Another winter had passed, the earth had rejuvenated, and a loud eagle's cry was heard in the cloudless prairie sky, which frightened a few wild sheep on the ground to flee in a hurry.

Just a few miles behind the wild sheep, a long army of cavalry was constantly advancing along the vast prairie in a northwesterly direction, splashing billowing smoke and dust.

Among the Chinese army of this cavalry army, Yiqusheng, the current monarch of Yiqu State, and the governor of the northern part of Zhao State, rode horses and walked side by side surrounded by many guards.

This time, they led a combined army of 30,000 cavalry from Zhao and Yiqu.

A loud eagle cry sounded, and then the black eagle fell from the sky and landed on Yi Qu Sheng's outstretched arm.

Yiqu Sheng laughed and touched the head of the black eagle affectionately, looking very intimate.

Li Mu looked at this scene with some curiosity, and said to Yi Qusheng: "When did you have this habit of raising eagles?" ”

Yiqucheng laughed when he heard this, and said to Li Mu proudly: "Don't you think that raising eagles is a very fashionable behavior?" As a king, my dream is to be like this eagle, crisscrossing the nine heavens! ”

Li Mu nodded, and then said to Yi Qusheng, "Which book did you read these words from?"

Yiqucheng laughed, and said to Li Mu without any blushing at all: "This is what I saw in the pile of books that your king gave me when I went to Handan last time, as for which one, I forgot." ”

Li Mu glanced at Yiqu Sheng with a strange expression, and then said, "You still recognize the Zhao State script?" ”

Yi Qusheng shrugged his shoulders and said to Li Mu, "Don't you know? In fact, the difference between the Qin script and the Zhao script is not as big as you think. ”

Li Mu suddenly felt that the Yiqu Sheng in front of him might be a fake Yiqu Sheng.

Yiqu Sheng smiled and teased the black eagle to himself, looking very proud.

Li Mu silently looked away, deciding not to let Yi Qusheng's intention to pretend to be forced in front of him succeed.

Yiqu Sheng rolled his eyes, and said to Li Mu without words: "To be honest, I don't really understand your thoughts, since we all know that the Wusun tribe has just returned to the foot of Rouge Mountain, then why don't we lead an elite cavalry to launch a surprise attack on them, but attack Yanzhi Mountain with such fanfare?" ”

Li Mu glanced at Yiqu Sheng, and after a while, he said, "You should know that the Huns have just recently advanced westward. Merge with the Usun people. ”

Yi Qusheng nodded.

Li Mu continued: "You must also know that the new city we built has been attacked and harassed by the Xiongnu and Wusun people many times in the past two years. ”

Yiqu Cheng nodded again and said, "Are you going to take revenge on them?" ”

In fact, in the past two years, the new city built by Li Mu and Yiqusheng has been a major problem for the Wusun and Xiongnu people.

Because these two tribes knew very well that this city built on the west bank of the Yellow River would be a springboard for the future westward advance of the Zhao state, so whenever possible, this springboard must be completely removed before it is fully formed.

But after two years of bloody battles, neither the Wusun nor the Huns have achieved this goal.

The reason is, of course, because Li Mu has stationed an elite enough force of 3,000 people here, and this army has been guarding the new city inch by inch in the past two years, even at the most urgent moment of the war in Zhao State, Li Mu has never sent this force south to participate in the war.

Yiqusheng once asked Li Mu why the combat effectiveness of this army was so strong, and Li Mu replied like this: "I told them that as long as they can hold on here for five years, then after five years, not only will the Huns and Wusun people flee thousands of miles, but everyone in their family will get a hundred acres of land." ”

Yi Qusheng was very puzzled at that time: "A few hundred acres of land can make a soldier work so hard?" ”

Li Mu replied: "On the grassland, dozens of cattle and sheep are enough for a herdsman to work hard. ”

It is precisely because of the existence of this new city that the current Yiqusheng and Li Mu have a logistics base deep enough into the grassland, which can support them to lead 30,000 cavalry troops to slowly march westward with great fanfare, pointing directly at Yanzhi Mountain on the north side of Qilian Mountain.

Li Mu smiled and said to Yiqu Sheng in front of him: "If I guessed correctly, at this moment, King Wusun should have already begun to ask for help from the Xiongnu Shan Yu, do you think the Xiongnu Shan Yu will reinforce him?" ”

Yiqu Sheng thought about it for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "In the past few years, the Huns have suffered several defeats under the iron hooves of your Zhao State. If they weren't stupid, they wouldn't have come back easily. ”

Li Mu smiled mysteriously and said, "No, the Huns will definitely make a move." ”

"Why did the Huns come?" Yiqusheng obviously looked a little unconvinced: "Even if King Wusun and Xiongnu Shan were born to the same mother, Shan Yu may not support him, not to mention that King Wusun and Shan Yu are not related by blood at all!" ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "Because according to my information, there are four to fifty thousand Hun cavalry who have arrived at Yanzhi Mountain three days ago and joined King Wusun. ”

"What?" Yi Qusheng was shocked: "We just set off from Xincheng three days ago, could it be that they knew our movements at that time?" ”

"Nope." Li Mu shook his head and said, "You said the opposite, I knew their target first, so I chose to send troops at this time." ”

Yiqu Sheng's eyes widened, and after a long time, he said: "What do the Huns want to do, attack your Zhao State?" ”

Li Mu said: "They want to go to the Western Regions. ”

One of the characteristics of the nomads is that they do not have any means of production or tools other than livestock, especially the necessary iron and copper tools.

