Huaiyang.

The Great City of the Ancients.

In ancient times, it was Wanqiu, which was the capital of the Taihao Fuxi clan, and was called the void of Taihao. Later, the Yan Emperor Shennong's clan took it as its capital and was named Chen.

When King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang, he first sealed the descendants of Yu Shun in Chen's Zhuye, and then moved the capital to Wanqiu, which was for Zhou's Chen State.

The state of Chen lasted for nearly 600 years, and died at the hands of the state of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and its country fell to the land of Chu. Later, the king of Chu was driven out by Qin and moved the capital here, and this place became the capital of Chu, known as Chen Ying, until it was captured by Qin last year.

Such a long history, from the ancient legend period of the existence of the ancient city, can be said to occupy a vast area, enough 10,000 households, the population of more than 50,000, is the Huaishui basin of the largest city.

Therefore, when the Qin army crossed the Great Liang, passed through Chenliu, went south from Wei Di, and reached Chen Di all the way, and saw Huaiyang, the ancient heroic city, Zhao Tuo was still slightly surprised.

Especially when he saw the water of the chasm flowing from north to south outside the city, Zhao Tuo couldn't help but sigh that the former princes were long-lasting, and the southern powers that won the title in the Central Plains were finally declining, and even Huaiyang, a big city with an extremely important strategic location, was lost.

Huaiyang fell into the hands of the Qin State, the Qin army could rely on the chasm to transport grain, and the second could go down the river to attack Xiangcheng, if Xiangcheng was taken, it could go south along Yingshui all the way, and take Juyang, and then threaten the Chu capital Shouchun.

At this moment, outside the city of Huaiyang, the military tents are all over the ground, and the camps are rising from the ground everywhere, endlessly. A pole of black flags was erected high, fluttering in the wind, and as far as the eye could see, there was a solemn and depressing scene.

"Zhao Tuo, come and see with me. This is the 200,000 army that the king has given me!"

"Such a large army is several times more than the tens of thousands of troops when Wu Anjun attacked Yan Ying in the past, but the current state of Chu is far less powerful than in the past. Under the strength of this and the weakness of the other, this battle to destroy Chu, I, Li Xinzhi, will definitely win!"

Li Xin stood on a high ground, stretched out his hand and pointed to the endless camp tent outside the city, with a high-spirited expression, quite a kind of demeanor of pointing out the country and scolding Fang Xuan!

This is his Li Xin's army of 200,000!

Zhao Tuo's face was full of helplessness, at this moment, Meng Wu was taking Xin Wu, Yang Yuan and other generals to organize the camping of various departments. Therefore, with Li Xin, there is only him, an idle soldier who has not yet received the old department.

Perhaps it is precisely because only Zhao Tuo's "arm" is by his side that Li Xin will stand here and unscrupulously express the pride and ambition in his heart.

"That's what the general said."

Zhao Tuo's mouth should be harmonious, although he has the heart to advise, but he is not stupid enough to say bad things when the other party is full of pride, at least he has to wait until he first holds the old department in his hands, and it is better to make suggestions after everything settles down.

Just looking at the endless tents of the Qin army under the hills, Zhao Tuo's heart became more and more worried.

200,000 troops!

Sounds like a lot of numbers.

However, as far as Zhao Tuo knew, these 200,000 troops actually referred to all the manpower available to Li Xin, and not all of them were soldiers who could go to the battlefield.

Among them, Li Xin brought out 50,000 elite soldiers from Guanzhong.

Wang Ben had 50,000 soldiers in the previous attack on Chu, but 10,000 of them needed to be stationed in Suiyang, Anling and other cities, and Li Xin could only bring 40,000 to the battlefield. ….

This adds up to 90,000 soldiers, in addition, there are Zhao Tuo, Huan Zhao and other old troops who were transferred by Li Xinzheng, and there are probably 10,000 or 20,000 miscellaneous troops.

Out of the 200,000 troops, there are only about 100,000 real fighting troops!

The remaining 100,000 people were men and convicts who were responsible for transporting grain and straw.

