When the envoy of the Yan Kingdom happily returned with Zhao Yong's reply to the letter from the King of Yan, the soldiers of the Jianling battalion were conducting a lecture that would change the trajectory of their lives.

"Everyone, listen up." Although the direction of the cavalry's training was wrong, it had nothing to do with Zhao Guang himself, but because he was the military commander, Zhao Yong was still letting him demote him by one level, and temporarily took charge of the training of the Arrow Ridge Cavalry Battalion as a deputy, and then arranged it when there was a suitable candidate. is really in a bad mood now, so I vent all my anger on these soldiers.

"The only child in the family, come out of the ranks!"

Everyone looked at each other and had some doubts about this order, but as soldiers, their natural obedience to orders made them quickly adjust according to Zhao Guang's requirements. Suddenly, nearly a quarter of the neat line just now came out. After these people came out of the queue, they crowded chaotically at the front of the queue, looking at Zhao Guang on the stage in confusion.

Zhao Guang ignored the strange eyes of these people and continued, "Brothers are in the same column, and the younger brother is in the ranks!" ”

Under this order, some more people came out.

Zhao Guang continued, "If you have a wife and children, come out! ”

As the order was given, another wave of people came out. At this time, everyone began to wonder, what is this trying to do?

"Whoever comes out of the ranks, follow the captain in formation and leave the martial arts arena." The last order was issued, Zhao Guang nodded to a lieutenant behind him, and the lieutenant stepped down as he said, leading the soldiers out of the ranks, and quickly left the martial arts arena. When the last soldier left, the troops, which had just been quite sizable, were now only one or two thousand men.

Zhao Guang looked at the soldiers under the stand, untied his cloak and threw it on the platform, jumped down from the high platform, looked at the remaining soldiers, and said loudly, "Now, the other soldiers in the big battalion have moved to other places, and the entire big camp is just our brother." Your job is to train! Training! Retrain! Until there is a place for you. Zhao Guang was right, after Zhao Yong left the Jianjian Ridge battalion, the other branches of the Jianling moved to other places, and there was only a group of Zhao Guo infantry soldiers left on the periphery, called "with armor" troops, to surround this large battalion, and externally, it was still shown to people in the infantry barracks. This shows that the high-level leaders of Zhao State, with Zhao Yong as the core, have finalized the strategy of building cavalry, but this army is obviously only used for strategic purposes.

"From this day onwards, everyone's names have been included in a separate book, and your families will be properly accommodated around Handan and exempted from hard labor. Externally, you have been placed on the border guard. Internally, you are the vanished troops. You are not allowed to visit your family, you are not allowed to return to your hometown, and you will either die on the battlefield or on the training ground until you are truly revealed. ”

It was like a shock, and the entire playground was silent for a while. They didn't expect that today's precepts would have such a special meaning, as if their lives were about to be cut off by someone.

Zhao Guang didn't take the mood of these people into his eyes, he continued to yell at everyone: "From now on, everyone has to keep their mouths shut for me, what do you see, what do you know, if I don't ask, no one can tell!" If I find out, you casually tell some military secrets to some relatives and brothers..."Zhao Guang said, "Zheng" pulled out the sword at his waist, made a chopping motion towards the void, and said murderously, "There is no forgiveness for killing!" ”

Suddenly, the whispers of the military column disappeared, and in its place was quiet, solemn, and a team with strict military discipline. During the Warring States Period, Zhao and Qin were both known for their bravery, so at the end of the Warring States Period, only Zhao was the only one who could base Qin, not only the national strength, but also the quality of the soldiers, all of which were the reasons why Zhao dared to argue with Qin in the Battle of Changping. Although as a result of the war, Qin won against Zhao, but it paid a similar price to Zhao, and it also allowed the Central Plains states to breathe for a few more years.

Zhao Guang saw that these soldiers had returned to their usual attitude, his heart settled down a little, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and shouted with a wave of his big hand: "Go to the horse farm!" ”

In the tent not far away, Zhao Yong watched Zhao Guang and the two thousand people leave the playground through the exposed corner, and also breathed a long sigh of relief, smiled at the quay crown standing behind him, and said, "Sir, does this strategy work?" ”

Looking at Zhao Yongxi's smiling expression, how he didn't know what he was thinking, he groaned slightly, and said to him, "Your Excellency is very clever in this strategy. This strategy can not only promote the method of cavalry training, but also temper a trump card iron cavalry for Zhao State, and most importantly, the cost of gold and silver for this strategy is completely under control. Decisiveness is very clever. ”

What's going on?

It is said that when Zhao Yong returned to the royal city, he summoned the four people of Que Guanzi, Feiyi, Wu Guang and Zhao Bao to explain their plans and plates.

