General Qin

After the envoy of the Yuezhi left, Zhao Tuo didn't pay too much attention to this matter except that he asked the border guards to strengthen their patrols day and night.

The news that Qin sent 300,000 troops to attack Henan from three directions was too great to be concealed, not to mention that there might be two or five young people among them, and the information had already been leaked.

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

The real big thing Zhao Tuo has to do now is to popularize the three treasures of cavalry among the 20,000 cavalry before the first snow falls in the Northland, and carry out adaptive training.

The matter went relatively smoothly. Not long after, Wang Li, who was escorting the cavalry equipment, arrived in Yiqu City.

Along the way, cavalry patrolled the road, expelled pedestrians along the way, and prohibited people from approaching. The secrecy was well done.

But this battle also made many people very curious about the things Wang Li escorted.

Beidi County Guard Li Ju and County Lieutenant Yang Tong came here curiously, wanting to see what the rear army sent, but they were coldly blocked by Wang Li, who made them want to see it, so they went to look for it. General.

The governor and lieutenant of Beidi were the local administrative and military chiefs. They were ordered by the first emperor to cooperate with Zhao Tuo's needs 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 stopped by Wang Li, they knew that it was a highly confidential military secret. Although they were curious, they consciously didn't ask more questions.

Neither the county guard nor the county lieutenant has the right to inspect it, and the rest of the county knows nothing about the secrets of this Qin army.

After Wang Li led the army to arrive, he transported the equipment to the loess plateau where the cavalry was located, and stayed there together with the escorted soldiers.

After that, the place was strictly controlled, and sentries patrolled everywhere day and night, prohibiting anyone without an order from approaching or going out.

On the vast loess plateau.

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

There, there were hundreds of cavalry galloping.

"General, these five hundred men are strong men selected from the cavalry of various counties. They are all over seven feet six inches tall. Shooting is elite."

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

Zhao Tuo raised his eyes and saw the five hundred cavalry galloping across the field, the horseshoes were rumbling, and when they charged, dust was splashed all over the sky, forming a yellow cloud in the sky.

A sharp whistle sounded, and all the cavalry raised their bows together. While the horses were galloping, they fired in the same direction. The arrows were like locusts, like rain.

Zhao Tuo nodded slightly. As expected, he was carefully selected from among the 20,000 cavalry, and all of them can shoot at gallops.

After the shooting, the five hundred cavalry changed into a special weapon.

It was a spear measuring one foot to eight feet in length, and its blade was nearly three feet long, reflecting a glare of cold light.

Horse lance!

This is the matching cavalry weapon that Zhao Tuo made in Shaofu in addition to the three treasures of cavalry. It is the king of cavalry warfare that has passed the test of history.

Now these five hundred cavalry stepped on their stirrups, waved their horses in their hands, and launched a group charge.

Although it was not in Zhao Tuo's direction, just looking at that formation from a distance made his eyelids twitch.

This is the ancient tanks and armored vehicles!

Zhao Tuo imagined that if he was an infantryman, he would stand in front of the cavalry in charge.

Watching hundreds of big horses galloping towards him, the cavalrymen on the horses were still waving four-meter-long lances in their hands.

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

Guo Qing sighed: "I only know how to use cavalry today. With five hundred cavalry, there is nowhere in the world that I can't go."

Zhao Tuo smiled slightly and said, "That's not enough. General Guo, after they get familiar with the horse drill and cooperate well with each other, you can take out the harness that General Wang brought and let the horses put on armor for a try."

"only."

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

Compared to Guo Qing's excitement, Zhao Tuo felt a little regretful.

"It's no wonder that in history, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took great pains to get Wusun horses and Dawan horses from the Western Regions. Compared with the tall horses in the Western Regions, our local horse breeds are still a bit inferior."

Zhao Tuo's idea of ​​defeating the Yuezhi and opening up the Western Regions became stronger.

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

If Qin Shihuang can be guided to look to the west, maybe he can temporarily forget Baiyue in the south.

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

Because the production technology of Ma Chan is still immature, the output is very low, and only a few hundred pieces have been produced with the strength of the strongest craftsman organization in Qin State, and it cannot be equipped on a large scale.