Some of them are those left behind from digging canals and building Aocang, and some of them are newly recruited. In short, this part of the people is mainly responsible for logistics work, and they have little combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

It is by no means easy to destroy the huge Chu State with 100,000 soldiers.

That's why Wang Jian proposed 600,000 people to be able to defeat Chu.

Just when Li Xin was proud and Zhao Tuo was worried, Li Xin's short soldiers came to report, saying that the camp had been set up and the main general needed to go to preside over the affairs.

"Got it, let's go, let's go and see you."

The general Wang who destroyed the Wei Kingdom."

Li Xin said and turned around with Zhao Tuo to leave.

He still has a lot of things to do, and the first one is to hand over to Wang Ben, who led the army to guard this place.

In the middle of the camp.

Wang Ben glanced at the tiger talisman in his hand, and a touch of melancholy flashed in his eyes, and then it was replaced by a look of relief.

This thing is power, but it is also a responsibility.

"General Li, this is the tiger talisman given by the king himself, and it will be handed over to General Li today. I hope that General Li will attack Chu this time, succeed in the first battle, destroy Jingchu Sheji, and make amazing feats."

"General Cheng Wang's auspicious words, Li Xin will do his best this time to sweep away the Jing Yu for the king!"

Li Xin said polite words in his mouth, and in front of Meng Wu and other generals, he took over the tiger talisman that represented the military power here from Wang Ben's hand.

From today onwards, 200,000 troops are at my disposal!

Li Xin's eyes flashed with excitement, he was only in his thirties, he had mastered such a large number of troops, and he was also entrusted with the mission of destroying the country of ten thousand vehicles, how could people not be excited.

Even Wang Jian didn't have such treatment when he was young, he Li Xin is really the pride of the sky!

Looking at the self-satisfied look on the young general's face, a trace of worry rose in Wang Ben's heart.

If you are arrogant, you will be defeated.

But Wang Ben didn't say much.

After briefly explaining some military affairs, he said goodbye to Li Xin, Meng Wu and other generals, and turned around to leave.

At this time, Wang Ben saw Zhao Tuo at the end of the tent.

The boy was looking at him, too.

"The sixteen-year-old right chief, even if he is far away, is not as far away as him."

Wang Ben praised in his heart, and he noticed that Zhao Tuo's face did not have an excited look of going to the battlefield, but a faint worry under his calm face.

Could it be that this son is not optimistic about the battle of Huachu this time?

"Forget it, it's not my business, don't talk nonsense."

Wang Ben secretly said in his heart that he, like his father Wang Qian, was not a mouthy person. Now that the tiger talisman has been handed over to Li Xin, the 200,000 Qin troops here have nothing to do with him Wang Ben, and it is better to return to Xianyang to enjoy wealth and prosperity, so it is a long-term way.

Seeing Wang Ben bowing his head, Zhao Tuo looked respectful and watched him walk out of the military tent.

Wang Ben's departure means that the 200,000 people outside Huaiyang City only listen to Li Xin's orders.

"The general has ordered that all the soldiers stationed here be put in order, and that all the departments must be fully established within five days, and the order will be prohibited!" ….

"Send scouts south to investigate the information of the cities and towns in Chudi!"

……

Li Xin held the tiger talisman and issued military orders.

"By General Lee's orders."

All the generals agreed together.

Five days is the time for the soldiers who came from a long distance to rest, the time for Li Xin to organize Wang Ben to leave his soldiers, and the time for the Qin army to explore the intelligence of the Chu State.

When the Qin army is in order, the soldiers are resting, and the information from Chu arrives, Li Xin will move south and destroy the country of ten thousand times in the south in one fell swoop.

Zhao Tuo received the military order and walked towards a camp in the east of the city.

There, five thousand soldiers from Wei were waiting for him.

"It's a military candidate! It's our Zhao Junhou here!"

As soon as he walked to the gate, the soldier guarding the door saw Zhao Tuo's figure, and couldn't help shouting, looking excited, causing a commotion in the rear camp.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Tuo's mouth, and he looked pleased.

