Handan Zao didn't come alone, his three hundred guests who had been chattering, he finally brought it to Zhao Kuo. Handan made this way of appearance, he practiced for a long time, just to leave a deep impact on Zhao Kuo, whom he admired the most, he did not toss his horse less, in his courtyard, he fantasized about his domineering appearance, and kept trying.

Even, once when he practiced 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 much, Zhao Li beat him so hard that he couldn't get up for two days, but the kid just recovered, so he couldn't help but try again. Now this domineering debut, very much in line with the fantasy in his heart, the young man is very happy, but he seems to be a little too happy, the horse is hoofed, Handan Zao failed to control his body, and fell off the horse.

After rolling on the ground a few times, just when a few old soldiers nearby were about to come to save him, Handan Zao jumped up, patted the soil on his body, smiled awkwardly, and explained: "I was too excited to see Ma Fuzi. He waved his hand, and a group of doormen led horses and appeared behind him, perhaps, these people are not doormen at all, Zhao Kuo stood on the platform, and saw clearly, most of these are teenagers.

is about the same age as Handanzao, wearing armor and helmets, and it is not ordinary people's outfits at all, most of these are Handan's noble sons, only those who stand at the back are their doormen, these teenagers don't have many doormen at all, at this moment, they are all following behind Handanzao, looking at Zhao Kuo in the distance excitedly, "It's really a horse suit, it's really majestic!" ”

"Zhao Guoerlang should follow someone like Ma Fuzi to gallop on the battlefield!"

Zhao Kuo's eyes lit up, far away, beckoned to Handan Zao, Handan Zao was overjoyed, in the envious eyes of many teenagers, ran towards the general, just rushed to the front of the general, wanted to go up, Wang Fan directly pulled out the short sword, blocked his way, Wang Fan widened his eyes, his face was fierce, Handan Zao was stunned, and then reacted, hurriedly bowed to Zhao Kuo under the stage, and said: "Handan Zao to meet the main general!" ”

"What are you doing here?"

"We people have been waiting for the opportunity to follow you, and now that the Yan thieves are invading, it is the time when you can use us, we people, who have learned martial arts since childhood, can ride horses and shoot bows, please allow us to follow your side! We're all willing to fight to the death for you! Zhao Kuo laughed, looked at Handan Zao, and said seriously: "Okay, I just have important things that need manpower." ”

"Please command!!" , Handan Zao trembled with excitement.

In the granary of the school field, Handan Zao looked at the bamboo slips in his hand blankly, and then looked at the corn piled up in front of him. He finally turned his head and looked at Zhao Kuo who was standing beside him, "General, this is the important thing you said?" ”

Zhao Kuo said solemnly: "Sun Tzu said: If you can understand the situation of both the enemy and us thoroughly, you can be invincible when you start a war. Now we have no way to find out the situation of the Yan people, but if we don't even know anything about the situation of our own soldiers, the situation of grain and grass, then how can we fight? There are not many literate people in the army, and the same is true of my disciples, the second and third sons can write, I gave such an order because of what the second and third sons are good at, can I disobey the general's orders in the military column? ”

Handan Zao hurriedly shook his head, he seemed to have learned something, and said seriously: "I will definitely complete the verification of grain and grass seriously, please rest assured." ”

Zhao Kuo nodded, and then walked out, these people brought by Handan were all arranged by him to verify the soldiers and grain and grass, it just so happened that there were not many people under his command who could use them, and after arranging these things, Zhao Kuo returned to his house, speaking of which, his residence was not the kind of yurt-like tent he saw in film and television dramas, but just an ordinary house built in the school field.

Sitting in this house, Zhao Kuo put the map sent by Yu Qing on the case and looked at it seriously.

Although the Zhao people have not yet popularized the "ID card" like the Qin people, when the officials recruit them, they will bring a declaration similar to the conscription certificate, with the name of the soldier, the place of origin, age, etc., divided into two parts, one is taken away by the official, and the other is left for the soldier, and it will be much more convenient to verify it after the arrival of the soldier.

