Back in Xianyang City, Montenegro immediately began to train the Lang Guards. At this time, there were more than 6,000 Lang Wei, one-third of whom were the descendants of high-ranking officials and fierce generals, two-thirds were orphans of martyrs, and a small part were young low-level officers who performed well on the battlefield, and they were transferred back to be personally assessed by King Qin and prepared for reuse in the future. They all have a common identity: the children of the old Qin people. Therefore, most of these people have mansions in Xianyang, and when they are not on duty, they stay at home and enjoy themselves! If you want to train intensively, you have to say hello a few days in advance!

As soon as Montenegro arrived, he immediately ordered that the next morning, all assemble, and all those who were late and did not come were all responsible for thirty years! Montenegro is strict in the lieutenant army, and the guards have known it for a long time, and sure enough, no one dares to be late, Wang Li sighed when he saw it, he used to call it a gathering, and it was difficult for people to get to it without three days.

After the assembly, Montenegro immediately announced: "The six thousand Langwei are divided into six thousand teams, each team is on duty for 20 days on the 10th of each month, except for two days off, all of them live in the barracks and are not allowed to go out." After three months of intensive training, all officers from the newly appointed commander to the commander of the army were ranked according to their achievements!

Montenegro transferred dozens of his capable subordinates as instructors for Lang Wei, and all of them began to train the children of these meritorious officers and eunuchs according to the schedule, rest time, and training standards of the lieutenant army. In just one month, the King of Qin and his ministers all felt the earth-shaking changes in Lang Weijun: those who stood guard stood straight and did not move; The patrolling ones are lined up in rows and vertically, and the steps are as neat as one person. Even the palace maids in the harem will often take a few more glances and secretly evaluate them.

Besides, Prince Dan secretly returned to Yan Kingdom. At first, he was afraid that Qin Guo would retaliate if he knew about it, so he did everything secretly and didn't dare to show his face. Later, the Qin State sent the fake Prince Dan back. Only then did he put his mind at ease and recruited talents in the major events of Yan Kingdom as the crown prince. Lao Yan Wang Xi has been ignoring politics for many years, and he saw this prince who had not met for more than 20 years. simply let Prince Dan lead the state affairs. Settle down and concentrate on hunting and playing.

After Prince Dan took power, he boldly used a group of young Zhuang factions and recruited some talents from various countries. The entire Yan Kingdom is really invigorated, and people are eager to return to the era of King Yan Zhao and Le Yi.

Prince Dan is very calm, and he has been hostage in the Qin State for more than ten years, and he is well aware of the national strength and ambition of the Qin State. Knowing that if Zhao died, Yan would die, and immediately sent an envoy to Handan after taking the government, to reach an alliance with Zhao Wangqian! However, after staying for a month, I saw Zhao Wangqian, who was busy entertaining with the beauties of the harem, and said impatiently: "Go and go, if there is anything to discuss with the prime minister, it will be reported to me, and I will be happy for a few years before I am in power." After saying that, he walked away!

The envoy could only go to Guo Kai to discuss, and spent hundreds of gold to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion. When Guo Kai heard this, he secretly thought: If Yan and Zhao form an alliance, and the 200,000 Yan Kingdom will go south to join forces with Li Mu, if Li Mu wins this battle, he will come to kill him with his backhand, wouldn't it be dangerous for him? immediately said to the envoy: "Yan Wangxi is a treacherous villain, everyone knows it, and he wants to repeat his old tricks to make a black hand against Zhao Guo behind his back?" There is an old man, but there is no door! After speaking, he immediately drove the envoy back to Yan Kingdom.

scolded Yan Wang Xi for his treachery, he was really unashamed. In 251 BC, the fourth year of Yan Wangxi's succession, he sent the prime minister Libei to form an alliance with Zhao and sent a large amount of gold as the wine of King Zhao. Zhao Xiaocheng was overjoyed and happily formed an alliance with Yan State. Unexpectedly, as soon as Yan Wangxi saw the prime minister's chestnut belly, he couldn't wait to ask: "What do you think of the domestic strength of Zhao State after two wars with Qin State?" At that time, Zhao was defeated in Changping for less than ten years. The sycophant said: "Zhao Guo is almost dead in his young and middle-aged years, let's attack him now, and we will definitely get a big profit." When King Yan heard this, he was very pleasing to his heart, so he went to Le Yi's son Le Jian to discuss the matter of entering the army. After listening to it, Lejian broke out in a cold sweat: "King, you can't." Zhao has been fighting abroad in recent years, the people are strong, and the combat experience is very rich, we just formed an alliance with them and sent troops to attack, and we will definitely lose! Yan Wangxi was very impatient, so he said: "Don't say it, can I use five soldiers to return one of Zhao State?" Le Jian listened and immediately fled to Zhao State.

