In February, the snow in the north had just begun to melt, and there was still ice in many places, and the Xiongnu could not bear it anymore and began to assemble on a large scale, annexing each other and beginning to move south.

This winter has affected them too much, cattle, sheep and horses continue to freeze to death, even many old people and children cannot survive, and slaves are also freezing to death in large numbers.

They don't care whether the slaves live or die, but when the slaves are dead, whoever will graze them can't let the noble himself herd the herds.

"General, there are traces of the Huns in front." A scout Pegasus reported.

"How many?" Li Mu asked while wiping the spear.

"Very, very much, I can't see the specific number of people, and there are tents pulled by chariots, and there are Huns for more than ten miles from east to west." The scout snapped.

"I'll see." Li Mu pinched the horse's belly, walked to a high ground, and immediately saw a black line in the distance slowly approaching in his direction.

"The Huns really came, gave the order, and withdrew the troops." Li Mu shouted loudly.

He only led a hundred horsemen, if he encountered less than a thousand Huns, he still had the strength to fight, and one thousand to two thousand could fight with personal force, but this kind of boundless army, don't think about it, go first.

……

"My Zhao State hasn't gone north yet, but the Huns have gone south first." Zhao Kuo put the battle report sent by Li Mu on the table and said with a smile.

Troubled times are like this, either you go to hit others, or others come to beat you, and no one can stay out of it.

Fortunately, Zhao had already prepared, even if the Xiongnu did not come, he would send troops north to attack the Xiongnu. Now it's a hassle-free.

"The king, the last general will ask for battle." Lian Po immediately got up and said loudly.

"The last general will also attack the Huns." Pang Xuan also got up and said.

Then, all the generals stood up, especially some generals who had just joined the Zhao State and had not made an inch, and they couldn't wait.

Zhao Kuo glanced around and nodded with satisfaction, his face full of smiles. Although Zhao Guo can't be called a large number of soldiers now, it can definitely be called a general, and there are more than two generals with names and surnames.

Among the six kingdoms, except for Qin, none of them could compare with Zhao.

On the other side, the civil officials were also eager to try, Wei Wuji and Lin Xiangru were both people who had been on the battlefield, but no one invited them to fight, and they were all looking at the generals next to them with smiles.

"I wonder how many troops the king is going to send?" Wei Wuji asked with a smile.

He had never fought such a rich battle, and he was many times stronger than when he was in Wei.

Zhao Kuo estimated in his heart that without affecting the development of Zhao State, Zhao State can currently levy up to 100,000 people, and any more, it will affect the development of the country.

However, although 100,000 people were able to defeat the Xiongnu, they were far from the goal in Zhao Kuo's heart.

"Leave 10,000 troops to defend Handan, and the rest of the army will follow the king to the north. In addition, he ordered the three places of Daijun, Yanmen, and Yunzhong to levy 130,000 soldiers. Plus 50,000 guards of the Great Wall. A total of 250,000 troops. Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said.

All countries in the Warring States period practiced conscription, but except for a very small number of major wars, the vast majority of wars would only recruit soldiers close to the place of war to participate, and other places would recuperate, and wait until the next time there was a big war in this place, then the soldiers of this place would be requisitioned, and another place could get a chance to recuperate.

If the soldiers of one place are frequently requisitioned, the people will wither and flee the country.

Zhao State only ended the war last year, and order had just been restored, and if the soldiers were to be levied again, it would not only make everyone's newly settled life turbulent again, but also seriously affect farming, and destroy the household registration and agricultural tax systems that had just been implemented.

The three northern counties are mainly based on grazing, supplemented by farming, and only a few soldiers in the three places were recruited during the previous Changping War.

Therefore, in addition to the regular army, Zhao Kuo only levied the soldiers of the three armies in the north, although it will still cause some impact, but it has been minimized.

