Chapter 201: Dune Coup

As night fell, the old general ordered the coalition troops to camp in place and cook, while he himself stood outside the carriage and hesitated, not knowing whether he should go in to see Wu Qi or not.

The fear in his heart always made him feel a sense of fear for Wu Qi, a young man who looked thin and weak, and he couldn't explain it clearly.

He is also a veteran who has fought many battles, and the lives in his hands are countless, although he is not ruthless, but in front of the young man named Wu Qi, he can't raise his momentum.

is also a native of Wei, and it stands to reason that the relationship between the old general and Wu Qi should not be too bad in this coalition.

However, this unknown sense of fear made the old general dare not go to Wu Qi frequently to talk about the military situation.

After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, the old general finally opened the curtain and lowered his head, not knowing how to say the first sentence to Wu Qi.

"The old general is here, what's the matter?"

Wu Qi seemed to see that the old general was wrong, pursed his lips and chuckled, at this time he was lazy and half-lying in the carriage, and the military book in his hand still did not let go.

"Old man, old man is nothing serious, that is, I just want to ask the adult, what do the adults mean by what they said before."

The old general didn't dare to raise his head, and he still couldn't face the young man Wu Qi.

The fear that this young man brought to him was estimated to take a long time to dissipate.

"What's the point, if the old general wants to ask again, the kid can only explain to the old general."

After Wu Qi finished speaking, he patted the other cushion in the carriage with one hand.

The old general naturally understood what Wu Qi meant, and carefully stepped on the pedal into the carriage, sat on the cushion, and patiently waited for Wu Qi's explanation.

Wu Qi pursed his lips and chuckled, put down the military book in his hand, and said with a bit of mockery in his tone

"Have you ever heard of the old general, Hu Dao Cavalry and, Zhao Guo Hu Cavalry."

The old general didn't understand Wu Qi's words, and asked with some confusion

What do you mean by that? Hu Dao Cavalry and Zhao Guo Hu Cavalry, aren't they the same army? ”

Seeing the old general's answer, Wu Qi's smile grew stronger, although his eyes did not change, but in the old general's opinion, he realized that his understanding should be wrong, and it was not a little wrong.

Sure enough, Wu Qi patiently explained the difference between the two with the old general.

The prosperity of the cavalry of Zhao State began to flourish during the reign of King Zhao Wuling, the sixth ancestor of Zhao State.

After the three families were divided, the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han were strong in the early days of the country, and they also had some right to speak in the Central Plains Continent, but the good times did not last long, and the third king of Zhao during the reign of Zhao Yan Wang because of his various decisions and self-righteous temperament, led to a huge mistake in the foreign wars of Zhao, resulting in heavy losses in the army, and a serious regression in national strength, which almost led to the removal of Zhao from the Central Plains Continent since then.

The later generations of Zhao Wang, the king of Zhao, worked hard to slowly develop Zhao's own national strength, but because of the period of King Zhao Su, the alliance of Zhao, Wei and Han broke down, and the Wei army pressed Zhao, so that in the end, Zhao could only cede land and pay compensation, and some of the national strength that had just been restored was lost in this war.

King Su of Zhao also fell seriously ill because of this incident, and finally entrusted the state of Zhao to the sixth king of Zhao, that is, King Wuling of Zhao, before he died.

After King Zhao Wuling ascended the throne, he pretended to be friendly with Wei, secretly fornicated with Korea, and plotted to steal Wei, and then King Zhao Wuling at that time keenly discovered the powerful mobility of the cavalry.

At that time, the Central Plains Continent was sparsely cavalry, and most of them were still dominated by chariots.

And King Wuling of Zhao was keenly aware of the suppression of the cavalry on the battlefield, so he ordered and decided to form a cavalry team of 2,000 people.

This cavalry team is the predecessor of the Hu Dao Cavalry.

Although the cavalry team was formed, the next problem arose, the Central Plains countries did not have any experience in horsemanship, and if they learned cavalry tactics from the Northern Gen Kingdom, they would lead wolves into the room.

Although it is easy to learn cavalry tactics from the Beigen Kingdom, it will also attract the Beigen Kingdom to covet the Central Plains Continent, you must know that the Beigen Empire at that time was in the period of the Central Plains, and it did not mind the consequences of incorporating the Central Plains Continent into its own territory.

Even if the three families were divided, the monarchs of the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han clearly understood that the Beigen Kingdom in the north and the Nanli Kingdom in the south must not introduce them into the Central Plains.

No matter how incompetent the monarchs of the three countries are, they all have a united front in this matter.

Therefore, the idea of learning cavalry tactics from the Northern Gen Kingdom could only be forced to be dismissed.

On the mainland, apart from the Northern Gen Kingdom, who else has matured cavalry tactics?

It was obviously in front of Zhao Guo.

Hu Ride.

As a result, King Wuling of Zhao ordered reforms, introduced the cavalry tactics of the Hu people against public opinion, and hired many warriors from the Hu people to serve in the Zhao State, and even spent a lot of gold and silver to buy a lot of fine war horses from the Hu people.

Hu Dao rode at this time, and it was at this time that he really stepped on the stage of the Central Plains.