Therefore, Wang Fan soon came to Zhao Kuo's face, holding a bamboo slip, and told him about the situation of the sergeants and pawns in the army, there were 6,235 soldiers, Wang Fan was a serious person, even if he was down, the tone of the nobles, he did not discard, towards the tone of the Handan nobles who were depressed and frustrated, he said more detailed information, such as the equipment of the 6,000 soldiers, only more than 300 bows sent by King Zhao, and some of the 2,300 spears that were about to be broken, and the rest could only use short swords.

There is also the physical condition of the soldiers, Wang Fan carefully observed these soldiers, among them, those who can march in a hurry with armor and weapons, but I am afraid that they will not be able to find hundreds of them, Wang Fan said, just let them run around the school field a few times, they are already out of breath and collapsed to the ground. Ge listened carefully on the side, couldn't help grinning, and said: "Our lord is wise, he knows that our soldiers can't run, so he deliberately didn't send armor shields, so as not to increase their burden. ”

Zhao Kuo glared at him, and then said to Wang Fan: "Please go and help Handan to verify the situation of the grain." ”

After they left, Zhao Kuo sat down and sighed helplessly, with these soldiers, how could they defeat 100,000 Yan people? Soon, just when Zhao Kuo was thinking about the way to break the enemy, Handan Zao and Wang Fan walked in and reported the situation of grain and grass, the situation of grain and grass was always better, King Zhao sent 49,800 stone millet, 6,000 people would consume about 12,000 stone of grain a month, then these 50,000 stone would be enough for the soldiers for four months.

Zhao Kuo led everyone out of the house, the soldiers seemed a little scattered, three or three of them got together, chatting, Handan was going to scold, was stopped by Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo was thinking about their establishment, Zhao Kuo's own establishment, 10,000 people for the army to set up the left and right generals, 5,000 teachers to set up generals, 1,000 people called the brigade to set up a captain, and there are hundreds of uncles, half a hundred people, even chiefs, Wu Chang and so on.

That is to say, Zhao Kuo demoted himself from General Zuo to General Pi through cutting, if it is according to the establishment of the Zhao people, 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 serve as captains.

There are many things that the lieutenant has to be responsible for, from logistics and transportation to the construction of the road, he can still lead the troops to fight alone, Zhao Kuo does not feel that anyone under his command has such a ability, so he thought for a long time before looking at Handan Zao, these aristocratic young people brought by Handan Zao, although they are not very old, but they are educated and have read a lot of books, compared to those rough men who can't read big characters, they may be more suitable to serve as officers.

He instructed: "Let the second and third sons choose the best men in the army, five for the captain, ten for the chief, and fifty for the commander." Handan was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What about the chief and the captain?" Zhao Kuo was speechless, and Ge shouted angrily: "You still want to arrange the captain??" Why don't you come and worship Shaojun and be a general? Handan scratched his head, smiled, and hurriedly ran out.

Zhao Kuo's disciples and young nobles began to pace back and forth in the ranks, one by one to select, occasionally noisy, but there was a dispute, young people, always full of energy, no longer feel tired, because there is no experience in this area, initially, the selection of things made a mess, Handan was so anxious that they were about to cry, or these old soldiers have experience, they proposed, according to the original position in the military to arrange.

Handan Zao agreed, what he didn't expect was that among these people, there were many people who had served as the commander of the army and even the position of the uncle, all of them were former elites in the army, and their combat effectiveness had certainly decreased a lot, but the experience was definitely not comparable to that of Handan Zao.

Zhao State, like Qin State, often summons local people for intensive training, when fighting, these people are often grouped together, so most of the veterans here know each other, and even have served together, when everyone is now in the current establishment to stand again, finally, they show the experience of the old way, finally, they began to look like a real army.

But this was not enough, Handan Zao and the others all looked at Zhao Kuo eagerly, of course they were waiting for the position of the captain. Zhao Kuo said seriously: "Take 100 people as the uncle, and 500 people as the tun chief." ”

Everyone was shocked, and Handan Zao hurriedly asked, "Tun? Isn't this the establishment of the Qin State? We are Zhao people, how can we use the establishment of Qin people? ”

Ge Leng snorted and said, "The sword on your waist is the sword of the Qi Kingdom?" There is also the word Qi on the scabbard, you Zhao can use the sword of Qi State, but the general can't use the establishment of Qin State? If you are not satisfied, go to Xianyang to complain to the King of Qin, and say that Ma Fuzi has embezzled the establishment of the Qin State! ”

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