?“ The Wei army was defeated? For a moment, Zhao Dan almost thought he was hearing fake news.

"Yes, King." Zhao Sheng said excitedly: "General Pang Xuan has broken through the defense line of the Wei army, the Wei State has been defeated, at least 30,000 people have been captured, and now the Wei army has withdrawn to Taoyi on all fronts!" ”

After Zhao Sheng's words were finished, Zhao Dan's whole body suddenly felt his body relax for a while, and he let out a long breath of turbidity.

It's a thing in this world, it doesn't come true when you think about it, but when you don't have so much hope, it will suddenly pop up and surprise you.

In front of Zhao Dan, several ministers of Zhao State were also jubilant, even Yu Xin, who was not on the same side as Pang Xuan.

This is not just Pang Xuan's victory, but Zhao's victory!

Zhao Dan suppressed the joy in his heart and asked Zhao Sheng, "What is Pang Qing going to do next?" ”

Zhao Sheng replied: "General Pang Xuan is going to repair on the spot for a day, and then return to the division to rescue Liaocheng!" ”

Zhao Danleng paused for a moment and said, "Don't you continue to attack the Wei State?" ”

You must know that according to the original plan, if Pang Xuan defeated the Wei army, then he should continue to attack the capital of Wei and force the Wei king to cede the land and sue for peace.

Zhao Shengdao: "According to General Pang Xuan's reply, if Liaocheng is occupied, his back road may be cut off by the Qi people, so General Pang Xuan plans to defeat the Qi people first, and then turn back to deal with the Wei State!" ”

After a pause, Zhao Sheng said again: "Of course, it all depends on the king's decision." ”

Zhao Dan pondered for a long time, and then said, "What do you think?" ”

Regarding Pang Xuan's desire to continue to return to the teacher, the ministers of the two factions did not object.

For Zhao Sheng's side, of course, he will not dismantle his ally's platform, and Yu Xin's side also hopes to save Lian Po from the predicament through Pang Xuan's return to the division - you must know that Lian Po has also been surrounded by Qi people for several days.

Seeing that all the ministers had no opinions, Zhao Dan also made a very decisive decision: "Since this is the case, then let Pang Qing lead the army back to help first, and clean up the Qi people first!" ”

Just when there was joy in the main hall of Longtai in Handan, Zhao Dan didn't know that his love had caused Li Mu to be in trouble in Guanzhong, thousands of miles away.

"Or nobody?" Although he had clearly heard the report of the scout captain in front of him, Li Mu couldn't help but ask again.

The answer he got this time still didn't surprise Li Mu: "General Hui, his subordinates have swept all six villages within a radius of fifty miles, and there is no one in them. ”

Li Mu pondered for a moment and waved his hand to the scout captain in front of him: "It's hard work, go down." ”

After the scout captain stepped down, Li Mu's face slowly began to become gloomy.

This is already a month since Li Mu entered Guanzhong.

In this month's time, Li Mu also adhered to the previous "two lights" policy, robbed and burned everything he went, and then drove all the Qin civilians inside to the nearby city.

But compared with the previous two trips to the south, this time Li Mu encountered a lot more trouble.

First of all, the resistance of the Qin people not only did not slow down because of the two defeats, but became more resolute, and the casualties of the soldiers under Li Mu also increased a lot.

The second is the problem that Li Mu is facing now, the people of Qin have obviously realized that they cannot fight the cavalry army led by Li Mu head-on, so after knowing that Li Mu is going south, the people of Qin have carried out a vigorous clearing of the walls in the land of Guanzhong.

You must know that Li Mu's army needs to solve the problem of eating horses and chewing by themselves when they go south, so supply is a big problem, and it is obviously impossible to meet the long-term combat of the army by relying on the little rations brought by themselves.

In the previous two times he went south to Guanzhong, Li Mu mainly relied on "eating the enemy" to solve the problem, that is, fighting the autumn wind in the territory of the Qin people.

But this time, because the Qin people retreated too resolutely, this autumn wind was about to be unable to fight.

Yes, Li Mu has already begun to run out of food!

Fortunately, although it is known as a strong wall and a clear wilderness, many people in Qin are still reluctant to let go of the grain in their rice fields, and they did not burn all the grain in the fields according to the orders of the Qin government when they dragged their families and ran away.

It is precisely because of this that with these summer grains in the fields that are not yet fully ripe, as well as the few gains made by Li Mu, the troops under Li Mu's command have persisted until now.

However, as the war continued, the Qin people's determination to clear the wilderness became more and more resolute.

Since six days ago, the villages discovered by Li Mu's troops have without exception a Qin State and a grain of rice.

According to the quartermaster's warning to Li Mu, there are still three days left at most, and the army's rations will be in real crisis.

In other words, Li Mu had to find a way to get the rations of the troops in these three days, otherwise he would have to consider withdrawing the troops because of the lack of food and grass.

This made Li Mu's heart very depressed.

You must know that since he entered the territory of Qin to fight, Li Mu has not even fought a battle with the Qin people with a scale of more than 500 people, how can this satisfy Li Mu, who is dedicated to making meritorious contributions, and the cavalry soldiers of Zhao State under his command?

