After Zhou Shao finished ridiculing Zhao Xi, he began to issue orders to Zhao Xi as a temporary commander. When Zhao Xi was in Pingyang, he didn't dare to talk any nonsense, and nodded frequently, indicating that he had completely listened to it.

In addition, in fact, in the entire action plan, Zhou Shao's task is the most risky, Zhao Xi knows very well in his heart, he feels that Zhou Shao is just too much in words, but he is essentially a heroic and responsible person.

Zhao Xi deals with this kind of person, and he is very wary, the more he knows Zhou Shao, the more he feels that Zhou Shao is a rare member of the Zhao State. Therefore, Zhao Xi not only didn't care about Zhou Shao's verbal offense, but thought that if the action was successful, he must thank him heavily, recommend Zhou Shao to the prince, and ensure that he was promoted to a few levels.

The two of them discussed and stopped, and then they went their separate ways to prepare. It was another busy day, including Zhao Xi and Zhou Shao, as well as the crown prince, no one was idle, nervously preparing for the next day's ugly action.

Zhou Shao gathered all the generals in the camp tent and assigned tasks to them one by one. Because Zhou Shao himself had to bear the most important part of the plan of doubting the army, he specially picked out Du Qing, the commander of the Zhao army in the army, and ordered him to command the remaining troops and follow the prince and Zhao Xi to act together.

After waiting for the task to be broken down, the generals came out of the tent, and Zhou Shao left Du Qing alone. Zhou Shao instructed him: "The doctor named Zhao Xi next to the prince is a well-known person with the ability to speak in vain, when you lead the army to act, act strictly according to today's arrangement, and must not be disturbed and obstructed by him." Have you listened? ”

Du Qing was a young general who was only in his thirties, he personally participated in the battle of Mianchi, and made great contributions to the battlefield of the surprise attack on Jiaoyang City, so he was rewarded, and was also retained by Su Qin to continue to serve in the reunited army.

Zhou Shao was worried that Du Qing would not be able to hold back his temperament because he was young, and he was known for his bravery, so he might not be able to do well in the upcoming military operation, so Zhou Shao repeatedly advised.

However, apart from Du Qing, Zhou Shao couldn't find a more suitable candidate in the army, because acting with Zhao Xi and the prince was nothing more reassuring than finding a general of the Zhao army like Du Qing.

Du Qing heard Zhou Shao's arrangement just now, but the young general had a lot of doubts in his heart, because the task given to him by Zhou Shao was to pretend to be embarrassed, which was very incommensurate with Du Qing's mood. But Zhou Shao's tone was extremely firm, and he emphasized it several times, and Du Qing firmly remembered it in his heart.

For Zhao Xi, Du Qing has seen it, but he has never dealt with it, this person has a high reputation in Zhao State, he is an upright minister in the mouth of the people, and he dares to give advice to the monarch. However, Zhou Shao asked Du Qing not to listen to any instructions from Zhao Xi, why is this?

Du Qing stared at Zhou Shao, full of confusion. Zhou Shao guessed Du Qing's psychology, and he ordered again: "I'm afraid that General Du will listen to what he just said, so I have to say it again, Dr. Zhao Xi is a civil servant, he is not good at military operations, but his people always talk nonsense and interfere with the actions of the troops." If you listen to Zhao Xi's words, it will disrupt the operational deployment of the whole army and destroy this strict combat cooperation. ”

Du Qing vaguely understood Zhou Shao's concern, he nodded slightly, and replied: "So that's the case, then I think it's really better to be careful." ”

Zhou Shao was a little anxious, he really didn't worry about Zhao Xi's indiscriminate intervention. The plan of this operation was used in accordance with the two strategies of the suspicious soldiers and the lure soldiers mentioned by Su Qin, which can be said to be interlocking, once one of the links goes wrong, the military operation will be a complete failure, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

If Zhou Shao was given a choice, of course he would rather choose to believe in Su Qin, who he had followed for so long, and trust Su Qin's strategy, for Zhao Xi, although he was a local direct minister, Zhou Shao could not trust what he said and did.

Zhou Shao told Du Qing for the last time: "If General Du is still confused, then let's just say so, just when your ears are blocked." When it comes to the start of military operations, you turn a deaf ear to the words of those around you, and just think about the operational plan you have just deployed. As long as you can do it to the letter, you have made a great achievement. ”

Du Qing couldn't help but laugh when he heard Zhou Shao's words, Zhou Shao was in a hurry, and he was also restrained when he spoke, what kind of "plugging ears" and the like, like a joke between children. However, Zhou Shao gave such a thousand instructions, and Du Qing also attached great importance to it.

Zhou Shao worked hard for a day, and in the evening, he closed his eyes dimly in the tent early in the evening, and thanks to his wide heart, at such a tense moment, Zhou Shao could not panic, and he quickly fell asleep after closing his eyes.

