Mrs. Qin Xiangguo

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into the night.

Li Mu walked out of the camp, and behind him was only his lieutenant who had fought with him for many years.

Tonight is cloudy, with no stars and no moon, and the dark night shows a bit of chill for no reason.The two climbed up the city wall, and what they saw was a little bit of fire in the distance outside the city.

In order to prevent the cavalry raid of the Qin army, Li Mu ordered the Zhao army to dig pits and set up barriers overnight, and the defense did not stop for several days.

"General!"

The soldiers who went out of the city to investigate hurriedly ran up: "The Qin army indeed sent a small cavalry to harass."

Li Mu nodded unsurprisingly: "It's okay. The soldiers leave the city, and the engineering team retreats in an orderly manner. Remember not to come into close contact with the Qin army."

The soldiers saluted: "Yes."

That is to say, when the scouts went up and down the wall, in the depths of the plain, they saw a star-like light approaching rapidly.

On the city wall, the fire swayed with the cold wind, and the faint light shivered on Li Mu's face under the helmet.As a result, the little general's tough lines cast a long shadow, but even so, there was no darkness that could cover his clear eyes.

He is looking into the distance.

"It's so fast." The lieutenant beside him whispered: "The soldiers and horses of the Qin army are so fast, just harassing them in batches can delay the progress of fortification. General, this will not work."

Li Mu: "I heard that many civilians also joined the ranks of barriers."

Lieutenant General: "Yes, I can't even stop it, General."

Li Mu frowned: "There is absolutely no reason for women, children and children to go to the battlefield. If the order continues, the civilians will not return to the city. When the battle starts, the city gates will be closed, so there is no way to return."

Lieutenant General: "Yes."

But after receiving the order, the lieutenant beside Li Mu couldn't help muttering: "The Qin army will come in after all, so what's the difference then?"

Li Mu turned his head suddenly.

His sword eyebrows were tangled in one place, and a sharp color appeared on his dark face: "Nonsense!"

The lieutenant was taken aback, Dengji lowered his head.

"Warning and fighting, speaking like this, whose ambition are you building?"

Although Li Mu was usually kind and kind, once he was in the army, he showed awe-inspiring majesty: "You are a lieutenant general, but you say such frustrating words. After returning to the camp, you will be punished according to military regulations."

The lieutenant general consciously made a slip of the tongue: "...Yes, I know my mistakes in my humble position."

Li Mu let out a breath of relief silently.

He still frowned, but after looking up and down at his followers for a moment, he slowed down his voice again: "Since Qin Jun entered the Zhao territory, he has never stopped all the way. Isn't he forced to stop now when he arrives in Jingxing?"

Zhao Wangyan appointed Li Mu to fight against Qin. After arriving in Jingxing, Li Mu led his army to station here.

The whole army did not send troops or attack, but put down their swords and set up corresponding traps and obstacles every three miles outside Jingxing City.

This is only the first layer of defense.

The second layer of defense is Zhao soldiers.The whole army of Zhao Jun replaced their short weapons, with spearmen in the front and gunmen in the back. Using their flesh as a wall, they resisted the cavalry attack one after another.

With such layers of vigilance, Zhao Jun still paid a heavy price to keep Qin Jun out of Jingxing.

"The enemy general is Wang Jian." Li Mu sighed: "Wang's famous family is indeed difficult to deal with, but he has scruples in his heart."

"Humble job...don't understand."

Hearing Li Mu's willingness to explain, the lieutenant raised his head blankly: "Please enlighten me, General."

Li Mu said indifferently: "No matter how good and brave the cavalry is, after all, they want to fight on horseback."

As early as ten years ago, when Li Mu first arrived at the border of Zhao State, he was famous for his infantry victory over the Huns cavalry.

"All the horses in the Qin army are equipped with harnesses, and their speed is faster." Li Mu said: "Although I have never fought against the enemy general Wang Jian, the main purpose of the cavalry battle is the word 'fast' no matter what. Fight quickly, the only thing you are afraid of is being dragged back.”

The lieutenant fell into thought.

The other party thought for a while before adding cautiously: "Once it stops, it means that it will go into consumption. Therefore, before the army comes to Handan, the Qin army is very afraid of unnecessary casualties."

Li Mu's face looked better now: "Wang Jian has more fears than us."

What is there to be afraid of in Zhao Guo today?

The hope of defeating Qin is too slim, but taking a step back is destroying the country.

In this way, the morale of Zhao Jun under Li Mu's command was unprecedentedly high after he forcibly resisted the Qin Army's iron cavalry and won a disastrous victory.

"Don't think too far." Li Mu first punished him, and then comforted him: "If we win today, the Qin army will have more scruples tomorrow. We will still win."

"clear."

Speaking of this, the deputy general has more confidence: "We are determined not to retreat."

