Haojie, who started from the end of the world, often has complicated feelings about power after holding power, just like Yanbei, he holds power that no one in the world can match, but he is even more jealous of power. Fear, fear of others' power that is so little compared to him.

This is like the reckless background of his emotions towards the old aristocracy who were originally ruled by the upper class, and he is also jealous. And when the old aristocracy stood with power, it inevitably aroused his anger.

He was not angry with Tian Feng, and even he himself couldn't tell who he was angry with, only that when he rode out of the palace of King Zhao, he waved his horsewhip and shouted to the halberd keeper guarding the palace gate: "Go and call Zhen Yao to Zhao Yuan!" ”

"My subordinates meet the king!"

Zhao Yuan is not far from the palace of King Zhao, riding a horse can not be reached in a moment, the palace road is full of knights patrolling, seeing Yanbei have dismounted and saluted, in the blink of an eye, the palace road will worship the samurai all the way. Not far from Zhao Yuan, you can already hear the mighty sound of military training. Zhao Guo has three battalions of Yan Zhao warriors here, walking and practicing, accounting for almost half of Zhao Yuan, even so, there are still a lot of places for the concubines of the Zhen family to play.

The highest-ranking general stationed in Zhao Yuan was Guan Hai, who was now the captain of Zhao State, in charge of the guards with Dian Wei, and led the Beiying warriors stationed on the outskirts of Handan.

"How many battalions of samurai are there?" rushed all the way to Zhao Yuan, the anger in Yan Bei's heart had almost disappeared, not to mention that Zhao Yuan's training was something he had been paying attention to, so it was naturally easy to adjust his mood, and asked: "How are the donkeys and horses in the army prepared, I heard that there was a long-distance march yesterday?" ”

Yan Bei personally handled the large number of donkeys raised by the northern government, and the original intention of raising donkeys was to reduce the burden of baggage and allow soldiers to have higher mobility during long-distance marches, including infantry and cavalry.

But these ideas are just ideas, and it is obviously inappropriate for us to send them directly to the southern army into the war. It just so happened that the Yanzhao warriors in Yanbei were also recruiting and training, and the current soldiers were promoted to Zhaodu by officers from all over the country like filial piety, and were included in the Yanzhao warrior battalion to lead the troops, and then sent to other places to serve as officers. This is similar to the promotion of Yanbei's staff.

The Yan and Zhao warriors became less and less like an army that went out to fight, but gave junior officers all the latest tactics and uniforms of the Zhao State, and at the same time were loyal to the place of the King of Zhao. There were even hundreds of generals with combat experience in various places as instructors in Zhao Yuan, most of them were senior generals who had experienced the war and could not continue to lead the troops due to their health or aging, so Yanbei placed them in this place and continued to serve the Zhao State.

Therefore, people in Zhao often say that Wen has Taixue and Wu has Zhao Yuan.

Guan Hai nodded yes, and then said with a smile: "Donkeys and mules on the battlefield are not a new thing, soldiers will use them." The foot soldiers used them to pull carts and carry heavy loads, and a battalion of 300 donkeys traveled 70 miles a day on official roads and 40 miles a day on wild roads; A battalion of 300 donkeys and 300 donkey carts traveled 100 miles a day on official roads and 67 miles a day on wild roads; But the donkey cart needed three or five more craftsmen in the army, and they would bring more axles and wheels to put on the cart in case of emergency. However, this is a bit slow for the cavalry. ”

As far as the current national strength is concerned, it is impossible for all foot soldiers to be equipped with war horses or even inferior horses. What's more, although the infantry equipped with a war horse can increase the marching speed, the combat power may not be increased, but the burden pressure will increase exponentially. It is only at this time that donkeys can show their benefits, they eat roughly, and they are not as difficult to feed as war horses. The baggage of raising a war horse can raise two more foot soldiers, of course, to a certain extent, the cavalry can withstand three foot soldiers, but the Yan clan is obviously no longer a problem of arming one or two battalions of cavalry.

What they have to consider is whether to choose between the hundreds of thousands of troops in the world to levy 100,000 people in wartime or 30,000 people and 30,000 donkeys.

There is no doubt that as Guan Hai said, the donkey is extremely effective in war logistics, and Yanbei is naturally overjoyed.

"Take Gu to see, donkey and donkey cart."

Guan Hai nodded in agreement, and soon asked someone to bring the donkey cart and pack donkey. The donkey cart is mediocre in Yanbei's eyes, but it is a frame used to hold a carriage and an ox cart on a donkey, the body is not large, and it is equipped with two wheels. The car is equipped with ropes and wooden bars, and there are three empty spaces in the front for the two crossbowmen on the left and right and the Mito in the middle, and there is a place for some miscellaneous goods in the back.

Guan Hai explained for Yanbei: "A donkey cart is a team of sergeants, three people on the car are the royal hand, the left captain holds a crossbow, the right bow holds a bow, the left spearman and the right hand guard the chariot under the car, and there is a flag bearer on the right side of the donkey, a total of six people. The back of the car can store 400 pounds of heavy goods, which is enough for a team of sergeants to eat and cover arrows. ”

(Note: 400 is Han Jin, which is 100 kilograms)

"Isn't that enough? The donkey was no more than a thousand pounds, and the three sergeants were wearing armor, and there was nothing to hold in the cart. Yan Bei had personally tried the donkey cart, and he was not satisfied with Guan Hai's statement, and said: "Let the captain come down and take turns with the rest of the soldiers to take turns to serve as archers, otherwise the cart will not go far." ”

Guan Hai sneered on his face, the problem that Yan Bei said did exist, and his words just hoped to please Yan Bei, and said: "King Mingjian, there are indeed sergeants on the march to disrupt the formation, and before his subordinates can figure out a way, the king will come up with it." ”

"Don't talk about these useless things, what about donkeys, how many things can these two baskets hold?" Yan Bei turned his gaze to the donkey, this donkey has a saddle-like object in the middle of its back, but it is not for people to ride, there are two wooden baskets on both sides, and the outside is also covered with a woven basket, and finally the leather is tied to the donkey's belly on the donkey's back, reinforced and stable, and it looks like it can ride a lot of things inside. Yan Bei tried it with his hand and said, "It's quite sturdy!" ”

"Back to the king, the donkey is also for a team of sergeants, and the two sides can be divided into four hundred catties, and it is also used for placing arrows, shields, and armor, which is prepared for heavy infantry. They were able to march long distances in leather armor, and when they arrived at the battlefield in for concealment, they could enter the battlefield wearing armor. At the same time, it can also be used for cavalry, baggage teams, people's husbands, and crossbow soldiers. Guan Hai patted the donkey's neck with a smile and said: "Three hundred donkeys and three hundred donkey carts in a battalion can ensure that the infantry can travel a hundred miles a day for a long distance, even if they don't replenish their baggage, they can be killed from Handan to Jixian in one go...... The subordinates tried without permission, as long as the donkey cart had more spears and wooden frames, they could quickly connect the pack carts end to end in the battle, form a chariot formation, and defend against the cavalry. If a battalion is equipped with two more teams of scout cavalry, it will be foolproof in the north. ”

Yan Bei bowed his head slowly, this time he was quite satisfied with Guan Hai's words. It is good that 6,000 donkeys are used to arm an army of 30,000 men, and that they can march quickly with their own supplies, and seize and block the main roads over long distances at a very small cost of food, grass and wagons.

At this time, Zhao Yuan's warriors came to report that Zhen Yao was here.

"Let him go to Arrow Ridge and wait, Lone will be here later!"