Zhao Kuo was very happy, and Li Mu was also very happy.

Just when Zhao Kuo and his 3,000 soldiers were killing people and setting fire on both sides of the Yellow River like 3,000 wolves, Li Mu had already joined Lian Po Shengli under Xianyang City.

"I've seen the General!" Li Mu respectfully saluted Lian Po.

Whether it is the record, prestige or position, the current Lian Po is far from being able to match Li Mu.

But fortunately, most people think that it should only be a matter of time before Li Mu becomes another Lian Po.

Even Lian Po himself thinks so.

Therefore, Lian Po's attitude towards Li Mu is very friendly.

"General Li Mu, you were able to contain a large number of troops of the Qin army this time, and you were able to defeat Wang Yu's troops, which really amazes me."

Maybe Lian Po will use some scheming when facing Zhao Dan and other ministers of Zhao State, but now Lian Po's identity is the commander of the army, and Li Mu is a general under his command, so he naturally speaks straightforwardly without any embellishment.

Li Mu, who had been praised, had a slight heat on his face, and said to Lian Po: "The general has praised it." ”

There are only two people in this world who can make Li Mu so humble now, one is Li Mu's king Zhao Dan, and the other is Lian Po.

Lian Po patted Li Mu on the shoulder and smiled at Li Mu: "How about it, what is your strategy to break through Xianyang?" ”

"Break through Xianyang?" Li Mu was dumbfounded, and only after a long time did he say: "General, this matter may be difficult to do." ”

As the capital of the Qin State, Xianyang City was located in Guanzhong and had four arch guards, so the city wall was not tall at first.

The people of Qin were very proud to feel that their capital would definitely not be breached.

It is precisely because of this proud mentality that the city defense of Xianyang City is quite ordinary.

This is why after the Hangu Pass was conquered by the combined forces of Qi, Wei and Han, the Qin State, which had lost the barrier of the Hangu Pass, immediately sued the Qi State for peace.

Xianyang City can't hold it.

After this battle, Qin Wangji learned from his pain and began to order the construction of new city walls.

The new city wall is extremely tall and majestic, which is comparable to Handan, the capital of Zhao State, especially on the side of Xianyang Palace, which is comparable to Hangu Pass.

In history, with the victories of the Qin army, the area of Xianyang City continued to expand, and the original outer city wall lost its usefulness and even became an obstacle to expansion, so it was basically demolished in the Qin Shi Huang period.

But the history of this era has been changed, and there is a great sense of crisis for the Qin state, which has been repeatedly defeated by the Zhao state, and even the Hedong and Hangu passes have been taken away, and the tall Xianyang city wall not only shows no signs of demolition, but has been repaired more and more solid.

It can be said that if you want to break through such a Xianyang City, it may be more difficult than attacking Handan City.

Moreover, with the news of Lian Po's march into Guanzhong into Xianyang City, the 50,000 Qin troops in Jingyang City have now withdrawn into Xianyang City, coupled with the hundreds of thousands of people in Xianyang City can provide troops, Li Mu feels that this city has at least 15 to 200,000 defenders.

Of course, most of these defenders are just ordinary young soldiers rather than professional soldiers, but in this way of defending the city, most of the time the attacking and defending sides will not engage in face-to-face white-knuckle combat, which effectively avoids the biggest disadvantage of the young men when facing the elite soldiers of Zhao State.

If you think about it according to common sense, against such a city, a siege is the best choice for a soldier who surrenders without a fight.

Hundreds of thousands of mouths, the food consumed is actually very terrifying, absolutely astronomical.

As long as it is besieged for a year and a half, the people in the city will die and then attack the city, and it will basically be stable.

But Li Mu knows very well that the current Zhao Guo does not have so much time.

Not to mention a year and a half, at most a month (maybe even shorter), Bai Qi will lead his 200,000 elites of the Qin State to appear under Xianyang City.

Can 120,000 Zhao troops break through this Xianyang City in a month?

Li Mu felt that unless something suddenly happened like the Earth Dragon turning over (earthquake) or the Heavenly Divine Punishment (meteorite), it would be impossible to conquer Xianyang City in a month.

So Li Mu could only shake his head and show a wry smile.

"General, the last general is only a shallow learner, and I really can't think of how to break through Xianyang City."

After hearing Li Mu's words, Lian Po did not blame in the slightest, but laughed.

"You kid, it's really interesting."

Li Mu looked at Lian Po, who was in a good mood, and his heart moved slightly, and after hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but say to Lian Po: "Isn't the general already having a strategy to break Xianyang?" ”

Lian Po laughed out loud again, and the two strands of white hair on both sides of his cheeks trembled and trembled, looking quite funny.

After a long time, Lian Po's laughter gradually stopped.

"Actually, I don't have a good plan to break the city, but it doesn't matter, we just wait here for the arrival of the Korean army. I heard that Jin Huang has a large number of trebuchets, which should be helpful for our siege. ”

Over the next few days, the Zhao army launched several tentative attacks on Xianyang City, but they were all beaten back by the Qin army, which had already been prepared.

So after leaving thousands of corpses in vain, Lian Po simply gave the order to stop the attack.

The Zhao army began to cut down trees outside the city of Xianyang to build arrow towers and trebuchets, showing that he wanted to fight a protracted war with the Qin people.

After a few more days, the 100,000 Korean troops led by Jin Huang finally arrived.

With the help of Korean craftsmen, a large number of trebuchets began to be mass-produced.

With the help of hundreds of trebuchets, the Zhao and Han coalition forces once again launched an attack on Xianyang City in front of them.

The real siege began on this day.

In "Zuo Biography", he once said: "Husband fights, courage also, one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion." ”

The first real offensive is usually the fiercest.

This law was also fulfilled in this Xianyang offensive and defensive battle.

With the bombardment of trebuchets, the Zhao-Han coalition forces suppressed the defensive firepower of the Qin people for a time, successfully filled a section of the moat, and transported a large number of soldiers to the city walls of Xianyang.

Countless cloud ladders were set up at the head of Xianyang City, and the sheer number of them once made Li Mu feel that he saw the hope of being able to break the city.

But at this time, Li Mu did not command a large corps of experience and disadvantage was reflected, compared to Li Mu's optimism, Lian Po just shook his head gently.

After three days of fierce fighting, the Zhao army still did not reach the top of the city.

Along with the disadvantage of the siege, news about Bai's movements began to come non-stop.

Bai Qi crossed the Yellow River, a little slowly.

Bai Qi returned to Yuanli.

White played a heavy spring.

White played oak yang.

At this time, Li Mu finally couldn't bear it anymore and personally begged to see Lian Po, hoping to suspend the siege operation in order to prepare for the upcoming Bai Qi.

Li Mu's request was rejected again.

As the commander-in-chief, Lian Po has the power to dictate the military aircraft, and as long as he does not agree, then no one can change the combat policy of the Zhao army.

Looking at Li Mu, who was leaving with a sad face, a smile appeared on the corner of Lian Po's mouth.

"Boy, I'm still too young. I am a great Zhao, with a land of thousands of miles and a population of millions, can't I really find a person who can break through this Xianyang City? ”

Although he admires Li Mu very much and even regards Li Mu as his future successor, Lian Po knows more clearly in his heart that it is better to rot some secrets in his stomach.