Chapter 25: The Great Victory

When Meng Wu turned back and saw the cavalry of the Zhao army in the west, the situation was irreparable. He did not run away like Huan Qi, but let the five thousand short soldiers around him line up against the cavalry of the Zhao State to protect the Qin army. But this was still slow, Zhao Cai was aimed at the back of the Qin army, and only the five hundred heavy cavalry led by Ma Wei was aimed at him.

With only a few hundred soldiers to protect him, Meng Wu was first hit by an arrow in the face, and when he fell, a heavy horse rushed over, and his head was cut off by the knight. Meng Wu stood under the banner of Jing, with different armor, and at a glance he knew that he was a general of the Qin army. After cutting off his head, the knight jumped off his horse and was about to snatch the head. According to the Qin law, the lord should kill the short soldiers, and the pounce of the Qin short soldiers slashed the decapitated knights.

However, at this time, the horse guards who led the heavy cavalry charge also jumped off their horses and fought with Qin's short soldiers, and after a bloody battle, Meng Wu's head was finally picked on the chief spear, and hundreds of cavalry soldiers shouted: "Meng Wu is dead!" Meng Wu is dead! Meng Wu is dead......"

After the sudden cavalry of the Zhao army attacked the formation, the head of the general was actually raised high by the Zhao army. The Qin army, which was barely supported by the front and rear attacks of the Zhao army, looked back and saw that it had no intention of fighting, and the army collapsed suddenly. Hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers abandoned their formations and fled, and 20,000 Zhao cavalry immediately began a massacre that stretched for twenty or thirty miles.

"Oh——、 oh——、 oh-" The Zhao soldiers cheered loudly after the bloody battle, their bloody hands holding the silver coins on the grass ground, and then letting the silver coins fall on their heads, the excitement of the rest of their lives, the heavy rewards that drove them crazy.

"Hooray——! Hooray——! Hooray——! Hooray——! Everyone, including the wounded, hissed and shouted long live, and then, the morale-boosting Zhao army quickly pursued the fleeing Qin army under the orders of the military commander.

"Huh" It was only at this moment that Li Mu breathed a sigh ......of relief.

"The Great General is mighty!" The pressure of the henchman fox baby was far less heavy than Li Mu's, and he took a deep look at Li Mu and took the lead in congratulating him.

"The Great General is mighty!" Generals, strategists, and military officials, these people bowed to Li Mu together.

"The Great General is mighty!" Mu Ling is an outsider, there is no tacit understanding between Zhao and others, so he is a step late to congratulate Li Mu.

"If there is no Ziling 30,000 catties of silver, our army may not be victorious." Li Mu held Mu Ling's hand and said this. He saw the doubts in Mu Ling's eyes, and remembered the words that he hadn't finished before the war, so he said again: "I treat the soldiers as a national soldier, and the soldiers will repay me as a national soldier; I treat the soldiers as passers-by, and the soldiers will repay me with passers-by; I treat my soldiers with mustard, and they will repay me with revenge. This is Zhao Ren. ”

Li Mu's words are still broad, and this passage may not be impossible to apply to the Chu people. Mu Ling was thinking about it, but Li Mu suddenly gave him a deep look, and then let Yushou drive forward.

"To the king," the meeting of the Grand Sima Mansion of Yingdu, together with the courtiers, was listening to Lu Gao's introduction to Henan when he was interrupted by the flying officer who rushed in a hurry. The flying officer's face was flushed, his eyes were wide open, and he knew that something big was happening by looking at his expression.

"Words." Chu Guofeixun covers half of the world, and there are carrier pigeons, Xiong Jing really can't think of where something big happened.

"Zhao Guowu Anhou has a big victory!" The flyer raised his voice an octave. "Kill Meng Wu and behead the 120,000 Qin army."

"Huh?!" The people in the room were stunned, and then they were overjoyed. Xiang Yan slapped his palm on the table and shouted: "Zhao Guo is worry-free!" ”

"If that's the case, Zhao Guo is indeed safe." Li and completely agreed with Xiang Yan's judgment. A few days ago, he was still worried that once it snowed in the north, Handan would be surrounded and killed by the Qin army, but he didn't expect Li Mu to defeat the Qin army of 250,000 with 150,000 people. He couldn't help but look at Xiong Jing, who had judged and thought that Li Mu would defeat the Qin army.

