"Those Hanzhong barbarians are talking nonsense, but Mr. Nai really doesn't understand them at all. He told them to go east, but they insisted on going north. He told them to prepare food, but some of them went to Hunxuan and lost it."
"I'm really pissed off."
In the military tent, Black Bottom was full of complaints.
Zhao Tuo also had a wry smile on his face. Not to mention his black buttocks, his head was also swollen. This position of military commander was really not easy to hold.
Wang Ben promoted Zhao Tuo to the position of military commander, allowing him to break away from Huan Zhao and lead a group of troops on his own.
The Qin army generally has a strength of 5,000 men.
Zhao Tuo originally had 500 men under his command. Later, in order to pursue the Wei army, he temporarily led the defeated troops of the Hanoi army of 500. The total number of men was only a thousand, which was still far short of the rated number of people for a song.
The shortfall in the number of people will naturally have to be made up, but the actual replacement process is different.
Wang Ben had 50,000 soldiers from Huaiyang, 10,000 of whom went to attack Suiyang, and 40,000 soldiers outside Daliang City. These elite divisions were all well-established, with each having a captain and a commander, so naturally there was no extra supply.
Zhao Tuo. Those who can supply Zhao Tuo are miscellaneous troops recruited from various places.
First of all, the Hanoi army was defeated by the Zhou city at the foot of Jiyang City. Because its general was killed by the Wei army, these defeated soldiers fled in all directions and fled to various cities. Now they were all recruited and joined Zhao Tuo's command. Then
In addition to the 500 Hanoi troops originally under Zhao Tuo's command, the number of soldiers from Hanoi in this song reached 2,000.
In addition, there were 500 young men recruited from Yingchuan County. There were also 1,000 soldiers from Shangdang County, plus Zhao Tuo's original 500 Guanzhong Army, which made up 4,000 people.
The mixed composition of four thousand soldiers was nothing. What really caused headaches for Zhao Tuo, Heiyi and others was that the last one thousand soldiers turned out to be those "Hanzhong friends" who came all the way from the west with them.
Previously, when Huan Zhao led 5,000 Guanzhong troops to capture Chenliu in the east, these thousands of Hanzhong garrison troops followed the civilian workers to dig river embankments in the north. Now that their task was completed, they stayed outside Daliang City with nothing to do, and they happened to be incorporated into the Zhao army.
Under Tuo's command.
Five thousand soldiers came from five counties.
Guanzhong, Shangdang, Hanoi, Yingchuan and Hanzhong.
It is pieced together here and there, it is simply a miscellaneous brand among miscellaneous brands.
Especially the thousand soldiers from Hanzhong, many of them were Di Qiang barbarians with disheveled hair and wrapped in animal skins. Their mouths spoke a dialect mixed with a strong stench, which was very difficult to communicate with. Zhao Tuo could only rely on those who could understand the Yi language.
It was very inconvenient for Hanzhong military officials to issue orders.
"How can such a mixed army defeat the enemy on the battlefield if they don't know each other and don't speak the same language?"
Zhao Tuo even had doubts about whether Wang Bi was deliberately trying to mess with him to put together this messy team for him. But after just a brief thought, he dismissed this idea.
Because Wang Ben had no reason and no need, he really wanted to deal with Zhao Tuo, so there was no need to promote Zhao Tuo to the rank of military commander and let him take on the task of taking the cities of Wei State from the east.
"Taoqiu has been defeated by the Dongjun soldiers. Now General Wang has sent an order for the Dongjun soldiers to move westward and attack Jiyang."
"Also, Suiyang in Dasong County of Wei State was also captured by 10,000 Huaiyang troops. I heard that Ningling Lord Wei Jiu had fled to Shanfu and other counties further east, which is our eastward target."
Xiqigu walked into the tent and talked about the war news he had learned.
When Black Butt heard this, his eyes lit up and he shouted: "This is great, maybe we can catch Lord Ningling in this eastern expedition, just like that Wei Bao, he can be captured and exchanged
Military merit, quack quack!”
After listening to his men's words, Zhao Tuo's heart moved and he roughly guessed something.
