The northern fortress of Zhao State went to the city, and General Li Mu, who was sitting here, finally ushered in a short rest time after many days of hard fighting.

Heavy rain for two consecutive days forced Yan's army to stop attacking. They need to take this opportunity to replenish their heavy grain and grass, and by the way, wait for the support of the Qin and Wei armies, who have completely grasped the initiative on the battlefield, from another direction.

The battle of Shangcheng was a bitter battle for both the Zhao army and the Yan army. After so many days of fighting, the casualties on both sides were basically the same. However, although the Yan army did not take any big advantage, their whole army had great confidence, and they broke through Shangcheng and defeated the Zhao army, but it was only in the past few days.

If you talk about it seriously, Yan and Zhao are adjacent to each other, and there is not much hatred. And in the past few years, they have joined forces to resist Hu Qi's experience, and they have formed a deep friendship among each other's soldiers. But now, when King Yan's ambitions fully exploded, these soldiers under his command had to fight fiercely with Zhao's saber soldiers until they developed to the point of never dying.

Wang Baxiong's picture will eventually return to dust! A hundred battles are glorious, and in the end, there will be no more lamentations, a few sorrowful ......!

Li Mu, the general of Zhao, who is known as a civil and military all-rounder, stood at the head of the city, looking at the undulating smoke and dust between the mountains in the distance, and felt infinitely lonely in his heart.

King Zhao is still dead after all! When he got the news two days ago, he, like all the officers and men in the army, burst into tears. Now everyone has a black veil tied on their arms, and the sadness in their hearts lingers for a long time and is difficult to dissolve.

As the best young general of Zhao State, Li Mu once received special support from King Zhao, and he was even more highly hoped. If Zhao Jun is among the generals such as Yuan Rong, Zheng Liancheng, and Gou Wuxian, who else can provoke the big beam, then he must be.

And Li Mu also lived up to expectations, in the past few years, he led the troops to fight several times, and never failed. Since coming to Shangcheng, he led less than 30,000 defenders, stubbornly withstood the attack of more than 60,000 Yan troops, and blocked them out of the Shangcheng line, and did not be able to move forward for more than half a month. That in itself speaks volumes about his abilities.

If there were enough conditions and time, Li Mu believed that he was fully capable of going out of the city to find fighters, defeat the Yan army, and drive them out of the territory of Zhao. Now, however, he did not dare to take the risk.

Just an hour ago, the latest emergency military information received made Li Mu's mood much heavier. At this time, he looked at the bonfire lit by the enemy army outside the city, and no longer had that conceit and calmness. The depressed look on his face could be seen by all the generals in the city.

"Wutong Pass...... Finally lost. ”

After a long time, Li Mu sighed lightly and whispered the news to the generals beside him. Although everyone had vaguely heard the rumor, everyone was still taken aback when it came out of their own general's mouth. Everyone knows what this news means. The defeat of the western front of Zhao and the death of General Yuan Rong had already seriously affected the morale of the army. And now that Wutong Pass has been lost again, the Qin and Wei armies are unstoppable. It's not just that the defenders of their upper city are likely to be attacked from three sides, but even more

What is serious is that there is no danger to defend for hundreds of miles between Wutong Pass and Longcheng.

"General! So what do we do? ”

The surrounding henchmen and generals looked at Li Mu nervously, waiting for him to make a decision. If Dragon City is captured, the Zhao State will be destroyed with it. So what's the point of them holding on here? However, with the strength of the defenders of the city, there was no way to divide the troops and go to the rescue. It's too late.

"Perhaps, it's time to use the strength of those 50,000 reserve troops......."

Li Mu's tone was a little helpless. The 50,000 troops he brought from Dragon City never let them participate in the battle. Because in his battle plan, he wanted to use the 30,000 defenders of Shangcheng to drag down the army of Yan and create an opportunity for the final victory.

As a future famous general who is familiar with military books and battle strategies, Li Mu has been sticking to the city, observing any subtle changes in the Yan army at any time. The so-called "one is prosperous, then declines, and three is exhausted", he knows better than anyone else.

With the change of weather and the prolongation of the battle, it was obvious that there were signs of declining morale among the Yan army. Their offensive is no longer as fierce as before, and perhaps after a little delay of two or three days, they will be able to wait for the long-awaited best fighter.

And the 50,000 elite Zhao army was prepared by Li Mu at the last moment for the defeat of the Yan army. He was very confident in this, and the Yan army, who was dragged to exhaustion, would definitely not be able to block this sudden blow. As long as the Yan army is defeated, the military pressure in this direction will be relieved. Then he has enough troops in his hands to return to the division to support and help the defenders of Wutong Pass on the Western Front to jointly resist the army of Qin and Wei. At that time, the entire western and northern fronts will be in a stalemate stage, and he will take full command and look for a good opportunity to break the enemy.

