Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

This Lou Bing's betrayal almost ruined all the efforts Zhao Dan had made in the past few months to save the Battle of Changping.

"Does Lou's family want to join Qin so soon?"

Zhao Dan almost squeezed out such a sentence full of chills from between his teeth.

After taking several deep breaths, Zhao Dan managed to calm down a little, then picked up a pen, and wrote instructions on the seal.

"Closely monitor Lou's every move, if there is any situation, immediately report to the widow!"

After all, the Lou family belongs to the Zhao family, and Lou Chang has a high position and power. To bring down such a family, what is needed is conclusive evidence.

But Zhao Dan believes that Lou's fox tail will be revealed sooner or later.

By then, hum

Anyone who dares to betray Zhao Guo and Zhao Dan will only die!

Chapter 200 If you want to win a battle, you must first have a strong enough army (second update)

June 259, 2 BC.

On a plain about ten miles away from the south gate of Handan City, a new camp was built half a month ago. This is the base camp of the Northern Army, one of Zhao Guoxin's two new armies.

At noon on this day, Zhao Dan's carriage, escorted by thousands of palace guards, drove into the camp of the Northern Army.

As soon as he entered the gate, Zhao Dan saw Le Cheng, the coach of the Northern Army who had rushed to hear the news.

Le Cheng saluted Zhao Dan: "I have seen the king."

Zhao Dan glanced at Le Cheng and found that there were still a few drops of sweat on the general's face, so he couldn't help but smiled and said, "It seems that General Le Cheng is very busy."

Le Cheng was a little arrogant, and said with an apologetic smile: "I didn't know the king was coming, so I was unprepared. It made the king laugh."

Zhao Dan waved his hand, jumped out of the car, and said to Le Cheng, "I'm here on a whim today, and I'll show you around."

Le Cheng didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly led the way for Zhao Dan.

Since the rainy season has just passed, Handan City has just had a light rain in the morning, so the roads in the barracks are somewhat muddy and difficult to walk at this moment.

Le Cheng struggled to pull out his boots from the mud, looked back nervously, and found that Zhao Dan behind him also had one deep foot and one shallow foot, but there was no anger on his face. Only slightly relieved, he decided to ask someone to level the road in the camp tomorrow.

Zhao Dan didn't think as much as Le Cheng thought, but looked around with great interest as he walked.

Although this big camp has just been built, it looks somewhat crude, but the tents and buildings in the camp are quite orderly and orderly, making Zhao Dan nod secretly.

To see whether a general will lead troops, you only need to go to his camp to have a look.

Zhao Dan walked all the way and found that many soldiers were conducting drills under the leadership of their respective officers.

Although there are no formations in this era, it does not mean that Zhao Jun is indifferent to these things. On the contrary, Zhao Dan discovered that the main practice in the camp is collective cooperation.

No, right in front of Zhao Dan, a unit of Zhao Jun was practicing.

In a wide school field, hundreds of soldiers of the Zhao army with armour, crossbows and swords lined up in several rows, advancing slowly in a marching posture.

Suddenly in the center of the army, a [-]-year-old Zhao Jun who was about forty years old shouted: "Encounter the enemy ahead, the enemy is a thousand steps away, and the shooter is outward!"

Under the order of the two or five hundred masters, Zhao Jun's marching ranks changed immediately, and the left and right wings spread out at the same time. The original "1" became a "person" in just a few tens of breaths, and then It became the word "one" again.

At the moment when the queue was fully deployed, the master of two or five hundred issued another order: "The distance between the enemy and the enemy is six hundred, and the shooter is on the string!"

Zhao Jun's soldiers took off the crossbows from their backs after receiving the order. These crossbows were about one arm long and needed to be stepped on with the strength of their feet. Just completed the whole winding action, which is the so-called "kicking the crossbow".

Amidst the piercing sound of the machine gun, many Zhao soldiers completed the winding action one after another, raised the crossbow in their hands and placed it in front of their right arm, and aimed at the front with the assistance of Wangshan on the crossbow machine.

The Lord of Two or Five Hundred issued another order: "The enemy is five hundred away, shoot!"

At the moment when the two or five hundred masters gave the order, Zhao Jun's shooters pressed the dial on the crossbow one after another.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Hundreds of crossbow bolts were fired instantly, covering the entire front of Zhao Jun.

The order continues.

"One shot, two strings!"

The soldiers of Zhao Jun, who had just completed a launch, continued to wind the string without the slightest hesitation.

"The enemy is at a distance of three hundred, shoot!"

"After two shots, three strings!"

Zhao Jun's phalanx looked orderly, and the movements of the soldiers were very orderly, which made Zhao Dan nod repeatedly.

Although he is not good at military affairs, Zhao Dan understands one thing very well, that is, the more machine-like an army is, the higher the chance of winning in battle.

Zhao Dan smiled at Le Cheng beside him, "What army is this?"

Le Cheng replied: "This belongs to Captain Nan of the Habayashi Army."

The Northern Army has two armies, the Habayashi and the Huben, and the Habayashi Army has the North and South Lieutenants, and the Huben Army has the East and West Lieutenants, adding up to a total of nearly 4 troops of the four Lieutenants.

Although the Northern Army is the pro-army of King Zhao, it is obviously impossible for all the 4 troops to defend Zhao Dan. Generally speaking, only 5000 people from the "half school" serve as Miyagi guards, and other troops are stationed and trained in the Northern Army camp. Monthly round value.

The reason why Zhao Dan established these troops was of course not on a whim, but um, taking history as a mirror.

The Han Dynasty mainly divided into two major arms, the capital soldiers and the local soldiers. The northern and southern armies established by Zhao Dan were built according to the capital soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, even if you take history as a mirror, you can't blindly follow the trend. Zhao Dan has a reason for doing so.

In terms of geographical location, since Handan, the capital of the State of Zhao, is located in the Central Plains, it is not far from other countries, and there is a lesson from the past few months when Jinbi stationed troops in Yecheng to threaten Handan, so it is only natural to protect the capital with heavy troops while taking care of the Central Plains of.

Although Zhao Guo also had a standing army system before, the standing army at that time was only 4 to [-], and the scale was obviously not suitable for the new situation of today's struggle for world hegemony.

After Zhao Dan's expansion this time, Zhao's standing army will increase to about 10, three times the original number.

With this 30 standing army, Zhao Guo only needs to recruit manpower from the counties during the war, and he can easily pull out an army of 50 or even [-] based on these standing troops. In order to be able to adapt to the needs of tens of millions of troops participating in large-scale wars in the late Warring States period.

In order to ensure the combat effectiveness and morale of the standing army, Zhao Dan did not hesitate to use high welfare as a temptation.

Of course, to support such an army with such high welfare would put a heavy burden on Zhao's finances and resources in all aspects, but Zhao Dan was prepared for this, and had a plan in mind.

After watching the infantry drill, Zhao Dan went to watch the cavalry for a while, and then under the leadership of Le Cheng, went to the special "selection camp" outside the camp to watch the selection for a while.

Although he had already heard about it, Zhao Dan was a little surprised at the bustling and bustling scene at the selection camp: "There are so many people?"

Le Cheng chuckled, and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know. In fact, there have been fewer people in the past few days. In the first few days, the number of people was so large that I wondered if all the people from Handan City came."