Hearing Zhao Kuo's questioning, Li Mu immediately frowned, and he said: "I heard that there is no general in the world who can win a battle that cannot be carefully observed and adapted. Don't you know that if you implement a strategy, you will naturally adjust it according to the changes of the enemy? ”

Zhao Kuo didn't refute it again, he smiled and said: "It's because I don't have enough talent, I didn't think of this, what you said is very reasonable." Li Mu was originally ready to debate with him, but hearing Zhao Kuo so easily convinced, Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and told Zhao Kuo about his many strategies, Zhao Kuo leaned sideways and listened carefully, which made Li Mu very happy, and said more.

When Li Mu left, Zhao Kuo sent him to the gate of the township, and watched him ride away, speaking of which, this was the first time Zhao Kuo saw others riding horses instead of riding carriages. After sending Li Mu away, Zhao Kuo went home, but Zhao Kuo was a little disappointed at the moment, he didn't say much to Li Mu, because he knew that this kind of debate was meaningless, in fact, if he really wanted to argue with Li Mu.

I'm afraid that Li Mu can't say anything about himself, let alone Li Mu, who has just come of age, is Zhao Hao, who has been famous for a long time, and he is not his opponent when talking about war. It's just that Zhao Kuo gave up such an act, he no longer has the competitive temperament of the original, and he will not be complacent because he won the debate with Li Mu. How happy Zhao Kuo was when he saw Li Mu, and how disappointed Zhao Kuo was when he saw him off.

Zhao Kuo originally thought that Li Mu could resist Bai Qi, and if he had to let a young man replace Lian Po, maybe Li Mu was the best choice. It's just that Zhao Kuo now understands that the current Li Mu is still too young and immature. Don't say it's Bai Qi, I'm afraid that even a general like Xu Li who has not left any reputation in history can easily defeat Li Mu.

He said that he would send cavalry to loot grain, and he also said that he would use the strategy of lightening the enemy and throwing away the baggage to confuse the Qin army.

Zhao Kuo has been paying attention to the war on the front line, according to the accounts of the doormen, Shangdang County has many mountains and rivers, and there are mountain roads everywhere, and it is very troublesome to transport baggage, and the Qin people are because the roads are not easy to walk, so they use waterways to transport grain. How can cavalry raid mountain roads? And how could they attack the grain transportation of the Qin people on the waterway? The Qin people were not stupid, and they also knew that Zhao had highly mobile cavalry, so they had already prepared a way to deal with it.

As for dropping the baggage .... Zhao Kuo shook his head, it is a half-witted level of history like him, and he has also read it in "Qin Officials", the Qin people calculate military merits according to the head, and privately snatch the baggage, and those who do not obey the order will be beheaded directly. How could the Qin people snatch the baggage in wartime?

Li Mu's idea of cutting off the other party's logistics is very good, but because he has no experience, his strategy is too immature, and he thinks about the war too simply, Zhao Kuo shook his head, and suddenly, he smiled bitterly again, no, isn't this the evaluation given by his father?

.......

When Li Mu returned to Lin Xiangru's mansion again, it was already dark, and Lin Xiangru had already fallen asleep, and he couldn't see Lin Xiangru, so he could only rest here for one night.

Kneeling in front of Lin Xiangru, Li Mu's face was very calm, Lin Xiangru smiled, and then asked, "How is Zhao Kuo?" ”

"He's a gentleman, but his talent is insufficient." Li Mu said seriously.

Lin Xiangru was stunned, no, in his expectation, it should be Zhao Kuo who refuted Li Mu speechless in the process of talking about the war, so that this kid was completely convinced, and then when Li Mu came to praise Zhao Kuo's military talent, he told him the essence of Zhao Kuo, so that Li Mu understood that it was better to be familiar with the art of war than to personally command the army of 200, but what is the situation now? Didn't the two of them talk about war?