This is destined to be the point that as long as they want to fight for some better life for themselves, then it is necessary to raid other countries.

Because the Zhao state in the south had suffered several major defeats, the Huns did not set their sights on plundering to the south.

As for the Donghu in the east, it is also the time when it is strong, although the Xiongnu have defeated Donghu several times, but Donghu still has a lot of power at the moment, and more importantly, Donghu is also a nomadic people who cannot produce any tools like the Xiongnu.

Under such circumstances, it is not news that the Huns and Wusun people, who could not go to Mobei, united to prepare for the westward advance.

Yi Qusheng understood at this time and said, "So you just want to take advantage of their convergence and want to catch them all?" ”

Li Mu nodded very seriously and said, "There is nothing wrong at all. Now the Huns and Wusun have gathered under the Yanzhi Mountain, and there should be a total of 60,000 to 70,000 cavalry. My goal this time is to completely defeat the tens of thousands of cavalry coalition forces gathered under Yanzhi Mountain, as long as this battle can be won, then from then on, Qilian Mountain will be completely included in the territory of Zhao State, and there will be no obstacles to the road to the Western Regions. ”

Yi Qusheng gasped, looked at Li Mu with disbelief, and said, "How did you know such information?" ”

Li Mu blinked his eyes and said to Yi Qusheng: "Don't forget, among the seven northern counties under my rule, the most important thing is the knights who can blend into the grassland. ”

Li Mu's words were not wrong at all, after all, there were a large number of Linhu people, Lou Fu people, Yiqu people and even Huns under his men.

Yi Qusheng was silent for a long time, and then said, "Have you ever thought that this time we might actually lose?" ”

"Impossible." Li Mu very affirmatively denied Yiqusheng's opinion, and then said: "The old rule, this time the division is still seven or three. ”

Yi Qusheng nodded, and he didn't have any opinion on Li Mu's distribution.

Because Yiqu also knows very well that among the current coalition army, the 20,000 cavalry of the Zhao State led by Li Mu is the real combat effectiveness, and the 10,000 cavalry of the Yiqu State led by himself is just a force that came to fight soy sauce.

The two of them seemed to have no intention of speaking all of a sudden, and began to fall silent.

After a while, Li Mu suddenly spoke: "What I told you last time, how did you think about it?" ”

Yiqu Sheng paused for a moment, and then said to Li Mu: "I thought about it for a while, and I think I'm afraid it won't work." ”

Li Mu raised his eyebrows and said, "Why not?" ”

Yiqu Sheng Zhengse said to Li Mu: "I am now the king of Yiqu Kingdom, but if I surrender to your Zhao Kingdom, I will be just a nominal feudal monarch at best." When the time comes, your king will die if he wants me, and he will have to live if he wants me to live. That's how the people of Qin treated our Yiqu royal family back then, and I don't want to live like that again. ”

Li Mu shook his head very seriously, and said to this Yiqu Sheng: "Didn't you find out? My king and the king of Qin are not the same. He can even let go of the heirs of a mortal enemy like King Wei, and you are a meritorious man who led the Yiqu Kingdom to join him, so how can he have any opinion of you? Don't forget, I am now also an important minister who can discuss matters in Longtai, as long as you are willing to belong to Zhao, then I can guarantee that you will become my lieutenant general and fight with me in all directions. ”

Li Mu looked at Yiqu Sheng with very eager eyes, and said: "When the time comes, the two of us can cross the Qilian Mountain together and go to a wider place to conquer all the countries and lands we can see, isn't this stronger than you being drunk and dreaming in the palace every day?" ”

Yiqu Sheng laughed, and did not take Li Mu's words, but very intently teased the eagle that stayed on his shoulder.

Li Mu looked at Yiqu Sheng's appearance, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, knowing that his persuasion had failed.

To be honest, for Yiqusheng, Li Mu also regarded him as a friend, so he spared no effort to recruit Yiqusheng.

After all, Yiqu Sheng's martial arts Li Mu has also seen it with his own eyes, whether it is archery or immediate attack methods, Yiqu Sheng is stronger than Li Mu by a grade, and belongs to a rare fierce general, if there is such a general as a sharp knife inserted into the enemy army at a critical moment, it is definitely a nightmare for any enemy.

It's a pity that Yiqu Sheng now seems to be quite satisfied with the identity of Yiqu Guojun, and he has no intention of attaching himself to Zhao Guo.

"That's it, and let's wait until later." Mu Li let out a long breath and looked up at the sky.

There, a tall and seemingly endless giant mountain range, stretching from west to east, is the famous Qilian Mountain.

Looking at this famous mountain range, Li Mu's fist holding the reins of the horse gradually tightened.

As an important minister of Zhao State, Li Mu knew very well in his heart that the core strategy of Zhao State would be to unify the other five countries for a long time in the future.

Therefore, this westward expansion is probably the only opportunity for Li Mu to go westward in five to ten years.

This time, we must completely eliminate the main forces of the Xiongnu and Wusun and open up the Hexi Corridor!

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