Zhao Yong has always been decisive and has just returned from the alliance with King Yan from Lecheng. After staying in Handan for less than ten days, he went north to inspect the clouds. At the same time, he ordered his eldest son Zhao Zhang to go to Dai County and recruit soldiers to prepare for the war that would not be held in the future.

This year, the master's father was away for many years and did not stay in Handan for long. All the affairs of the country were handed over to his son Zhao He. Although Zhao He was young, he was smart and studious. With the assistance of Feiyi, the wise minister, everything in the country was handled in an orderly manner without any confusion. Zhao Yong originally did not like these cumbersome court affairs. Seeing that his son was like a piece of information for the king, fortunately he handed over all the things in the court to him, and he no longer had to repay him quickly like before.

Although Zhao Yong was called the inspection of Yunzhong and Yanmen counties, he actually hit the north with a rising trend of rising heads. Therefore, although he was traveling lightly, nearly 10,000 elite cavalrymen of Zhao followed him.

Loufan and Linhu were originally powerful nomadic tribes in the north of Zhao State, and were called the Sanhu together with the Donghu in the north of Yan State. They invaded Zhao State for many years and made the three countries feel like a stunning. Because the combat methods of the Central Plains during the Spring and Autumn Period were mostly tactics of chariots and infantry, and the Hu cavalry, whose power was far less than that of the coming and going on the vast grassland, suffered repeated losses in battles with the Hu people, and most of them were defeated. Therefore, countries built the Great Wall to guard against the Hu people, and used infantry to rely on the solid city wall to resist the invasion of Hu people. The monarchs of Zhao State in all dynasties were also the same. They insisted on relying on the Great Wall to defend against the Hu people, and concentrated their main energy to compete with the princes in the south.

Only when Zhao Yong ascended the throne and became queen, he changed his previous strategic thinking of Zhao State, formed six countries in the south, and took advantage of the conflicts between the countries to restrain each other. In the north, he gave up passive defense and instead used the elite cavalry who had just been trained to attack the second tribes of Loufan and Linhu, and severely damaged the second tribes several times, seized a large area of ​​plump grassland from their hands, and established two counties of Yanmen and Yunzhong.

Compared with the continuous attacks of the six countries in the Central Plains, Zhao's unique strategic policy was obviously very successful. In less than a few years, Zhao's territory had more than doubled, and the strategic space was greatly increased. Lou Fan and Lin Hu, who had caused great headaches to the monarchs of Zhao in all dynasties, also suffered heavy losses due to Zhao Yong's repeated attacks. They continued to move north to avoid the edge of the Zhao army, and they would no longer dare to go south to capture Zhao territory easily.

However, after Lou Fan and Lin Hubei fled and recuperated in recent years, they have gradually recovered their vitality. As Zhao's strategic center of gravity moved south, the second division gradually became obsessed with the intention of provoking trouble in the northern border to test the reaction of Zhao. It was out of this concern that Zhao Yongzheng was worried that once the main force of the Zhao army attacked Zhongshan, the second division of Lou Fan would likely take the opportunity to go south to attack Yunzhong and Yanmen, which had not long been occupied, so he planned to use force to shock the second division before taking action against Zhongshan, so that it would not dare to act rashly.

The army headed north and exited the Jingxing Pass and entered the most important Dai County in the northern part of Zhao State.

Zhao Xin suffered a lot along the way. Originally, he thought that as the Langguan beside the Lord Father, he was naturally following the Lord Father, and thought he was a pampered person and was following the Lord Father to have a good time and enjoy the delicious food all the way.

The facts were far beyond Zhao Xin's expectations. Not to mention that there were no special preferential treatments, they were more difficult than ordinary soldiers.

Zhao Yong was not like the King of Zhao at all, but like a Hu man living on a horse. He could speak Hu language, and his greatest daily pleasure was drinking strong wine with his soldiers, eating large pieces of meat, saying vulgar words loudly, and laughing without any image. Zhao Yong was used to living in tents, getting used to aquatic life, and was disdainful of Gongyu Palace. Even Zhao Xin was unlucky. He drank the wind and dew behind his butt every day, and had to eat baked crude and fishy beef and mutton. After only a few days, he felt soreness in his waist and back, and his mouth was full of odor.

What made Zhao Xin even more complained was that Zhao Yong seemed to be full of energy and was tired. Along the way from Handan, the army almost rushed to the road. Along the way, local officials were strictly prohibited from coming to pay their respects, and they did not enter the city. They just simply replenished food, grass, and drank water and continued on their way.

