Wow!

At this moment, countless torches lit up all around, surrounding the Yan Legion.

Qu Jing was stunned for a moment, his heart suddenly sank to the bottom, and a cool air rushed into his brain from behind, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.

The flames soared into the sky, illuminating half of the sky, and as far as the eye could see, all the open spaces were crowded with the stubborn Zhao army, and I didn't know how much was hidden in the darkness behind.

"The general visited my Wuyang City late at night, why don't you say it in advance, the county guard can also set up a banquet to entertain the general." Jin Di walked out of the crowd and said with a smile.

"Withdraw, get out of the city." Qu Jing hurriedly shouted, his ruddy face was no longer bloodless, and Yan Jun rushed out of the city in a panic.

Qu Jing was glad that he cut off the chain that pulled the city gate when he entered the city, so that Zhao Jun could not close the city gate, and Yan Jun still had a chance.

"Whoa, whoa!"

In the distance, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and a young general in white armor and armed with a spear led the Zhao army to gallop over, and after arriving outside the city, the Zhao army quickly dispersed along the moat, raising the longbow in his hand to aim at the Yan army.

"You ...... You ......" Qu Jing spurted out a mouthful of blood, and there was not a trace of blood on his face.

"Old General Qu Jing, I'm sorry." Li Mu clenched his fists and said.

"How did you learn about our army's plans? No, the Wang, Fu, and Su families are your people, and since a few years ago, you have been planning the Yan Kingdom." Qu Jing's face was full of shock, and he suddenly turned his face to look at Su Jie, Fu Bao, and Wang Rong.

He could think that Zhao Guoguo would buy a wealthy family in Yan State, or buy civil and military officials as an internal response, but he never thought that he would set up a trap in Zhao State and wait for Yan Guo to take the bait.

Su Jie, Fu Bao, and Wang Rong lowered their heads, their hearts full of guilt.

The three of their families really wanted to take refuge in the Yan Kingdom, and in order to resist the reform and change of the Zhao State, they united many families, and even had branches of the Zhao family.

Infighting is indispensable in any big family, and the Zhao family is particularly prominent.

They set a trap for Zhao Bao's son, trying to involve the clan and use the power of the clan to fight against the imperial court.

In order to maintain the law, Zhao Kuo sent Zhao Bao's son to the coal mine to dig coal, and they all waited to see Zhao Guo's jokes, but in the end, none of the clan's farts were released.

They bribed the workers and wanted Zhao Bao's son to die in the mines, provoking conflicts between the king of Zhao and the clan, and as a result, they were put into three families and either beheaded or exiled.

They also manipulated grain prices in an attempt to stir up public resentment, and as a result, all grain merchants were exiled from their homes.

This is also the reason why Jiang Qu did not suspect them at all, everything they did was to hinder the development of Zhao State and cause civil strife in Zhao State.

As for whether it is possible that Zhao Guo is playing the trick, it is impossible.

Because no one can guarantee that the three families of Wang Fu and Su will definitely play a role in the future, and the damage they caused in Zhao State is a direct loss.

Moreover, Zhao Guo's strength is crushing to Yan Guo, whether there is Wang Fu Su or not will not affect the result.

With real benefits, the return on gambling is not high, and there is no illusory possibility.

Unless King Zhao was kicked in the head by a donkey, he couldn't do such a thing.

Therefore, Jiangqu has unreserved trust in them, and in order to support their career development, he squeezed out some money to give them with frugality.

Wang Fu and Su were grateful to Yan Guo and tried their best to hide their traces, but they shot again and again, but they still leaked out and were caught by Liu Ping.

When Zhao Kuo asked them if they wanted to die or live, they chose to live.

From then on, they were forced to become lackeys of the Zhao State.

Zhao Kuo initially left them, just thinking that when the two countries were at war, he would use them to pass on a few false information to Yan to reduce the difficulty of annexing Yan State.

According to their confessions, Yan Guo was almost convinced of them.

Unexpectedly, Yan Guo took the initiative to attack.

So Zhao Kuo told Li Mu about it, and after Li Mu thought about it, he united with Jin Huang and gave Yan Jun a set.

In order to make Yan Jun feel the urgency of time and take the bait as soon as possible, Li Mu and Jin Di

also released a message that he did not agree with the other party, but under the order of King Zhao, he gradually began to cooperate.

Yan Jun really took the bait quickly.

In order to ensure that the three families of Wang Fu and Su will not rebel again, Jin Huang also sent someone to look at all the nearly 1,000 people of the three families.

"Go down to the three of you, and you will report to the king and forgive all your guilt, but after that, it's up to you. In addition, for the sake of your good performance, I would like to remind you that you don't just stare at the one-third of an acre in front of you, the outside world is very big." Li Mu said to Fu Bao, Wang Rong, and Su Jie.

