Looking at Liao Shan's magnanimity and smile, Li Mu couldn't help but feel good. Liao Shan's reputation in the Yan Kingdom court is not very big, and he actually has such a demeanor, no wonder Yan Guo has been able to develop and grow so much in the past ten years.

"Sir, please be seated." Li Mu stretched out his right hand and said to Liao Shan.

"Thank you, General." Liao Shan was not polite, took off his robe, and sat on the left side of Li Mu's desk.

"The gentleman has come and brought a letter from his mother." Li Mu looked at Liao Shan, his eyes flashing.

Liao Shan smiled and took out two letters from his sleeve.

stood up, came to Li Mu's case, handed the two letters to Li Mu and said:

"General, exactly. This is a letter written by the king and with the old lady, and is given to the general. ”

"Humph!" Li Mu snorted coldly.

From Liao Shan's hand, he took the two letters and read them carefully.

In the letter of Li Mu's mother, Li Liu, it was very simple, that is, how she came to Jidu and the process of being treated by Yan Wangkang in detail. At the end of the letter, he didn't say much, but just asked Li Mu to decide whether to return to Yan Kingdom according to his original intention.

In Ji Kang's letter to Li Mu, he talked a lot, now he talked about his views on the general trend of the world, and then talked about his own aspirations, and analyzed the current situation and his desire for Li Mu for Li Mu.

What Ji Kang said in the letter is not complicated or exaggerated, but it is all true.

Li Mu's expression was extremely solemn after reading Ji Kang's letter.

Since ancient times, anyone who wants to ask the other party to surrender by lip service has never succeeded. It is only in the case of the pressure of the soldiers that the results can be achieved by taking advantage of the victory or the general trend of strength.

Those who don't want to move a soldier and want to make the other party submit have never heard of it since ancient times.

Ji Kang told Li Mu in the letter that as long as Li Mu returned to Shun, he could continue to lead the army to stay in Yanmen and Yunzhong counties.

And promised Li Mu that if the soldiers under his command were unwilling to take refuge in the Yan State, Ji Kang would also give these Zhao soldiers money and food to send or properly resettle them in accordance with the laws of the Yan State, and he would never lose his word.

After reading the letter between his mother and Ji Kang, the expression on Li Mu's face was very complicated.

From Yan Wangkang's letter to himself, Li Mu can see that Ji Kang values and desires himself.

This kind of heavy feeling, Li Mu has never been on Zhao Wangdan's body.

Half a day later, he said to Liao Shanyan:

"Sir, if Ben will not be obedient, how will you treat Ben Jiang's family?"

Liao Shan looked cautious, and said to Li Mudao:

"General, when this official came here, my king personally said to Zaixia, if General Li Mu is unwilling to submit to my Yan Kingdom, he must not be forced. And let Zai tell the general that my king will personally send someone to escort the general's family to Yanmen, so that the general's family can be reunited. ”

Li Mu nodded and said to Liao Shan:

"Sir, this is a matter of great importance. You should rest in the house for the time being, and you will need to convene the generals to discuss together, and then give you an answer after the results are available, okay? ”

When Liao Shan heard this, he was overjoyed and knew that this matter had been successful.

got up, flicked his sleeves, bowed to Li Mu and said: "General, good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose the master to do things." I will obey the general's arrangement, but this matter should be sooner rather than later, and it should be sooner rather than later, and I hope that the general will make a decision as soon as possible. ”

"It's nature." Li Mu said to Liao Shan.

After Liao Shan retreated, Li Mu asked the deputy general Sima Shang to come over.

For this henchman who has been following him and the two of them have nothing to talk about, Li Mu did not hide it at all.

showed the letters of Yan Wangkang and his mother Li Liu to Sima Shang.

After Sima Shang read Ji Kang's letter, while being stunned, he was actually a little happy in his heart.

He didn't have as many worries as Li Mu, and said bluntly to Li Mu:

"General, do you think our army can stop or defeat the Yan army led by Le Jian?"

Li Mu thought for a while and said to Sima Shang:

"From this period of time, it is very difficult to stop or defeat the Yan army."

Sima Shang asked Li Mudao again: "General, do you think our army will have reinforcements?" ”

Li Mu pondered for another moment and said to Sima Shang: "There won't be." ”

Sima Shang bowed to Li Mudao:

"General, from Yan Wangkang's letter to the general, it can be seen that Yan Wangkang's importance to the general has jumped in the letter. You must know that the current Yan Kingdom is the largest country in the world. And Yan Guo is also recognized by the world as the world's Zhengshuo. ”

"Yan Wangkang, as the king of a country, can be said to be so reassuring to the general. In the end, the general made a decision and led us to surrender to Yan Kingdom, and the people of the world would not laugh at the general. ”

"With the soldiers of Yanmen and Yunzhong counties to fight against the national soldiers of Yan State, our army itself is at a great disadvantage. What's more, now Yan Wangkang not only personally wrote to the general, but also sent the important ministers of the Yan court, which is not an ordinary value for the general. ”

"Besides, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Yan Kingdom led by Le Jian are so turbulent. If the general rashly refuses, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of our army will really cut off the last retreat. ”

Speaking of this, Sima Shang looked at Li Mu's expression again, and continued to say to Li Muyan:

"General, what Yan Wangkang said in his letter to you is true. The world has been in turmoil for hundreds of years, and the trend of unification is irreversible. The king of Yan is virtuous, and most of the courtiers are people with lofty ideals, and the national strength is strong, so it is most likely to unify the world. ”

"Yan Wang Kang's mother is also the princess of my Zhao Kingdom, and he also has half of the blood of my Zhao people on his body, and he will treat me well. Besides, if we surrender to the Yan Kingdom at this time, we can also put forward many conditions that are favorable to the Yan Kingdom. ”

Li Mu was already a little moved after reading Ji Kang's letter with his mother.

Thinking about it carefully, what Sima Shang said is not wrong at all, Yan Wangkang is the king of a country, and he is so courteous to himself, but he really looks up to himself.

Besides, since the rise of the Yan Kingdom, there have been many monarchs who have surrendered to Yan Wang Kang. He is just a mere general of Northern Xinjiang, so he can let Yan Wangkang treat him like this, what else is there to hesitate about.

Thinking of this, Mu Li sighed and said to Sima Shang:

"In that case, ...... Let's return to the Yan Kingdom! ”

Then he turned around and shouted to the commander of the guards outside the door, "Come on, go and invite Dr. Liao." ”

"No." This commander of the guards answered the call.

After a while, Liao Shan returned to the hall.

Li Mu pointed to Sima Shang beside him and said, "Sir, I will introduce you to you, this is Sima Shang, the deputy general of this general." ”

Sima Shang hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Liao Shan: "The last general has seen Doctor Liao." ”

The rest of the matter was very simple, Li Mu told Liao Shan the results of his discussion with Sima Shang.

He said: "I have been guarding the northern Xinjiang for nearly 20 years, and I still have some prestige in the two counties of Yanmen and Yunzhong, and I will make the two counties obey my Yan Kingdom within a few months." ”

Liao Shan said to Li Mu:

"The general understands the righteousness, and the king knows it, and he will definitely be overjoyed, and he will definitely reward the general and his subordinates."

When Li Mu heard this, his heart was relieved, and he immediately set up a banquet to entertain Liao Shan.

The three of them sat in the hall and carefully worked out several terms for the surrender of Li Muzhi's army.

It took less than an hour for the two sides to negotiate various matters.

In the third year of Yan Wangkang (252 B.C.), April 17.

Li Mu was in Pingcheng and surrendered to the Yan army.