Hearing that Zhao Yan wanted to make Pang Nuan the handsome, Fan Zeng was not too surprised.

Although Pang Nuan is far inferior to Lian Po in terms of fame and qualifications, he is also behind the door, and as a person who was raised by Zhao Yan, he still has some grievances with Lian Po, so he is naturally the best candidate to restrain Lian Po and Zhao Jia.

What's more, even if Pang Nuan's sense of existence is low now, after all, he is the general of Zhao Guo, with the strength of Zhao Guo now, coupled with Pang Nuan's background and qualifications, it makes sense for him to be the coach.

Fan Zeng first deliberately pondered for a long time, and then said: "After General Pang Nuan is a general, he naturally has the ability to take the position of commander. ”

When Zhao Yan heard this, a smile couldn't help but appear on his face, and he secretly praised Fan for his knowledge.

Unexpectedly, Fan Zeng immediately changed his words and said: "General Lian Po is not suitable for leading troops, because he is old and afraid of losing his sharpness; Heiki-kun is not suitable for leading troops, and Gaine has no experience in leading large armies in battle. ”

"Although the prestige of General Pang Nuan is enough, his age is no less than that of the old general Lian Po, even after his own general, his experience in commanding troops is not as good as that of Pingqi Jun, so it may be inappropriate to serve as the commander of the Qin Dynasty!"

Zhao Yan was silent for a long time before he was relieved.

The invasion of Qin is a major event, and the commander in chief of the army is very important, and he must not be hasty, let alone ignore the general interests of the country because of the struggle for power and profit.

Listening to Fan Zeng's analysis, Zhao Yan couldn't help frowning, and said, "So in Mr.'s opinion, who can serve as the commander of the Qin War?" ”

Fan Zeng said solemnly: "In terms of age, there is a person who is in the prime of life, brave and good at fighting, and the soldiers are convinced; In terms of qualifications, this person has guarded northern Xinjiang for more than ten years, and he has worked hard; In terms of achievements, he captured 100,000 Xiongnu in one battle, and successively broke through Linhu and Donghu, solved the great trouble in the north of Zhao, and repeatedly broke through Yan, attacked the city and plundered the land, so that the children of Yanguo did not dare to cry at night when they heard his name. ”

"This person is really a good general in the world, whether it is defense, attack or encirclement and annihilation, it is rare in the world, and his ability to command troops is even no less than that of Wu Anjun of the Qin State in the past."

"If the king takes this person as the commander, he will definitely be able to break the Qin State!"

Zhao Yan's expression moved slightly, and he said, "The person Mr. said is Li Mu?" ”

Historically, it was only after Lian Po was forced to leave Zhao that Li Mu began to truly enter the power center of Zhao State.

In this era, because Li Mu was friendly with Zhao Jia in his early years, he was also suspicious of Zhao Yan.

Even if Li Mu repeatedly broke the Yan State, and even broke the Xiongnu and Wei Zhen, he was still left in the north as a general, and Zhao Yan instead promoted Pang Nuan, who had no merits, as the general of Zhao State.

Fortunately, Zhao Jia knows how to avoid suspicion, and since he was named Pingqi Jun, in order to protect Li Mu, he deliberately distanced himself from him.

Today, Zhao Yan is not as suspicious of Li Mu as he was in the past.

Now listening to Fan Zeng's statement of Li Mu's merits and hard work, and thinking of the fact that he was sent to the frontier in disguise, Zhao Yan also felt a little guilty in his heart.

After hesitating for a while, Zhao Yan sighed: "When the first king was alive, he said many times that Li Mu had the talent of a general, even if the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were quite critical of him, the first king still tried his best to override public opinion and insisted that Li Mu guard the northern frontier. ”

"Li Mu really lived up to the trust of the previous king and the widow, and even broke the Xiongnu, Donghu, and Linhu, and served me Zhao for thousands of miles."

"Such a meritorious general, the widow has long wanted to transfer him back to the DPRK to entrust him with important tasks, but the northern Xinjiang was initially decided, and only General Li Mu could deter all ethnic groups, so the widow made him continue to guard the northern frontier."

