A moment later, Li He sent Li Ying, Peng Chou, Hu Xi and others to the canteen to have their meals, while he followed Wei Zhu to the central army room.

After entering the room, Wei Zhu signaled Li He to sit, and then he sat in the main seat and asked Li He curiously: "What do you want to discuss with me?"

At this time, there were only Wei Zhu and Li He in the room. The guards of Wei Zhu were also trusted by Wei Zhu, so Li He did not hide anything and said truthfully: "Yesterday, I heard what Sima Zhai said that Qin could dispatch 500,000 troops, but I, Shaoliang, have only 20,000 troops. Even if I am backed by Wei, I feel that the military strength of the two sides is too disparate..."

Wei Zhu suddenly laughed a little and asked casually: "So you want to suggest expanding the army?"

"That's not."

Li He shook his head and said, "Yesterday, Sima Zhai accidentally mentioned that I, Shaoliang, have only a total of more than 100,000 people. It is already very difficult for more than 100,000 people to support 20,000 troops. Naturally, I will not recommend blindly expanding the army."

Wei Zhu, who had originally disregarded himself, nodded secretly when he heard this.

As Li He guessed, the reason why Shaoliang, a small country with a population of only a hundred thousand was able to support 20,000 troops was really helpful to Wei. Therefore, it is difficult to pass the expansion of the army in Shaoliang - to be precise, Wei will not agree easily unless Shaoliang can support the army alone.

Otherwise, the State of Wei would rather train its own domestic troops to station in Shaoliang.

"My suggestion is that I, Shaoliang, may be able to form an elite surprise soldier!" Li He expressed his true intention.

"Elite?"

Wei Zhu was slightly stunned and asked with a smile: "You mean, an elite like Wei Wuzu?"

"No." Li He shook his head and said, "I have only heard of the reputation of Wei Wushu, but I have never seen it with my own eyes. However, I think that even if I spent a huge price to train a martial artshu, it would probably be difficult to play a big role because of the small number."

Wei Zhu said in surprise: "But just talk about elites..."

Li He corrected: "The key to the surprise soldiers I mentioned is the surprise soldiers!"

"A surprise weapon? Is it a surprise that is said to win in "The Art of War"? Have you read "The Art of War"?" Wei Zhu became more and more surprised.

After all, most people in the contemporary world are ignorant and can't even write their own names, let alone the military books such as "The Art of War" have always been only circulated in the princes and nobles of various countries, and the civilians in the world cannot contact them at all.

The reason why Wei Zhu had the opportunity to read a few military books was because he was a retainer of the Zhai family. Not to mention that the Zhai family was in Shaoliang, they had good connections even in Wei.

"...that's not, I just heard from someone."

When he said this, Li He was inevitably embarrassed. After all, he could easily get in touch with such books, but unfortunately he was addicted to games at that time and had no motivation at all.

But even if he had not read the whole article, he still knew some of the main ideas mentioned in the military books, especially in combat strategies, such as fire attack, water attack, camp attack, and food dead.

The embarrassing look on Li He's face caused some misunderstandings. He smiled and said, "Lord Zhai Hu has collected a lot of military books from the world. If you are interested, you will borrow a few copies from Lord Zhai Hu in the future...Okay, let's talk about your surprise soldier first."

"yes!"

Li He nodded and immediately said seriously: "As far as I see, whether it is Shaoliang, Wei State soldiers, or Wei Wushu, they are soldiers used for battlefield combat. The "shock soldiers" I call often use sneak attacks to harass the enemy's backbone. Take the Qin army as an example... If we face each other head-on, Shaoliang will definitely not be able to defeat the 500,000 Qin army, but we can send surprise soldiers to attack the Qin army's grain transport team. Once the sneak attack succeeds, all the vehicles and grains will be burned. Repeat several times, the Qin army will definitely fall into the dilemma of shortage of food. Even if he has 500,000 troops, he will collapse on his own due to shortage of food."

“…and then say.”

Wei Zhu looked at Li He in surprise. He didn't care at first, but now he became a little interested and his expression gradually became serious. It was obvious that he was listening carefully and analyzing Li He's proposal.

Seeing this, Li He continued: "Also, surprise troops can also be used to attack enemy camps at night, or even attack enemy cities. In short, try to avoid confronting the enemy head-on, and give it a fatal blow when the enemy is unprepared."

Wei Zhu touched the short beard on his chin and said incredibly: "Are you planning to attack the Qin camp with 500,000 people?"

Li He shook his head and said, "As long as the enemy is not prepared, it is difficult for the Qin army to react in time, even if there are 500,000 people in the Qin camp, it is no big deal..."

Wei Zhu said with a strange expression: "What if the Qin people reacted?"

"Then let's retreat temporarily." Li He said decisively: "I dare not ask for a night attack to bring about 500,000 Qin troops, but I can repeatedly attack the Qin troops, making them tired and unable to fall asleep..."

"I'm afraid there will be a lot of people?" Wei Zhu thought.

"The number of people is second. The key is that if you are elite, you know how to use the surrounding terrain to fight against the enemy, and you can fight against ten elites!" Li He said seriously.

That's right, Li He just wanted to propose to form an alternative martial arts soldier.

Although the Wei-style military soldiers were so powerful that they did not dare to offend the countries, they had many disadvantages. The positioning of the frontal combat troops alone was destined to bear huge casualties.

It is obviously one in a hundred and has spent a lot of manpower and force to cultivate elites, but they are used for frontal combat. Is this worth it?