"Thank you, General, thank you, General." The three of them hurriedly bowed and saluted, and retreated with the children of the family.

"What does Li Mu mean when he says that the outside world is big?" On the way back, Fu Bao whispered.

"How do I know, maybe it means that the other six countries are bigger than Zhao Guo." Wang Rong said.

"I think it may be a ...... outside the Central Plains," Su Jie said hesitantly.

"Our army camp must have been arranged for the generals." Qu Jing looked at Li Mu, and his breath declined to the extreme.

"The general has already ordered the deputy general Sima Shang to lead the Great Wall Army to block the outside of the Yan army camp, don't worry, the old general, you won't have a reinforcement." Li Mu said confidently.

The 90,000 Yan army, which lost its main general, although it was a large number, was just a rabble.

"What does the general plan to do with our army?" Qu Jing asked.

"Surrender or kill." Li Mu said calmly.

"The whole army obeyed the order, laid down its arms, and surrendered to the Zhao State." Qu Jing ordered without hesitation.

At this point, there was no possibility for the Yan army to escape.

Rather than die in battle, it is better to surrender.

"General, we can still fight."

"Yes, General, it's a big deal to fight with them."

There were a few sporadic sounds in the Yan army, but most of them said that the soldiers were silent and happy.

They didn't want to fight with Zhao Jun, they were just forced to be soldiers, and they wanted to live more than die in battle, and they wanted to go back to see their parents, wives and children alive.

"I say, lay down your arms and surrender. All the blame for the crime will be borne by the general, and even if the king is punished, he will punish the general, and it has nothing to do with you." Qu Jing ordered again.

Whoa!

Seeing that Qu Jing's attitude was so resolute, the Yan army began to lay down his arms and surrender.

Jin Yan waved his hand, and behind him, Zhao Jun stepped forward to collect the Yan army's weapons and pulled the Yan army aside to take care of it.

Qu Jing watched all this silently, and two lines of turbid tears slowly fell from the corners of his eyes.

"Don't worry, old general, I, Zhao Guo, will not treat you badly. Whatever treatment you have in Yan Kingdom, I Zhao Kingdom will give you whatever treatment." Li Mu comforted.

"The soldiers outside the city, the general can take the old man's sword to surrender, I hope the general will not embarrass them." Qu Jing didn't answer Li Mu, he talked to himself, looked at the north stupidly, and after a while, he suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist and wiped it on his neck.

"Not good!" Li Mu hurriedly took out his bow and arrow and shot it towards Qu Jing's wrist.

But it was too late, and a burst of crimson blood burst into the air, as if the flowers on the other side were blooming in the night.

Poof!

Qu Jing's body fell from the horse and slammed into the ground.

The entire Wuyang City was silent, and all eyes were focused on Qu Jing.

"General!"

Qu Jing's personal guards knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, and then the other Yan soldiers also knelt down and kowtowed three times silently.

Although there was no affection between them and Qu Jing, at the last moment, Qu Jing was thinking about them.

This love is worth remembering.

"Let's bury it." Li Mu sighed.

No one thought that Qu Jing would be so resolute and arrange the aftermath for the Yan army, but he was unwilling to surrender to the Zhao State.

"Give the sword to Sima Shang and ask him to surrender the Yan army." Li Mu picked up the sword from the ground and handed it to the guard next to him, who took the sword and turned his head and ran towards the Yan army camp.

"Jin Huang has seen General Li, the general is really clever, young and promising." Jin Di stepped forward and said with his fists clenched.

The two finally met officially.

"In fact, if the last general doesn't come, the Yan army won't be able to break through Wuyang. The last general can be regarded as robbing the county guard of the credit." Li Mu said modestly.

"Isn't the general slapping the official's face when he says that? Without a general, the lower officials can't keep less than 100,000 Yan troops." Jin Huang laughed and made a gesture of please.

The two walked towards the city together, and the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant of Hejian took Zhao Jun to escort the 10,000 Yan army away.

The gates were re-armed, and more troops were arranged.

Although the Yan army surrendered, Wuyang City still did not let down its vigilance.

Moreover, Qu Jing also cut the rope that pulled the city gate, and disgusted Zhao Jun before he died.

"What are you going to do with these captive generals?" Jin Huang ordered someone to put on a banquet and asked.

"Same as before, five years in the Zhao Kingdom, and then send back to the Yan Kingdom." Li Mu said.

This is Zhao Kuo's approach, and if nothing else, it will become a convention in the future.

"The previous batch hasn't been released yet, and now they already have opinions, if there are more than 100,000, I'm afraid it will be difficult to manage." Jin Huang frowned and said.

