Chapter 269: Loyalty and Righteousness

Zhao Guo, Fanwu

In the past few months, the land has been scorched by successive wars. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Outside Fanwu City, the original vast thousands of hectares of fertile land have long been deserted. On the road, there are also many weeds.

If it weren't for the beacons that can be seen everywhere, and those soldiers who hold Changge in their hands and stick to their posts in the wind. I'm afraid it's a desolate place.

On a hill not far from the city, the originally green mountain forest has also become a bare patch.

Those trees that have grown for an unknown number of years have been made into pieces of siege equipment to deal with the Qin army's extremely lethal siege mechanism.

Not only this mountain forest, but also those mountains and forests in the distance have lost their original appearance, leaving only some weeds, decorating these mountains and forests with the last green.

"When autumn comes, I'm afraid, even these weeds will wither......" On the hill, Li Mu looked at a depressed mountain forest and couldn't help but sigh.

"But, no matter what, I'm going to hold this place!"

Immediately, Li Mu's face once again revealed a determined look.

"At any cost!"

A ruthless color flashed from Li Mu's eyes.

"Uncle Li! Will Qin Jun still come? ”

At this time, in Li Mu's arms, a boy about ten years old also looked at the mountains and forests in the distance and made a crisp sound.

"Will come!" Li Mu's rough voice replied without any hesitation, and then he also showed a smile, and asked rhetorically, "Are you afraid?" ”

"Of course not!"

In response to Li Mu, it was still the crisp voice, but in this voice, there was also a trace of firmness like Li Mu.

"Da! Da! Da! ”

A string of hurried horses' hooves came from behind him.

"General! Handan has come to the king's order! ”

Behind Li Mu, the horses that came came snorted a few times, and even the people on horseback were panting slightly.

"It seems that the king's order this time is very urgent."

The boy in Li Mu's arms stretched out his head slightly, looking at the soldier who was kneeling on one knee and had a few beads of sweat between his hair.

Unlike the boy, Li Mu did not look back.

"It's been four months, and since the start of the war, I haven't received the king's order for four months......," Li Mu muttered slightly in his heart.

The soldier's eagerness, he naturally heard it. However, after a long time, such a hurried royal order suddenly came, which made Li Mu feel uneasy.

As a master of the army, his intuition told Li Mu that this time, I am afraid that Handan has undergone great changes.

But what kind of upheaval was enough to make this king's order so urgent?

Li Mu closed his eyes slightly, although he could already guess a few points in his heart, he didn't want to believe it. You can only deceive yourself for a while in this way of self-deception.

"General?" The soldier's hurried voice sounded again, and faintly, there was already a hint of trembling.

"Got it!"

Li Mu opened his eyes again, and the determined look in his eyes still did not change. It's just that the ruthlessness hidden in the eyes is a little more.

"Let's go!" Li Mu turned his horse's head and whispered to the soldier who was still kneeling on the ground.

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In Fanwu City, the Zhao people who originally lived here had already been moved to the rear by Li Mu. Now, in addition to the soldiers, only the war horses are left.

Some of the rangers on duty went out, and the detachment divisions stationed outside. The huge city of Fanwu only lived more than 60,000 people.

You must know that the original Fanwu City, although it was not a huge city like Handan. However, it is also a large city with more than 10,000 households, with more than 100,000 permanent residents.

Of the hundreds of thousands of people, there are only 60,000 left. It makes the whole city seem a little empty and quiet.

As in the past, under the sparse and ordinary appearance, there is still a rigorous style.

On the city wall, one by one Zhao pawns on duty, with a grim expression, stared at the outside of Fanwu City, even if there was only barren grass left outside the city at the moment.

Inside the city, the orderly auxiliary guards were busy carrying the newly arrived grain, grass and arrows.

The center of Fanwu City, the original county government, has now become Li Mu's Chinese army tent.

"What is the king's command?"

Li Mu took big strides and walked into the middle hall. glanced around, but the familiar figure was gone.

"Where's Leren?" Li Mu frowned and said to the herald behind him.

"This, this ......"

The herald also looked around the middle hall nervously, but he didn't see Le Ren's figure, and he suddenly became nervous. If Li Mu thought it was a false order, it would be a capital crime.

"General, I'm here ......"

As the soldier's words fell, Le Ren's figure also appeared at the door of the middle hall. It's just that at this moment, there are two more arrogant people beside him.

"Who are you?" Li Mu's expression was cold, such a frivolous person made him suddenly uneasy, and he got closer and closer to the conjecture in his heart.

"Who are we? Hum! We, naturally, are here to pass on the king's orders! ”

Among the two, one of them took a few steps forward, and then took out a fiery red silk book from his arms and handed it to Li Mu with a proud expression.

Li Mu didn't speak, and he didn't even take the silk book in the man's hand, just looked at the two of them coldly.

"You!" The man already knew that Li Mu looked down on him, and Li Mu's cold eyes made him feel uncomfortable, and he couldn't help roaring angrily.

"General!" Without waiting for the man to finish speaking, Le Ren behind him snatched the silk book from his hand and respectfully handed it to Li Mu with both hands.

There are not many words on the silk book, and the general meaning is nothing more than asking Li Mu and Deputy Marshal Sima Shang to hand over the military power, and the two people who came here, that is, Zhao Cong and Yan Ju, will take charge on their behalf.

"Remove me?" Li Mu sneered disdainfully, and then threw the silk hand in his hand to the ground and said, "This is Guo Kai's idea!" Hmph, selfish villain. Zhao Guo has reached the point of life and death, and he still wants to take away my military power. Am I really not angry! ”

Li Mu's angry roar made Zhao Cong take a few steps back.

"You! How dare you defy the king's commands! What loyalty you profess to be! Zhao Cong pointed at Li Mu and said angrily.

"The king's command? Is obedience to the king's commands a matter of loyalty? Li Mu's rough voice revealed a thick disdain.

"What I, Li Mu, is loyal to, is Zhao Guo. I, Li Mu's righteousness, are the people of the entire Zhao Kingdom! How can you understand my thoughts! ”

Li Mu roared again, and even took advantage of the situation to pull out his sword, which frightened Zhao Cong to take a few steps back, and accidentally sat on the ground.

What no one noticed was that behind Zhao Cong, Le Ren, who had listened to Li Mu's words, trembled slightly, and there was a look of struggle in his eyes.