Sima Shang returned victoriously without a show, Yanmen Pass Sai Nei military road, a person wearing a hat, the horse galloped overnight, arrived at the barracks, densely entered the general's tent, took off the hat, showed a familiar face, Nalan Xue saw it, and shouted in surprise: "You are back!"

Li Mu hugged Nalan Xue, stroked her hair, and said in a low voice, "Where is the barrier?"

Nalan Xue said softly: "Sleep!"

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"It's hard but it's not hard, I'm scared to death!"

Li Mu asked in surprise: "By the way, I heard along the way that the Huns were coming, and 'I' scared away 30,000 cavalry, how did you do it!"

Nalan Xue pushed Li Mu away, sat down, and told Li Mu how Li Barrier did not hurt a soldier and scared the Huns away, and told Li Mu completely, it took a long time, the more Li Mu listened, the happier he became, and from time to time he stroked his beard and nodded his head.

After listening to Nalan Xue's vivid narration, Li Mu thought for a long time and said: " My son first used Mrs. and his eight-year-old child to set up a maze array, confusing the enemy to suspect, otherwise, the Huns came directly to attack, then it would be the Yanmen Pass handed over to people, it can be described as bold, meticulous, clean the horse's hoof traces, obviously want to cover up, in fact, the horse's hooves traces just stepped on to do real, sprinkle beans into soldiers, extinguish the smoke, obviously destroy the corpse, in fact, it is to confuse right and wrong, mess people's ears and eyes, open the city gate, obviously invite the king into the urn, in fact, it is out of nothing, the rolling wood and stones are piled together, it is a bluff, kill the war horse, it is suspicious, shaking the mountains and forests, it is the blossoming on the trees, this series of careful layout, intended to attack the heart, the Huns can not be scared of the courage, even if I lead the team to attack, I don't dare to attack rashly, and my soldiers are ghosts!"

Nalan Xuejiao smiled: "There is one more missing, and the barrier said that he used the 'fox fake tiger might', and used the general's 'frightened'!"

Li Mu laughed, Nalan Xue covered Li Mu's mouth with her slender hand, and said softly: "It's late at night, you still can't let others sleep!"

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The sunrise outside the plug is always very early, the night is silent and cool, and the days pass very slowly, which makes people inadvertently evoke homesickness, and occasionally the tiger howls and the wolf howls, but it only sweeps away the desertion.

Li Mu took the Guan soldiers, and the horses from outside the pass with the killed roe deer, elk and other game, returned with laughter, the city of Nalan Xue fluttering hair, looking forward to greeting, Li Barrier looked at the green clouds, if the time can stay at this moment, how good it should be!

If Li Mu is allowed to make a choice, he would rather guard the border and be a nobody, than return to Handan to do anything like Wu Anjun, those intrigues in power and art are what he does not want to think about, but as long as there is the call of the people of Zhao State, he will not hesitate.

The good times did not last long, it may be due to the climate, the interval between the onset of Li Barrier's illness is getting shorter and shorter, and he coughs up a lot of blood every time, just when the king of Zhao moved down the edict and asked Li Mu to defend Wei and Han, Li Mu sent his wife back to Handan Mansion, left money, ordered people to search for famous doctors everywhere, and brought 50,000 Zhao troops to southern Xinjiang, which was three years.

Li Jian ate all kinds of earthworks, home remedies, secret recipes, pills, and even poisons, and finally maintained it for two years.

In the summer of that year, there was a major earthquake in the north of Zhao State, many volcanic eruptions, the earth trembled violently for a whole hour, landslides, river embankments burst, houses collapsed, the earth cracked, the sky was blood red, the sun did not rise, the red sand fell for a month, the lives were devastated, the eyes were devastated, the crops were not harvested, because of the successive wars, the Zhao State had no food for disaster relief, the people were hungry, and they were starving all over the wilderness.