So Yan Wangxi dispatched troops to attack Zhao. A group of sycophants praised Yan Wang for his wisdom and might, Yan Wang Xi was light and fluttering, and enjoyed it very much, but the doctor Jiangqu said to Yan Wangxi: "We have just formed an alliance with Zhao State, and we will turn back to attack others, which is not auspicious, and this battle cannot be won." Ji Xi didn't bother to pay attention to him. Before leaving, Jiangqu hugged Ji Xi's thigh and advised hard. Yan Wang Xi kicked open the ditch with his feet.

As a result, Zhao sent the famous general Lian Po to appear, defeated the Yan army, and besieged the capital of Yan in turn! If it weren't for the Qin State attacking Zhao again, Lian Po had no choice but to withdraw his troops, and the Yan State would almost die!

Eight years later, in the twelfth year of Yan Wangxi, the veteran general Lian Po of Zhao State fled from Zhao State, and Ju Xin was also forced to flee to Yan State, Yan Wangxi couldn't sit still again, and took Ju Xin as a general to raise 100,000 troops to attack Zhao and swore to avenge the revenge eight years ago. Zhao reacted quickly this time, sent Li Mu as a general, Li Mu led the border army light cavalry day and night march, surprisingly attacked Yan State, Ju Xin was killed by Li Mu before he had time to react, lost 80,000 soldiers, lost more than ten cities such as Wusui and Fangcheng. I originally wanted to attack others, but before I could go abroad, I failed, and I lost my teacher and lost the city. If it weren't for Li Mu's fear that Qin would take advantage of the false attack on Zhao and retreat, the Yan State would have been even more miserable. Since then, Yan Wangxi has fallen into a treacherous infamy.

The envoy was beaten by Guo Kai, and returned to Yan Kingdom in shame and reported to Prince Dan. Prince Dan was angry and anxious when he heard this, but he calmed down and thought that he must not sit still and wait for death. He also sent an envoy to Li Mu and promised to send 200,000 Yan troops south to join Zhao to resist Qin. Li Mu was overjoyed and discussed with the envoys many times about joining forces.

At this time, Yao Jia came to the country of Yan and asked to see the king of Yan. King Yan was displeased, and he didn't plan to see it! When he saw the gift list presented by Yao Jia, his dim eyes immediately lit up, and the gift was a large cart of ritual vessels, wine vessels, and musical instruments copied from the Luoyang royal family of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in the early years of the Qin State. Thinking that after his death, he was very relieved to have these things to accompany the funeral, so he summoned Yao Jia!

Yao Jia told Guo Kai how to scold the envoy of Yan and told Yan Wang. He also promised that as long as Yan Guo did not move his troops, after Qin destroyed Zhao, he was willing to return more than ten cities such as Wusui and Fangcheng to Yan State.

King Yan summoned the minister to ask, and it was true. Immediately summoned, the Yan army was not allowed to go south.

Prince Dan gathered 200,000 troops and was about to go south, when Yan Wangxi's summons made him a blow to the head, and hurried to the Liaodong Palace to meet his father. Talk about the necessity of saving Zhao and Yan Wangxi. Yan Wang Xi replied: "Qin and Zhao, no matter who wins, it will be unfavorable to Yan!" Besides, the monarchs and ministers of Zhao State did not agree to the alliance between Yan and Zhao, and if they went, there was no return, so it was better to wait for the battle and wait for them to lose before they acted! After speaking, Lao Yanwang tilted his head, snored, and fell asleep!

Prince Dan, who walked out of the other palace, was dizzy and almost fainted. I had to order 200,000 Hu old grain to be transported to Li Mujun, expressing my helplessness and sincerity!

