Time flies quickly, it has reached the golden autumn of September, and the autumn is high and cool.

September 21 was the day when Li Mu and his entourage returned to Yanmen County.

Li Mu and Sima Shang came to the palace hall of Jigong Palace and personally bid farewell to Yan Wangkang.

In the solemn and elegant music, Ji Kang slowly stepped down from the throne.

personally helped the two generals Li Mu and Sima Shang, who were kneeling on the ground, up.

Said to Li Mu and the two in a slow voice: "Two generals, the widow will not leave you two in Jidu, and you will go to the north here, the burden is very heavy, but the widow is convinced of the loyalty and courage of the two generals, and the military of Yanmen and Yunzhong counties will be entrusted to the two generals." ”

Li Mu and Sima Shang hugged their fists together and bowed to Ji Kangdao:

"Please rest assured, the two ministers will live up to the king's trust."

In the past few months, Ji Kang's liking for Li Mu has not only been seen by several ministers and courtiers of Yan Kingdom. Even Li Mu himself can feel it deeply.

Ji Kang has no cover for this.

If you have to ask Ji Kang to answer, Ji Kang will only say one sentence: because he is Li Mu.

Li Mu and his entourage came to Jidu City in May.

At that time, before entering the capital of Ji, he received an edict from Ji Kang. The edict was very simple, let Li Mu temporarily return to his house to reunite with his family, rest for three days, and then enter the palace to meet Ji Kang.

Accompanied by the Xuanzhao attendant, Li Mu came to the house where Ji Kang rewarded him.

The courtyard of the Jidu of the Li Mansion is not very large compared to the courtyard of Bairen's hometown.

But in the courtyard of the capital of Yan Kingdom, the value is unknown, how many times higher than the original courtyard of Li Mu's hometown.

And the interior of the house is elegantly decorated, and everything is available.

Li Mu and his mother Li Liu and other family members, after meeting, they also felt a lot of emotion.

Three days later, Ji Kang personally met Li Mu in the Affinity Palace.

Li Mu deeply remembered the scene at that time, and forever imprinted him in his mind.

Ji Kang's first sentence when he saw Li Mu actually said like this:

"General Li Mu, do you know? The widow has been looking forward to your coming to Jidu for a long time. ”

Just this sentence of the young king, Li Mu was so moved that he wanted to shed tears.

"The minister is a small general in the north, so that the king is looking forward to it, and the minister is ashamed." Li Mu replied.

Ji Kang shook his head and said to Li Mu: "General, you are not a general of the micro-end, but a general of the humerus of the widow." ”

Coming to the map on the wall of the Affinity Palace, Ji Kang didn't see Li Mu at all.

Pointing to this map of the world on the wall, he said to Li Mu: "General, the widow wants to end these hundreds of years of war. Is the general willing to hold a sword for the widows, conquer the four directions, and let the world be unified again? ”

Li Mu clenched his fists and bowed to Ji Kang and said, "The minister is willing." ”

Ji Kang laughed out loud and said to Li Mu:

"General, the specific strategy of my Yan Kingdom, the court has already planned it, and you will know it immediately, so I won't say much here. You also know that my Yan Kingdom wants to dominate the world, and this Qin State is the biggest obstacle to my Yan Kingdom, how should our army destroy its Qin State? ”

As a general, Li Mu is very excited about this picture of the world on the wall.

He didn't make any mistakes, took two steps forward, and looked at the map in front of him.

After looking at it for a while, Li Mu pointed to Xianyang, the capital of Qin on the map, and said to Ji Kang:

"Your Majesty, the Qin State holds, one is the strength of the country; The second lies in the danger of the mountains and rivers of the Qin State. Since Li Mu entered my Yan Kingdom, he knows that the national strength of my Yan Kingdom is not inferior to that of Qin State, and now that Yanmen has been incorporated into the territory of my Yan Kingdom, the danger of mountains and rivers in Qin State is not enough. ”

"During the reign of King Zhao Wuling, the king's maternal great-grandfather, King Zhao Wuling at that time personally went to the Qin State to survey the mountains and rivers of the Qin State, and depicted it in detail.

Ji Kang was a little surprised, and said to Li Mu:

"Could it be that the widow's maternal great-grandfather, King Zhao Wuling, also had plans to invade the Qin State?"

