Zhao Xing did not raise his identity high because Loudi had been attached to Zhao Guo and assigned it to himself according to the original agreement with Zhao Yong, he still held Loudi's hand as usual, and called him a good Anda.

On the contrary, Lou Di thought that he was already a subordinate of Zhao Xing of Zhao State, he was already a native of the Central Plains, and he was a civilized person, but he became cautious and cautious, and always made the half-baked Central Plains etiquette from time to time, and finally provoked Zhao Xing to be angry: "If you are so inexplicably polite, I won't be with you." ”

These words were very small, but they made Loudi feel happy and close, so the two became even closer.

When the day of the expedition came, a simple ceremony was carried out, and Zhao Xing was ready to set off.

As a result, Lou Di asked with doubts: "Is this leaving?" ”

Zhao Xing looked at the sky: "If we don't leave, we can only leave after lunch." ”

Lou Di's eyes were full of hope and asked: "Shouldn't you, as a living immortal, make a Fa to my soldiers, that is, your soldiers?" ”

Xu Jie stepped forward and quietly suggested: "Lou annoys people and treats the Lord as a god, if you don't show it, how can you calm their hearts, how can you boost morale, come, show them a set." ”

Looking at the 50,000 soldiers of Zhao Guolou's annoying army who gave the order to go on the expedition but did not move, and his eyes were full of hope, Zhao Xing gritted his teeth: "Then put on a show." ”

So, Zhao Xing stood on the altar and performed a juggling of taking things from the air, spitting fire in his mouth, and adding the big flag to show blood, no, it was a miracle. This made the soldiers of Lou Fu's department clash with momentum, and they jumped off their horses and knelt on the ground, bowing and worshipping. What made Zhao Xing's family armed look at it was a stunned obsession and applauded.

But what really boosted the morale of all the soldiers who followed the expedition was these announcements.

"My soldiers from the Great Zhao Lou Troublesome Department, this time, you responded to my call to fight for the country. I promise you a good monthly salary, just like my former soldiers. ”

"Wow, military salary, pay for the war. In the eyes of the Loudi people, this is simply unreasonable, because their ancestors have fought for generations and have never taken money. ”

"I declare that you will fight for me and for the gods, and because you are wounded, I will give you a bereavement pension, so that your family will have no worries about food and clothing for five years. If you die in battle, your remains will be transported back to your homeland, and in addition to a pension that will give your family a worry-free life for ten years, you will also receive my blessing to lead your souls directly to heaven and eternal life in heaven. ”

In the original war, if they died, they died, and if they were thrown into a ditch, no one cared about their families. But this time they can get a pension, and the most important thing is that they will be blessed by the gods after they die, what a great honor it is. Therefore, all the soldiers made up their minds together: "This time, we must fight to the death." ”

As a result, Zhao Xing's promise caused a huge evil result, that is, the estimated 20,000 casualties were finally exceeded by half, and he saw that a warrior who was only slightly injured finally died in battle.

Are you foolish? No, it's the power of faith.

Zhao Xing rushed to the Fallen Horse Pass with an army of 90,000, and the guard general personally went out to greet him, and after meeting the Lord, he welcomed the army into the Guancheng.

Zhao Xing first checked the grain and grass beans stored in advance, and the guard general confidently reported: "Here are millions of grains and beans for war horses, which are enough for the army for one year, and other reserve weapons are enough for soldiers to wear out for two years, please rest assured." ”

For such a reserve, Zhao Xing and the others didn't have anything, but it made Lou Di and their commanders drop their jaws in surprise, because they really hadn't seen so many supplies, or rather, they hadn't heard of so many supplies at all. They have always gone out hungry, and then they have to grab what they see and eat along the way. That is, if you grab it, you will eat it, and if you can't grab it, you will go hungry and grab it yourself. As a result, nomads have always entered the Central Plains to fight, and when the cattle and sheep could not carry them, they were all desperate battles fought in a half-starved and half-fed situation. This is also the reason why the nomads enter the Central Plains, which will bring great disasters to the Central Plains, why the nomads fight desperately - if they don't fight desperately, they will starve to death.

Zhao Xing took Hao Anda's shoulders and explained to the stunned Lou Di: "This time, we are not conquering a country, after the battle, they are willing to surrender, and we will go back with the levy." Rather, it is to destroy the Zhongshan Kingdom, integrate Zhongshan into our Zhao Kingdom, and become a part of our Zhao Kingdom. Therefore, we can no longer sabotage and loot Zhongshan. In that case, it would be tantamount to plundering our own, and it would also provoke the people to rebel fiercely against us. This time, we are robbing their land, but we must convince people with virtue and rob their hearts and minds, which is the key. ”

"Anda mean, we're going to be kings?" Loudi asked ignorantly.

