Jicheng.

It is named after Jiqiu in the city, it is a metropolis between the Bohai Sea and Jieshi, adjacent to Qi Zhao in the south, Hu in the northeast, and has fish, salt, jujube and chestnut, and is the most important city in the entire Northeast Asia corridor.

In ancient times, this was the place where the Ji Kingdom established by the descendants of Di Yao.

When King Wu destroyed Shang, the Zhou Dynasty praised him, and the Kingdom of Ji became Zhou's "Country of Guest Service".

As for the time of King Cheng of Zhou, Yan Houke, the son of Zhaogong, was divided into Yan Bo near the Liuli River and controlled the local Yin relics, and Yan and Ji lived next to each other.

Later, Yan was strong and weak, and Yan unceremoniously destroyed Ji and turned its capital Ji into its capital.

Today, the Yan Kingdom, which was once strong in Northeast Asia, has come to a dead end.

Outside Jicheng, the sound is magnificent.

The Qin army from Guanzhong in the west set up a military camp outside the city, and the fluttering black flags were connected into a soaring black dragon from a distance, surrounding Jicheng with teeth and claws, just waiting for a military order, the eight-hundred-year-old Yan Guoshe Ji could be torn to pieces.

The 100,000 troops of the Qin State, plus tens of thousands of prisoners and soldiers who transported grain and straw, were stationed around Jicheng, and the water surrounding this ancient city was impassable.

Li Xin's department was stationed in the east of Jicheng, and was blocking the middle of the road from Jicheng to the east.

When the military tent was settled, it began to divide the defense areas of the various non-commissioned officers.

Zhao Tuo received the summoning order of the five hundred lords, straightened his clothes, and walked into a camp.

Seeing someone come in, the few people sitting inside stopped talking and looked at each other in unison.

"You've come early."

Zhao Tuo smiled and greeted the other four.

"Hmm."

"It's not too late for Zhao Bai to come."

The four short-range generals in the camp responded vaguely, and the eldest of them didn't even bother to nod their heads, and directly ignored Zhao Tuo's greetings.

Zhao Tuo was not annoyed by this, and walked to the side to find a place to sit down.

The four short soldiers in this camp were all his colleagues, and they all worked together under the same short soldier five hundred masters.

Among them, the youngest Baijiang is in his twenties, and the older Baijiang is almost forty.

And because Li Xin was born in Longxi and likes to recruit villagers, this leads to the fact that the four hundred generals are all from Longxi, and a small group has already formed between them.

And Zhao Tuo, who has not been crowned in the year, is from Zhao Di.

Whether it is in age or place of origin, Zhao Tuo is very different from the other four, so they are very disdainful of Zhao Tuo's joining, and they don't even look down on this son who hasn't even grown hair.

Some of them may still have a taste of jealousy, after all, they fought the battlefield for more than ten years before they were promoted to the rank of non-changer, and finally became the general's short-range guard.

And a teenage boy is on an equal footing with them in the blink of an eye, and no one will be psychologically balanced, not to mention that everyone rumors that this kid was personally recruited by General Li, and this unique favor is even more eye-catching.

Since he was ostracized, Zhao Tuo would not be cheeky to talk to them, only maintaining a superficial friendliness, and there was silence in the tent.

Finally, a steady footstep sounded.

A burly and sturdy Qin general walked in, he had big eyes and thick eyebrows, a short beard under his chin, and was about twenty-six or seventeen years old.

"I've seen the Lord."

Everyone hurriedly got up and saluted.

The five hundred lords in front of him not only have oppressive positions, but also have the title of doctor, which is one level higher than their group. So even the oldest hundred generals have to take it.

"Well, my department is in charge of guarding ......"

The voice of the five hundred lords was low but powerful, and as soon as they entered, they began to enter the subject, and in a matter of moments they had arranged everyone's defense zone.

"You wait. Zhao Tuobai will stay. ”

"Yui."

The hundreds of generals retreated, and they each stared at Zhao Tuo with envy and jealousy before leaving.

Not only General Li Xin, but even their superiors, the five hundred masters, also seemed to treat this young hundred generals specially.

After the four hundred generals came out of the tent, the peace in the tent was restored.

The corners of Zhao Tuo's mouth twitched, and he arched his hand to the five hundred lords: "What do you have to say?" ”

The five hundred lords touched the short beard under their chins, and looked at Zhao Tuo with a smile: "It's okay, I'm just curious about how you went from being a royal chauffeur of an assassin in the Yan Kingdom to a hundred generals of my Qin State in a blink of an eye, and you were specially recruited into the short army by General Li." ”

Hearing the other party tell his details, Zhao Tuo showed a wry smile on his face.

It's no coincidence.

Zhao Tuo, who was transferred to the five hundred masters of the short army, turned out to be a person who had a relationship and knew his former identity.

Cape Su.

When Jing Ke entered Qin, Wang Jian sent an elite cavalry to escort all the way to Hangu Pass, and the commander of that cavalry was Su Jiao in front of him.

The former cavalry hundred generals, after many battles, were also promoted to glory and were appointed as the five hundred masters of short soldiers.

When Zhao Tuo first reported to duty, he was shocked. Fortunately, at that time, the army was about to be drawn out, and the military affairs were busy, and Su Jiao did not show any abnormality, and even looked like he didn't know Zhao Tuo, which made Zhao Tuo breathe a sigh of relief.

But it's a pity that I can hide from the first day of junior high school, but I can't hide from the fifteenth, and the inquiry that should come still comes.

Zhao Tuo hesitated and said, "I'm not a Yan, and I was also coerced by the assassins at that time, so I ......."

"Understood, it's exactly what I expected."

Su Jiao smiled lightly: "So the rumored Gao Tuo in the world is just a pseudonym, and your real name is Zhao Tuo." ”

Zhao Tuo nodded.

The smile on Su Jiao's lips retracted, his gaze suddenly became cold, and he glared at Zhao Tuo and said, "I don't care what your background was before, and I don't care what you did before. But when I arrived in this short barracks, he gave me careful advice and obeyed with all my heart. If I find out that you have other thoughts, I will punish you! ”

Su Jiao's voice was cold, with an undisguised threat.

Zhao Tuo was startled, and hurriedly arched his hand: "Only." ”

Seeing that Zhao Tuogong complied with the answer, Su Jiao spoke: "Go down and act according to the military order just now." ”

Zhao Tuo hurriedly responded, and then withdrew from the account.

Out of the camp tent, Zhao Tuo let out a sigh of relief.

Good guys, the rest of the day doesn't look easy.

The four colleagues rejected him, and his direct superiors even threatened him, Zhao Tuo could only be more cautious in the future, and he must not be singled out for mistakes.

After he returned, he also conveyed the deployment task to his subordinates.

Among them, he was appointed by Zhao Tuo as the commander of the tun and managed fifty soldiers.

The head of another tun is named Guo Guang, who is about 30 years old and has a third-level hairpin title.

Guo Guang is the only hairpin title among these 100 people, and he is also the original tun chief, so Zhao Tuo is really not good at replacing him, so he can only be driven, but fortunately, although this person is silent, he is still obedient.

Shortly after Zhao Tuo arranged military affairs.

The Qin army launched a tentative attack on Jicheng.