When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 507 The Qin army entered the dynasty, and conflicts broke out between the Zhao dynasty and Zhao Dynasty!
There is no moat in front of Langmeng City, only a ditch. However, the Gongshu's siege equipment like stretchers were carried up by Qin soldiers.

More than ten shield bearers protected the Qin soldiers who were carrying the equipment. These Qin soldiers dug on the ground, dug out a pit that was not deep but not shallow, and thrust the end of the stretcher into the hole. Then bury them in dug earth and rock holes.

As one of the Qin soldiers pressed a certain button, a sharp spear point instantly appeared on the other end of the stretcher, extending forward in an instant, like a powerful crossbow arrow shooting into the ground, instantly turning the stretcher into a It became a long bronze bridge.

As the bronze bridges were built, Qin soldiers easily pushed other siege equipment across the ravine.

To be honest, although the Qin soldiers rushed across the bronze bridge with high morale, everyone couldn't help but take a second look when passing the bronze bridge.

These tools have never been used by the Qin army before. In the past, to break through these ravines, they could only be replaced by pieces of wooden planks. Too many people could not pass through them at one time, otherwise there was a risk of the planks breaking.

However, this bronze bridge has no such risk at all, except that it is too heavy and requires many people to carry it.

However, with the establishment of this bronze bridge, more siege equipment passed through this ravine unimpeded.

For example, Saburo Poto, who has absolute destructive power against the city gate!

In fact, since the Battle of Xinzheng, various countries have also been wary of this terrifying war machine. At least the capitals of various countries and the gates of some fortresses have been reinforced a lot.

In order to deal with Poto Saburo, the armies of various countries also prepared a lot of kerosene and jade stones.

The whole body of Poto Saburo is made of bronze. Once attacked by kerosene, the scalding temperature can turn the cab into a huge steamer, steaming the driver inside.

The stones thrown by the warriors will also have a great impact on Poto Saburo. After all, when breaking the city gate, Poto Saburo must stay in place.

And this is why Meng Tian arranged for nearly a hundred sharpshooters in the army.

Although Langmeng City is dangerous, only a maximum of 500 people can line up at the city gate at one time, and only 500 people can attack the city gate at one time.

However, while the narrow mountain road restricted the Qin army, the width of Langmeng City was also very limited. The Zhao army at the top of the city only had 500 people at most.

The number of sharpshooters who reached one-fifth of the Zhao army at the top of the city was a great obstacle to the Zhao army at the top of the city. Not to mention throwing kerosene and stone to interfere with Poto Saburo, even the officers who could give orders were shot dead. Both are clean.

And anyone who dares to get close to the kerosene will surely die.

Meng Tian watched the scene of Potu Sanlang tearing apart the city gate under the horrified eyes of Zhao Jun, and he was completely relieved. Then he waved his hand to break the flag and shouted: "The city gate has been broken, the whole army is covering it up!"

As Meng Tian's general order was conveyed, the rumble of the war drums became louder and louder.

When they heard from the scouts that Meng Tian had already conquered Langmeng City and was clearing out the remaining Zhao troops in the city, the generals were a little confused.

It’s only half a day!

Listening to the scout's oral description of Meng Tian's arrangements, Li Xin, Qiang Yu and Teng felt a little complicated for a while.

In fact, the Qin army had a certain resistance to the weapons of the public losers, especially some elderly generals who were conservative in their thinking and believed that the Qin soldiers were brave and invincible and should rely on their own abilities to conquer the city.

If you rely too much on external things, you will lose your vigor sooner or later.

Even Li Xin, Qiang Yu and Teng thought so. Although Gongshu's equipment had been equipped in every army, the three of them still rarely used it.

But Meng Tian was different. He quickly accepted the existence of these new instruments and had already used them on the battlefield.

If he hadn't studied the public loser's equipment in his daily life, I'm afraid Meng Tian wouldn't have thought of using bat wings to place the general's sharpshooters on the hills on both sides to suppress the Zhao army at the top of the city.

With Meng Tian's outstanding performance, it is expected that he will be able to gradually change the ideas of those generals who are conservative in their thinking.

However, those instruments will no longer be available for the next section of the journey.

The mountain road is difficult to travel, let alone those large-scale equipment. Even a lot of food and baggage are difficult to transport. Even with the bat wings of the public loser and the Suzaku machine of the Mohist family, it is difficult to assist in transportation on the mountain road.

There are many Zhao army camps in the mountain road.

But in front of the dead soldier battalion led by Teng, these Zhao soldiers were a bit unsatisfied.

In the camp of dead soldiers, there are all people who live to die, and they are all trapped soldiers who plan to risk their lives to perform meritorious deeds.

Moreover, the camps built by Zhao Jun in the mountains are not so much forts as ordinary camps. They have hastily planted some wooden fences to form camps, and they do not play any defensive role at all.

