Chapter 45 Know yourself and know your enemy

On the field in early summer, the endless green shade is like a huge green blanket under the sky. The huge Taihang Mountains extend across the land of Zhao and extend to the south, stretching for thousands of miles like a giant dragon. It divides the northern part of the State of Zhao into two parts: east and west, and to the east, it is the land of Jinyang, the land of Zhao's dragon.

Dai County is located in the east of Taihang, which is one of the four counties set up by Zhao Yong when he was king. In the past, Zhao Xiangzi was a doctor of the State of Jin. He led the Zhao family's troops to attack the vassals at that time and swallowed all the land. Since then, the land has become the territory of the Zhao family, which is the northern barrier of the Zhao family's Central Plains territory. After Zhao Yong succeeded to the throne, he upgraded the generation to a generation county, ranking first among the four counties, and set up a separate generation to govern, ranking as the Zhongqing, far higher than the three counties of Yanmen, Yunzhong and Shangdang.

The importance of Dai County to the State of Zhao can be seen from this.

Daijun is connected to Yan and Zhongshan in the east, Taihang Mountain and Jinyang in the west, and the grassland occupied by nomadic tribes in the north. Dai County was attacked by the enemy on three sides. If it is lost, the State of Zhao will be in danger. Therefore, the monarchs of the State of Zhao will arrange heavy troops in Dai County to resist the invasion from the north.

Only in the 27th year of Zhao Yong, Zhao Yong, who was still the king of Zhao at that time, led the newly trained cavalry troops out of Dai County in the north and launched a huge offensive against the powerful Loufan and Linhu on the grassland. He broke the two parts of the Loufan Linhu, collected the two hometowns, and set up Yanmen and Yunzhong counties in the north, so as the State of Zhao. Barrier.

With Yunzhong and Yanmen counties as a barrier, Dai County no longer has to face the threat from the grassland directly, but concentrates on Yan and Zhongshan. After the rebellion of the State of Yan, its national strength declined greatly, and the position of King Yan was supported by Zhao Yong before he was able to enter the State of Yan. Therefore, in the past ten years, the two countries of Yan and Zhao have been closely related, and the State of Yan has also closely followed the pace of the State of Zhao in its attitude towards the countries. Although the two countries do not have the name of allies, they have the reality of allies. After more than ten years of beating by Zhao Yong, Zhongshan's national strength has gradually declined, and it has long been no longer the posture of the heyday. Over the years, it has also been closed and has never taken the initiative to provoke the State of Zhao.

When the crisis in Dai County is over, the residents in the country will gradually feel at ease. At the same time, the water and grass here are rich and beautiful, and there is the protection of the army of the State of Zhao, so there are continuous herdsmen flocking into Dai County to settle down, and even small tribes in the north often move south to the land, and the State of Zhao accepts it.

Therefore, there are more and more residents in Dai County, and Huhua is mixed. There are not only cities with farming civilization in the south, but also tribal groups of nomadic civilization in the north. Dai County slowly prospered. On the grassland outside the city, there were tents, herdsmen waving whips to drive the sheep, and women kneeling in front of the cows and milking milking, which were full of vitality.

Suddenly, there were dull thunder from the horizon, and dark clouds suddenly gushed out at the end of the endless grassland. The hound raised his ears vigilantly, and the herdsman on the horse's back stretched out his neck and looked into the distance with a worried face.

The thunder approached, and a black line came out of the grassland in the distance. It was not a thunder in the sky, but a galloping horse's hoof. In a moment, tens of thousands of cavalry rushed nearby. The herdsmen looked at the 'Zhao' flag raised high in the army, and then breathed a sigh of relief and let go of their long-awaited hearts.

This is the elite cavalry of the State of Zhao, but I don't know who led it this time.

The army arrived in an instant like the roar of the sea. The herdsmen had no time to drive away the sheep and dodged, so they had to stand in the distance and dare not move. Fortunately, Zhao Junjun was extremely disciplined and trained with excellent riding skills. Although it was a fast-speed gallop, it was not chaotic at all. He almost wiped the herdsman and the sheep and roared by without any injury. The shields, swords and crossbows hanging on the war horse Ma'anshan are all available. The knights have serious expressions one by one. The tall horses beat their noses and gasp in the Mercedes-Benz, which is a tiger's division.

This army is 20,000 elite cavalry stationed in Yunzhong and Yanmen for many years. Half a month ago, the master mobilized all of them to the south. What is the same army with more than 10,000 relatives with him? 30,000 iron horses rushed to Dai County to join the upcoming battle to destroy Zhongshan.

In the distance, I saw a horse flying. It was the vanguard of the Zhao army. A Zhao general in the army suddenly stopped his rein and raised his hand to signal his subordinates to stop. Behind him came the official's hissing shout: "Stop moving forward and stand by."

When the 30,000 troops heard the order, they almost stopped the horse in the gap separated by the ranks like clouds and flowing water. The whole army suddenly stopped, and there was no obstruction at all.

The scout galloped, and Zhao Yong urged the horse to go up, and Zhao Xin and others followed closely behind him.

The Hongliang voice sounded in front of the army, "Lord, there is a large group of cavalry in front of him. There are about 5,000 people. It is my Zhao Jun's banner, and his costume is no different from my Zhao Jun."

Zhao Yong nodded, his face was as calm as water, and he said to Zhao Xin without looking back: "Sent our military order, the whole army is ready for war."

