At this time, it was the second moment of Shenzheng.

Wang Zhongsi stood on the high platform, staring fixedly at the northwest, where the mist gradually grew.

Back in the big tent, Wang Zhongsi backed away, leaving only Xiao Yi with a faint smile: "You little friend, what did you say this time?"

Xiao Yi knelt and sat beside Shuai's case, looking at Jie Shuai, his Adam's apple rolled, but he couldn't speak for a while, so he simply took out the letter from his bosom and handed it to Wang Zhongsi.

Wang Zhongsi didn't reach out to take it, and said flatly: "I'm tired, I don't want to watch it, so just say it."

Xiao Yi answered "Yes" in a low voice, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Rong Xiang said that Li Linfu wrote a letter to excuse Jie Shuai, but his statement will arouse the Supreme Being's suspicion, and I am afraid that things will change."

Wang Zhongsi smiled very lightly: "Then what suggestion does he have this time?"

"He suggested...suggested..." Xiao Yi's heart was in a mess, and he said shyly, "He suggested that Jie Shuai should not make any explanations, but take the initiative to plead guilty and take all the responsibility for the defeat." He paused, He added in a low voice, "Little man, I don't understand why he suddenly said that."

Wang Zhongsi raised his hand and patted Xiao Yi's head: "You kid is a talent, Xiao Yi, you have to learn from him."

Xiao Yi was puzzled, looked at Wang Zhongsi: "Jie Shuai?"

Wang Zhongsi laughed very lightly again: "Although I have lived in the border for a long time, I managed to keep a bit of fireworks in the middle of the court." He took out a memorial that had already been written from his drawer , "This is my response to this matter."

The author has something to say: (Soldiers, major affairs of the country, place of death and life, way of survival, must be observed - "Sun Tzu's Art of War")

(Ancient Louzi, ancient pasta. It comes from "Tang Yulin" in the Song Dynasty: Shi Hao's family eats a catty of mutton, and a layer of cloth [supplemented with a layer of mutton stuffing] is used in giant Hubing [extra large Hubing] , in the middle [in the interlayer of Hubing], use pepper and black bean [douche], moisten it with crispness, put it in the oven and press it [stick the cake into the oven, bake it with fire], and eat it when the meat is half-cooked. It is called " Gulouzi". Looking at all kinds of delicious mutton pies, I am so greedy.)

（申正二刻——中国古代以十二地支表示一天的十二个时辰。每个时辰相当于现代的两个小时：子时是前一天的23时到第二天的1时，丑时是1-3时，寅时是3-5时，卯时是5-7时，辰时是7-9时，巳时是9-11时，午时是11-13时，未时是13-15时，申时是15-17时，酉时是17-19时，戌时是19-21时，亥时是21-23时。

Every hour is divided into "beginning" and "positive". "Chu" refers to the starting point of the time, such as "Zi Chu" refers to 23 o'clock; "Zheng" refers to the middle of the time, such as "Zi Zheng" refers to 24 o'clock.Each hour can be divided into eight quarters, the first four quarters are the upper four quarters, and the last four quarters are the lower four quarters.Each moment is thus equivalent to 15 minutes in modern times.

Shenshi refers to 15:17 to 15:16, therefore, "Shenchu" refers to 16:30, "Shenzheng" refers to [-]:[-], and "Shenzheng Second Quarter" refers to [-]:[-].

In ancient times, the army usually rolled their names at Mao, so it was called Dianmao. After the time of Dianmao, they had breakfast and then went out for exercises.Maoshi is 5-7 o'clock, it is early in the morning, and by 16:30 in the afternoon, normal people will be hungry.In wartime, sometimes the battle is stalemate, and there will be times when soldiers really have no choice/take turns to eat, and fight for more than ten hours at a stretch when they are hungry.If possible, officers usually let soldiers carry some dry food with them. When the battle slows down, they can use dry food to pad their stomachs. Especially for cavalry, they often stuff some edible things in their saddle bags.But it’s not tasty, like the Mongolian cavalry who like to use jerky that is so hard that they can’t get their teeth out. The so-called sweaty army rations that can be bought everywhere in Inner Mongolia are not as hard as the jerky back then.The army in the Central Plains often used dead dough pancakes, the most famous of which is Qi’s army’s light pancakes, as well as fried noodles. For example, the New Fourth Army used horse intestine-shaped cloth bags to stuff fried noodles with them during the march. Just melt into a bowl of paste.In short, it's not delicious.Modern soldiers should be happier. There are military canned food and all kinds of instant food. When I visited the Kiev a few years ago, I once ate a military canned meal. To be honest, it is better than dead pancakes. )

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