Jicheng.
It is named after Jiqiu in the city. It is a metropolis between Bohai Sea and Jieshi. It is adjacent to Qi Zhao in the south and Bianhu in the northeast. It has fish, salt, dates and chestnuts. It is the most important city in the entire Northeast Asia Corridor.
In ancient times, this was where the Ji Kingdom was established by the descendants of Emperor Yao.
When King Wu destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty praised and ennobled it, and the Ji Kingdom became the "country of guest service" of the Zhou Dynasty.
During the reign of King Cheng of Zhou Dynasty, Yanhou Ke, the Yuanzi of Duke Zhao, was enfeoffed to Yanbo near the Liuli River and took control of the local Yin survivors. Yan and Ji lived next to each other.
Later, when Yan was strong and Ji was weak, the Yan State unceremoniously destroyed Ji State and turned its capital Ji into its own capital.
Today, the Yan State, which was once powerful in Northeast Asia, has reached the end of its rope.
Outside Jicheng, the sound was overwhelming.
The Qin army from Guanzhong in the west set up military camps outside the city. The fluttering black flags formed a soaring black dragon from a distance, surrounding Jicheng with fangs and claws. Just waiting for a military order, these eight The state of Yan was torn into pieces for hundreds of years.
The Qin State's 100,000 troops, plus tens of thousands of prisoners and garrison soldiers transporting grain and fodder, were stationed around Jicheng, surrounding this ancient city.
Li Xin's troops were stationed in the east of Jicheng, blocking the road leading to the east from Jicheng.
After setting up the military tent, they began to divide the defense areas of the soldiers of each department.
Zhao Tuo received the summoning order from Lord Five Hundred, straightened his clothes and walked into a tent.
Seeing someone come in, the people sitting inside stopped talking and looked at each other.
"You guys are so early."
Zhao Tuo smiled and said hello to the other four people.
"Um."
"It's not too late for Zhao Bai to come."
The four short-term soldiers in the camp responded vaguely, and the eldest among them didn't even bother to nod his head, directly ignoring Zhao Tuo's greetings.
Zhao Tuo was not angry about this and walked aside to find a seat to sit down.
The four short soldiers and hundred generals in this camp are all his colleagues, and they all work together under the same commander of five hundred short soldiers.
Among them, the youngest Hundred General is in his twenties, and the oldest Hundred General is almost forty.
And because Li Xin was born in Longxi and liked to recruit locals, the four generals were all from Longxi, and they had already formed a small group among themselves.
As for Zhao Tuo, he was not crowned in 1999 and came from Zhao.
No matter in age or place of birth, Zhao Tuo is very different from the other four people, so they are very disdainful of Zhao Tuo's joining, and they simply look down on this boy who doesn't even have hair.
Some of them may even be jealous. After all, they fought hard on the battlefield for more than ten years before being upgraded to a non-renewable title, and finally became the general's short-hand bodyguard.
And a teenage boy became equal to them in the blink of an eye. No one would be mentally balanced, let alone everyone rumored that this boy was recruited by General Li himself. This unique favor is even more impressive. Jealous.
Since he was ostracized, Zhao Tuo would not be shameless enough to talk to them. He only maintained superficial friendship and there was silence in the tent.
Finally, a steady sound of footsteps sounded.
A burly and muscular Qin general walked in. He had big eyes, thick eyebrows, and a short beard under his chin. He was about twenty-six or seventeen years old.
"I've met the superior."
Everyone quickly stood up and saluted.
The five hundred masters in front of them not only had a commanding position, but also had the title of doctor, which was a level higher than the rest of them. So even the oldest general had to submit.
"Well, our department is responsible for guarding..."
The Five Hundred Master's voice was low but very powerful. He started to get into the theme as soon as he came in and arranged everyone's defense zones in a matter of seconds.
"Just wait. General Zhao Tuo will stay."
"only."
All the generals resigned. Before they left, they all stared at Zhao Tuo with envy and jealousy.
Not only General Li Xin, but also their superior, the Five Hundred Generals, seemed to give special treatment to the young Hundred Generals.
After the four hundred generals came out of the tent, tranquility returned to the tent.
Zhao Tuo twitched the corner of his mouth, cupped his hands to Lord Five Hundred and said, "What are your orders, sir?"
The Lord of Five Hundred touched his short beard under his chin and looked at Zhao Tuo with a half-smile: "Nothing, I'm just curious about how you went from being the charioteer and charioteer of the assassins of the Yan Kingdom to our Qin Kingdom in the blink of an eye. Without updating hundreds of generals, General Li specially recruited him into the short-range army."
Hearing the other party reveal his true identity, Zhao Tuo had a wry smile on his face.
This is really a coincidence.
Zhao Tuo's superior, the Five Hundred Master, who was transferred to the short-term soldiers, turned out to be a person who had met him once and knew his past identity.
Su Jiao.
When Jing Ke entered Qin, Wang Jian sent an elite cavalry to escort him all the way to Hangu Pass. The commander of the cavalry was Su Jiao in front of him.
He was once a cavalry general. After many battles, he was promoted to a higher rank and was appointed as the master of five hundred short-term soldiers.
When Zhao Tuo first reported in, he was shocked. Fortunately, the army was about to leave at that time, and military affairs were busy. Su Jiao didn't look strange, and even looked like he didn't recognize Zhao Tuo, which made Zhao Tuo breathe a sigh of relief.
But unfortunately, you can avoid the first grade of junior high school, but you can't avoid the fifteenth grade. The inquiries that should come still come.
Zhao Tuo hesitated and said: "I am not from Yan, and I was also coerced by the assassin at that time, so..."
"I understand, it's just as I expected."
Su Jiao smiled lightly and said, "So the rumored Gao Tuo is just a pseudonym, and your real name is Zhao Tuo."
Zhao Tuo nodded.
The smile on Su Jiao's mouth faded, and his eyes suddenly turned sharp. He glared at Zhao Tuo and said, "I don't care where you were from before, or what you did before. But when you get to this short barracks, you will I listen to orders seriously and obey with all my heart. If I find out that you have other thoughts, I will punish you without mercy!"
Su Jiao's voice was cold, with an undisguised threat.
Zhao Tuo was startled and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Wei."
Seeing Zhao Tuo's respectful response, Su Jiao said: "Stay down and act according to the military order just now."
Zhao Tuo quickly agreed and then withdrew from the account.
After leaving the camp, Zhao Tuo let out a sigh of relief.
Boy, the next few days don't look good.
Four colleagues ostracized him, and his direct superior even threatened him. Zhao Tuo could only be more cautious in the future and never be singled out for mistakes.
After he returned, he also conveyed the defense task to his soldiers.
Among them, Zhao Tuo, who had a title of nobility above Shejian, was appointed as the commander of the village, managing fifty soldiers.
The chief of another village is named Guo Guang, who is about thirty years old and holds the title of third-level hairpin.
Guo Guang is the only one among the hundred people with a hairpin title, and he was also the original chief of the village, so Zhao Tuo really couldn't replace him, so he could only make do with him. Fortunately, although this man is taciturn, But still obedient.
Not long after Zhao Tuo arranged military affairs.
The Qin army launched a tentative attack on Jicheng.
