Soon, a group of several people came to the military tent in the old pass.

In the huge tent, Xu Li was busy outside, and everything else was usual, only the long table in the center was more than a zhang long, several feet long, and half a person high.

On it, the sand and soil are the base, the water and stones are different, and the red and black flags are interspersed among them, and in just a moment, the attention of everyone is attracted to the past.

"This is?!" Tian Dan had already walked to the long table in three or two steps, and couldn't help but ask.

Without waiting for Zhao Kuo to answer, General Lian Po had already rushed to Tian Dan's side without knowing when, glanced at it slightly, and blurted out: "Love the party!" The battle of the upper party. ”

The sound of surprise in the words did not need to be listened to, and the calloused hands had unconsciously stretched out between the mountains and rivers, trying to feel the world that they had been stationed in for three years: a ditch, a few woods, almost lifelike in front of them.

Tian Dan, who had just asked the question, also unconsciously rubbed the corners of the long table.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Xu Li, who followed up, Xu Li immediately understood, stepped forward and bowed to the two old generals, and explained slightly: "Two generals, this is something specially arranged by my generals for this battle of the party, called: sand table." ”

As he spoke, Xu Li pulled out a thin wooden pole out of nowhere, pointed to the sand table and continued: "The sand table, as the name suggests, is made of fine sand, supplemented by mountain stones, order flags and other things, and has been based on military reports and scout intelligence, aiming to present the battlefield, roads, landscapes, troops, etc., one by one, for the generals to better command. ”

"Good stuff!" As soon as Xu Li's words fell, Lian Po on the side couldn't help but admire: "The layout of the enemy's troops, the form of the landscape, is clear at a glance, with this thing, the battle has half a chance of winning out of thin air." ”

Don't underestimate half of the odds of winning, even if the Qin army doesn't increase its troops, with the 50,000 soldiers and horses brought by Zhao Kuo, I'm afraid the increased odds of winning will be less than half of it.

In other words, this mere sand table is worth tens of thousands of soldiers and horses! It's still that kind of elite soldiers!

Of course, Lian Po's words did not exaggerate the role of the sand table. A well-made sand table can clearly present the battlefield situation in front of everyone, so that the master can make decisions and deployments more objectively. More importantly, according to the sand table, subordinate generals can better understand the strategic intentions of the main general, and can drive their teams to the position that the main general wants.

This is definitely a pioneering feat for the Warring States with only a rough map.

However, having said that, even if it is useful, it can't make up for the huge gap in national strength between Zhao and Qin, and it can't control the current "terminally ill" war.

"If there was such a thing, why did our army come here!" After admiring the sand table, Lian Po unconsciously suddenly came up with such a sentence.

In the tent, only Zhao Kuo slightly understood Lian Po's regretful words - if he had this thing earlier, his Lian Po's army would not have been stuck in the territory of Shangdang, watching the Qin army arrive at the empty warehouse; If there had been such a thing, the generals of the empty warehouse collar would definitely be able to work together to defend, and their first line of defense, the empty warehouse collar defense line, would not have been broken by the Qin army in a few days.

But, alas, there is no pretense in the war......

"Old General Lian!" Zhao Kuo suddenly appeared on the side of the sand table and said to Lian Po: "The general will use this thing to demonstrate the process of the battle of the party for us, so that we can better understand the whole picture of the battlefield." ”

As he spoke, Xu Li on the side handed over the baton with both hands.

"Yes!" Lian Po obviously understood that the current situation was urgent, and he was not polite at the moment, so he took the baton and began to understand: "Since the old man took over the king's order three years ago, he immediately sent 50,000 Ma Bu Jun as the vanguard, 100,000 Ma Bu Jun as the middle army, and 50,000 Bu Jun as the rear army, a total of about 200,000 troops, falsely claiming that 400,000 troops set off from Handan. ”

As he spoke, Lian Po took the baton and began to slowly swim on the sand table: "Our army passed through the Fukou Pass, until it reached the line of Changping Pass and Guguan, and then turned along the Taoqing River into the Xiaodongcang River and entered the Hyunshi area, and then drove towards the water. ”

"At this time, the strategic intention of our army is: to intercept the Qin soldiers with the danger of draining water." Lian Podi's baton pointed slightly at the corner of the sand table and concluded.

Seeing that everyone had no doubts, Lian Po immediately continued: "At this time, Qin took Wang Di as his general, and the handsome soldiers set out from Xianyang, entered the Weishui River and joined the Great River (Yellow River), and then traced back from the Great River to the mouth of the Fen River, thus entering the Fen River. After following the Fen River to Xintian, it immediately followed the Huhe River and its tributaries up to Wuling Pass. Walking down the Wuling Pass, the Qin army turned into the Meihe River valley to Mayi, and almost at the same time as our army advanced to the water, the Qin army had already turned to the Qinshui River and arrived at Duanshiyi. ”

After a dazzling story, coupled with the fact that there were a large number of areas in the marching part of the Qin army, which were not on the sand table at all, if it were not a professional military talent, he would really be dizzy by General Lian Po.

Fortunately, the three people present are not idle people, General Tian Dan needless to say, although he was not ranked among the four major generals of the Warring States, but he is definitely a family of famous generals, Xu Li does not need to say, he has followed Ma Fujun Zhao Hao to fight in the south and the north all his life, and a few place names are not enough to make him dizzy.

As for Zhao Kuo? Well, although his actual combat ability needs to be tested, the homework on the map has been personally tested by Master Ma Fujun Zhao Hao!

And Zhao Kuo also lived up to expectations and became the first person to discover the abnormality of the Qin army among the three people present.

"What a fast Qin army!" Zhao Kuo stared at the sand table with his eyes fixed on it, and couldn't help but sigh.

And Zhao Kuo's exclamation has also received a different look from Lian Po, although I have long heard that Zhao Kuo has a talent in the military, but rumors are always rumors, and now I know that there may not be no reason for nothing.

Zhao Kuo's exclamation also reminded the other two, especially Tian Dan, who silently estimated the distance traveled by the two armies in his heart, and found that the Qin army had completed more than twice the distance of the Zhao army in almost the same time! The horror of its combat power can be seen.

At the same time, Zhao Kuo's sensitivity to the battlefield also deeply shocked Tian Dan.

Seeing the thoughtful two, Lian Po didn't sell it, and immediately explained: "The Qin army is expensive and fast, while our army is making slow progress, for two reasons: first, the military strength is slowly assembled, and our army has both the Beidi cavalry and the Handan infantry army, and the two armies are mixed, and it takes a lot of time just to unify the order; Of course, what is more serious is the second - the light enemy moves slowly, and there are more than twice the distance of the Qin soldiers from the general to the bottom, and they must not reach it first, so the marching speed has not been fast; Therefore, the Qin army was given enough time to cross the water. ”