Although the war in Wei has not come to an end, the overall situation has been decided. It will be a matter of time before the beams of the Wei capital collapse in the flood. In addition to Daliang, several large cities in Wei, Suiyang and Taoqiu, have been captured. Although Jiyang held out
It survived the attack by the Hanoi Army, but as the surrounding troops were annihilated, there was no foreign aid, and the fall was bound to happen sooner or later.
In the huge Wei State, the only ones that still fly the Wei flag are the counties in the east such as Shan County, Shanfu, Fang Yu and a few other distant cities. The main force of the Wei army was completely wiped out by the Qin army in several battles. The Wei people
There is not much resistance left.
"So, Wang Ben took this matter as a test for me and asked me to start with military management, and then use the few cities of Wei State in the east to practice?"
Zhao Tuo thought thoughtfully, and this explanation was more reasonable. Although his men were a patchwork of miscellaneous troops, what was left in the eastern part of Wei State were only three melons and two dates. Comparing the strength of the two sides, they were quite equal.
After thinking about this, Zhao Tuo felt relieved and decided to train his troops well to successfully complete this mission and not to be underestimated by the generals in the camp.
Because the task was not urgent, Wang Ben gave Zhao Tuo half a month to form a formation so that he could have time to train the army. Otherwise, a group of miscellaneous troops would go into battle without getting used to each other, and they would probably be beaten by someone just by looking at them.
Crush.
The Art of War says: Know your enemy and yourself, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.
Zhao Tuo's first step in managing the army was naturally to get to know his soldiers and the officers under his command, and then organize them into formations.
Needless to say, the 500 Guanzhong Army under Zhao Tuo are the real elite in his hands and the most trustworthy old subordinates. They are led by Xiqigu, who has just been promoted to the rank of Grand Duke, as the commander of the 500 troops. They are all incorporated into Zhao Tuo's army.
Directly under the command of short soldiers.
At the rank of military commander, one can already have five hundred short-handed guards.
After that, there were two thousand Hanoi troops, divided into two thousand men, respectively led by Shejian and Heiyi who had become public officials. It happened that the organization of the Hanoi army was broken up, and their previous defeat in Jiyang,
Without courage, Zhao Tuo was allowed to install his cronies, and no one dared to express dissatisfaction.
After the Hanoi army, there were a thousand soldiers from Shangdang County. The leader of the two to five hundred soldiers was Zhao Guang, a man in his thirties who was taciturn.
It is said that this person is a descendant of the Duke of Zhao, and counting from his ancestors, he can be related to Zhao Tuo. I don’t know if it is because he is from the Zhao family, but this person is meticulous in completing Zhao Tuo’s military orders.
The following five hundred Yingchuan soldiers were led by a five hundred leader named Zhang He.
Because Xiqigu led 500 people as short soldiers, Zhao Tuo also separated the 500 Yingchuan people separately, without setting up 200 to 500 people to lead them, and planned to let these 500 people be responsible for escorting logistics in the future.
After the 4,000 men were distributed, it was the 1,000 Han sergeants who gave Zhao Tuo the biggest headache.
Among these thousand Hanzhong people, only half can communicate normally, and the rest are Di and Qiang barbarians.
Their 2500 leader is named Qiang Dagger. He is a tall Qiang man with shiny hair, bilingualism, and yellow muscles exposed outside his clothes. At first glance, he is a brave and powerful warrior.
When this man saw Zhao Tuo for the first time, he actually laughed out loud.
"Hey, it's a little cub."
Qiang Dian deliberately spoke in a dialect that no one could understand, and even reached out to touch Zhao Tuo's head and then his own chest.
"Shu Zi is looking for death!"
Black Buttocks was furious, and Shejian's eyes flashed with coldness.
If Xiqigu hadn't stopped him, the two of them would have almost drawn their swords and started fighting.
As the person involved, Zhao Tuo was not angry and sent Qiang Dagger away.
He said to Shejian and Heiyi: "Qiang Dagger is quite prestigious among the barbarians. If we attack him because of this matter, I am afraid those Di Qiang people will not accept it and it will damage the morale of the army."
Having said this, Zhao Tuo narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "And this Qiang Dagger is said to be the same clan as General Qiang Yu. No wonder he can become the leader of two to five hundred people."