Another sleepless night. Zhao Kuo and Lian Po returned to the big tent, and it was almost dawn again. The two of them opened the map and compared to each other. In the end, Zhao Kuo seemed to persuade Lian Po of something, and Lian Po reluctantly nodded.

The 10,000 people brought by Zhao Kuo were actually just a young officer of the Miyagi Guard, who had never commanded an army of more than 1,000 people before. This time, Zhao Kuo asked the 10,000-strong man to command an offensive operation on the spot. Before the troops, Zhao Kuo sent a military envoy back to the camp and instructed all the people above the thousand generals to come over when the army was ordered.

Soon, the drums of the troops were sounded, and the battalions immediately became lively. After a while, the military envoys of each battalion galloped back and forth, reporting the situation of their battalion troops from level to level. When they arrived at the 10,000-strong generals, they sent military envoys to report to the Great Horde. These are routine things, and although they are troublesome, they dare not be sloppy in the slightest.

According to the agreement before dawn, Zhao Kuo left five military envoys, saying that the general would come to command in person today. The other armies only gave orders to strengthen the defense.

After the envoy finished reporting on the situation in the barracks, Zhao Kuo ordered the whole army to reorganize their armor, quickly familiarize themselves with the orders of the golden drum and banner, and make sure that the troops were neatly organized, and that they must be ready for battle in the next few days.

After the envoy left, Zhao Kuo said to the seven young generals: "The soldiers can wait for a different day, and you should go out today!" Except for the ten thousand people who would have heard about it, the other six immediately showed a look of nervousness and joy.

Zhao Kuo continued: "My general personally led the five armies of the Zhao army out of the camp to attack Qin, and you and others all entered the front army and led the whole army. Subsequently, there was an argument with the cangguan yesterday, and Zhao Gongzi, who was about to be beheaded, was escorted over. This Zhao Gongzi was tied to a wooden stake all night, attacked by mosquitoes, hungry and thirsty, sleepy and afraid. was escorted to Zhao Kuo, and he didn't say anything, only collapsed on the ground and refused to get up.

Zhao Kuo said: "If it has spare strength, can it still fight?" “

The son's heart was relieved, he couldn't believe his ears, and hurriedly opened his eyes and asked, "What did the general say?" “

Zhao Kuo said loudly: "Is it still possible to fight?" “

Childe sat up and said loudly: "Although you die, you will not give up!" “

Zhao Kuo said: "You are the front, do you dare to go first?" “

The boy said: "If you frown, it's not the Zhao family!" “

Zhao Kuo loosened the tie for this son, asked Lian Po for a bowl of rice milk, and gave him a drink. With these eight men, along with five military envoys, they came to the southernmost foot of the mountain. It is the military tent on the south side of the defense line of Danshui, with high platforms and drums.

There were 50,000 people on the southern line, and the defense area started from the fortress area, extending fifteen miles to the northwest along the Danshui and fifteen miles to the northeast along the foot of the mountain. 10,000 men in each of the three sections, taking turns to go up to the city, 5,000 per class; The remaining 20,000 took turns resting and serving as reserves in wartime. Zhao Kuo's plan was to transfer 20,000 people, echo each other, and take the initiative to attack the Qin army camp.

For the first time, he independently commanded an offensive campaign, and Zhao Kuo did not know much about the Zhao army. He asked the 10,000-strong general who was in charge of the defense in the south: "The Israeli army is out of the front mountain, but what?" “

The 10,000 people will say, "I went out a few months ago, and 10,000 people have not returned!" "It's clear that they don't want to play.

Zhao Kuo said: "How can 10,000 people go out of battle?" “

The 10,000 people will say, "If you get it, there will be no obstacles." “

Zhao Kuo immediately ordered 10,000 people to line up, indicated the direction of the attack to each battalion, and then sent eight of his young generals to eight of the battalions to assist in commanding. At that time, senior officers were assigned to supervise or direct operations in important directions whenever they had such "henchmen," and everyone was accustomed to it, and even counted the combat effectiveness of these henchmen as a component of the generals' combat effectiveness. But although these people are Zhao Kuo's henchmen, they have not really commanded operations, and they can only be regarded as internships.

Zhao Kuo personally beat the drums, and the flags of the five thousand people and ten battalions in the front came out first, set the direction, and then the battalions quickly followed. This uncomplicated action has an unexpected situation: first, the gates erected by the flag-bearers of each battalion are not in place, and the spacing is either less or more; Secondly, the mountain in front of it was originally a tactical point of the entire battlefield, but it became an obstacle to the formation of troops, and many standard-bearers did not know what to do with this small hill and treated it as flat land. This makes the formation more fragmented. Zhao Kuo saw that the situation was not good, and did not wait for the whole battalion to go out of the gate, and immediately withdrew his troops.

Zhao Kuo asked the 10,000-strong general a little angrily: "Why is the army so unfamiliar?" “

The 10,000-strong general replied, "I haven't had to practice for months, it's unfamiliar!" “

Zhao Kuo said: "If the soldiers don't practice, they don't need it, so why be desolate for a few months?" “

The 10,000-strong general pointed to the valley where the barracks were located and said, "In the past, our army all went out of the barracks to practice. The Qin people are also very close, and the barriers are relative, and they are not allowed to go out of the gate. Our camp faces the valley. General, please watch, what is the place for its military performance? Zhao Kuo looked at the valley, and sure enough, it was difficult to guarantee a place for each battalion to set up camp for one mile, let alone perform martial arts.

