Bow back glow lance shine frost,

The summer breeze is out of Jinyang.

This goes to the Zhaoguo River Huangdi,

If you don't break the enemy, you won't return home.

Xiao Rui led his troops to the west and penetrated directly into Zhao State.

The journey was dull and tedious, and they marched for six and a half hours a day, and although there were horses to change horses, they were not in a hurry, and it would be bad if the horses were tired.

The war horse of the Iron Dragoon is a Mongolian horse of mixed blood.

As we all know, Mongolian horses are short in stature, slow in running, and far less able to overcome obstacles than other horse breeds, but Mongolian horses are the world's most endurance horses, and their requirements for environment and food are also the lowest, whether it is in the alpine desert or in the plains, Mongolian horses can find food at any time. It can be said that Mongolian horses have the strongest adaptability and can run long distances without stopping.

This is also the reason why the Iron Dragoon chose Mongolian horses.

But the Mongol horse's short stature and slow running speed are disadvantages after all, and this is a weakness for heavy cavalry, so... As early as many years ago, Emperor Xia ordered the Ministry of Industry to select a group of excellent Mongolian horses, which is equivalent to the tallest among the short, to choose the best, and then recruited Bole, who is proficient in raising horses, and they are personally responsible for crossbreeding Mongolian horses and precious horse breeds, and constantly experimenting, and finally there is the mount of the current iron dragon ride!

The Mongolian horse crossed in this way can no longer be called a Mongolian horse, but more like an Ili horse, with a variety of bloodlines. Their disadvantage is that their endurance will decrease a little, but their advantages are outstanding, and their size and speed are not inferior to other horse breeds, so it can be said that the overall level has improved!

This time, when he passed through the state capitals, he did not stop.

After more than ten days, the group rushed to Chang'an, Xijing, Xiao Rui continued to go west, did not stop to appreciate the heroism of Xijing, and then walked through Chencang Mansion, and entered the territory of Zhao.

The local administrative division of Zhao State is the same as that of Yan State, which is county, prefecture, and county. There are a total of 32 large counties in the Zhao State, with a length of nearly 3,000 miles from east to west, and the army of Great Xia needs to pass through six large counties if they want to approach the Emperor of Zhao, namely Lan County, Eastern Tibetan County, Western Tibetan County, Lingshan County, Qishui County, and Qiao County.

Canglan is in Lan County, and now Chang Shenghou's army has crossed Lan County and has just entered Eastern Tibetan County.

Why did the speed suddenly slow down, it was not as fast as His Majesty's personal expedition back then, and it reached Qishui County in less than a month. This is because His Majesty was only responsible for fighting, not taking over, like a sharp arrow feather, piercing the enemy's heart.

After Chang Shenghou's army broke through Lan County, it was necessary to sweep away the resistance forces of the entire county, and many prefectures and counties were stubbornly resisting and needed to be completely subdued, so the speed naturally slowed down.

The advantage of this is that the occupation is your own territory!

When Xiao Rui entered Lanjun and passed through Fucheng, he would find that Daxia's soldiers and horses had already garrisoned Fucheng, and the stubborn enemy troops had been cleaned up, and the officials of Fucheng surrendered immediately for their lives, and then helped Daxia pacify the people in the city.

Most of the people of Zhao are simple, although they are occupied by the enemy, but Xia Junqiu does not commit any crimes, they will not fight to the death, plus Chang Shenghou gave an order, if anyone dares to resist stubbornly, sit in four households in a row!

In other words, if a common man dares to resist, the four neighbors next to his house will be severely punished, which invisibly deters countless people, and the people must be vigilant against the resistance of their neighbors while not resisting.

Xiao Rui's arrival also greatly encouraged the momentum of the Great Xia soldiers, especially when they saw the demeanor of the prince's personal guard iron dragon rider, they raised their arms and shouted.

The people of Zhao also heard about the prince of Xia Guo personally, and they also talked about it, they were more curious about Xiao Rui's identity, you must know that Xiao Rui's maternal grandmother is the sister of Emperor Zhao today, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Gaoyang!