Dun weak is under the banner of the envoy of the King of Qin, to Handan to discuss peace, accompanied by three hundred guards and horses, when entering the city, everyone saw that behind the envoy there are more than a dozen red lacquer inlaid copper wooden boxes with very exquisite workmanship. At first glance, you can tell that it must be an extremely valuable treasure inside. Yes, there are also various treasures worth 500,000 gold this time. One night, many people saw the Qin envoy enter the Prime Minister's Mansion with these dozen boxes......

A few days later, rumors circulated in the mouth of Shizi Qingxia that Guo Kai had accepted a bribe from Qin and wanted to sell Zhao to Qin. The rumors are getting more and more fierce, and there are clear eyes. When it reached Guo Kai's ears, it was already known to everyone in Zhao Kingdom. Guo Kai was frightened, strengthening the guards around him on the one hand, and strengthening the surveillance of Li Mu on the other.

Li Mu heard the rumors about Guo Kai and said disdainfully: "Guo Kai is greedy for money, everyone knows it. said that he sold Zhao to Qin, but it was a plot of the Qin State. Li Mu's words reached Guo Kai, and seeing that Li Mu did not have any abnormal behavior, Guo Kai gradually calmed down. As for reputation, he doesn't care, in Zhao State, he has long been a person who everyone spits on!

Li Mu is very calm, knowing that Zhao Guo is already terminally ill, at this time, what is most needed is unity, not to eliminate traitors, if Guo Kai moves at this time, it is tantamount to a serious illness and a fierce medicine, the situation will be chaotic, Qin will take advantage of the chaos to attack, and Zhao will die. But the other veterans and generals were not so calm, and took turns to go into battle and sent envoys to ask Li Mu to lead troops into Handan to eliminate traitors!

Of course, these did not escape Guo Kai's ears and eyes. Although Guo Kai is insatiable, he is definitely a capable minister, and he knows that his life is tightly in Li Mu's hands. After discussing with his subordinates for a few days and nights, he finally came up with a poisonous plan to kill Li Mu.

First of all, Guo Kai himself was the general department of the army, grain and grass logistics. Li Mu thought at first that Guo Kai would definitely take the opportunity to scrape and deduct military salaries. Unexpectedly, Guo Kai went against the norm and sent countless grains, meat, and wine into the army, and Li Mu wanted to compensate the meritorious soldiers, and the Prime Minister's Mansion also approved them one by one. He also paid 200,000 yuan to send it to Li Mujun as a labor army.

This continuous operation surprised Li Mu, is this still the insatiable traitor Guo Kai? This is simply a reproduction of Lian Po and Lin Xiang of the year.

"As the saying goes, there must be a demon when things go wrong," Sima Shang and Uncle Le persuaded Li Mu bitterly, "Guo Kai must have a treacherous plan if he is so abnormal, and the general must make a decision immediately and take 50,000 elites back to Handan to eliminate the traitor." ”

Li Mu hesitated again and again, and said, "Let's fight back the Qin army first!" No matter what tricks he makes, I will only do my duty for Zhao Guo and see what tricks he plays.

This summer, Li Mu spent it in irritability. Guo Kai, as always, sent a steady stream of grain, grass, cattle and sheep that could be raised to the army. At this time, even many generals feel that Guo Kai has really become a loyal and virtuous minister, and the title of Guo Kai, the big yin man, has been changed to Guo Chengxiang!

During the autumn harvest, due to the widespread promotion of waterwheels in the Qin State, the area of farmland increased significantly, and all the official warehouses in the country were full! Corn was also spread in the ten southern counties, and there was another bumper harvest. Since the last time it was sold, although there are people in other countries, the number is pitiful! In addition to supplying the army with a large amount of corn, the Qin State also exchanged corn with Chu and Qi for more grain! When the soldiers on the front line were all holding fragrant and sweet corn as expensive as gold, Zhao Jun on the opposite side was still porridge and multigrain dumplings.

When Hei Bingtai sent the news of Zhao Guozai's rape and peace to Xianyang, the monarchs and ministers of Qin were also confused. King Qin immediately summoned Wei Yu and Montenegro to discuss countermeasures!

"This is definitely not good news, but fortunately we have enough food in our warehouses now. I am not afraid to persist for three or five years, the key is to stabilize Yan, Qi, Chu, and Wei, as long as they don't save Zhao, Zhao will die. Wei Yu expressed his opinion.

