Li Mu stared at the city in the distance, his eyes full of anger.

Li Mu has never fought such an aggrieved battle, his soldiers are mainly cavalry, in this mountainous area, it is really impossible to show, fortunately, there are many infantry soldiers under his command who are good at shooting, but the problem is that Qin's weapons are more advanced than before, their strong crossbows, strong bows and shooting range are now above the Zhao army, although the gap may not be very large, but when the gap in number appears, Zhao's archers can only be suppressed to death.

Qin has at least tens of thousands of archers, and these people can each carry spare strong crossbows and bows, in terms of arrows, Qin is also fully prepared, but constantly shooting, almost no need to stop, and Zhao State's side, the range is not as good as the other party, the number is not as good as the other party, and the arrows are even less sufficient.... This made the siege of Zhao State a very difficult thing, and there was no way to get close to and suppress Qin's archers.

Lian Po was like this, the army was suppressed by the archers, and he could only send chariots to cut, no longer giving the Qin State a chance to shoot Zhao Zu. Therefore, Li Mu chose to fight in the field, in such an unfavorable terrain, the chariots and cavalry on both sides could not play a big role, but this is more acceptable than the siege. However, Li Mu soon discovered that even in field battles and close-range battles, the opponent's advantage was huge.

From weapons and equipment to the organization of the army, even if Li Mu cut them apart, the Qin people could fight as small units and would not be defeated. Moreover, these generals of the Qin State are very cautious, not as blind as the Hu people, and they can hardly find flaws. The gap in these aspects is irreparable by the generals, Li Mu did hit the Qin people, but it was useless, the Qin people just advanced steadily, and forced Li Mu to retreat again and again.

The Qin people hardly needed any strategy, nor did they want to raid or ambush, they just advanced slowly, encroaching little by little. At this moment, Li Mu seems to really understand what Zhao Kuo once said, "the gap in national strength", when they followed Zhao Kuo to fight in Changping, Zhao Kuo once told Li Mu that he could not defeat the enemy by replacing Lian Po by himself, this is not because of the generals, this is because of the gap in national strength.

Because of the huge gap in national strength, even Wang Yi can fight in the party, and he can fight Lian Po and retreat again and again.

Li Mu finally felt this, although he brought out the grain from Yunzhong and Yanmen, but these grains couldn't last too long... And the army of the Qin State walked faster than itself, shot farther than itself, had stronger shields than itself, and had more food than itself... Just when the Qin State was about to enter the plain, in the terrain favorable to Li Mu, the Qin people suddenly stopped attacking, which made Li Mu even more annoyed.

It seems that they also know more than they do.

The Qin people knew the situation of the Zhao State in advance and made proper arrangements, but the Zhao State knew nothing about the Qin State, and Li Mu didn't even know the true location of Meng Fu!!

The Qin State stopped the attack, but the Zhao State had no way to regain the lost territory.... King Zhao could only reluctantly accept defeat and ordered his army to return to various places to avoid another surprise attack by Qin.

This war made the young Li Mu fall into deep thought, how can he defeat the Qin State?

Food must be sufficient, and there must not be too much disadvantage in terms of troops.,.. It is necessary to improve equipment, to have sufficient armament and ordnance... Just when Li Mu was still thinking about these things, Meng Fu had already left Jinyang with the main force, however, he did not return to Xianyang directly, but rushed to the border of South Korea from Shangdang, according to Meng Fu's words, it was to visit King Han.

When King Han heard the news that Meng Fu came to visit with 100,000 elites, he was also very excited, and simply took out five cities on the border, including Cheng Gao, as gifts, and thanked Meng Fu for his visit, and Meng Fu thanked King Han for his gift, and then returned to Qin with the army. At this time, the King of Qin was already discussing with Lü Buwei about the planning of the new territory.

"You can set up Taiyuan County in Jinyang, Yuci and other places, and set up Sanchuan County in the border areas of South Korea... In this way, in the future, the Qin State can attack Handan, Yanmen and other places through Taiyuan County, and can also directly cut off the connection between Handan and Yanmen in Yunzhong and other places, and Sanchuan County can directly be used as a bridgehead against Wei and Chu, where materials can be concentrated and a large-scale attack on Wei and Chu."

