Chapter 19: Nightmarish Existence
"Now, I announce the first military order." Zhao Kuo said.
The generals looked at Zhao Kuo with some apprehension in their hearts.
The new official took office with three fires, and Zhao Kuo burned Zhao Long to death with the first fire.
I don't know where the second fire is going to burn.
"All soldiers under the age of 15 and over 50 in the whole army were turned into medical soldiers and sent to Mr. Song Zhen, who taught him simple treatment methods. What combat effectiveness can children under the age of fifteen and the elderly over fifty years old have, and you are embarrassed to stay in the army. Zhao Kuo said.
"No."
The generals breathed a sigh of relief, it was not an order to burn people, just fewer soldiers, fewer soldiers.
Dashuai is right, anyway, children under the age of fifteen and the elderly over fifty have little combat effectiveness.
"By the way, there are injured soldiers who are also sent to them for treatment as soon as possible. In addition, other soldiers who knew medical skills were also sent to Mr. Song Zhen, even if they only knew a little. Zhao Kuo said again.
This time, there were only a hundred doctors who went to Changping with Zhao Kuo, but there were 400,000 troops here.
On average, a physician is in charge of 4,000 soldiers, and in the event of a major war, he simply can't keep it busy.
You can only choose to summon the soldiers in the army for temporary training, even if it is just to learn to bandage your wounds or something.
I really couldn't learn anything, so I sent it to the craftsman to see the wood.
"No." The congregation will answer.
"General Lian Po, the medicinal materials I sent a few days ago are all here." Zhao Kuo looked at Lian Po.
He had asked his second brother Zhao Mu to buy medicinal materials in Handan before, and all of them were shipped to Changping, just for today's preparation.
"General, all the medicinal materials are in the warehouse, but there is no one in our army who understands medicinal materials, so they are all piled together." Lian Po said.
"It's okay, wait until you send someone to bring Mr. Song Zhen over to sort it out." Zhao Kuo said.
"No."
"The second military order, everyone will send all the soldiers under his command who have worked as craftsmen before to Mr. Mo Feng, and General Yan Ju will receive them." Zhao Kuo looked at Yan Ju.
"No." Yan Ju said immediately.
Everyone's eyes instantly fell on Yan Ju, full of scrutiny.
It turns out that your kid has secretly taken refuge in Dashuai for a long time!
Yan Ju didn't go to see his colleagues, and after Zhao Kuo took out the saddle and stirrup drawings, he understood that Zhao Kuo was the thickest thigh in Zhao Guo except for King Zhao.
At least for the cavalry.
"Now that Zhao Long is dead, there is a shortage of 10,000 generals in the army, so let Li Mu serve as it." Zhao Kuo said.
"Thank you, General." Li Mu was very excited.
The generals' eyes were full of envy.
Eighteen-year-old ten thousand generals, except for Zhao Kuo, Zhao Guo is the only one, as long as he does not die, the future is limitless!
"General Lian Po, please tell me about the specific situation of the current war." Zhao Kuo gave up his position to Lian Po.
"Our army is mainly stationed on the line from Changping to Changzi, of which Changping is the main direction of attack of the Qin army."
"At present, our army has a total of 7,000 chariots and 400,000 soldiers, including 30,000 cavalry and 5,000 Zhao Fei cavalry." Lian Po said, pointing to the map.
"The main force of the Qin army is on the line from Guangwolf City to Changping, with a total of about 600,000 troops, including 10,000 chariots and 30,000 cavalry. In addition to the cavalry, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army's chariots and infantry was higher than that of our army. ”
The cavalry of the Qin State has just begun to develop, not to mention that it is compared with Zhao Fei's cavalry, but it is also not a small gap compared with the ordinary cavalry of the Zhao State.
However, the chariots and infantry of the Qin State ranked first among the Seven Kingdoms in terms of combat effectiveness, and they once completely annihilated the Wei warriors.
Under the military merit system, everyone is not afraid of death.
"The commander of the Qin army, Wang Di, is extremely good at attacking, and his natural skills can improve the attack power of the legion, and with the Wind Array and Fire Sweeping Array mastered by Wang Di, he is simply invincible. Moreover, Wang Yi is calm in his use of troops, and there are no loopholes to be found. I built three lines of defense, and he broke through two. ”
Lian Po did not hide himself, and spoke very frankly about the fact that he was defeated by Wang Di.
