Volume 6 Zhao Guo's Iron Cavalry Chapter 1 Qin Hate

In 230 B.C., the sixteenth year of the reign of King Qin, that is, the year when Qin destroyed Han, Zhao encountered a severe drought in the country, the country was extremely short of food, and countless people starved to death, and the hearts of the people in the country were shaken for a while. In May 229 AD, King Qin Yingzheng sent Wang Jian to lead an army of 200,000 troops out of Huguan and sent the general Yang Duan and 200,000 troops out of Hanoi, one north and one south to attack Handan!

When the news came out, the countries were terrified, and Zhao was particularly flustered, and Zhao Wangqian was shocked and urgently recruited Zhao Guo's famous generals Li Mu and Sima Shang into the palace to discuss matters!

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The majestic, gorgeous, ancient servant's palace of King Zhao is huge in scale and colorful, and there are thousands of palace pavilions, singing platforms and dance pavilions! Seen from the air, the grand, spectacular and huge architectural complex makes people can't help but admire the unparalleled outstanding creativity of the ancient Chinese working people.

The current owner of this palace is Zhao Wangqian, his mother was originally a kabuki, and he has the blood of his mother's music in his veins, he not only likes music, but also is a deep sound rhythm, composing music and lyrics, and the new works obtained are all praised in Handan's family, and then spread all over the world.

The gentleman is virtuous, the villain is virtuous, the wind blows the grass, the upward and downward will be effective, King Zhao likes music and sound, and the government and the opposition of Zhao are all crazy. In this way, every day in the palace of King Zhao is the song and dance of the warbler, the drum music is continuous, the Zhao dynasty is squeaking, and the monarchs and ministers are living a drunken life and a dream.

However, today's Zhao Palace's palace does not have the glitz and fat atmosphere of weekdays at all, but is a little scary. Except for the heavy breathing of the halberdiers who were all over the palace, there was hardly a murmur, and even the palace maids and eunuchs were careful not to make a little noise when they walked.

Everything reveals an abnormal meaning, in fact, the reason is very simple: because Zhao Wangqian is in a bad mood today, and it is very bad, in just one hour, there are already three palace maids and four eunuchs who are just a little careless in their service and are pulled out by the angry Zhao Wangqian Jiashi for a good beating, so that they are dying. As a result, the sincerely frightened soldiers and officials began to wait for Zhao Wangqian carefully, lest the slightest carelessness would result in a beating, or a loss of life.

Although the outside of the main hall was quiet and peaceful, the inside of the main hall was full of nervous atmosphere: Zhao Wangqian, who was in a depressed mood and nervous, was sitting and watching the urgent report in his hand, and his pale, thin face, puffy, godless eyes all showed that this was a king who indulged in wine.

Whenever the distressed Zhao Wangqian saw how many miles the Qin army had advanced and how many Zhao soldiers had been killed, his blood pressure couldn't help but rise, and his mind couldn't help but feel dizzy. In addition to secretly complaining bitterly in his heart, his thin and pale face due to excessive wine was even more pale without a trace of blood! The timid and cowardly Zhao Wangqian often heard a flustered and hysterical exclamation in the entire hall: "The Qin army is like a broken bamboo, how is this good?" "A group of waste, usually only know how to eat the country's rice, but in times of crisis, they can't share the worries of the widow!" "Kuye, who will save the widow?" ……

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of armor rubbing and sonorous footsteps outside the hall, and soon the eunuch outside the hall was heard cautiously reporting: "King Qiqi, Li Mu Youxiang and General Sima Shang ask to see!" Hearing this, Zhao Wangqian, who frowned and looked happy, hurriedly said: "This dog, what are you talking about, don't announce it quickly, no, invite the two generals into the palace!" The eunuch panicked, and hurriedly trotted out of the hall all the way and invited Li Mu and Sima Shang to enter the palace.

After a while, with a burst of heavy and powerful footsteps, the two generals had already stepped into the hall. Look carefully, one of them is about fifty years old, slightly white hair, medium figure, slender body, heroic and resolute face but because of a pair of slightly delicate silkworm eyebrows and with some elegance, deep and black and white big eyes seem to hide infinite wisdom, the whole person therefore seems to have a set of heroic and elegant, fierce and wise in one of the unique temperament, this will be the Warring States period Zhao famous general Li Mu is also. Another general is about fifty years old and less than sixty years old, although he is a veteran, his hair and temples are gradually graying, but his figure is taller than Li Mu, and his physique is also very strong. These two people are the only two famous generals left in Zhao Guo's achievements today.