In the second half of the night, he personally followed the guards into the tent, shook Zhou Shao's arm, and shouted: "General Zhou wake up, it's time for action." ”

Zhou Shao woke up from his dream in a daze, first of all, he was reluctant, he just wanted to scold, and suddenly realized that he had asked the guards to call him on time. Immediately after thinking of the next military operation, Zhou Shao couldn't help but jump up all of a sudden.

Zhou Shao's eyes widened, and he asked the guard, "What time is it, has it been ugly?" ”

The guard replied, "Report to the general, there are still two moments before the ugly hour, but it is time for you to wake up." ”

Zhou Shao breathed a sigh of relief and muttered: "I'm scared to death, I thought it was too ugly!" He hurriedly ordered the guards to give an order: "All the men and horses who follow me will gather at the east gate at once, and wait for my order to act." ”

After the guards obeyed the order, they were about to leave the account, Zhou Shao remembered one more thing, he said: "You wait a minute, where is my prince's robe, you can find it for me." ”

The guard replied: "The little one obeyed the instructions of the stalemate, and placed it next to the bed in the inner room, and the general would know it at a glance." Do you want me to find someone to help the general dress? ”

Zhou Shao waved his hand and said, "No need, you go and give the order." I'll dress myself. So saying, he went into the inner chamber, grabbed from the side of the bed a yellow robe worn by the prince, and clumsily put it on himself.

This is also part of the action plan, Zhou Shao wants to personally disguise himself as the prince and go to the **** enemy army outside the east gate. The prince's robe was obviously one size smaller for a big man like Zhou Shao, but he still ripped and ripped the robe, pulled and pulled, and barely put it on his body.

Zhou Shao finally put on his robe and walked outside the big tent, where lanterns and torches were already lit, and more than 200 selected soldiers stood in the night.

The close guards who followed Zhou Shao saw Zhou Shao's appearance, a yellow robe was tightly wrapped around his body, as if he would tear it if he moved a little, which was very ridiculous. They covered their mouths one after another, preventing themselves from laughing in front of General Zhou Shao.

Zhou Shao himself also felt very awkward, but for the sake of the whole action plan, he also had to be bound by these. Not only that, but he also had a black silk cloth hanging from his ear, which was to be used to cover his face at that time, so that he would not be recognized by the enemy at once. At this time, there was no need for him to be covered, so he hung it next to his ears, and a big man with a black face, this tight and narrow outfit, under the light of the lamp, looked very funny.

Zhou Shao instructed the guards to bring his war horse over, he turned over on his horse, and then made a gesture to set off, and ordered: "Sons, come with me, let's go to the enemy's formation." ”

More than 200 soldiers were all strong, and they all stepped on their war horses and followed Zhou Shao to the east gate of Jinyang City. When he got there, Zhou Shao saw that there were already more than 20 of the prince's personal attendants waiting.

These attendants were all dressed in the clothes they usually wore when serving the prince, and they all saluted Zhou Shao respectfully. Zhou Shao waved his hand to signal them to be exempt from courtesy, and asked them, "Doctor Zhao Xi has already explained the details of the operation to you, right?" ”

The attendants replied in unison: "The little one has already understood, just wait for General Zhou's order, and then go out with the general." ”

Zhou Shao nodded with satisfaction, and thought to himself: "This Zhao Xi seems to be very serious, and it can be seen from the demeanor and demeanor of these attendants that they have been carefully prepared. ”

Zhou Shao, out of consideration for their safety, asked again: "Have you all ridden a horse, if you haven't ridden before, stand up, so as not to fall off the horse and be caught by others." ”

None of these attendants stood up, Zhou Shao felt strange and asked, "It seems that you have all ridden horses, but you are by the prince's side all day, does the prince allow you to ride horses?" ”

An older attendant replied: "General Zhou, rest assured, the common people of Zhao State who can't ride horses are a minority now, and only those nobles and officials who are well-appointed are guarding the carriage and disdain to ride horses." The common people want to be convenient, how can there be anyone who does not ride a horse. ”

Zhou Shao laughed and said knowingly: "It seems that you are all hiding from the prince and secretly learning to ride a horse." It doesn't matter, I'm just like you, it's convenient in life, not to mention, when you fight, you can't even ride a horse, in this kind of era, isn't that still death? ”

When the attendants heard Zhou Shao's words, they all snorted and laughed. Zhou Shao was not without pride, and then instructed: "After all, you attendants have never fought, don't be scared to pee your pants when you see swords, guns, swords, and halberds." Remember, just follow me and run fine. ”

He deliberately shook the yellow robe of the prince who was about to be torn again, and said, "Look at it, this is the clothes that the prince usually wears, I guess you feel very familiar when you see it." When you go to the battlefield, you will regard me as the prince himself, and you will follow me wherever I go. ”