Chapter 14 The relationship between Li Mu and Li Xin
"The State of Zhao is gone!" Wu Chenzi pondered for a moment and said. Once Li Xin and Meng Tian's cavalry appeared at Yanmen Pass, Wang Jian's main force dragged Li Mu's army again, and the entire northern part of Zhao became a place for Li Xin and Meng Tian to ride horses. At that time, no matter whether Zhao State wants to do so, Li Mu must choose to fight quickly to solve the problem of Wang Jian's army heading north, but Wang Jian is famous for being good at defending and walking along the mountainous landscape of military strategists.
In the Wu'anjun Mansion of Zhao State, Li Mu was also frowning and pondering. It had been so long that they knew the number of troops sent by Qin State, but this was what worried him the most, because the number was too small, and it was even worse than the number of troops sent during the Battle of Changping and Handan. No mobilization of recruitment began in Qin State.
Simply put, this is a good thing for Zhao, because these troops are not enough to destroy Zhao in one battle, but this is what Li Mu is worried about. Because of the number of troops sent by Qin, the entire Zhao State believed that the Qin army was just to capture part of Zhao's city. Compared to swallowing multiple cities south of the Yishui River in Yan State, Zhao State's court felt that it could appropriately give up some of the not-so-important cities, which also buffered the relationship between Qin and Zhao.
"Where did the 50,000 cavalry go?" Li Mu frowned. The main cavalry of the Qin army disappeared. They all sent the scouts to the other side of the Yellow River, but they did not find the 50,000 cavalry.
"Can Qin not dispatched cavalry at all?" a general spoke.
The staff of the General's Mansion were all looking at the person who spoke directly. How did you get in? You can say such words? Everyone in the seven countries knows that the Wuling Iron Cavalry of Zhao State is the number one in the seven countries. If Qin State attacks Zhao State, will not send cavalry?
"I just see that everyone has no idea and liven up the atmosphere." The general who spoke out said awkwardly.
"Zhao Pan, the royal family sent you here to study. Watch more, listen more, learn more, and speak less!" Li Mu glanced at the general and said, "If it weren't for the identity of a royal family, this guy would not be qualified to participate in such a combat conference.
"I understand!" Zhao Pan replied angrily, but he disagreed. Zhao Kuo could be the head commander of the army. He was no worse than Zhao Kuo. The Qin cavalry could not be found on the entire Zhao State chassis, so he just didn't do it. Moreover, it's winter now, and the iron cavalry consumed a lot of money. Maybe Qin State was waiting for the beginning of spring?
"Will you run to the Hunter and Hu?" Zhao Pan continued, looking at the northern Gentleman of Zhao's geomancy map and said.
Everyone looked at Zhao Pan like an idiot again. Walking on the Huns' Way, it was a problem to find the way. They fought at Yanmen Pass for so long and dared not go deep into the grassland desert. Why? Isn't it just because they couldn't find the way? Once they got lost in the grassland desert, even a hundred thousand troops would not be enough to fill it in.
"It's not impossible!" Li Mu frowned and said. If Wang Jian was the main general, he would definitely not dare to go to Beidi County to detour the Xiongnu, but the main general was Wu Chenzi, and the deputy generals were Wang Jian and Meng Wu. Meng Wu was good at using strange soldiers, and the cavalry he had invited were all in charge of the Meng family, so it was still possible for Meng Wu to let this cavalry detour the Xiongnu.
"What if we assume that these 50,000 cavalrymen appeared at Yanmen Pass?" Li Mu said.
"This!" All the generals were stunned. Looking at the Zhao State's geomantic map and looking at the place north of Yanmen Pass, they were instantly scared. Once these 50,000 cavalry appeared at Yanmen Pass, the Yanmen Pass had been drawn, leaving only 5,000 guardians. If they attacked ten times, Yanmen Pass would be broken.
The generals looked south along Yanmen Pass. In the cold sweat, the Qin and Zhao battles were always placed near the Yellow River, and the Qin army had not attacked the hinterland of Zhao, east of the Taihang Mountains. Therefore, the troops of the entire Zhao State were also transferred to the straight city from the Shangdang Road Handan, and the entire north was almost unprepared. If the Qin cavalry broke through Yanmen Pass and went south, then the entire Zhao State's hinterland would be a place where their cavalry would rage at will, and the cavalry came and went like the wind, and even if they wanted to force the Qin cavalry to fight the decisive battle, they would not be able to do it.
"He also agrees with my idea. It seems that the famous generals and I are not bad anymore!" Zhao Pan thought proudly, but he did not expect that the appearance of these 50,000 cavalry outside Yanmen Pass would bring disaster to Zhao State.
"Why would you draw out 5,000 elite troops and 10,000 invaders from the Wuling Iron Cavalry to go to Yanmen Pass?" Sima Shang said.