The eldest princess of the year did not let her eyebrows, if she was not a woman, she must be the prince. She is kind and generous, and has helped countless people, and many people have set up an immortal shrine for her.

Later, today's Emperor Zhao was jealous of the eldest princess's ability and power, and designed her to marry Qi Guo, the marriage that year alarmed countless people, and many officials and people strongly opposed it, but in the end it was not able to stop it.

Now, the eldest princess's grandson has arrived.

While discussing Xiao Rui's identity, it will naturally be related to the two countries.

The people of Xia lived and worked in peace and contentment, paid light taxes, and lived a happy life.

What about Zhao Guo? Taxes and forced labor were heavy, a large number of soldiers were conscripted, and the people were miserable and complained.

If it is really occupied, it will not be a bad thing to completely submit to the Xia Kingdom.

After all, as long as Xiao Rui, the crown prince of Xia Kingdom, becomes the emperor, he has the blood of the royal family of Zhao State, and if he breaks his bones and tendons, these people of Zhao State are not outsiders, and they can be treated equally.

When Xiao Rui led people into Zangdong County, he finally caught up with Chang Shenghou's soldiers and horses. Chang Shenghou, who heard the news, personally went out of the camp to greet him. It was the first time Tian Boyuan saw the Iron Dragon Rider after changing clothes, and he was immediately taken by the majesty of the Iron Dragon Rider, especially the forest of lancers, which could directly tear apart the enemy's phalanx, which was much more ferocious than Mo Dao.

The last general, Tian Boyuan, met His Royal Highness the Prince! Tian Boyuan dismounted and bowed his hand, and other commanders, deputy commanders, generals, etc., bowed one after another.

Xiao Rui said with a smile: "Lord Hou is exempt, the generals are exempt, this palace came to supervise the army on the orders of His Majesty, and it is the first time to go out with the army. ”

Tian Boyuan said with a smile: "Your Highness is polite, who doesn't know that His Highness is bold, leading the iron dragoon to directly enter the Qi country, turning the world upside down, looking at the seven countries, which country's prince can have the courage of His Highness?" ”

Xiao Rui said humbly: "That's all the credit of the Iron Dragoon Warriors, and this palace doesn't dare to be arrogant." ”

Tian Boyuan nodded, and then stretched out his hand and asked, "Your Highness, please enter the camp!" ”

Xiao Rui did not refuse, walked straight into the camp, passing by the phalanx of soldiers stationed in the camp, Tian Boyuan explained to Xiao Rui one by one, so that he had a clear understanding of the army.

When he came to the big tent of the Chinese army and sat down, Tian Boyuan asked the other generals to go down first, he wanted to tell Xiao Rui about the current situation, and there were some confidential matters.

I only listened to Tian Boyuan and said: "Your Highness, the entire army of Zhao is divided into three routes, I lead 300,000 troops to attack, Xiaoyong Hou Wang Feng leads 200,000 troops to support on the northern flank, another general soldier Yao Jun leads 100,000 troops to support in the south, and the other soldiers stay in the rear to eradicate the restless enemy army." The three-way army has advanced westward one after another, and now it has entered the boundary of Zangdong County of Zhao State, more than 100 miles ahead is the county seat of Zangdong County, garrisoned with 70,000 troops, and there are two prefectures in the north and south, each with 30,000 troops, we want to go west next, we must break through these three cities. Now that the Zhao army in these three cities can't shrink, the last general is considering whether to attack or use a strategy ......"

Tian Boyuan told the current situation, listened to him face to face, and combined with the topographic map on the table, it was much clearer than reading the military newspaper.

