When Guo Qi rectified the Western Army cavalry camp, Guo Qi's military order also reached the Huating camp; The Northern Route Army of the Yongjun Army was immediately divided into two, and the 10,000 soldiers of the Yongjun Army attacking north were commanded by Tang Bi, and Hou Ji was responsible for assisting; The troops attacking to the west were led by Hu Qiong and Zhuo Yidao, totaling 18,000 people, while the other 2,000 people stayed in Huating, responsible for guarding the rear road of the troops attacking westward, and also responsible for strengthening and building the Huating camp.

Looking back at Guo Qi, Guo Qi divided the cavalry camp into three armies, the front army of 3,000 soldiers was personally commanded by Guo Qi with two horses, the 6,000 soldiers of the Chinese army were commanded by Zhao She, and the rear army was less than 1,000 soldiers, and Zhao Shi handed it over to Zhao Yun.

"Dashuai, this King Yong is too much!" During the march, Zhao Yun was very annoyed and said to Zhao She: "This is obviously to snatch military power from you!" Yesterday he looked respectful, but the next day he changed his face, it's really not a thing. ”

Zhao Shi did not reprimand Zhao Yun this time, but he also agreed with Zhao Yun's words!

Guo Qi rode to chase the wind, looked at the troops who were marching west at the foot of the hillside, frowned and said: "This kind of march is too slow, and the king has decreed that today's march must reach one hundred and forty miles, otherwise no one will want to rest." ”

"No! Commanded by humility. All the people who followed Guo Qi responded in response.

Then the herald soldier with the order flag shouted loudly along the way: "His Royal Highness King Yong ordered that the army march one hundred and forty miles today; His Royal Highness King Yong ordered that the army march one hundred and forty miles today......"

"Dad, listen, he actually let the army march for one hundred and forty miles, do you say that King Yong is crazy, this is impossible at all!" Zhao Yun said angrily.

Zhao Shi frowned and said, "No, I have to go to King Yong, according to him, whether we will go to war or send him to death!" ”

After Zhao Shi finished speaking, he handed over the army to his deputy to take with him, and he took his personal guards to chase Guo Qi to the front army, and Zhao Yun followed Zhao Shi together.

After Zhao Shi caught up with Guo Qi, he said to Guo Qi with a dark face: "Your Highness, why did you order the army to travel 140 miles a day, do you want to exhaust these 10,000 soldiers to death?" ”

"A hundred and forty miles of marching will not exhaust them."

"Even if you don't die of exhaustion, you won't be able to get up when the time comes." Zhao Shi glared at Guo Qi angrily and said, "Are you letting them go to war or letting them die!" ”

"It is two hundred and eighty-four miles from Huangyang Pass to Qingshui, and today's march is one hundred and forty miles, and even the hair of the Xirong thief army cannot be seen." Guo Qi said in a stern tone: "Besides, this king also has to march for one hundred and forty miles, are you soldiers of the Western Army not as good as a pampered prince of this king?" ”

Guo Qi said that Zhao Shi was speechless, yes! It is not only the soldiers of the Western Army who march for 140 miles, but Guo Qi also needs to follow the army, Guo Qi is the prince of brocade clothes and jade food, not these rude men, even Guo Qi can insist, what reason do they have not to insist!

Along the way, Guo Qi is not only leading the army forward, but running back and forth in front of the marching army, if you see that the soldier is lazy, Guo Qi is a whip without saying a word, in terms of running distance, Guo Qi and his subordinates are all guards, and the distance they run on the road is far more than 140 miles.

After arriving at the place, these soldiers gathered together, lit a bonfire, leaned on the horses and fell asleep, they were too tired, you must know that these soldiers were not marching naked, each of them had to bring their own equipment and food, and these together would have to have sixty or seventy pounds.

"Lord, you should rest early!" The guards came to Guo Qi's side and said.

"This king is fine." Guo Qi said to the guards: "Take a few brothers with me to inspect it, and add a fire to the small ones." ”

"No! This is arranged. ”

Guo Qi and a few of his guards shuttled through the chaotic resting ground, occasionally adding some firewood to the small bonfire, or covering some soldiers with blankets (Note 1).

Unconsciously, Guo Qi saw Zhao Yun, and looking at Zhao Yun sleeping soundly, Guo Qi couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth; Although since he met Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun has said bad things about Guo Qi openly and secretly, and he is very uninterested in Guo Qi, but Guo Qi is very interested in Zhao Yun, just because Zhao Yun is a child of a family, and he dared to sneak away to fight with his father in the army.

Guo Qi covered the blanket that Zhao Yun kicked open, and untied his cloak to cover Zhao Yun's body; When Guo Qi was about to leave, he found that someone was watching him not far behind him, and Guo Qi walked in and realized that it was Zhao She.

Guo Qi walked up to Zhao She's side and whispered, "General, you haven't rested yet!" ”

"Your Highness doesn't have a rest either!" Zhao Shi said coldly.

"If the general has any questions, just ask!" Guo Qi added two pieces of firewood to the bonfire in front of him and said.

"Your Highness knows what the old minister wants to ask?"

"Everyone in the world says that the Western Army is the elite of Great Qi; But whether the Western Army is elite or not, the general should know better than this king. Guo Qi said to Zhao She: "Today's Western Army no longer has the elite style of the past, because it has lost its military soul and blood, and it is simply nonsense for them to want to protect the western frontier of Great Qi;

If this king expected to be true, the general led the Western Army to come to Huangyang Pass, and never thought of counterattacking the Xirong Army! Rather, it is planned that as long as you hold the Huangyang Pass, if you can't hold the Huangyang Pass, you will retreat to Yongcheng, and if you can't hold Yongcheng anymore, you will retreat to the Qishan camp, so you will retreat step by step to consume the Xirong thief army with space, and when the Xirong army meets and breaks the bloodshed, it is negotiating peace. ”

"Your Highness is reasonable, I don't know how Your Highness saw it."

"You still need to see it! Hasn't Daqi always been like this in the face of Xirong in the past few decades? Guo Qi said sadly: "This way of playing can only make Daqi bigger and weaker, and eventually destroy the country and the species." ”

"What does Your Highness think it should be?"

"The reason why Daqi will be defeated in successive battles and humiliate the country; In the incompetence of the commander-in-chief, the corruption of the army. Guo Qi said to Zhao She: "The successive defeats have made our army hear the names of Xirong, Beidi and other armies, and they are frightened by it, and they are cowardly before fighting, how can such an army win the victory;

Only by winning a battle, fighting a very good battle, so that the soldiers can regain their self-confidence, so that they can obtain benefits in the war, such as titles, money, land, etc., so that they will hope to fight and move forward bravely in battle; This is to feed war with war. ”

"What if we are defeated!" Zhao Shi asked again.

"If you don't fight before you die, such an army will not be able to achieve victory no matter what." Guo Qi stood up and looked up at the night sky and said: "As a commander, if you take the lead in every battle and stick to it, how can the army be defeated; Even if you die on the battlefield, it is a supreme honor. ”

After Guo Qi said this, he turned around and left; Zhao Shi has been recalling what Guo Qi said, especially the last sentence, Guo Qi said it very clearly, and it can be summed up as 'a soldier can die in battle, but he must not be defeated'.