The first rays of the morning sun shone on the Muye. A gentle breeze blew across the vast grassland, causing it to ripple like a blue wave.
Today was a good day, but a war that was destined to go down in history was about to begin here.
The Muye was the wilderness for grazing animals. This was the largest pasture outside of Zhaoge City. Normally, there were herds of cows and sheep, and wild cows, antelopes, and elk could be seen everywhere. However, with the arrival of the war, the solemn atmosphere caused the wild animals in the Muye to avoid the battlefield.
The low sound of war drums reverberated through the Muye, causing the atmosphere to become even more tense.
"Dong dong dong dong …"
Amidst the war drums, the supervising officers of King Zhou's slave army waved their flags and shouted out orders. "Advance!" “
The supervising officers rode on their horses, with a few soldiers beside them. They urged the slave army to advance. The soldiers waved their whips, causing the whips to crack in the air, urging the slave army to advance. In front of the supervising officers was an army of more than two hundred thousand slaves, who had been urgently gathered from outside Zhaoge City.
Xia Pingan was in the middle of the slave army.
At this moment, Xia Pingan's heart was not filled with fear, but with excitement.
This was because he had finally proven one thing. In ancient Huaxia, the giant race did exist, and they coexisted with the human race.
In ancient Huaxia, the giants were not called giants, but Changren.
There were many records about the giants in ancient Huaxia history books. According to legend, when Yu The Great was controlling the flood, he subdued the giant race and had them help him control the flood.
Qin Shi Huang also had a giant general under his command, Weng Zhong.
Wang Mang had also subdued a giant general when he usurped the Han Dynasty. That giant general was called a giant, and he was Wang Mang's number one general.
The New Book of Tang was the official history book, and there were records about the giants. It said, "The people of Changren are thirty feet long, with sawtooth and foal claws. They are covered in black fur and do not eat fire." The giants did not know how to make fire, and they would eat people. They kidnapped women and threatened the borders of the country. In the secret history, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Han Dynasty had sent troops to the north several times because of the Changren tribe.
The last time the giants appeared in Huaxia history was during the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty's Chenghua period, the soldiers of the Jiangsu Navy met with danger at sea and landed on a small island on a boat. They saw giants on that island. The giants chased the soldiers, and the soldiers escaped on a boat. During the fight, a Ming soldier cut off a giant's finger... the finger, which was one foot and four inches long... and was kept to be kept in the Jiading treasury.
As for the archaeology community, it was said that the remains of giants had been discovered all over the world.
In his previous life, Xia Pingan had searched for traces of giants all over the world. By chance, he had seen a giant's leg bone.
Xia Pingan saw the giant in the midst of King Zhou's army.
There were eighteen giants!
The giants were seven to eight meters tall, and they were under the banner of King Zhou of Shang's army.
In the distance, as long as one turned their head, they would be able to see the eighteen giants. There was a burning bonfire in front of the eighteen giants, and they were holding red-hot wooden stakes in their hands. They were letting out waves of roars, looking very majestic and frightening.
In front of those giants, there were several military formations. In those military formations, there were 24 strongmen who could lift boulders weighing more than 500 kilograms. Those 24 strongmen were also giants, but they weren't as tall as the ones who were holding bronze sticks. In front of them were huge boulders.
In front of the twenty-four giants, there were three thousand bare-armed warriors who could lift a whole bull!
In front of the three thousand giants, there were five thousand soldiers who carried javelins on their backs. They moved as if they were flying, and their javelins never missed!
In front of the five thousand giants, there were tens of thousands of soldiers under King Zhou of Shang. The tens of thousands of soldiers were divided into several large formations.
In front of the tens of thousands of soldiers, there were Xia Pingan and the other slave soldiers!
The number of slave soldiers was the largest, more than two hundred thousand!
The black mass of slave soldiers was like a tide. Under the urging of the military commanders, they slowly moved forward with their spears and halberds.
Some of the slaves only held sharpened wooden sticks as spears. Xia Pingan's body was strong, so he was given a halberd.
Xia Pingan held a halberd in his hand. The halberd had a three-meter-long wooden shaft, and its copper head was very sharp.
Restlessness, unease, and tension spread through the slave army.
Not long after, the Martial King's army also appeared in front of them. It was a black mass.
In terms of numbers, King Wu's army did not have as many people as King Zhou of Shang. However, there were many vassal banners in King Wu's army. At a glance, there were hundreds of vassal banners of various colors. Among them, there were eight vassal banners that stood out on both sides of the largest "Zhou" banner.
Xia Pingan looked over and saw that there was a word on each of the eight banners: "Yong", "Shu", "Qiang", "Wei", "Wei", "Yi", "Lu", "Lu", "Peng", and "Yi". Each word represented a vassal state.
Legend had it that when King Wu of Zhou conquered Zhou of Shang, he had eight hundred vassals to help him. Now, it seemed that he did not have eight hundred, but there were at least a few hundred vassals. According to the standards of this era, some of the vassals' territories could only be a few villages. When they brought out their banners, they could be considered a state. This could strengthen King Wu's army.
However, the most important vassals were the eight vassals. This was the earliest "Eight-Vassal Alliance" in the history of China.
Although the vassal states of "Qiang", "Wei", "Yi", "Yi", "Lu", "Peng", and "Yi" were dressed strangely, but it was nothing special. Xia Pingan's gaze landed on the Shu army under the "Shu" banner.