Li Mu nodded and said to Ji Kang:

"Yes, Your Majesty. At that time, the state of Zhao was in the period of King Wuling of Zhao, and the military was strong. King Wuling of Zhao always believed that Qin was the greatest threat to Zhao, and was afraid that after his death, Zhao would be destroyed by Qin. ”

"Therefore, the king's maternal great-grandfather, disguised as an escort to the envoy to the Qin State, personally went to the territory of the Qin State, inspected the geographical mountains and rivers of the Qin State, and drew a map."

Under Li Mu's narration, Ji Kang finally knew the courage and courage of his maternal great-grandfather.

In the first year of King Huiwen of Zhao (298 BC), King Wuling of Zhao exerted pressure on the Qin state, forcing the Empress Dowager Xuan to appoint Lou Chuan as the prime minister of Qin, in order to seek more benefits for the Zhao state.

When Lou Xuan entered Qin, King Zhao Wuling pretended to be an entourage and followed Lou Zhuan around. After entering the land of Qin, King Wuling of Zhao carefully investigated the customs and customs along the way, thinking that he would use it when attacking Qin.

After Lou slowly entered Xianyang, the capital of Qin, he met with many ministers of Qin, and King Wuling of Zhao was observing from the side, and had a deep understanding of the strength and weakness of the ministers of Qin.

Lou slowly persuaded King Zhao Wuling not to stay in the Qin State for a long time, so as not to be recognized. King Zhao Wuling proposed that before leaving, he should see King Yingji of Qin and Empress Dowager Xuan with his own eyes.

Due to the previous incident of King Yingji of Qin detaining King Chu Huai, the monarchs of all countries did not trust Qin and were unwilling to enter Qin, so as not to repeat the mistake of King Chu Huai. Lou Xuan was worried that the Qin State would be unfavorable to King Wuling of Zhao, so he didn't agree to anything at first.

But under the repeated insistence of King Zhao Wuling, Lou Xuan was finally forced to agree.

King Zhao Wuling rarely showed up in China, but people in the army were more familiar with him, except for meeting the kings of Han and Wei when he was a teenager, King Zhao Wuling rarely met with foreign heads of state.

Even King Yan Zhao, who was set up by King Zhao Wuling himself, did not specially receive him because he was in the army.

This time, it was not a whim for King Zhao Wuling to meet King Yingji of Qin and Empress Dowager Xuan, he wanted to know the personality of the mother and son in person, so as to facilitate future decisions on Qin. Lou Xuan was more familiar with Empress Dowager Xuan and King Yingji of Qin, and King Zhao Wuling hoped that through this private meeting, he could learn more about the mother and son.

When Qin Wang Yingji and Empress Dowager Xuan met Lou Zhuan, they found that Lou Huan, who had always been proud of his demeanor, was inadvertently submissive to the tall entourage behind him, and was quite curious.

In addition, when King Zhao Wuling of Zhao State was alive, he passed on his throne to Ji Kang's maternal grandfather, Zhao Huiwen, King Zhao He. Empress Dowager Xuan and King Yingji of Qin also wanted to ask King Wuling of Zhao what he thought.

Empress Dowager Xuan Bazi personally said to King Zhao Wuling: "Come and make the air lofty, deal with the chisel, and live up to the mission of the Zhao State." Dare to ask the king of your country, what is the spring and autumn period? ”

King Zhao Wuling replied to Empress Dowager Xuan at that time: "There are five out of forty." ”

Empress Dowager Xuan asked King Zhao Wuling again: "The old king of your country is still in the prime of life and healthy, why is he passing on to his son?" ”

King Wuling of Zhao said to Empress Dowager Xuan and King Yingji of Qin:

"The widows of their own country think that most of the new kings who have succeeded in the past are not familiar with human feelings and have no experience in governing the country. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a new monarch as soon as possible, and teach him by word and deed, so that he can take on the important task of governing the country as soon as possible. ”

Empress Dowager Xuan was deeply impressed and exclaimed: "The old king of your country is really far-sighted. ”

Qin Wang Yingji, who was still very young at the time, said to King Zhao Wuling on the side:

"The old king of your country is in the prime of life, but he is not in charge of political affairs, which is probably not a good thing for the country."