Zhao Kuo was about to say why the Qin army could practice martial arts, but he immediately realized that the Qin army's strength was much smaller than his own, the camp was not so big, and he came out to attack the Zhao army almost every day, but he retreated after a little contact, in fact, he was familiar with the marching order, which was equivalent to training. He opened his mouth and didn't say it, and immediately realized that what Qin Jun could do, he could also do. In fact, training can start with the formation of troops.

Zhao Kuo called the 500 generals and standard-bearers of each battalion to the earthen platform with the sound of drums, pointed to the terrain outside the camp gate, and instructed each flag-bearer where he should stand and the precautions for running. Then he ordered each of their battalions to beat the drum again, the doors of each battalion were wide open, and the bannermen of the Zhao army rushed out and stood on their own feet. This time it was better than the last time, but it still didn't meet Zhao Kuo's requirements, and he once again called the flag bearer back......

Zhao Kuo beat the drum for the third time, and this time all the flag bearers were able to stand in the right position. Zhao Kuo continued to beat the drums and asked the soldiers to go out of the gate in order according to the battalion. This time Zhao Kuo was disappointed again. Zhao Jun didn't even know that he should keep two columns running through the gate, and rushed up to block himself by the door. Zhao Kuo had no choice but to withdraw his troops again. He was a little discouraged! With such a level of training, not to mention offensive operations, even queuing is a problem!

Zhao Kuo could only go down to a battalion first, let the young officers demonstrate standard movements, and then leave the battalion.

As the sun rose higher and higher, Zhao Kuo felt that today's offensive operation was hopeless. But he sensitively discovered a situation: Qin Jun did not come out either. He looked at the Qin army's position from the earthen platform. The morning fog cleared, and the situation inside the valley became clear. The camps of the Qin army were all set up under the shadow of mountain beams, and it was difficult to see the location from the outside of the valley. But a huge and flat field at the mouth of the valley stands out: this is the place where the Qin army trained, and it was also the meeting place for sorties. Zhao Kuo was even a little jealous!

Due to the limited space, Zhao Kuo could not even let 10,000 people practice the movements of the grid at the same time, and could only drill one battalion at a time. When Zhao Kuo was training in Zhao Jun, he felt a pair of eyes staring at him. He wanted to find these eyes, so he searched inch by inch from the hillside to the south of the Qin army. Finally, he felt a shock in his heart: the two of them met each other's eyes. Although he didn't see where the person was, how he described it, and how he looked, he was very sure that he was a high-ranking figure in the other party's military camp, and it might even be Bai Qi!

Thinking that Bai Qi was peeping at his training, Zhao Kuo immediately became emotional. He ordered two gates to be opened, one out and one in. Immediately ordered the drums of war to be beaten, and the soldiers of the first battalion, under the urging of the drums, followed the standard-bearers to rush out of the gate and line up in formation. Zhao Kuo glanced at the opposite side, and ordered the bell to ring, and the battalion soldiers who had completed the formation exited the gate in an orderly manner with the bell.

When the soldiers of the first battalion were withdrawn, Zhao Kuo commanded the soldiers of the other battalion to enter the starting point. When the collection was over, they immediately switched to beating drums, and the soldiers of this battalion also rushed out of the gate according to the requirements of the action, lined up in formation, and then retreated.

There were 20 battalions of 10,000 men, and each battalion had a drill until noon. Zhao Kuo decided to come to a big one, and he ordered a group of 5,000 people to go out of the camp and line up. In the sound of drums, the standard-bearers quickly ran to their respective positions, although Zhao Kuo was not completely satisfied, but still ordered the battalions to march in turn, and all 5,000 people rushed out of the camp and formed a formation. Zhao Kuo personally went out of the camp, inspected the battalions, said words of encouragement, and Mingjin withdrew his troops. The all-day training mission is over!

The side result of a day's training was that there were no Qin troops out of the camp throughout the day, and there were no troops fighting today. Zhao Kuo ordered that the troops participating in the training should receive sufficient food as combat troops! The eight young officers also had dinner in the training units before leaving and returning to the camp.

Zhao Kuo did not eat in the training troops, he took more than a dozen guests back to Lian Po's tent, still a bowl of clear gruel per person.

Lian Po praised: "The young general takes offense as defense, and sincerity is congratulatory. The soldiers are not only accustomed to the battle formation, but also recuperate, killing two birds with one stone, and serving the horses and the sons! Zhao Kuo humbly asked for advice and training, and Lian Po answered them one by one.

After dinner, Zhao Kuo felt tired all over, his muscles ached, and his stomach was empty. Two bowls of gruel a day, for a strong man like him, it is not even a plug between his teeth. But Zhao Kuo didn't dare to add food, for fear of being seen, causing the army's morale to fluctuate. Only a moment of sleep in the big tent, and then followed Lian Po to inspect the camp.

This time it was the Danshui defense line that patrolled. The two came from the foot of the mountain, which is the starting point of the Danshui barrier under the Danzhu Mountains. The flanks here are well guarded by the Danzhuling defensive line. On the north side of the Danshui defense line, the main command post is located on the slope of Danzhuling, and the defense line extends for more than 30 miles from north to south, and is also guarded by 50,000 people. This place is closer to the Qin army's fortress than to the south, and if there is a loud voice on the opposite side, it can be heard here. The troops guarding here on both sides were highly nervous and kept watch day and night.

Although the moonlight is half-broken, it still clearly reflects the mountains and rivers, which simplifies the vigilance tasks of both sides: every move of both sides cannot escape the eyes of the other, so there is no big move. Zhao Kuo looked at the junction between the Danshui defense line and the Danzhuling Ridge, and thought for a while......