"I'm sure this is Guo Kai's ecstasy, he's going to do something to Li Mu! Within half a year, Zhao will have great changes! Montenegro said.

"What do you mean by that?" Wei asked puzzled. King Qin also expressed puzzlement.

"What do you say is the difference between Li Mu and Guo Kai's harmony and Lian Po and Lin's harmony? Is it possible for two people who want you to live and die to reconcile? For Li Mu, resisting Qin is the first, killing Guo Kai is the second, and he now needs Guo Kai's support to resist Qin with all his might. For Guo Kai, killing Li Mu is the first priority. If you want to kill Li Mu, only if everything follows Li Mu and Li Mu relaxes his vigilance, can he seize the opportunity and kill him. Let's just sit and watch the play, Zhao is not far from destruction! Montenegro said.

"Makes sense! This must be Guo Kai's plan! The chef was stunned.

"Quickly send Montenegro's opinion to Wang Jian and let him act cheaply. Notify the Black Ice Observatory and make every effort to listen to all of Guo Kai's actions! King Qin said.

Guo Kai's move also puzzled the veteran Wang Qian. It wasn't until he received the urgent paperwork from the national lieutenant that when he saw Montenegro's analysis of the incident, he was like a cloud, and the mystery was solved. Wang Jian praised Montenegro from the bottom of his heart, and immediately replied, expressing his agreement with Montenegro's views and asking King Qin to help Guo Kai! The king of Qin ordered the withdrawal of the army before the beginning of the year.

When King Qin received Wang Qian's letter, he felt justified, and called Wei Yi to discuss how to write the book, King Qin suddenly wanted to take the Montenegro test, and immediately summoned Montenegro to the palace.

Black Mountain came to King Qin's study and saluted King Qin and Wei Yu.

The King of Qin said to Montenegro: "General Wang Jian also appreciates your opinion, and he sent a letter asking for a few people to help Guo Kai. How do you think the widow can help Guo Kai? ”

Montenegro knew that King Qin intended to test himself, thought for a while and said: "King Qin can send a letter to Zhao Guoqian, just say that no one can defeat anyone if the confrontation continues, let Zhao State cede the five cities, and Qin State will immediately withdraw its troops!" If Wang Jian pretends to prepare for the withdrawal of the army before the beginning of the year, Guo Kai will definitely jump off the wall in fright and immediately attack Li Mu. ”

"Good! Let's do it! Immediately let Dun weak envoy Zhao Guo, and repair the book to Wang Qian! King Qin said.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a request, I hope the king will grant permission!" Montenegro saluted the King of Qin.

"The widow is happy today, what do you have to say, say it!" King Qin replied.

"Please give the king an order, the Qin army will not kill the prisoners again! Be kind to Zhao Guo's surrender army! It will be able to greatly reduce the resistance of the other four countries! Montenegro said.

King Qin fell into deep thought.

"Your Majesty, you can't kill the prisoners anymore, kill them again, the rest of the countries will inevitably be all soldiers, and our army will fall into a bitter battle, and the killing and surrender will be ominous!" Wei Yu said.

"Okay, call it out immediately, and in the future war of destroying the country, we will no longer kill and surrender soldiers. A captive is equivalent to beheading, and those who dare to kill captives indiscriminately are guilty of capital crimes! King Qin ordered.

Dun Liang came to Handan again as an envoy of the Qin State and solemnly handed the letter of the Qin State to Guo Kai.

Guo Kai looked at the national letter and was immediately stunned! If the Qin State retreats at this time, his life will definitely be difficult to protect. With Li Mu's prestige, he would take his own life if he brought 50,000 elite soldiers back to Handan. Hurriedly said: "Your envoy, please go to the pavilion to rest, please allow me to play King Zhao on the matter of peace talks, and call the ministers to discuss before deciding." ”

The news that the Qin State was going to negotiate peace immediately spread throughout Handan City and spread to all parts of the country. When the soldiers of Zhao Jun heard about it, they all cheered, they stayed here for more than a year, drinking porridge and eating vegetable dumplings every day, many people lost weight, and they were already thinking about their mother-in-law and the crops in the field.