Hearing this, Li Mu couldn't help but turn his gaze to behind the city wall.

As if to confirm his expectations, the soldiers stationed below the city ran over.

"General." The young soldier said: "Some people came down from the city wall and said they would give us food."

Li Mu's tense face gradually relaxed.

The young general couldn't help laughing and said: "Even if we gather all the food for the people in the city, how much will it cost? Tell them to go back, so that they stay at home and don't go out. It's better than sending anything."

and……

After crossing the city wall, Li Mu saw the civilians who were about to deliver things.

His handsome facial features revealed a somewhat heavy but soothing meaning.

"I knew today," the lieutenant muttered, "When Qin Wangzheng and Xia Yangjun left Handan in the past, they should have been stopped."

Li Mu raised his eyebrows, he was silent for a long time.

Recalling the prosperity of Xianyang City, recalling Zhao Weizhen's many exhortations, and the stern young monarch on the throne, Li Mu sighed in his heart for a moment.

If there is no Qin Wangzheng, Qin may not decline.

And at least since Qin Wangzheng ascended the throne, Li Mu thought that the Qin army's conquests would no longer slaughter troops or harm civilians.

…………

……

At the same time, in the city of Xianyang thousands of miles away.

"Madam? Madam, wake up."

Zhao Weizhen got up suddenly, and was surprised to find that he had fallen asleep lying on the long table.

After Wei Xing slapped Zhao Weizhen awake, he couldn't bear it.If it hadn't been for an accident, he wouldn't have made up his mind to wake up his wife.

"Ma'am, go to Zhao Lao's courtyard." Wei Xing said in a low voice, "Perhaps it is..."

He didn't go on, but Zhao Weizhen already understood.

She sighed, then raised her hand and rubbed her face: "I see, let's go."

Since the Lu Mansion in Xianyang was built, it has never been so depressed as it is tonight.

Zhao Weizhen went straight to Zhao Liang's yard, crossed the threshold, and just bumped into Lu Buwei who had come one step ahead.

Lu Buwei, who was standing in the courtyard, shook his head slowly.

At that moment, Zhao Weizhen's heart sank completely.

The couple walked into Zhao Liang's bedroom at the same time, the attendant and the doctor were there, just looking at the expressions on their faces was enough for Zhao Weizhen to understand the general idea.

She moved forward slowly and sat beside Zhao Liang's bed.

"Father."

Zhao Weizhen whispered: "I'm here, do you want something to eat?"

Zhao Liang on the bed slowly opened his eyes.

When bidding farewell to old general Lian Po, Zhao Liang could trot along with the horse for hundreds of meters, but within a few months, he had aged at an alarming rate.

Even the palace doctor couldn't tell why.

Lu Buwei meant to blame, but it was Zhao Weizhen who ordered to go down and not trouble the doctor.

No illness, no injury, just a simple degeneration of bodily functions.At first I had a bad appetite, then I couldn’t get out of bed and walk around on my own, and now I have to be helped by others to turn over, and I can’t leave people for a moment in twelve hours a day.

Zhao Liang's eyes were filled with gloom, he raised his eyes to look at Zhao Weizhen, and said with difficulty: "Call, call your husband..."

Lu Buwei hurried forward: "Father, I'm here."

It wasn't until Lu Buwei got behind Zhao Weizhen that Zhao Liang seemed to see him.

The old man stretched out his hand with difficulty, and Lu Buwei quickly grabbed his withered palm.

"Don't make things difficult for Weizhen," Zhao Liang said hoarsely, "Promise me, take good care of my daughter. Don't make things difficult for her, don't make her suffer, and don't break her heart."

This is to be entrusted at the end of life.

Lu Buwei's expression froze.

When a person is about to die, even if it is Lu Buwei, the expression on his face becomes more real.He held Zhao Liang's hand tighter unconsciously, and then said solemnly: "Father, don't worry, no matter what happens, I will protect Weizhen well. If Father can't believe it, I swear to God."

As he spoke, Lu Buwei raised his hand to signal.

"it is good."

When Zhao Liang heard this, the frown on his face relaxed a bit.

"I still have something to say to Weizhen." Zhao Liang took a breath: "You all go down."

"Go down."

The father and daughter wanted to talk alone, Lu Buwei got up immediately, and walked out with a group of servants and doctors.

In the blink of an eye, only Zhao Weizhen and Zhao Liang were left in the room.

"Father, drink your saliva before talking too late." Zhao Weizhen persuaded.

"Don't worry about it."

When it came to Zhao Weizhen's concerned expression, Zhao Liang looked very kind: "You have suffered a lot these days."

Zhao Weizhen: "There are servants waiting on me, so I didn't do anything."

Zhao Liang: "For me, Weizhen will not go to court for many days."

