Chapter 132: Li Mu's Scheme
When Yan Ju heard this, he was also very happy in his heart, he thought that only he and Tian Dan and Meng Wei were from Qi in Zhao State, but he didn't expect to meet another one, although it was not a city, but he was half a fellow countryman when he went out, and the relationship between the two instantly became a lot closer.
In this era, the love of fellow villagers is very precious, even if you don't know each other, you will generally reach out to help.
"However, we are now from the Zhao Kingdom." Yan Ju suddenly stopped, looked at Li Bo, and said seriously.
"Of course, that's of course." Li Bo hurriedly said.
Just kidding, he is a county guard in Zhao State, a military and political one, and an existence like a feudal official, he is not even a county order in Qi State, how can he miss Qi State.
Besides, even Tian Dan's level can't get along in the Qi Kingdom, let alone a scum like him?
Seeing Yan Ju now will only strengthen his heart to stay in Zhao State.
"Li Junshou rest assured, the king will not care about your past, as long as you have the ability and work hard in the future, the king will definitely reuse you." Even with my identity, the king continued to let me lead Zhao Fei to ride, let alone you. The king has a very big heart, unlike other monarchs. For the sake of fellow villagers, Yan Ju reminded.
He could see that Li Bo seemed to be worried that Zhao Kuo would liquidate him in the future, but in his opinion, this was impossible, even with such a sensitive identity, he was led by Zhao Feicai, the first legion of Zhao State, and Zhao Kuo didn't care, not to mention that Li Bo was a county guard.
If anyone were to be the king of Zhao, I am afraid that he would be removed as soon as possible and replaced with a confidant general to command Zhao Feiqi.
But Zhao Kuo didn't, this is the pattern!
Yan Ju was moved by this for a long time, and vowed not to live up to Zhao Kuo's trust.
What he didn't know was that Zhao Kuo actually didn't know his identity at all!
As soon as Zhao Kuo rebelled, Yan Ju rebelled without saying a word, a loyal look, coupled with Zhao Feiqi's strict selection, he must be from a good family to join, Zhao Kuo had nothing to do to investigate Yan Ju's identity.
Yan Ju didn't say it himself, others didn't say it, and Zhao Kuo didn't go out of his way to investigate, so it's strange to know!
And Yan Ju always thought that Zhao Kuo knew his identity, after all, this matter was not a secret in Zhao Kingdom, and he heard about it casually.
So, a wonderful misunderstanding arose......
When Li Bo heard this, he immediately stopped, bowed to Yan Ju, and said solemnly: "Thank you for the reminder, general." ”
"My father told me that when I go out and meet my fellow villagers, I can help if I can, after all, everyone has times of difficulty." Yan Ju said.
"Ling Zun is a good word." Li Bo sighed.
The three of them talked all the way, and unconsciously came to the county guard's mansion, and Li Bo re-ordered someone to put on a banquet to wash the dust for Yan Ju.
"Trouble the county guard to arrange some people to prepare food for my group of brothers, prepare more, we have been running all the way since the morning, and we have never had time to eat." Yan Ju said.
"Someone has already been sent to arrange it." Lieber said.
"Thank you, Captain." Yan Ju clenched his fists and said.
It was a very simple banquet, there was only a bowl of wine, and there was only one fish that was not big, Yan Ju didn't say anything, he knew that the situation in Daicheng was very difficult now, and this fish might still be caught in the river outside the city today.
Li Bo didn't even have fish in front of him, only a vegetarian dish with half a plate, although there were reasons why he and Li Mu had already eaten it, but there were also reasons why he could save a little.
Otherwise, the meal for three people will definitely be the same, with a little less at most.
Yan Ju didn't think that Li Bo was putting on a show, first, there was no need for this, he and Li Mu didn't just leave after having a meal here, and the show was easy to debunk.
Second, none of the subordinates of the entire county guard, including Li Bo, are fat.
Third, Li Bo is known to be virtuous, as early as Zhao Wangdan's time, Yan Ju had heard of Li Bo's name.
Fourth, let alone Daicheng, it is Handan, and now they are all thrifty to support the front line.
Yan Ju finished eating quickly, and the three of them returned to the main hall.
Looking at the main seat in front of them, the three of them stopped in unison.
Originally, when there was only Li Mu in the reinforcements, Li Bo was very aware of the current affairs and gave up the main position to Li Mu, but now there is another support army, and the commander is still Zhao Feiqi......
