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Jimo City is located inland, and it is not a strategic place, so there is no school field in the traditional sense, so the location of the expedition was selected at the West City Gate, and a platform was set up on the city gate tower as a point general. Now Zhao Min is standing on this simple platform, looking at the thousands of soldiers who are about to go out under the city.

People say that there are thousands of people in the city, and there are more than 5,000 soldiers standing under the city, plus all kinds of chariots, materials, baggage, and logistics teams, a large area of Wuyangyang looks really visually impactful. The Xia Dynasty was still tude, so the color of the military uniform was mainly earthy yellow, and at a glance it seemed to feel like the terracotta warriors and horses of Qin Shi Huang. But what Zhao Min didn't expect was that he thought that when thousands of troops and horses set out to fight, there must be a sense of majesty of "wearing gold armor in a hundred battles and not breaking Loulan's oath and not returning" or the tragic color of "the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return", but when he saw the team in front of him, there was a sense of loss and powerlessness in his heart.

Zhao Min's right side is facing his own Jimo's descendant troops, a total of 2,000 people, although some of the recruits are not well trained, but at least the queue is neatly arranged, the soldiers all raise their heads and chests, do not squint, and the military flag is waving in the wind, which is quite imposing; In stark contrast, on the left is the 3,500 county soldiers, lined up in seven phalanxes of different sizes. Obviously it is the same 500 people per county, but it can make the size of the formation big and small. You say he's a phalanx, but you can't find a straight line; You say he's not a phalanx, but the flags on the four corners are still very distinct. The standing posture of these 3,500 county soldiers is also strange, some stand with their waists forked, some put the blade on their shoulders, and more simply put the spear and pestle on the ground as a body support, it is estimated that if it were not for the supervision of the generals below from time to time, it is possible for many people to simply sit on the ground. At a glance, it is not so much the army as it is more like a middle school student gathering in the playground, a mess, with the occasional shouts and cheers of the generals, it is really as lively as a market.

Zhao Min had been standing on the stage for half an hour to blow the wind, but he didn't say a word, in fact, he really didn't know what to say. Last night, he deliberately prepared an impassioned and morale-boosting speech for the purpose of going on the expedition, but when he saw the chaotic and noisy appearance of a vegetable market in front of him, he really couldn't raise his interest in the speech. Zhao Min looked left and right, and Zhao Yun behind him didn't look very good, but at least he still maintained his military demeanor, his body was straight, and he didn't smile, but the cold in his eyes was as cold as ice; As for Meng Hou on the other side, he would not be so polite, and after seeing Zhao Min looking back, he directly faced the people of the seven counties and sneered: "My lords, the war is not a child's play, and even the queue is not good, and you dare to expect them to go to quell the rebellion?" I wonder if this is going to war, or to send meritorious service to the rebels? I advise you not to take the lives of your soldiers as a child's play. ”

The row standing behind Zhao Min were all county lieutenants from the seven eastern counties, as the chief officers of the counties leading the team this time, they all showed embarrassment on their faces at this time. In other words, which of these county magistrates is not a cunning character? Knowing that this war would be won by one's own side, and that he would not be able to reap any benefits, he was forced to send troops under the pressure of his superiors, so he unanimously equipped the old and weak soldiers in the county, and even the temporarily conscripted peasants, with weapons and selected 500 people to come over to make up the number. I thought that I would not be too conspicuous if I was like this, but when everyone thought like this, I made such a scene. The county lieutenants of the counties were also a little embarrassed on their faces, and one of them came out and said: "What Meng Senjun said is inevitably biased, although our army is not in order, but I think that the rebel army is also an ordinary county soldier, and it is only between the same as our army, so it may not be weaker than him." ”

Meng Hou's position to join the army was temporarily added by Zhao Min after he won the position of army protector, and he couldn't help sneering when he heard this: "This county lieutenant thinks that such a military appearance can win?" Why don't we make a bet here, when it comes to the siege of the city, your county soldiers will be the first, and if you can make meritorious contributions, you will be given all the credit? ”

The county lieutenant was choked, his face turned red, and he was about to open his mouth to refute, but Zhao Min's cold eyes glanced over, and he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, and immediately swallowed the words back into his stomach. Zhao Min waved his hand to stop Meng Hou, who wanted to speak again, and said with a gloomy face: "We are the emperor's favor, we are called to quell the rebellion, and we are working together, how can we allow ourselves to quarrel here?" Time waits for no one, if you miss the time agreed with the state government, everyone present will not be able to fall well! Now there is no need to say more, and the order is to go! After saying that, he threw off his cloak and went downstairs by himself.

Zhao Yun and Meng Hou followed Zhao Min's footsteps, leaving a bunch of county lieutenants looking at each other on the city tower, staring at each other for a while, and finally shook their heads and sighed, and each went downstairs to greet the team and leave.