His battle plan would have been very sound. However, when the news of the loss of Wutong Pass came, Li Mu knew very well in his heart that the building was about to collapse, and he was already unable to support it alone! And now in this very passive situation, even if he mobilizes the 50,000 troops to block, in front of the tiger and wolf division of the Qin and Wei army, I am afraid that he will lose in vain under a hard battle, and he is powerless. But to say that they did nothing, and watched the fall of Dragon City here, it was a burden that all their soldiers could not bear.

It would have been a difficult choice, but they had no way back. All the generals bowed their heads in pain, and they were not afraid of death in the fierce battlefield fighting. But knowing that it has no help in the overall situation, no one is reconciled. What's more, the army of the Yan Kingdom was watching from under the city, and they must have already gotten the news. Presumably, the morale of the army is greatly boosted at this moment, and tomorrow's attack will be even more ferocious.

"General Li, let the last general take them to intercept the Qin Wei army!"

A lieutenant general came out and bravely asked for battle. Although he knew that this was dangerous and abnormal, as a Zhao Guonan, he would never back down. If they are destined to be sacrificed with blood, then they are willing to face the fall of the enemy's blade, and they must be able to block every moment!

Li Mu slapped the city head with his hand, muttering undecided. Once his order is spoken, it will only be a hard-fought battle to the end, and there is no other strategy to think of.

It was also at this time that a flying horse stepped through the smoke and dust and came with a top-secret letter

The piece was handed over to him. Li Mu's heart was shocked. Because it was extraordinary for him to recognize the people who delivered the letter at the first time, they were all spies of the Thousand Machine Pavilion, and there was a bronze medal to prove his identity.

And after he hurriedly read the contents of the secret document a few times, the shock on his face could no longer be hidden. He hurriedly walked aside with the messenger himself and asked a few words in detail.

"General Lee doesn't have to be suspicious. This is personally arranged by His Royal Highness the Prince, absolutely foolproof! He asked me to tell the general that as long as I firmly held the line of Shangcheng, within three days, the Yan army would be in chaos...... When they retreat in a hurry, they will be defeated with one blow! ”

The Qianji Pavilion spy who came to deliver the letter was personally instructed by Chu Jiangmian, and everything was explained in detail. Li Muluo thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but high-five and admire. There is no doubt that if the Hu people raid the Yan Kingdom from behind at this time, they will definitely force the Yan King to be in chaos. In order to protect the royal capital, he must urgently order the attacking Zhao Yan army to return to the division to rescue. And at that time, if he can't achieve a big victory, then he really doesn't deserve to be a general.

"But...... What about Dragon City? Qin Wei's army is ferocious, does Prince Jiang Mian have a good plan? ”

This was Li Mu's last worry. The messenger nodded and whispered to him, "General Li can rest assured." Within hundreds of miles from Wutong Pass to Dragon City, His Royal Highness the Prince has already sent people to make arrangements. The walls are clear, and the people are far away, so as not to suffer unnecessary losses...... Moreover, he dug a grave for the Qin and Wei army near Longcheng, and the day the army arrived, it was the time when it was wiped out! ”

Even a character like Li Mu, after listening to Chu Jiangmian's battle plan, couldn't help but feel agitated, and it was difficult to calm down for a long time. When he was in Dragon City in the past, he didn't have much interaction with Chu Jiangmian. In his impression, the young man who was called a gentleman by the world did nothing more than some cockfighting, dogs, horses, and falcons. But he didn't expect that when this storm and clouds converged, the light he bloomed with his hand was so amazing!

"If His Highness's plan succeeds in a battle, I, Li Mu, am willing to be a dog and a horse minion in this life, and let it gallop!"

The long wind and smoke swept over the city, and Li Mu and the generals around him bowed down in the direction of Dragon City, their hearts full of infinite fighting spirit.

Against the direction of the generous and heroic battlefield all the way to the north, Prince Qian, who came to the front line to supervise the battle on the order of King Yan, was under the protection of more than 1,000 elite cavalry, and had just entered the camp where the Yan army was stationed.

As the forerunner of the Five Nations Alliance, Yan sent so many troops to attack Zhao, although it also made some progress, but so far, the most important defense line of Shangcheng has not been breached. This made King Yan very angry. It is foreseeable that if the armies of the other princes attack under Longcheng, and the Yan army is still blocked here, then they will be busy in vain, and they will lose their troops and lose their generals, but they will not gain anything.

Therefore, when the news of the death of King Chu Lie of Zhao reached Jicheng, King Yan immediately made a decision and sent Prince Qian to the front line of Yan and Zhao in person. The latest order he issued was that the Yan army must break through the pass within three days! Otherwise, all generals and colonels from the general down to the military law are engaged in military law!

The crown prince with the sword given by the king of Yan proudly walked into the Yan army camp. It's just that he never thought at the moment that what he stepped into was the threshold of life and death!