Wei State is a rich and powerful country, and it is also the overlord of the Central Plains. It can withstand the casualties of Wei Wushang. However, Shaoliang is just a small country, so naturally cannot use Wushang like Wei State. Not to mention killing thousands of people in one battle, even dozens or hundreds of people were killed in battle, it would be enough to make this small country unbearable.

Therefore, although Li He also wanted to train a surprise soldier similar to Wei State that was comparable to Wei Wushu, his positioning of this surprise soldier was for special operations to avoid head-on confrontation with the main forces of the enemy, so as to minimize possible casualties.

That's the reason why good steel should be used on the blade.

“Um…”

Wei Zhu pondered for a moment and was quite interested in the surprise weapon described by Li He.

He asked Li He, "What do you need?"

Li He said truthfully: "In terms of weapons, long spears are not suitable for surprise soldiers, so everyone needs to prepare a sword. Furthermore, the training volume of surprise soldiers may be larger than that in the camp. In order to stimulate morale and strengthen physical fitness, it is best to have meat every meal..."

Just hearing this, Wei Zhu's expression became a little unnatural.

You should know that it is not easy to build a sword, which is much more expensive than long spears. Therefore, among all countries in the world, at least one hundred generals must reach the level of a hundred generals before distributing the sword. After all, hundreds of generals are generally far more brave than ordinary soldiers. They are responsible for charging and rushing into battle. One more weapon can naturally play a greater role.

Now Li He requires everyone to equip the surprise soldiers, which is a big requirement.

As for the meat that comes with meat every time, let alone. If Wei Zhu was not a retainer of the Zhai family, his status as a general in the camp would not guarantee that he would have meat every time.

If he had not valued Li He, and if he had not been interested in the surprise soldiers mentioned by Li He, Wei Zhu would have driven people.

After pondering for a long time, Wei Zhu said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid I can't make the decision either, so I need to ask Lord Zhai Hu for instructions."

After saying that, he stood up and signaled Li He to follow him: "No need to delay, you and I will go to see Lord Zhai Hu."

About a moment later, Wei Zhu and Li He came to Zhiyang City, not far from the military camp, and came to the gate of Zhai Mansion.

Just like last time, after calling the door open, Wei Zhu took Li He into the mansion without notice and came all the way to Yayuan where Zhai Hu lived.

During this period, Wei Zhu also briefly introduced the current situation of the Zhai Mansion to Li He: "... Although this mansion belongs to Lord Zhai Ying in name, Lord Zhai Ying mostly lives in Shaoliang City and is not in Zhiyang. Zhiyang's daily affairs are handled by his retainer Liao Shan, and Lord Zhai Ying only comes back occasionally... If you need any help in Zhiyang in the future, you can ask this person for help."

Li He nodded and immediately understood in his heart: It seems that Zhiyang City is basically the territory of the Zhai family.

After walking a while further, Wei Zhu and Li He saw several guards dressed in a seat at the stone table in front of the house.

One of them was Xu Ji, who accompanied Zhai Hu to Wei's camp yesterday. When he saw Wei Zhu and Li He, he immediately stood up and greeted him, smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Wei Ying General, Li Bai General, are you looking for Lord Zhai Hu?"

"Um."

Wei Zhuyi nodded and asked, "Has Lord Zhai Hu got up?"

"This..." Xu Ji turned his head and looked at the room, hesitated and said, "I'll go and have a look."

After saying that, he walked into the room.

Immediately, Zhai Hu's voice came from the room, accompanied by the woman's lazy whisper, and it seemed that more than one woman had.

Seeing that Wei Zhu's face looked a little bad, Li He turned his head and looked at it, but was discovered by Wei Zhu.

So he could only ask: "Mrs. Zhai?"

"No." Wei Zhu shook his head and said, "Mr. Zhai Hu also has a house in Shaoliang, and his wife and children all live there..."

Needless to say more about the rest.

Soon after, Xu Ji walked out and said to Wei Zhu and Li He clasped his fists and said, "Two, Lord Zhai Hu are welcome."

After saying that, he led the two into the house.

At this time, inside the house, Zhai Hu was only wearing a bright single dress and sitting in the hall with a strong chest. Seeing his hands holding his forehead and his sleepy face, he was obviously awakened by Xu Ji.

However, when Wei Zhu and Li He entered the house, Zhai Hu still cheered up and greeted them with a smile.

After a little greeting, Wei Zhu expressed his intention and told Zhai Hu all the way to Li He's idea of ​​forming a "shock soldier".

Zhai Hu also led soldiers and fought wars. Although he is now addicted to alcohol and sex, his vision is not low. He immediately realized the advantages of the surprise soldiers. After pondering for a moment, he readily agreed: "No problem! How many people do you plan to train?"

Li He turned to look at Wei Zhu, and then tentatively said, "Then... let's practice one hundred people first to see the results?"

Zhai Hu laughed and said, "What can one hundred people see? In this way, you train two hundred people first, and I will go and see it. If it is really outstanding, the number of people will be increased... As for weapons, there are also the meat you mentioned, I will ask someone to arrange it."

"Thank you, Lord Zhai Hu!"

"Thank you, Sima Zhai!"

Wei Zhu and Li He clasped their fists and thanked him.

A moment later, when leaving Zhai Mansion, Wei Zhu solemnly said to Li He: "You two hundred 'stoned soldiers' cost a lot, and don't let down Lord Zhai Hu's trust..."

Li He also nodded solemnly, and at the same time he felt a little confident.
Chapter completed!