First, Zhao Yong believed that the implementation of cavalry was necessary. Especially in the Xingong court, Zhao Yong made it clear to the Zhao clan through Zhao Cheng's idea that he was going to lock the reform of Hufu cavalry and archery in the army, and the opposition was already very small. It can be said that Zhao Gu's recital has basically been passed, and what needs to be done now is how to promote this model to the training of large cavalry by a supervisor who is familiar with the habits of the Hu people and a general who is familiar with the tactics of cavalry.

The purpose of this is to transform the customs of the Hu people when they were fighting and the traditions of the Zhao State, make Hu clothes suitable for combat use, and select weapons and tactics that meet the combat habits of the Hu cavalry, especially the art of riding and archery, to be popularized in Daidi.

"Then should the construction of cavalry be spread throughout the army?" As a national lieutenant, Wu Guang's main job is to coordinate the contradictions between the generals and do a good job in his own logistical support, so whether he wants to promote the construction of cavalry, he must make preparations in advance, because the amount of money and food consumed by cavalry is much more than that of ordinary foot soldiers, and it is even similar to that of chariot soldiers. However, the chariot has a shock power that the cavalry does not have, and in a head-on confrontation, it is more useful than the cavalry. This is also the fundamental reason why Wu Guang doubted the ability of cavalry.

"Of course not, this is something that the lieutenant and your lords must keep in mind." Zhao Yong spread out the map, pointed to the front line of Dai Jun and said, "The construction of cavalry and cavalry is only carried out on the front line of Dai County. Zhao Gulou took charge of the matter, and Li Yan and Zhao Gu worked together to deal with it. ”

"So about the reward of Brother Li Yan?" Zhao Bao is a prime minister, and the rewards and punishments are within his jurisdiction. The two brothers Li Yan and Li Zhuo defeated the invading Loufu army, and the entire Zhao State already knew that the common people were even more celebrating, and the villagers of Handan even organized sacrifices, which was mostly to be rewarded for this matter. But how to reward it depends on Zhao Yong's meaning.

"I think that although Li Yan and Li Zhuo have made great contributions, Li Yan has just been promoted to a general, and he is rewarded generously again, which is not in accordance with the rules, and should be mainly rewarded with gold and silver." As a national lieutenant, Wu Guang still has a certain right to speak on the appointment and dismissal of soldiers, "As for Li Zhuo, he is young and frivolous, and the victory in this battle is also due to the strong combat strength of our Zhao border army, which is offset by merit and demerit." ”

As soon as Wu Guang finished speaking, Fei Yi saw Zhao Yong's brows frowning slightly, and as soon as he groaned slightly, he knew what Zhao Yong was thinking.

In fact, as long as you are a person with a heart, you naturally understand what Zhao Yong thinks in her heart. Among the current bureaucrats of Zhao State, the three headed by Zhao Cheng, Zhao Bao and Wu Guang are all their own fathers. Although Zhao Yong was respectful to these three people, it did not mean that he had to obey his words. Since Zhao Yong's pro-government, he has intentionally or unintentionally begun to reserve talents for Zhao Guo. And he didn't start out in the civilian system, as others do, but started in the military in a different way.

At the first court meeting after the pro-government, Zhao Yong secretly surrendered the generals of the clan and transferred them out of Handan, obviously to let these clans boil their qualifications and earn military merits in the important towns of Zhao State, but secretly, the control of Handan's army, through the external guards of Pang Cong and Lian Wu, and Zhao Guang's decentralization of Jianling, controlled the entire Handan in his hands. It is no exaggeration to say that once there is a change in Handan, Zhao Yong can drag the reinforcements of Lianwu to Shancheng through the troops of Jianjian Ridge to the greatest extent. Moreover, as the strategic center of the entire Zhao State shifted to the north, Zhao Zhuang, who guarded the Southern Great Wall, would definitely get less resources than Lian Wu. This is also Zhao Yong's secret arrangement.

At the same time, a group of meritorious clan generals also indirectly gained real power, such as General Zhao Xi, after being promoted to general, he was also the first of the clan generals. However, this old man has a relatively large age gap with other clan generals, and has entered the twilight of his life, and he has a relatively light view of the position, so Zhao Yong is relieved to hand over Daijun to him, and at the same time appoints two non-clan generals to assist him.

Therefore, if nothing else, after the end of the military reform of the Zhao State, a clan general headed by Zhao Xi will be formed, responsible for the overall situation, in order to consolidate the stability of the Zhao family; The young and middle-aged generals led by Pang Cong, Li Yan, and Lian Wu became the second echelon and were responsible for specific military operations, and they would be the main generals of Zhao to sweep away Zhongshan, Yan, Wei, and even Korea; At the same time, Zhao Yong began to prepare some young heroes to reserve talents for the fight against the three first-class countries of Qin, Qi and Chu. This hierarchical system of generals was planned many times by Zhao Yong during the three years from his succession to the pro-government, and almost all military movements were in the service of this system.

