Emperor Qin

In March, there is no rain, drought and wind, and the wheat seedlings do not show up, turn yellow and die.Frost falls in September, autumn is early and cold, and the ears of grain are green and dry before they are ripe.

The severe drought in the 12th year of King Qin not only affected the whole north, but also failed to escape the grassland. The grassland was also affected by disasters, and the large grasslands could not turn green. Therefore, from April onwards, a small group of Hu people went south to plunder, which was rejected by Li Mu.

Yan Jiang took the tiger to observe the herdsmen in Daidi. Most of them were old and young. Spring was the time to feed lambs. The lack of water made the ewes milkless. The herdsmen suffered heavy losses. A large number of herdsmen fled south or went east to Yandi.

Later, Li Mu asked Zhao Guo for grain and grass, but Zhao Guo was also affected by the disaster, so he ignored it. In desperation, Li Mu had no choice but to open the taxation granary on behalf of the land, and use the border land grain and grass to save the county. Self-respect, it is almost equivalent to no delivery, no refund, and no complaints accepted!So Li Mu's evaluation in Handan Zhao's heart added another big negative evaluation.

However, at the beginning of the 13th year of King Qin, three armies of the Qin Army went out to attack Zhao, and the Handan Group urgently ordered Li Mu to go south to defeat the enemy. , and then left behind very few soldiers, leading the main force southward.

As for Li Xin, it was just at this time that he entered the land in the north.

In his early twenties, he has not yet been crowned, and he is unbelievably young, but he has already shown his extraordinary talent in leading the battle.

Under Yan Jiang's cold eyes, he led 36 soldiers, like pulling out nails, and pulled out dozens of cities, large and small, in [-] counties along the Dai County.

This brave general took the lead and made his first ascent several times!

What is the first ascent?

Be the first to climb the wall!

Before the pre-Qin period, many soldiers abandoned the battle and fled, and often the commander died while the soldiers survived. This led to the practice of sitting down later, and those who abandoned the commander and fled were all killed.

The generals take the lead, do you little shrimps dare to fight me desperately?Don't die!

Daidi was also in bad luck. They used to deal with the barbarians of the Huns, and they could only go on a rampage-they had never seen such a variety of siege methods by the Qin army.

Ladders are all pediatrics, rushing carts, catapults, rockets, nest carts, siege carts... Qin Mo's siege skills are fully demonstrated here, and there is no opponent in Daidi Town.

And because Li Xin asked the small towns to shut themselves up when he left, there was basically no time to communicate. Every time Li Xin attacked a city, he would set up ambushes at various intersections before besieging the city, and strictly prohibited news from being leaked. , he fought all the way to Daicheng.

Yan Jiang followed suit.

This is where Li Muzhi County is located, the city is high and the gates are strong, but Li Xin's arrogance miraculously stops here.

"As long as Daijun is not broken, Li Mujun will be worried about the rear and cannot let go to fight against the Qin army." Li Xin said eloquently, "My task is to contain Li Mujun. If Daijun is taken down, wouldn't it be Li Mujun? The same hatred, this is true disobedience to the military order, if it hurts Zhao Zhidao, I am afraid that the king will not punish the crime, and my father will sacrifice me to heaven."

Yan Jiang glanced at him, and said softly: "I can't tell, but you are quite self-aware."

Wang Jian is also known as a knowledgeable person. Many people in the Northern Route Army suggested that his son Wang Ben should come. He actually thought that he was just trying to get rid of Li Xin, a thorn in his side.

Li Xin smiled proudly: "That's right, the Qin army doesn't have to intercept the messengers who ask for help from the south."

Yan Jiang glanced at the distant lonely city in the night, and said lightly: "There may not be a messenger."

In Dai City, Li Mu's son is guarding the city, he would rather die in battle with the city, fearing that he might not be able to ask for help at this critical moment.

Li Xin smiled and said, "So what if you don't have one. This time when the king attacked Zhao, the general asked about the countermeasures, but the king let go of it. He only passed on the military strategy and didn't ask. If the king is like this, why worry about not being able to destroy Zhao?"

Before attacking Zhao, Qin Wangzheng put all his strength into the country, and 38 troops left the customs, but he didn't have a single request. He just said calmly that he didn't ask about strategies when he destroyed Zhao, and the general could let go.

At that time, the general present was moved and kowtowed to thank him.

If you don't ask about the time, it doesn't matter if you fight for three years like Changping did; if you don't ask about the strategy, you just report the details of the battle to me every time, but you don't need to answer the purpose.

This is definitely the king's highest trust in the general, how can he not swear to repay it with his death?

Yan Jiang glanced at the bird in his arms, seeing His Majesty's proud and cute eyebrows, and kissed again.

His Majesty tweeted back with satisfaction.