King Qin laughed, and he said, "I didn't expect that you already had your own plan." Lu Buwei shook his head and said, "These are Li Si's opinions, he told me..."

"Oh? Reese? Why did he tell you this? Why don't you just come and meet the widow? ”

Lü Buwei said: "King, this young man is indeed very talented, but he also has a lot of thoughts... If it is someone else, he must hope to get your attention, get reused and then display his talents, but he is different, he wants to get my attention... Take the initiative to move closer to me... I found that he only did his part, never offended anyone, and didn't want to make friends... He's very ambitious, and I see that he's in my position. ”

King Qin laughed and asked, "It seems that you hate him?" ”

"No, I admire him... The minister is no longer young, if I am not here in the future, I recommend this Li Si to take over the position of prime minister, I know that you value Han Fei more, his talent may not be as good as Han Fei, but he is more suitable for the position of prime minister than Han Fei..."

King Qin nodded thoughtfully, looking at the huge map on the wall, in this map, the area occupied by the Qin State has surpassed any country, looking at the two new regions that have just been added, King Qin couldn't help but straighten his waist, laughed, the new king ascended the throne, and finally had a good start. He stared at the map in front of him seriously, and then asked, "You say, who should be next?" ”

"I heard that the king of Wei was incompetent and persecuted his brother...."

"Hahaha, okay, rest for half a year, wait for next year, and completely destroy the Wei State..."

.......

Zhao Kuo didn't take care of this big war, because, his wife, finally gave birth to another child for him, finally, Zhao Kuo had a daughter, which made Zhao Kuo very happy, since the moment his daughter was born, Zhao Kuo smirked, hugged her, and refused to let go, looking at the little life in his hand, it was so cute, it was so petite, at that moment, Zhao Kuo swore to himself that he would always protect this little guy.

Zhao Kuo named her Shan.

I hope she can become a girl as kind as her mother.

The little guy was born chubby, with bulging cheeks and a very loud cry, and the strange thing is that whenever Zhao Kuo hugged her, she didn't cry... Zhao Kuo hugged her, often walking around the courtyard, and did not feel tired. And Zhao Zheng was the happiest, he was worried that his mother would have another younger brother, of course, Zhao Kang and Cheng Chan were also very happy, but they were more curious.

Zhao Kang, like Zhao Zheng when he was young, asked his father every day, when will his sister grow up?

Zhao Zheng occasionally hugged his sister, but Zhao Kang and Cheng Chan couldn't, they were still too young, and Zhao Kuo didn't dare to let them hug them, for fear of breaking them. The birth of the little one brought a lot of joy to this family. Zhao Kuo is very partial to this daughter anyway, holding the little guy all day long and telling her stories, regardless of whether she can understand it or not. Zhao Kuo felt as if his life had become more fulfilling, and he had no regrets.

Zhao Zheng is not always at home, he sometimes goes to the field with Zhan, and sometimes he also visits Han Fei, in recent days, he often visits Li Si, probably because his father respects this Li Si more, Zheng is still young, and he doesn't make friends when he visits, but to ask for advice. Zhao Zheng is very good at listening to the teachings of others, and Li Si has also given him a lot of help.

For the heir of this empire, everyone still has great respect.

In the end, Zhao Zheng even went to visit Lü Buwei, Lü Buwei also welcomed him very much, and he was one of the few people who did not treat Zhao Zheng as a child, and the rest of the ministers treated him as a child and let their children accompany him to play, or just tell him something in the tone of an elder, only Lü Buwei would let Zhao Zheng sit in front of him and talk about the situation in the world very formally.

This made Zhao Zheng also have a good impression of Lü Buwei, and the two often talked about the future situation.

Lü Buwei said: "Qin does not need to rush to attack other countries, now, the people of Qin are gradually becoming richer, the household registration is increasing, the equipment has become more advanced, and the gap with the six countries is also constantly expanding... At such a time, if the Qin State can cultivate for a period of time and accumulate strength, by the time the Qin State starts to act, the Six Kingdoms will have no power to resist at all..."