These cavalrymen were all elites who had followed Zhao Yong for many years and had long been used to this kind of high-intensity marching. The cavalry all transferred to the two horses, rushing during the day and resting in the middle of the night. These intensity was just a piece of cake for them. However, Zhao Xin, the spoiled young master, endured the most. He was not very skilled in riding. After several days of rushing, the inner side of his legs had already been ground into pieces, and he was burning and painful every time he encountered it.

Zhao Xin's behavior naturally could not escape Zhao Yong's eyes, but he ignored him. Instead, he ordered the strengthening of the march. He rushed from Handan to Dai County in just five days. Seeing that Zhao Xin was not good at riding skills, he was extremely stubborn. His face was pale when he was bumping on the horse's back every day, but he just kept silent and refused to say anything, which made Zhao Yong quite satisfied.

However, the generals under his command were not so friendly to Zhao Xin. These military leaders were all hard-working friendships on the battlefield. On that day, Zhao Xin humiliated Shi Hu, so naturally these people would not give him a good look. Seeing Zhao Xin suffer on the horse's back was also gloating. If it weren't for the master's father here, he would have come forward to humiliate him with words.

Fortunately, Zhao Xin is strong and has good martial arts skills. After the initial torture, he gradually got used to it, and it was not as difficult as the first few days.

After leaving Jingxing, the important road of Taihang, he entered Dai County, a key area in the north of Zhao State.

Dai County is in Handan, just like the left arm on the right arm. The two are one in the south and one in the north, echoing each other, creating the special national conditions and style of Zhao State.

Unlike any country in the Central Plains, the territory of Zhao was divided into two parts: north and south. The south was the farming civilization represented by the capital Handan, and the north was the nomadic civilization represented by Dai County. Therefore, both politically and economically, Dai County has its own special existence significance. Therefore, the monarchs of Zhao in all dynasties would set up a Dai County in Dai County to exercise the rights of the king on their behalf.

After entering Dai County, his customs and land, and his words and deeds were very different from those of the Zhao people in Handan. Zhao Xin lived near Handan since childhood and had never seen the scenery of the grassland. He feasted his eyes along the way and his mood improved a lot.

This fashion is early spring. Although there is still a hint of chill in the air, it is not strong when blowing on the face. The grassland is covered with tender green, which looks very pleasing to the eye. Although Dai County has been owned by the Zhao family for nearly a hundred years, the intensity of cultivation is not great. Many places are deserted. The army along the way often starts to startle the small beasts on the roadside and flees into the forest in a panic.

Zhao Yong was very excited when he saw this and ordered the troops stationed there to rest for a day. He personally rode his horse into the forest to hunt.

I have to say that Zhao Yong's archery skills are indeed amazing. In less than half a day, the prey he hunted was already filled with several spare horses. Zhao Yong was in a good mood and divided the prey with everyone, and he even barbecued wild game himself.

Because of the time, there is no need to rush to travel like the previous few days. In addition, the soldiers have eaten too many dried meat biscuits these days, and today they have hunted a lot of wild game. Naturally, the army cheered, and groups of three or five surrounded the bonfire and grilled wild game with smiles.

"Come on, try my skills." Zhao Yong quickly cut off a hind leg from the wild boar barbecued on the bonfire with a dagger and threw it to Zhao Xin beside him.

Zhao Xin took the wild boar legs in a panic, and was almost burned by the hot oil. He put it on his mouth and bit it away. He felt that the flesh was fragrant and oily but not greasy, and he couldn't help but smack his lips.

"How?" Zhao Yong looked at the kid with a smile.

"Okay, it's great." Zhao Xin quickly stuck out his tongue and grinned.

"I didn't expect you to have such good skills, your master, and you are amazing."

After these days of getting along, Zhao Xin also learned that his master's father is usually an excellent person to get along with. He usually jokes with his soldiers casually and rarely calls himself a lonely person. So he gradually became bolder and no longer as restricted as before.

Zhao Yong laughed and said, "This is naturally. If you want to say that you are the best in the world when you are fighting, but if you want to say that you are hunting barbecue, if I think you are the second, no one in the world will dare to be the best."

"This is natural." Han Sheng, who was standing by, said to Zhao Xin with a smile: "You kid has a good taste today. If you can eat the wild game roasted by your father, you must open your stomach and eat well, otherwise you will definitely regret it in the future."

Han Sheng is the doctor's order beside the Lord's father, and he is Zhao Xin's immediate boss. Unlike the trustees who are from a noble family, he is from a noble family, but he is deeply trusted by the Lord's father. Therefore, he takes good care of Zhao Xin of the same origin and has given him no less help along the way.

Zhao Xin said in a speechless manner while eating barbecue voraciously, "That's natural, I must have stuffed my stomach today."

Zhao Yong looked at Zhao Xin with a smile, suddenly untied the bag from his waist, threw it over and said, "Catch it."
Chapter completed!