After leaving for so long, these soldiers were still so excited at the first sight of him, and the shouts that sounded behind the gate are enough to show that he Zhao Tuo is deeply loved by these soldiers, and he is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the army.

It is not in vain that he spent so much energy in the battle of Weidi to train and subdue, and with this army, in the next battle of Huachu, the chances of survival can be much greater.

Zhao Tuo walked to the door, and the soldiers guarding the door hurriedly greeted him respectfully.

Zhao Tuoxian smiled slightly, his expression was cold, and he said solemnly, "Guard

door, causing an uproar, who is this?"

These words startled the generals such as Shiruma, Black Buttocks, and Bai Rong who had just run over.

Black Buttocks hurriedly said, "It's my subordinate!"

Zhao Tuo said coldly: "The people who guard the door are all flogged, and the military officials directly under the two five hundred lords and those who make noise are in public, and the two five hundred lords are punished for copying the military discipline ten times."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed greatly, especially the people who were blamed in Zhao Tuo's mouth, and they all showed bitter expressions.

Flogging, a type of corporal punishment, is severely whipped with bamboo sticks.

After a beating, the few gatekeepers were afraid that they couldn't even sleep at night.

was scolded in public.

For the five hundred lords, hundreds of generals, and tun chiefs who were punished, this is a super shameful thing, and if they are thin-skinned, they will not be able to raise their heads for at least a long time.

As for copying military discipline, this is an even more difficult punishment for the uneducated black buttocks. The dignified black buttocks are two or five hundred masters, and I don't know a few words, how can I copy the military law.

He would rather have the punishment than be whipped up.

But the military order was like a mountain, Zhao Tuo opened his mouth, and everyone could only promise with a bitter face.

The black buttocks looked even more pitiful, and the thought of copying the unknown law on the bamboo slips later could almost kill him.

Zhao Tuo saw that the noisy military camp immediately became silent because of his order, and he didn't even dare to make a sound with the most jumping black buttocks, so he nodded with satisfaction.

This is Jiangwei!

Of course, the way to control the army is also to talk about methods, simple power is not feasible, it needs to be relaxed, relaxed to a degree.

Zhao Tuo saw that Shejian, Xi Qigu and the others were full of solemnity, and the rest of the people were also looking at each other, so he smiled and said, "Okay, I just acted according to military law. But the second and third sons love me, and I know it in my heart. When we have finished our business today, let me tell you about the past." ….

Hearing this, everyone also knew that Zhao Junhou was still the original Zhao Junhou, and everyone was smiling, and Shijian, Xi Qigu, Zhao Guang and others hurriedly invited Zhao Tuo to go to the camp.

The black buttocks also put the punishment behind him, and said with a smile, "The army is coming here, we really want to kill you."

Next, after Zhao Tuo conveyed the training and rectification tasks of the past few days to several two or five hundred masters, he patrolled around the barracks to express condolences to some non-commissioned officers, so that all the non-commissioned officers in the army knew one thing clearly.

Their Zhao Junhou is back!

After the whole process, two or three months after Zhao Tuo left, he firmly grasped the army of 5,000 people in his hands, and he could know every general and every hundred soldiers.

After dealing with these things, he began to reminisce about old friendships with his cronies such as Shima, Black Buttocks, and Xi Qigu.

"Huan Zhao is here too?"

Zhao Tuo learned the news from Shima and others.

It turned out that Li Xin was requested by Zhao Tuo to transfer 5,000 people under Zhao Tuo's command here through Wang Ben. also remembered the old situation, and transferred the men and horses under Huan Zhao's command, and the original station was transferred by soldiers from other places.

After all, when Li Xin was fighting Yan, Huan Zhao was the captain under his command, and now Vachu is naturally a right-hand man, and the newcomer is always not as good as the old one.

Thinking of Huan Zhao, Zhao Tuo's eyes narrowed slightly.

He was not a person who liked to slander behind his back, and he did not tell Li Xin about what Huan Zhao had done to him in Weidi. Unexpectedly, Huan Zhao was also transferred here, and with Li Xin's temperament, maybe he would be appointed as a captain, and even lead his own song.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo actually broke out in a cold sweat.