After listening to this, Xiao Rui had no objection to Tian Boyuan's strategy, but asked, "Master Hou, how is the situation of the Qin army?" ”

Tian Boyuan suddenly smiled and said, "Your Highness doesn't know, now seventy percent of the Zhao army's forces are fighting against the Qin army, and the remaining thirty percent are coming to stop our Da Xia Erlang." If we want to attack the capital of Emperor Zhao, we need to pass through six large counties, namely Lan County, Eastern Tibetan County, Western Tibetan County, Lingshan County, Qishui County, and Qiao County. Among them, there is a big river in Qishui County, from north to south, originating from the northern icebergs, crossing the entire Zhao country, named Qijiang, this big river is very dangerous, similar to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River in our Great Xia, and a large number of ships are needed to cross the past. Therefore, Zhao regarded this Qijiang River as a natural danger, and they had the worst plan, even if Lanjun, Zangdong County, Zangxi County, and Lingshan County fell, as long as we could not cross the Qijiang River, we would never be able to attack the imperial capital of Zhao. However, the Qin State in the West is different, as long as the Qin army breaks through the three passes of the Qin Mountains, it will be a flat river, and there are only four counties away from the Emperor Zhao, there is no natural danger to obstruct, and the Zhao army can only pile up most of its troops to the west and resist the Qin army! ”

Xiao Rui naturally understands this truth, and now the Zhao State has reached the point of being overstretched, he can only resist the most dangerous enemies, and it is impossible for the line to blossom.

This is a good thing for Great Xia, and now there are only a small number of Zhao troops in the way, such as the county seat and the two prefecture cities of Zangdong County, as long as they are taken down, the entire Zangdong County will basically be in the bag.

Can't 600,000 people take a city of 100,000?

Xiao Rui was a little regretful, and said: "According to the strategy of Zhao State, it is planned to give up the attack by defense, and this palace is still thinking about fighting head-on, let Zhao Jun see how powerful the iron dragon horse is, it seems that there is no chance." ”

Tian Boyuan laughed and said: "Now the defense is also delaying time, and as for frontal combat, it is even more self-defeating." However, rest assured, Your Highness, the Iron Dragoon will have a chance to kill in all directions, and our enemy will be the Qin Army in the future! The last general has never put Zhao Guo in his eyes, just a rabble. ”

The generals of Xia Guo are so arrogant and never put Zhao Guo in their eyes, this is not arrogance, but self-confidence.

Where is the Marquis of Zhenyuan? Xiao Rui asked.

Tian Boyuan said with a smile: "In order to fight against the Qin army, the Zhao army has withdrawn from the south, Han Ming and he led Chen Qingzhi and Han Xin to take two large counties, and they have already reached the Qijiang River, and now they are beginning to come from the south to the north, continue to occupy the territory of the Zhao State, and join our army." ”

In this way, it will only take two or three months to take all the county towns east of the Qijiang River! This is one-half of the territory of Zhao State! Xiao Rui sighed.

After speaking, Xiao Rui looked at Zhang Liang.

When he went to invite Zhang Liang at that time, he analyzed the situation in the world and realized that the death of Zhao was not the destruction of Xia State, but the destruction of Qin State under the iron cavalry of Qin State, and then the territory of Zhao State will be divided and encroached by Xia and Qin, and now it seems that this Qi River is likely to be a natural dividing line.

Seeing Xiao Rui's gaze, Zhang Liang nodded in response.

Xiao Rui looked at the map on the table.

The Qi River divided the Zhao State into the east and west regions, and after the eastern region was occupied by the Xia State, the north was bordered by the Qi State, and the territory of the Qi State was a rectangle, with a large length from east to west, bordering the Zhao State and the Xia State, and the distance between the north and the south was very short.

After the western region of Zhao was captured by the Qin army, their northern part was a plain, and they continued north to enter the southwest corner of the Yuan state. Why did the Yuan army loot the Qi State instead of the Zhao State, because most of the tribes of the Yuan State were in the east, so why bother to go to the southwest corner to invade the Zhao State.

However, distance is not an issue, and when the interests are abundant, the Yuan army will still attack. This also gave Xiao Rui an opportunity to use in the future, and this matter will be mentioned later.

In this way, it is a good thing to divide the Qi River and govern it!