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Chapter 8 Stalemate One

On the vast Hebei Plain, with the arrival of the Qin new army, An Yang and Ning Jing were completely broken. The black beacon smoke rose up over the plain every day, and the ancient Hebei Plain once again fell into a tragic situation of beacons that were full of fire!

In the past half a month, just half a month, the violent and fierce new Qin army played out bloodthirsty and cruelty beyond Fusu's imagination, creating a perfect "war record" on the back of the Zhao army: the vast plains were covered with broken beacon towers, burning all the villages and the bodies of the Zhao people filled with gullies... This tragic scene like a bloody hell made the sun unable to help but become dim and bleak.

The slightly chill autumn wind blew across the earth, and the air was filled with blood!

The iron hooves step through the dust, and all things are singing in silence!—This is a true portrayal of the Hebei Plain!

The people of Zhao, known for their bravery, made their own choices under the fierce murder of the Qin army: the unyielding man resisted hard, and eventually died in battle because he was outnumbered and weak and strong. In order to survive, the remaining people had no choice but to surrender, abandoned their dream home, and began to flee to Handan with their families.

For a moment, the originally vast Hebei Plain was covered with bleakness and ghost energy, and all the villages and towns were almost empty and lifeless. On all the roads to Handan City, they were filled with border residents fleeing to Handan: the Zhao people helped the elderly and young, dragged their families and their families, cried loudly, and were hungry and tired! There were tens of thousands of Zhao people who died of starvation along the way, along the road, by the river, at the bottom of the ditches... There were corpses of Zhao people who died of their eyes closed everywhere!

During this period, although the Zhao army in Huiquan Mountain and Fanwu City repeatedly wanted to send large troops to reinforce the rear, Wang Jian and others launched fierce attacks again and again like a piece of clingy candy, making Li Mu and others unable to get out of their way to deal with the terrifying new Qin army behind them.

During the fierce offensive and defensive battle on the front for half a month, although the main attacking Qin army paid a huge price of more than 20,000 casualties, it also successfully involved the Zhao army's support to the back of the south! Half a month later, the Qin army's offensive gradually became sparse, and when the Zhao army finally freed up its hands, the Zhao army's joint defense system, which was originally like a brick wall, was destroyed by the beacon tower, the cavalry, and the village, and seemed to be broken like a sieve full of loopholes, and could no longer play any due role.

Cut off the source of the Zhao army and isolate Li Mu's front-line army. Fusu Gan Jing did this neatly. Although the Zhao army, without the accurate source of the information, was fighting on the local ground, it became a group of toothless tigers! Even if Li Mu had wings to the sky, it was impossible for him to defeat Wang Jian and the Qin army led by Fusu!

The frustrating and indignant news as the Zhao army raged again and again, aid continued to spread into the Zhao army camp on Huiquan and Fanwu. The Zhao army, who were brutally destroyed by the Qin army in the back of the back, were angry, panicked, and confused. They fought bloody battles on the front line, but their hometowns and relatives were being cruel and ruthlessly massacred and plundered by the Qin army! What is the significance of their battle?

For a time, the morale in the Zhao army camp became increasingly low, and it gradually became worse and worse. Although Li Mu had a high prestige, driven by Xinmeng's family affection, the Zhao army under Li Mu actually had a rare small number of deserters!

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In the Zhao army tent in Huiquan Mountain, dozens of senior Zhao army generals gathered together, and the general tent was filled with a lot of people. But what was surprising was that although there were many people in the tent, there was no sound in the quiet, and there was a breath of depression, grief and helplessness!

Sima Shang looked at the thick bamboo slips and silk in his hand, and said helplessly: "I didn't expect that, I didn't expect! The Qin army would use the main army to restrain the main forces on the front line of Huiquan and Fanwu, and then sent a new army to sweep our backs. According to the report of the Qiwu, the Qin army not only dispatched a large number of new cavalry, but also had a terrifying mysterious army. According to some sporadic intelligence and the "darkness" hidden inside the Qin army, Jian was passed on by risking his life.

A brief information, through analysis, it was concluded that this should be adapted from the Qin army's original "Stealing Camp" dead soldiers, nicknamed "Wolf Tooth"! The combat method is extremely strange, including disguise, night attack, poisoning, assassination, etc., which is very cruel and weird. Our army's originally impregnable beacon tower joint defense system was destroyed by this surprise soldier! The recent series of actions of the Qin army are obviously inconsistent with Wang Jian's previous leadership style and ability. I wonder what the generals think about this!"

The commander Zhao Lei frowned and said, "Wang Jian often defeated the enemy with his regular troops. I think the recent series of Qin army actions should not be done by Wang Jian. It is likely that the Qin prince Fusu planned it. The new cavalry "Pojun" was created by him, and the "Wolf Teeth" was also reorganized by him. Since he can train such a strong army, he should have a unique idea of ​​using the new army of these two armies, so I think our opponent recently is not Wang Jian but Fusu!"