Zhao Zheng has a different view on this.

When the cold winter came again, Ge fell ill.

That day, he stood up in a daze, and was about to go to feed the horse, but he fell outside the manger, and Zhao Fu, who was passing by, shouted, hurriedly picked him up and sent him indoors.

When Zhao Kuo walked into the inner room, Ge was lying on the bed, unconscious... Zhao Kuo was trembling all over, he couldn't speak, looking at Ge in front of him, he stretched out his hand, covered his face, took a deep breath, and then looked at Zhao Fu on the side, "What about the doctor?" Have you already sent someone to call? Zhao Fu nodded, and then said, "Don't worry... There are still a lot of famous doctors in Xianyang City...."

Zhao Kuo stood in front of Ge, just looking at him, breathing deeply, his eyes full of uneasiness.

Soon, a few people walked into the room, and met Zhao Kuo, they were the medical officers in Xianyang, after meeting Zhao Kuo, they began to observe the condition, and after observing for a long time, an elderly doctor said: "He is suffering from cold... You don't have to worry, it's curable. Zhao Kuo breathed a sigh of relief, and several doctors began to make medicine, and it took about half an hour before they made the potion.

Zhao Kuo held the potion and sat beside Ge, Zhao Fu helped him up, raised his head, and Zhao Kuo fed him medicine little by little.

Zhao's mother helped Yi and also came, Zhao's mother was very worried and asked, "Ge?" Is he okay? Looking at his mother's pale face, Zhao Kuo could only stand up and said seriously: "Mother, he's fine, you better take Yi back to rest, he's fine... I've already taken medicine..", Zhao Kuo spent a lot of effort to convince Zhao's mother to let her take Yi back to her inner room.

By the next day, Zhao Kuo was already desperate in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Ge opened his eyes.

This made Zhao Kuo couldn't help but shed tears, he sat next to Ge, just rubbing his eyes, "You're okay... It's okay. Although Ge woke up, he was still very weak and couldn't get up, according to the doctor's instructions, Zhao Kuo personally fed him medicine and fed, which made Ge very uncomfortable, he wanted to refuse several times, but Zhao Kuo didn't give him a chance to refuse at all.

"I've never treated you as a guest, I've always treated you as my elder... You can recuperate with peace of mind... Heal sooner. ”

Zhao Zheng, Zhao Kang, also came a few times, Zhao Kang didn't know what was going on, he just kissed him. And Zhao Zheng seemed a little worried, he already knew a lot of things, and he was afraid that the Ge Guild would leave him. Fortunately, Ge's body gradually improved, but Zhao Kuo didn't dare to let him go out anymore, Ge sat on the bed, shaking his head and sighing from time to time, he had no way to take care of his horse anymore, and there was no way to drive for Zhao Kuo again.

Zhao Kuo's guests, when they heard about Ge's affairs, also came one by one.

From Li Yu to Di, almost all of them have come a few times.

Especially Di, who rushed into the courtyard crying, frightened everyone.

The cold winter gradually passed, and the Qin State also ushered in the third year of the reign of the King of Qin, and this year, the King of Qin was ready to destroy the Wei State in one fell swoop. He believes that the Qin State should pay more attention to internal development, and now the Qin State is building water canals, and is developing rapidly, rather than rushing to destroy the Wei State, it is better to continue to develop the good situation in the country, and wait until the army is strong and strong, and then send troops to destroy the Six Kingdoms.

If Qin was determined to destroy Wei, it would definitely cause panic among the Six Kingdoms.

It's a pity that Qin's victory over Zhao greatly encouraged the King of Qin, who was very confident, while Wei's national strength was weak, and there was no Lian Po, and a general like Li Mu had absolutely no way to stop Qin. He ignored Lü Buwei's advice and sent Meng Fu again to lead the army of Qin and concentrate in Sanchuan County, preparing to send troops to destroy Wei.

As for the inscription of King Wei, it has also been prepared.

In March of that year, the state of Qin brazenly launched a war against the state of Wei.

The king of Wei was frightened and hurriedly asked the princes for help.

ps: King Qin thought of everything, but forgot about it .... There is also a person named Wei Wuji in the Wei State.