It is said that after the establishment of Jing Ran's new army, the whole army marched to Hexi City, which is Jing Ran's only foothold in this troubled era, although it is not bad, but for a person who has the world in mind, this place is obviously a cage that binds the eagle.

After a two-day march, most of the new army had arrived at Hexi City, but one of the men and horses did not stop in the city, but went directly to the northeast of Hexi City, and this force was Li Xin's Xinzi Battalion, which was entrusted with important tasks by Jing Ran.

This is the first time that Li Xin has led troops to an expedition as the chief general of the first army, and not long ago he was a lowly halberd leader, and now he is leading 6,000 troops, leaving the brigade to start a small expedition.

This time, the target was exactly the place that Li Xin and Jing Ran had negotiated in their tents - Boyang, a military fortress in the Hebei region of Northern Zhao.

Although Boyang is located in the north of the north of the Zhao River, and the geographical area is not large, and the population is also small, but this place is an important node of the Zhao State to the west, and there seems to be nothing in the era of peace, but in the time of war, the grain and grass supply of the entire Zhao State West Expedition Army will definitely pass through this inconspicuous place.

And Li Xin has only one task, to take this place and station it here, completely cut off the avenue of grain and grass supply for the Zhao army, and cooperate with the Qin State and the new army to attack the Zhao State.

Li Xin led nearly half of the sergeants of the entire new army, looking at the increasingly desolate scenery around him, his eyes were cold.

"We're there."

Li Xin asked the cavalry army beside him. Now this cavalry army is being used as a big scout.

Information is crucial to the success or failure of a war.

"General, we have reached the border of Chu Zhao. No traces of Zhao Jun have been found. ”

Li Xin went through it in his mind: when we reached the border, it means that the general of Zhao State had not thought that we would suddenly appear here.

And the main thing is that no traces of Zhao Jun have been found.

This is what makes Li Xin the strangest.

It stands to reason that how could a hero like Li Mu, the commander of the Zhao State, be so sloppy, although the Chu State does not have the ability to go north to fight the Zhao State now, but it will not be stupid enough to give up the border supervision directly.

In fact, what Li Xin didn't know was that not long ago, because of the Qin-Zhao War, Zhao had already removed Li Mu, the general of the army, because of the Qin-Zhao War. In his place was Zhao Meng, the original commander of the Zhao State.

War, the way of life and death. The most taboo thing is to change generals on the spot, and Zhao Guo actually changed twice!

The earliest general of Zhao was Zhao Meng, because the Qin army was quite offensive, Zhao lost nearly 100,000 people in the first battle, although the loss of Qin was not small, but in view of the failure of Zhao Meng's command, he had to be replaced, and the veteran Li Mu presided over the overall situation.

But at this time, the Qin State also made a major adjustment, and the Great Qin Shangzhu State Gongsun Zhi replaced Yingwu and served as the general of the Eastern Expedition.

As a result, the two veterans began to fight, but since they played against each other, neither army has had a head-on confrontation, as if it was discussed, you don't move, I don't move.

Under such circumstances, the king of Qin did not doubt the use of people, and did not use suspicious people, and completely handed over the command of the battlefield to Gongsun Zhi, giving him all support.

On the other hand, Zhao Guo, under the instigation of someone with a heart, began to question whether Li Mu's intentions were wrong, after all, leading the army outside, who knows if Li Mu will turn the gun and give himself a knife......

In this way, Li Mu was once again transferred from the front-line command, and was replaced by Zhao Meng, a rookie of Zhao State.

Zhao Meng was arrogant, and he originally admired the old general Li Mu, but due to the change of generals, now Zhao Meng felt like he wanted to stuff cotton in his throat when he saw Li Mu, and he panicked. In order to be comfortable for himself, and in order not to be constrained by the veteran, he was directly sent by Li Mu to be a logistics officer.

Anyway, Li Mu, you don't think it will go well, and Ben will also see that you are panicked, this is good, neither of us will delay anyone.

