After the Yue's envoy left, Zhao Tuo didn't pay much attention to this matter except for asking the border guards to strengthen patrols day and night.

The Qin State sent 300,000 troops, and the movement of attacking Henan from three directions was too big to conceal, not to mention that they probably still had two or five children inside, and the information had already been leaked.

And Zhao Tuo didn't want to hide it, and even later, he would deliberately encourage the Yue clan to gather the main force.

What Zhao Tuo really wants to do now is to popularize the Three Treasures of Cavalry among 20,000 cavalry before the first snow falls in the Northland, and carry out adaptation training.

This matter went relatively smoothly, and it didn't take long for Wang Li, who was escorting the cavalry equipment, to arrive in Yiqu City.

The cavalry patrolled the road, expelled pedestrians along the way, and did not allow people to approach, and the secrecy was well done.

But this battle also made many people very curious about what Wang Li was escorting.

Li Ju, the county guard of Beidi, and Yang Tong, the county lieutenant, came curiously to see what the rear army sent, but the two were coldly blocked by Wang Li, so that they wanted to see it, so they went to find the general.

The Beidi county guard and the county lieutenant were the local administrative and military governors, and they were ordered by the First Emperor to cooperate with all the needs of Zhao Tuo and be under the command of the general, but in fact they did not belong to the same system as the 20,000 cavalry.

When they were blocked by Wang Li, they knew that this was a highly confidential military secret, and although they were curious, they still consciously didn't ask too much.

The two high-ranking officials, the county guard and the county lieutenant, did not have the right to check it, and the rest of the county knew nothing about the secrets of this Qin army.

When Wang Li arrived with his army, he transported the equipment to the loess plateau where the cavalry was located, and left it on it along with the escorted soldiers.

Since then, the place has been tightly controlled, with sentries patrolling everywhere day and night, forbidding anyone to approach or go out without a warrant.

On the vast loess plateau.

Zhao Tuo was dressed in black, standing on a small hill, looking at the field not far away.

There, hundreds of horsemen galloped on horseback.

"General, these five hundred men are strong men selected from the cavalry of each county, all of them are more than seven feet six inches tall, skilled in bows and horses, and dare to fight. They are now familiar with stirrups and Takahashi saddles, and they can shoot at gallops, which can be described as elite. ”

Cavalry General Guo Qing opened his mouth, and according to Zhao Tuo's request, he carefully selected 500 elites from the 20,000 cavalry of the counties, and carried out a new type of training equipped with the three treasures of the cavalry.

Zhao Tuo raised his eyes and looked over, and saw the five hundred cavalry galloping across the field, the sound of horses' hooves rumbling, and the dust splashed in the sky when they charged, forming a yellow cloud in the sky.

A sharp whistle sounded, and all the horsemen raised their bows together, and in the galloping state of the horses, they fired their bows in the same direction, and the arrows were like flying locusts, like rain.

Zhao Tuo nodded slightly, it was worthy of being carefully selected from the 20,000 cavalry, and all of them were already able to gallop and shoot.

When the shooting was over, the five hundred cavalry changed into a special weapon.

It was a spear eight feet long, with a blade nearly three feet long, reflecting a blinding cold light.

Horse lance!

This is the matching cavalry weapon that Zhao Tuo made in Shaofu in addition to the three treasures of the cavalry, and it is the king of cavalry that has been tested by history.

Now these 500 cavalrymen stepped on their stirrups and waved their horses in their hands, launching a cluster charge.

Although it was not in the direction of Zhao Tuo, the momentum made his eyelids jump just by looking at it from a distance.

These are ancient tanks and armored vehicles!

Zhao Tuo imagined for a moment, if he was an infantryman, he would just stand in front of the cavalry in the charging state.

He watched hundreds of horses galloping towards him, and the cavalry on the horses were waving four-meter-long horse lances in their hands.

This scene, just thinking about it, makes people feel hopeless.

Guo Qing sighed: "I know the use of cavalry today, with these five hundred cavalry, where in the world can you go." ”

Zhao Tuo smiled slightly and said, "This is not enough. General Guo, after they are familiar with the horse lance drill and cooperate with each other, they can take out the horse harness brought by General Wang and let the horse put on armor to try. ”

"Yui."

Guo Qing promised in a deep voice, with some excitement in his eyes, and he was already imagining the scene of five hundred war horses in armor charging in his head.

Compared with Guo Qing's excitement, Zhao Tuo felt a little regretful in his heart.

"No wonder in history, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty tried his best to get Wusun Horse and Dawan Horse from the Western Regions. Compared with the high-headed horses in the Western Regions, our local horse breed is still a little worse. ”

Zhao Tuo's idea of breaking the Yue Clan and opening up the Western Regions was a little stronger.

That place can bring more good things to the Central Plains than in other directions.

If Qin Shi Huang could be guided to look to the west, perhaps he would be able to forget the Baiyue in the south for a while.

After inspecting the five hundred elite cavalry, Zhao Tuo went to several other cavalry training places to take a look.

Because the production technology of the horse lance is not yet mature, the output is very low, and only a few hundred can be produced with the strength of the strongest craftsman institutions in the Qin State, and it is not possible to equip them on a large scale.