There can only be one main general in the army!
Li Bo looked at the two of them with a smile and did not speak, in fact, he was also qualified to compete for the position of the main general, after all, the county guard was grasped by the military and the government, and this was in the county.
However, Li Bo was very aware of the current affairs and took a step back.
"The king ordered me to obey General Li in everything." After a short silence, Yan Ju clenched his fists and said.
He knew that he was just a general, and it was okay to charge into battle, as for the commander of the army, forget it, and Li Mu was a handsome talent that Zhao Kuo, Le Yi, and Tian Dan were optimistic about, and after he studied with Le Yi and Tian Dan for a period of time, he was immediately sent out to experience Zhao Kuo's expectations of him.
"In that case, then I will be disrespectful." Li Mu did not refuse, walked straight to the main seat, sat down, and a momentum emanated from the inside out.
"The last generals, Yan Ju and Li Bo, meet the generals." The two of them bowed and saluted.
"You two may be seated." Li Mu stretched out his hand and gestured.
"How much grain and grass is there in the city now?" After the two of them sat down, Li Mu asked.
"One hundred and fifty thousand stones." Li Bo said with a sad face.
Li Mu looked at Yan Ju, and Yan Ju spread his hands: "I only brought seven days of grain and grass to the north, and now there is not much left." ”
"The road between Daicheng and Handan has been cut off by the Yan army, and there is no surplus grain and grass in Yanmen and Yunzhong, so that our army's grain and grass can only last for a month." Li Mu sighed.
"One month is enough time to defeat the Yan army." Yan Ju said confidently, with the strength of the Yan army, if he dared to come out, he could defeat five thousand Zhao Fei cavalry, not to mention that there were fifty thousand troops. "By the way, did the Yan army bring the Liaodong Jianbing?"
"I don't see it." Liber shook his head.
"Originally, I wanted to fight with the Liaodong soldiers, but it's okay like this, without the Liaodong soldiers, the Yan army has nothing to worry about." Yan Ju said.
"What we want is not to defeat the Yan army, but to defeat the Yan army in the shortest time and with the least losses, and then support other places." Li Mu said.
"Well, the king told me to listen to you anyway." Yan Ju said very shamefully, saying that he was only responsible for charging into battle, not for making suggestions.
Li Mu stared at the map, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "By the way, the Flying Fox Sect connected to Dai County and the outside has been occupied by the Yan army, which way did General Yan come from?" ”
"Of course I killed it, Hongshangguan is still in the hands of our army, after entering Hongshangguan, I have been encountering the Yan army, and I have killed it all the way, so there was a lot of delay on the way." Yan Ju said.
He and the herald set off at the same time, Zhao Feicai's speed was not slower than that of the herald, Zhao Feicai could have arrived before Li Mu arrived, after all, Li Mu only went south after receiving the herald's order.
But there is only one herald, and the target is small, even if it is a lofty mountain, it can pass through, but Zhao Feiqi can't do it, plus he is fighting all the way, and he has been delayed for a lot of time.
"After arriving at the source, the Yan army stationed 20,000 troops there, I originally wanted to occupy the source and cut off their back route, but the Yan army all shrank in the city, no matter how I provoked, they would not come out."
"The general also knows that although I, Zhao Feicai, am invincible in the field, but the siege is not enough, and it just so happened that I received the news that the Yan army was attacking Daicheng, so I bypassed the path of Lingqiu." Yan Ju said helplessly.
If the Yan army goes out of the city, Yan Ju dares to guarantee that he can kill the other party without leaving a piece of armor, who would have thought that the number of the Yan army is four times that of the Zhao army, and they are still obscenely shrunk in the city, even if Yan Ju leads Zhao Feiqi, there is no way to take him, after all, no matter how strong the army soul legion is, it can't ignore the city wall.
It is even more impossible to let Zhao Fei ride to use his life, and Zhao Fei has only 5,000 people, and he may not be able to pile it down with his life.
The source is the hub connecting the Flying Fox and Puyin, and the geographical location is extremely important, whoever occupies the source will control the two traffic arteries of Taihang Mountain.
Li Mu tapped his fingers on the table, his eyebrows were almost wrinkled into a line, his original plan was to make a detour to attack the source and cut off the back road of the Yan army, but now it seems that this plan is obviously not working.