Folk rumors abounded: "Zhao Wang Qian is mediocre, obsessed with beauty, angered the heavens, and sent heavenly punishment, if he stays in Zhao State, he will definitely suffer." ”

"The world has been divided for a long time, and the people have been fighting for many years, and the people are miserable. ”

"Since Jiang Shang helped King Wu to cut down the gods, the gods and gods, nearly a thousand years, no one who cultivates the Tao has ascended to immortals, if he helps the King of Qin to unify the six countries of Shandong and build great achievements, he will have the opportunity to become a god. ”

There are also rumors: "The gods only want to be at ease, the ears are pure, where will they manage the people of the lower world, for hundreds of years, wars have been repeated, but I have seen the gods go down to earth, guide the light, save the people, save the people, only to see demons and demons, frequent disasters, traitors in charge, villains have ambitions, fish and meat people." ”

"The path to immortal ascension has been cut off, and no one will be able to ascend to immortality in the future, the nether realm has been completely abandoned, just waiting for the living beings to fend for themselves. ”

This year, the Qin State has been raising Rui for two years, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the grain and grass are sufficient, and the Zhao Dynasty is chaotic, the ministers are vying for power and profit, seeking power and usurping the throne, and there are natural disasters that have not been encountered in a thousand years, and the people are miserable and have fled from the Zhao State.

In 229 B.C., (the seventh year of King Zhao's move, the eighteenth year of King Qin) Ying Zheng thought that the time had come, appointed Wang Jian as the commander-in-chief, Li Xin, Yang Duanhe as the deputy marshal, led 400,000 troops, sent a letter to Guguan, the troops marched in three ways, passed through Shangjun, approached Jingcheng, and there were 100,000 troops of Meng Tian to defend the Xiongnu in the north to make a response, this expedition, intended to capture Handan in one fell swoop, destroy Zhao.

Zhao Guo got the news, the whole country panicked, this time Zhao Wangqian did not listen to Guo Kai's opinion, and took the initiative to transfer back Li Mu, maybe he smelled the breath of the country, and reluctantly made up 200,000 Zhao troops, Sima Shang was the deputy general, in the case of insufficient food and grass, to meet the Qin army.

Li Mu returned to the mansion for only an hour, his son Li Barrier grew taller, but his face was even paler than before, his eyes were still so clear, between breathing, his chest rose and fell violently, Li Mu knew that this expedition was likely to be there to no return, and he died on the battlefield, but he figured it out, this is his best destination, so in the case of a military emergency, come back and meet Nalan Xue and Li Barrier.

Li Mu stroked Li Ji's thin face, and said abruptly: "My father has a clear conscience for the people of Zhao State, but he feels very guilty about you, ignores you, and speaks coldly, you still hate your father!"

Li Jian looked at his father for a long time and said: "Father said the opposite, the father is ashamed of the people, not the child, ignore it, the child does not blame the father, the child's life should be like this." ”

Li Mu frowned and said, "Why is my father ashamed of the people?"

"My father fought for many years, and the soldiers couldn't return to their homes, which can be described as a shame for the soldiers, exhausted the grain and grass of Zhao State, and the people were frugal, which can be described as a shame for the people. ”

"If I don't go to war, the country will not perish, and the people will become slaves to the country, sent to the fence, and slaughtered by others. ”

"My father's words are wrong, the city occupied by the Qin army, why did the people let others slaughter it, but the city that was not occupied, the people were miserable and difficult to survive, those words were just to deceive the people. ”

Li Mu smiled bitterly: "As you say, my father has become a sinner of the Zhao State, but as a member of the Zhao State, how can I forget the soldiers who were buried alive in the Battle of Changping!"

"He buried the soldiers, not the people, if those soldiers could not fight again, they would not do that, they wanted to destroy the army of Zhao, not the people. ”

Li Mu said angrily: "If the city is broken, there is a shortage of water and food, they will bury the people of Zhao State alive, even if they are not buried alive, they will let the people be their slaves and servants, such a history, isn't it, you have read so many books, don't you know the meaning of 'country' and 'nation'?"

"Nation? We are all descendants of Yan and Huang, we are all the same nation, the country? It's just the boundary drawn by those princes, and my father thinks that the king of Qin and the king of Zhao are the masters of Ming?