It is Zhao Meng's own imagination to say that Li Mu sees that Zhao Meng is not happy, this battle is related to the fortune of the country, and it is naturally easy to say anything if he wins, but if he loses, it will be more than 200,000 Zhao elites, the head is not a leek, and it can grow longer if it is cut, if there is a mistake among these more than 200,000 people, the entire Zhao country will not be able to turn over within 20 years, and maybe it will be eaten by other big countries when it is the weakest, and there will not even be bones left!

Therefore, Li Mu was very disgusted with Zhao Meng's way of rushing for quick success, and the most terrible thing was that Zhao Meng took away all Zhao Chu's border troops in order to mobilize all the soldiers who could fight, and the current Zhao Chu border is basically undefended.

This is cheaper than Li Xin's army.

But Li Mu had no choice, and King Zhao no longer trusted him. Words on paper are always much better than they actually are, and they have been the same since ancient times.

Li Mu had no choice, although he mentioned the problem of the border between Zhao and Chu and Boyang many times, but Zhao Meng turned it over with the excuse that Chu was unable to go north and Qin was difficult to offensive.

Even so, Li Mu's vision is still far away, he has seen the tragic scene of imminent defeat, but as long as he holds Boyang, the Qin army will not cross Hebei and attack the hinterland of Zhao, what he has to do now is to retain some of the vitality of Zhao after the war.

The general of the country is like this.

It's just that he thought about it a lot to prevent the Qin State from attacking, but he didn't expect that before he had arranged everything, Li Xin of the Great Chu New Army had already led his troops to the border of Zhao and Chu.

Li Xin looked at the land of Zhao in the distance, his eyes did not squint, he had already scattered the scouts all over the ground, basically as long as there was a little wind and grass within thirty miles, but so far, he still did not get a little information about the Zhao army.

The wind blew a little impatiently.

Li Xin was dressed in a cotton robe, not like a general, but like a down-and-out literati, and he licked his dry lips.

"The army is trimmed, and tomorrow will attack!"

That being said, he had no intention of removing the scouts.

At the same time, Li Mu, a famous general of Zhao State, was walking on the road escorting the grain and grass needed by the front-line army a hundred miles away from Boyang City.

Li Muxiang has been old for ten years, since he was assigned to the logistics army, his beard turned white overnight, he has fought for this country all his life, but he did not expect to see his country suffer a catastrophe in his old age.

The ancients said that there are three great sorrows in life:

He lost his father at an early age, was widowed in middle age, and lost his son in old age. But as a general who has left a lifetime of blood for the country, isn't it tragic to watch his sons and daughters die in his lifetime, watch the country he defended be ruined, and watch the king he is loyal to make mistakes step by step?

"General, it's cold outside, let's take a break."

It was Li Mu's own army that spoke, a sergeant in his twenties, who looked at Li Mu's lonely back and unconsciously stepped forward.

Li Mu glanced back at this sergeant, his eyes were full of love, this sergeant had been following him for almost five years.

"San Lang, tell everyone, don't sleep to death, and be vigilant as a soldier."

Li Mu said softly.

San Lang listened to General Li Mu's words, and felt uncomfortable in his heart: The old general used to be like a bell, but now how did he become like this.

"General......

Li Mu was really uneasy looking at the direction of Boyang City, and the war had cultivated his wolf-like vigilance.

"I always feel that something is going to happen in Boyang."

Li Mu muttered to himself: "I heard that the civil war in Chu has ended......"

San Lang looked at Li Mu and said with a slight smile: "General, don't be careful, Chu State is now unable to go north, although Boyang City has nothing to defend, but it is also my big Zhao Xi's node, General Zhao Meng will not care." ”

Li Mu still looked at the direction of Boyang: "I hope so." ”

As soon as the sun came out the next day, Li Xin's army had already set off, and all the way were full of Chu scouts, and Zhao's army seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

Li Xin looked at the news sent by the scout, and then looked at the map:

"Could it be that Zhao Jun took all the border troops away? Could such a mistake be something that General Li Mu could make? ”

Just as he was thinking, the scout brought the latest news:

"A troop of more than 2,000 people was found outside Boyang City."

