Don't look at the Xinwei Army that followed Zhao's father to attack Gaotangyi before, but in fact, the Xinwei Army did not participate in the siege, it only served as a guard, protecting Zhao's father.

However, after Gaotang was captured by the Zhao army, the Xinwei army killed several Qi soldiers and civilians who tried to attack Zhao's father with weapons.

But this does not mean that the soldiers of the Xinwei Army are recruits who have not been battled, after all, these five hundred soldiers were all soldiers under the command of Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao at first, and they have more or less experienced the wars between Zhao and Wei and Korea, and then they have been strictly trained by Meng Zhong, Le Yi and others, although these soldiers have not yet reached the standard of "martial soldiers" in the minds of Meng Zhong and Le Yi, but they are no longer comparable to ordinary Zhao pawns.

Because of this, when Yan Wangzhi proposed that the soldiers of the two sides have a competition, so that he could intuitively understand the majesty of Zhao Zhao, the eyes of Master Zhao looked at this Yan King, in fact, with sympathy and pity.

After all, Master Zhao's father had inspected the training of the Xinwei Army many times, and of course he knew the strength of this army.

But what does it matter?

It's not a bad thing to use the army of Yan to assess the level of the Xinwei army, is it?

In view of this, Master Zhao's father agreed to the matter with a smile.

The next day, 500 Xinwei soldiers and 500 Yan soldiers came to an exercise to fight.

Since it was a drill, lethal weapons could not be used, including the chariots and crossbows of the Xinwei Army, and Yan Wangzhi temporarily ordered people to prepare some wooden sticks as weapons.

It is worth mentioning that for the sake of fairness, Meng Zhong ordered the Xinwei under his command to remove two layers of armor, remove their halberds and swords, and tell the soldiers to go into battle with only one wooden stick.

Seeing this scene from afar, a few traces of different colors flashed on the faces of Yan Wangzhi and Guo Kui.

It's no wonder, after all, the Wei Wushu of Wei is so famous that all countries know the armed forces of this Wei army very well, so that as soon as the Xinwei Army, an army imitating the Wei Wu Army, appeared, it attracted the attention of Yan Wangzhi and Guo Kui and others.

"How?"

Glancing at the stands where Master Zhao and Yan Wangzhi were from a distance, Le Yi asked Meng Zhong in a low voice.

The Xinwei Army actually has its own unique tactics, although it has not been tried yet, but Meng Zhong and Le Yi have simulated it more than once in private.

These tactics are mainly based on long-range crossbow shots, harassment tactics that allow soldiers to stand on top of the chariot and move to shoot, and "two-stage shooting", which is used to fight head-on, in short, to shoot as many enemy soldiers as possible before a white-knuckle battle to demoralize the enemy.

But since it is an exercise, this tactic is naturally not applicable.

"First...... Let's take a look. ”

Meng Zhong also had a headache about this, after all, the exercise actually restrained at least half of the lethality of the Xinwei Army.

After thinking about it for a while, he ordered the Xinwei army to put up a "two-one-two" formation: Meng Hu and Hua Hu each led 100 soldiers to serve as the vanguard, Wu Ying led 100 soldiers to guard the Chinese army, and then Mu Wu and Le Jin each led 100 soldiers to die behind the left and right halls.

In the art of war, this is called "yoke formation", which is somewhat similar to "X" from a bird's eye view, and is often used when marching in complex terrain such as mountains, and the advantage is that it is not easy to be attacked by enemy troops, because no matter which direction the enemy attacks from the front, back, left and right, it will be flanked by our side; As for the disadvantages, that is, this formation lacks explosive power, and has extremely high requirements for the generals and soldiers who use this formation, otherwise it is easy to cause confusion in command.

"Yoke...... I'm very confident.'"

Master Zhao stroked his beard and thought to himself.

And Yan Wangzhi, who was beside him, showed a look of surprise on his face, as if he was very surprised that the Xinwei Army had put on a charging yoke formation.

It is no wonder that after all, the yoke formation is not at all a formation suitable for frontal combat by foot soldiers, and its advantage is only that it is easy to defend against sudden attacks.