Li Mu's face tightened, knowing what Li Barrier wanted to say, he glared at Li Barrier and said coldly: "Do you want your father to be a traitor who defects to the country and endure the infamy of the ages?"

Nalan Xue walked into Li Shu's house and saw the father and son, one with angry eyes, the other with his head up, neither humble nor arrogant, and said busily: "Look at you father and son, as soon as you speak, you will be angry, can you speak calmly!"

Li Barrier said: "Only this method can save the people of Zhao State, my father said that he didn't care about fame, but he didn't want to do things that endured humiliation and burden, my father just wanted to be on the battlefield for a while, and he was famous, and he didn't think about it for the people at all." ”

Li Mu smashed several cases with one palm, his hand trembled and hung on the top of Li Barrier's head, almost slapped it, and said angrily: "I eat Zhao Wang Yulu, the people are grains, life is Zhao people, death is Zhao ghosts, although Zhao Wang is mediocre and traitorous, but I, Li Mu, will never do anything worthy of conscience!"

Nalan Xue shouted: "Li Xuan, why do you say this about your father, quickly kneel down for your father and confess his sins, kneel down quickly!"

Li Barrier knelt on the ground with a 'poof' and said resolutely: "What the child said is right!"

Nalan Xue cried angrily: "You ......" but there is nothing to say.

Li Mu withdrew his palm and said fiercely: "You are not my son, I Li Mu will not have a son like you!"

After leaving, Nalan Xue said to Li Shu: "Why did you make your father angry?"

Li Jian knelt on the ground and said lightly: "I just want to keep him!"

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Li Mu's army and Wang Qian's 400,000 army met in Jingcheng, Wang Jian did not attack rashly, but explored the terrain, adjusted for more than a month, made detailed deployments, and was ready to attack, Wang Jian bearded and bunned, wearing a battle robe and armor, standing in a cloud car, holding a command flag, looking at the Jingcheng Pass in the distance, 400,000 troops under his body, divided into five battalions, a battalion of infantry battalions, soldiers wearing heavy armor, holding spears, halberds, shields, daggers and short knives in their waists, arrow blocking vehicles, wreckers, The arrow cart opens the road in front, located at the head of the formation, and the rear is the second battalion, which is the mechanical barracks, thousands of siege equipment, ladders, ballistas, fire oil cars, catapults, plane spreading, three battalions on the left wing, iron cavalry battalions, war horses are armed with armor, cavalry armed with spears, sabers, Meteor hammer, with short bows and arrows on the back, four battalions on the right flank, mobile battalions, soldiers wearing soft armor, carrying various equipment, digging trenches and filling soil, can fight and defend, five battalions at the tail of the formation, supply battalions, and five battalions are far apart, so as not to crowd each other and hinder each other, so as to facilitate detours, and there are formations between the battalions.

Li Mu saw the formation of the Qin army, and said brazenly: "Wang Jian is steady, well-directed, perceptive, and has proper formations, which is intimidating, and he is worthy of being a veteran of a hundred battles!"

Wang Jian saw a sassy man sitting on a white horse on the hillside, wearing a silver armor robe, and holding a silver robe, confirming that it was Li Mu, and sighed: " Defeated my Qin army twice, with the speed of the army, brave and fearless, it is really a big mountain of my Great Qin to conquer the four seas, which is admirable, if it is not for the purchase of Guo Kai, under the pretext of the shortage of food and grass, he ordered him to go out of the city to face the battle, if the battle is quick and fast, he uses the two mountains as the backing, to defend the city, even if my million army, will also be buried in the well pass, and he knows that it is dangerous, resolutely face the battle, such loyalty, heaven and earth can shine, this life can fight with it, it can be described as a great joy in life!"

Li Mu shouted to Zhao Jun: "In the first battle of Changping, Qin killed me 200,000 troops to surrender, and my Zhao people are willing to surrender again?"

Zhao Jun shouted: "Bloody battle to the end, bloody battle to the end!"

