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Chapter 21: Both Drought Relief and Troop Training

Liyang is located north of Raoyang, and the two towns gathered for only more than 200 miles. In recent years, under the "wise leadership" of Yan Wang Xi, Yan State has continuously teased Zhao State, which has caused the main force of its own army to be destroyed and the territory has become increasingly narrow.

Even the lower capital Wuyang was exchanged for Zhao State. With the successive return of Wusui, Gecheng, Pingshu and other cities, the two counties of Liyang and Wuyuan, can even be said to have become enclaves of Yan State's lonely Zhao State.

The only thing that Sima Shang of Liyang is that the traumatized Yan State will be as good as the wars before, and the whole country will gather its strength to attack Zhao, even though

——Every time, he will die as much as he comes, and he will become Zhao’s reputation.

However, compared with the cautious Sima Shang, Ziying was not worried about this, because he remembered very clearly that Yan State was basically beaten to be beaten at this time. Since Pang Nuan led his troops to kill Yan General Ju Xin in the third year of Daoxiang, Yan State had become a good baby. Until Qin State unified the world, except for Prince Dan, who played the game of Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin, he had a very weak sense of existence and was always in a passive state of being beaten.

In history, after the Zhao army conquered Liyang, before he had time to withdraw his troops, Qin hurriedly attacked the Yecheng, which had just been handed over to Zhao in the name of rescue.

This is also the beginning of the Qin King Ying Zheng personally took over the power of the court after he successively eliminated Lao Ai and Lu Buwei's forces in the past two years, and he gathered generations of power to officially promote the process of unifying the world.

Ziying didn't want to lead history to turn a corner because of his own changes, so he, as the most proud prophet, could not make any use of it.

Therefore, Liyang must be defeated.

Due to the relationship between Ziying and Grandfather, Sima Shang's integration of the two armies went very smoothly. In just half a month, the current eight thousand troops in Raoyang were reintegrated into eight divisions, with one thousand commanders in each division, and all five former Qin army leaders remained in office.

The tacit understanding between the remaining two armies took a long time to get in touch, but now it is obviously not that long to get the original two men familiar with each other.

With the orders of King Zhao, he would have stationed troops in Raoyang for a long time, and not sending troops would easily arouse suspicion from Handan.

Therefore, at Ziying's suggestion, Sima Shang led 5,000 of them to Liyang, and the remaining 3,000 people stayed in Raoyang.

After all, the battlefield is a magical place. After fighting side by side, it can make two people who have never met each other become friends who can rely on each other.

Ziying didn't think much about the victory or defeat. Liyang was alone in Zhao's territory, the city had few soldiers and people were poor, and those who commanded the troops were not capable. In history, it seemed that they were attacked by Zhao State without any effort. If it weren't for the sudden attack on Zhao by the Qin army and the soldiers were recalled, they would definitely have taken advantage of the victory and pursued them and expanded the results of the battle.

The Yan State was indeed depressed this time. Even after Zhao retreated, he did not dare to stab the knife in the back like several previous battles between Qin and Zhao. He was very obedient.

Therefore, the Zhao army was very successful and without any worries, so they withdrew from the battlefield to reinforce the Western front.

However, this time, Ziying planned to be unable to get through even if Handan attacked each other. He finally couldn't go to the front line and lost all his family.

Although his uncle has taken over the power, his father has passed away, and it is difficult for him to gain anything in the family affection he left behind. Even if he directly leads the army back to Qin, he might be a idle young man and never have the chance to lead troops.

So what Ziying had to do was not only to return to Qin, but also to threaten to return with great military achievements, so that he could have a place on the stage in the late Warring States Period.

Therefore, what reasons should be used to refuse the conscript and retain his own strength during the battle between Qin and Zhao Ye became the primary issue that Ziying thought after Sima Shang went to war.

However, the three thousand soldiers who stayed in Raoyang obviously had no time to consider anything else.

