"King, King, Great Victory in the West Sea, Great Victory in the West Sea!"

When Zhao Dan heard the news, he happened to be discussing with the ministers.

So Zhao Dan snorted at Pang Xuan, who was eager to try, and said, "Pang Qing, let's read this good news." ”

Pang Xuan took the good news and read:

"The minister Li Mu presented himself to the king: the minister was ordered to lead the army to the west, and fought with the enemy's Yiqu Bo on the east side of the West Sea, and won the battle. More than 8,000 people were beheaded, 19,000 were captured, and the enemy chief Yiqu Bo was beheaded. According to the king's order, the ministers had built a city in the west sea, so all the captives were kept in the city as coolies. The general led the army back to Shuofang, and then returned to Handan to meet the king. ”

Zhao Dan thought for a while, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "This Li Mu is quite interesting...... By the way, what about the twists and turns of the main book? Show it to the widow. ”

As a reward, the evaluation of military merit is obviously the top priority, so the Zhao army has a special department for calculating military merit, and when the war is fought, this department will send people to accompany the army, and then specifically calculate the number of enemies killed, and report it to Zhao Dan.

Since the highest position among these people is the one who is in charge of the merit book of the whole army, this position is called the chief bookkeeper.

According to convention, the main book is often held by someone who has nothing to do with the main general, in order to prevent the main general from exaggerating the great military exploits.

Therefore, after the end of the war, there are usually two memorandas that appear in front of Zhao Dan's case, one is for the main general, and the other is for the main book.

Soon, this recital from the main book appeared in front of Zhao Dan.

Compared with Li Mu, the main general's recital, the recital from the main book is much more detailed.

"In the first battle of the West Sea, a total of 7,574 enemy troops were beheaded, 18,323 people were captured, 2,052 of our troops were wounded, and 889 were killed......

Zhao Dan looked at it, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

The number on the two folds is not consistent, and the numbers written on Li Mu's folds are obviously more than those on the folds in the main book.

However, this is also a very normal situation, after all, some military merits will be repeatedly counted by different troops, and only after reporting to the master bookkeepers will they slowly check the duplicate, and then squeeze out some water.

From these two twists and turns, it can be seen that Zhao Jun's victory this time did not have any water, and it was indeed a big victory at a very small price.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dan's heart was relaxed.

In this way, even if the Hehuang region is taken, the rest of the work is to establish the ruling order of the Zhao State there.

Monan, Hetao, Hehuang, and Hexi Corridor, these four places were very important to the Central Plains Dynasty.

If these places were conquered or subjugated, then the Central Plains Dynasty would be strong, and vice versa.

is as strong as the Han and Tang Dynasties, that is, it controls at least three of these four places, so it can establish a prosperous era that will be remembered by future generations.

Weaker than the Song and Ming dynasties, they usually could only control one or two of these places, and as a result, they were only able to deal with nomadic infestation most of the time.

The main reason is that these places can provide a steady stream of high-quality war horses, and with enough war horses, the Central Plains Dynasty can rely on its strong national strength to continue to march north, and defeat the resistance of the nomads again and again.

But once these places fall into the hands of the nomads, then the nomads will quickly form a strong cavalry, and at the same time gain a geographical advantage over the Central Plains, posing a huge threat.

Therefore, Zhao Dan also made up his mind that he must manage these places well and firmly control these places in his own hands.

Although explosives have appeared, before the emergence of large-scale mechanized troops, cavalry is still the most mobile branch of the world and must be taken seriously.

As long as these four places are pinched, then no matter what kind of Xiongnu Turkic or Mongolian Mobei is, it is impossible to pose any threat to the Zhao State.

It was also at this time that Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, suddenly spoke: "The king, the minister thinks that the governor of Dadu has worked hard and made great achievements and has laid down a lot of territory for the king, maybe it is time to give the governor of Dadu the title of king." ”

Zhao Danleng paused for a moment and looked at Zhao Sheng a little strangely.

When did this guy get mixed up with Li Mu?

Before Zhao Dan could speak, Yu Xin on the side suddenly spoke: "The king, the minister thinks that the metropolitan governor has been fighting for the country for many years, if the metropolitan governor is always outside, it will inevitably make people criticize that the imperial king treats the meritorious heroes poorly, or grant the metropolitan governor the position of monarch, and let the metropolitan governor return to the town of Handan." ”

Zhao Dan glanced at Yu Xin again with a strange expression.

To be honest, it was really not easy for a proposal to be supported by the leaders of Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin at the same time when it was first proposed.

As soon as Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin spoke, the others naturally echoed one after another, and even Zheng Zhu, who seemed to have a neutral attitude, thought that this was a matter that could be considered.

Among the many important ministers in Longtai, except for Li Mu himself and Lian Po and Ju Xin, who were still attacking South Korea, everyone else unanimously thought that Li Mu should be transferred back as soon as possible!

Zhao Dan knew it in his heart, it seemed that these important ministers were still wary of Li Mu.

However, this is also understandable, after all, Li Mu is now the governor of Zhao State, but the military of the northern counties of the governor can directly recruit 100,000 cavalry in extreme cases, which is definitely a powerful force.

What's more, this powerful force is completely in the hands of Li Mu, and others have almost no chance to intervene.

Although this approach ensured the strength of the border cavalry corps, it also made it very easy for others to think that Li Mu was self-respecting.

Moreover, Li Mu himself has no allies in Handan, so it is not too surprising that there is a situation today.

To put it bluntly, these guys are afraid that Li Mu will embark on the road of rebellion with the expansion of military power in his hands.