"It's a hidden danger."

Zhao Tuo whispered in his heart, stood up, and prepared to go to see Li Xin and find a way to avoid this matter.

At this moment, a soldier guarding the gate came to report, saying that the two or five hundred lords of the military camp next door asked to see Zhao Junhou.

"Yang Xiong?"

Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, and then thought that Yang Xiong was the two or five hundred masters under Huan Zhao, and this time he was also transferred here with the other party.

This is really sleepy, so someone sent a pillow, just to take this opportunity to explore the reality of Huan Zhao.

"Okay, I haven't seen Brother Yang for a long time, so it's time to talk about old friendships."

Zhao Tuo got up with a smile and walked outside the camp with Black Buttocks and the others.

The barracks are important, and all the ministries are divided and governed.

He didn't want to invite Yang Xiong in, it would be bad for Yang Xiong, so he could only meet outside.

Zhao Tuo walked out of the barracks and saw Yang Xiong, who was wearing a high crown of cranes, looking around boredly, and when he saw Zhao Tuo coming out, he laughed and said, "Zhao Tuo, Zhao Tuo, I didn't expect us to meet here." Hahaha, as soon as I heard that there was a commotion in the barracks here, I thought you must be back!"

Zhao Tuo also greeted him with a smile, Yang Xiong is not very capable, but he is quite upright and is a very good friend.

The two continued their old friendship for a while, and Zhao Tuo said, "You came here to see me privately, aren't you afraid that the Marquis of Huan will be angry?"

Yang Xiong also knew Huan Zhao's malice towards Zhao Tuo through Zhao Ben's mention during this time, and when he heard this at this moment, he patted his chest with a smile and said, "I'm really not afraid of him. My cousin is now a general, so I don't believe he dares to do anything to me." ….

Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, and then reacted. It turns out that the general Yang Yuan is Yang Xiong's cousin, no wonder he would have elected me as a lieutenant before, and there are really many connections in the Qin army.

Yang Xiong smiled and said, "I came here this time, in addition to missing you, I also heard that General Li Hu also asked for his life, and he is the same as you. Hehe, after you returned to Xianyang, did you get involved with the princess because of him?"

Zhao Tuo couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't expect that this Yang Xiong was also a gossip, and he wanted to find out about himself and Li You on the battlefield.

Hearing the conversation between the two, the black buttocks, Xi Qigu and others who followed behind also silently pricked up their ears, ready to eavesdrop.

At this moment, Huan Zhao in another military camp also received the news that Yang Xiong had gone to the military camp next door to visit him privately.

"Okay, you Yang Xiong, you dare to visit other soldiers without warning. And that Zhao Tuo didn't take me seriously. The two shafts despise me so much! Damn!"

Huan Zhao stood up angrily and strode out.

This time, Li Xin and Chu, the reason why Huan Zhao was transferred together was actually that he secretly wrote a letter to Li Xin.

In the letter, he first recalled the years under General Li when he was fighting Yan, and then slapped Li Xin's sycophants, and then expressed his loyalty, saying something like he would do his best to help General Li destroy Chu.

In this way, Huan Zhao joined the battle of Huachu as he wished, instead of guarding Chen Liu, and watched those young people make meritorious contributions in front.

Moreover, Li Xin transferred Huan Zhaozheng over, and also made Huan Zhao sure that Zhao Tuo should not affect Li Xin's opinion of him. In this way, he Huan Zhao still has a chance to suppress Zhao Tuo.

I'm Huan Zhao, the right chief!

You Zhao Tuo, even if you capture the eastern border of Wei and rise to the top, you are only a mere chief.

In terms of knighthood, I am still higher than you.

When it comes to the time of following Li Xin, I am no shorter than you Zhao Tuo, and my ability to pat on the back will not be worse than yours. In this battle of Chu, as long as I Huan Zhao work hard, I can still suppress you Zhao Tuo!

Huan Zhao thought as he walked, and there was a longing thought in his mind.

This time, a group of people under him and a group of people from Zhao Tuo's old department were all recruited, just to make up a group of 10,000 people, and the captain at their head has not yet been appointed.