Li Mulang said: "The Qin army is not benevolent, taking advantage of the famine in our country and the people are displaced, leading an army of 400,000, with the intention of destroying our Zhao army and destroying our Zhao country, even if our lord is mediocre, even if the soldiers are hungry, even if the enemy is strong and I am weak, why do we want to fight?" paused, "We are fighting for Zhao Qin's deep hatred in the sea of blood, fighting for the land, fighting for the people of Zhao State, as long as we have a breath and still alive, we will never let the Qin people set foot on the land of Zhao State!"

Zhao Jun shouted: "Bloody battle to the end, bloody battle to the end!"

Wang Jian saw Zhao Jun shouting in unison, and said loudly: "This army is the army that defeated my Qin army twice, humiliated my Qin people, and humiliated the Qin army.

Qin Jun shouted: "Go forward bravely, shame before the snow!" The shout shook the sky and resounded through the sky.

Wang Jian raised his big hand, stopped his cry abruptly, slowly raised the command flag, waved it vigorously, and shouted: "Release the arrow!" The war drums roared.

Thousands of sword rain hissed into the air, swooping towards the Zhao army on the mountain, huge stones, fire oil rose up, smashed to the hillside, Li Mu shouted: "Defense!" Zhao army soldiers, immediately hid in the trench, set up a shield, the sword rain shot to the top, rumbling loud, many sword rain through the shield, shot into the soldiers' bodies, the oil immediately turned the entire hillside into a sea of fire.

Although Li Mu had been prepared for a long time, digging ditches between the trenches to separate the fire oil, there were still countless soldiers who were stoned to death by boulders and shot by crossbow arrows.

I don't know how long it took, Wang Jian saw that the time was ripe, waved the flag, and shouted: "Attack!" The 50,000 army, led by Zhang Han, rushed towards the hillside, and Li Mu shouted in the thick smoke: "Let go of the wooden stones!" In an instant, huge wooden piers and boulders roared and rolled down the mountain, like a landslide and tsunami, and the Qin soldiers who were crushed to death, hundreds and thousands, screamed again and again.

The 50,000 army could not attack for a long time, so it could only retreat, and when the rolling wood and stone stopped for a while, they attacked again, and were pressed back, and over and again, the 50,000 army had been killed and wounded more than half, but the Zhao army's rolling wood and stone were also very little, Wang Jian waved another flag, Huan Qi and led 50,000 Qin soldiers to rush to the mountain, and Zhang Han retreated to rectify.

Li Mu saw Huan Qi coming, and when the Qin army was halfway up, he shouted: "Open the gate and release the water!" I saw the flood cement slurry roaring down from the mountain in an instant, Wang Jian was shocked, this terrain is so high, where to lead the flood, 50,000 troops, immediately pushed down, although there are not many casualties, but the embarrassment, especially the mud can not be wiped off, wrapped in the body is heavy, inconvenient to move, not to mention, and the burning skin is hot and painful.

This water is Li Mu's soldiers bucket by bucket to carry to the mountain, the mud is the lime in the north of Zhao for a month, mixed with water, Wang Jian looked at Li Mu from afar and sighed: "Li Mu is also the god of soldiers, it is really the first fierce enemy in my life!"

At this time, Wang Ben stepped forward and said: "The last general is willing to go, take down the mountain, and capture Li Mu alive!"

Wang Jian looked at his son and said, "Accurate, if it is a mutation, retreat immediately, and you must not attack!"

"Order!" Wang Ben led another 50,000 Qin soldiers to the hillside slowly, because the hillside was slippery, the war horse did not go, Wang Ben could only take the infantry to go.

At this time, Li Mu ordered "attack!" 20,000 iron cavalry and 50,000 infantry surged down from the mountain, relying on the mountain, the speed became faster and faster, the cavalry pulled out the short bow, and the sword rain shot at the Qin army, killing the Qin army.

In an instant, the two armies collided halfway up the mountain, and the soldiers of the Qin army who were trampled to death and stabbed to death were another piece.

Li Mu rushed in front of the formation, waved his spear, and as soon as he shot down, several Qin soldiers were penetrated, and they were unstoppable.