If the curse can hurt people, Ziying will die at least 18,000 times at this time.

"Although this Rao Yangjun is young, he is so irritable!" I'm afraid this is the common voice of all the soldiers.

The day after Sima Shang went to the expedition, the three elders from several villages in southern Raoyang reported that there was little rain since autumn. The well water was exhausted, not only did winter wheat not be sown, but drinking water for people and animals became a problem.

When the matter came to Xu Chengjunxiang, Xu Junxiang, who was busy cracking the great cause of heavenly books, naturally had no time to pay attention to these trivial matters. In today's era, irrigation is extremely underdeveloped, and it is basically in the stage of relying on the sky to make a living. If the sky does not rain, what can I do?

However, after Ziying found out, she immediately sent people to collect pots, wooden barrels and other water utensils. After each of the three thousand men was distributed, the entire army was dispatched to fight the drought.

Ziying ordered the army staying in Raoyang to carry water to the north in the morning to get the water dozens of miles away to get the water. Then, he rushed to Raoyang before noon to eat. In the afternoon, he took the water to the southern towns and towns to rush back before the evening.

Moreover, those who rushed back before the sun set could eat meat porridge, and they could fill up. After the sun set, those who rushed back could only eat some vegetable porridge mixed with wild vegetables, and the same is true for lunch.

The most important thing is such a miserable life, not a day. The Lord of Raoyang ordered: "I can't bear to the hard work of the people, and I ordered the subordinates of Raoyang to provide water every day, and the eunuchs in the house were supervised." In other words, before the drought was lifted, each of the three thousand soldiers had to send a trip to water every day.

All soldiers were directly transformed into human flesh water lifters.

This move has made Ziying's reputation in Raoyang City rise sharply. In the past, no county magistrates in various places were responsible for promoting the life and death of ordinary people. Not only did they not care about the harvest, but they also had to collect rent on time regardless of drought or flood, and whether you have no surplus grain at home.

Although Ziying's move is nonsense, it is the first time he has been using the army to fight drought.

Although the entire army has complained, most of the soldiers are from ordinary farmers and are well aware of the hard work of the people. Moreover, if they can run back on time after each trip, they will enjoy rice porridge mixed with diced meat. Although it is hard, they can still grit their teeth and persevere.

Ziying also has his own ideas about this.

Ziying is not a professional, and there is no good way to enhance the combat effectiveness of this army.

However, in the early Warring States Period, the Wei Wushu was the leader of the world, resisting the strong Qin in the west, and subduing Qi and Zhao. In the Battle of Yin Jin, he even made a record of defeating the Qin army with 500,000 martial soldiers.

Regarding his training method, Ziying once read an introduction in his previous life. The first is high-intensity training. "The Wei Wushang took it with his degree, garment of three genus armor, twelve stone crossbows, carrying fifty arrows, putting on it, crowned with helmets and swords, winning the food for three days, and then heading for a hundred miles a day. The test will be restored to his household."

Each soldier was equipped with heavy armor and marching for a hundred miles for half a day. Not only was he unable to afford Raoyang's current foundation, but he was worthy. Not many of them could survive in the current state of the Raoyang garrison.

So I can only proceed step by step. When I heard about the drought in the south, I immediately thought that this was a very good opportunity. The sergeant's load can be replaced by water utensils filled with water, and then limit the arrival time, which can also achieve a certain training effect.

It can not only train the army's endurance, but also resist drought and disaster relief, killing two birds with one stone.

The only one who has a slight complaint is probably Xu Chengjunxiang, who is still working hard to settle the accounts. Ziying's actions have greatly increased the appetite of the soldiers, and the consumption of food and grass in the city has increased significantly.

If Raoyang was not located on the border, he had allocated a lot of food and fodder to prevent the invasion of Yan State on weekdays. When Sima Shang left, he waved his hand and used his position in the army to bring in a large amount of food and grass. At this time, Raoyang might really not be able to support Ziying in such trouble.
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