"The king is wise." Someone saw the opportunity quickly and immediately patted his ass.

"What about the rest of the Qin army?" Xiong Jing still cares about the Qin army in the middle lane. The south road is blocked by the Great Wall, and if the middle road is allowed to go south, the Zhao State will be finished, so Li Mu must fight this battle, and he must win.

"The remaining Qin army may be in the big camp." The news was sent from Jiumenyi, north of Hutuoshui, and the content was very short.

"Stand down." Xiong Jing saw that the flying officer could only guess, so he asked him to step back.

"The king is wise." Li and also said. "30,000 silver to buy this victory, it's worth it."

"Zhao Jun can't always rely on rewards to fight." Speaking of this, Xiong Jing was not happy.

He knew that the Zhao people were completely different from the Chu people, and he also knew that under the 'legal system', the situation of the Zhao people was not much better than that of the common people of Qi State. Zhao Ren has been deceived by the government and the court many times, and it has become realistic. Like the Assassins, it takes a good deal to get a reward, and if you don't, you don't get a reward......

Thinking about it, Xiong Jing felt that he was thinking too much. The Chu people are not as utilitarian as the Zhao people, that is because they have become a part of the Chu state, they have the right to participate in state affairs, have the right to vote, and have the right to oppose the laws of national policy that are unfavorable to them. The common people of Zhao State are not Zhao, why should they work for Zhao? What else can you do if you don't want a reward?

"Seven thousand five hundred gold to buy this big victory, but also!" Xiang Yan didn't know that Xiong Jing was thinking about something deeper, and he also felt that the 30,000 silver flowers were worth it. "If 75,000 gold can buy ten wins, the Qin State will perish."

"Haha......" burst into cheerful laughter in the room. The victory of the Zhao army is the victory of the Chu army, money, the Chu country with the sea route is really not lacking, the main shortage is people, food, and horses.

"The Qin army of the Jingcheng is 250,000, the Marquis of Wu'an kills Meng Wu and beheads 120,000, and the Qin army in the middle is defeated." Xiang Yan spoke her judgment. "It has entered winter in the north, and it is not easy to transport grain in Hedong Road, and the Qin army may no longer attack Zhao this year."

"How about next year?" Meng Wu, the main general of the Central Route Army, was killed, and the Qin army's offensive this year naturally collapsed. The selection of generals, the redeployment, the mobilization of soldiers, the collection of baggage, and the transportation of grain and grass are not things that can be completed in a short period of time. Next year will be different, Qin Jun has already begun to face Li Mu squarely, once Qin Jun pays attention to it, things will not be easy to do.

"Next year, the Qin people will send heavy troops east out of Jingcheng." Speaking of next year, Xiang Yan's face was solemn again. Li Mu won this year, can Li Mu win again next year? "If I don't save the Chu State, the Zhao State will be in danger!"

"The king, the minister heard that the Marquis of Wu'an ...... "Don't stop if I want to speak, he glanced at Lu Gao." Lu Gao is a smart person, and he knows that everyone will not discuss the matter of attacking Qin for the time being, so he tends to retreat after accusing him. At this time, I said: "The minister heard that the Marquis of Wu'an wanted to abolish the crown prince Zhao Jia as the king of Zhao. This victory, it may want to do this. ”

"How can the abolition of the monarch be determined by a foreign surname!" Nao snorted slyly and expressed strong opposition to Li Mu's behavior. The Zhao State Office does not change its name as frequently as the Chu State, and the surname of Chu refers to the surname Mi, which is equivalent to the Zhao family name of the Zhao State. Li Mu is not a member of Zhao, and he is not a vassal of Zhao Jia, so he is not qualified to dictate the throne of Zhao at all.

"If that's the case, Wu Anhou will be too much." Xiang Yan and others also agreed, thinking that Li Mu was wrong to do this.

