Chapter 177 The war has started
What made Zhao Yong nervous and angry and changed his mind was the arrival of the envoy of Yan State.
The envoys of Yan State were not here to issue a letter of war. King Kuai of Yan always insisted that this was his own family matter, not a national war, so there was no need to find that kind of grand mood. He was not worthy of this little brat.
But even if it was family affairs, we had to explain it clearly, so we sent an envoy. In fact, it was not an envoy, but a yellow family in the family, who was sent to Zhao Yong with great momentum as a reason for cousin's three attacks.
Facing a monarch, he sent not an envoy but a servant. This was a huge humiliation for Zhao Yong, who was young and energetic.
And it is said that one is disobedient and unfilial, which is a huge derogation of his personality.
Zhao Yong was angry because of his grievance, pointed to the direction of Yan State, and roared hysterically: "This is a humiliation to me, a derogatory view of my personality. I want to fight to the death with you. I want to go to Yandu and question you in person."
Then he ordered the subordinates to beat the slaves from Yan State out of sticks.
"I want to lead my troops to conquer Yan State myself, and I can't wait for a moment." Zhao Yong sat in his position with anger and issued an order to personally conquer the imperial commander.
Zhao Xing applauded at that time: "If the emperor can lead troops to fight in person, it will inspire the enthusiasm of the soldiers on the front line, and at the same time, the self-righteous and arrogant Yan Kuai knows that Zhao State cannot be bullied, and Zhao Jun must not be bullied." Saying these words was to crucify Zhao Yong's decision.
Fei Yi opened his mouth, but thought that what he said was indeed redundant, so he changed the topic: "Since he decided to start a war against Yan and rescue Zhui Lu, how many troops should be sent? The emperor is the commander, and who is the deputy commander? This needs to be arranged."
Before Zhao Yongyu's anger was gone, he said loudly: "Since the war has been decided, it is better not to be late. At the same time, the veteran General Yin Qi was in a row and was absolutely unable to delay it. Now we will start to rectify 50,000 cavalry, the entire army headed north, destroyed the enemy in front of Zhuolu, and then went deep into Yan State and Jidu. I want to ask that bastard cousin, why do I care about my idiot business?" Then his eyes turned red and he twitched his nose aggrievedly: "Ask my mother, where am I unfilial?"
In ancient times, people paid attention to fame and integrity, and put filial piety first. Being accused of being unfilial and disobedient was a very serious matter. This would make people disgrace their reputation and make it difficult to gain a foothold in the world.
Le Chi stood up sympathetically and denied Zhao Yong's decision: "This time I am defending Zhuolu, and the cavalry is powerless. At the same time, my cavalry has just taken shape and just started training, and has almost no combat power, so I refuse to dispatch cavalry."
Le Chi said the truth. Zhao Xing, who was anxious, had to stand up and explain: "With a branch of life facing a strong enemy, it is equivalent to letting this army die. If we let the cavalry who invested countless money suffer huge losses in this battle, it would not be cost-effective. At the same time, General Le Chi said very well. Cavalry is only suitable for combat formation charges, not for defending the city. If we put this expensive army on the guarding the city and consume it in vain, we will not be worth the loss."
Fei Yishen agreed: "What the General and Xingzi said was right. If you do that, it would be inappropriate to send our most promising young man to fight with a dog slaughter."
"Then which army do you think you should send?"
Fei Yidao: "It is better to recruit people from all over the world according to the old rules."
Zhao Xing interrogated: "As long as you take an army to defend Zhuolu and liberate my 30,000 cavalry, you can prevent Yan State from raiding through the army. Secondly, you can also find opportunities to echo the inside and outside of Zhuolu, annihilate the 200,000 troops of Yan State under Zhuolu City, and then we will follow the trend to advance to Yan State and force them to conquer.
War and foreign wars must be profitable. This is a recognized truth among all vassal states and a principle that Zhao Xing insisted on.
After all, Le Chi felt embarrassed, so he suggested that this time, he asked the Lord to bring 10,000 cavalry, to strengthen Zhao Xing's cavalry strength, and to test his training results to see what was inadequate. After all, talking about military affairs on paper (at this time, Zhao Xing's paper was already established, and this idiom was still not available first-hand detailed information.
Regarding such a suggestion, Zhao Yong sighed: "The General is really a mature planner."
Zhao Yong thought for a moment and gave up his fantasy of sweeping the world with 50,000 cavalry, decided to immediately announce to the whole country that the people would respond to the conquest and we would attack Yan State.
The king's conscript was issued, and the countryside of Zhao State heard a deep singing voice again: "Wang Yu raised his troops, repaired my spear, walked with me, and was with me."
The king is going to recruit soldiers and fight again. Everyone quickly wipe the weapons and armor clean and sharply, prepare the food and clothing on the road, let's go on the road together, so we can take care of each other at that time.
The singing is generous and tragic, without any sadness and complaints, and only heroic. For the people of Zhao, fighting is natural and war is common. Although food is wasted and the farming season is delayed, the capture of war will supplement these losses and make a surplus. Although your life may be lost on the battlefield, it will also bring about a few years of food and comfort for the family, which is worth it.
So, one by one, the soldiers who were applying for the recruits came out one by one. They wore short clothes, carried long spears, carried shields on their backs, swords hung on their waists on their left, and crossbows on their right. They waved goodbye to their relatives who were sent out of the village entrance, promising to bring back the harvest and rewards that had been brought back to the family for a few years, and embarked on the road to the gathering place.
Along the way, the same soldiers joined, so they changed from one person to two or three. Everyone talked and laughed, looking forward to the victory of the battle, looking forward to the richness of the capture, and then slowly merged into a corps. After they reported to the corps commander, the corps commander continued to move forward. Afterwards, they gathered into one two, and the two Sima seriously named them. They confirmed that there was no escape from the expedition, and then continued to move forward. They arrived at the assembly site, then merged into a soldier, and then continued to march towards the capital. When they arrived at the capital, they found the chariot soldiers who commanded themselves. So one brigade was formed one by one, and then combined into a division, and finally reorganized into an army.
The mobilization and assembly are so smooth that it is as natural as flowing clouds and water. This is no longer a call and convergence, it is already a habit, a habit that is natural and close to nature.
This is the quality of an old-fashioned **** country.
This time, 100,000 troops were sent, and the area of the recruitment was not large. It was just around Handan. In less than 10 days, the number was already neat.
After the wizard made enough prayers, he killed three animals to worship his ancestors. Amid the blessings of the ministers and the people, and in the tears of farewell of Qianqian and Qianqian reluctantly, Zhao Yong and Zhao Xing, who were armoured together, led a hundred thousand Zhao troops to rumble northward. In history, one of the four major battles commanded by Zhao Yong himself officially broke out.
Zhao Xing felt so energetic that he was walking in history.
Chapter completed!