Li Mu was very sober, summoned the generals, and said: "If the Qin State wants to negotiate peace, there will be fraud. More than 30 years ago, the Changping duel, which lasted for three years, was short of food across the country, and they all gritted their teeth and held on. What's more, today's soldiers of the Qin State have enough food, and even a corn cob of gold and a cob can be eaten enough for the soldiers of the whole army, and there is absolutely no reason to withdraw from the army through peace talks, and the whole army must not relax its vigilance. Increase the number of scouts, I want to see what tricks Wang Jian has to play. ”

No matter how calm Li Mu is, the more the news of the peace talks spreads, the more nose and eyes come out! Handan's reward was also that the envoy of the Qin State peace talks was weak and lived in the post house, and the two sides were in peace talks. After the meal, the soldiers talked about how to take care of their mother-in-law and land after returning to their hometowns. Even the scout's return to the Qin army camp is also a matter of peace talks, go home for the first time of the New Year! Li Mu felt fear for the first time, because he didn't know the Qin State

The real purpose of this is that.

In order to find out the true purpose of the Qin army. Li Mu ordered a simultaneous night attack on several cities that protruded from the Qin army's defensive line. Soon, good news came from everywhere! In the five cities of Lianke, the Qin army gave up with little resistance! You must know that these cities were taken by the Qin army after several bloody battles!

The war went so smoothly that Li Mu's heart was frightened, and finally he made up his mind to make a decision, only to defend and not succeed, in order to observe the changes of the times. Immediately ordered, all lines of defense are strictly guarded! On the one hand, he sent someone to report to Handan and listen to the news!

Guo Kai was also in a hurry by Qin's sudden peace talks, and all the officials of the government and the opposition supported to immediately negotiate peace with Qin and end this war. This made Guo Kai extremely excited. I couldn't help but laugh out loud for a while. A group of subordinates didn't know why and asked, "Li Mu has made great contributions, why is the prime minister so happy?" ”

"Originally, my plan was to take Li Mu step by step to lead Li Mu to the bait, Li Mu just made this great contribution at this time, and his life was in my hands." Guo Kai said: "Immediately, in the name of King Zhao, Wu Anjun Li Mu's fief of 100 li, give 100,000 gold, and the rest of the meritorious soldiers will be rewarded according to their request." In addition, a great court meeting is scheduled to be held on September 20, at which the prime minister will return to the government of King Zhao and return to his hometown. ”

The news that Guo Kai was going to tell the old man to return to his hometown immediately spread throughout the government and the opposition, and countless people celebrated with their crowns. Although many people didn't believe it, when they saw Guo Kai move more than 200 truckloads of goods to his hometown in Jinyang, they all believed it! Just wait for the day of the court meeting to see the real chapter.

After the king of Qin got the news, he immediately summoned Wei Yu and Montenegro to discuss and analyze Guo Kai's intentions.

"Your Majesty, Guo Kai is definitely going to do something to Li Mugong! Li Mu won such a big reward, and he must enter the palace to thank him! And Guo Kai's resignation was just to let Li Mu relax his vigilance, and Li Mu's life and death were in the middle of the court. Montenegro said.

"Is Guo Kai really sure to kill Li Mu?" King Qin asked, "Isn't he afraid that if he kills Li Mu, the people of Zhao will eat him alive?" ”

"Outside Handan City, Li Mu is a dragon, and when he enters the palace, Li Mu is at most a relatively strong old man!" Wei Yu said, "That's fine! When the time comes, let the hatred of the Zhao people for the death of the country be vented on him, and there will be much less hatred for the Qin country! ”

"Montenegro, you immediately transfer half of the lieutenant army and half of the Lang Wei army, pay close attention to training, and when the time comes, you will take them to the battlefield to train hard, and let Meng Tian send some cavalry south. As soon as Li Mu died, he began to destroy Zhao. King Qin said.

"No! Go ahead and do it now! Montenegro answered. Say goodbye.

Back at the Lieutenant's Mansion, Montenegro immediately summoned all his subordinates to talk about the matter of going north, and from the generals, he was ready to go. "Inform it, if you want to go to the battlefield, let them sign up by themselves, there are only half of the places!" Montenegro said.

"What if you want to go? What to do? Shi Fatzi asked.

"The old rules, the assessment! Elimination of poor grades! Montenegro said.

"No!" The generals immediately split up!