At the end of the first month, the thistle palace, the affinity hall.

Ji Kangzheng asked Huang Yong, director of the Intelligence Bureau, "Director Huang Yong, tell me about the specific situation of the Li Mu family." ”

Huang Yong bowed down and reported: "King Qiyu, the surname of the Li Mu family, the Li family, the ancestral home of Zhao Guo Bairen (now Longyao County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province), is the largest family in the local area. ”

"Li Mu's grandfather, Li Tan, gave birth to four sons, and his sons, like many families, were all divided into the Central Plains, and his eldest son Li Chong even moved to Longxi (now southeast of Gansu) in the Qin State, and spread his branches."

In this era, in the face of war and man-made disasters, for the continuation of their family bloodline, they will distribute their children and grandchildren in various places to avoid the collapse of the family.

The same is true for many big families in Yan Kingdom. Therefore, Ji Kang did not feel anything strange.

Huang Yong continued to say to Ji Kang: "Li Mu's father, Li Ji, is the youngest son of his grandfather Li Tan, and he stayed with his family to stay in Bairen. Li Mu now has three sons, after his father died of illness, his mother is still alive, and last year his eldest son just gave Li Mu an eldest grandson. ”

Ji Kang interrupted Huang Yong's words and said to him: "Li Muqi's grandson, is it named Li Zuoche?" ”

Huang Yong was stunned for a moment, not knowing where his own king knew.

However, this is also one of the contents that the intelligence agency personnel must not be negligent and must find out.

Huang Yong arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, his grandson is indeed named Li Zuoche. ”

Ji Kang secretly thought in his heart: "This grandson of Li Mu is also a powerful character, Han Xin once asked him, and his famous saying "A wise man has a thousand thoughts, and there must be a mistake; A fool thinks a thousand times, and he will get one. "But it's been passed down through the ages."

"Your Majesty, according to the investigators of our intelligence bureau, Li Mu is very filial to his mother, and his family is in Bairen. Because Li Mu has an upright personality, his career in Zhao Guo is not smooth, and he has been repeatedly squeezed out by the Zhao court. ”

"Li Mu loves his soldiers, these soldiers also obey Li Mu's words, whenever the Huns come to attack, Li Mu thinks of gathering his soldiers to defend, instead of going out to fight."

Li Mu has been like this repeatedly, and for many years, the soldiers of the border counties of Zhao State have not suffered any great losses. Zhao Guochaotang asked Li Mu to take the initiative many times, but Li Mu just didn't listen. ”

This made the soldiers guarding the border county very worried about Li Mu. Sure enough, before Li Mu defeated the Xiongnu army, Zhao Wangdan listened to the advice of the courtiers, summoned Li Mu back, and appointed others to act as Li Mu. ”

"It's a pity that after Li Muyi came back, the Xiongnu invaded the Zhao army, and the Zhao army had to fight every time, and the battle was defeated, so that the Zhao State suffered a lot of losses. King Zhao had no choice, so he personally asked Li Mu to be stationed in the border county again, but Li Mu said that he was sick and refused to go. ”

King Zhao repeatedly invited Li Mu to lead the troops, and Li Mu replied: "The king will use his ministers, and the ministers will dare to obey orders." In desperation, Zhao Wangdan was forced to agree to this condition, and Li Mu went to the border county again to command the Zhao army to fight.

After Li Mu arrived at the border, he still led the soldiers according to the previous rules and regulations, which made these soldiers very eager to fight the Xiongnu. Therefore, Li Mu Naigu selected 1,300 cars, 13,000 horses, 50,000 people with 100,000 gold, and 100,000 people. ”

"When the Xiongnu sent a small number of soldiers to attack, Li Mu let them capture thousands of people. After the Xiongnu leader Shan Yu learned, he sent a large number of troops to attack the Zhao army, Li Mu laid down many strange soldiers, outflanked the Xiongnu with lightning speed, the Xiongnu were defeated, and the Zhao army achieved a substantial victory, defeating tens of thousands of Xiongnu and capturing several Xiongnu generals. ”

When Huang Yong said this, he stopped and found that his own king was listening with relish.

Seeing that Huang Yong stopped, he said to Huang Yong:

"Director Huang Yong, you drink saliva and continue."

"No." Huang Yong took the water cup handed over by the waiter Ling Wangcong, and drank a few sips of tea with a big gulp.

Pursing his lips, he continued:

"Your Majesty, after Li Mu defeated the Huns, Zhao Wangdan went to the book several times and asked Li Mu to pursue the victory, Li Mu still did not obey Zhao Wangdan's edict, but after recovering the territory occupied by the Huns, he immediately stood still."

"That's not all, Li Mu also wrote to Zhao Wang Dan, saying that King Zhao doesn't understand military affairs, and if he goes north to the grassland in winter, the army will be defeated. At that time, after Zhao Wangdan received Li Mu's letter, he was furious in the court and scolded Li Mu. ”

If it weren't for the obstruction of the veteran Lian Po and others, Zhao Wangdan might have dismissed Li Mu again. Since then, Li Mu was even more disliked by Zhao Wangdan, and was ordered to lead the army to garrison northern Xinjiang and not return to Handan. ”

Huang Yong finally said to Ji Kangyu.