King Zhao Wuling smiled and said to Yingji:

"Therefore, the old king calls himself the master father, and he still needs to judge the major state affairs of his country."

Ying Ji sneered and said, "For example, the Zhao State has started a war against my Qin State. ”

King Zhao Wuling's face became solemn, and he said to the Empress Dowager Xuan and King Yingji of Qin:

"The State of Zhao only wants to be friendly with the State of Qin forever."

The young Yingji laughed and said:

"Today, all countries are afraid of Qin like tigers, I don't know if you, Zhao Guo, are afraid of me, Qin Guo?"

King Zhao Wuling said: "I'm afraid, I'm not afraid." ”

Yingji let out an "oh", stood up, and said to King Zhao Wuling:

"Afraid of what? What are you not afraid of? ”

King Zhao Wuling laughed and said to Yingji:

"What I, Zhao Guo, am afraid of, is that after the loss of peace with the Great Qin, once the war starts, the blood will flow like a river, the people will be devastated, and both sides will be defeated; What I'm not afraid of is that my Zhao State is a cavalry and archer, and there are many warriors who control bows and gallop horses. ”

In the Q&A with this middle-aged man with extraordinary bearing, the Empress Dowager Xuan and King Yingji of Qin found that this person's mind and insight were very remarkable. In addition to admiration, the mother and son also had great doubts.

After Lou Zhuan said goodbye, King Zhao Wuling had already felt that Empress Dowager Xuan and Qin Wang Yingji were aware of him, so he hurriedly bid farewell to Lou Yan and returned to Zhao. Before parting, King Zhao Wuling warned Lou Yan that the mother and son were both dragons and phoenixes among people, and they must be careful to deal with them.

Empress Dowager Xuan and Qin Wang Yingji felt that Lou Yan's entourage was by no means an idle person, and it must be an extremely noble person from Zhao State who came to peek at Qin's feelings. So, the messenger was sent to a banquet for Lou Yan and this extraordinary entourage, and then to the palace in the evening as a guest.

The messenger returned, and Lou slowly agreed.

In the evening, Lou slowly went to the appointment without seeing the extraordinary entourage. Lou Xuan said that this entourage was rude and had been sent back to Zhao State. This strengthened the judgment of the Empress Dowager Xuan, who determined that this person was King Zhao Wuling, and quickly sent elite horsemen to chase after her.

Qin Guojing rode wildly all the way, and chased to the side and did not see King Zhao Wuling.

The defenders told them that the envoy of Zhao had just left.

Empress Dowager Xuan and King Yingji of Qin were very jealous of King Zhao Wuling's deep peeping into the Qin State.

At that time, the Empress Dowager Qin Xuan personally said to Yingji:

"I really didn't expect that the old king of Zhao State, as the king of a country with a golden and jade body, would dare to enter the land of my Great Qin alone, as if he had entered a no-man's land. Your Majesty, you need to keep in mind that if Lord Zhao's father does not die, my Qin State cannot attack Zhao State. ”

After King Wuling of Zhao returned to Handan, he prepared to attack the Qin State in his lifetime.

His plan was to send a partial division to attract the main force of the Qin army at Hangu Pass, and he was ready to personally lead the main force of the Zhao army to the south from Yanmen, go straight to the upper county of Qin, and attack Xianyang.

But unfortunately, this military plan was caused by a rebellion in the Zhao Kingdom, which led to the "Dune Rebellion", and King Wuling of Zhao was starved to death in the Dune Palace and was not implemented.

After listening to Li Mu's words, Ji Kang stood by the map and did not say anything for a long time.

After a long while, he said to Li Mu:

"General Li Mu, let my great-grandfather's wish to kill Qin come true in the hands of widows and generals."

"Obey the edict." Li Mu clenched his fists and said excitedly.

In the following months, Li Mu and Sima Shang and others were placed by Ji Kang to study at Jidu Xiangping College.

The two counties of Yanmen and Yunzhong completed the reorganization of the army, and the 13th and 14th armies of the new army were reorganized.

These two armies are both the rapid strike corps of the Yan State.

Li Mu, commander of the 13th Army, and Sima Shang, deputy general, were stationed in Yanmen;

The commander of the 14th Army was busy with Wang and was stationed in Yunzhong County.

In late September, Li Mu and his entourage bid farewell to Ji Kang and returned to Yanmen.