When there is much running about

Every man hastening to his proper place under his own regimental

banner.

and the soldiers fall into rank,

I follow the _T‘u Shu_ in omitting 車 after 兵. Tu Mu quotes the

_Chou Li_, ch. xxix. fol. 31: 車驟徒趨及表乃止.

it means that the critical moment has come.

What Chia Lin calls 晷刻之期, as opposed to 尋常之期.

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