In this way, he has a chance!

In the past, when he was cutting Yan, Huan Zhao was the captain, and now the title has been promoted to the right commander, and these soldiers under him were brought out by themselves, including Zhao Tuo, who was also his old subordinate. Therefore, Huan Zhao felt that the position of captain of this ministry was tailor-made for him, as long as he went to meet Li Xin in person and praised him, it would be very possible for Li Xin to appoint him as a captain.

In that case, wouldn't Zhao Tuo fall into his hands again!

Thinking of this, the corners of Huan Zhao's mouth turned up slightly, with Li Xin here, of course he didn't dare to do anything to Zhao Tuo, but calling the shaft around, secretly giving it a feeling of wearing small shoes must be very cool.

While wanting to leave, Huan Zhao had already walked out of his house with his handsome soldiers and arrived at the barracks next door.

Far away, Huan Zhao saw the young man wearing the crown of the crane.

A burst of anger suddenly rose in his heart, especially when he thought that in Chen Liuchengtou, this kid actually ignored his invitation and sent a lowly black buttocks to reply to him, and he was angry and vomited blood. ….

Huan Zhao felt that there was a faint feeling of pulling in his heart.

It's all this shaft!

At this time, Zhao Tuo, Yang Xiong and others also saw Huan Zhao coming, and the two sides stopped talking and walked towards Huan Zhao.

"The last general has seen the soldiers."

Yang Xiong immediately bowed.

Huan Zhaopi smiled and didn't smile.

"Lord Yang two or five hundred, this army is looking for you everywhere, but no one is found. I don't know you're here, but you're having a good time."

Hearing this, Yang Xiong smiled and said, "I just thought about sending someone to report to the army, but when it came out, I forgot about it, and I asked the army to forgive me."

Hearing this, Huan Zhao became more and more annoyed.

What an insincere apology.

Even a simple person like Yang Xiong dared to contradict himself, he must have been influenced by Zhao Tuo.

The stinky shaft actually broke Yang Xiong.

Huan Zhao had the intention to punish Yang Xiong and use this to challenge Zhao Tuo, but after thinking about it, he put out this idea again.

Since the general Huan Qi attacked Zhao and was killed by Li Mu. The status of the Huan clan in the Qin State has plummeted a lot, and without the pillar of Huan Qi, the Huan clan is far inferior to the Yang clan with the veteran Yang Duan and the town.

Not to mention this war, Yang Xiong's cousin is a general. He Huan Zhao, he really didn't dare to do anything to Yang Xiong.

Thinking of this, Huan Zhao could only let go of this matter gently.

He turned to look at Zhao Tuo and sneered, "I didn't expect that a small public soldier under my command in the past could become a military candidate today, it's really unexpected."

Zhao Tuo's face was as usual, and he said, "This is thanks to Brother Huan's promotion, if there was no Brother Huan's help, Zhao Tuo would not have achieved what he is today."

Huan Zhao was stunned, and a sneer froze on his face.

Brother Huan?

This Zhao Tuo dares to call me Brother Huan!

Huan Zhao's mood at the moment is just like Li You, who was called "Brother Li" before.

He felt an insult.

A subordinate who used to open his mouth as a "superior" and closed his mouth as a "general".

A boy who is one or twenty years younger than himself dares to open his mouth to call himself a brother and sister, and wants to have a relationship with his peers.

It's against him!

How unreasonable!

And is there a little bit of humility!

is different from Li You, who knows Zhao Tuo's title, although he is dissatisfied, he can only hate it in his heart.

In the eyes of Huan Zhao at this moment, even if Zhao Tuo is promoted to one level, he is just a mere left chief, how can he be qualified to talk to himself as the right chief.

The shaft got carried away!

This is an opportunity to make a mistake!

Huan Zhao was furious, pointed at Zhao Tuo and said, "Zhao Tuo, you are so rude, a mere chief of Zuo, you dare to call me a brother, this is a crime of disrespecting the lord, I will definitely sue you to the military court!"

As soon as these words came out, Yang Xiong's face on the side changed.

