Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

You must know that Zhao Guo conquered the five northern counties only a few decades ago.

This is exactly what Zhao Dan is most willing to see.

At this moment, there was a rush of horseshoes behind Zhao Dan and the others, followed by a loud shout.

"Get out of the way, urgent military situation, urgent military situation!"

Zhao Dan and the others immediately gave way to the side of the road, but saw a messenger with a small flag on his back galloping across the street, heading for the Sheriff's Mansion not far away.

Zhao Dan's face changed slightly, and he thought: "Could it be that there are enemies invading again?"

So for a while, Zhao Dan didn't care about continuing his private visits, but walked directly to the Sheriff's Mansion not far away.

A while later, Zhao Dan met the Sheriff of Hetao at the Sheriff's Mansion and got a piece of news at the same time.

"King Yueshi sent a team of cavalry to march eastward, and now they have crossed the Yellow River and entered Shuofang County. There are at least [-] troops!"

Chapter 4 How could the widow be a deserter? (Second more)

"People from the Yue family?" Hearing this news, Zhao Dan was quite surprised.

This information came from Shuofang County Sheriff's Mansion, and it was stamped with Shuofang Sheriff's seal, so there is no need to doubt its authenticity.

Just why did the Yuezhi people suddenly appear?

From the perspective of a traveler, Zhao Dan actually has a good impression of Yueshi.

After all, the Yuezhi was the mortal enemy of the Huns.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions, it was to find the Yuezhi and form an alliance with the Yuezhi to fight against the Xiongnu.

It's just that at that time, the Yuezhi had already been tortured by the Xiongnu, and his own strength was too weak, so he could only decline the alliance request of the Han Dynasty.

But even so, the Yuezhi is generally a country that is very friendly to the Han Dynasty. It is also located on the Silk Road and has made its own contributions to the opening and development of the Silk Road.

So after the crossing, Zhao Dan once considered recruiting the Yue clan to deal with the Xiongnu together, but then there were many things, and the Xiongnu was unexpectedly weak, so this matter was put aside by Zhao Dan.

Now Zhao Dan's main energy is still on the hegemony of the Central Plains, and he doesn't have much time to pay attention to the Hexi Corridor.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Dan ignored Yueshi, but Yuezhi came to the door.

Zhao Dan glanced at the several subordinates present, and asked, "Does anyone among you know the information about this Yueshi?"

Zhao Dan doesn't know much about the Yuezhi, and most of them are still recorded in the Han Dynasty. It doesn't take much to know that there must be a big difference between that Yuezhi and the current Yuezhi in the Warring States Period.

This also made Zhao Dan secretly vigilant. It seems that if he wants to build a powerful dynasty, intelligence work must not only be placed in the countries of the Central Plains, but also pay attention to grasslands, plateaus, deserts and other places.

Hu Yiwei must be asked to set up a special department in charge of this aspect, first send some spies to investigate and investigate, and collect information on this large "future Zhao territory".

After all, there is no king in the world.

As a time traveler, without even thinking about it, Zhao Dan used the area of ​​960 million square kilometers in the future as the territory of Zhao State in his subconscious.

Regarding this question raised by Zhao Dan, several courtiers looked at each other, and then Li Mu said: "Your Majesty, I am stationed at Gaoquesai, which is not too far from Helan Mountain. I once captured the nomads of several months. I've also heard about some things about Yueshi."

"If you don't tell the widow, come quickly!"

Li Mu clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the Yue Clan has about 30 to [-] people, and they claim to have [-] cavalry. They have fought against the Huns and Wusun many times, and they won more victories than they lost. They are now a major force in the Northwest."

Zhao Dan asked: "What else?"

Li Mu spread his hands: "Your Majesty, the other ministers are not clear either."

Zhao Dan was a little disappointed.

At this moment, Zhao Ling, the governor of Hetao County who had been standing by without any sense of presence, suddenly said: "My lord, it is said that the Linhu people and the Yuezhi people are allies. Now there are many members of the Linhu tribe in the army. There are also quite a few of noble Hu who are generals in the army, why don't you find a few to inquire about the situation?"

Zhao Dan slapped his thigh: "How did the widow forget this!"

After a while, several Lin Hu people came in a hurry.

"The final general has seen the king!"

Zhao Dan took a look and found that these Linhu nobles were basically officers of the Zhao army, and there was a partial general among them.

"Wait and tell the widow about the situation of the Yue family!"

Several Linhu people looked at each other, and then the Linhu nobleman who is now a partial general replied: "Back to your lord, the Yuezhi army is divided into the king's tent army and the tribal army, which are in charge of the five major officials. There are two ten thousand cavalry under Hou's command, three of them were directly appointed by the Yuezhi King, and they are directly under the Yuezhi King's army. The other two Xihous are served by the Yuezhi nobles, mainly for the small and medium-sized Yuezhi tribes during the war Formation of cavalry."

After a pause, the Lin Hu nobleman continued: "If there are [-] cavalry this time, then it should be a certain Xihou who led the troops to attack."

Zhao Dan thought for a while and asked, "Then in your opinion, will the Xihou who invaded this time be directly under King Yuezhi, or a noble from Yuezhi Kingdom?"

Lin Hu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, this minister doesn't know."

Zhao Kuo who was on the side suddenly interjected: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, this is most likely a trial by King Yuezhi, and the troops directly under King Yuezhi should be dispatched."

Zhao Dan turned to look at Zhao Kuo: "What evidence do you have?"

Zhao Kuo said: "I don't have any evidence, just a conjecture. Since the Yue clan had [-] soldiers but only sent [-], it shows that this is just a test. Since it is a test, sending too weak troops will not have the effect of the test. "

Zhao Dan thought for a moment, and felt that what Zhao Kuo said seemed reasonable.

Now it's a little tricky.

Zhao Dan asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in the two counties of Hetao?"

It was Zhao Ling, the governor of Hetao County, who answered this question: "My lord, Hetao and Shuofang counties each have [-] soldiers and horses stationed, all of them are cavalry."

Zhao Dan did some calculations, the two counties add up to [-] cavalry, plus the [-] cavalry brought by Zhao Dan, the total is [-] cavalry.

Although it was only about half the strength of the Yuezhi people, with the tyrannical strength of Zhao Guo's cavalry, it should be possible to fight.

So Zhao Dan asked, "Li Mu, if I order you to lead an army to resist the Yuezhi people, will you be able to win?"

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "My lord, of course I have this confidence. But"

Li Mu hesitated to speak.

"Say!"

Li Mu was so shouted at by Zhao Dan, so he had no choice but to say submissively: "It's just that the king must agree to the subject, this time the king will definitely not be able to come to the battlefield in person."

Only then did Zhao Dan realize that this was the problem.

Seeing that the words had already been spoken, Li Mu directly pointed out: "If the king comes to the battlefield in person, I must leave an elite guard by the king's side to protect the king's safety. In this way, the soldiers will not be able to let go. And this month Since the Clan has been able to defeat the Xiongnu many times, their strength should not be underestimated, and now the number of Yue Clan is twice that of our army, if the whole army cannot go to battle, the outcome of this battle will be unpredictable."

Zhao Dan pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Forget it, since you said so, then the widow will not personally conscript this time, so I will wait for the news of your victory in the northern city of this town."