It stands to reason that a month ago, Zhao Guo should have put back the Yan army that had been captured five years ago.

What you say you should do, even if it's to a group of captives.

In fact, Zhao Guo did the same.

Even if you know that after releasing this group of Yan troops, it will greatly increase the difficulty of annexing the Yan Kingdom in the future.

Zhao Kuo still ordered it to be returned.

The credibility of the state is more important than anything else.

As long as Zhao wants to annex Yan and make the people of Yan recognize Zhao and become the inherent territory of Zhao State, the people of Yan must not lose trust in Zhao State.

Otherwise, it would only be like the Qi State, although the Yan State was destroyed, it was finally driven out by the Yan people.

It also leaves behind the seeds of infamy and hatred.

200,000 Yan army captives, representing 200,000 families, this is a huge force.

As long as this group of people recognizes the Zhao State, they do not oppose the rule of the Zhao State.

Yan Guo will soon be able to integrate into Zhao State.

Vice versa.

Therefore, as soon as the summer harvest ended, Zhao began to gather captives from all over the country and gathered in Hejian to prepare to send them back to Yan.

But who would have thought that at this moment, Yan Guo declared war on Zhao State!

The imperial court hurriedly ordered a moratorium on the release of the captives until the war was over.

The Yan army captives still understood Zhao Guo, after all, Zhao Guo's approach was indeed intended to let them go back, and now there were only some accidents.

But understanding is understanding, and understanding does not mean that there will be no dissatisfaction.

Everyone has been locked up in Zhao for five years, and who doesn't want to go home early.

You help us send letters every year, and your family says it's good, but who knows if it's true or not.

You promised to be good before, and we have been working tirelessly to help you reclaim wasteland, control saline-alkali land, and control floods in the past five years, just to be able to go home on time.

It's been a month now, and you're still not letting us go back.

The 200,000 Yan captives were not only dissatisfied with the Zhao State, but also resented the Yan State.

Forget it if you leave us in Zhao State, but we are just about to go back, and you declare war on Zhao State, isn't this pure heart and can't get along with us?

Jin Huang is even more big, this Nima 200,000 Yan army captives are now all in Hejian County, doing nothing, just waiting to go home.

200,000 mouths, every day is food!

If you add 100,000 mouths, there is also the grain and grass that Zhao Jun himself needs.

Even if the Wuyang granary is piled up, it can't support such consumption.

If you put it back a day earlier, you can save an extra day's food.

"The county guard told those Yan army captives that the short time is a month, and the long time is before the autumn harvest, the Zhao State will definitely let them go back to the Yan Kingdom." Li Mu looked to the north, his right hand clenched his sword, and his body exuded confidence

Radiance.

"The general is planning to ......," Jin Di's hand holding the wine glass stopped in mid-air.

"The King's Secret Edict! North! Kill the swallow!" Li Mu said in a deep voice.

"When it happened, I don't know." Jin Huang said in shock.

They didn't even defeat the Yan army for an hour, how could there be a secret edict from the king!

"Before the army was dispatched, the king handed it over to the last general, and the last general did not tell the county guard. Because what the king said was that if the war went well, after defeating the Yan army, he would go north to destroy Yan. If the war doesn't go well, just hold the border.

In this war, the Yan State requisitioned almost all the adult men in the country, and the army was all captured, and the country was extremely empty. And our army has hardly any damage, and the reinforcements led by Qingshe will arrive on the same day, and the navy led by Yuan Hua has also gone to the downstream of the control of the water (Yongding River, the Haihe River should not have been fully formed at this time), which is the best time to destroy Yan." Li Mu said excitedly.

The merit of destroying the country, Li Mu never thought that one day it would fall on his head.

Even if it is the weakest Yan Kingdom, it is also the destruction of the country!

Not comparable to other feats!

When Jin Huang heard this, he also began to get excited.

Li Mu is the main general, and he is the deputy general. If he can destroy the country, he can also share a huge merit.

This was unthinkable in South Korea before.

"When the general goes north, there will definitely be no shortage of grain and grass in the rear. Even if the subordinate is hungry, he will definitely feed the front-line soldiers." Jin Huang gritted his teeth and said.

The two are also interesting, one claims to be the last general, and the other claims to be a lower official.

"Let's take a look at the news from the Yan army camp first, and when the reinforcements arrive, we will go north to destroy Yan." Li Mu picked up a glass of wine and drank it all, full of pride.

The reason why we are not waiting for reinforcements today is because we are worried about uncertainties. Look at the book

But Yan Yan still has to wait for reinforcements, otherwise the 10,000 soldiers will work hard and not get any merits, and they will have opinions on Li Mu.

As a commander-in-chief, Li Mu must take into account the feelings of all the officers and men in the army.