January 31, 259 BC.

Although it is the middle of winter, today's Handan is extremely hot, countless people in the streets and alleys are stirring, rushing towards the outside of the city, and even the air is full of warm atmosphere.

Why is this so? This was because of the notices that had been put out in the city several days earlier.

On this day, Zhao Wang Dan, the monarch of Zhao, will hold a meeting outside the city of Handan to reward those who fought in the Battle of Changping and the Battle of Yan.

Therefore, the sun had just risen, and many people in Handan City poured out of the city gate and came to the venue of this conference.

The conference was held on the edge of the plain next to the main road between Miyagi and Guocheng in Handan.

Just about two miles away from the road, a huge military camp stood here, and countless people of Zhao State lined up in front of the gate of the military camp like a long dragon and entered the military camp in an orderly manner.

The barracks had apparently been specially remodeled, and the barracks were extremely large, but most of the area was empty, and it seemed that it had been built specifically to accommodate these people.

Not only that, but there were also 10,000 heavily armed Zhao soldiers in the barracks to maintain order.

These soldiers of the Zhao Army have a cold expression, their waists are straight, their bodies are tall, and there is an aura between their eyebrows that people dare not approach.

An aunt who looked to be in her early forties pulled a teenager in her teens next to her and said earnestly: "Xiaolang, look at it, this is the soldier of our Zhao Kingdom!" Thou shalt go into battle like this in the future. ”

The young man shrank his head and said with some fear: "Mother, I'm afraid I'm going to die when I go to the battlefield." ”

The eldest aunt was furious when she heard this, slapped the young man on the head heavily, and shouted: "Since you are Zhao Guoerlang, how can you be so greedy for life and afraid of death?" If you don't go to the battlefield to make a name for yourself, how can there be surplus food at home to feed you? ”

The angry aunt spat and fired, and scolded the young man so much that he didn't dare to answer.

But from the young man's expression, it is not difficult to see that he is actually a little dissatisfied with his mother's words.

Under the guidance of these soldiers who maintained order, the crowds of Zhao who were watching the excitement soon came to the barracks.

Although it was still nearly an hour before the noon hour announced in the announcement, it was already crowded and bustling.

This is not surprising, you must know that Zhao Guo used to often reward meritorious soldiers, but it was generally held in a closed military camp, and ordinary people did not have the opportunity to see the grand occasion at all, and it was the first time that such an open conference was unprecedented.

The first time means freshness, and freshness means that some people are willing to watch it, and many people are willing to watch it.

After passing ten, ten and hundred, almost half of the people in Handan City poured out of the nest and came to this military camp early.

At this moment, the barracks were crowded with people, and the black heads of the people were towering at a glance, and the end was extremely spectacular.

But there are many people, and the overall order is still quite good, mainly because the thousands of officials in Handan City are here to maintain order, and more importantly, the fully armed Zhao soldiers with swords in their hands can be seen everywhere in the barracks.

The proclamation had already made it clear: "Whoever disturbs the order in the assembly shall be beheaded; Thieves, chop; Hurt people, slash..."

Those who have good deeds counted it, and there are eighteen words of "chop" in this notice.

These cuts are no joke.

No, just a quarter of an hour later, nearly forty corpses were dragged out...

This has played a great role in ensuring the good operation of the order.

There is a high platform in the middle of this large camp, which is more than ten zhang high, and you can see this high platform no matter where you stand in the barracks.

In addition, every 100 meters in the camp there is a two-person tall miniature platform that can only accommodate one person to stand, similar to a miniature observation deck.

There were hundreds of miniature platforms like this, and on each platform stood a Zhao soldier, and these Zhao soldiers all held in their hands something with an elongated tail but a wide front.

Someone recognized the Zhao soldiers among them, and couldn't help but ask, "Zhonglang, what are you holding in your hand?" ”

The soldier who called Zhonglang looked left and right and saw that no one was paying attention, so he shook the utensils in his hand proudly: "This is called a horn, but it is used for amplification!" ”

"Amplification? What's the amplification method? ”

Zhong Lang smiled: "You will find out later." But he refused to say anything about the use of the trumpet.

In the midst of this bustle, there was suddenly a burst of loud music.

There was a commotion in the crowd: "Coming, coming!" They all cast their eyes towards the entrance of the camp.

Someone asked, "What's coming?" ”

Immediately, someone cast a disdainful glance: "You still don't understand this music? It's our king here! ”

"It turned out to be the king! Our king is a good king, and he led us to defeat the people of Qin! ”

"Don't make noise there, dodge a little, don't block my chance to see the king's demeanor!"

"Huh? Kid tired of living? ”

···

The person who came was indeed Zhao Dan.

In fact, Zhao Dan was not the only one who came, but a whole team.

A large army of tens of thousands.

The first to appear in front of the people was an extremely well-groomed army, with black armor and red clothes, and feathered helmets.

The size of this army was about 4,000, all of them carried bows and swords, and were extremely well-equipped, with 1,000 men riding horses in front of them in a column of three horses, and 2,400 people in the rear walking into a column of six people.

When the people of Zhao Kingdom saw this army, they let out a wave of admiration.

"What kind of army is this? Damn, how can you be so majestic! Someone asked.

Immediately, a tall and thin man replied: "You don't know, this is the newly established unit of our king, called the Yulin Army!" ”

"Yulin Army? I said that there is a feather on the helmet, this name, majestic! ”

The tall and thin man looked up triumphantly: "Majestic? Let me tell you to wait, my middle brother is in this Yulin army. Don't take this Yulin Army seriously, we have 400,000 soldiers in Zhao Guo to get these 4,000 Yulin, and the benefits are so much! ”

"Shhh As soon as these words came out, there was a gasp around them, and someone urged: "Tell me, what is the benefit of this Yulin Army?" ”

When the tall and thin man saw many people, his smug expression became even stronger: "Let's tell you to wait, this Yulin Army has many benefits!" If you are selected, you will be awarded a fourth-class civil lord, 200 stone per year, a land slave, no pawn, and 20 years of tax exemption! ”

"Wow!" As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of the people around them instantly turned extremely red.

Envy, jealousy, hatred!

Fourth-class civil lord, what is this concept? A sturdy man who has been a soldier for five years must participate in at least three battles and win at least ten beheadings before he can be promoted to the rank of fourth-class civil lord!

And now you only need to be selected for the Yulin Army, and then you have it all!

Seeing this, the tall and thin man lost no time in speaking: "We heard that this Yulin army is going to recruit 5,000 people, but now there are only 3,400 people, and there are still 1,600 places. ”

The people of Zhao State who heard it at this time were completely not calm, and immediately many people shouted excitedly: "We are going to join the army and become the Yulin Army!" ”

But it was at this time that a contemptuous voice suddenly sounded.

"Yulin Army? That's a lot! ”