"If Zhao Jia can really be the king......" Li and his eyes rolled, and when he saw that everyone was staring at him, he didn't dare to say any more.

Xiong Jing is not as angry as Nao Cunning. It is common for a general of a country to secretly connect with the heirs in the palace to compete for the throne after Qin, if Zhao Jia can really move to the king of Zhao on behalf of Zhao, Guo Kai and these compromises against Qin will definitely be able to sweep them away.

"Since the king has a personal relationship with the Marquis of Wu'an, he may be able to write to persuade him." Nao Cunning continued. "The Qin army is constantly attacking, the throne of Zhao has changed, and the political situation has changed several times, which is absolutely impossible."

"Li Mu......" Xiong Jing shook his head again and again. He talked with Li Mu for a few days, and according to his judgment, Li Mu was an extremely confident person. I am so confident that as long as I think the right thing will be done, no one can stop me. King Zhao Xiaocheng is his king, and there is no way to take him, how can he, the king of Chu, persuade him.

"No, you may go to Xinchun Pinghou," Xiong Jing said of Xiangbang Zhao Liang. "Or you can depose the crown prince Zhao Jia to my Chu country."

"The king is wise." Li Mu wants to make Zhao Jia the king, if Zhao Liang is like Zhao Liang when he stayed in Qin, let Zhao Jia come to Yingdu, and forcibly detain him, Zhao Guo will be quiet. As soon as Xiong Jing's words came out, the courtiers immediately praised them.

Xiong Jing stared at them, as if trying to tell whether their praise was genuine or false. After looking at it for a while, he said, "Please Lu Gao come in, and then discuss the matter of attacking Qin." ”

The map of the Qin State hanging on the wall slowly unfolded again, and the mountains and rivers of Beidi County and Shangjun were clear at a glance. This is a map stolen by Xiong Qi, which is a hundred times more accurate than the sketches drawn by Lu Gao and Lu Xuan. Facing this map, Lu Gao quickly entered his previous state and began to explain the last leg of the journey into Qin.

“…… Along the west of Quyan and the east of the big river, there are two roads into Qin, one of which is the Yanshi Plug on the west side, and the other is the Fangqu on the east side of the Yanshi Plug (now Huanxian County, Gansu). Yan's plug needs to go west against the big river for more than 200 miles, to the mouth of the river and go south for 500 miles to Yan's stop, along the road the water and grass are abundant and beautiful, and the merchants are more traveling;

Fangqu travels from the Qiang land (now Lingwu, Ningxia) at the bend of the big river, and does not need to travel more than 200 miles to the west, but can go straight down to the south. Ran Qiang land to the square canal 500 miles, less water grass, more sandy land, into the square canal Ma Lian water only water grass, so the Rong people from the Yan Shi into Qin. ”

"Ma Lianshui passes through the Yi Canal, and flows into Xianyang after the south of the Yi Canal meets the Jing water of Yan's Sai?" He asked carefully.

"Yes." Lu Gao replied. "The two waters are the way to Xianyang after entering Qin. Outside Jingshui and Malian water, after entering the Yanshi stopper, you can also go south to Xianyang along the Huangshui, but this road is far away, and few people walk. ”

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"Hooray! Banzai! Long live the King! Banzai! Banzai! Long live Wu'anhou...... "Handan has already fallen into the night, but the cheers are still continuous. The Zhao army won a great victory, killing Mengwu and beheading 120,000 Qin people, which was the first time that the Zhao army defeated the Qin army in the field after a lapse of 36 years after the battle of Yanhe. The scale of this battle was greater than that of the Battle of Yanhe, and its importance to the State of Zhao was much heavier than that of the Battle of Yanhe. The battle of Yanhe was just a battle for the city, and the battle of Yi'an was a battle for the survival of the Zhao State. Fortunately, the Zhao army was victorious.

The entire Handan, and even the entire Zhao State, breathed a sigh of relief. The Empress Dowager's robe asked Zhao Qian to order Handan on the same day, and the ministers rushed to the road gate to congratulate each other, but there was one person who was preoccupied.