But think about it, Yan Jun is not a fool, how can he not know the importance of the source, he must have sent a large army to garrison it, I still think it is too simple. Li Mu laughed at himself in his heart.
He continued to look at the map, and neither Yan Ju nor Li Bo spoke, for fear of disturbing him.
"Trouble General Yan to send Zhao Feiqi to find out where the grain and grass of the Yan army are." After a while, Li Mu finally raised his head.
"No." Yan Ju arched his hand.
"Li Junshou, please send someone to evacuate all the people in the county into the city to prevent Yan Jungou from jumping over the wall. In addition, it will be of great use to find me a few guides or old hunters who often hunt in the Taihang Mountains. Li Mu said to Li Bo again.
"No." Li Bo immediately went down to make arrangements.
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On the other side, the Yan army camp.
"You can't even beat a young man with a weak crown, have you lived to be a dog at such an age?" Qing Qin strode in, sat on the top, patted a few eucalyptus angrily, and his face was blue with anger.
A full 40,000 army fought the 10,000 army of Zhao State, but was chased and killed for more than 50 miles, with a loss of nearly 10,000, and even the main general was almost killed.
Even if the opponent is a cavalryman, you shouldn't be defeated so badly!
"Please punish the general." Ji Xin followed behind, embarrassed, kneeling on one knee, and said with great shame.
"What is the name of the commander of the Zhao army? What is the effect of talents? Qing Qin didn't help Ji Xin up, let him kneel, and asked in a deep voice.
"It seems to be called Li Mu, but I don't know the talent." Ji Xin shook his head.
"Li Mu!" Qing Qin's eyes widened.
"The general knows?" The drama is a little strange, it's just a child in the year of the weak crown, is it very famous? Why have I never heard of it?
"Do you know what the name of General Zhao who defeated our army on the border of my country's Chen soldiers and Zhao State a few months ago?" Ji Xin asked in a deep voice.
"Isn't it called Lecheng?" Ju Xin asked, he seemed to have heard others say that because Le Cheng was Le Yi's clan, he remembered it.
"Le Cheng was the main general of the Zhao army before, and then led the army to attack our army's camp at night, and the main general of the Zhao army who defeated our army was called Li Mu, who was only nineteen years old, and was good at using spears. You are also an old minister of my Yan Kingdom, don't you even know the information? No wonder you're defeated. Qing Qin scolded angrily.
Ji Xin opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but he didn't say it.
He is indeed an old minister of Yan State, when King Yan Zhao cast a golden platform, he went to Yan State from Zhao State, and Le Yi, Zou Yan, Guo Kui helped King Yan Zhao reform the law, and he has a share of credit for the strength of Yan State.
However, after the death of King Yan Zhao, Le Yi left Yan Kingdom, Qin Kai was suppressed, and he was no longer reused, especially after the current king ascended the throne, he was seriously excluded and could only be idle at home.
Originally, whether it was in terms of ability, merit or seniority, he should be the main general of the Yan army, but King Yan handed him over to the more trusted Qing Qin.
If it weren't even for the recommendation of the chestnut, he wouldn't even be able to get the position of this deputy general, and now he is still farming at home.
He wanted to know the news, who was going to tell him?
"I'll pay attention next time." The drama said sadly, and couldn't help but miss the days of the year.
There is no intrigue, only the dispute between gentlemen, the king regards his ministers as siblings, and the ministers regard him as confidants.
It's a pity that the past is gone......
"If King Zhao is still ......"
"Alright, general, get up." Qing Qin waved his hand and said, "Now that the Zhao State has come with reinforcements, it will be much more difficult for us to capture Daijun. What does the general think? ”
"It is mainly based on military training, supplemented by siege. The strength of our army is too different from that of the Zhao army, and we must go through several wars to grow up quickly. Ji Xin said.
The physical fitness of the Yan soldiers is not much worse than that of Zhao Jun, they all have one head and two arms, and the difference is mainly due to the will to fight.
At least the soldiers of Zhao survived the tempering of the Battle of Changping, not to mention how elite they are, at least they have passed the test in terms of will.
And most of the Yan Kingdom are strong men who have just been requisitioned, and they were still digging in the ground half a month ago.
Although the remaining part has some combat experience, it is mainly with Donghu, that thing doesn't even have a battle array, Yan Guo hangs it up and hammers it, which is completely different from fighting Zhao Guo.