Zhao Weizhen said earnestly: "When a father's health is not good, if a daughter cannot protect her because of distractions, it is a great unfilial act. If I can't even take care of my family, how can I govern the country?"

Zhao Liang sighed and laughed out loud.

When he smiled, he couldn't help coughing, and his lungs made a screeching noise almost like a bellows.Zhao Weizhen hurriedly supported Zhao Liang to sit up, stroked his back with one hand, and held his father firmly with the other hand.

"You are not my daughter." Zhao Liang said, "I am very grateful to you for making this step."

Zhao Weizhen was taken aback, suddenly raised his head and said in disbelief: "Father?!"

But Zhao Liang's eyes were exceptionally calm.

A strange silence spread, and the four looked at each other, Zhao Weizhen understood what Zhao Liang meant.

"When I was in Handan, I realized," Zhao Liang continued, "Weizhen is no longer my Weizhen. But after thinking about it, I can't figure out why, so I don't want to."

That being said, the father always holds his daughter's hand tenderly.

"Alas!" Zhao Liang sighed, "I've been confused all my life, and if I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out. After getting along for so many years, even if it's not so what?"

Zhao Liang looked at Zhao Weizhen affectionately.

"For more than ten years, you have regarded me as your biological father." Zhao Liang said, "Even if you are not my Weizhen, you are still my daughter."

"..."

After the words fell to the ground, Zhao Weizhen couldn't hold back any longer.

The vision of her eyes quickly became blurred.

It turned out that my father knew it a long time ago!

Zhao Weizhen is not the original Zhao Weizhen, but traveled from the 21st century.

That's right, even if she has the memory of her original body, if she is not herself, she is not herself.How can a daughter who loves her father not know?

It's just that Zhao Liang is soft-hearted and has no idea.He found out, chose not to delve into it, and even accepted Zhao Weizhen as his second daughter.

"Don't cry."

Zhao Liang spoke in a good voice, and he still didn't forget to help his daughter wipe away the tears: "Mr. Pingyuan died uneasy, but now that I have arrived, I am free from illness and disaster, isn't it good? It's just..."

"Father, just say it."

Zhao Weizhen choked up and said, "As long as I can do it, I will do it as much as possible."

"I didn't want to trouble you, but I really can't hold it in my heart and take it to the ground." Zhao Liang shook his head again and again, and finally chose to confess: "When sending off General Lian Po before, the old general said that there is nothing worthy of his nostalgia in Zhao Guo. .Only the old general has a friend who has forgotten his age, and he is Li Mu, the general of Zhao. The old general said that the king of Zhao is now fatuous, and Qin and Zhao will eventually have a battle, so he is afraid that something will happen to Li Mu."

As he said that, Zhao Liang's face first showed a look of embarrassment.

"I remember that General Li Mu and Weizhen are also friends." Zhao Liang begged, "Your father has been incompetent all his life, and he didn't want to talk about the affairs of the Qin court, but this General Li Mu... Can Weizhen think of a way to protect him?" He has a guarantee?"

Zhao Weizhen pursed his lips tightly, but did not speak.

Seeing her like this, Zhao Liang's hopeful eyes dimmed completely.

"Really not?" He asked unwillingly: "Weizhen, until your father dies, there is only one plea for you!"

Zhao Weizhen closed his eyes.

Outside the bedroom, Lu Buwei stood in the empty courtyard.

The man, dressed in a white shirt and tall and tall, paced back and forth in the dark courtyard, his thin figure showing a bit of desolation.

He couldn't hear the conversation in the room, and Zhao Liang's last entrustment to him was always echoing in Lu Buwei's mind.

——"Don't embarrass her, don't make her suffer, and don't break her heart."

Zhao Liang regretted arranging this marriage for Zhao Weizhen, and Lu Buwei knew it very well.

But he still made his deathbed entrustment as his wife and father.

"Take care of her."

Lu Buwei whispered to himself.

His pacing finally stopped, Lu Buwei raised his head: "Wei Sheng."

Wei Sheng, who was standing in the corner without saying a word, stepped forward: "Master?"

Lu Buwei tilted his head slightly, his eyes that were clear and clear in the past were bottomless in the darkness: "Send some silver taels to Handan, and inform Zhao's envoys to send the money to Guo Kai's mansion."

Wei Sheng immediately understood.

"What's the news?" he asked.

"Just say..."

Lu Buwei thought for a while: "Let's say that General Wang Jian and General Li Mu met in Jingxing. The two hit it off. General Wang Jian invited General Li Mu to Qin, and many lieutenants under his command also persuaded him."

Wei Sheng was stunned: "Master, are you going to be so ruthless? It's enough to change generals before the formation!"

Lu Buwei laughed out loud: "This man does not fight for King Zhao, he is not Lian Po, and he cannot be replaced by a general."

Since I just promised not to embarrass Weizhen.

OK, let him come.