From afar, he could see that the soldiers under the "Shu" banner all wore strange copper masks. The copper masks had protruding eyes, which looked exactly like the strange copper masks found at the Three Stars Mound.
Behind King Wu's army, there were also giants holding large wooden stakes.
The two armies stopped about one li apart.
The atmosphere in the entire Muye Field was tense to the extreme at this moment.
Facing King Wu's army, King Zhou of Shang's slave army was still restless …
The supervisors rode on their horses and ran back and forth behind the slave army. Occasionally, they would wave the whips in their hands and roar loudly.
"Steady … Steady … All slave soldiers, listen to my orders. When King Wu's army moves, all of you will rush forward …"
In those boring movies and TV series, when the generals of the two armies met on the battlefield, they would always exchange a few words. However, that was actually nonsense. In this kind of battlefield, no matter how hard you shouted, only the people around you could hear you. It would be very difficult to hear you if you were a hundred meters away.
The distance between the two armies was about one li. The commotion within the army and the neighing of the horses and carriages had completely drowned out the surrounding noises.
On the battlefield, the only things that could be communicated were flags, drums, and horns.
Xia Pingan, who was in the crowd, tried his best to look down at the "Zhou" banner on King Wu's side. However, he could only vaguely see a group of fierce warriors standing under the banner with shields in their hands. There were also some generals riding on horses. Behind those generals, there was a carriage with a group of armored guards next to it. There seemed to be a few figures on the carriage.
They should be King Wu, Jiang Taigong, and the others.
As for King Zhou of Shang's army, it was the same. King Zhou's carriage was behind the army and was heavily guarded. From afar, one could only see a banner fluttering in the wind. It was impossible to see what King Zhou and Daji looked like from here.
The stalemate between the two sides did not last long. Suddenly, a horn sounded from King Wu's army. In the sound of the horn, a banner with the word "Lu" flew out from the crowd of fluttering banners. A general riding on a horse led a cavalry of more than a thousand men and charged towards King Zhou of Shang's army.
King Wu had begun his attack.
Looking at the word "Lu", Xia Pingan knew that the first general sent out by King Wu's side was Lu Wang.
The history books recorded that Lu Wang was the first to move. It seemed to be true. Lu Wang was so brave that he might be Lu Bu's ancestor.
Seeing the cavalry charging towards them, King Zhou of Shang's slave army became even more restless. Some of the slaves showed fear on their faces. Some of them turned their heads to look at the supervisors behind them with hatred in their eyes.
"Charge … Charge … Charge …" The supervisors' eyes turned red as they roared. A few slaves wanted to retreat out of fear, but the supervisors took out their swords and killed them.
If they did not act now, when would they?
The slave army of more than a hundred thousand was only a spark away from victory!
He was that spark!
Xia Pingan did not say a word. He turned around, held his spear, and charged towards the nearest supervisor on horseback. With just one charge, the supervisor was stabbed down from his horse.
The surrounding slaves were all stunned.
The soldiers beside the supervisors were also stunned.
They never thought that the slaves would resist!
"Brothers, King Zhou of Shang is tyrannical. He oppressed and killed countless of our brothers and family members. Are we still going to work for him at this time? Are we going to let those nobles continue to ride on our heads? Are we going to be buried with them? Are we going to use our children to build the foundations of their palaces? Everyone, follow me and kill those bastards …"
Xia Pingan roared. Before the soldiers beside the supervisor could react, he brandished his long spear and chopped down a soldier's neck, cutting down another one.
The slave soldiers were awakened. Seeing someone taking the lead, those slaves who had long been restless and full of hatred instantly rushed towards those senior officers behind them and stabbed those senior officers off their horses with their long halberds and long spears.
One spread to ten, ten spread to a hundred, and a hundred spread to a thousand …
The slave army of more than a hundred thousand instantly became restless and all of them roared.
With red eyes, the slave soldiers turned around and charged towards the supervisors behind them.
Thousands of spears and spears turned around and aimed at those people who usually rode roughshod over the slave soldiers and built the foundations of their palaces. However, in times of war, they pushed the slave soldiers into the battlefield and made the slave soldiers risk their lives to protect their wealth.
Did those people think that the slave soldiers were worse than dogs?
"Kill King Zhou! Kill those bastards who ride on our heads …"
"Kill those bastards who build the foundations of their palaces with our flesh and blood …"
"Kill them …"
The enmity that the slave soldiers usually suppressed burst out. The few Overseers in front of Xia Pingan didn't even need to wait for Xia Pingan to make a move before they were turned into meat paste by the thousands of spears.
The slave army of more than a hundred thousand turned around like a tide and pointed their weapons at King Zhou's army. They roared and charged towards King Zhou's army …
At this moment, the drums and horns of King Wu's army thundered. Right behind Lu Wang's cavalry, King Wu's army charged towards King Zhou's army with a deafening roar.
In King Zhou's army of Shang Dynasty, the tens of thousands of King Zhou's soldiers behind the two hundred thousand slave soldiers were dumbfounded when they saw the slave army in front of them turn around and charge at them. Their psychological defenses crumbled instantly.
Some of the dukes on King Zhou's side were the first to turn around and run.
When the dukes on King Zhou's side ran with their soldiers, the tens of thousands of soldiers' formation loosened. Their morale instantly collapsed like an avalanche …
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