Chapter 24: Attack (6)
Just when the Zhao army and the Yan army were in tension between the two armies of Daijun and Yanmen. In the Bairen City of Zhao State, a colonel wearing the uniform of Zhao Jun rode to Li Mu's mansion with two people.
This little school came to the front gate of Li Mu's mansion, jumped off the horse, and said to the two family members at the door:
"Under the command of General Xia Nai Li, the general has a letter from his family to come down for a while, please go and report."
The two family members at the door didn't feel anything strange, and Li Mu often let people write like this in the past.
"Wait a minute, I'll tell you." A family member said to this little school.
"I'm tired." The little school clasped his fists and thanked him.
After a while, I saw an old housekeeper coming out of the door and said to this little school:
"Since it's under the general's command, the old lady will let you in, please."
"Thank you, butler." This little school arched his hand.
"You're welcome, let's get inside." The old housekeeper who came out of the Li Mansion said to this little school.
This small school is none other than Wang Fenghai, the head of the Yan State Intelligence Bureau in Zhao State.
Coming to the front hall, Wang Fenghai saw a woman sitting in front of the hall with gray hair, but her eyes looked very bright, a woman in her fifties, and the wind and frost of the years could not hide her former beauty.
This little school knows that this woman is Li Mu's mother, Li Liu.
Wang Fenghai knelt on his knees and bowed to Li Liu's family and said, "Pay homage to the old lady." ”
Li Liu hurriedly said to Wang Fenghai: "Hurry up, don't be like this." ”
"Thank you, old lady." Wang Fenghai bowed and stood.
Then he took out a wrapped silk silk from his arms, raised his hands, and let the old housekeeper next to him hand it to Li Liu.
Wang Fenghai's operation won the favor of Li Liu's family.
did not let Wang Fenghai avoid it, and unfolded the silk silk on the spot and looked at it.
After reading the content on the silk silk, Li Liu couldn't help frowning.
After thinking for a moment, he waved his hand to let the old butler next to him retreat.
Then he said to Wang Fenghai: "Your general asked you to bring people to secretly escort me to Yanmen?" ”
Wang Fenghai hurriedly bowed down and said to Li Liu, "Yes, old lady." When the subordinates came down, the general personally informed his subordinates, saying that now the army of the Yan State is attacking our Zhao State, and once the war starts, Bairen is the only place for the Yan army to go to Handan. ”
"The general was very concerned about his family in northern Xinjiang, so he asked his subordinates to bring people here and arrange for the old lady and his wife to go to Yanmen in person. Ask the old lady to prepare quickly and make a decision. ”
The font on the silk silk was indeed Li Mu's handwriting, and the old lady did not have any doubts.
As for Li Muxin, he said that he was not allowed to tell others and went to Yanmen secretly. In the view of the old lady Li Liu, in the current season, it is also necessary and necessary.
Besides, the last time the Qin State besieged Handan, Li Mu had a letter to worry, and at that time he also asked his family to prepare for it, and if Handan was lost, he would immediately go to Yanmen to escape the war.
Now the rumor that Yan is preparing to send troops to Handan has long been spread by the people of Zhao State.
The people of Zhao State, including Li Mu's family, are also very worried.
Li Liu nodded and sighed to Wang Fenghai:
"Alas! There is no such thing as a day of peace in this world. In this way, there is General Law. You go down to prepare first, and after I discuss it with my family, I will go to Yanmen with you immediately. ”
Wang Fenghai was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "My subordinates are waiting for the old lady's orders at any time." ”
Two days later, Li Mu's mother, Li Liu, Li Mu's wife and family members, in the name of visiting relatives, were escorted out of Bairen City by Wang Fenghai, a junior colonel dressed as Zhao Jun.
In order for this trip to go smoothly, the entire intelligence agency of Yan State in Zhao State was completely operational.
Li Mu stood on top of the tower of Pingcheng and looked at the coming army of Yan Kingdom.
In the camp of the Yan army, countless flags fluttered, and the Yan army under the banner was layered on top of each other, the armor they wore and the weapons they held reflected the light of the Tao under the sunlight.
The phalanx lined up by the Yan army in front of the camp was very neat, stepping forward, making a thunderous roar. Between the phalanxes, the Yan army's scouts scouted their horses, rode their horses and galloped back and forth, conveying orders.
This army of red torrents slowly came towards Pingcheng. When it was estimated that it was almost two miles away from Pingcheng, from the army formation of the Yan army, there was a tsunami-like shout.
"Our army is victorious! Wansheng! Win by all! ”
The Yan army in front lined up on guard, and the Yan army in the rear began to build a camp, more than 100,000 people started together, and in less than an hour, a large camp of one or twenty miles in length and breadth was built.
This is not the end of it, Li Mutong Sima Shang and other Zhao generals saw a large number of Yan troops coming out, and in front of the Yan army camp, holding shiny steel shovels and other things, began to dig trenches again.
After digging the trench, on one side of the trench, the "barbed wire" that Li Mu later learned about began to be laid again.
The battalions of the Yan army under the city were stationed, and the order was clear. The camp where the Yan army was stationed looked very solid.
Sima Shang and other generals of Zhao State on the upper floor of Pingcheng City, including Li Mu himself, saw this, and their faces were gloomy. Yan Jun's momentum really surprised Li Mu and the others.