Wei Wuji nodded, this was indeed the most suitable approach, and he arched his hand and said, "The minister will raise the supplies as soon as possible." ”

"By the way, send someone to spread this matter throughout the Central Plains, and say that Zhuxia is one, and it is everyone's responsibility and obligation to crusade against the Xiongnu." Zhao Kuo suddenly thought that this was another good opportunity to brush up his reputation.

In fact, for the Central Plains, the vast majority of people don't know who the Xiongnu are at all, and there is no concept of the Xiongnu.

Zhao Kuo now wants to let the names of the Xiongnu and the Hu people sink and sink into the ears of ordinary people. It formed a false impression that Zhao Guo helped everyone block the invasion of the Hu people, avoid persecution in everyone's life, and increase everyone's sense of identity with Zhao State.

Although Zhao resisted the Xiongnu and attacked the Xiongnu and the Central Plains had nothing to do with it, just for its own interests, the existence of Zhao did allow the Central Plains countries to avoid the encroachment of the Hu people, even if the monarchs of various countries could not help but admit it.

Zhao Kuo took advantage of this and shamelessly brushed a good impression in everyone's hearts.

"I'll leave this to me." Zhao Mu got up and said.

Zhao Guo is the most well-informed, and the person with the strongest ability to deliver news is not Liu Ping, but Zhao Mu.

The Zhao Chamber of Commerce is all over the world, and no disturbance can escape the Zhao Chamber of Commerce. Similarly, as long as the Zhao Chamber of Commerce is willing, it can deliver the news to every corner of the world.

With the shouts of the Chamber of Commerce, these news will flow to every village, which is difficult to prevent.

"Pang Xuan, Rong Xuan, and Qing Qin listen to orders." Zhao Kuo stood up, glanced around, and said loudly.

"The end will be." Pang Xuan, Rong Xuan, and Qing Qin strode to the center of the main hall and said with their fists clenched.

"The three of you immediately led an army of 5,000 to the northern frontier, and recruited soldiers from Daijun, Yanmen, and Yunzhong, and resisted the Xiongnu together with Li Mu. Before the arrival of the outnumbered, the defense is the main thing, and the offense is not allowed. Zhao Kuo ordered.

"No." The three of them looked excited.

Pang Xuan has been hidden in the snow for decades, and has never had the opportunity to lead the troops to fight, and Rong Xuan and Qing Qin Gang have been waiting for the opportunity to make meritorious contributions not long after they defected to Zhao State.

If they are allowed to fight Yan Guo, they may still have some scruples in their hearts.

But fighting the Huns, isn't that Lao Tzu beating his son - is it justified!

The rest of the personnel looked at Zhao Kuo with fiery eyes, and there were three fewer places at once, and they had fewer opportunities.

"Le Yi, Lian Po, Yan Zhou, Qingshe, Le Jian, Yan Ju, Yan Xiong......" Zhao Kuo pointed out a name every time, and a person walked to the center of the hall.

In the end, Zhao Kuo set his eyes on Meng Wu, "Meng Wu." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Meng Wu said excitedly, he didn't expect to have his own share.

"The widow also started to lead troops to fight when you were so old, and you must also work hard not to live up to the expectations of your father and Du Pingjun." Zhao Kuo said.

"Yes." Meng Wu said loudly.

"Cai Ze, Lu Zhonglian, Li Bei, Li Si, Han Fei, and Huang Shigong are staff officers of the army." Zhao Kuo continued.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The crowd bowed.

"Meng Fu led an army of 10,000 to sit in Handan." Zhao Kuo said.

"The last general will obey orders." Meng Fu clenched his fists and said.

"I'll leave the rest to the ministers." Zhao Kuo faced the ministers and bowed.

"The minister did his best." The ministers returned the salute.

In mid-February, Zhao Kuo took Le Yi, Lian Po, Pang Xuan, Yan Zhou, Mengwu, Qingshe, Le Jian, Rong Yi, Qing Qin, Yan Ju, and Yan Xiong as generals. Cai Ze, Lu Zhonglian, Li Bei, Li Si, Han Fei, and Huang Shigong joined the army.

The Northern Expedition began.