Zhao Min got off the city tower and did not go to the army, but turned a corner and stood at the corner of the city wall. When Zhao Yun and Meng Hou arrived, they sighed and said in a low voice: "Mr. Meng, Zilong, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Yun shook his head and said succinctly: "It's unbearable." ”

Meng Hou also sighed: "I never thought that the military discipline of the counties would be corrupted, it's sad and lamentable!" It seems that these county soldiers cannot be counted on this expedition, and we can only rely on our own team to win. In this way, the originally expected superiority of 6,000 people over 3,000 people in the three counties of Xiami no longer exists, and I am afraid that it will take a lot of effort to win easily. ”

Zhao Min heard Meng Hou's voice, even if he didn't rely on 3,500 county soldiers, it was not impossible to win, but "it took a lot of effort", indicating that Meng Hou had a plan. Zhao Min couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said, "Please also ask Mr. to give advice!"

Meng Hou twisted his beard and smiled: "There is nothing mysterious to say it, it is nothing more than a strategy to save Zhao from Wei Wei." Then Lu Xu's mistake was that the territory he controlled was too narrow. King of the North Sea, please see. Saying that, Meng Hou picked up a branch and drew four circles on the ground. The forms of the four cities of Xixian, Pingshou, Duchang and Xiami are basically connected into a line, and the core of the four cities is here. "As he spoke, he nodded to represent the location of Pingshou City." The four cities are connected like a snake, and Pingshou is where the seven inches of this snake are. Just let the county soldiers drag the army of Xiami, our army surprise attack Pingshou, once Pingshou is critical, then the four cities can not take care of each other, the situation is bound to be bad, only out of the city to rescue, at that time only with the strength of the two counties of Chang and our army in the field of decisive battle, give up the advantage of resisting the city and defending, what is our army afraid of? ”

Zhao Min has always had the habit of drawing a map when he walked to a place, and he naturally knew the geographical location of Beihai counties. However, he quickly thought of another question, and wondered: "Although the three counties of Duchang are short of troops, there is no shortage of troops in the drama county!" And the drama county is only half a day away from Pingshou, once our army besieges Pingshou, at that time the drama county will send a large army, will our army not suffer from the enemy? ”

Meng Hou smiled: "Could it be that the King of Beihai has forgotten that our army is not fighting alone, and there is also the Qingzhou Mansion army!" Therefore, our army should choose a good time to take advantage of the Qingzhou Mansion Army's siege of Drama County, so that Lu Xu will not dare to take half a step out of Drama County under the pressure of the Prefecture Army, and then our army will win the battle! ”

Zhao Yun suddenly said: "What Mr. Meng said is that if Lu Xu dares to go out of the city to rescue Pingshou, then our army and the Qingzhou Mansion army will be flanked before and after, and Lu Xu will definitely be defeated!" ”

Zhao Min was relieved when he heard this, and said happily: "Since it is as Mr. said, our army will have no worries." Then let's set off with all the troops! ”

According to the original plan, Zhao Min led the team to set off on the first day of February, from Jimo to the nearest city to the rebels Xiami, a 120-mile road, originally expected to march for three days, but the current situation seems to be afraid that it may not take five days to arrive.

It took nearly half a day to set off from Jimo City. In the morning, Zhao Min swore that the time of departure was three o'clock, and it was expected that it would take a quarter of an hour to prepare, and set off on time. In the end, Zhao Min couldn't bear it anymore, and announced that his personal commander Jimo Army was the vanguard and set off first, rushed to Jiaodong to camp, and waited for the follow-up team.

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At this time, the side of the Shandong Peninsula near Bohai was basically a plain terrain, which was different from the low mountains and hills of later generations, and it was quite refreshing to walk in the wilderness under the warm spring sun.

Zhao Min walked in the middle of the team, and the one in front of him was the Huben battalion, and five hundred Beihai County soldiers and one thousand recruits followed closely according to their original formations, lined up into two battalions of bows, crossbows, spears, and swords and shields. The spring breeze was blowing, and the unique earthy fragrance on the field penetrated into his nose, so that Zhao Min's unhappiness caused by the delay of the trip by the old and weak soldiers in the seven counties gradually disappeared with the wind. Looking back on the time travel, it has only been three months, from a weak young man lying in bed and dying, to a real protector who now commands thousands of people, it is really like a dream to think about it. Zhao Min couldn't help but laugh a little self-deprecatingly, why did he start remembering the past before he got old? He took a deep breath, raised his whip and pointed ahead, and ordered in a loud voice: "The whole army accelerates, and rush to Jiaodong to camp before the unitary time!" ”