Chapter 17: The Zhao-Li Controversy

Li Mu didn't stay in Lin Xiangru's mansion for too long, and after he knew the reason why Lin Xiangru asked him to come, he left Handan in a hurry. After sending Li Mu away, the old retainer came to Lin Xiangru, he was still a little incomprehensible, he asked: "Li Mu is an official in such a distant place, why did you call him over because of such a trivial matter?" ”

"I do this for two reasons."

"Please tell me."

Lin Xiangru coughed for a while, and then said slowly: "No matter what Zhao Kuo's talent is, it can be seen from his words to Xu Li and the doorman that he is a real gentleman, this is the most important thing, after we die, Li Mu will definitely serve as the general of Zhao State, but he is humble and arrogant on the outside and arrogant on the inside, upright, and unwilling to bend down, he has such a temperament, if there is no one to speak for him by the side of Shangjun, he will definitely suffer from the persecution of villains." ”

"The reason why I called him from so far away is to let him make friends with Zhao Kuo, I can't see Zhao Kuo's talent, but he has a good moral character and a prominent family background, he can't take over Lian Po, but he can take over my position, there was me and Lian Po in the past, and Zhao Kuo and Li Mu in the future, I will be reconciled, I don't have to worry about it." , Lin Xiangru said with a smile, hearing Lin Xiangru's words, the old retainer came to his senses, nodded, and asked:

"But what if Li Mu went to have a dispute with Zhao Kuo?"

"If that's the case, then it proves that Zhao Kuo is not a gentleman, and he is not the appearance I expected." , Lin Xiangru shook his head and said.

"I see, but what about the second reason?"

"Nothing else, I just miss him so I want to see him one last time." , Lin Xiangru said with a smile, the old retainer heard it, but he couldn't laugh, and his face became more and more sad.

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In Mafu Township, Zhao Kuo refused several invitations to hunt, and even Ying Yiren invited him, hoping to go hunting together, but Zhao Kuo did not go. Since coming to this era, he has seen many unfortunate Zhao people, and the only hope for these Zhao people is himself, which makes Zhao Kuo always feel heavy, for this Zhao country, he has no feelings, but for Zhao people, he has a kind of self-blame, a kind of shame.

Even if he can't defeat Bai Qi for Zhao Guo, he shouldn't go to have fun and hunt at this time, Zhao Kuo thinks so, in these days, he takes the doormen, busy around in Mafu Township, helping the people here to harvest corn, corn is the most mainstream grain in Zhao State, the planting range is huge, Zhao Kuo personally went to the field, harvested corn for two days, but fell ill for three days, he is really not the piece of material for farming.

Although his performance was not good, but his actions like this, still touched a lot of Mafu villagers, even the doormen also got serious, fortunately also gathered a group of rangers, in various places to help, the officials were stunned, they tried their best not to let these unruly rangers engage in farming, and fortunately just used Zhao Kuo's banner, launched hundreds of rangers to help farming, which is really unbelievable.

And when Li Mu rushed to Mafu Township, what he saw was such a situation, many rangers were helping the old man carry the bamboo basket and stride on the road, and even the official who was responsible for supervising the gate of the township was helping the villagers at the moment, Li Muhe had seen such a scene, so he grabbed the townshipman, this villager was upright, and after being stopped by Li Mu, he was not angry, and put the bamboo basket he was carrying aside.

"What do you command?"

"I'm Li Mu from Boren, I'm here to meet Ma Fuzi, I want to ask you, why are the rangers and officials here doing farming?"

Prison Gate Zhao Qu Death raised his head, and said with a righteous attitude: "Now that Zhao Guoqing has gone to the battlefield, only the old and weak are left to farm, at this time, we come to help with farming, is this also a strange thing?" A noble person like Ma Fuzi can personally go to the farmland to help collect corn, and I am just a small official without any good name, so isn't it natural to do this? ”

Li Mu was startled, bowed down to him, and respectfully made way for him, and waited until the prison door passed, Li Mu entered this township, at first he was still a little hostile in his heart, but at this moment it was dissipated by most of it, no matter what, this Zhao Kuo is still a gentleman, is a person who can be befriended, Li Mu thought in his heart, inquired all the way, and came to Zhao Kuo's house.