Li Xin looked at the detailed map that A Jiang drew for him. The grasslands in the north are vast, Yanshan Mountain is long and the Zhao land is flat, and he fell into obsession for a while: "Brother Yan, tell me, how will Li Mu respond?"

"If it were you, what would you do?" Of course Yan Jiang knew that Li Mu would confront Wang Jianjun in the middle, but he didn't have to say it.

"If I were me, I would bring 10,000+ iron cavalry, fly cavalry from Dai to attack Taiyuan, go south along the river, threaten Xianyang, and surely force Qin to retreat." The air of the second is like the cold light of a sharp sword, piercing people's hearts, "Although the Qin State came from afar to spend food, but Zhao's land is in short supply of food and grass, and Handan is safe. , it’s better to take a risk.”

Yan Jiang couldn't help laughing: "That's true, I'm afraid you failed to take Xianyang, Qin has already invaded Handan, as long as you lock Hangu Pass and return to Qin State, your soldiers will be locked up and beaten. .”

The premise of besieging Wei and saving Zhao is that Zhao's Handan can't be destroyed for a while. Given the current situation in Handan, if they are expected to guard for a year or so, what's the trouble?

"So, fortunately, I was born in Qin." Li Xin slapped his legs and laughed loudly, "Brother Jiang, I don't know, but yesterday I entered the city of Daijun. One of my cousins ​​specifically begged me not to go north to Yanmen, because it would be difficult for the Huns to enter. The common people of Daidi, thanks to my good life."

The Yanmen camp still has tens of thousands of Zhao's main force, which is the last line of defense against the Huns in the north. Li Xin has only 2 people, and his family is also the Hu's army in Longxi.

Yan Jiang saw that the soldiers were on top of him, and shook his head, "Then you will guard here, and I will go south to Wang Jian's army."

Li Xin enviously said: "I really want to write that my brother will go to Handan together - can you use a bird to pass the book to me later?"

Wang Jian's department is in Jingjing, which is only five hundred miles away from them. It takes half a day for the birds to go back and forth.

"roll."

When going out this time, Yan Jiang didn't take Ah Huang with him, it was too conspicuous, taking him as ostentatiously as if he was carrying banknotes.

Anyway, he was not in a hurry, he only brought Huahua and a horse, and headed south from Daidi.

Along the way, it took only two years, and the north of Zhao country was in great decline. Under the severe drought, most of the men were light men who gathered and plundered the national team, so that there were few merchants along the way.

Refugees are everywhere, the land is uncultivated and deserted, and weeds are overgrown.

Yan Jiang came all the way and killed at least 300 people. It took more than ten days before he came to the well.

Wang Jian's army and Li Mu's army were in a stalemate here.

Wang Jian's army lives on Jingjing Mountain, and the 20 army has a well-defined camp. The soldiers are repairing the city walls, building archery towers, and preparing weapons every day.

Three full months have passed since the dispatch of troops. Except for the tentative mutual attack during the first encounter, the two armies lived up and down the mountain and had nothing to do all day long. down.

Yan Jiang led His Majesty around Wang Jian's army during the day, and His Majesty was very satisfied to see that the army was orderly and united.

I went to ask General Wang Jian how the situation is now.

General Wang Jian smiled slightly, and said without leaking: "A few days ago, the king was informed of the known secret letter."

Yan Jiang nodded, said a few more words, then left, and turned to ask His Majesty.

His Majesty proudly climbed the alphabet and told A Jiang that Wang Jian had been in a stalemate with Li Mu for several months, and after realizing that this hedgehog was really difficult to talk to, he sent him a letter saying, "My lord, it's time to spend money."

After receiving the letter, he forwarded the letter to Wei Liao, and the matter was proceeding smoothly.

Yan Jiang understood in seconds, so he went to Zhao Jun's big tent at the foot of the mountain.

He was always daring. He found some commonly used trauma hemostatic drugs in the surrounding mountains and forests. After treating them, he dressed up as a medical apprentice and ran into Zhao Guoliang when the team passed by.

So he was recommended to go to Zhao Ying and became a small medical officer. He was ordered by the military doctor of Li Mu's deputy general Sima Shang. There were more than 20 Zhao troops, and there were only dozens of medical officers. According to them, there were only non-commissioned officers. Only generals are eligible to be healed, and most ordinary soldiers can only fight on their own. Whenever there is a surplus of bandages and hemostatic medicines during a war, they will be used for the slightly injured—severely injured, oh, just let it go.

Therefore, in a major war, those who die after the war can account for one-third of the army's losses.

Yan Jiang felt a little sympathetic to Zhao Jun, because Qin Jun was much stronger in this respect-well, after he planted cotton, gauze and garlic liquid were at least military supplies.

