On the fields in early summer, the endless green shade was like a huge green carpet spread under the sky. The huge Taihang Mountains crossed the Zhao land and extended southward, like a giant dragon, stretching thousands of miles, turning the northern part of Zhao into two east and west parts, the east part of the Dian land, and the west part of the Zhao family's dragon-rise place Jinyang.

Dai County is located east of Taihang and is one of the four counties set up when Zhao Yong was king. In the past, Zhao Xiangzi was a senior official of Jin State and led the Zhao army to attack the princes of Dai State at that time, and swallowed up all the land. From then on, Dai County became the territory of Zhao and the northern barrier of the central plains of Zhao. After Zhao Yong ascended the throne, he upgraded Dai County to Dai County, ranking first among the four counties, and set up a separate Dai County to govern, ranking as the Zhongqing, and was far higher than Yanmen, Yunzhong, and Shangdang County prefectures.

This shows the importance of Dai County to Zhao State.

Dai County is connected to Yan State in the east, Zhongshan State, across the west, and connected to Jinyang with Taihang Mountain, and to the north is a grassland occupied by nomadic tribes. Dai County is attacked on three sides, and if it is lost, Zhao State will be in danger. Therefore, all the monarchs of Zhao State in the past dynasties will arrange heavy troops in Dai County to resist invasion from the north.

However, in the 27th year of Zhao Yong, Zhao Yong, who was still the King of Zhao, led the newly trained cavalry troops to the north to Dai County and launched a massive offensive against the powerful Loufan and Lin Hu on the grassland. He defeated the Loufan and Lin Hu's two tribes, collected all the old places of the two tribes, and set up two counties in Yanmen and Yunzhong in the north to serve as barriers to Zhao State.

With Yunzhong and Yanmen as barriers, Dai County no longer had to face threats directly from the grasslands, but instead focused on dealing with Yan and Zhongshan. After the Zizhi Rebellion, Yan's national strength declined, and the position of King Yan was able to take over Yan State after being strongly supported by Zhao Yong. Therefore, in the past decade, Yan and Zhao were closely related, and Yan State followed the pace of Zhao State in their attitude towards various countries. Although the two countries had no name as allies, they had the reality of allies. After more than ten years of attack by Zhao Yong, Zhongshan's national strength gradually declined and was no longer the attitude of the prosperous period of the year. Over the years, it has been in seclusion and never provoked Zhao State.

As the crisis in Dai County ended, the residents in the territory gradually became peaceful. In addition, the water and grass are abundant here, and the army of Zhao State protected them, so herders continued to flock to Dai County to settle down. Even small tribes from the north often moved south to move to Dai to Dai, and Zhao State accepted it.

Therefore, there were more and more residents of Dai County, and Hu and Hua were mixed with each other, including cities with farming civilization in the south and tribal groups with nomadic civilization in the north. Dai County gradually flourished, and tents could be seen everywhere on the grassland outside the city, herders waving herds whips and driving sheep flocks, and women kneeling in front of the cows and squeezing milk, full of vitality.

Suddenly, a faint sound of dull thunder came from the sky, and dark clouds suddenly surged from the end of the endless grassland. The hunting dog raised his ears vigilantly, while the herdsmen on the horse stretched out their necks and looked at the distance with a worried look on their faces.

As the thunder sounded approaching, a black line emerged in the grassland in the distance. It was not the thunder sounding in the sky, but the horse's galloping hooves. In a moment, tens of thousands of cavalrymen were already running near. The herdsmen looked at the "Zhao" flag raised high in the army, and then breathed a sigh of relief and let go of their long-lasting hearts.

This is the elite cavalry of Zhao State, but I don’t know who led it this time.

The army arrived like a whistling sea tide. The herdsmen had no time to drive the flock to hide, so they had to stand in the distance and move without daring. Fortunately, the Zhao army had very strict military disciplines and excellent riding skills. Although they were galloping rapidly, they were not at all confused. They almost whizzed past the herdsmen and the flock without any injuries. The shields, swords, and crossbows hung on the war horses, all of which were hung in Anshan. The knights all had serious expressions. The tall horses were panting with a loud noise while galloping, and they were suddenly a tiger-bearing army.

This army is a 20,000 elite cavalry stationed in Yunzhong and Yanmen for many years. Half a month ago, the master father mobilized them all to the south and went south with more than 10,000 personal troops he brought. What is the army? Thirty thousand iron cavalry rushed to Dai County and joined the upcoming battle to destroy Zhongshan.

A cavalry rushed over from afar. It was the vanguard scout of the Zhao army. A general Zhao, who was currently in the army, suddenly stopped reins and raised his hand to signal his subordinates to stop. Behind him, the commander shouted: "Stop moving forward, stand by."

When the 30,000 troops heard the order, they almost stopped the horse in the gaps separated by the ranks like flowing clouds. The entire army suddenly stopped, without any blockage and pushing.

The scout galloped over, and Zhao Yong urged the horse to meet him, and Zhao Xin and others followed closely behind him.

The loud voice of the scout sounded in front of the army, "Report to the master's father, there are a large number of cavalrymen in front of him, with about 5,000 people. They are under the banner of our Zhao army, and their outfits are no different from our Zhao army."

Zhao Yong nodded, his face calm and he said to Zhao Xin without looking back, "Transfer our military orders and prepare for war."