When Zhao Wangqian saw Li Mu and Sima Shang enter the palace, he was so happy that he hurriedly stood up to greet him, grabbed Li Mu's hands, and shouted with eagerness and sincerity: "General Li, Zhao Guo is in danger, the widow is in danger, Aiqing quickly save the widow!" Li Mu secretly smiled bitterly in his heart: "Why are the kings of the Qin State better than the next, but the monarchs of my Zhao State are all such cowardly people!?" Qin Bingshang was still far away from Handan, but he panicked like this! His complexion changed slightly, then he returned to normal, and said calmly: "The king is in a panic, as long as Li Mu is here, Qin Jun will not want to step into Handan!" ”

Zhao Wangqian was overjoyed when he heard this: "General Li is really still the mainstay of my Zhao country!" Now that the Qin soldiers are pressing the border, General Li doesn't know what plan to resist the enemy! Li Mu smiled slightly when he heard this: "The king doesn't have to worry, it's better to sit down and talk!" Zhao Wangqian smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Yes, yes, the widow is confused." The two generals, please sit down, come here, and wait for the fragrant tea! Hearing the order, the two palace maids quickly served the fragrant tea and retreated.

Li Mu took a sip of tea steadily, and savored it slowly, and Sima Shang was not in a hurry, just waiting for Li Mu to answer first, he was Li Mu's deputy general and assistant for many years, so he naturally understood Li Mu's temper. Seeing the two of them slowly rationalizing, Zhao Wangqian's heart was beating wildly, and he almost wanted to kneel and beg Li Mu to think of a way to defend against the enemy.

Fortunately, Li Mu didn't let Zhao Wangqian suffer for long, so he said calmly: "Although the Qin State is menacing, it may not be able to really pose a threat to my Handan!" Have you forgotten that the Great Wall has been built along the west and south sides of Handan, and as long as we deploy heavy troops to defend along the Great Wall, the Qin soldiers on the south road will not want to step across the Great Wall; The Qin soldiers on the north road were still greeted by the ministers. When the veterans of his division are tired, the scenes of the battle of Fango and the battle of fat will reappear! (These two battles are famous examples of Li Mu's army winning more with less!) ）”

Zhao Wangqian was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay, well, there is a general, and my Zhao country has no worries." I immediately ordered General Li to be the general, and General Sima to be the deputy, and to lead the army into battle! Li Mu nodded and said, "The generals will definitely do their best to defeat the Qin State." It's just that I don't know how many soldiers the king has to pull out Li Mu! Zhao Wangqian said with some embarrassment when he heard this: "There are not many elite soldiers in the country, and there are only 200,000 people in the country, so don't be too few generals!" ”

Li Mu thought for a while, and said calmly: "The soldiers are not expensive, and 200,000 is enough to break the enemy!" When does the king want Weichen to send troops? Zhao Wangqian said anxiously: "The soldiers and horses can be mobilized within three days, and the sooner the general sends troops, the better!" Li Mu nodded and said, "Okay, then I will go back immediately to prepare for the dispatch of troops!" Zhao Wangqian was overjoyed and said: "In this case, the safety of the widow and the Zhao State is all entrusted to the general!" Li Mu nodded, and said goodbye to Sima Shang, and Zhao Wangqian, who has never been very kind to the upright Li Mu on weekdays, sent Li Mu to the door of the palace this time with an unusually and diligent approach, which shows that he loves Li Mu now!

After resigning from King Zhao and leaving the main hall, Sima Shang hugged the long beard under his forehead and asked Li Mudao: "General, how sure are you that with 200,000 against the 400,000 people of the Qin army?" Li Mu smiled gently, and said confidently: "It's not enough to talk about being completely sure, it's just a matter of dealing with the opportunity and acting when the opportunity comes!" Our army is fighting on the ground, and everyone is united, although the Qin army is numerous, I am more than seventy percent sure of breaking the enemy! ”

Sima Shang said with emotion when he heard this: "Since the death of Ma Fujun (Zhao Hao) and the old general Lian Po, the safety of my Zhao State has been supported by the general alone, I don't know how the general wants to break the enemy?" General Li said with a smile: "I have a draft, but it is still immature, think about it carefully in the past two days, and then make a decision!" Sima Shang nodded and said, "In this case, I will wait for each of us to return, and we will meet with the army in the next day!" Leave! "Farewell!"

