Handan Zao did not come alone. He finally brought the three hundred customers he had been talking about in front of Zhao Kuo. Handan Zao had practiced this way of appearance for a long time, just to show off to Zhao Kuo, whom he admired most.
It left a profound impact on him, and he often tormented his horse. In his courtyard, he imagined how he would rein in the horse domineeringly, and kept trying.
Even once, when he was practicing reining in the horse, the horse raised its front hooves and almost trampled Zhao Li to death, who had just walked out of the door to inquire about the situation. Without saying anything, Zhao Li gave him a hard beating, which hit him hard.
He couldn't get up for two days, but as soon as he recovered, he couldn't help but try again. Now this domineering appearance is very consistent with his inner fantasy. The boy is very happy, but he seems to be a little too happy. The horse raises its hooves,
Handan Zao failed to control his body and fell off the horse.
He rolled around on the ground a few times, and just when several old soldiers nearby were about to rescue him, Handan Zao jumped up, patted the dirt on his body, smiled awkwardly, and explained: "Seeing Ma Fuzi is too much.
Excited." He waved his hand, and a group of retainers led horses and appeared behind him. Perhaps these people were not retainers at all. Zhao Kuo stood on the general stage and could see clearly that most of these were young people.
They are about the same age as Handan Zao. They are wearing armor and helmets, and they are not dressed like ordinary people at all. Most of these are the noble sons of Handan. Only those standing at the back are their disciples. These young men do not have many disciples at all.
At this moment, they were all following Handan Zao, looking excitedly at Zhao Kuo in the distance, "He's really a mafuzi, he's really majestic!"
"Zhao Guo'erlang should follow people like Ma Fuzi to fight on the battlefield!"
Zhao Kuo's eyes lit up, and he waved to Handan Zao from a distance. Handan Zao was overjoyed. Amidst the envious eyes of many young people, he ran towards the general platform. He just rushed to the general platform and wanted to go up.
Wang Fan directly pulled out his dagger and blocked his way. Wang Fan's eyes widened and his expression was fierce. Handan Zao was stunned for a moment, but then he realized what he was doing and hurriedly bowed to Zhao Kuo under the general stage and said:
"Handan Zao pays homage to the general!"
"What do you want to do here?"
"We people have been waiting for the opportunity to follow you. Now that the Yan thieves have invaded, it is the time when you can use us. We people have learned martial arts since childhood and can ride horses and shoot bows. Please allow us to follow you.
Let's stay by your side! We are all willing to fight to the death for you!" Handan Zao said seriously. Zhao Kuo laughed, looked at Handan Zao and said seriously: "Okay, I happen to have something important that needs manpower.
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"Please give me your orders, General!!" Handan Zao was so excited that his whole body trembled.
In the granary of the campus, Handan Zao looked blankly at the bamboo slips in his hands, and then at the corn piled in front of him. He finally turned his head and looked at Zhao Kuo standing beside him, "General, what you said is important.
Is this what matters?"
Zhao Kuo said seriously: "Sun Tzu said: If you can thoroughly understand the situation of both the enemy and ourselves, you can be invincible in a war. Now we have no way to explore the situation of the Yan people, but if we can't even
We don’t know anything about the condition of the soldiers or the situation of food and fodder, so how can we fight the war? There are not many literate people in the army, and the same is true for my retainers. The second and third sons can write. I gave this order because of the things that the second and third sons are good at.
Order, is it allowed to disobey the general's order in the military ranks?"
Handan Zao shook his head hastily. He seemed to have learned something, and said seriously: "I will complete the verification of the grain and grass seriously, please don't worry."
Zhao Kuo nodded and then walked out. The people brought by Handan Zao were all arranged by him to verify the soldiers and provisions. It happened that he did not have many available people under his command. After making these arrangements, Zhao Kuo
Kuo returned to his house. Speaking of which, his residence was not the yurt-like tent he had seen in movies and TV series, but an ordinary house built on the school grounds.
Sitting in this house, Zhao Kuo placed the map sent by Yu Qing on the table and read it carefully.
After more than an hour of this, the status of the soldiers was verified first. Although the Zhao people have not popularized "identity cards" like the Qin people, when officials recruit them, they will bring a certificate similar to the recruitment certificate, which says
The names, birthplaces, ages, etc. of the soldiers were divided into two pieces. One piece was taken away by the officials, and the other was left with the soldiers. It would be much more convenient for the soldiers to verify after they arrived.
Therefore, Wang Fan quickly came to Zhao Kuo, holding a bamboo slip, and reported to him the situation of the soldiers in the army. There were 6,235 soldiers. Wang Fan was a serious man. Even if he was down and out, he was a noble man.
