Li Mu's army arrived in Gaocheng in the early morning of the second day.

Hundreds of chariots on the wheels, and on the hooves of the light horses, carrying the dawn wind, stained with residual dew, wet into the gate of Gaocheng.

The sound of the army entering the city was dull and powerful, and the military appearance was solemn and orderly. There was a suppressed fighting spirit in the air, making these tens of thousands of horses look like iron-blooded warriors with implied explosive power.

For the general Li Mu, claiming to be 100,000 with 70,000 is really a last resort. This is already the foundation of Zhao Guo's national strength.

The Zhao State fought for many years, a few decades ago in the Battle of Changping, which lost 400,000 Zhao troops, and more than a year ago in the Battle of Yi'an, which lost 100,000 horses. After several battles, Zhao Guo has long been short of troops.

Fortunately, the Zhao people are still martial, and their individual combat effectiveness is the strongest among all countries. It's just that the overall strength is inferior to the Qin army, and it can't gain the upper hand in momentum before the big war starts.

Li Mu led the advanced city and went straight to the general's mansion. After meeting Gongzijia, the first thing he raised was the question he was most concerned about: "Grand treasurer, can this year's grain and grass military salaries be implemented?" ”

Gongzi Jia was ordered by the king to come to the army to supervise the battle, but in fact, he also hid his selfish intentions. He hoped that he could personally supervise the matter of grain and grass and help General Li Mu implement the entire logistical support, and not let the lack of grain and grass drag him back during the war.

However, even if Gongzi Jia has hills and ravines in his chest, it is also "difficult for a good woman to cook without rice". Since last autumn to the beginning of spring, rain has been scarce, and only one or two snows have fallen in one winter. Obviously, it will be a big drought spring.

Before Gongzijia left Handan, several old ministers communicated with him in private. The national strength is not good, and the treasury is not surplus. Therefore, the great war against Qin must not fall into a protracted stalemate.

Zhao Wangqian has repeatedly made it clear to Gongzi Jia that the monarch does not want to see the battle of mud and water.

This time, the Qin army had already broken open the gate, entered the territory of Zhao State, attacked the city and plundered the land, and occupied more than ten large and small cities of Zhao State along the way. Therefore, the old ministers in the court were worried.

What they were most worried about was that Li Mu, as a general of the anti-Qin Dynasty, would still use the dog-walking tactics of treating the Xiongnu for a few years. If that's the case, I'm afraid it's Zhao Guo himself who will die first.

Gongzi Jiajia remembered what the silver-bearded old men and doctors said when he was leaving, and his heart was also very blocked, so when he saw Li Mu asking like this, he had to answer honestly: "There is a big drought this spring, and the summer grain will inevitably be affected." Whether it is the DPRK or the people, I am afraid it will not be delayed for a long time. ”

He pondered for a while and continued: "I have basically implemented the grain and grass salaries for this battle, but I can only maintain half a full load. After summer and autumn, it will need to be funded. ”

Li Mu turned his gaze to the ground and let out a deep breath, as if sighing from the depths of his heart. He said, "Understood." ”

After noon, Li Luotang, who was watching the sergeants drill, was called to the general's mansion by Li Mu. Li Mu instructed her to rush to Yuanyang's cavalry as soon as possible and bring the newly trained recruits of less than 10,000 people back to the front line to replenish the army.

Li Luotang raised his heroic little face, answered, and turned around to leave. Li Mu added another sentence behind her: "Go quickly, go back quickly." War will start against Qin soon. ”

Li Luotang turned his face back to look at Li Mu, only to find that his father's face was gloomy and worried, which had rarely been seen before. Li Luotang walked back to Li Mu's side, brushed the hair on his sideburns, and looked at his father without speaking.

"Go," Li Mu waved his hand outward and said, "Tell the riders that there are as many war horses as you want." I'm afraid that this time against Qin, I, Zhao Guo, will come out. ”

Li Luotang was hurrying to the back stable to move the fast horse to the polar region, out of the city to ride the city, but when he was passing through the verandah, he heard a call: "Li Duwei stays." ”

When she turned around, she saw that it was Gongzi Jia who was dressed in a white brocade robe, bowed slightly, and stopped her three steps away.