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Three days later, the military camp of Zhao State west of Handan, the huge military camp of 200,000 people almost densely covered dozens of miles, looking dense and boundless!

And in the tent of the majestic Chinese army commander, it looked as bright as day under the blazing candlelight of dozens of butter giant candles. There were dozens of Zhao Junxiao generals sitting in the tent, and sitting in the middle were Li Mu and Sima Shang.

Li Mu saw that all the generals had gathered, and said with a slight smile: "It has been nearly three years since the first battle of Fanwu. Have you always been good generals? All the generals Zhao are Li Mu's former subordinates, and they have always admired Li Mu, and when they heard the words, they bowed down and said: "I don't dare to be worried about the general, I have always been good!" ”

Li Mu smiled and waved his hand: "Don't be so restrained, this time the Qin army is attacking again, I am here to listen to the views of the princes, I don't know what your opinions are?" Under the slight opening of the silkworm's eyebrows, there was a confident and majestic momentum in his eyes, forming Li Mu's unique personality charm.

The generals thought about it, and Lian Yue, the son of Lian Po, said: "In the battle of Fanwu in the old year, the Qin army also attacked from two ways, and our army also met the enemy in two ways. To the south of Handan, there is our Great Wall and Zhangshui as a natural danger, and General Sima commanded the Qin army to block the south bank of Zhangshui; After Fan Yu on the northern route was broken by the general in Fanwu, the southern route of the Qin army also retreated to Hanoi. Why don't you fight as usual today? ”

You have the successful experience of the old war, but you have also echoed it for a while. Li Mu straightened his slender body, and his elegant face couldn't help but show a look of contemplation, and suddenly Li Mu said: "This battle is different from the old example!" Although Yang Duanhe on the south road is a famous general and our army wants to stop him, he has no worries, but Wang Jian on the north road is the first general in the Qin State at present. ”

Sima Shang nodded and said: "What the general said is reasonable, but this is also the best way to defend at the moment, although Wang Jian is powerful, but the general is also a famous general who is undefeated in a hundred battles, as long as he deals with it carefully, he may not lose to him!" Hearing this, the generals nodded their heads, as long as Li Mu was there, the generals were confident that they would defeat any incoming enemy.

Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "Then let's follow this example." General Lian Yue! "Not yet!" "I order you to lead 50,000 troops south to meet the defenders at the South Great Wall of Handan, and you must block the Qin army on the south bank of Zhangshui, there must be no mistake!" "Whoa!" Lian Yue received the order.

Then Li Mu smiled slightly and said: "The rest of the army will follow my soldiers on the same day to fight Wang Qian!" "Wow!" All the generals rose up together, showing high fighting spirit and full of confidence. In the eyes of the generals General Zhao, with Li Mu, known as the 'God of War' of Zhao State, in charge, it is not a problem that the wolf-like Qin army has millions of people.

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A few days later, Li Mu's 150,000 army arrived in Fanwu, and took the lead in seizing the strategic place near Fanwu when Wang Qian's army had not yet arrived, and the main army of 100,000 was stationed on Gray Spring Mountain, and the remaining 50,000 were commanded by Captain Zhao Dang to guard Fanwu City.

Soon, Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe and the two armies successively engaged Li Mu and Lian Yue's two armies, and the land of Jizhou was suddenly full of flames and gunsmoke. The shrewd and terrifying Li Mu organized all the peasants on the border, and set up a beacon tower at intervals, so that the predetermined signal could not only report the invasion of the enemy, but also the type and number of troops of the enemy army could be clearly and accurately reported in terms of the type and number of beacons. Therefore, as long as the Qin army has any action, Li Mu can quickly find the enemy's traces, so Li Mu can not only sit and command the Fanwu line, but even easily and quickly command the Lianyue army on the southern line of Handan!

In this way, as soon as the poor Qin army entered the Zhao realm, it was like entering a quagmire, and they would be attacked by the militia at any time, including many old people, children and women, and it was even more common for the water source to be poisoned. In the past, the Qin army was very fond of fighting in the Zhao realm, because the people of the Zhao state were generally wealthy, and they could plunder after the capture, but now when they enter the Zhao realm, they may be attacked and poisoned at any time, and the Qin soldiers who have suffered heavy casualties regard the Zhao realm as a ghost domain.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and because Li Mu has defended the law, Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe and the Second Route Army have failed to move forward even though they have tried their best, and the war has become anxious for a while. When Xianyang heard that the battle situation ahead was unfavorable, King Yingzheng of Qin, who was displeased, immediately ordered Yang Duanhe and Wang Jian to launch a fierce attack on both sides again, but unfortunately they were all cleverly repelled by Li Mu's design, and they used extremely weak troops.