He did not abandon his accent. In the mellow Handan noble accent, he gave more detailed information. For example, the equipment of these 6,000 soldiers only included more than 300 bows sent by King Zhao, and some of them were about to break.
He had 2,300 spears, and the rest could only use short swords.
There was also the physical condition of the soldiers. Wang Fan carefully observed these soldiers. Among them, there were only a few hundred who could march quickly wearing armor and weapons. Wang Fan said, just let them surround
After running around the school field for a few times, they were out of breath and collapsed on the ground. Ge listened carefully and couldn't help but grinned and said: "Our superior is wise, he knows that our soldiers can't run.
, deliberately did not send armor and shields to avoid increasing their burden."
Zhao Kuo glared at him and then said to Wang Fan: "Please go help Handan Zao and verify the food situation."
Wang Fan took the order and left here with Ge. After they left, Zhao Kuo sat down and sighed helplessly. How could he defeat a hundred thousand Yan people with just these soldiers? Soon, they
While Zhao Kuo was thinking about ways to defeat the enemy, Handan Zao and Wang Fan came in and reported on the situation of grain and grass. The situation of grain and grass was always better. King Zhao sent 49,800 stones of millet, six
Thousands of people need to consume about 12,000 shi of food per month, so these 50,000 shi are enough for the soldiers for four months.
Zhao Kuo led everyone out of the house. The soldiers seemed a little undisciplined. They gathered together in twos and threes and chatted. Handan Zao was about to scold him, but Zhao Kuo stopped him. Zhao Kuo was thinking about their organization.
The question is, the establishment of Zhao State itself has ten thousand people as the army's left and right generals, five thousand as the division generals, and one thousand people as the brigade captain. Below that, there are a hundred people as the chief uncle, and half a hundred people as the pawn commander. How long?
Captain, wait.
In other words, Zhao Kuo demoted himself from General Zuo to General Pi through cutting. According to Zhao's establishment, these 6,000 people can be divided into six brigades, and Zhao Kuo can appoint five captains to command. But
The problem is that Zhao Kuo does not have enough talents to hold the position of captain.
The captain was responsible for many things, from logistics and transportation to road construction, and he could still lead troops to fight alone. Zhao Kuo didn't think anyone under his command had such ability, so he thought for a long time before looking at Handan Zao
, these aristocratic young men brought by Handan Zao, although they are not very old, they are educated and have read a lot of books. They may be more suitable to serve as officers than those rough guys who are illiterate.
He ordered: "Please ask the two or three sons to select the strongest men in the army. Five men will be the corps commanders, ten men will be the captains, and fifty men will be the pawn commanders." Handan Zao was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "What about the uncle and the captain?"
", Zhao Kuo was speechless, and Ge shouted angrily: "You still want to arrange a captaincy? Why don't you come and worship Shaojun and become a general?" Handan Zao scratched his head, smiled, and ran away in a hurry.
go out.
Zhao Kuo's retainers and young nobles began to pace back and forth in the queue, selecting one by one, and occasionally making noises, but there were disputes. The young people were always full of energy and never felt tired.
Because they had no experience in this field, the selection was a mess at first, and Handan Zao was so anxious that he almost cried. But these veterans had experience, and they proposed to make arrangements according to their original status in the military.
Handan Zao agreed, but what he didn't expect was that many of these people had served as pawn commanders or even chiefs in the army. They were all former elites in the army, and their combat effectiveness had certainly declined.
A lot, but in terms of experience, it is definitely not what Handan Zao can match. After they elected themselves, those who had previously served as corps commanders were appointed as corps commanders, and those who had previously served as corps commanders were appointed as corps commanders, and so on.
Like the Qin State, the Zhao State often convenes local people for training. During wars, these people are often organized together. Therefore, most of the veterans here know each other and have even served together.
When everyone stood up again according to the current organization, they finally showed their experience. Finally, they began to look like a real army.
But this was not enough. Handan Zao and others looked at Zhao Kuo eagerly. Of course, they were waiting for the position of captain. Zhao Kuo said seriously: "Let a hundred people be the chief of the country, and five hundred people be the chief of the village."
Everyone was shocked, and Handan Zao hurriedly asked: "Tuen? Isn't this the establishment of the Qin State? We are Zhao people, how can we use the establishment of the Qin people?"
Ge Leng snorted and said: "Is that sword on your waist a sword from the State of Qi? There is also the word Qi on the scabbard. You, a Zhao man, can use the sword of the State of Qi, but the general cannot use the sword of the State of Qin.
Has it been established? If you are not convinced, go to Xianyang to complain to the King of Qin, and say that Ma Fuzi embezzled Qin's establishment!"