On the other hand, the five hundred Yan troops chose the most suitable cone formation for foot soldiers.

"Ah Hu, Hua Hu."

Meng Zhong summoned Meng Hu and Hua Hu to the front and whispered instructs.

"Woo-woo-woo-woo-"

A moment later, when the trumpet sounded, five hundred Xinwei and five hundred Yan soldiers marched forward with each other and began to charge.

In advance, many Yan soldiers thought that this exercise might be a wonderful contest, but the fact was very cruel, the Yan army's cone-shaped array could not penetrate the Chinese army guarded by Wu Ying at all, and the left and right wings where Meng Hu and Hua Hu were located were fiercely inserted into the belly of the Yan army, so that after the two armies converged for only a moment, Wu Ying, Meng Hu, and Hua Hu each led 100 soldiers to attack the Yan army, and the Yan army was defeated and retreated.

There are reasons for this, but the most important thing is the gap between Zhao Yan's two soldiers.

Also holding a wooden stick, the Xinwei sergeant was beaten by the Yan sergeant, his face did not change, and he immediately launched a counterattack, and if the Yan sergeant was swept by the Xinwei sergeant, most of them wailed and fell to the ground, which was thanks to the fact that the Xinwei army had received special training before, and the endurance for pain was particularly high.

So, in the blink of an eye, the two armies were divided, and the Xinwei army only used 300 men to defeat the 500 Yan army - the 100-man team led by Mu Wu and Le Jin did not even meet the oncoming Yan army, and this contest ended with the overwhelming victory of the Zhao army.

"That's a ......"

Guo Kui, an important minister of the Yan State who was standing beside the Yan Wangzhi, showed a little surprise on his face, maybe he was also a little incredulous, the elite of his Yan Kingdom was actually so vulnerable in front of Zhao Jun.

"Didn't you say to save some face for King Yan?"

Master Zhao's father let out a long breath, and complained a little about Meng Zhong and Le Yi in his heart.

However, he also understood that in fact, Meng Zhong and Le Yi had already shown mercy to their subordinates, no, they also adopted a formation that was not suitable for frontal combat, such as the yoke formation, if they chose a conical formation like the army of Yan State, I am afraid that the outcome of the Yan soldiers would be even more embarrassing.

Although the ending of Yan Jun is actually quite embarrassing at the moment.

Just when Master Zhao was thinking about what to say to resolve the embarrassment of the moment, he suddenly heard Yan Wangzhi say with emotion: "It's not Zhao Zhu, how majestic!" I don't know who trained this Zhao pawn? ”

Master Zhao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It was trained by Meng Zhong, Le Yi and several other teenagers. ”

"Could it be the same teenagers I saw just now?" Yan Wangzhi asked with wide eyes.

Seeing that Yan Wangzhi was so surprised, Lord Zhao's father was very happy, after all, it was he who knew people with his eyes and promoted Meng Zhong and Le Yi.

At this time, after seeing Yan Wangzhi praise a few words, he suddenly sighed with emotion: "...... My Yan country lacks good generals. ”

As soon as he heard this, the smile on Master Zhao's face stopped abruptly, and he looked at Yan Wangzhi with a strange expression.

However, Yan Wangzhi didn't seem to see the strange expression on Master Zhao's face, and still asked with great interest: "I don't know if Master Zhao is willing to cut his love and send those young generals to my Yan Country to help me train the soldiers in the country." ”

Quite incredibly, Yan Wangzhi's face did not have the embarrassment and embarrassment of his Yan Guo's "fiasco", and his eyes were full of expectation.

“……”

Looking at Yan Wangzhi's expectant expression, Master Zhao scolded in his heart.

At this time, he realized that the purpose of Yan Wangzhi's proposal for the exercise between the two armies was to "poach people" from his Zhao State.

If it were someone else, Master Zhao's father would not care so much, but Meng Zhong and Le Yi, he was reluctant to part with his love.