Sima Shang, the deputy general standing beside Li Mu, couldn't help but say to Li Mu with emotion:
"General, this Yan army is really menacing. The last general really can't understand that the current Yan army has become like this, so imposing. This is much more powerful than the Huns in the north! ”
Sima Shang's words were also the voices of other Zhao generals above the city tower.
Li Mu's face became even more gloomy, looked around at the generals of the Zhao army, and said slowly:
"Generals, the Yan army has invaded our Yanmen, and our army has only one battle. Although the Yan army has 200,000, our army also has 150,000, and we are fighting according to the city, so why be afraid! ”
Speaking of this, Li Mu had a plan in his heart, and said to the generals:
"When the Yan army first came, it was in full swing, and our army didn't have to compete with it. If the Yan army challenges, our army will not come out. As long as our army holds Pingcheng, the Yan army should not think that it can enter our two counties of Yanmen and Yunzhong. ”
"No." The generals of Zhao replied together.
Lejian led the army, and after resting for the night, he lined up under the city of Pingcheng and challenged the Zhao army.
With a sound of drums, the Yan army sent more than 3,000 people, a brigade of infantry, shouting and shouting.
This is also the practice of this era, before the two armies fight, send small armies to fight each other in order to test each other's combat strength.
On the command platform set up in front of the Yan army, Le Jian held the telescope in his hand and looked at it.
I saw that at the head of Pingcheng City, the Zhao army was dense, but the city gate was closed, and there was no intention of opening.
After the Yan army called for a while, I saw a big wooden sign hanging from the head of Pingcheng City.
On this wooden sign, only two big words are written: "Exemption from war".
Putting down the binoculars in his hand, Le Jian said to Rong Yan and other Yan generals beside him:
Sure enough, as the king expected, this Li Mu is the word "forbearance". ”
Rong Yan, who was beside Lejian, laughed out loud and said to Lejian:
"General, Li Mu is a big turtle when he does this!"
When the generals heard this, they all burst out laughing.
Le Jian glared at Rong Yan fiercely, and said to Rong Yan and the other generals:
"People Li Mu did this, just to make you so careless now. You wait, do you know what the king said of Li Mu? ”
Rong Yan and other generals on the command platform looked at the music room together, and said in unison: "We don't know. ”
Lejian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said to the generals:
The king once said that Li Mu led the troops with three characteristics: First, he treated the soldiers well. Therefore, Li Mu's subordinates ordered strict orders and were willing to fight to the death; The second is to defend carefully. As we see now; Third, before he was sure of defeating the enemy, Li Mu led the army to never fight. ”
"Generals, we must not relax, let alone be careless. The Art of War: "Its speed is like the wind, its speed is like a forest, aggression is like fire, it is not moving like a mountain, it is difficult to know like a yin, and it is like a thunderbolt." "Speaking of people, it's like Li Mu!"
"Once our army is caught by Li Mu, Li Mu will inevitably launch a fatal blow to our army."
Speaking of this, Le Jian shouted to the generals of the Yan army: "The generals will listen to the order." ”
When all the Yan soldiers on the command platform heard Lejian's words, they knelt down on one knee together: "The last general listens to the order." ”
Lejian glanced at the generals and said loudly: "The general has ordered that our army must not attack rashly, and wait for the subsequent arrangement." ”
The generals looked at each other, but they didn't dare to say anything, so they could only say in unison: "We obey the order." ”
Just when the army of Yan led by Lejian and the army led by Li Mu confronted each other in Pingcheng, Ji Kang and Su Ya, the queen of Yan, were in the palace and personally met with Li Mu's mother, Li Liu, and Li Mu's wife.
After Li Liu saw Ji Kang and Queen Yan Su Ya, his head was still "confused".
She never thought that she would be taken to the Thistle Capital.
"Let the old lady and madam, as well as the family come to my Yan country, and ask the old lady and Mrs. for forgiveness if they are offended. Later, the widowed queen would personally hold a banquet to entertain the old lady and the lady. When the widow arrives, he will make amends to the old lady and his wife. ”
Ji Kang said softly to Li Liu and Li Mu's wife.
Facing the young king in front of him, Li Liu didn't know what to say.
looked at the daughter-in-law next to him, and was also dumbfounded at this time.
The two women have never seen any king in the world, but what they saw at this time was Ji Kang, the king of Yan.
Seeing this, Ji Kang smiled and said bluntly to Li Mu's mother, Li Liu:
"Old lady, Li Mu, the widow who heard the order, is a genius in the world. Ling Hei led troops in the clouds and Yanmen to fight against the Huns, and made countless achievements. However, the monarch and the court of Zhao did not attach importance to Ling Hei and reprimanded him more. ”
"It's like a beautiful jade falling into the sludge, and it's a pity for the widow. The widow doesn't want to deceive the old lady, and now I take the old lady and her family to my Jidu, the widow just wants General Li Mu to return to my Yan country, and the widow will give it a heavy use. ”
"Today, the old lady is annoying to write a letter and ask her to return to my Yan Kingdom. The widow will send someone to meet General Li Mu alone, no matter whether this matter is successful or not, the widow will treat the old lady and her family well, please rest assured that the old lady. ”
Li Mu's reputation at this time is not very big.
Seeing that Ji Kang attached so much importance to Li Mu, Li Liu's heart was also very moved.
After careful consideration, he wrote a letter to Li Mu.
Ji Kang immediately sent Liao Shan, the minister of gifts, to Pingcheng in person to meet Li Mu.