Li Luotang's heart fluttered. Every time she saw Gongzijia looking at her with eyes as clear as lake water, this ripple in her heart stirred up a thousand ripples. She said, "What's the matter with Childe?" Please speak. ”

"Captain Li is not in a hurry to leave. Come with me first. I'll take you to meet a friend. Gongzi Jia said with a smile, and without waiting for Li Luotang to answer, he walked outside the verandah by himself.

A trace of confusion crossed Li Luotang's eyes, but she did not hesitate and immediately followed Gongzi Jia. The two of them turned towards the main courtyard where Gongzi Jia lived.

At this time, the sun is shining in the sky, and the yard is baked warmly, which is quite a bit of the infinite beauty of spring.

I saw Gongzijia hurriedly take two steps, and when he arrived at the door of the main house, he stood tall and shouted, "Second brother, third brother, fourth brother, little sister, come out." ”

Li Luotang saw a girl and three teenagers walking out of the door. The girl was bright and beautiful, fair-skinned and beautiful, with a pair of big almond eyes looking at herself curiously, and her face seemed to be a little similar to herself.

The three teenagers behind her came out together, each tall and straight, heroic and powerful. The young man beside the girl was handsome and beautiful, and his eyes were full of curiosity and expectation.

Li Luotang suddenly blurted out: "I know you!" ”

"yes, it's me." Feng Luotang said. Since a few of them were taught the spell of "Ghost Enlightenment" by the White Cloud Crane, they can also haunt the world in their original form during the day here.

It's just that the locals follow the customs, and the dress is still close to that of 2,000 years ago.

Today, Feng Luotang is wrapped in a brand new fox fur given to her by her eldest brother. The snow-white fox's soft fur lined her skin like snow. She wore a lake-green skirt with soft satin. The skirt was blown by the February wind under the fox coat.

Li Luotang couldn't take his eyes off it with just one glance. Gongzijia seriously introduced Feng Luotang, Shao Yi, Lin Yu and Long Xuanchen to Li Luotang one by one.

Li Luotang was surprised, but a pair of eyes still stared at Feng Luotang endlessly, and occasionally glanced at Gongzijia next to him.

Feng Luotang said very familiarly and generously: "Sister, we have seen each other many times in our dreams. ”

Li Luotang nodded, but couldn't help but sigh: "Real people are really good-looking!" ”

Gongzijia said beside him: "Li Duwei, Li Duwei." How about going to Yuanyang to ride in Yuanyang, how about letting my fourth brother and little sister go with you? He summoned Shao Yi and Feng Luotang because he was afraid that Li Luotang would be unquiet on the way back and forth.

Li Luotang is the kind of girl who is happy on her face, and she instantly smiled like a hundred flowers blooming. She said loudly, "Go, go!" If you don't know how to ride, you can ride with me. It's just the fourth brother......"

She also followed Gongzi Jia to call Shao Yi's fourth brother. Shao Yi grinned, hugged Feng Luotang's shoulders very buddyly and said, "I ride our own horses with Luotang, but no such good horses can catch up with my sister's polar regions." ”

Gongzijia said next to him: "You two still ride my 'Zhaoxue'. You guys don't have weight, and a fast horse is enough. ”

As he was talking, Lin Yu's face froze, and he turned his head to Long Xuanchen and said, "Xuanchen." ”

Long Xuanchen reacted faster than anyone else, and flew up to the eaves with an arrow, only to see a pigeon fluttering in the distance.

Nuan Nuan Cheng grabbed it and made the mark on the pigeon's foot by himself. looked at Gongzijia and said, "Big brother, it's from Handan." ”

Gongzijia waved his hand and asked Li Luotang to take Shao Yi and them first, and then without further words, he took Lin Yu and Long Xuanchen back to the room.

He slowly opened the small silk silk brought by the pigeon, and after reading it, his face was as calm as water.

He handed it to Lin Yu. Lin Yu looked down and carefully identified the ancient handwriting before he recognized it, and it read: "The envoy sent by the king is coming." Jump. ”

The government and the opposition of Zhao have actually been quite unstable recently. The Marquis of Chunping supported the Empress Dowager Chang and kept obstructing Li Mu as the commander of the anti-Qin army.