His Majesty was dyed into a black bird by him. He said that this big crow, fortunately, the soldiers had little knowledge, so no one said much. It was just because hungry soldiers often wanted to snatch it to eat, so the king bird was lost. The right to follow, you can only go out during the day and find a treetop to hang, so as not to enter the population.

Yes, hunger, Yan Jiang stayed in Zhaoying for a month, and he never expected that in just a few months, Zhao Jun's food storage would show signs of dying.

Zhao Wangqian did not let the country collect grain at all, but Li Mu used the power of commander to go to the surrounding counties to ask for grain, and Zhao Guo acquiesced to his behavior.

But everyone who delivers food knows that if there is no unified plan, the loss of food and grass, the transfer of food in the middle, and the cost of manpower and material resources will be extremely terrifying.

It was going to be cold in the country of Zhao, and he was curious for a moment, so Yan Jiang asked His Majesty to catch a rabbit and roast it quietly, and invited his superior medical officer to inquire.

His Majesty is very supportive of A Jiang's behavior. After being domesticated by A Jiang all the way, he has already become Amon under Wu. He quickly caught two fat rabbits, and went to Qinying to snatch Wang Jian's salt and pepper buns, which contributed to A Jiang's career.

Unexpectedly, this rabbit was so fragrant that it happened to attract the medical officer's friend, Lieutenant General Sima Shang.

Sima Shang was about forty people, although he was a general, he was very elegant, he was very conspicuous among the generals, and he could write well. Most of Li Mu's military orders were drafted by him. When Yan Jiang invited the two of them to dinner, He also talked about the knowledge and knowledge of the wandering countries, making insinuations.

His Majesty listened carefully.

This problem also lies in Zhao Wangqian. This young man was brought up by Guo Kai. He hangs around with the palace all day long and almost never goes to court. Guo Kai decides all important affairs of the country. They were very unhappy, and gradually formed a group of "reversing Guo".

Both this group and Guo Kai expressed their love to Li Mu, hoping that General Li would form a team with him and kill each other without leaving a single piece.

In the past when Daidi was hit by a disaster, the two sides pushed each other, and they had to join General Li before they were willing to give food. Li Mu was so angry that he directly used taxes to relieve the disaster and threatened not to save Daidi. Under coercion, he reluctantly gave a little bit, which caused the relationship between Li Mu and Handan to take a turn for the worse.

Sima Shang expressed his disappointment with Zhao Guochaotang, who is still fighting for power under such circumstances.

Yan Jiang and His Majesty looked at each other without saying a word.

Although Sima didn't say it clearly, the rest of the information was enough for them to figure out the problem.

What the "Dumping Guo" group wanted was Li Mu's participation in the abolition of Zhao Wang and the establishment of a new king; what Guo Kai wanted was Li Mu under his control.

It's wrong for Li Mu to choose whichever one he chooses, but Yan Jiang thinks, if it were him, he would choose Guo Kai.

Li Mu succumbs to Guo Kai at this time and is willing to be controlled. It’s okay to get rid of the "Dao Guo Group". In the future; and the abolished King Zhao will inevitably have a military battle with the defenders of Handan, and the Qin army will be there. Maybe everyone will go to heaven together.

And General Lee's choice is that I don't choose anyone.

This happens to be the worst choice!

It's like two girls let you choose at the same time. If you choose one, you can at least have one. If you don't choose both, you will lose both.

In this world, especially in politics, there has never been such a fantasy event as "you don't provoke me, I don't provoke you, we all coexist peacefully".

Guo Kai has become the prime minister of the country, and he certainly does not want Zhao to perish, but there is a Li Muzai who may destroy himself at any time with the "Falling Guo Group", so his own life priority must be greater than his own. Zhao Guo survived and died.

Just as they were denouncing Guo Kai, the bastard, the general drum was heard, and it was Li Mu calling for the general.

Sima Shang immediately got up and left.

His Majesty flew over to have a look, and when he came back, he looked rather regretful.

When the army was about to run out of food, Zhao Wang ordered General Li Mu to return to the city to plan a strategy of transporting food and retreating from Qin.

He had no choice at all.

Yan Jiang looked into the distance, and the camp was always noisy.

After a few breaths, Li Mu got up on his horse, and then came out of the camp, and disappeared into the night under the eyes of the generals.

For some reason, Yan Jiang's eyes hurt a little.

There are countless legends about his departure this time in history, but one is the same.

This time, he never came back.

Yan Jiang pondered for a few breaths, then suddenly got up, picked up his quiver, and rode out.

There was a noise of soldiers behind him, chasing the deserters, he turned around and shot an arrow, overturning the brazier, and the oil and fire overflowed for a while, lighting up withered grass, blocking the pursuers.

His Majesty clicked twice in displeasure, but in the end he didn't stop, flew over, landed on his shoulder, and left with him laughing.