Li Mu shook his head and said, "Not only this is our guess. Even if it is true, only 5,000 Wuling Iron Cavalry and 15,000 soldiers cannot stop 50,000 Qin Iron Cavalry."
As the best general of the seven countries, Li Mu knew very well what a cavalry would be like for Zhao State when such a cavalry appeared at Yanmen Pass, but he had no choice. The trend of Zhao State's lack of military strength was fully reflected. As the defense side, there were too many places to defend, and his opponents were generals like Wuchenzi, Wang Jian, and Meng Wu. Even if there were some more, Qin State still had up-and-coming celebrities like Yang Duanhe, Li Xin, Meng Tian, and Bai Yifei, who were second only to famous generals. Whether in generals or soldiers, the gap between Zhao State and Qin State was too big.
"I can only hope that this is just our guess!" Li Mu sighed and said, "It was a dangerous move to the Xiongnu. Whether it was not aware of the road or to meet the Huns' outer Hu army, these were enough to swallow up the entire Qin State's 50,000 army, unless the Qin State's 50,000 army was really lucky enough to explode, and if you could find the road, you could avoid the Huns and the outer Hu tribes, and go straight to Yanmen Pass.
"It is not that easy to descend to the sky!" Wu Chenzi also sighed that Li Jing was able to descend to the sky, and that the entire Tang Dynasty spent a lot of effort to get the Turkic terrain map. However, even so, more than half of the soldiers went to the expedition were killed or injured, not to mention Meng Tian and Li Xin who were not prepared. The only thing better than Tang was that the Huns and the Outer Hu were afraid of Li Mu. When they saw such a large army, they would probably only choose to avoid them.
"I found something very interesting!" Xiaomeng said with a smile. Since she left Xianyang, she had someone to investigate Li Mu's affairs, but she found something very interesting.
"What?" Wu Chenzi also looked at Xiaomeng curiously.
"Among the Qin generals, there is one person who is very close to Li Mu!" Xiaomeng said.
"Are you talking about Li Xin?" Wu Chenzi understood in an instant that when the Qin army destroyed Han, in order not to let Li Mu come out to make trouble, Wang Jian asked Li Xin to lead a 50,000 army to follow Li Mu to participate in the battle between Qin and Zhao Yan. Then Li Mu taught Li Xin some military tactics, which was considered Li Xin's master, and this was known to the whole of Xianyang.
"Li Xin's great-grandfather is Li Tan, and Li Xin's grandfather is also Li Tan." Xiaomeng said with a smile.
"It can't be the same person, right?" Wu Chenzi was stunned. If this was the case, it would be a big deal. Li Xin could control the life and death of the 50,000 Qin army cavalry in his hands.
"Li Tan, the Confucian Qin State's family member during the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, was named Guiyuan, and was once the chief censor of Qin State. He had four sons, the eldest son Chong, who was Li Xin's grandfather, the youngest son Ji, joined Zhao and gave birth to Li Mu." Xiaomeng continued, this was also the information she obtained from the Yingmi Guard, but the Yingmi Guard herself did not notice that Li Mu and Li Xin had this relationship. Even Li Mu and Li Xin themselves did not know that they were uncles and nephews.
Wu Chenzi instantly held his forehead, not knowing whether Li Mu or Li Xin knew that they had this relationship. It was not that he did not believe in Li Xin, but that the relationship between the two was too close and had not yet been released. This era is the era of the family. If Li Mu asked Li Xin to rebel and oppress him with the clan law, the possibility of Li Xin rebellion is very high.
"But they shouldn't know that they still have this relationship." Xiaomeng said that since the Battle of Changping, Qin Zhao has formed a mortal enemy and cut off contacts. Therefore, neither Li Mu nor Li Xin's elders will disclose their relatives to the public for the continuation of the clan to avoid affecting the other clan. This is also common in the big family. At critical moments, they will even sacrifice one party to protect the growth of the other party.
"This matter cannot be said, before the Qin and Zhao battle!" Wu Chenzi thought for a while and said, now he was eager to find Bai Zhong and let Luowang find Li Xin and Meng Tian's army. Only by changing the main general to Meng Tian can he feel at ease. Even if he does not change the main general, Meng Tian should pay attention to Li Xin's actions to prevent accidents.
"Brother Wu Chenzi, I know you are here, so I won't tell me if you come to Handan?" Bai Zhong's voice sounded in the yard.
"Is he Cao Cao?" Wu Chenzi was stunned. Why did Bai Zhong appear every time he thought of Bai Zhong?
Dongjun and Shao Siming were both stunned when they looked at Bai Zhong and Liu Jiannu. Is Luowang so amazing? He can actually find this place.
"Why are you here?" Wu Chenzi and Xiao Meng walked out of the room and looked at Bai Zhong and asked. The Six Sword Slave once again threw Bai Zhong aside and protected Wu Chenzi behind him.
"How could Qin and Zhao fight without me? Without me, the Qin army would become blind!" Bai Zhong said carelessly, and was already used to the rebellion of the Six Sword Slaves.