Therefore, when Zhao Yong saw Li Zhuo's military talent, he definitely wanted to be a national reserve. Wu Guang raised objections at this time, which was definitely against Zhao Yong, which also doomed the national lieutenant to be unable to keep up with Zhao Yong's rhythm.

"I thought that although Li Zhuo was frivolous and rash, he led the rest of the army to stubbornly resist the attack of Lou Nuren on Miaoerliang, and dragged it until the arrival of Li Yan's army. Don't bury talent. After he finished speaking, he suddenly glanced at the crane crown, but the latter smiled intentionally or unintentionally, and nodded to him. Fei Yi was slightly stunned, and also smiled at him, tacitly.

"What the master said seems to be ponderable." Zhao Yong nodded to Fei Yi, thinking that someone finally knew his mind, and he was worthy of his master, so he said, "Think about it alone, summon Li Zhuo to Handan, I want to meet him, if this person is available, the post of chief officer of the Jianling battalion will be his reward." Zhao Yong waved his hand, and Qiangang was arbitrary.

Wu Guang frowned, not because of Feiyi's opposition, but because of Zhao Yong. He now feels more and more that this young man seems to be slowly hollowing himself out, although the appointment and dismissal of many generals are discussed with him, but the result is often Zhao Yong's own decision. This feeling of monopolizing power always made Wu Guang feel uncomfortable.

However, if it is uncomfortable, it is uncomfortable, what should be done still has to be done, he didn't think too much, and said to Zhao Yong: "In this way, how to deal with the Arrow Ridge?" ”

"Although Zhao Guang is a clan, he has no merit in training, but he is responsible. However, he remembered that he was young, inexperienced, and demoted by one level, and temporarily replaced him as the chief officer of the Arrow Ridge Barracks. Zhao Yong said the typed draft, he didn't worry about it, in case Li Zhuo couldn't stand the temptation to be instigated to rebel after he took office, he would shoot himself in the foot. Zhao Guang is more or less his childhood guard, and he is like a brother and sister, and he should be safe when he looks at it.

"In this way, how to train over there in Arrow Ridge, please show me." This time, it was Que Guanzi who took over the conversation, and he very much wanted to know how Zhao Yong arranged the training work of the Jianling military camp.

"Except for the cavalry, all the battalions of Jianjian Ridge were evacuated, and a team of 'armored' foot soldiers was used outside to isolate the outside world. The lone general asked skilled craftsmen to secretly build a batch of new equipment to increase the training speed of cavalry and provide new training methods. Fast travel combat effectiveness. Zhao Yong said what he was thinking on the road.

"After that, the cavalry of the Arrow Ridge Battalion will be the troops directly under the Lonely. The battalion will be mainly 2,000 to 3,000 people, and the lone general will spare no expense to build this unit into the trump card of Zhao State! ”

After Zhao Yong finished speaking, everyone was slightly stunned, but they didn't expect Zhao Yong to indirectly seize Handan's military power in this way. In this way, as long as there is a breeze in the whole Handan, the elite troops of Jianling can be reached, and there is no need to worry about a palace coup d'état. This Zhao Yong, the old and spicy means, seems to be born.

"In this way, this cavalry should have a special title to show that it is extraordinary." Zhao Bao habitually turned on the touting mode.

"What Xiang Bang said is very true." Zhao Yongmei smiled, able to watch things develop towards the plan he hoped for, how unhappy he was, he was happy, and said: "Since it is the cavalry of my royal family, I think it can be called the 'Royal Forest Army'"

Looking at Zhao Yong, who was enjoying himself, everyone was in a cold sweat, thinking what kind of ghost name is this, this name is pulled out to fight, no need to fight, just laughing can make the other party laugh and return defeated. Obviously, according to the aesthetics of Fei Yi and others, the name of the Royal Forest Army, which is well-known in later generations, is very ridiculous and not elegant at all.

"Just now, the king said that he would spare no expense to build this cavalry unit, so I think that this army can be called a 'man of a hundred gold'" Finally, the crane couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly put forward his opinion. When Fei Yi and others heard it, Dacai is Dacai, this name is neither too vulgar nor too elegant, it is very in line with the use of the army, and it is praised one after another.

Zhao Yong couldn't cry or laugh when he saw that everyone was in conflict with his own aesthetics, so he decided on the name of the unit.

Since then, Zhao's ace iron rider "Hundred Golden Warriors" was born!