Zhao Xin behind him was stunned when he heard the words. He was stunned for a while before he came to his senses. He turned his horse's head and ran to loudly convey the military order to the ministries. In my heart, I really don't think so. This has come to the hinterland of the State of Zhao, and the opposite side is also Zhao Zhang, who is also the son of Zhao's army. Why do you have to prepare for the war?

In the distant sky, a dark cloud slowly gushed out, and 5,000 cavalry surged out. Seeing that the opposite army was waiting, they slowly stopped and stopped in place.

The army on the opposite side is a wild goose array, which is a common formation for cavalry. The 30,000 troops are based on the Chinese army, and the left and right wings are sorted backwards. If they attack, the powerful cavalry on the left and right wings encircles the enemy's two wings, using the mobility and long-range attack power of the cavalry to shoot the enemy's main force on a large scale, and then cooperate with the breakthrough of the main force of the Chinese army, aiming to annihilate the enemy in one stroke.

Now the opposing army with several times more advantages than itself has set up a wild goose array, which undoubtedly puts Zhao Zhang's troops in the midst of applause. Life and death are in the hands of the other party. Even if the horse falls, it is too late to escape.

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Zhao Gu urged him to line up side by side with Zhao Zhang. His eyes were frightened and surprised; "What does the master mean?"

Zhao Zhang laughed and looked disapproving. He turned around and ordered, "Sect our military order, and the whole army will form a fish scale array."

Compared with the roundabout encircled of the wild geese array, the power of the fish scale array is to concentrate its forces and launch a fierce attack on the center of the enemy, so as to deal with the weak defense ability of the wild geese.

"No." The messenger took the order loudly, and the horse flew quickly to pass the order. Zhao Gu, who was beside him, was stunned and lost his voice. "Sir, what are you going to do?"

When welcoming the master's father, he made an offensive gesture. If he was known by people, he would sue them for treason. If Zhao Zhang was the eldest son of the master, Zhao would have ordered to stop it.

When Zhao Zhang saw that Zhao Gu was panicked, he couldn't help laughing. Tian Boli, who had not yet opened his mouth, explained with a smile and said, "Don't panic. The master father and the prince are just array to meet the enemy in accordance with the principle of marching. It is not hostile to prevent being taken advantage of."

Zhao Zhang nodded and said with a smile on his face, "What Tian Sima said is very true. His father governs the army rigorously and has never made any mistakes, so he is like facing the enemy. The prime minister can rest assured that it won't take long for my father's messenger to come back and call you and me to welcome you.

Zhao Gu saw that Zhao Zhang and Tian were not polite and their relaxed voice was not like hypocrisy. Only then did he make up his mind and smiled with the echo. Just as he was about to speak, he saw that several horses had come out of the opposite army, and his armor were all in the style of Yulin.

"Here we go." Zhao Zhang shouted in a low voice, and then urged the horse to go out with Zhao Gu and Tian Boli and greeted him.

I only saw that the one who came was four riders, and the one who came was a teenager. Although his appearance still looked a little immature, his eyebrows were extraordinary.

The teenager saw that Zhao Zhang and the three of them came out to greet each other. The leading Zhao Zhang's eyebrows were very similar to that of the master's father, so he had guessed that it was the prince's seal, so he came forward to strangle the rein and bowed the horse's hand on the right; "Zhao Xin, the captain of Beizhen Yulin, participate in the prince's seal."

Zhao Zhang nodded with a smile, stared at Zhao Xin for a moment, and said with a very interested smile, "Are you Zhao Xin? Sure enough, young hero, no wonder my father praises you so much.

Hearing Zhao Zhang's praise, Zhao Gu and Tian were rude and couldn't help looking at Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin looked as usual, but he just arched his hand and smiled, "Thank you for your praise. If you are extraordinary in terms of martial arts, who can compare with you?" The prince had already fought in the battlefield when he was only twelve years old. He beheaded more than ten people. He was a general. He broke through Zhongshan, killed the general of Zhongshan Hengwu, and captured three cities. He repeatedly made great contributions to Zhao people. When I followed my master, I often heard that the master was brave in advance. When I saw him today, he was really heroic.

Hearing Zhao Xin talking about his pride, Zhao Zhang couldn't help laughing. He was quite useful in his heart. He had some good impression on Zhao Xin, a boy, and smiled gently and said, "The business is important. Is your father in the army now?"

Zhao Xin nodded, straightened his waist and said with a straight face: "The master's words, summon the prince Zhang and the prime minister Zhao Gu to meet him."

"No." Zhao and Zhang hurriedly saluted and received the order. Zhao Xin looked at Zhao Gu and asked, "I've offended you. Do you dare to ask if you are the prime minister Zhao Gu?"

"Exact" Zhao Gu said with a smile.

Seeing Zhao Xin looking at himself, Tian's face was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Zhao Zhang began to relieve the siege for him: "This is Ma Tian's march in the army. I'm going to introduce him to my father. Can Lieutenant Zhao have any objection?"

After saying that, the tiger's eyes came, and the momentum was overwhelming. Zhao Xin didn't want to conflict with him, so he lowered his head and arched his hand. "The prince laughed. Since he is the person you introduced, how dare you block him? Please follow me to avoid the Lord's waiting."

When Zhao Zhang saw Zhao Xin's knowledge, he smiled and said politely, "Viove, Lieutenant Zhao, please lead the way." Then he followed Zhao Xin to the opposite army.