After listening to Huang Yong's statement, Ji Kang laughed out loud and said to Huang Yong:

"My uncle doesn't like Li Mu, but the widow likes it."

After thinking about it, Ji Kang asked Huang Yong again: "Director Huang Yong, can you get Li Mu's handwritten documents?" ”

"Your Majesty, my intelligence officers have obtained Li Mu's handwritten documents from the Zhao State Court and even Li Mu's family."

After Ji Kang heard Huang Yong's words, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and then instructed Huang Yong:

"The intelligence personnel in Zhao State should increase the surveillance of the Li Mu family."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and continued to say to Huang Yong:

"It is necessary to formulate a plan of action in advance to assist Li Mu's family in escaping to our Yan Kingdom, and make all preparations along the way."

Huang Yong hurriedly bowed down and responded: "Your Majesty, the minister understands. The minister will go down and draw up the plan of action immediately. ”

After Zheng Zhu, the envoy sent to Jidu, returned to Handan, Ji Kang's uncle Zhao Wangdan carefully inquired about Zheng Zhu's travel, and knew in his heart that the war between Zhao and Yan was unavoidable.

In the face of the upcoming war between the two countries, Zhao was forced to start conscripting troops to prepare for war, and ordered all counties to make all military preparations.

At the beginning of February, in the northern Xinjiang of Zhao State, Yunzhong City (now northeast of Tuoketuo, Inner Mongolia).

During the reign of King Wuling of Zhao, Zhao implemented the military reform of "Hufu Cavalry and Archery", and the military was strong.

King Wuling of Zhao took advantage of the situation to open up the northern territory and drove a small number of nomadic tribes such as the Xiongnu, Linhu, and Lou Fu who originally lived in the northern part of Zhao to the west of the river. The forces of Zhao advanced westward along the southern foothills of Daqing Mountain and Wula Mountain, expanding their territory to the edge of the Hetao.

Subsequently, King Wuling of Zhao ordered the establishment of two counties of Yunzhong and Yanmen (in the area of present-day Shuozhou, Shanxi) on this newly developed land, and began to build the northern Great Wall of Zhao to resist the invasion of the northern grassland tribes.

It was under this circumstance that the young Li Mu came to the northern frontier of Zhao State. started as a small colonel in the army, and by virtue of his military exploits, he became a frontier official in charge of Zhao Guoyunzhong and Yanmen counties step by step.

Li Mu, who was inspecting the border city in Cloud City, returned to his residence in the city on this day, and after reading the preparation documents sent by the court, he not only lowered his head and pondered.

Seeing this, Li Mu's lieutenant general, Sima Shang, stepped forward and asked:

"General, did the court let my northern army go south to protect Handan?"

The burly Li Mu shook his head after listening to the words of the deputy general Sima Shang.

did not answer, and handed the paperwork silk sent by the Zhao State court to the deputy general Sima Shang.

Sima Shang unfolded the silk silk, and after reading it quickly, he not only wondered:

"General, the last general really doesn't know what the king and the courtiers think? The Battle of Changping didn't let my army go south, and the Battle of Handan didn't let my army go south, and until now, I haven't let my army go south, it's ......"

Li Mu stood up, waved his hand, and did not let the deputy general Sima Shang say any more.

"General Sima, since our king does not allow our army to go south, our army will be stationed here, needless to say."

Sima Shang looked at Li Mu's face, couldn't help but sigh, and retreated.

At this time, Li Mu himself didn't expect that Ji Kang had already set his sights on him, and he also began to plot against him.

Although the current Li Mu has gained some fame because of the defeat of the Huns. However, the countries of the Central Plains, including the Zhao State, still did not fully realize how outstanding Li Mu's military command skills were.

In the eyes of the Chinese people in this era, the defeat of the Xiongnu is what should be done and must be done.

The three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, and Yan faced the country of the northern steppe, and every time they won many big victories, it was not an uncommon thing at all. If you can't defeat the Huns with your army, it's a surprise.

Li Mu knew that the deputy general Sima Shang was depressed, but in fact, he didn't feel depressed in his heart!

As a general stationed in the northern frontier of Zhao State, Li Mu knows the current form of the Central Plains well.

But he also knew that Zhao Wangdan and Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng and others did not appreciate him.

At the time of the Battle of Changping, Li Mu was already ready to lead his army south. But until the end of the Battle of Changping, Li Mu did not receive a document from the Zhao Dynasty to let him lead the army to reinforce Changping.

Seeing hundreds of thousands of elites of Zhao State, Bai Qi finally led the army to kill, causing the national strength of Zhao State to decline greatly.

When the Battle of Handan began, Li Mu was anxious and wrote several times to request that he lead his troops south. Three years have passed, Li Mu is looking forward to the border county, until the end of the battle of Handan, Li Mu still did not receive the edict from the court, allowing him to lead the army south.

In the face of the menacing arrival of Yan Guo this time, Li Mu was completely numb, and he didn't want to go south again.

I don't care so much, as long as I can keep my "one acre and three points of land".

But when I think of my mother and family in my hometown, I still can't calm down.

"Your Majesty, are you just not waiting to see Li Mu like this?"

Li Mu faced the direction of Handan and shouted loudly.