Zhao Xin behind him was stunned when he heard this, he was stunned for a while before he came to his senses, turned his horse's head and ran to loudly convey military orders to the various departments. He really disagreed. He had already reached the hinterland of Zhao State, and the opposite side was the troops of Zhao Zhang, the son of the Zhao army, who was also the Zhao army. Why did he still prepare for the war in this way?

In the distance, a dark cloud slowly emerged, and five thousand cavalry gushed out in a row. Seeing that the army opposite was waiting for the battle, he slowly stopped his horse stance and stopped in place.

The opposite army is a geese formation, which is a common cavalry formation. The 30,000 troops are based on the central army and are sorted backward in the left and right wings. If they attack, the powerful cavalry on the left and right wings will circumvent and detour on the enemy's wings, and use the cavalry's maneuverability and long-range attack power to shoot and injure the enemy's main force on a large scale. In cooperation with the advancement of the central army's main force, they are determined to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.

Now that the army on the opposite side, which is several times his advantage, has set up a Yanxing Formation, it will undoubtedly place Zhao Zhang's troops in the clapping. Life and death are determined by the other party's hands. Even if they drop their horses and escape, it will be too late.

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Zhao Gu urged him to go forward and stand side by side with Zhao Zhang, his eyes were frightened and surprised, "What does the master father mean?"

Zhao Zhang laughed, looked dismissive, and turned around and ordered, "Transfer our military orders, and the entire army formed a fish scale formation."

Compared with the roundabout encirclement of the Yanxing Formation, the power of the Fish Scale Formation lies in concentrating its forces and launching a fierce attack on the enemy's center to deal with the Yanxing Formation with weak defense capabilities.

"No." The messenger took the order loudly and dropped the horse and sent the order quickly. Zhao Gu, who was standing beside him, was shocked and said in a lost voice, "Young Master, what are you going to do?"

When he welcomed the Lord's father, he acted in an offensive manner. If someone knew about this, he would sue them for treason. If Zhao Zhang was not the eldest son of the Lord's father, Zhao would have ordered to stop him.

Seeing Zhao Gu panic, Zhao Zhang couldn't help laughing. Before he could speak, Tian Buli, who was standing beside him, had already explained with a smile: "Di Zheng, don't panic. The father and the son are just setting up formations to meet the enemy according to the principle of marching to prevent being taken advantage of, and it is not intended to be hostile."

Zhao Zhang nodded and said with a smile: "What Sima Tian said is very true. His father is rigorous in his military governance and has never made any mistakes, so he is so as if he is facing a great enemy. You can rest assured that the father's envoy will come back soon and call you and me to welcome him."

Seeing that Zhao Zhang and Tian Buli were relaxed, they didn't look like they were fake, Zhao Gu was relieved and smiled with his companion. Just as he was about to speak, he saw several cavalry driving out of the army opposite, and his armor was all in the style of Yulin.

"Here you come." Zhao Zhang shouted softly, then, Zhao Gu, Tian Buli, urged the horse to come out of the battle and went up to meet him.

I saw that the visitor was the four horsemen, and the first one was a young man. Although his appearance still looked a little immature, his eyes were very heroic.

The young man saw Zhao Zhang and the other three come out to greet him. The leading Zhao Zhang's eyebrows were extremely similar to the master's father, so he guessed that it was Gongzi Zhang, so he stepped forward and strangled the reins of the horse, bowed his hands and saluted him on the horse; "I am humble to serve as the captain of Yulin, Zhao Xin, and join Gongzi Zhang."

Zhao Zhang nodded with a smile, looked at Zhao Xin for a moment, and said with interest, "You are Zhao Xin? As expected, the young hero, no wonder your father praised you so much."

Hearing Zhao Zhang's praise, Zhao Gu and Tian Buli couldn't help but look at Zhao Xin again. Zhao Xin looked as usual, but just bowed and smiled, "Thank you for your praise. If you are in extraordinary power, who can compare with you, you? The young master is only twelve years old and has fought on the battlefield. He beheaded more than ten, and has become a general for fifteen years. He defeated Zhongshan, killed Zhongshan's general Hengwu, captured three cities, and made great achievements. He has made many great achievements and spread it to me as a good story for Zhao people. When I followed my master's father, I often heard the master's bravery in advance. When I saw him today, he was really heroic."

When Zhao Zhang heard Zhao Xin talking about his proud things, Zhao Zhang couldn't help but laugh, and he felt quite helpful. He developed some favors to Zhao Xin, the boy, and smiled gently, "Just important, can the father be in the army now?"

Zhao Xin nodded, straightened his waist and said seriously, "Tell me the master's father's oral instructions, summoned Prince Zhang, and went to see Zhao Gu on behalf of the prime minister."

"No." Zhao Zhang and the others quickly bowed and received the order. Zhao Xinwang asked Zhao Gu, "I offended you, may I ask if you are the Minister Zhao Gu?"

"That's right." Zhao Gu said with a serious smile.

Seeing Zhao Xin looking at him, Tian Buli looked a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Zhao Zhang began to rescue him and said, "This is Sima Tian Buli in our army. I am planning to introduce him to my father. Does Zhao have any objection?"

After saying that, his eyes looked at him, and his momentum was overwhelming. Zhao Xin was unwilling to have a conflict with him, so he lowered his head and bowed, "Young Master is joking. Since it is the one you recommended by you, how dare you stop the humble position? Please ask the three of you to come with me so that the Lord Father will not wait."
Chapter completed!