Simali, a powerful general in Zhongshan, gave his sword: "I admit defeat and surrender to Zhao Xingjun. Please treat my soldiers well."

The panting Zhao Xing solemnly took his sword: "I, Zhao Guoxingjun, accept your surrender and promised to treat your surrendered soldiers well."

Then, according to the Spring and Autumn etiquette, those with gray hair and those with wounded were released. However, the young were not released according to the Spring and Autumn etiquette. According to Zhao Xing's explanation, this was the Warring States Period. The elderly were released because they were useless. The young were forced to work hard three to five years later and refused to release them.

The first battle entering Zhongshan was over, and the gate of Zhongshan was opened for Zhao Xing.

The statistics on the results of this battle made Zhao Xing very sad.

The total number of cavalry soldiers and soldiers died in battle was 20,000 yuan, and the technical branches of the Xi army were 300. The special stones alone lost 100,000 yuan. That was all money.

But compared with the results, it is also brilliant.

In this battle, the left-minded town in the northern part of Zhongshan was captured, and 50,000 elite enemy troops were annihilated, including 20,000 cavalry, 30,000 chariots, and 5,000 northern defenders. The captured bronze weapons and armor were piled up like mountains.

Why do you emphasize it so much? Because this will be the money needed for the development of Dai County. Zhao Xing has already heard the sound of Kengqiang Crushing Coin Crushing Machine producing at full capacity.

Standing in the lobby of the left man, Zhao Xing listened to Xu Jie report 500,000 kilograms of bronze weapons and armor, including bronze chariots and horse accessories, including a bronze hairpin, and captured 30,000. It was also considered to be a way to make up for the losses of the war. Facing the shamed brothers, he commented with relief: "It's very good, and he has already had the style of a famous general who will do whatever he wants to achieve victory, including regardless of the dangers of his master."

The two brothers felt ashamed and humble again.

"But, have you used the Lord as bait? If my Lord is eaten by the fish in one bite, you will be fooled."

The two brothers quickly knelt down and apologized: "The subordinates should not be punished by death. They should not be placed in danger. They should die at the most."

He took the account book in Xu Jie's hand and read it lightly: "Since you're dead, just die."

As a result, the two brothers really kowtowed, they both pulled out their swords, slowly like snails to wipe their necks on the spot. Zhao Xing looked through the seized account book and watched the two people perform with a smile. After watching for a long time, he had to sigh: "Forget it, you really want to wipe your neck, your sister-in-law didn't kill me? But what I want to tell you is that winning the war is necessary, but safeguarding the core interests is more important. You cannot go to extremes in doing things, and you cannot really use any means to achieve your goals. As a true commander of the army, you must consider both military and politics. Military is only a continuation of politics, politics is the basis, and military is the means. This must be kept in mind."

The two immediately remembered Zhao Xing's teaching thoughtfully and put the sword in the sheath at the speed of lightning. From now on, they truly developed from famous generals to military strategists.

Zhao She got up on the ground and reported to Zhao Xing like a treasure: "In Zuoren City, we have seized a total of enough food and grass for us to eat for a year."

Zhao Xing sighed, "What a pity, our 50,000 cavalry soldiers lost 20,000. It can be seen that Zhongshan is indeed a hard bone. It is impossible to continue to attack the hinterland of Zhongshan with 30,000 cavalrymen and attack the city and camp."

Zhao She was very anxious: "It is the time to pursue the victory. We should expand the results of the battle at all costs. How can we hesitate because of the current casualties?"

Zhao Xing sighed: "Just one of your words just now, it is enough to show that your ability will never be as good as your third brother. What I just said is a waste of time. It seems that I have to give up the career of training the generals and ministers in the world."

Zhao Xing looked at Le Yi who was silent. Le Yi closed his mouth tighter. It seemed that this kid didn't want to provoke people. Zhao Xing didn't want to explain the simple truth, so he left Zhao She and Xu Jie to discuss: "It seems that we have to restore the recruitment system, otherwise we will not be able to take Zhongshan."

Xu Jie shook his head: "The law stipulates that it cannot be changed randomly. This is the beginning of a bad situation, and its impact will last forever."

"I didn't let the militia bring their own food and weapons, without military pay and pension, just like other princes." Then I shook the account book in my hand: "For this seizure, we can cast tens of millions of dollars, plus the left-wing enemy storage, which should be able to satisfy the supply. Besides, didn't the king recruit 100,000 militias this time? Not only did the people not resist, but were very enthusiastic."

Xu Jie flatly denied: "This has nothing to do with our money or not. The king has a word and his words become a constitution. That is the king. Besides, the State of Zhao did not promulgate the law to abolish the recruitment. But we are different. We have clearly collected money from the land tax and clearly promulgated the system of the people using money to replenish money. Once the system is settled, we must implement it. Unless the family and country are invaded, it must not be violated. This person has no faith and cannot be established. If the country changes the system at will, the world will be in chaos."

Zhao Xing also wanted to argue, and Le Yi stepped forward and said, "Lord, those civilians have not fought for nearly five years. They have long forgotten the skills of killing enemies. They are already real farmers. If we force recruitment now, it will not only arouse opposition from the people and resent the Lord, but also make jokes about their lives. If a monarch ignores the lives of the people, it will not be unkind, but tyrannical, and the people will oppose the riots that will eventually be riots."

Well, this has developed to the tyrant class, so Zhao Xing can't say anything more.

It seems that I was too superstitious about the power of Hufu cavalry and shooting, but completely ignored the role of infantry. This is like in later generations, the air force was invincible in the world, but without infantry, they could only destroy the enemy, but could not occupy the enemy country. It seems that the policy methods I took for granted at the time were too of course.

In fact, Xu Jie has been mocking himself for his own sake, but he has only traveled through the deep-rooted way of thinking of time-honored people and has always made him stubbornly stick to his own ideas. Now it seems that he is wrong, but he is still outrageous.

"Well, since that's the case, we have achieved our goal of restraining Zhongshan, forcing Zhongshan to mobilize troops to fill their north and relieve the pressure in front of the king. In order to give Zhongshan greater pressure, we are doing our best to capture the surrounding cities of Zuoren, but with Quyang as the forefront, we cannot cross it rashly, and this matter is settled."

Xu Jie and Le Yi were very pleased to see the Lord's advice.

So, while the north of Zhongshan was empty, he fought against a large number of cities in the northern part of Zhongshan. But just when he was about to attack Quyang, a bad news came. Zhao Yong's main force was defeated in the battle of the house, and he also asked Zhongshan's head coach, Lao Yu, to use Zhuo River and flood the water to seize the city. Zhao Yong lost 80,000 troops.
Chapter completed!