"Mafuko!"

"I've seen Ma Fuzi!"

Time back to the middle of August, on the second day after bidding farewell to Chang'anjun, Zhao Kuo came to the military camp outside Handan City to report, as the soldiers slowly gathered grain and grass, the suburbs of the city had been covered by felt tent barracks, and there were 50,000 people stationed in it, of which 20,000 were soldiers and 30,000 were people who were responsible for transporting grain and baggage. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This vast camp is divided into several areas, and in the center is the Lord's Tent.

As soon as Zhao Kuo approached the handsome tent, a large group of people greeted him affectionately.

The group of generals in front of them in armor and armor, some of them were familiar faces who often went in and out of Zishanyi, and some of them didn't know each other, but their first reaction when they saw Zhao Kuo was that they were all courteous and respectful.

This is natural, because this is the commander of this battle, the eldest son of the general Ma Fujun!

According to the Zhao system, the general is the highest military position, commanding an army of 100,000. Under the general, an army of 10,000 people, led by a general; Under the generals there were ten captains, each commanding a thousand people; Below the lieutenant are two five hundred masters, and below them are the centurions, the chief, and the captain.

It stands to reason that only generals and lieutenants are eligible to participate in the military discussion in the Shuai Battalion, but Zhao Kuo has a special status and is also allowed to enter.

Although Zhao strictly prohibits the private use of public weapons, the intertwined nepotism in the army is still there.

Among the generals present, one-third were generals, and they themselves or their fathers had followed Zhao Hao to fight, and they had a good friendship with the Mafu family. There are also one-third of the people who have been promoted from the accumulation of military merits in the ranks, and the one who led them to defeat the enemy army and show them merit is still Ma Fujun, and this grace of support is unforgettable.

The remaining third, either newly transferred border generals, or generals from other factions, have little right to speak.

Therefore, for Zhao Kuo, entering this general camp is like returning to his own home, and he is welcomed and greeted in an endless stream. Especially for his exploit in escorting Chang Anjun to Qi and blocking an arrow for him, under the praise of the generals, Zhao Kuo, who had just passed his twentieth birthday, was also a little fluttering......

The only one who can stop him is his father, Ma Fujun Zhao Hao.

When Zhao Hao's tall figure stepped in, the chatter in the handsome tent immediately stopped, and the felt tent was silently shrouded, as if there was an invisible force pushing everyone's waists, everyone straightened up in unison, but their necks involuntarily lowered, staring at Zhao Hao's feet - no one dared to look at their main general, even if it was looking at his face, the majesty of the horse service monarch made everyone unable to raise their heads.

Only Zhao Kuo didn't feel this way, and dared to stand at the end of the line and secretly look at his father.

Familiar face, but very different from the usual dress, Zhao Hao rarely wears armor on weekdays, and dresses like an old woodcutter and fisherman when he is at home. Today is different, a beautifully decorated brass helmet on his head covers Zhao Hao's gray hair, but it makes the scar on his eyebrows more and more hideous.

He was covered with a patent leather armor of silk and copper, the fish-scale armor was made of thick cowhide, woven into a whole with a crimson kudzu belt, and the gluttonous beast-faced bronze chest protector opened teeth and claws, hung by shoulder straps outside the armor, fastened with copper buckles, and on the waist was a hooked pan armor. Bring his saber with him, this is different from the sword used by the doctors to decorate, but has killed people! He has killed the enemy, and he has also killed his own people who disobeyed military orders.

"It turns out that my father can be so ......"

Seeing that Zhao Hao, who had been a little decadent in the peaceful times in recent years, rejuvenated, Zhao Kuo was happy for him in his heart, and he was also grateful to Chang'anjun who made his father a general.

With his sword on the steps, Zhao Xuan announced the order with a straight face, it was nothing more than the righteousness of the Yan State to invade Zhao this time, the Zhao State to fight back, and not to live up to the first king, the queen mother, and the king, to help the people of Li who were trapped in the military disaster, Zhao Kuo wanted to yawn when he heard it.

But then, when Zhao Hao issued the reward and punishment order this time, he immediately cheered up.

In the military formation, gold, drums, duo, and flags are used as command signals, and when they hear the sound of drums, they should advance, and the sound of heavy drums means that they will charge and engage the enemy; Hearing the sound of gold should stop, and the heavy sound of gold means to retreat; When you hear the sound of the priest, pay attention to the commander's verbal commands; Look at the direction of the military flag, the left of the flag is left, and the right of the flag is right. Whoever does not listen to these signals will be sentenced to death, and whoever makes noise in the battle will be sentenced to death!

In addition, according to post-war statistics, if there are no casualties and no combat merits in each army, it means that the battle is not hard, and all soldiers must be punished for the border. If the commander of each unit is killed or wounded but does not kill, wound, or capture an officer of the same rank on the other side, all the soldiers shall be punished on the border and their families shall be punished.

If the commander dies in battle, the officers with more than 500 soldiers under his command will be punished, and the commander's personal guards will also be executed! Those who lead more than 1,000 officers to surrender or flee from the battle are "national thieves", and they are to be executed and their bodies are displayed to the public, and their families are confiscated into the official palace as concubines, and their ancestral graves are excavated; If an officer who leads more than 100 people behaves like this, he is a "military thief", and he will also be executed or his house raided!

Under the repeated orders, there was an atmosphere of solemnity in the tent, and the generals who were still giggling and laughing just now straightened their waists, and their mentality had become serious, they all knew that Ma Fujun would order the military law to be very strict, and every time there was a war, it was indispensable to cut off the heads of several criminal generals, and no one dared to take it seriously......

Zhao Kuo also heard it with cold hairs standing on end, this is a real war, not a safari and a thief, let alone an escort experience that can be compared to Linzi!