"Wrong, we don't want to be the king, you and I are the king's master now."

Lou Di immediately nodded happily: "Yes, yes, our Lou Fu soldiers are already kings, I am proud of this." ”

"Yes, you are already a Zhou person, and you are the king's teacher, so let's stop looting and disturbing the people, but convince people with virtue. We must not trample on the crops, we can no longer plunder the villages, and everything we do will be based on loving the people. Although they are now Zhongshan people, as long as our horse's hooves pass, they are all the land of Zhao, and they will all be Zhao people. ”

The army was stationed here for the night, to do the last rest before the battle, and then the troops went out of the pass and entered the Zhongshan country.

This time was different from the last time, along the way, there was no resistance from the Zhongshan people, and in the ripe wheat fields on both sides of the road, groups of people with weapons in their hands stared at the army, protecting their crops. But as long as Zhao Xing's troops didn't trample on their crops, they just watched the army roar by, with vigilance but no anger in their eyes. There is only their wheat in their eyes, and there are no enemies.

The army reached the Zhongshan Great Wall again, and the beacon fire was still lit, but there were no guards on the gate, only a crumbling Zhongshan flag fluttering alone.

The army pressed the border, and the gate was opened, and a literati with wide clothes and a wide belt, with a dozen ragged veterans, walked out of the city gate.

The current scribe walked in front of Da Xu, in front of Zhao Xing, gave a deep salute, and asked with the most standard etiquette: "Xiaguan, the city is guarded, lead the officials and people in the Guannai to surrender to Wang Shi, and ask Xingjun to treat the surrendered soldiers and civilians in the Guannai with benevolence." Then he presented the garrison seal letter and the account books of the military and civilian treasury in the Kannai.

Zhao Xing jumped off the war horse, suppressed his curiosity, and according to Zhou Li, took the account book of the seal letter, turned around and handed it to Xu Jie, and then said kindly, "Mr. understands the righteousness, I will write to my family, please reward you for your love for the people." ”

The scribe official said proudly: "The sage said, knowing that it is not possible to act forcibly is not the way of a gentleman, and it is the best to know the times." I am facing 100,000 tigers and wolves of the Zhao family, why should I increase the casualties of the people in vain? Seeing that Zhao Jun traveled all the way, Qiu did not commit any crimes, and the true king was also the master, so why should I resist? ”

These words, Zhao Hao and Lou Di were stunned, they really didn't expect that a fierce Zhongshan official would become so polite.

Ai Ai asked in a low voice during the Loudi period: "War, can it be carried out like this?" ”

Zhao Xing nodded, "Of course you can't do this, but Zhongshan can, because Zhongshan is a truly pure Confucian country, of course that's it." ”

When the army entered the customs, they saw the meek people standing on the side of the street, all neatly dressed and ruddy, in stark contrast to the ragged soldiers who also greeted them.

Zhao Xing asked in wonder: "Why are the people so rich, but the soldiers are so embarrassed, aren't these soldiers conscripted militia, aren't their families rich?" ”

The scribe laughed and explained; "The people were educated by the people below, and they were able to farm with peace of mind and do their duty. Since we were able to obtain iron farming tools from Daijun and were supervised by subordinates, we produced more. In recent years, the price of grain in Zhao Guodai County has been high, so the people have passed their grain through merchants. Then he pointed to his nose and proudly continued: "For example, my family's shop is sold to the two places above, so that the people get more money, so they are very rich. ”

"When the people are rich and the people are settled, then who wants to be conscripted into war?" The scribe continued to report to Zhao Xing: "Therefore, according to the rules, if you rotate for the country once a year, there will be no people who give up their comfortable days to respond. ”

Of course, Zhao Xing understands the truth in this.

Then the king will have to prolong the period of these former soldiers. During this period, the families of these soldiers believed that these soldiers were all for the country, and they should be supported by the king like Daijun Zhao, so their families were unwilling to give, and the king thought that the soldiers should search for rats and birds to repay the king's kindness, thinking that the country was loyal and unwilling to take it, and finally this was the case. ”

Zhao Xing saw the soldier standing on the side of the road, and when he heard this former official's explanation, the soldiers looked at him angrily, and then looked at the former garrison who was full of fat, and he knew the inside story of the period at that time.

Such a Zhongshan, if it does not die, there is no reason for heaven.