Qin's economic system is like a wartime economic system, and Zhao's is no less generous. This is true for all countries in the world. The only difference is that the conscription system has different standards for powerful families and noble families.

The national power of Zhao State has gradually declined over the years. The Battle of Changping and the Battle of Danhan destroyed King Qin Zhaoxiang's ambition to dominate the world, and also completely depleted Zhao State's foundation.

In recent years, the State of Zhao has focused on restoring its former military strength, but in other aspects it has been a complete mess. Coupled with the serious domestic corruption problem in the State of Zhao, many fortresses are simply useless, let alone these fortresses in the mountain roads in the northern hinterland of the State of Zhao.

According to the prisoners of the Zhao army, they did not receive even half of the funds from the Zhao Kingdom's temples, and they did not have any civilians to build them for them. They had to dig some earth and rocks and plant some wooden fences to build these defenses. fortifications.

After several days of fierce fighting and running around, the Qin army finally passed this mountain road and stepped onto the endless plain.

The road to becoming a new generation is now open.

Next, it depends on Li Mu's decision.

The reason why the Daidi border troops were able to risk their lives under Li Mu's command was because the defense system established by Li Mu protected Daidi from being invaded by foreign tribes and kept their hometown stable.

However, if Li Mu can no longer protect their hometown, or even prevent them from protecting their hometown Daidi, then even if these Daidi border troops stay, they will no longer be of the same mind as Li Mu, let alone risk their lives as they did in the past.

How effective can an army that has lost its will to fight be?
And without the powerful elite force of the Daidi Border Army, how could Li Mu turn the tide in front of the 40 Qin army?
Just like the rhinoceros leader Gongsun Yan in the past, he led the Qin army to behead [-] Wei soldiers in the Battle of Hexi. However, after leaving Qin, he commanded the coalition forces of various countries several times, but was defeated repeatedly.

Is it because Gongsun Yan is not worthy of his name and has no real talent or learning?

Of course not, but the internal intrigues among the armies of various countries, serious corruption problems, and the control of military power by nobles at all levels. Under layer upon layer of restrictions, Gongsun Yan simply could not let the coalition forces command him. It was these armies that prevented Gongsun Yan from performing his own duties. military ability.

And Li Mu is about to face such a situation. By then, how much of Li Mu's military talents can those demoralized troops and the temporary army composed of young men be able to display?
Of course, Li Mu may have more restrictions than Gongsun Yan in the past, such as the group of insects in the Zhao court and the good neighbor Yan.

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Just a few days later, news came that Zhang Ji led the Qin army to conquer Langmeng and other cities and cross Hengshan Mountain and enter Daidi, and the city of Danhan was once again in chaos.

Zhao Yan's body and bones were getting worse day by day. During these days, Zhao Yan's palace was filled with the unpleasant smell of medicine, and he could no longer show his face.

In the court, although Li Mu was awarded the position of False Prime Minister and the position of general, and everyone below him was ordered to unconditionally obey Li Mu's orders, however, even Zhao Yan's own orders may not be passed in the Zhao court. No hindrance, let alone Li Mu?
The princeling forces headed by Prince Zhao Qian stood in front of Li Mu. Zhao Qian, who extremely hated the generation, did not hide his dislike of Li Mu at all.Under the instigation of Young Master Han Cang and others, Zhao Qian believed that if his father, Zhao Yan, was unable to take charge of the state affairs, then the prince should supervise the country and be in charge of the state affairs. How could an outsider, especially a proxy, take charge of the state affairs instead of his father? The power of King Zhao?
Therefore, in many aspects, Zhao Qian was opposed to Li Mu, and he did not even worry about the pros and cons of policies. He opposed whatever Li Mu agreed with.

The nobles, powerful men, and clans whose interests had been violated by some of Li Mu's policies gathered around Zhao Qian. This made Zhao Qian even more proud, thinking that he had the support of the Zhao people.

Faced with this situation, many neutral officials still chose to side with Zhao Qian.

Zhao Yan's health is failing, and the future King of Zhao will naturally be Zhao Qian, the current prince.

If they support Li Mu, will Zhao Qian let them go when he comes to the throne in the future?

Li Mu's life was not easy, and so was the life of Dai Ren.

During these days, the officials who were responsible for providing and transporting 15 generations of military supplies and supplies on the border were making things difficult. Most of them were old grains that had been left for a long time, and there were almost no meat, vegetables, and fruits. Even the forage provided to the war horses was inferior grass.

Originally under Li Mu's suppression, Dairen who entered Danhan had been tolerant, so that the conflict between Zhao and Dairen did not break out, but it was always at a critical value.

But as Dai was invaded by the Qin army, the discussion in the Zhao court about how to face the three Qin armies completely ignited the anger of the people of Dai.

"There must be no room for loss in the Yan and Fortress! Otherwise, the Zhao State's hinterland will be driven straight into the Qin Army! By then, the Zhao State will be in danger! Danhan will be in danger!"