Although the generals of Zhao basically agreed with this, not many people agreed. Obviously, everyone was unbearable to the fact that the huge passive situation of the Zhao army in recent days was a shame caused by a half-aged child with a twelve side! If Wang Jian did it, all the generals Zhao might be more comfortable. After all, Wang Jian is a first-class general in the seven countries; but now he is beaten by a half-aged child, which makes it hard for the arrogant Zhao army to speak out!

Li Muru's elegant face was also covered with a dark cloud. It was obvious that he had never encountered such a strange and vicious tactic in his thirty years of experience in the battlefield. Li Mu gently knocked the table in front of him with his fingers and said calmly: "What General Zhao said is right. This should not be Wang Jian's work, it must be the plan of Fusu, the prince of Qin. Although we are unwilling to admit it, we have to admit that in recent times, our Zhao army has been beaten by Fusu twice.

: He first defeated our army's morale, then broke our army's intelligence system, and strangled the hope of our army's victory. It can be said that in the past 30 years, I, Li Mu, have been the most terrifying and cruel opponent I have ever encountered. His combat methods are so weird and erratic, and his military strength and courage are even better than that of the Qin general Wang Jian. If it were time, Fusu would definitely be the most terrifying enemy of our Zhao State!" Seeing that Li Mu highly praised Fusu, the generals of Zhao State couldn't help but lose their lust.

Li Mu's face was always very calm, and suddenly a confident smile appeared on his face: "But if the Qin army thought that he had defeated me, Li Mu, and had no hope of turning over, then they would be wrong! Although Fusu is good at cavalry, his experience on the battlefield is insufficient! After our army's intelligence system was destroyed, the Qin army began to launch fierce attacks on our army's food routes, hoping to cut off our army's food routes while cutting off our army's intelligence system, then our army might as well make a plan. One way to hit the arrogance of the Qin army's ranger, and the other way, it must capture some of the Qin cavalry alive to find out the secret of the Qin army's new cavalry. Once successful, as long as I am given two months, our Zhao cavalry will no longer be afraid of the Qin cavalry, and then our army's passive situation can be regained! It is still unknown who will win the destiny!"

Sima Shang gently stroked his beard and realized something: "The general's intention is: use food transport as bait, hide ambush, and find an opportunity to annihilate a group of Qin army cavalry?" Li Mu smiled and said, "That's right, the Qin army is now at the moment of full satisfaction, and Fusu is also noble and cannot penetrate deep into the rear of our army. Therefore, as long as this strategy is done concealed, it will definitely be successful! As long as our army can defeat a Qin army cavalry, break the myth of the invincible Qin army cavalry, and then obtain the training method and equipment secret of Qin army cavalry. In this way, as long as our army persists for about two months, our army will still have hope of victory, and at least it will be a stalemate."

Sima Shang nodded after hearing this and said, "Even if it is a stalemate, our army is fighting on the local area, and the food supply is very short, while the Qin army has a long logistics line. After a long time, the Qin army will inevitably retreat without support! What is the best plan for the general? However, the Qin army's new cavalry is extremely mobile and has very fierce combat power. It is very difficult to successfully ambush!"

Li Mu's phoenix eyes, which had been slightly closed, suddenly opened, and his slender lying eyebrow suddenly stood up, and a sharp cold light came out in his eyes. The murderous aura revealed made everyone shudder from the heart. Li Mu sneered: "I originally didn't plan to use this surprise weapon, but it seems that it is difficult to turn the decline if I don't need it!"

Sima Shang was shocked when he heard this, "Do you want to use the 'thorn tiger'??" When the generals heard this, they looked confused: "'thorn tiger'? What is it? Why have you never heard of it?"

Looking at the puzzled gazes of the generals, Li Mu smiled proudly and said, "The generals may not know what the "Tiger Tiger" is, right? Forget it, I originally planned to keep it secret, but now it seems that they have to let them appear early!

This is the thing. Three years ago, since I defeated the Qin army in the Battle of Fanwu, I was transferred to the right prime minister. Because I felt that the Qin army was too powerful, in order for Zhao State to have the ability to protect itself in the future, I secretly trained a group of professional warriors under the order of the previous king to be the basic officers of our Zhao army in the future.

This group of professional warriors is highly confidential, only the former king, I and General Sima know. This army is trained by me personally. Not only is it extremely powerful in combat, but everyone is also proficient in command of the front line. Originally, it was planned to officially become an army in a year. At that time, the Zhao army, with this group of professional warriors as the backbone, will be without fear of any opponent in the world. It is not impossible to completely defeat Qin, but now it is too late, so they can put it into use in advance."

After saying that, Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "With the 'Tiger' being put into battle, although the Qin army may not be able to defeat it in one fell swoop in the short term, it is still a small task to quickly restore the current decline! All the generals just need to rest assured, just return to the camp and carefully appease the morale of the army and wait for the good news!"
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