Yes, this is Li Mu's logistics escort troops.

Li Xin looked at the news and smiled slightly: "Brothers, we are going to have a big meal outside Boyang City!" ”

He wanted to eat this logistics army of 2,000 people, this was the first battle, and it was also the first day he entered the Zhao State, and there were still four days before the five days he promised Jing Ran.

With that, he led the cavalry corps to rush out first, followed closely by the infantry brigade.

And Li Mu's side, because all the cavalry was caught by Zhao Meng to the front line, he only has his own soldiers here who are acquaintances and war horses, and the rest of the horses pulling the cart are just pack horses, and there is no way to fight at all. So his message delivery is much worse than Li Xinlai's.

But poor, doesn't mean no, just an hour after Li Xin's army advanced, Li Mu also received the news:

"An army was found in the front, and the cavalry and infantry were well deployed."

"Ahh Sure enough, something happened! ”

Because Jingran's army re-planned the army structure, Zhao's army couldn't react for a while, but his intuition told Li Mu. This so-called unknown army is definitely the Chu army, because it is impossible for the Qin army to cross more than a dozen defense lines of the Zhao State and lead such a large team around the territory of the Zhao State.

At that moment, Li Mu didn't say much, and said directly to his own soldiers: "Quick, immediately send people into Boyang, let them prepare for battle, the enemy army is coming!" ”

When the soldiers saw Li Mu's appearance, they dared to think about it, and hurriedly rode to Boyang.

But another question arises: how can this logistics army of 2,000 people be old and weak, and how can it defeat the fierce enemy army.

"Hmmm......"

Li Mu began to think about the way back:

"The whole army obeys the order, those who are over fifteen years old and under thirty years old are listed!"

The whole army didn't know what was happening, but the commander ordered, who dared not obey, and more than 400 people stood up in confusion at that moment.

Li Mu looked at them.

"Listen to the order! Evacuate all to the rear! ”

"Huh?"

Now the whole army is even more blind, what kind of order is this? If there is an enemy army that should gather strength to fight, why do you still order to retreat?

They didn't know that this was Li Mu's helplessness. He wants to leave a little vitality for Zhao Guo, these young people, one more life, rather than fighting and dying in the face of a strong enemy here, it is better to save his life for the future.

Li Mu looked at the puzzled eyes of the sergeants, and didn't explain much: "Execute the order!" ”

At this time, San Lang already had tears in his eyes, he had been with Li Mu for so long, could he still not know his intentions?

"General, after you are willing to saddle up your horse, swear allegiance to the death!"

Li Mu looked at him coldly: "Execute the order!" ”

Saburo: "General! ”

Li Mu looked at him, still the same sentence: "Execute the order!" ”

Then he ignored him: "If you have a young son and your parents, come out of the ranks!" ”

Nearly 400 more people stepped forward.

"The only child in the family, come out of the ranks!"

There were a hundred people who stood up.

They didn't know what was going on, but Saburo couldn't help but start sobbing.

"General!"

Li Mu looked at these people who came out of the ranks, and said coldly: "You, immediately carry out the order, throw away the grain and grass, and retreat quickly, I and the remaining brothers still have important things to do!" ”

After that, he looked at the remaining more than 1,000 people:

"Brothers, leave all your heavy equipment and come with me."

Although these people have not been with Li Mu for a long time, Li Muwei is famous and has long become a figure like a god of war, and he doesn't talk much at the moment, and follows Li Mu quickly.

And the rest of the sergeants looked at Li Mu and the others who were slowly walking away, although they didn't know what was going on, they felt Li Mu's determination.

San Lang looked at Li Mu's stiff back, and the tears in his eyes couldn't be stopped.

"General! Let's go! ”

With that, he turned and left.

At this time, Li Xin's army could already vaguely see the Boyang city wall.

"Let's take a break, there's a good show later!"