At this time, the military camp outside Xianyang City.
On a high sentry tower, Han Xin was looking down expressionlessly.
There a line of slightly thin Qin troops were running around the barracks, with officers hissing on the side that
“All step up and run! Without orders, absolutely no stopping!”
“If you die, you’ll die on the road!”
All the Qin troops gritted their teeth and ran hard.
In a row, they ran several laps around the military camp until most of them showed signs of exhaustion.
Just then, Han Xin on the sentry tower signalled to the Qin troops on the side, who waved the flags in their hands, and the officers immediately shouted.
“Guard! Defend!”
Upon hearing the roar, most of the Qin troops stood in unison as if by reflex.
Of course there were also those who couldn’t stop and collided with those in front of them, slightly confusing them.
Those who stopped gripped the only weapon in their hands, a lance.
Finding a good angle, they placed the end of the lance on the ground, with the head of the lance sticking out diagonally upwards.
Leaning in close with their companions, they formed a forest of guns!
This was the result of their training countless times.
Right at this moment, Han Xin on the sentry tower waved his hand once again.
Suddenly, the entire ground shook slightly.
The sound of a horse’s hooves stamping on the ground also came from far and near.
All the Qin troops then saw a group of over a hundred cavalrymen galloping towards them in a furious manner!
That ferocious aura, even if they had already trained several times, even if they were surrounded by their own people, it still made them, the slave-born Qin soldiers, feel a hint of fear and trepidation.
This was the natural sense of oppression that came with cavalry!
The faces of the Qin troops at the very front couldn’t help but show a look of fear, and the pistols held in their hands, were shaking.
The officer also shouted out at this time that
“Hold your lances tightly! Prepare to defend the enemy!”
“Whoever retreats, dies!”
Soon, the cavalry had roared closer!
Bang bang bang!
In a burst, the sound of the horses’ hooves was as if they were pounding on everyone’s hearts!
It made people’s bodies straighten up.
But even so, not a single person collapsed!
Just when the distance between the two sides was only a dozen paces left, the frontmost cavalrymen pulled the reins and staggered past the Qin troops in front of them, galloping past them.
Ensuring that all the Qin troops could more or less experience the power of the cavalry!
Until the cavalry left, all the Qin troops were like fish lacking water, being thrown back into the water again, and began to breathe heavily.
There were also Qin troops who wanted to sit down paralysed on the ground, but were pulled up by their own companions, because according to past experience, it was not yet over.
Soon the officer’s voice rang out again and
“Keep running!”
“Run!”
The Qin army, which had just faced the cavalry charge straight on, suddenly ran again.
At this moment, looking at the Qin army training below, Han Xin nevertheless shook his head slightly, and was about to say something to the deputy general next to him when he suddenly saw a group of men not far away coming towards the barracks.
When he got a good look at the extremely handsome young man leading the group, he suddenly changed his face slightly and said.
“Open the door, follow me to greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!”
Soon, Han Xin led his men to the door, and Zhao Lang’s party had also arrived.
“Chief!”
Han Xin quickly saluted.
Zhao Lang rolled over and dismounted from his horse, and without restraint, he smiled at Han Xin and said.
“There’s no need to be polite in the army, I just saw your training and it seems to have yielded good results!”
He had just travelled all the way to the vicinity of the barracks and saw that the Qin army didn’t flinch even when facing the onslaught of cavalry straight on, which could also be considered extremely impressive!
One must know that the might of the cavalry is something that the average county soldier cannot resist!
If these 150,000 new troops trained by Han Xin were all at this level!
Then taking down Xiong Nu this time would be much easier!
But when he heard Zhao Lang’s praise, Han Xin gave a bitter smile and replied that
“Chief, these people however are still not that good.”
“That’s all they’ve trained this winter.”
Soon Han Xin gave the details of the training.
He was still a bit ashamed that Zhao Lang could be said to have fully supported him, but he wasn’t very happy with his results.
After listening, Zhao Lang also fell into silence.
The training programme for these new troops was extremely simple, it was running, arraying, and facing the cavalry.
Because of the limited conditions, in the entire camp, only these hundred or so cavalrymen were put together to train the Qin soldiers to deal with the cavalry’s pressure.
But this might is not comparable to the hundreds of thousands of Huns’ cavalry on the grassland.
What’s more, during the entire training period, there were thousands of non-combat attrition.
The physical quality of these people was still too poor.
After all, who would feed their own slaves good food?
That’s why the actual combat ability is not yet certain.
“Well, you’ve done well enough.”
Zhao Lang finally said.
This was not to comfort the other party.
Just this much time, using slaves as a source of soldiers, training out such results.
It could be said to be extremely rare!
Zhao Lang continued.
“This time, I came here because I wanted to tell you that once the snow melts, we’ll be heading north.”
“You need the entire army to be ready to leave at any time now!”
Han Xin was slightly shocked by what he heard, then took a deep breath and led the way, saying.
“Yes, chief!”
Zhao Lang wasn’t asking more about the training, now it was already an arrow on the string.
He just looked round at the Qin troops training around him, then asked that
“Well, where’s Big Head?”
He still remembered the recruit he saved last time.
Han Xin was slightly confused in his eyes, where would he remember a small soldier.
Fortunately, the officer on the side quickly excused himself and said.
“Back to Your Highness the Crown Prince, last time, we have already avenged Big Head in accordance with the law.”
“He is now a shikai, and is following the training, if you want to see him, my subordinate will go and summon him.”
Zhao Lang shook his head slightly and replied.
“No need, just do it according to the law.”
He just wanted to make sure that these new troops were also protected by Great Qin.
Most of these people were afraid that they wouldn’t be able to come back, and what should be given to them, none of it should be missing.
A few people went all the way back to the camp, Zhao Lang roughly discussed the military with Han Xin, and was about to go check on that boy Hu Hai when he saw that Han Xin hesitated for a moment.
At once, he said.
“There’s no harm in saying what’s going on.”
Only then did Han Xin reply that
“Chief, after arriving at the Northern Frontier, my subordinate would like to lead an army alone, the numbers don’t need to be too many, just 150,000, no, 100,000 will do.”
Now the great general of the Northern Frontier was the famous general of the world, Meng Tian, and it was predictable that after arriving over there.
All the armies would definitely be under each other’s command.
There was nothing much for him to say, but his own style would not be suitable for a vice general!
Moreover, in the previous pacification of Chu, he was under Meng Yi’s command, and this was his last chance!
He also wanted to achieve success!
And then return home with honour!
Hearing this, Zhao Lang couldn’t help but reveal a smile and asked.
“Just 100,000 troops? Is that enough?”
“I once heard someone say something called Han Xin counting his troops, more is better.”
Han Xin’s old face flushed as he heard this, this was something he said when bragging with his subordinates, he didn’t realise that Zhao Lang also knew about it, and was about to say something when he heard Zhao Lang continue.
“I think that’s right, so I will give you 300,000 troops!”
Hearing this, Han Xin’s eyes lit up violently!
(End of chapter)