"Time has passed, now most of the Huns have integrated into the Zhao State, Donghu was forced to move east, Lin Hu was also defeated and moved west, seeing that the situation in northern Xinjiang is gradually stabilizing, the widow has long wanted to transfer Li Mu back to Handan."

"The widow will send someone to recall Li Mu and preside over the attack on Qin!"

Fan Zeng bowed and bowed: "The king is wise! ”

Gaowang, as one of the few cities outside the Saiwai, used to be a place for exchanges and trade between the Xiongnu and Linhu, but now it has been included in the Zhao State.

This city is thousands of miles away from the place where Li Mu was stationed before.

Gaowang, which was once full of exotic customs and incomparably prosperous, did not become depressed because of the fall of the Xiongnu and the eastward migration of Lin Hu, but became more and more prosperous.

Don't look at Li Mu Nai as a general, but he can be regarded as a business wizard, otherwise he would not have thought of solving the problem of military rations through trade with the Hu people in the tenth year of being stationed in northern Xinjiang.

It was precisely because of Li Mu's move that the Zhao State, which had experienced the defeat of Changping and the incomparably empty treasury, did not worry about the grain and grass of the defenders in northern Xinjiang.

Even, when Li Mu was stationed in northern Xinjiang, he also hoarded a lot of money and grain.

Later, under the influence of Zhao Jia, Li Mu paid more and more attention to commerce, and recruited many famous people from the Xiongnu nobles to join them in doing business with various ethnic groups outside the Saiwai.

These Xiongnu nobles, because of their assistance to the army in business, became more and more high-ranked, and their families became richer and richer, and even compared with the old life, they were more willing to live the life they have now, bathing in coins, eating the best food, and drinking the strongest wine.

"Respected warriors, eagles on the grassland, Ada sincerely offers you the highest respect!"

A nomadic chieftain outside the Saiwai, looking at the dazzling array of goods in the team, couldn't help but come to Li Mu and perform the highest etiquette of their tribe.

Li Mu hurriedly returned the salute in the same way, and then stepped forward and hugged Chief Ada tightly, laughing and said: "You and I are brothers, as long as the materials needed by the Ada brothers tribe in the future, whether it is salt, cloth, porcelain or wine, you can come here to exchange, Li Mu will definitely give the fairest price!" ”

Ada was overjoyed when he heard this, but he quickly looked around, and then lowered his voice and said: "The Corey tribe in the north often harass our tribe, although the warriors of our tribe are not inferior to the Corey tribe, but the weapons are very scarce, I don't know if Brother Li Mu can sell some bronze weapons to our tribe." ”

"Ada promises you that the price will definitely satisfy you!"

When Li Mu heard this, he immediately looked embarrassed and said: "My king clearly stipulates that bronzes are not allowed to be sold to all ethnic groups in the grassland, and violators will be punished as treason. ”

Ada had a look of regret on his face.

In fact, he had long known that the Zhao people never sold weapons to the grassland people, and no matter how high the price was paid, it was impossible to buy weapons.

The reason why Ada put forward this condition was also because there were more and more conflicts with the Corey tribe, and he was worried that a large-scale war would break out between the two tribes in the future, so he took precautions and was eager to get bronze artifacts to improve his tribe's strength.

Therefore, even if Li Mu rejected him, although Ada felt regretful, it was already expected.

"My brother Ada, the Kori tribe is an enemy of you, that is, an enemy of my Li Mu, as long as the Ada brothers are willing to pay for food and grass and casualties, Li Mu is willing to send the warriors of Zhao to the north to break the Kori tribe."

Ada was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "My most beloved brother, is this true?" ”

Li Mu pointed to the sky and said solemnly: "I swear in the name of the king, and everything I say is true. ”

But soon, Li Mu changed his words and said: "Although Ada is Li's brother, Li can't treat his soldiers badly, if there are casualties in the war, the pension must not be less." ”

"And after defeating the Corey tribe, the spoils of war will belong to the warriors of Zhao State."

Ada Chick nodded in response like a peck: "Be so!" ”