Therefore, except for the five hundred elite cavalry, the other cavalry is still the original equipment, but after having the three treasures of the cavalry, the combat effectiveness of the remaining cavalry has also been greatly strengthened.

Tens of thousands of cavalry were on the loess plateau, charging vertically and horizontally, galloping and shooting, showing the true appearance of cavalry.

After inspecting the cavalry, Zhao Tuo returned to his camp.

Li Shiqi and Chen Ping were both in the tent.

"General, Wu Shi said that he will return to Wu County tomorrow, do I want to go with him?"

Li Shiqi sent a message.

Zhao Tuo frowned and said, "Did he ask you about the cavalry camp and the equipment that Wang Li transported?" ”

Li Shiqi shook his head: "That's not true." He should know that this is a military secret, and he doesn't dare to ask about it, but he can't guarantee it in private. ”

"I still have some brains, and I know that asking about this matter is easy to expose. If he wants to go back to Wushi, you don't have to go with him, so as not to startle the snake, this person will be useful in the future. It was enough for Li Junshou to send some trusted locals to monitor his Wu clan's whereabouts. ”

Zhao Tuo thought of something again, and said with a smile: "This is about to enter the cold winter, the envoy of the Yue clan said that he wanted to prepare a gift to meet the emperor, but there is no news now, which is not good." ”

"Mr. Li, you find some bold and clever boys from the army, let them learn some simple Yueshi language, and then find a few reliable translators, go to Henan under the banner of envoys, and ask the Yueshi people if they still want to form an alliance with my Qin State."

Li Shiqi said with a smile: "The general's trick is wonderful, following the excuse of the Yue Clan's envoy, just to probe their reality and the terrain, this can be regarded as a courtesy." ”

Chen Ping, who was on the side, watched silently, and felt that he had learned a lot from the general.

Sometimes, he was a little confused, how could the ideas of his staff not be as many as the general's own ideas.

After Zhao Tuo finished instructing Li to eat it, he turned his head to look at Chen Ping and said, "Chen Sheng, I have something to give you." ”

Chen Ping was excited, and hurriedly said, "General, please speak." ”

"I'll ask the county guard to assist you, find some trustworthy people in the Northlands, and some Hu people from outside the Fortress. Thou shalt train them, and induce them, and intimidate them, and train them to be among our army. ”

Zhao Tuo whispered.

Spies can sometimes play an extremely important role in warfare.

The thirteenth chapter of "Wu Sun Tzu" is called "The Use of the Room", which is dedicated to the role and usage of espionage.

In the process of Qin's unification of the world, the interveners lurking in the various countries of Shandong played a huge role.

For example, when the Qin army destroyed Zhao, what should I do if I couldn't defeat Zhao's general Li Mu, then let the people inform Zhao Xiang Guo Kai, and easily kill the strong enemy on the battlefield who couldn't be defeated.

The role of people can be seen.

Zhao Tuo wants to deal with the grassland people this time, and naturally he will not forget such a fine military tradition.

After Chen Ping uses the winter time to train a group of spies, he can spread it widely, and sometimes he may be able to get unexpected results.

"Pacify and live up to your mission!"

Chen Ping immediately agreed, feeling that he had shouldered an important mission.

Zhao Tuo nodded slightly.

The reason why he chose to put Chen Ping in charge of this matter was because he remembered that Chen Ping in history was a master of use.

When Chu Han was in the Han Dynasty, Chen Ping used a trick to separate Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng, so that the two parted ways.

After the reunification, Liu Bang was besieged by Bai Deng, and it was Chen Ping who bribed Shan Yu Yan's family, which relieved the siege of Bai Deng.

Let Chen Ping be in charge of the use room, and the attributes should be very suitable.

Seeing that Chen Ping and Li Shiqi took the order and went out of the account to do things, Zhao Tuo sighed faintly.

With Chen Ping and Li Shiqi, his strategists are almost enough, but there is always a lack of available henchmen such as Shima and Black Buttocks in the generals, and it is inevitable that some are not comfortable.

Guo Qing, the cavalry general promoted by him, is a law-abiding and selfless figure, who will meticulously carry out the military orders issued to him, and is a loyal figure.

But Guo Qing's background is average, his ability is a little worse, and he is a little powerless to command 20,000 cavalry. And because Guo Qing is a little old-fashioned, it makes Zhao Tuo not easy to get close to.

As for Sima Liang and Wang Li, they have the ability, but they are the disciples of the generals, and Wang Li is still the grandson of Wang Qian.

Although the two obey Zhao Tuo's orders, they will conscientiously complete his orders, and they are good subordinates. But precisely because they are from Jiangmen, it is difficult for these two people to become Zhao Tuo's henchmen, so they can only do business.

"You still have to bring people with your own hands to become cronies and confidants."

Zhao Tuo shook his head, this time his old subordinates needed to avoid suspicion, and if they couldn't come to the war, he needed to cultivate new cronies in the army.

"I want to train amateurs!"

"Xiao He, Cao Shen, Fan Xu."

"Where have you been?"

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