If you can't let the Yan army grow up quickly, even if you double the number of soldiers, it's useless.
Qing Qin shook his head, "The king's order is to attack the county. ”
"The Zhao army is elite, and only the cavalry has just been supported, and there is a high probability that there will be infantry behind. There is almost no hope for our army to attack Daijun. Juxin insisted.
"And Zhao is not the only enemy of us, Qin, Qi, Korea, and Wei are all attacking Zhao, and in addition, Xiangguo is also leading an army of 150,000 to the south, and they are more anxious than us. The Zhao army now definitely wants to defeat us as soon as possible and then support the other battlefields, so we only need to hold the other side back now to win. ”
Although he was dissatisfied with King Yan, now that he was the deputy general of Yan State, he had to take on this responsibility, even if Qing Qin didn't listen, he had to make his words clear.
"What you say makes sense...... Qing Qin pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, I will send someone to ask the king, and attack normally in the next few days." ”
"That's fine." Ji Xin nodded.
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Then, as usual, the Yan army took turns sending two legions to attack Daicheng every day, and in order to guard against the Zhao army, two more legions were arranged to respond.
"Yan Jun wants to train his troops." Yan Ju said eagerly, "Do you want me to send someone to kill it?" ”
"No, we just need to defend, if we kill the Yan army now, the Yan army will not come out." Li Mu shook his head.
Three days later, an army of 40,000 finally arrived in Daicheng.
The people of Dai County have all been evacuated into the city, and Li Bo does have the means, even if there are so many more people, they are still managed in an orderly manner, and there is no chaos.
"I am going to lead the army to attack the Yan army camp at night and find a way to burn the Yan army's grain and grass." Li Mu pointed to the location of Yan Jun's grain and grass on the map and said.
There are two main places where the Yan army stores grain and grass, one is the source and the other is the Yan army camp. Li Mu was referring to the Yan army camp, where more than sixty percent of the Yan army's grain and grass were stored.
The location of the grain storage was personally explored by Yan Ju, and the dignified transcendent realm martial artist personally served as a scout, and the Yan army was not unjustly lost.
"Let's let me go, I, Zhao Feiqi, am the best at night raids." Yan Ju clenched his fists and said.
"Nope." Li Mu shook his head, pointed to a thin line on the map that zigzagged through the mountains and mountains, spreading from Daicheng to Shanggu Pass, and said, "You lead Zhao Fei to attack Shanggu Pass from here. ”
"This road ......"
"This is the path found by the old hunter in the mountains, I have already walked it with the old hunter myself, this road is very difficult to walk, there are cliffs everywhere. But it was not a problem for Zhao Feiqi, there were not many defenders in Shanggu Pass, less than two hundred. As long as Zhao Feiqi can reach here, he can easily take it and imprison the 100,000 troops of the Yan Kingdom in Puyin and Flying Fox. Li Mu said.
Shanggu Pass is the entrance of Puyin, the geographical location is very important, originally Yan Guo was stationed here with heavy troops, but with the source being captured, Yan Guo completely mastered Puyin, Shanggu Pass has become the rear, and the strength of the town guard is naturally transferred to the front.
"In that case, why do you want to burn the Yan Army's grain and grass?" Yan Ju asked.
If it can capture Shanggu Pass and cut off the back road of the Yan army, the Yan army will undoubtedly lose, and it is not of much significance to burn the grain and grass, and some troops will be lost in vain.
"Avoid long nights and dreams. If you don't want to burn the grain and grass of the Yan army, even if the back road of the Yan army is cut off, at least it can hold out for another month and a half. And we need to defeat the Yan army as soon as possible and support the king. Li Mu said.
"Good! I did it! Yan Ju nodded solemnly, "When will you go!" ”
"I will sneak attack the Yan army camp in the middle of the night, and you will set off when it is dawn, with me to attract attention, the Yan army will not find you." Li Mu said.
"Okay, I'll go down and prepare." Yan Ju strode outside.
Then, Li Mu looked at the deputy general Sima Shang, and Sima Shang immediately clenched his fists and said, "The general directly orders it." ”
"You led an army of 10,000 to make a detour to Lingqiu and Hongshangguan, blocking the way for the Yan army to advance west and south." Li Mu pointed to two places on the map and said.
"No." Sima Shang said immediately.
"Alright, let's go down and prepare." Li Mu waved his hand.