As long as Li Mu is transferred back to Handan, then the Central Committee of Zhao State has a thousand ways to slowly mix the sand with the border cavalry legion, so as to divide the border cavalry corps and ensure that the border cavalry corps will not be controlled by Li Mu alone.

In this case, even if Li Mu really has any disobedience in the future, then the divided border cavalry army will not be enough to support Li Mu's ambition.

After thinking about the reason, Zhao Dan couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

It stands to reason that suspicion of ministers with military power is what the king likes to do, why haven't the widows suspected Li Mu yet, but these Li Mu's colleagues are suspicious of the widows first?

You must know that there are a large number of Hu Yiwei secret agents lurking around Li Mu, these people are secretly protecting Li Mu on the one hand, and at the same time playing a role in monitoring and understanding Li Mu.

After so many years, Zhao Dan thinks that he knows Li Mu well enough.

This is a very pure soldier, he prefers to conquer the enemy on the battlefield, and he doesn't really have too much ambition for politics.

And historically, Zhao's northern troops have always been in the hands of Li Mu, but Li Mu has never had any rebellious intentions.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dan couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Li Mu will not rebel, Zhao Dan knows this, but he can't explain.

How can I say that the widow has read the history books of later generations, and Li Mu did not rebel until he died? No one believes this reason.

And it can't be sloppy and vague, after all, it can be said that almost all the important ministers of Longtai don't want Li Mu to continue to be in charge of the military power in the north alone, and such a big opposition is something that Zhao Dan, the king of Zhao State, can't ignore.

It has to be said that the suggestions of several ministers are still very desirable.

The reason why the historical Zhao State let Li Mu take sole control of the military power in the north was because there were enemies such as the Xiongnu, Donghu and Yan in the north.

But now that the Xiongnu have been beaten away, Donghu does not dare to go south at all, and the Yan State has also been destroyed, and there is no longer much need to give Li Mu such a large military power.

It's just that Zhao Dan didn't think about this out of trust in Li Mu, until he was raised by the ministers today.

Zhao Dan pondered for a moment, and then spoke: "If the Metropolitan Governor is transferred back to Handan, then who do you think can take the position of the Metropolitan Governor to guard the north?" ”

When Zhao Sheng, the Plain Monarch, heard Zhao Dan's words, a trace of joy flashed on his face, and he hurriedly spoke: "Great King, the minister thinks that General Pang Xuan has been in Yan Country for many years, has also dealt with Zhuhu a lot, and has more experience in commanding cavalry battles, so he is the best candidate to go out of the north of the town. ”

Yu Xin snorted softly and did not speak.

It's not that Yu Xin doesn't want to fight, it's that there is no one to fight for in the cloth faction.

Since Li Mu is an important minister of Longtai, it is natural to send a general of the same level to replace Li Mu.

There is only one general in Longtai like Lian Po in the cloth faction, so it is impossible to let Lian Po go to the north to replace Li Mu, right?

Zhao Dan was noncommittal, and suddenly said: "In this way, there is no need to worry about the matter of the king." After all, although the Metropolitan Governor has made outstanding achievements, he has no merit in pacifying the Central Plains. The widow is ready to let the Metropolitan Governor preside over the next battle to destroy the country, and when the Metropolitan Governor succeeds, it is a matter of course to be crowned. I don't know what you think? ”

There is only one way to think about it.

The feudal monarch can't be sealed casually, otherwise it will be a big trouble for the emperors of future generations to flood the monarchs and many nobles in the future.

Therefore, it is better to raise the standard of the monarch, so that the main general who has the merit of destroying the country can be crowned the king, so that the number of monarchs will definitely be a lot less, and it will also reduce some trouble for future generations.

Anyway, there will be no large-scale attack on the Western Regions for the time being, and it is a waste to let Li Mu stay in the north and advance and retreat with the Qin people, so it is better to transfer Li Mu back to deal with the war in the Central Plains first, and then send Li Mu out to conquer the Western Regions after the Central Plains is unified.

In fact, this can be regarded as a kind of protection for Li Mu, otherwise Li Mu has already offended all his colleagues now, how can he mix in the political arena of Zhao State in the future?

Zhao Dan didn't want to be dissatisfied with Zhao Guo because of the friction between Li Mu and these Longtai colleagues, that was really a big loss.

After listening to Zhao Dan's words, several ministers were silent for a while, and then invariably expressed the same opinion.

Zhao Sheng said: "What the king said is very true, since the governor has great talents, he should take on the important task of conquering the world for the king. ”

Yu Xin said: "The prestige of the Metropolitan Governor is known to the world, and he is the best candidate for the main general. ”

The rest agreed.

Zhao Dan nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then let's work hard for Pang Qing to guard the north for the widow first." However, Pang Qing is old after all, and the widow thinks that he can find someone to assist Pang Qing, and General Xu Li is a good candidate. In this way, with the Yellow River as the boundary, the counties west of the Yellow River are in charge of Pang Qing, and the five counties in the north east of the Yellow River are responsible for maintaining stability for Xu Li, so it was decided. ”

Since you want to divide it, then you will directly divide it to the end.

Compared with Li Mu, Pang Xuan was in charge of such a large northern territory that made Zhao Dan even more uneasy.

But no matter what, Li Mu, who learned that the military power had been withdrawn, would definitely be dissatisfied in his heart.

"It seems that when Li Mu returns to Handan, I will have to talk to him well." Zhao Dan thought to himself in his heart.