Li Mu knocked on the door, and a rough burly man walked out, the man looked at Li Mu in front of him, and then bowed, and asked, "What do you command?" ”

Li Mu was not rude, he said: "Li Mu, a native of Bairen, wants to meet Ma Fuzi. Standing in front of Li Mu is Di, Di has already guessed that this is to meet Zhao Kuo, however, Zhao Kuo will not refuse the guests who came to visit, Di did not close the door, it is very rude to leave the guests outside the door and close the door, he asked Li Mu to wait for a while, and then went to tell Zhao Kuo.

"There's a guest from Bairen who wants to meet you." , Di said with a grin.

Bayern?? I'm still from Dort!!

Zhao Kuo, who was interrupted from reading, complained in his heart, and then stood up, put the book aside, and went out to greet him. As soon as he saw this young man, Zhao Kuo felt that he was not ordinary, not because Zhao Kuo was a face control, but because this young man had a temperament, he led a horse and stood there straight, the whole person was like a sword out of the sheath, young and heroic, probably that's it.

"Li Mu pays a visit to Ma Fuzi." The boy leaned over and saluted.

Zhao Kuo is in a stupor, who? Li Mu?! Zhao Kuo doesn't know much about the history of the Warring States, and most of his knowledge is still known from film and television dramas and Chinese textbooks, but Li Mu is a person, he knows, this is also a famous general of Zhao State, but is he already so old at the moment? Is he still the same era as Bai Qi??

Zhao Kuo's expression was in a trance, fortunately, he came back to his senses, and looked at Li Mu's eyes very hot, Li Mu, a historical celebrity, Li Mu couldn't wait for Zhao Kuo's return gift, and was about to leave angrily, when he saw Zhao Kuo enthusiastically stretching out his hand and holding his hand tightly, "I heard that Zhao Guobairen has a virtuous talent, and his military talent is enough to replace General Lian Po, I haven't had time to visit, you actually came, it's my fault." ”

In the face of this extremely enthusiastic Zhao Kuo, Li Mu was immediately stunned, and before he could reply, he was pulled into the room by Zhao Kuo, and the two sat down, the guests were very surprised, they had never heard of Li Mu, but Zhao Kuo respected this Li Mu so much, it seems that he is not a mediocre person. Li Mu sat down, and Zhao Kuo was sitting in front of him, staring at him with wide eyes.

His eyes are full of little stars, like fans looking at their idols, of course Zhao Kuo is extremely happy in his heart, after knowing that the person in front of him is called Li Mu, he seems to see hope, he himself is just an ordinary person, whether in his previous life or now, he has never commanded a person, let alone the soldiers of the whole country, but the young man in front of him is different, he is a real famous general in history.

Although this famous general is still very young now, and it is estimated that he has no experience in fighting, he should be several times stronger than himself.... Right?

"I heard that Zhao Ren is willing to take Ma Fuzi as a general and take over the position of General Lian Po, what do you think?" , Li Mu suddenly asked.

Zhao Kuo also calmed down, and said seriously: "This is the strategy of the Qin people, I am not as good as General Lian Po, and I can't take his place." ”

Li Mu was a little surprised, nodded, and asked again: "In the current battle situation, how do you think Zhao Guo should win?" ”

Zhao Kuo shook his head, "I don't know, I want to know what you think?" ”

Li Mu said proudly: "The Qin people came from afar, more chariots, less cavalry, if it were me, I would definitely divide a number of cavalry to constantly attack the grain route of Qin, the Qin people gathered hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Shangdang, if they can reduce their grain transportation, or simply cut off their grain route, the Qin people will not attack themselves." ”

Sure enough, it's not a loss, it's a famous general, Zhao Kuo's eyes are even brighter.

After Li Mu finished speaking, he asked proudly: "My plan is like this, what about yours?" ”

"I don't have my own plan, I agree with your plan, do you have any other way?"

"Naturally, there is, if I come to be a general, the Qin people will definitely look down on me because of my age, I will show the enemy weakness, prepare a lot of food baggage, and after the Qin people launch an attack, they will feign retreat, throw out the baggage all the way, and when the Qin people look down on me and start to coax the baggage, when I take it lightly, I will launch an attack...", hearing Li Mu's words, Zhao Kuo faintly felt that something was wrong, if the other party's generals were Bai Qi, would such a move be surrounded and annihilated by Bai Qi?

Li Mu asked again: "My plan is like this, do you have any other plans?" ”

Zhao Kuo shook his head, "I don't have any plans myself, but I think your strategy is a bit dangerous, if the other party deliberately sends people to coax and rob the baggage, and secretly ambush good soldiers, aren't you throwing yourself into the net?" ”