Zhao was naturally very reluctant to his own king at that time, so he abandoned the chariot and introduced what war horses instead?

But then the iron-like fact was in front of him, King Wuling of Zhao personally led three thousand Hu Dao cavalry, raided seven battles and seven turns overnight, and finally wiped out the North Central Kingdom that had just had the image of revival with only three thousand Hu Dao cavalry.

Whether it was a chariot or something, as long as there were real achievements in front of them, they who benefited from this battle became a large supporter of the rest of King Zhao Wuling's reforms.

After the reform of Hufu, the cavalry of Zhao abandoned their armor and replaced them with Hufu of the Hu people, specializing in equestrianism and riding and archery.

The rangers are a product of the cavalry of the Zhao State after the Hufu reform.

Similarly, it was precisely because of the appearance of this ranger that the prestige of the iron cavalry of the Beigen Empire was severely frustrated.

But although the national strength of Zhao State was rapidly restored in this way, King Zhao Wuling was not like this.

The first queen of King Wuling of Zhao gave birth to Zhao Zhang, the crown prince of Zhao State, for him, but the first queen also died after giving birth to Prince Zhang.

King Wuling of Zhao was once mourned, and at the same time, he also crowned his son Zhang as the crown prince.

But later, the second queen of King Zhao Wuling also gave birth to a son for King Zhao Wuling, Zhao He.

Similarly, a few years after Zhao He was born, the second queen of King Zhao Wuling also died of serious illness, because of the shame of the second queen, King Zhao Wuling ordered the abolition of the crown prince Zhang, and instead made Zhao He the crown prince, and sent his own trusted ministers to teach Zhao He, so that the abolished prince Zhang could take care of Zhao He.

In the end, after Zhao He grew up, he naturally took over part of the authority of King Zhao Wuling and became the monarch, only one step away from King Zhao's position.

But at this time, King Zhao Wuling, who was nearly fifty years old, looked at the deposed former prince Zhao Zhang, although he was deposed, but he had no complaints over the years, and he did his best to take care of his younger brother Zhao He, and he also selflessly honored himself, and King Zhao Wuling's heart regretted his impulsiveness back then.

After thinking about it, King Wuling of Zhao decided to give the northernmost county of Zhao to the abolished prince Zhao Zhang and named him the acting king.

But this move caused Zhao He's dissatisfaction, and Zhao He invited his cronies to discuss it and decided to launch a coup d'état.

Zhao He secretly controlled the Zhao army and temporarily lurked, but Zhao Zhang, after learning the meaning of his father, summoned the courtiers around King Zhao Wuling and plotted to attack Zhao He first.

However, the matter was revealed, Zhao He gathered a large army to attack the Zhao Palace, with Hu Dao Cavalry as the main force, and effortlessly captured the Zhao Palace, and captured Zhao Zhang.

Because he was worried that the rumors would be unfavorable to him, Zhao He ordered the Hu Dao Cavalry to surround the palace dunes of his father, King Zhao Wuling.

King Zhao Wuling saw the Hu Dao rider surrounded by the palace, and his heart was already cold.

However, what happened later made this King Zhao unimaginable.

The cronies beside Zhao He gave him a plan, put the Hu Dao Horse outside the Dune Palace and shouted to the palace, so that everyone in the palace could come out, and he would invite King Zhao Wuling back to the palace as a monarch.

King Zhao Wuling believed it, because he thought that since the matter had come to this, he could only accept his fate, but after everyone in the palace went out, King Zhao Wuling could not go out.

Because the bearded knife rider was blocked at the gate of the palace and held a long bow, they let everyone out, but only King Zhao Wuling could only stay in the Dune Palace and could not go out.

At this time, King Zhao Wuling panicked, he no longer knew what kind of thing his son would do.

However, what happened next made King Zhao Wuling pay for his impulsiveness.

Zhao He ordered that no food should be eaten in the Dune Palace, and King Zhao Wuling was put in the palace, and no one was allowed to contact and talk to him.

More than three months later, Zhao Hecai, accompanied by his trusted ministers, entered the Dune Palace.

At that time, King Zhao Wuling had been starved to death in the main hall, shaped like a withered tree.

A generation of King Zhao, when he came to the final ending, was starved to death in the palace, which is also a joke.

Since then, Zhao He has successfully taken over the authority of Zhao and become the king of Zhao Huiwen.

For his father, Zhao He ostensibly respected his father for entering the imperial tomb and gave all the courtesies, but only those who know the truth know how ruthless Zhao He is to his father.

And in the same way, for the Hu Dao Cavalry, who has become a major battle force of Zhao Guo, Zhao He also has a touch of jealousy.

He clearly knew that Hu Daoqi was founded by his father, King Zhao Wuling, and it stands to reason that his loyalty to his father is something to learn from heaven and earth, but the facts are in front of him.

He is the prince of Zhao who has nothing to do with the Hu Dao Cavalry, but he can use the Hu Dao Cavalry freely because of his authority.

The fate of his father, King Zhao Huiwen knew that the existence of Hu Daoqi was likely to lead him to the path of his father.