The plains outside Liyang City are full of Zhao Guo's camps, which stretch for miles at a glance and are quite spectacular.

Spring is a good season.

But for the people near Liyang City, this spring is not destined to be a season that makes people happy.

The reason is actually very simple, as soon as the spring ploughing ended, the cavalry of Zhao State came.

As a result, a large amount of farmland that had just been cultivated was abandoned there, and no one cared about it.

In fact, it is not unattended, at least Li Mu, the commander of the Zhao army, is still very interested in the green seedlings in these farmlands.

After all, Li Mu's army has no logistics at all, and all supplies must rely on a phalanx of "eating the enemy".

The seedlings in these fields are certainly not eaten by people, but they can be used as food for horses......

If in Zhao State, any cavalry dared to let the horse eat a bite of green seedlings, Li Mu would directly smoke it to death.

But this is the Qin State! So the order given by Li Mu was, of course...... All-you-can-eat!

Under Li Mu's order, the fields near here can be said to have been hit by seedlings, and pieces have been gnawed bare.

At least this year, these lands that have been poisoned by Zhao Jun should not think of any grain that can be harvested.

And in addition, Li Mu also sent a large number of cavalry detachments, which swept through all the Qin villages within a radius of 100 miles in just a few days, and robbed all the grain and grass that could be scavenged.

For these old Qin people living in the villages of the Qin State, Li Mu's order is also very simple, all those young and middle-aged men who resist, all of them will be killed!

As for the remaining old and weak women and children, Li Mu asked the cavalry of Zhao State to drive all these people out of the village, and then set these villages on fire!

In the past few days, dozens or hundreds of villages have been burned to the ground in the midst of the heart-rending cries of countless people of the Qin State.

Under the "two-light policy" of the Zhao army burning and looting, these Qin people, who had lost their homes and food, had no choice but to flee to the nearby Qin city in order to survive.

Given that most of these refugees were old people, women, and children, who were basically burdensome in the war, the Qin officials would be able to weaken the Qin's war potential if they used precious food to help them.

In these days, food is military supplies.

In fact, according to Li Mu's original intention, he planned to directly kill all the men who were taller than the wheel, so as to achieve the goal of weakening the war potential of the Qin State to the greatest extent.

But Xu Li, as Li Mu's deputy general, dissuaded Li Mu.

In Xu Li's view, Guanzhong will become the territory of Zhao sooner or later, and if Li Mu kills here, it will be very unfavorable for Zhao to establish rule in this land in the future.

And Li Mu didn't plan to attack the city at all this time, since he didn't attack the city, then even if he let some young people enter the city, what did it matter?

After all, if there is a decisive battle in the field, these unarmed Qin Guoqing Zhuang will be a civilian at best, and basically will not play a role.

Before you know it, a few days have passed.

On this morning, Li Mu got up and gave a routine set of punches, then inspected the army, then had a meal, and just returned to his camp tent, the deputy general Xu Li followed.

"General, there's something new!"

"Oh?" Li Mu's spirits perked up, and he hurriedly said, "Could it be that the Qin people have sent troops?" ”

"Exactly!" Xu Li said: "I just got the news that the Qin army on the front line of Wangcheng has divided into a partial division, and the number should be about 20,000 people, and it is coming in the direction of our army!" ”

"What?" Li Mu's face showed a look of surprise: "Only 20,000 people? ”

Xu Li said with great certainty: "The people sent out are all old scouts, and the number of 20,000 people is definitely true!" ”

Li Mu pondered for a long time, and slowly shook his head: "No, no, there must be fraud!" ”

In Li Mu's opinion, there must be something wrong with this amount.

You must know that there are 20,000 cavalry under Li Mu's command, and the Qin State is basically an unformed cavalry now.

20,000 cavalry to 20,000 infantry + chariots, and it's still a field battle?

Li Mu felt that - could this be the credit given to him by the people of the Qin State?

The people of the Qin State must not be so kind...... So something must be wrong with this!

After listening to Li Mu's statement, Xu Li was also stunned, and said after a while: "Perhaps...... The Qin people didn't know that our army's combat effectiveness was so strong? ”

Li Mu thought about it and shook his head slowly: "Impossible." You must know that our army just defeated the Lin Hu Department not long ago, and the Lin Hu Department has entered the border of the Qin State all the year round, could it be that the Qin people have no idea about the strength of the Lin Hu Department? There must be something in this that we didn't take into account. ”

It was at this time that a rush of footsteps sounded outside the tent.

"General, Xianyang urgent!"

A moment later, an urgent report was placed on Li Mu's desk.

"The Xianyang army has been dispatched, the number is unknown, and the current number of troops out of the city has exceeded 20,000!"

Li Mu put down this urgent report, his eyes immediately fell on the map in front of him, and finally fully understood, and let out a cold snort from his mouth.

"I see...... This Qin people want to attack from both sides! ”

Now the main force of the cavalry of the Zhao State led by Li Mu is located in the center of Xianyang and Wangcheng.

If nothing else, these two Qin armies should arrive outside Liyang City at the same time two days later, and give a counter-encirclement of Li Musuo's troops, who were besieging Liyang City.

Xu Li, who was on the side, picked up the emergency report and read it, his face couldn't help but be a little solemn, and he reminded: "General, there are still 5,000 defenders in this Liyang City, in this case, this time we will face 50,000 Qin troops!" ”

Li Mu nodded slowly and said, "Yes, fifty thousand Qin troops." And...... Or the 50,000 most elite Qin army! ”

Elite troops and ordinary troops are obviously different, and the role played by an elite unit at a critical moment is often beyond the reach of ordinary troops several times larger.

So don't look at the number of the Qin army now compared to the Lin Hu Department at that time, "only" 10,000 more, but both Li Mu and Xu Li know very well that the combat effectiveness of these 50,000 Qin troops is several times stronger than the 40,000 Lin Hu cavalry at that time.

Xu Li hesitated for a moment and said, "General, do you want to ...... Shall we retreat north first? ”

With the mobility of the cavalry of the Zhao State, as long as they want to go, it is definitely impossible for the Qin army to catch up.

"Retreat?" Li Mu smiled and said, "General Xu Li, why do you want to retreat?" This is a great battle in front of you and me! ”

"Huh?" Xu Li's eyes widened.

Li Mu stretched out his hand, slammed his fist on the map, and sneered: "If we are completely surrounded by the Qin army, then our army may really be eaten by the Qin army." But now that the Qin army is divided into forces, it just gives our army a chance to break through! ”

"Huh?" As soon as Xu Li heard Li Mu's words, he was immediately a little stunned, and only said after a while: "General, these two Qin armies are the elite divisions of the Qin State, if they can't defeat the enemy for a while and are dragged down, wouldn't it be ......?"

Li Mu waved his hand and directly interrupted Xu Li's words, smiling like a fox: "General, rest assured, our army will definitely win this battle!" Come on, come on, you and I will discuss first, which way to eat the Qin army first......"

A moment later, in the camp of the Zhao army, the sound of the assembly order began to sound.