The Qin State rejuvenated the country with military merits, so it attached great importance to the rank of knighthood.

Between different titles, in addition to the different treatments enjoyed, there is also a strict rank gap, and the lower lord cannot offend the high.

Except for people who don't mind this like Tu Sui, as long as there are high-ranking people who complain about disrespect to low-ranking people, the military judge will punish them in accordance with Qin law.

Even a left chief like Zhao Tuo is not immune!

As long as Huan Zhao sues the matter, Zhao Tuo will be punished.

However, in the face of Huan Zhao's threat, Zhao Tuo's face was calm, and he said with a smile: "Brother Huan, don't be so excited, look at you, your face is red." ….

Huan Zhao was stunned.

You even dare to call me Brother Huan.

Didn't you hear yourself suing him?

Even if there is Li Xin to protect him, Zhao Tuo will at least be one by one

was reprimanded in public, and he lost face.

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Is this Zhao Tuo stupid?

At this moment, the black buttocks standing behind couldn't help it, when they were in the camp just now, they already knew about Zhao Tuo's promotion, so they shouted: "Huan Junhou, I'm afraid you don't know yet, when my family's army was in Xianyang, he had been given the title of right chief by the king, and he was the same lord as you!" Calling you a brother is also respect, how can there be any sin of disrespecting the lord! Hey, hey, hey, ......."

Hearing this, Huan Zhao was stunned.

Gao Jue above the chief is not much different from the clothing alone, and the main thing used to distinguish is the size and material of the jade gui held by the previous dynasty, so as long as Zhao Tuo doesn't say it, he really can't tell whether Zhao Tuo is the left or right chief.

Yang Xiong was also stunned, and then said in horror, "Oh my God. Zhao Tuo, why did your title rise so quickly, shouldn't you be the chief of Zuo when you go back to Xianyang? Why did you rise two levels in a row and become the right chief?"

Zhao Tuo smiled and said, "During the spring ploughing, I once offered the method of manure to the king to increase the yield of the field. When the autumn harvest comes, and there is a bumper harvest in Guanzhong, and the yield of the farmland has increased greatly, the king is happy, and he gives me a knighthood, and now it is indeed the title of the right lord."

"Right Lady ......"

Huan Zhao was dumbfounded, he looked at Zhao Tuo, and his whole person began to faint.

He didn't know what method of manure was used.

But he Huan Zhao can be promoted to the right chief, and the difficulty of being promoted here is very clear.

He attacked Wuyang and Jicheng from Yandi, and then attacked Juyongsai, until he captured Chenliu in Weidi, and he was not promoted in several battles, and finally relied on the big victory under Xingyang City, and he was promoted to the right chief.

How difficult it is to be promoted from the left chief to the right chief.

On the day he was conferred the title of the right chief, he almost cried.

And Zhao Tuo, the erection, has only been back to Xianyang for two or three months now, and he has been directly promoted from the five doctors to the right chief!

What kind of method of making fertilizer, can it be compared to his Huan Zhao's battlefield fighting for nearly a year?

Huan Zhao thought that the title that he had spent countless energy and hard work on in his heart and soul was actually obtained by a sixteen-year-old vertical son in just two or three months, and he was so angry that his eyes were red and his facial features were distorted.

It's not fair!

Why!

Why are you also the right chief!

The more Huan Zhao thought about it, the more angry he became, the pain in his heart became more and more intense, and the anger in his heart became more and more intense.

"Brother Huan, why is your face getting redder and redder?"

Zhao Tuo blinked, and the others also looked over, all of them looking surprised.

Because Huan Zhao's entire face turned blood red at this moment, and even his neck was red.

Brother Huan?

He's still calling me Brother Huan!

Ahhh

Huan Zhao was crazy and said angrily, "Vertical ...... Poof!"

Before the words came out, Huan Zhao only felt extreme pain in his chest, and opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood.

The world is spinning.

Before losing consciousness, Huan Zhao seemed to hear Zhao Tuo shouting.

"Brother Huan, what's wrong with you?"

"Brother Huan!".

Dongjun who took off