At present, there are indeed some young generals in the army, such as General Zhao Cong, a student of General Lecheng, and General Yan Ju, who has been guarding the border between Zhao and Han in the southwest.

These people have won the hearts of King Zhao. So you can't blame the court for swaying. Li Mu is a peerless famous knife that cannot be controlled, but it can't compare to a few small daggers that can be used freely in his hands.

In addition, after last year's autumn harvest, Zhao State was short of grain. The common people gradually showed a state of famine. At this time, another big war broke out, which was tantamount to adding insult to injury to the agricultural economy of the entire Zhao State.

There were not enough soldiers, so they were recruited from the four fields. It was the season of spring sowing, and all the men were drawn to fight. Large tracts of land are ready to be planted, but no one is in the fields, and the planting season is about to be missed.

The facts are here, Gongzijia believes that even Li Mu's heart is clear. I just don't know, who will this Chin envoy be?

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Chapter 11 beat the horse and galloped, and in the end the horse was tired, and refused to leave. He rolled off the horse's back, rolled a few more times, and then spread out on the soft grass, staring at the blue sky in a daze.

Chapter 11 was originally out to drink horses. As he walked, he was bored, so he galloped up, let go of the reins, and let the horses run wild on the steppe in February.

He was wearing a thick black cotton jacket and trousers, and he rolled off the horse with great skill, but did not fall. He stared at the sky for a moment, then tilted his head to look at the endless grassland.

The terrain here is flat and vast, and when you look into the distance, there will be some slight undulations, as if it are hidden hills. The grass is not yet green, but it is already showing vitality, and there is a new green in the tender yellow, which seems to be about to emerge from the earth.

There was not a trace of clouds in the sky, and the sun was just right, and the cold wind that would blow through the grassland covered it with a little warmth.

Zhang 11 closed his eyes, and the resentment in his heart still couldn't be resolved. A few months ago, he left the villa in Han Fei's fiefdom.

When leaving, Zhang Shiyi left all the silver ingots that Gongzi had rewarded him with in the past few years to his father. Daddy's face was wrinkled, and he was full of tears, and he pulled him and said, "Childe is such a good person, how can you say that if you don't have it, it's gone?" ”

What can be said?! There are so many nobles who can speak well, why didn't the king send them to the Qin State as an envoy, and he had to let the prince who couldn't even speak clearly go to die?

Where did Childe go out? It's okay now, and there's no going back. Chapter 11 didn't shed tears in front of his father.

Childe has treated him really well for a few years. Zhang 11 is not afraid of his son-in-law.

He likes to laugh with the man who is not good at words. The man was not annoyed, and listened to the nonsense of these rough people, and listened to it with relish.

Thinking of Childe's pale and melancholy but deeply kind face, Zhang Shiyi felt very sad in his heart. He thought that the big man Hu Yan was an ornament, and bragged that there was no one in the world who was stronger than him in kung fu and ability, so why couldn't he keep his son?

If you don't have anything to do with yourself, you just know how to raise a horse, and you just ride a horse more smoothly than others, so it's even more useless for the son. Now Gongzi said that he died of illness in the Qin State, and the people in the villa were scattered, but Zhang Shiyi didn't believe it, and he couldn't swallow this breath.

He heard that Zhao was at war with Qin, so he carried his burden and went all the way north to find Zhao's army. He met a little lieutenant who knew how to ride horses and recommended him to Yuanyang's riding town.

Raising horses for Zhao Guo at the foot of this Yin Mountain, and helping Zhao Guo train new cavalry, Zhang Shiyi looked at the dark blue sky, and he knew that he couldn't do anything other than these for his son.

Teaching those thirteen or fourteen dolls to ride horses, and being able to raise more war horses for Zhao Guo, he felt a little pleasure of revenge in his heart.

"I'm also a person who can make trouble for the people of Qin. Shouldn't it be a bit of a hassle for them to kill Childe? Zhang Shiyi thought of this layer and reached out for a handful of grass.

The grass was still wet with the dew of last night, but it already had the softness of spring.

He tucked one of the yellow grass leaves to his lips and bit it gently, the bitter taste of green.