Wang Ben was also brave, seeing Li Mu rushing down the mountain, galloping back to the war horse, slashing the horse with a knife, soaring into the air, falling on the war horse, slapping the horse stock, and rushing towards Li Mu.

Seeing that Wang Ben was so murderous that he rushed over, Li Mu picked up his spear, swept away several Qin soldiers in front of the horse, killed a bloody road, and rushed towards Wang Ben on horseback.

The two of them hedged against each other, each with enough strength, Li Mu's spear stabbed directly, Wang Ben's knife swept, the two horses made a mistake, and the sound of the 'bell' sounded, the knives and guns collided, and the sparks splashed.

Li Mu's arms were shocked, and his mouth was numb, but fortunately, his legs clamped the horse's belly, stabilized his body, and did not fall off the horse.

Wang Ben was shocked, broke away from the horse's back, hurriedly hit the ground with the tip of the knife, flew back to the horse's back, just straightened his body, and said in his heart: "It's so dangerous!" Still in amazement, his back shook violently, and he was shot by Li Mu's backhand, sweeping off the horse, Li Mu turned the horse's head, waved his spear, and wanted to kill Wang Ben.

Wang Jian was on the top of the ladder, and when he saw his son killed Li Mu and snatched it, he was already desperate in his heart.

Wang Ben fell to the ground, spitting blood, seeing Li Mu rushing over, thinking that his life was over, when his life was hanging by a thread, Li Xin Pegasus waved his gun to block Li Mu, and with a 'bang', he blocked Li Mu's shot, and the two fought together.

When Wang Jian saw that Wang Ben was rescued, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and the cold sweat behind him soaked his clothes.

At this time, the Qin army and the Zhao army fought together, the Zhao army was unstoppable, Wang Jian saw Li Mu abandon the mountain and go down, this is the best time to trap the enemy, ordered the left flank iron cavalry battalion to outflank, the front battalion lined up to resist, and wanted to surround Li Mu's soldiers and horses.

Sima Shang saw that the cavalry of the Qin army was outflanked, and rushed down the mountain with 50,000 infantry, Wang Jian saw that the situation was not good, so the cavalry was surrounded, and could not play an advantage, even if the Zhao army could be destroyed, but there was not much left, this is the most elite cavalry of the Qin State, if there were too many casualties, where could they continue to fight other countries, and decisively ordered, Mingjin withdrew his troops.

Li Mu is brave and fierce, the tricks are strange, Li Xin can not be defeated, Yang Ruihe also rushed in and fought Li Mu with Li Xin, but he didn't take half a advantage, hearing Ming Jin, Li Xin shouted: "Today, General Li's wisdom and courage order is admired, and there will be a period later!" and Yang Ruihe urged the horse to leave, the Qin army was well-trained, even if the troops were collected, they did not panic, slowly retreated, Li Mu did not order to chase, and retreated to Jingcheng Pass.

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Wang Jian returned to the military tent and said to the generals: "The old man has fought for half a lifetime, experienced a hundred battles, and has never been as tragic as today.

Li Xindao: "Commander, what should we do next?"

Wang Jian said: "Don't move, look for an opportunity, this Li Mu is undefeated at the moment, Li Mu is not eliminated, we can't attack the Jingcheng Pass!"

"If we don't move, we can't afford to spend it, we are 400,000 troops, far away from Xianyang, and the Zhao army is not only close to Handan, but also more than half of the soldiers than us. ”

"You don't know our King Qin, he is far-sighted, he is clearer than us, the battle with Zhao is a key battle, if there are too many casualties, the destruction of the Six Kingdoms will be terminated, he has already prepared enough food and grass, the reason why he sent the old man here is to hope that this battle will not be lost, I will explain the situation here, ask Zhao to delay, I think the King of Qin will understand the old man. ”

Yang Ruihe said: "We can't afford it, and Zhao Guo can't afford it, if it's like today, then the momentum of the soldiers will be completely wiped out, if we fight again, we must win." ”

Wang Jian said: "As long as Li Mu is not here, we can easily capture Jingcheng Pass, and send someone to inform Guo Kai and ask him to do everything possible to transfer Li Mu out of here." ”