Lian Po did not mention the matter of grain and grass, and the grain and grass in the army have always been insufficient, but Lian Po has always concealed it very well.
Except for a few 10,000 generals, the other soldiers did not know.
If the soldiers knew that there was only less than ten days of food and grass left, it was very likely that there would be a mutiny, and even Lian Po, a veteran of the battlefield, might not be able to control the situation.
"Is there anything unusual about Qin Jun lately?" Zhao Kuo thought for a while and asked.
"As usual, there is an attack every two or three days, and there is nothing unusual." Lian Po said.
"I see." Zhao Kuo nodded, it seemed that the Qin army had not yet received the news that he had arrived in Changping.
"Liu Ping."
"Yes." Liu Ping took a step forward.
"From today onwards, you will take over the scout team and expand the scope of the expedition in an all-round way. Each team of scouts is sorted according to the sexagenary branch, and each team of scouts is responsible for a direction. Zhao Kuo said.
As the commander-in-chief, such an important position as a scout naturally has to be handed over to someone he trusts.
When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, Zhao Kuo's method was very good, even if the scout was killed, he could know which direction there was an enemy.
It seems that this new commander-in-chief is still a bit level.
"No." Liu Ping said.
"Okay, Lian Po, Le Yi, Tian Dan, Li Mu, Feng Ting, Jin Di, Yan Ju, Jia Yan, and Pang Qing stay, and the others will go back first." Zhao Kuo said.
"No." The generals retired one after another.
Zhao Kuo sat on the main seat, looked at the nine people, and said a piece of news that shocked everyone: "I just got the news that the commander of the Qin army has become Bai Qi. ”
"Huh."
Everyone stood up, and Yan Ju asked in shock, "What did the general say...... Can it be true? ”
It's not that he doesn't believe it, but Zhao Kuo's news is too shocking.
Bai Qi, for the Three Jin Dynasty and the Chu State, is a nightmare-like existence.
This man never aimed at defeating his opponents.
He had only one goal: to annihilate them all.
In the Battle of Yique, Bai Qi killed the 240,000 allied troops of Han and Wei.
In the Battle of Yanying, Bai set fire to the tomb of the king of Chu, and the state of Chu moved its capital, and the casualties could not be counted.
In the Battle of Huayang, Bai Qi killed 130,000 Wei soldiers and drowned 20,000 Zhao soldiers.
In the Battle of Eunseong, Bai Qi killed 50,000 Korean soldiers.
In the battle of Light Wolf City, Bai Qi killed 30,000 Zhao soldiers, and in the second year, he re-attacked Zhao and killed another 20,000.
These are only representative, and there is no record of the few killings, which is a shame for people.
If the soldiers knew that the commander of the Qin army was in vain, the morale would be reduced by at least half, and there might even be desertions.
"White ...... White ...... Isn't he sick? Jia Yan's eyes were full of fear.
Of all the people present, no one knew the horror of Bai Qi better than him.
In the Battle of Huayang that year, he led the Zhao army to join forces with Wei to attack Huayang, South Korea.
Originally, Zhao and Wei were already on the verge of victory, but Bai Qi suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
Then came a massacre without suspense.
Jia Yan stood on the other side of the river, watching Zhao Wei's 150,000 army being killed by 25,000 soldiers from Bai Qi, without any power to resist.
20,000 captives of the Zhao army were ordered by Bai Qi to sink into the Yellow River and drowned alive, and 130,000 soldiers of the Wei army were beheaded by Bai Qi.
Jia Yan didn't have time to cross the river, so he escaped.
Since then, Jia Yan has nightmares every night, and he almost goes crazy.
It wasn't until he met a Taoist priest later and used some means to make Jia Yan return to normal.
"This is the news I just got, and there can be absolutely no mistake." Zhao Kuo said firmly.
When the generals heard this, they felt a little uneasy in their hearts, including Lian Po, Le Yi, and Tian Dan.
Even a famous general, after learning that his opponent is Bai Qi, he can't be calm.