Shangdang County, Changzhi County.

This county seat, located in the southeast of Shangdang County, is the seat of the county seat of Shangdang County, so the high-ranking officials of Shangdang County are located here, including the county keeper and the county lieutenant Ju Xin.

On this day, the white-haired drama Xin strode out of the county guard's mansion.

Just from the face that was as black as charcoal, it could be seen that Ji Xin was in a very bad mood.

Not good at all.

From his own point of view, he was originally a high-powered, world-famous important minister of the Yan State, and assisted King Yan Zhao to lay down a great prosperous era of the Yan Kingdom, so that the Yan State once annexed the land of the Qi State, and was even expected to become the overlord of the Central Plains.

However, with the death of King Yan Zhao, the resignation of Le Yi and the Jedi counterattack of Tian Dan, all this came to naught.

Not only that, with the new king on the throne, Ju Xin also became the target of purges and went into the wilderness.

Ji Xin originally thought that this might be the case in his life, but he didn't expect that after living in seclusion for many years, his old friend Pang Xuan, whom he hadn't seen for decades, brought him good news.

King Zhao wants to recruit drama Xin!

For this recruitment, Ju Xin was very hesitant at first.

Although Ju Xin himself is a native of Zhao State, he made a name for himself in Yan Kingdom, and in terms of personal feelings, he still has to favor Yan Country more after all, otherwise he will not still live in seclusion in Yan Kingdom after being forced to resign.

But Ju Xin finally followed Pang Xuan back to Zhao State, because Ju Xin knew very well that if he still wanted to display his talents, only the young Zhao King of Zhao State could give him a chance.

King Zhao did give Ju Xin a chance.

Although it is said that Ju Xin did not get the position of governance and only became a general, but Ju Xin, the lieutenant general of the Northern Army, is second only to Lian Po and Pang Xuan in the military circles of Zhao State, and the existence of the Southern Army Zhonglang General Le Cheng is not an insult to his talent.

Therefore, Ju Xin has always been conscientious, only thinking about one day when he can rise to the throne because of his merits, and he will also gain the same prestige and merit as Yan in Zhao State.

However, a battle of Hedong County broke the dream of the old drama Xin, although the military talent of the drama Xin was good enough, but after all, it could not be Bai Qi's opponent, and he was defeated by Bai Qi and almost lost the entire Hedong County.

After this battle, Ju Xin was worried that he would be taken away from his post and imprisoned or even beheaded for dereliction of duty, after all, the crime of losing the land is an out-and-out crime.

Fortunately, King Zhao showed tolerance, and only demoted Ju Xin to the rank of county lieutenant, and then punished him for a few years.

For this, Ji Xin's heart is actually very grateful.

This also inspired the arrogance in Ji Xin's heart, and the old general was eager to wash away the stigma on himself and wanted to make himself proud again.

It is precisely because of this that in the past two years, during the three-month annual drill, Ju Xin has spent a lot of effort and energy on the thousands of county soldiers under his command, in order to improve the quality of these county soldiers.

What makes Ji Xin satisfied is that because Shangdang County is located in the Taihang Mountains, it has always relied on the mountains to eat the mountains, so many of the soldiers in the county are not only good at plowing the fields and hunting, but the quality of the soldiers is even stronger than that of the Zhao Plain.

After two years of training, Ju Xin felt that although the Shangdang county soldiers under his command were far from being able to compare with the Central Army of Zhao State, which was trained every day, at least they were also presentable, and if they were pulled out to fight a few battles, they might be able to become a good army.

According to Zhao Guo's regulations, once the county soldiers of Shangdang County are conscripted into the army, then the county lieutenant of Juxin will automatically become a lieutenant (or possibly promoted to a general), and the opportunity to regain his strength will come.

But what made the drama depressed was that in the past two years, the wars in Zhao mainly took place in the east and north, and Shangdang County, located in the south, did not receive a request to recruit county soldiers at all.

What made the drama even more depressed was that the county guard, who was twenty years younger than himself and belonged to his son's generation, had just said something to himself: "Shangdang County is located in the hinterland of the country, and there is no risk of war, so why invest so much money, food, and armor, which will only increase the burden on the people and the government treasury." ”

The meaning of this county guard is obvious, that is, the treatment of the county soldiers will be reduced, and from next month, the money and food allocated to the county soldiers in the future will be reduced by 30%.

You must know that spring ploughing has just ended, and now the county soldiers have just gathered in Changzhi County, ready to start training for three months a year.

But now that there is no money or food, what do you use to raise soldiers and what to fight?

Thinking of this, the white-haired Ji Xin couldn't help but sigh.

"Did I end up depressed as a defeated general?"

The depressed old general took a few of his guards and decided to go up to the city, which was also his usual way of distraction in the past two years.

After reprimanding a few of the big soldiers who were lazy under the scorching sun and whipping them down a few times, the old general's mood improved a lot.

"Although there have been no enemies in Shangdang County for a long time, you should not relax your vigilance and be on guard at all times, otherwise, if the enemy attacks one day, then how can you defend your family and the country like this?!"

The old general spoke sharply, but except for a few soldiers who had been whipped on their knees and trembled, the rest of the soldiers, including the personal soldiers behind Ji Xin, were a little unimpressed.

In the place of Shangdang County, there is Hedong in the west, Yanmen Dai County in Yunzhong in the north, and Handan in the east, who can fight here?

Korea? Everyone knows that South Korea is Zhao Guo's younger brother.

Ji Xin is also an old man, where do you not know the thoughts of these soldiers under his command? Just as he was about to continue to reprimand, he suddenly stopped again and turned his head to look south.

On the southern road, a horse carrying a knight on the horse came, stirring up a lot of smoke.

Although Ju Xin was old, he was not dizzy, but saw a tattered red cloth behind the knight, which I don't know if it was tied with a wooden stick or something else.

"Military intelligence?" Ji Xin's body was shocked, and he immediately walked down the city quickly.

After a while, the knight rode up, and Ju Xin immediately greeted him, shouting, "I am the county lieutenant Ju Xin, what kind of military situation do you have?" ”

Immediately, the knight rolled his saddle and fell off his horse, saluted to Ji Xin, and was about to speak, when he suddenly stumbled, and the whole person was unstable on his feet, and he was about to fall down directly forward.

Ji Xin stretched out his hand in time to help the knight, took out a kettle from his hand and stuffed it into the knight's hand, and said in a deep voice: "Drink saliva first, and speak slowly." ”

The knight stretched out his hand and took the kettle in Ji Xin's hand, drank it all, and then said to Ji Xin: "County Captain, the big thing is not good, the Korean general Jin Huang led tens of thousands of troops to the north, and he arrived at Changping Pass three days ago!" Please also ask the county lieutenant to report to the king quickly, so that the king can send reinforcements! ”