Then he turned to look at his red horse and said, "Eat as much as you want." When you go to the battlefield, you have to run faster and rush all the way to the brigade of the Qin people. ”

was muttering to the horse, and Zhang Shiyi saw two divine horses galloping in the distance. He's a man who knows horses! When I looked up, I knew that they were two good horses that were rare in the world.

He slammed up from the ground and looked straight in the direction the two horses were coming. When I got closer, I saw that a horse was a female general wearing red soft armor, and the multicolored knots on the soft armor must be at least a junior general at the rank of Du Lieutenant in the Zhao army.

Looking at the other two, they were only about fifteen or sixteen years younger. The girl's skin is better than snow, apricot eyes and peach cheeks, and the boy is handsome, with a pair of deep black eyes, brighter than the stars on the grassland at night.

Zhang Shiyi hurriedly gave a Zhao Jun military salute, bowed to the red-clothed female general, and said, "In the next chapter 11, it is a third-class horseman riding Yi." ”

Li Luotang, who was on the horse, said generously: "Chapter 11, take us to ride the city." ”

Zhang Shiyi said in his heart, "Okay! But there was a loud "whoo" on his mouth, pulled the red horse, dragged the mane that had been sheared, turned over the horse, and quickly took the three people to the base camp of the horse.

Feng Luotang and Shao Yi used to seize the house and ride on a horse, using the riding skills of Li Luotang and Shao Yizhi. This time, I rode a horse in person, only to find out that riding a horse during the Warring States period was really a hard job.

At this time, the horse pedal had not yet been invented.

The rider can only clamp the horse's legs tightly around the horse's body, and at the same time grasp the horse's mane and some rope made of rope to resemble the reins of the horse, which is used to control the horse.

The mane of the war horse should always be trimmed neatly, so as to prevent the mane from getting entangled in the weapon or fluttering to affect the vision during battle.

However, it is still necessary to leave a long wisp of horsehair in the middle. The lock of horsehair left behind should be slightly curled into a special flower knot, also known as a mane knot. This mane is the grip of the knight as soon as he grabs the horse.

Riding a bare horse on the grassland, not only must have enough strength in the waist and legs, but also have good enough balance to be able to control the horse freely. Fortunately, Feng Luotang and Shao Yi, who came from the dream, have no weight, and they are very light on the horse.

Chapter 11 is really a good horseback rider. Here is already a master who can take apprentices and teach riding and archery. After riding two or three incense sticks, the four of them finally came to Yuanyang Riding at the foot of Yin Mountain.

When he arrived at Qiyi, Feng Luotang found that there were about 10,000 recruits stationed here, less than 10,000. Most of them are almost younger than themselves, and some are twelve or thirteen years old.

These teenagers are training in horseback archery here, which is really hard work. The young man has a slender waist and is too poor at handling horses than adults, so he can only try to save them technically.

The head of the troops here is a lieutenant surnamed Zhang. The man is rough and spicy, tall and mighty, with a scruffy beard, but he is indeed a horse-loving official.

He settled Li Luotang and the three of them in a temporarily requisitioned house in Yuanyang, and said: "I can only make do with this grassland." There were a lot of soldiers, a lot of recruits, and even the tents were very tight. A few people in this small courtyard were aggrieved, and the owner's family let them out for a few days and crowded into a relative's house. ”

On the way here, Feng Luotang and the others had already seen along the way that there were dozens of people living in tents all over the barracks, and there was almost no place to put their feet.

Therefore, having so many earthen houses to live in is always much better than that of the sky and the earth on this grassland, and it can almost be called a luxury.

At night, when it was dark, Feng Luotang, Shao Yi and Li Luotang went to hang out nearby. Along the way, Feng Luotang and Li Luotang fell in love, and they have really found the feeling of being sisters, so good that they don't want it.

The three of them strolled around casually, shuttling among the recruits in the east and west, attracting the young boys' sideways. In the depths of the grassland at the foot of Yin Mountain, it is really rare to see two stunning colors at the same time.

The boys' eyes were about to fall out. Shao Yi followed behind with a tense face, and he couldn't wait to reach out and block Feng Luotang's smiling face.