After all, in his opinion, Meng Zhong and Le Yi are both talented generals, and over time, they will definitely not be under the generals of Kuang Zhang, Gongsun Xi, and Storm Kite, not to mention that Meng Zhong and Le Yi have both humanities and martial arts, and they all have the potential of "being a general and being a prime minister".

With such talents, how could he be willing to cede them to King Yan?

Thinking of this, Master Zhao's father snorted and casually revealed the matter.

This made Yan Wangzhi and Guo Kui feel very surprised: the dignified Zhao Yong and Zhao's master father were reluctant to cede Meng Zhong and Le Yi's young men?

On the same day, while Yan Wangzhi was drinking with Master Zhao's father, Guo Kui privately contacted Meng Zhong, Le Yi and others, and chatted with these teenagers.

At this time, Guo Kui learned that Meng Zhong and Le Yi had special identities: the former was a disciple of Zhuangzi, and the latter was the queen of Lingshou Jun Le Yang.

In addition, Guo Kui also tested the knowledge of Meng Zhong and Le Yi.

According to Guo Kui's personal feelings, Meng Zhong and Le Yi are indeed a little immature at present, but it cannot be denied that these two teenagers have the potential to be generals, Meng Zhong is also a scholar of Taoism, fame, Confucianism, law, and soldiers, while Le Yi is good at soldiers and law, although Guo Kui is older, but in some aspects, he thinks he is inferior.

In the evening, Yan Wangzhi asked Guo Kui: "What about Meng Zhong and Le Yi?" ”

Guo Kui spoke highly of Meng Zhong and Le Yi: "Although these two sons are a little immature at present, it is undeniable that they are rare talents......

After a pause, Guo Kui said again: "The feeling that the two sons of Meng Zhong and Le Yi give to the old man is like Wei Ying of the Qin State and Zou Ji of the Qi State......"

Hearing this, Yan Wangzhi was shocked.

Who are Wei Ying and Zou Ji? The former is the hero who made the Qin State strong, and the latter is the hero who made the Qi State strong.

But thinking of Master Zhao's attitude, Yan Wangzhi felt a little regretful: "But Master Zhao refuses to cut his love." ”

Guo Kui said with a smile when he heard this: "It's okay, the king might as well make friends with Meng Zhong and Le Yi first, so that if the two of them don't stay happy in Zhao Country in the future, they will defect to my Yan Kingdom." ”

"Good!"

Yan Wangzhi nodded.

In the next few days, Yan Wangzhi often praised Meng Zhong and Le Yi in front of Lord Zhao's father, and his intentions were obvious.

If you are someone else, it is nothing to follow the wishes of Yan Wangzhi, but Meng Zhong and Le Yi, but the talents that Master Zhao is going to cultivate as the pillars of Zhao Guo, are they willing to be snatched away by Yan Guo?

So, Master Zhao's father hurriedly resigned from the position of King Yan and returned to Gaotang with Meng Zhong, Le Yi and others.

Of course, this is just a joke, Master Zhao still has this self-confidence - he believes that as long as he is still here, Meng Zhong and Le Yi will not abandon him and switch to Yanguo.

The reason why Master Zhao decided to return to Gaotang immediately was because he received news from Zhao Zhang, the Jun of Anyang, that the Qi general Kuang Zhang did not attack Handan, but led the Qi army to return to Qi quickly.

This means that Zhao Jun may have a head-to-head confrontation with this famous general of Qi State, even if he is Zhao's father, he does not dare to underestimate Kuang Zhang.

It is worth mentioning that before parting, Yan Wangzhi listened to Guo Kui's suggestion and solemnly promised Meng Zhong and Le Yi that if the two of them were not reused in Zhao State in the future, they might as well defect to him Yan State, and he would definitely reuse them.

Under the somewhat unhappy gaze of Master Zhao's father, Meng Zhong and Le Yi looked at each other.

Although the two of them also understood that Yan Wangzhi was so humble, it was because Yan Guo really lacked talents, but even so, Yan Wangzhi's commitment still left a deep impression in the hearts of Meng Zhong and Le Yi.