In the fierce battle between the two armies of Qin and Zhao, the Qin army wanted to find the main force of the Zhao army to fight, but it was difficult to do it, Li Mu always seemed to be unable to shrink, but as long as the Qin army was not careful, Li Mu's troops would suddenly come like the wind and annihilate the small forces of the Qin army attacking everywhere. He used his troops as stated in "Sun Wu's Art of War" - like the snake of Changshan, the head is the tail, the tail is the first, and the body is the first and the last.

The cavalry of the Zhao army was a nightmare for the Qin soldiers, fluctuating, rapid and uncertain, unable to prevent it, and even Li Xin, who was the best at using cavalry as a surprise tactic behind enemy lines, also felt a big headache. As a result, not only the Qin army was disturbed day and night by the attack of the Zhao army's iron cavalry, but even the grain road was often robbed, a little precarious, in the face of Li Mu's such an outstanding cavalry genius, Hugh said that Li Xin, even the famous general Wang Jian was helpless for a while.

These veterans of the Qin army, who have been fighting with the Zhao army for many years, are also all strange, the Zhao army, which was cowardly, slow-moving, and surrendered in batches at every turn, has completely changed under the command of Li Mu! Not only are they all brave and good at fighting, but they would rather die than surrender. This may be the fulfillment of the old saying: A soldier is the courage of a general, and the soul of a soldier! And Li Mu is the unyielding soul of all Zhao Jun!

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and the Qin army in the middle of summer has been invincible and miserable, and the requests for reinforcements are one after another. Although Wang Jian is still able to rely on superhuman military talent and intuition to defend undefeated, but according to the current situation, it is simply a fool's dream to let Wang Jian defeat Li Mu and attack Handan!

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And at the same time, Fusu was interested in the 'wolf fang. The second phase of training has reached the final stage:

First of all, due to the need for light combat in the past and the height limitation of Qin soldiers, although Qin also had some relatively tall and strong horse breeds through the Western Regions, it still chose medium-sized horses as war horses, and Fusu in order to strengthen the needs of combat power, in the past six months, all war horses have been replaced with taller and stronger Western Regions horse breeds.

Second, the increased training for the 'wolf's teeth' is the role and thinking of special operations and further training in mounted warfare, and in addition, some new special equipment and clothing have been successively equipped according to the needs of actual combat; the increased training for the 'breaking army' is: The training of all cavalrymen in special warfare has been strengthened and the corresponding ideas have been instilled, the training in cavalry warfare and the allocation of equipment have been further strengthened, and the 3,000 elite cavalrymen have been trained and proficient in the use of high-power heavy halberds according to the needs of high-power cavalry warfare. The ferocious combat power of the cavalry has been increased exponentially!

In the end, according to the needs of actual combat, Fusu reported to the King of Qin and Tingwei for approval, and changed the complex personnel configuration of the Qin army in the past. The 'Broken Army' soldiers were reorganized in a 'ten-ten' base system similar to that of the Mongol Army: the 'Wolf Teeth' were combined into three hundred-man teams, while the 'Broken Army' was organized into three thousand-man teams. At this point, Fusu was ready for war!

In short, further training and marshalling are all based on actual combat and all from needs! It is conceivable that the 'wolf's fangs' were reborn after the fire. The super combat power of the broken army is enough to be proud of the others in the world, and it will surely win its own piece of the world on the stage of history.

Soon, Fu Su, who knew the unfavorable battle situation on the front line of the Qin army, laughed and said: "Originally, the battle against Zhao in history seemed to be before the 'discord strategy' was used to get rid of Li Mu, and the two armies were basically a draw. But I don't want to be at a disadvantage now because of my arrival, my Qin State is at a disadvantage, it seems that history has gradually changed! Well, if nothing else, it should be my turn soon! "So, the clever Fusu ordered the 'wolf fang. The Broken Army's training was hurried, and at the same time, he began to order the unintentional notification of the 'Mozu' to immediately collect information on Zhao Guo and Li Mu on a large scale for combat purposes!