"After the generals return, the military law will be promulgated and punished, and those who do not teach will be punished for dereliction of duty!"

After the military law was issued, Zhao Hao let all the junior officers go down, leaving only a few generals to give face-to-face lectures.

Everyone understood that this was Ma Fujun's decision to discuss the route of march and combat strategy with the generals.

But what surprised them was that Ma Fujun didn't leave his son Zhao Kuo behind!

The captains are strange now, in their opinion, this time in the Northern Expedition to Yanguo, Ma Fujun specially brought Zhao Kuo, let him be familiar with military affairs, and familiar with the old department of Ma Fu, after all, no matter how high Ma Fujun is, he is already old, this may be his last battle, it is time to pave the way for his son......

But the secret military conference didn't let him participate, so what is it?

The lieutenants discussed a lot in private, after all, this was related to the future of the grassroots officers brought out by their group of horse service gentlemen.

"Could it be that Ma Fujun doesn't like the eldest son?" They knew that Ma Fujun also had a second son.

Someone immediately refuted: "If you want the second son to inherit the title, you should bring the second son out this time." ”

In addition, Zhao Kuo made a contribution in Linzi, Chang'an Jun praised him, and the Queen Mother also praised him, and even said that Zhao Kuo was "a tiger father without a dog", it stands to reason that Ma Fujun should be very satisfied with this eldest son......

After discussing and discussing, they didn't say the reason, and finally agreed that I am afraid that Ma Fujun is too decent and cautious, and he does not want to be said that he uses public for personal gain.

Having said that, after the captain in charge of Zhao Kuo went back, he had to take good care of this "horse suit" secretly, because maybe in another ten years, Zhao Kuo would become his boss. The promotion of this kind of Feng Junzi brother is not comparable to those who are out of the army and have no way......

The lieutenant thought so, and the generals above him also thought so, so from this day on, the five hundred people under Zhao Kuo's command found that the food, weapons, and ordnance they received were better than their comrades in terms of quantity, quality, distribution time, and other treatment. Of course, the clever old man understood what was going on, and for a while everyone was glad that he had been assigned to Ma Fuzi.

Zhao Kuo was a little depressed, compared to the 100 "elite soldiers" he had already brought with him when he was in Linzi, Zhao Kuo was very dissatisfied with the 500 pawns assigned to him.

Most of these people were temporarily recruited farmers, who hurriedly joined the army as soon as the autumn harvest was over, and many of them still held spears and halberds with hoes and shovels, and stood in scattered queues, that is, banners, armor and weapons could prove that they were an army.

Zhao Kuo can only follow the previous experience of leading troops in Linzi, and start from scratch with patience, but fortunately, as a five-hundred-hundred-master, he can bring fifty personal guards, most of these personal guards are the personal subordinates of the Mafu family, and they are also veterans on the battlefield, so Zhao Kuo will install them in the army as the chief and the captain, and the veteran will lead the new pawn.

At the same time, he also put down his identity and had a deep discussion with the five centurions, Zhao State's conscription is recruited according to the county, township, and li levels, basically each township out of 100 people, these centurs, in fact, are the township chiefs on weekdays, only with them a good relationship, can be regarded as a preliminary grasp of this small army.

If it was a different person, it would definitely not go so smoothly, maybe it would be secretly united by the centurions, but in the face of the noble-born horse clothes, those centurions did not have the guts, but were surprised by his cordial love for soldiers.

As everyone knows, Zhao Kuo's advantage was only germinated on the way to Qi State.

In the next two days, Zhao Kuo's team was quite obedient, but the adjacent comrades were not very peaceful. Although Zhao Hao has promulgated the military law and issued three orders, there are still soldiers who desert from time to time and run to Handan City, until Zhao Hao killed dozens of people to correct the military law, and after the head was hung on the gate, the military discipline was slightly better.

Fortunately, the stationing did not last a few days, and Zhao's command system was like an old chariot that had been used for a long time, although some parts were old, rusty, or damaged, its body and bones were still quite strong. With a little tinkering and lubrication, it rolls on its bones.

On the 10th of August, the baggage was ready, and the army departed......

The mighty army of tens of thousands set off from the north of the city, and the road led straight to the north. Most of them are soldiers' families, and because the autumn harvest has just ended, today is a good year, and the granaries are still solid, so they have to crowd the side of the road and tearfully part, and at the same time want their husbands and children to bring more food and clothing on the road - except for armor and weapons, which are provided by the arsenal, other changes of clothes, soldiers have to bring their own.

Zhao Kuo had no one to deliver it, but the car he had exclusive to him was already full of food made by his mother and clothes sewn by his own hands.

He looked to the northwest, the purple mountains full of morning glow.

In the past, when his father went on the expedition, his mother didn't want him to see his tears, so she only sent him out of the Purple Mountain with a smile, but behind her back, she secretly took Zhao Kuo and her younger brother Zhao Mu to the top of the Purple Mountain, and wept in the direction of the army. Although I couldn't see my father on it, as long as I looked at the long procession, my mother seemed to say goodbye.

In this way, what she wants to send is not only her husband, but also her son, presumably the tears shed will be twice as many as before, will it drip the stones on the purple mountain mottled? Zhao Mu is at home, can he take care of his mother?

Zhao Kuo shook his head on the horse, driving away this reluctant emotion, and turned to look ahead, his eyes resolute. He didn't know that Zhao Hao in history had no turn to command this war at all, and Zhao Kuo had no chance to participate.

He just thought that he must make a contribution this time, so that his father will look at him differently and his mother and brother will be proud.

But what happened next poured cold water on the ambitious Zhao Kuo......

PS: Chapter 3 at night