The long winter has finally passed, and the spring of 256 BC has arrived.

Spring returns to the earth, and all things resurrect.

A meeting is underway in the main hall of Longtai, Handan Palace City.

Zhao Dan sat firmly on his head, and his whole body was full of energy and energetic.

Seven important officials of Zhao State sat on the left and right, each of them straightened their waists and looked respectful, just waiting for Zhao Dan to speak.

Zhao Dan looked around and said, "You are all here, spring is here, and it is a good opportunity to send troops. I have mentioned the matter of conquering Qi before, but I wonder if you are all ready?"

Zhao Sheng immediately replied, "King, all matters have been arranged according to the king's orders. Just use the king's orders to start operating."

Zhao Dan turned to look at Lian Po and asked, "Wu Xinjun, what is the situation in the army?"

Lian Po replied: "Return to the king, the north and south armies have not relaxed in the past year. The daily training is carried out according to the king's wishes. There is no need to question the combat power and you can fight at any time."

Zhao Dan nodded, looking quite satisfied: "Now the battle to dominate the world, the army is an extremely important part. Since Wu Xinjun is the leader of the soldiers, this time, it is necessary to let Wu Xinjun take action. This matter should be paid more attention to."

Lian Po was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly saluted Zhao Dan again: "Here!"

Zhao Dan turned his attention to Pang Qing again: "Pang Qing, how are the General Staff prepared?"

Since the General Staff Department was divided into two parts, the General Staff Department, which belongs to the military, has become an organization under Pang Qian, responsible for formulating combat plans in advance and making suggestions when going to war.

Not only that, Zhao Dan directly ordered the abolition of the power of the major generals to independently open the government when they went to war, and instead mobilized staff from the General Staff to assist the chief generals.

Of course, if a general like Lian Po had to arrange a few people on his own, no one would say anything.

In general, the General Staff has now gradually begun to become a very important institution in the Zhao military, and its influence is gradually increasing.

This is a good thing.

When Pang Yan saw Zhao Dan's question, he immediately replied respectfully: "Return to the king, now the General Staff has formulated several plans according to the king's requirements, including the offensive against Gaotang, Linzi and other places, as well as possible responses to the Qi army. The ministers have also appointed some very wise aides, and a large army can immediately assist Wu Xinjun in the battle when he goes to war."

Lian Po snorted softly, not commenting.

Zhao Dan keenly captured Lian Po's dissatisfaction, but did not say anything about smoothing out.

Decentralization of power is the most basic method of checks and balances for the king. Lian Po, who has experienced the Zhao She incident, will not break up with Zhao Dan because of the appearance of Pang Yan, at least not until Zhao Dan takes Lian Po from the position of chief general of the Zhao State military.

That's enough.

So Zhao Dan turned his head to Zheng Zhu, a large traveler on the other side: "What's the situation between Zheng Qing, Yan State, South Korea and Chu State?"

Zheng Zhu owed his body and replied respectfully: "Return to the king, Yan State has sent a reply. As long as the king sends troops, Yan State will send 100,000 troops to assist Qi. South Korea's reply is the same. Chu State has not sent a reply yet, and it seems that it is still hesitating."

"100,000?" Zhao Dan frowned, obviously a little dissatisfied with this number.

Although the other ministers of Zhao did not say anything, the expressions on their faces were probably quite similar to those on Zhao Dan.

To be honest, after these battles were over, the king and minister of Zhao's country now had a higher and higher horizon, and the number of 100,000 was basically not taken seriously.

Zheng Zhu replied: "The king of Chang said that the country of Yan is not yet determined. There are Donghu and Jizi in the north, so sending 100,000 troops is already the limit."

Zhao Dan sneered: "Excuse me! If you talk about the enemy, I am enemies from all directions in the southeast, west, north, and all directions of Zhao State, but who did not send all the troops?"

After complaining, Zhao Dan did not get furious. After all, the Yan people were just a person who was good at Zhao Dan's heart. As long as they could help Zhao attract the attention of some Qi people.

As for how many territories you can capture, everyone has agreed in advance that they all rely on their abilities. Since your Yan State is only willing to send out 100,000 troops, it is your own problem to not get much land at that time.

Then Zhao Dan turned his attention to Yu Xin: "Yu Qing, the army is about to set off. I want to ask if the food and supplies are all ready?"

Yu Xin hurriedly replied: "When you go back to the king, all the supplies have been prepared according to the king's requirements. Now the supplies in the Handan Warehouse are enough to supply the 200,000 army for one year's war. If the king has other needs, he can also collect grain from the Lingshou Warehouse."

Since the two areas of Hetao fell into the hands of Zhao, the problem of insufficient food in Zhao has greatly alleviated.

Judging from the data reported after the autumn harvest last year, Hedong County has now returned to 60% of the Qin Dynasty. Hetao and Shuofang counties have basically achieved self-sufficiency since last year.

It is conceivable that once a few years pass, when Hedong County completely returns to its peak output and Hetao County is fully developed, the annual grain output of Zhao State is likely to surpass other countries and jump to the top of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period.

In this day and age, food is the most important military supplies.

Zhao Dan asked a few more questions, and all the ministers of Zhao State answered them one by one. It was obvious that they had already prepared their drafts and had come up with a response plan.

This made Zhao Dan feel very satisfied. As a time traveler and the current monarch of Zhao, Zhao Dan had seen the Qin State's war system as tight as a machine in many modern unearthed documents, and confirmed this with his own eyes after traveling through time.

Now, Zhao State under Zhao Dan's rule also feels a little bit like this.

So Zhao Dan was in a good mood and said directly: "Since that's the case, I will pass on my orders. After the spring plowing is over next month, I will start to recruit county soldiers and civilians and start to attack Qi!"

Zhao Dan turned his gaze to Lian Po and said, "This time he attacked Qi, he still used Wu Xinjun as his general and Le Cheng, the General of the Central Army, as his deputy general, and sent an army of 200,000 to attack Qi!"

"In addition, General Ju Xin, the General of the Northern Army, will take charge of Hedong County from now on, governor of Hedong, and respond to the war in the Wuhan passage to guard against the abnormal movements of Qin!"

"Li Mu was promoted to the General of the Border Cavalry Army, and temporarily regulated the military of the two Hetao counties and the five northern counties, and guarded against Yuezhi, Xiongnu and others to take the opportunity to cause rebellion!"

Zhao Dan issued a bunch of orders in one breath, and then turned his attention to the ministers present: "Do you have any opinions? If not, let's do it accordingly."

Seven important officials of Zhao State stood up together and bowed to Zhao Dan and said, "Here!"
Chapter completed!