The long winter finally passed, and the spring of 256 BC arrived.

Spring returns to the earth, and everything recovers.

In the main hall of Longtai in Handan Palace, a meeting is underway.

Zhao Dan sat firmly at the top, and the whole person was full of energy and energy.

The seven important ministers of Zhao State sat on the left and right, all with straight waists and respectful expressions, just waiting for Zhao Dan to speak.

Zhao Dan looked around at the crowd and said, "Zhuqing, now that spring has arrived, it is a good opportunity to send troops. The widow had previously talked about the conquest of the Qi country, but I don't know if all the ministers are ready? ”

When Zhao Sheng heard this, he immediately replied: "King, all affairs have already been arranged according to the King's orders, and it only takes the King's order to start operating." ”

Zhao Dan turned his head to look at Lian Po and asked, "Wu Xinjun, how is the situation in the army?" ”

Lian Po replied: "Back to the king, the northern and southern armies have not relaxed in the past year, and their daily training is carried out in accordance with the king's wishes, and there is no need to question the combat effectiveness, and they can fight at any time." ”

Zhao Dan nodded, looking quite satisfied: "Now in the struggle for world domination, the army is an extremely important part, Wu Xinjun is the head of the army, and this expedition to Qi is also indispensable to let Wu Xinjun go out, but this matter should be more concerned." ”

Lian Po was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly saluted Zhao Dan again: "Oh! ”

Zhao Dan set his eyes on Pang Xuan again: "Pang Qing, how is the preparation of the General Staff?" ”

Since the division of the General Staff Office into two, the General Staff Department, which belongs to the army, has become an organ under Pang Xuan, responsible for formulating battle plans in advance and making suggestions when going out on an expedition.

Not only that, Zhao Dan directly ordered the abolition of the power of the major generals to open the government independently when they went out on the expedition, and instead mobilized staff from the staff to assist the generals.

Of course, if a general like Lian Po had to arrange a few people on his own, no one would say anything.

In general, the General Staff has slowly begun to become a very important institution in the Zhao military, and its influence is gradually growing.

That's a good thing.

Seeing Zhao Dan's question, Pang Xuan immediately replied very respectfully: "Back to the king, now the staff has formulated several plans according to the king's requirements, including the offensive against Gaotang, Linzi and other places, as well as the possible response of the Qi army. The minister also appointed some extremely resourceful staff, and a large army could immediately assist Wu Xinjun in the battle. ”

Lian Po snorted softly, noncommittal.

Zhao Dan keenly caught Lian Po's dissatisfaction, but he didn't say anything to play a round.

Decentralization of power is the most basic check and balance technique of the king, and Lian Po, who has experienced Zhao Hao, will not tear his face with Zhao Dan because of Pang Xuan's appearance, at least not until Zhao Dan takes Lian Po from the position of the chief general of the Zhao military.

That's enough.

So Zhao Dan turned his head to Zheng Zhu, a big pedestrian on the other side: "Zheng Qing, how is the situation in Yan State, South Korea and Chu State?" ”

Zheng Zhu owed a debt and replied respectfully: "Back to the king, the Yan State has already replied, as long as the king sends troops, then the Yan Kingdom will send 100,000 troops to assist in the attack." The reply from the South Korean side was the same. The Chu State has not yet replied, and it seems that it is still hesitating. ”

"One hundred thousand?" Zhao Dan frowned, obviously a little dissatisfied with this number.

Although the other ministers of Zhao didn't say anything, the expressions on their faces were probably quite similar to Zhao Dan.

To be honest, after this battle was fought, Zhao Guojun's vision is now getting higher and higher, and the number of 100,000 is basically not taken seriously.

Zheng Zhu replied: "Chang Guojun has a saying, now the country of Yan is undecided, there is East Hu in the north and Jizi North Korea in the east, so sending 100,000 troops is already the limit." ”

Zhao Dan sneered: "Excuse!" If it comes to the enemy, the widowed Zhao State is an enemy in all directions, but when did the widow not send troops with all his might? ”

After complaining, Zhao Dan was not angry because of this, after all, the Yan people belonged to one of the people who came to play soy sauce in Zhao Dan's heart, as long as they could help Zhao Guo attract the attention of some Qi people.

As for how much territory you can conquer, everyone has already said in advance, each with their own ability, since your Yan Kingdom is only willing to contribute 100,000 soldiers and horses, it is also your own problem that you will not be able to get much land at that time.

Then Zhao Dan set his eyes on Yu Xin's body again: "Yu Qing, now that the army is about to start, the widow wants to ask if this grain and grass materials have been prepared?" ”

Yu Xin hurriedly replied: "Back to the king, all the materials have been prepared according to the king's requirements, and now the materials in the Handan warehouse are enough to supply the needs of 200,000 troops for a year, if the king has other needs, he can also requisition food from the Lingshou warehouse." ”

Since the two regions of Hedong and Hetao fell into the hands of Zhao, the problem of food shortage in Zhaoguo has been greatly alleviated.

Judging from the data reported after last autumn's harvest, Hedong County has now recovered to the level of 60% of the Qin Dynasty, and Hetao and Shuofang counties have basically achieved self-sufficiency since last year.

It is conceivable that once in a few more years, when Hedong County has completely returned to its peak output and Hetao County has been fully developed, it is very likely that Zhao's annual grain output will surpass that of other countries and jump to the top of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.

In this year, food is the most important armament material.

Zhao Dan asked a few more questions, and the ministers of Zhao also answered them one by one, obviously they had already prepared the draft, and they all came up with a response plan.

This made Zhao Dan's heart feel very satisfied, as a time-traveler and the current monarch of Zhao State, Zhao Dan had seen Qin's machine-like strict war system in many modern unearthed documents, and confirmed this with his own eyes after crossing.

And now, Zhao Guo under Zhao Dan also has a little bit of this feeling.

So Zhao Dan, who was in a good mood, no longer hesitated, and said directly: "Since this is the case, then pass on the order of the widow, and after the spring ploughing is over next month, we will start to recruit the county soldiers and the people to start cutting down!" ”

Zhao Dan turned his gaze to Lian Po's body and said: "This time to attack Qi, it is still Wu Xinjun as the general, and the Southern Army Zhonglang will Le Cheng as the deputy general, and send 200,000 troops to attack Qi!" ”

"In addition, General Ji Xin, the lieutenant general of the Northern Army, will sit in Hedong County from now on, and the governor of Hedong and Cuihan will respond to the war to prevent the movement of the Qin State!"

"Promote Li Mu to the lieutenant general of the border cavalry corps, temporarily control the military of the two counties of Hetao and the five counties in the north, and prevent the Yueshi and the Xiongnu from taking the opportunity to make trouble!"

Zhao Dan issued a bunch of orders in one breath, and then turned his gaze to the ministers present: "Do you still have any opinions?" If not, do so. ”

The seven important ministers of the Zhao State stood up in unison, bowed to Zhao Dan and said, "Huh! ”