Zhao Xie said: "In the dream, Haotian God told me about the land of China, the surrounding mountains and rivers, and the forces of various places, and I drew it from memory. ”

Li Zuodao: "King, can you draw a copy for the ministers, whether it is for combat or to understand the situation in the world, this map is very useful." ”

Zhao Xie nodded first, then walked to the map, pointed to the location of Donghu, and asked, "Li Aiqing, do you think that the Xiongnu are powerful, or Donghu is powerful?" ”

Li Zuodao: "The minister has heard that even Mao Dun is afraid of Donghu." ”

In this time and space, as long as you have some knowledge of the recent situation in Saibei, you know that the Xiongnu are afraid of the king of Donghu in Maodun.

Only Zhao Xie, who is familiar with history, knows that Mao Dun is just showing weakness to Donghu, and now the time for the fall of the Donghu regime is not far away.

Li Zuoche said: "In the past, the Xiongnu repeatedly invaded southward, and according to the previous wars between Zhao and Qin and the Xiongnu, the strength of the Xiongnu was not weak. Although Donghu had invaded Yan in the south, according to the records in this regard, the combat strength of the Donghu cavalry seems to be inferior to that of the Xiongnu. According to the minister, this is most likely a strategy of the Maodun strategy. ”

People with strong military capabilities are different, and they can quickly see the internal situation.

Li Zuoche said again: "There are many tribal forces in the Saibei grassland, with the Xiongnu and Donghu being the most powerful. If Maudun can defeat Donghu, the other tribes may not be spared. If the entire grassland is unified by the Xiongnu, it will be a great threat to China. ”

Zhao Xie nodded in agreement and said, "This is not something we can control, what the widow has to do is to strive for benefits from the northern tribe." Saibei horses have good endurance and are not afraid of severe cold, which is much better than that of Central Plains horses. If we want to develop cavalry, we need to have good breeds of horses first, and then breed them on a large scale. God Haotian told me that Mao Dun would soon raid Donghu and destroy it, and then dominate the grassland, and defeat the Yue Clan and expand to the Western Regions. ”

Li Zuoche exclaimed: "Mao Dun has such ambitions! ”

Zhao Xie said: "Therefore, we have to trade with Donghu before it was annexed by the Xiongnu and buy a large number of war horses and breeding stallion mares." ”

Li Zuoche asked: "Your Majesty, did Haotian God ever say that Mao Dun sent troops to Donghu on a specific date?" ”

Zhao Xie shook his head and said, "He didn't mention it." When do widows dream? When can I dream of Haotian God? How will God guide me? It's all uncertain. ”

Interpret the dream of the gods as uncontrollable, so as not to create a psychology that the courtiers can rely on the gods for everything.

Zhao Xie said again: "We must seize the Yan Kingdom as soon as possible and contact Donghu." Li Aiqing, all the affairs of the military department must be put on track as quickly as possible. ”

"On track?" Li Zuoche was stunned, it was the first time he had heard of this word, and King Zhao would occasionally say words that he had never heard of.

Zhao Xie explained first, and then said: "Can you get on track in a month?" If you want to take the Yan Kingdom as soon as possible, you need to lead the troops to the battle. ”

According to his opinion, although Han Xin's training of troops takes time, it cannot be guaranteed that the Han army and the Chu army will never come to attack during this period, and among the more than 110,000 soldiers in active duty in Zhao State, too many troops cannot be transferred to the northern expedition to Yan State.

Yan has a population of about one million, and now it is in troubled times, and Zang Di, the king of Yan, maintains a standing army of 60,000, and if the situation is not right, tens of thousands more can be conscripted into the army.

If Zhao wants to send troops in a short period of time, he can only draw 30,000 or 40,000 troops, and only by being led by Li Zuoche can he have a greater chance of victory.

Although Zhao Xie had in-depth research on ancient history and military affairs in modern times, and had read many ancient military books, it was only a theory after all. Sending troops to the Yan State cannot expand the confrontation for a long time, it must be resolved quickly, if it drags on for a long time, Liu Bang and even Xiang Yu may intervene. Zhao Xie couldn't take the risk of leading the troops himself, he didn't have the capital to pay tuition.

Zhao Xie said: "The minister should go all out, it should be no problem." ”

He said again about his views on sending troops to Yan Kingdom, which was very similar to Zhao Xie's views. In a nutshell, it is necessary to solve the problem quickly, but not to draw too many troops into the war.

"Great King, if you want to take the Yan Kingdom quickly, you must avoid seizing the cities one by one. The terrain south of Yanshan is flat, and cavalry can be sent to raid and penetrate directly into the capital of Yanguo, and only by taking the king of Yan first can the war be quickly resolved. The specific battle plan still needs to be further understood about the situation in Yan State before it can be decided, and if someone can be sent to infiltrate Yan Country to find out the news, it may be possible to find a favorable opportunity. You can start with the minister of Yan to see who is greedy for money and bribes him with money. ”

Li Zuoche put forward practical suggestions, but he still needed to send trustworthy people to Yan Kingdom.

Zhao Xie thought about the courtiers in the court, and there seemed to be no suitable person.

When the two were discussing, a painter drew the big map exactly the same according to King Zhao's request, and it took time to draw a big map.

Before the map was drawn, the two continued to discuss in the study, both racking their brains to think about how to occupy the Yan Kingdom as quickly and at the lowest cost.

After the capture of the Yan State, the subjects of the Yan State will become the subjects of the King of Zhao, and the soldiers of the Yan Army will be reorganized into the Zhao Army. Zhao Xie did not want to expand the protracted war and let the Zhao army and the Yan army suffer too much losses; I also don't want Liu Bang and Xiang Yu to intervene and add new destabilizing factors.

If there is no effective way, even if the cavalry quickly arrives at Jicheng, the capital of Yan State, it is difficult to attack the city due to the lack of siege equipment, and a large number of foot soldiers carrying siege equipment to the north will definitely be discovered by the Yan army, and it is difficult to reach Jicheng in a short time.

Even if the foot soldiers rushed to Jicheng, it was impossible to capture it immediately, and during this period, soldiers and horses from other parts of the Yan Kingdom would definitely rush to King Qin, which would inevitably turn into a bloody battle.

After thinking about it, Zhao Xie could only think of the only way, and that was to arrange the internal response in Jicheng.

The hour had come.

Li Zuodao: "King, the way that the minister thought of is to arrange the internal response in Jicheng, and there are two methods. The first is to send people who are familiar with business to pretend to be merchants, send caravans to Jicheng, and pretend to be soldiers who are good at fighting and reflexing; The second is to buy the important ministers of the Yan State, first see who can be bought, and what power the people are bought, and then take further action. ”

During the Warring States period, although peasants were fixed to the land, many were still mobile. For example, businessmen, scholars.

Whether it's bribing enemy personnel or pretending to be a caravan, you need the right people to complete the mission, and you must first find the right people before you can act.

After the painter finished drawing the map, Li Zuoche went back with the map.

The overall quality of Zhao Jun is not as good as that of the soldiers trained by Han Xin, and Li Zuoche has been writing a detailed training outline in the past few days, and it is expected to be written tomorrow night.

Before leaving, Li Zuoche said that the day after tomorrow he would show Zhao Xie the minutes of the military training.