"It's just right that you're here, I'll have something to do!" Wu Chenzi said.
"What's the matter?" Bai Zhong looked at Wu Chenzi's solemn expression and sat upright. After all, Wu Chenzi was the main general, and he had to obey Wu Chenzi's orders during the war.
"Finding Li Xin and Meng Tian's cavalry, there is a black tornado that you want to hand over to Meng Tian!" Wu Chenzi said.
"Black tornado? Or hand it over to Meng Tian?" Bai Zhong frowned. Li Xin was the main cavalry general. He used the most secret black tornado in Qin and handed it over to deputy general Meng Tian. This made Bai Zhong wonder what was wrong with Li Xin.
"It's just a safety measure! I hope I'm over-concerned!" Wu Chenzi said.
"Is there a problem with Li Xin?" Bai Zhong asked. Changing the generals at the last stage is a taboo, but if Li Xin really has a problem, it can only be the least.
"Don't ask if you shouldn't know, and don't ask!" Wu Chenzi said. From Li Xin's later performance, it was obvious that it was impossible to rebel. So what he was thinking now was how to let Li Xin take Li Mu in reverse. And Bai Zhong could not ask, otherwise, with the information from Luowang, it would be easy to investigate the relationship between Li Mu and Li Xin. At that time, the whole of Xianyang would know, and if Xianyang knew, Li Xin would definitely be replaced, and Li Mu would know too.
"Okay!" Bai Zhong nodded. Qin and Zhao were not allowed to fight carelessly, especially when it came to matters involving senior generals in the army. Wu Chenzi refused to let him investigate. Obviously, the matter was of great importance. Once the net investigated, the news would inevitably be leaked. He would not be able to bear the responsibility for any consequences at that time.
"Can you find the army of Li Xin and Meng Tian?" Wu Chenzi looked at Bai Zhong and asked. Li Xin and Meng Tian's army were strange soldiers, so except for them, the senior generals, ordinary people are not qualified to know. It is possible that Bai Zhong doesn't know where Li Xin and Meng Tian's army is.
"This is the highest black dragon secret order, and Luowang and Ying Secret Guard are not qualified to know!" Bai Zhong shook his head and said, he was also very curious about where Li Xin and Meng Tian are now.
"Help me find two people!" Wu Chenzi thought for a while and said.
"Who?" Bai Zhong asked, curious about who Wu Chenzi was looking for.
"The former Korean royal assassin Canglang King and Mrs. Bai Lu are my subordinates. I asked them to come to Handan to wait for me, but I don't know if they are coming." Wu Chenzi said.
"Two killers? If you lack people, just say it. Just these two people, we will catch a lot of them!" Bai Zhong said.
"They are different!" Wu Chenzi shook his head. If you want to find Li Xin and Meng Tian, you still have to rely on these two people. Mrs. Bai Lu is familiar with the grassland desert, and the Cang Wolf King is good at controlling the wolves. It is easier for the two to join forces to find Li Xin and Meng Tian.
"Wangling, go check it out. If the person is in Handan, we will find it soon!" Bai Zhong looked at the boy Wuling and said.
The ghost glanced at Wu Chenzi, then disappeared from the courtyard, and contacted Luowang's assassin and killer intelligence leader in Handan City.
"This is the battle to destroy Zhao. The country only sent 200,000 troops, totaling 300,000 troops. Are you sure?" Bai Zhong looked at Wu Chenzi and asked. When his father attacked Zhao, the combined force of both sides was almost over one million, but the result was both sides injured. Now they are facing each other again. Both sides have reduced their forces a lot, but the total number is 600,000.
"I just knew that I was the chief general of the Qin army. Next time you do such a thing, can you inform me first and ask me for my opinion?" Wu Chenzi said speechlessly. If it weren't for Wang Jian and Meng Wu, he wouldn't have been able to hide and let him fight Li Mu, he would definitely be the negative textbook in the history of military strategists.
"How hard can those who are capable? You don't know how excited the soldiers are when they know you are the leader." Bai Zhong said with a smile. He also saw such a scene when he was with his father when he was a child.
"Your information is not good either! I wrote back to the newspaper when I reported it!" Wu Chenzi looked at Bai Zhong and said.
"???" Bai Zhong was stunned for a moment. My decent leader came to Handan to get information. You still have to post a message to mess with me. What did I do wrong?
The Six Swordsman was also stunned. Luowang's information also had something to do with them, and they also had a share of the credit. If the information was not only a problem, they would also have to bear the responsibility.
"I'll ask you, how many extreme realms of heavenly beings in State of Zhao?" Wu Chenzi looked at Bai Zhong and asked.
"On the surface, Li Mu was the only one, and there was also Lian Po. He was so stupid that he went to Wei State. We don't know whether the royal family has any." Bai Zhong said, these people are all big weapons on the battlefield, so how dare they omit it?
Chapter completed!