Lin Xiangru asked suspiciously, "Didn't you talk about the war?" I heard that Zhao Kuo studied the art of war, even Ma Fujun was not his opponent, how could it be that he was lacking in talent? ”

Li Mu said proudly: "Zhao Kuo's talent is exaggerated, after I met with him, I sat down to talk about the strategy for dealing with the Qin people, he couldn't say a plan, he could only nod Chen Yes." However, as a feudal monarch, he can care about the villagers, but I don't have the slightest resentment, he is a gentleman who can really make friends, and I admire him. As he spoke, Li Mu told Lin Xiangru everything he and Zhao Kuo were talking about.

Lin Xiangru looked very surprised and fell into deep thought.

"Alas... I didn't expect it, but I think I'm really old. Lin Xiangru shook his head, and said to Li Mu: "In the past, the Qin State attacked Korea, and the army was stationed in 阏和 (yān yǔ), Ma Fujun personally went to the rescue, just out of Handan thirty miles, he no longer went forward, Shangjun sent someone to ask him, what strategy can break the Qin people, he said, he has no strategy, the road is far away and the road is narrow, such as two rats fighting in the hole, which one is brave and which wins. ”

"At that time, Ma Fujun was not allowed to admonish the generals, after the Qin people were sluggish, he quickly led people to the Yan and, at this moment there was a sergeant who risked his life to admonish, he said: The Qin people did not expect the general to come quickly, please the general you occupy the north of the mountain, the former winner wins, the latter loses, Ma Fujun did not kill him, but listened to his advice, quickly captured the north of the mountain, condescending, struck the Qin people who came, the soldiers in the city also launched an attack, the Qin people were defeated."

Some mediocre people praised the sergeant, saying that his strategy successfully resolved the siege of Yan and He, and said that he could be a general, but people like Tian Dan, Lian Po, and Le Yi said: Ma Fujun marches cautiously, is not impatient or impatient, and can reasonably follow the advice, this is the real handsome. Later, the emperor used the sergeant to be a general, but he no longer achieved anything in military affairs. ”

"Who is this sergeant?"

"Xu Li."

Li Mu was silent for a long time, and Lin Xiangru said again: "I always thought that Zhao Kuo only knew how to read the art of war, and didn't know how to fight, but I didn't expect that he had already begun to look like a horse servicer." When you talk to him about the war, but you only talk about your own strategy, and think about the war so simply, and he is extremely cautious, he can agree with your suggestion, but he does not dare to act rashly, this is the difference between a general and a handsome talent. ”

"Am I inferior to him?" , Li Mu asked a little unwillingly.

Lin Xiangru looked at him and said calmly: "I don't know what will happen in the future, but now, if the emperor uses you to replace General Lian Po, you despise the generals of the Qin State, and you want to implement such a dangerous strategy, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out, and if he comes to serve as a general, even if he is defeated, he will not bury hundreds of thousands of soldiers." ”

Li Mu lowered his head a little ashamedly.

Lin Xiangru said, "I'll tell you one thing, but please don't tell anyone else. Lin Xiangru seemed to recall the past, he said: "When General Lian Po was twenty-two years old, he was still only a county lieutenant, and there was a group of thieves in Wuping, and General Lian Po took a few soldiers from the pavilion to subdue them, because the enemy was rash and was led to the swamp by the group of thieves, if it wasn't for others to rescue, I was afraid that he would die there, so he also became a talking point in Zhao's mouth, and was often teased. ”

"But he did not flee from Zhao because of this, he has been learning the method of using soldiers, no longer despise the enemy, act cautiously, so he repeatedly defeated the group of thieves, and even the Hu people of the border county, and later, he took the chariot cavalry of Zhao State, broke through the Yang Jin Dynasty, and shocked the princes, no one dared to despise Zhao State anymore, and no one in Zhao State dared to laugh at him anymore."

"The war is a major event about the survival of the country, you can't be cautious, I haven't seen a talented young man like you, you will definitely become the Great Wall of Zhao in the future, but I hope you don't waste your talent, in the face of war, you have to be more cautious, just like Zhao Kuo, Zhao has young people like you and Zhao Kuo, I will die today, and there will be nothing to worry about."

Li Mu suddenly stood up, "I'm going to visit Ma Fuzi again." ”

"Bring him to me, I have something to say to him." , Lin Xiangru stroked his long beard, and his eyes were exceptionally bright.