"Aren't Zhongmou and Yecheng important? If Zhongmou and Yecheng are lost, the Qin army can still cross the Zhaonan Great Wall and attack Danhan!"

"Zhongmou and Yecheng are strong cities and can be defended for a while. If that doesn't work, the Zhaonan Great Wall will be used as the second line of defense. However, if the city is lost, there will be no second line of defense!"

"absurd!"

Faced with these arguments in the Zhao court, Li Mu said nothing.

Ignoring these quarrels, he was thinking about how to face the three-way Qin army's pincer attack.

However, he wanted to understand why the Qin people wanted to attack Dai.

Dai Land is not a good place. It is remote and has few resources. It is extremely difficult to be self-sufficient. The output of war horses is not bad, so it is a completely impoverished place.

Moreover, the Qin Army has horse resources from Shangjun, Longxi County and other places. With the tribute paid by many foreign tribes, the horse resources are much more than those of the Zhao State. Is it intended to cut off the Zhao Army's horse supply?

But this is simply not worth the gain.

Going south from Dai, attacking Zhao from three sides?

Not right either.

Even if the Qin army completely occupied Daidi, they would still face the barbarians in the grassland. Taking Daidi at this time would do more harm than good to the Qin army.

Moreover, there is the Hengshan Mountain obstacle between Taiyuan County and Daidi, making logistics and transportation difficult on the mountain road. What will the [-] Qin troops do if they enter Daidi?
"You, Zhongmou, Yecheng, and Yanyu, don't you think about Dai Di?"

A general of the Daichi border army glared at the ministers who were arguing fiercely. His roar caused a moment of silence in the palace, but soon there was a chorus of accusations.

Zhao Qian looked at the Dai general and reprimanded sternly: "Does the general not care about the king and the capital at all?"

"Yes, Dai is a bitter and cold place after all, and it is also a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if the Qin army attacks Dai, they may not be able to capture it quickly. They will also have to face the harassment of the grassland barbarians. Instead, they will The [-] Qin troops were dragged into the quagmire."

Facing the questioning of the ministers, another Dai general’s hand holding the sword trembled slightly, and he pointed at the ministers, his voice trembling with anger: “Then are we just going to watch the Dai land being taken away by the Qin army? That’s the hometown I’m waiting for!”

Zhao Qian sneered and looked at the generals. Han Cang's eyes widened.

Although they exclude Dairen, there are some things they must not say, at least not to completely break with Dairen. They deliberately wanted to stop Zhao Qian's words, but unexpectedly Zhao Qian added the final layer to the conflict between Zhao and Dairen. Turn on the fire.

"It's bitter and cold in Daidi. It doesn't matter if it's lost. If Danhan is lost, what's the use of Daidi's existence alone? Can Daidi be able to hold Qin alone?"

"It doesn't matter if I lose it? Hahahahaha! It doesn't matter if I lose it! What a prince of Zhao!"

"What a good...Zhao Guo!"

Several generals and generals laughed like crazy, laughing to tears. They glanced at the ministers in the court and the noble prince Zhao Qian, and seemed to have seen the true face of this group of people. .

Finished!

Not only Han Cang, but also Li Mu's face suddenly changed and he looked at Zhao Qian angrily. Many courtiers also looked shocked.
They have the same idea as Zhao Qian, but this does not mean that these words can be said!
The generals laughed loudly, turned to look at Li Mu, with complicated eyes, and asked: "General, do you think so too?"

Li Mu said nothing, he didn't know how to deal with these things.

Originally, Li Mu couldn't figure out why the Qin army wanted to attack Daidi. After all, he was just a general, not a politician, and he thought about the problem more from a military perspective.

It was not until the current outbreak of several generals in the Daidi border army under his command that Li Mu finally realized the true purpose of the Qin army's attack on Daidi.

This is going to drive people away!
But Li Mu didn't know how to answer.

Zhao State could not divide its troops to resist the three Qin armies at the same time, but the two Qin armies of Wang Jie and Wang Jian were the most deadly offensive against Zhao State.

Dai Di can indeed give up temporarily. As long as the 40 Qin army is repulsed, the Qin army that enters Dai Di will be a turtle in the urn and can be surrounded and annihilated at any time.

But these words, he could not utter.

He is not a politician, he is just a pure military general. Otherwise, when he was in Daidi, he obviously had no ambitions, but he would not be able to handle the relationship with Zhao Guomiao.

He didn't know how to calm the hurt hearts of the generals and generals under his command, let alone how to make these Zhao people accept Dai Ren, so he could only remain silent.

But several Dai generals saw Li Mu's true thoughts, and Li Mu's silence seemed to completely break the wounded hearts of several Dai generals.

"The life and death of Zhao State has nothing to do with my generation anymore!"

"Dai Di... From now on, it will only be Dai Di, not Zhao Guo's Dai Di!"

"Govern your generation, protect your generation!" A general and general raised his arms and shouted, "My generation, go home!"

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