You must know that this time, in order to fight a good battle, Li Mu has transferred 30,000 elite horsemen from the seven northern counties of Zhao State to the south, but now the people of Qin have hid in the city and acted as a shrinking turtle, and they have no intention of fighting Li Mu in the field like the previous two times.

This inevitably made Li Mu feel stunned, and he felt that his skills were useless. But now the situation has become like this, and there is not much point in complaining, you have to find a way to solve it.

Li Mu took out the map and began to look at the situation on it, wanting to find a place from this map that could allow him and his 30,000 cavalry to obtain food and make contributions.

At this time, the troops led by Li Mu were near Chongquan City, that is, east of the Qin State Guanzhong and some places closer to the Hedong County of the Zhao State.

The reason why he chose this place was mainly because Li Mu felt that since he had already broken through Xianyang City last time, then when he led his troops and horses south this time, it would definitely be that the people of the Qin State would defend Xianyang, and it was impossible for him to get any chance to pose a threat to Xianyang.

Judging from Li Mu's judgment, since the Qin people placed the main force in Hedong County, and most of the remaining troops gathered in Xianyang, then the eastern part of Guanzhong, which is far away from Xianyang, must be empty of troops, which can give Li Mu a chance.

It's a pity that Li Mu still miscalculated a little in this matter, although he did judge correctly, and the troops in the central and eastern parts of the Qin State were indeed very empty, but the problem was that the enthusiasm of the people of the Qin State to resist the invaders of the Zhao State was too high, and the combat effectiveness that broke out was also beyond Li Mu's expectations.

Let's just talk about the past few days, in addition to sending cavalry to plunder the Qin people everywhere, Li Mu also tentatively attacked Chongquan City, which was close at hand.

According to the information that Hu Yiwei handed over to Li Mu in advance, there are only 3,000 defenders in this Chongquan City, which should be quite easy to break.

Then something unexpected happened to Li Mu, that is, this city, which only had 3,000 defenders of the Qin State, brought nearly 1,000 casualties to Li Mu, and finally made Li Mu return in vain.

When he witnessed thousands of Qin people standing at the head of the city and greeting their cavalry heads with stones and iron rods and other messy things, Li Mu understood that if he wanted to conquer the city with the tens of thousands of cavalry under his command alone, he would not be able to do it without three or four thousand casualties.

For Li Mu, the life of a cavalryman is quite precious, and it must not be used as siege cannon fodder like infantry.

One thousand is enough to feel distressed, but three or four thousand? Therefore, Li Mu decisively gave up his plan to continue attacking Chongquan City.

But then there will be no food to go to.

Headaches.

Just when Li Mu felt at a loss, a sound of footsteps slowly approached the handsome tent where he was.

An announcement came from outside the tent.

"Zhao Kuo asks to see you!"

The expression on Li Mu's face moved slightly, raised his voice, and said, "Come in." ”

Soon, Zhao Kuo appeared in front of Li Mu.

Li Mu looked at the deputy general in front of him, and found that Zhao Kuo actually had a very obvious smile on his face, so he couldn't help but say, "What's wrong?" Is there any good news? ”

Zhao Kuo smiled and said to Li Mu: "It's really good news, come in." ”

The last four words of Zhao Kuo were said outside the tent.

The curtain at the door of the big tent was lifted, and a man about forty years old, dressed like an ordinary peasant in the Qin Kingdom, appeared in front of Li Mu and saluted Li Mu: "Hu Yiwei has seen the general!" ”

"Hu Yiwei?" After Li Mu heard this term, he immediately perked up.

Unlike the civil officials, who are extremely disgusted with Hu Yiwei's supervision and health departments, Li Mu's view of Hu Yiwei is still relatively positive.

The reason why this is so is, of course, thanks to the fact that he used accurate intelligence to help Li Mu break through Xianyang City two years ago.

Therefore, after Li Mu confirmed the identity of the person who came, he immediately said to the Hu Yiwei spy in front of him: "You came here this time, there must be some good news to tell General Ben, right?" ”

Li Mu looked at the spy with a look of great anticipation in his eyes.

The spy smiled, nodded at Li Mu very affirmatively, and said, "General, this time there is indeed important information to be told. ”

Li Mu forcibly suppressed the joy in his heart, and said to the Hu Yiwei in front of him: "Tell me quickly, what kind of information is it?" ”

The spy smiled, walked in front of Li Mu, and lightly clicked somewhere on the map on the table.

"General, according to our situation, this place is very empty now, and it is the best target for attack."

Li Mu looked at the place pointed by the spy, and his eyes immediately lit up.

But Li Mu, who was on the horse, had a somewhat hesitant look on his face again, and said, "No, if I remember correctly, the geographical location here is so important, it should be heavily guarded." ”

Spy Hu Yiwei smiled and whispered something to Li Mu.

The more Li Mu listened, the brighter his eyes became, and after listening, he finally couldn't help but pat his thigh, and said to Zhao Kuo on the side: "General Zhao Kuo, you should hear clearly, right?" What are you waiting for, gather your troops and set off immediately! ”