This year's Yuan Day is obviously different from previous years, King Zhao Huiwen did not feast on the ministers at all, and enjoyed himself, countless people and miscellaneous servants were recruited, they ignored the severe cold weather, rushed to work day and night, and increased the height of the already tall and majestic city wall again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The weapon workshop in the city is also constantly working, and the finished weapons and feather arrows are constantly enriched into the arsenal, and from a distance, the layers of arrows have been piled up into a hill. The heavily armed soldiers were not idle, except for those recruits who were still training, all the soldiers were sent out to loot all the materials that could be used, because they knew that once the Qin army came over in the spring, let alone farming, it would be impossible for even a tree or grass to be replenished from outside the city.

"King! We should mobilize all the soldiers back, defend the royal capital, and the skin will not be attached, once Handan is finished, our Zhao Guoke will really have no hope! Please think twice! ”

Zhao Mu was really scared this time, although Li Mu's return brought unparalleled confidence to the entire Handan City, but Zhao Mu, who was in a high position, still knew a lot of unknown news, one of which was that Li Mu secretly sent the king's eldest grandson Zhao Yan to the Chu State, the meaning of which is self-evident, indicating that Li Mu is not optimistic about the prospects of this battle.

"Li Mu, tell me your opinion."

King Huiwen did not answer Zhao Mu's words, but asked Li Mu rhetorically, because some words were better spoken from the mouth of Li Mu, a professional soldier.

Li Mu shook his sleeves and strode out of the queue and said: "Back to the king, the minister thinks that the garrisons in various places should not be transferred back!" ”

"Li Mu, don't be alarmist! Putting the king's safety at risk! ”

Zhao Mu was anxious when he heard this, and couldn't help but jump out and interrupt: "Have you ever thought about it, in case of failure, what should the king do!" In fact, there is another meaning in Zhao Mu's words, Lao Tzu's belongings are all in this Handan City, in case it is lost, Lao Tzu has been burdened with infamy and hard work for so many years, and the wealth will be cheaper for the Qin people! When that time comes, what should Lao Tzu be?

Interrupted by Zhao Mu, Li Mu was not in a hurry, and when Zhao Mu finished making noise, Li Mu said unhurriedly: "There are three reasons why the garrison cannot be transferred back, one is that the garrison on the border can no longer move, Yan and Qi have officially declared war on me, if we leave without a fight, these two countries will not only be able to get a large area of land in our country, but also fight with the Qin State and the city of Handan, when the time comes, counting the Hou Qin army, we will face the alliance of the four countries!" In addition, since I brought back the garrison at the border of the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu have already driven straight in, and the Qin army with Wang Jian has already confronted us in Taiyuan, so for the time being, it will not affect us. ”

"This second, I need to have enough troops to contain the Qin army on the periphery, only in this way can the Qin army have scruples, and it will not be able to attack the city with all its might, if the troops are concentrated in the city, no one can threaten the Qin army's grain route, then the Qin people can not attack at all, and trap us alive."

"And this is the third point I want to say, there seems to be a lot of grain and grass in the city, but it is enough for the whole city to eat for three years, I have ordered people to level the land in the city, hoping to grow some food, but even so, it is only an extra year, four years, it is already the limit of Handan City's siege! Today's troops are more than enough to protect themselves, and if we transfer back soldiers and horses from all over the country, our food stock will only be enough to eat for a year at most! The day the food runs out, it is the time when the city is broken! ”

If someone else is replaced, they can still refute and refute with alarmism, but these words come from Li Mu's mouth, so they have to be cautious, because they know that Li Mu never says something that he is not sure of, and his prestige is hard to fight with a knife and a gun, and he said that if he can hold on for four years, he will never lose a day!

The faces of the ministers in the court suddenly became varied, there was no fool who could stand in the court, and everyone could understand the meaning of Li Mu's words, that is, there were no reinforcements, no supplies, and the national fortune of the entire Zhao State was gambled on this last battle, but was it true that everyone was willing to die for this dynasty?

"Have you sorted out all the valuable things at home?"

In the Juluhou Mansion, Zhao Mu roared frantically at the subordinates in the mansion, which looked like a fierce beast that chose people and devoured them. The subordinates hid to the side tremblingly, looking at their Hou Ye for some reason, and they didn't know why Hou Ye had such a big temper just after the court.

"No! No way! I can't stay here and wait to die, I have to find a way to get out of here, Chu State, Qi State, Yan State! Wherever you are, as long as you can get me out! ”

Zhao Mu sat on the soft couch with his head down, his arms stuck on his knees, and his brain kept fast

Revolve. For the first time, he hated his identity as a marquis, because no matter where he was, he was the focus of everyone's eyes, and if he wanted to leave quietly, it was simply impossible!

What to do? What to do? Zhao Mu finally plunged himself into endless contradictions......

And at this time, King Huiwen, who had retired from the dynasty, was sitting on the warm couch in the study, and not far from him, there was also a person kneeling.

"Great King, the minister has been in secret contact with the envoys of the Qi State, and the King of Qi understands the truth of the cold lips and teeth, so he is willing to ally with us to encircle and annihilate the Qin army, but they also have a purpose, they want to border the fifteen cities with it......"

"What?!"

King Huiwen glared, and couldn't help but scold: "Didn't that guy want ten cities at the beginning? How did it become fifteen cities now! Is King Qi's mouth broken? Change is what you say?! ”

"The king is angry."

Li Mu said with a wry smile: "Qi people have seen our predicament, he just grasped this point, sat on the ground and raised the price, what can we do!" Besides, we really need the help of the Qi people, if we can defeat the Qin army, there is still hope to get back the lost land, if we are defeated and our lives are gone, what is the use of asking for land? ”

"Alas...... Lonely and unknown! ”

King Huiwen let out a long sigh and said with some reluctance: "Lone just doesn't want to be so cheap with those Qi dogs." Okay, General, do you have any good plans to break the enemy? There are not so many idlers here, you have to talk about your real thoughts and loneliness, or loneliness will be difficult to sleep! ”

Li Mu on the opposite side bowed slightly, and said loudly: "Don't worry, the king, as long as you ...... If you can do this, it will be easy to break Qin! (To be continued.) )