So except for the 500 elite cavalry, the other cavalry is still equipped with the original equipment, but after having the three treasures of the cavalry, the combat effectiveness of the remaining cavalry has also been greatly enhanced.

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

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

Both Li Shiqi and Chen Ping were in the tent.

"General, Wu Zhiluo said that he will go back to Wuzhi County tomorrow, should I go with him?"

Li Shiqi sent a message.

Zhao Tuo frowned and said, "Has he asked you about the cavalry camp and the equipment delivered by Wang Li?"

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

"He's quite smart, and he knows that asking about this matter is easy to expose. If he wants to go back to Wuzhi, you don't have to follow him, so as not to startle the snake, this person will still be useful in the future. Let Li Junshou send some trustworthy locals to monitor his Wuzhi. The whereabouts are enough."

Zhao Tuo thought of another thing, and said with a smile: "It's almost winter, and the envoy of the Yueshi said that he was going to prepare a gift to meet the emperor, but there is no news yet, which is not good."

"Mr. Li, you find some brave and clever boys from the army, let them learn some simple Yuezhi language, and then find some reliable translators, go to Henan Province under the banner of envoys, and ask Yuezhi Do you still want to form an alliance with us, Qin?"

Li Shiqi smiled and said, "This is a great move, General. Following the excuse of the Yueshi envoys, he happened to find out their reality, and even check out the terrain. This can be regarded as reciprocity."

Chen Ping on the side watched silently, feeling that he had learned a lot from the general.

Sometimes, he was a little confused, why the ideas of his own staff were not as many as those of the general himself.

After Zhao Tuo ordered Li Shiqi, he turned to Chen Ping and said, "Chen Sheng, I have something for you."

Chen Ping was shocked, and hurriedly said: "General, please tell me."

"I will ask the county guard to assist you, find some trustworthy people in the north, and find some barbarians from outside the Great Wall. You have to train them, lure them, intimidate them, and train them to be our army's go-betweens."

Zhao Tuo whispered.

Spies can sometimes play an extremely important role in war.

The thirteenth chapter of "Wu Sunzi" is called "Yongjian Chapter", which is devoted to the function and usage of spies.

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

For example, when the Qin army destroyed Zhao, what should they do if they can't beat Zhao general Li Mu, then let the intermediary inform Zhao Xiang Guo Kai, and easily kill the powerful enemy who can't be beaten on the battlefield.

The role of the middleman can be seen.

Zhao Tuo had to deal with the prairie people this time, so naturally he would not forget such a fine military tradition.

After Chen Ping used the winter time to train a group of spies, they could spread them widely, and sometimes they might get unexpected results.

"Peace does not disgrace the mission!"

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

Zhao Tuo nodded slightly.

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

During the Chu and Han Dynasties, Chen Ping used tricks to separate Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng, causing the two to part ways.

After the reunification, Liu Bang was besieged by Baideng Mountain, and it was Chen Ping who asked Shan Yuyan to bribe Shan Yuyan, which solved the siege of Baideng.

Let Chen Ping be in charge of using the room, the attribute should be very suitable.

Seeing Chen Ping and Li Shiqi go out to work after taking orders, Zhao Tuo sighed quietly.

With Chen Ping and Li Shiqi around, his advisers are almost enough, but as a general, he always lacks available confidantes like Shejian and Heiyu, so it is inevitable that he is not comfortable enough.

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

But Guo Qing came from an ordinary background and was a little weaker in ability. He seemed a little powerless to command 20,000 cavalry. And just because Guo Qing acted a little rigidly, Zhao Tuo was not easy to get close to.

As for Sima Liang and Wang Li, they have abilities, but they are the sons of generals, and Wang Li is the grandson of Wang Jian.

Although the two obeyed Zhao Tuo's orders, they would earnestly follow his orders, and they were good subordinates. But precisely because they were born in Jiangmen, it was difficult for these two people to become Zhao Tuo's confidantes, and they could only do business.

"It's still a person who has to be brought up by himself in order to become a confidant and a confidant."

Zhao Tuo shook his head. This time his old subordinates needed to avoid suspicion and could not come to join the war, so he needed to cultivate new cronies in the army.

"I want to train amateurs!"

"Xiao He, Cao Shen, Fan Kui."

"Where have you been?"

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