The Zhao army captured the city of Hao, and the king surrendered, marking the official demise of the kingdom of Haocheng, which had been inherited for hundreds of years.

As for whether Zhao supported a new puppet regime or established county jurisdiction, it was not Li Mu's responsibility.

He only needs to pass the news to the imperial court, and the imperial court will naturally take care of it.

Early the next morning, Li Mu was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, and Sima Shang suddenly came over: "General, when are we on our way?"

"No hurry, wait a few days." Li Mu put away his gun and waved his hand, the news of the defeat at the front had reached Haocheng, and Gaoyi and Jizi Joseon should almost know about it. Since this is the case, there is no need for Zhao Jun to seize time, it is better to take a good rest.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Li Mu saw that Sima Shang was about to speak and stopped, and said strangely.

"The general should go and take a look, there are a lot of women surrounded outside the barracks, and some even take the initiative to take the hands of our soldiers, if this continues, our soldiers will not be able to hold it sooner or later." Sima Shang said.

Zhao Jun went out for a few months, and the sows were all sables, not to mention that many of these women were born in the nobility, and they also dressed up specially.

「…… I've heard that some barbarians have the custom of borrowing seeds...... I didn't expect it to be there." Li Mu walked outside unhurriedly.

"Borrow?" Sima Shang asked curiously.

"Yes, because we are tall and majestic in the Central Plains, those barbarians want to borrow our species to improve their genes. The children they give birth to will also be loved and raised as if they were their own children. Some men even let their wives sleep with other men, just to borrow seeds. I heard from the people of the Chamber of Commerce that we in the Central Plains are in the barbarians, but we are in high demand, and there are women who post them everywhere we go. But I've only heard about it in the past, and this is the first time I've seen it." Li Mu said with a smile.

"That's not good, how can my Zhao people's seed lend them these barbarians." When Sima Shang heard this, his face suddenly turned pale, and he said extremely angrily, "The last general will send people over to blast away all these bewitching ***, and he actually dares to covet my Zhao Kingdom's seed."

Li Mu hurriedly grabbed Sima Shang: "The Hao Qi is different from those barbarians, this is not only their borrowed species, but also the assimilation of my Zhao State to them, which is a good thing for my Zhao State. And if you stop it, all the soldiers will complain against you."

"What then?" Sima Shang stopped.

"What are we doing so leniently? The soldiers have been fighting for so long, and their spirits have been tense, so it's time to relax and tell everyone that they will be given three days off, and after three days, they will all return to the barracks." Li Mu looked at the outside of the barracks, and there were indeed a lot of women around.

Standing in the barracks and talking to the woman, it could be seen that these young men with strong blood were indeed a little hungry and thirsty, and their eyes were almost red.

But even so, no one walked out of the barracks in violation of military discipline or let the women in.

"Then go and tell them the good news." Sima Shang said.

Soon, the entire barracks erupted in earth-shattering cheers.

Three days later, Zhao Jun reassembled, and not only did everyone not lose their spirits, but they were all in high spirits, and even the speed of their journey was much faster.

In just five days, they rushed to Gaoyi.

Just as the Zhao army was about to attack the city, the minister of Gao Yi opened the city gate and sent the tied Gao Yi Jun to the Zhao army.

"The kingdom of Yidi accidentally offended the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, all because of the order of the faint king, and we just acted on orders. Now that we have arrested the faint king, it is up to the general to kill or chop him, and I just hope that the general can spare my Gaoyi people." Several Gaoyi ministers knelt on the ground and said sadly.

"Not the king of the dead country, but the minister of the dead country." Gao Yijun pointed at a group of ministers and scolded.

"Grab them all." Li Mu glanced at Minister Gaoyi with disdain, it was really shameless for the other party to say that the seller could be said to be the people of the whole country for the sake of seeking glory.

"We have already handed over the faint monarch to Zhao Guo, why does the general still arrest us?" Minister Gao Yi hurriedly asked.

"A group of traitors seeking glory were all pulled out and beheaded

。」 Li Mu said disdainfully.

"Don't kill me, I have money, I can give it all to the general." Minister Gao Yi hurriedly said.

The Great Wall Army dragged it out without saying anything, and soon, several human heads were presented.

"Throw it out and feed it to the dogs." Li Mu waved his hand and said impatiently.

After experiencing the surrender of the two countries, the Zhao army has relaxed a lot, it seems that the deterrent power of the Zhao State is still very large, just after the troops came to the city, the monarch and the ministers rushed to surrender.

It shouldn't be difficult to think of the rest of the Minoko.

However, the resistance of the Jizi Joseon exceeded Zhao Jun's expectations.

Jizi Joseon first received the tribes that did not accept the Zhao state, and sent 30,000 troops to garrison the border, which was broken by the Zhao army.

An additional 50,000 troops were stationed outside Wang Jiancheng to counter the Zhao army.

After the Zhao army arrived at Wang Jiancheng, the Jizi Korean army took advantage of the unstable foothold of the Zhao army and took the initiative to attack, but was defeated by the Zhao army, and the 50,000 army was almost completely lost, leaving only a few thousand remnants of the army to flee back to the city.

The Zhao army took advantage of the situation to attack Wang Jiancheng, and three days later, broke Wang Jiancheng and captured the monarch of Jizi Joseon.

With the annihilation of the country of Jizi Joseon, a surging breath came from the body of the Great Wall Army, as if to break through some kind of shackles, but after a few breaths, all the breath disappeared.

"Still didn't work out?" Li Mu's face turned extremely pale.

The reason why he wanted to go north to attack Su Shen and go south to destroy Hao, Gaoyi, and Jizi Korea was not only because the four countries sent troops to support Donghu, but also because the Great Wall Army could restore its peak.

As it turned out, this method did work a little, and in the course of the campaign, the Great Wall Army did have some kind of fluctuations, which had never been done before.

But apart from fluctuations, Li Mu didn't feel any other changes, no military soul, no talent, and no physical fitness.

"I don't think there's enough Hu Ren to kill." Sima Shang said to Li Mu.

"Tomorrow, Lao Tzu will go north to destroy Su Shen!" Li Mu said in a deep voice, the Great Wall Army is the hard work of half his life.

It is also because of him that the Great Wall Army has become what it is now, and if he can't help the Great Wall Army recover its strength, he will live in self-blame for the rest of his life.

"Aren't there still a few Hu people in the south? Why don't you just kill it?" Sima Shang said.

"You mean Chenguo, Gaiguo, and Mahan?" Li Mu said.

"Not bad. Hitting a child on a rainy day is also idle, anyway, it's a convenient thing." Sima Shang said.

"Then go south first, then go north." Li Mu said in a deep voice, as long as the Great Wall Army can be restored, he doesn't mind taking these Hu people under the knife.

In other words, from beginning to end, he didn't treat these Hu people as human beings!

"I don't know what happened to General Qin Kai, whether he wiped out Ding Ling, but we wiped out four countries in a row." Sima Shang said with a smile.

"With Zhao Fei riding, Ding Ling can't run away even if he runs, if nothing happens, he shouldn't be able to see Ding Ling in the future." Li Mu said that he was still very confident in Qin Kai's strength.

At this moment, Qin Kai was doing the final sweeping work.

The battle went smoothly without incident.

Ding Ling never thought that Zhao Jun would appear on the grassland thousands of miles away to start a decisive battle with them.

On the one hand, there is the elite Zhao army, and on the other hand, there is the Ding Ling tribe that is unprepared, and the old, weak, women and children are mixed together, and the result can be imagined.

If it was before, Ding Lingren couldn't beat it, at least he could still run.

However, Zhao Guo spent a few years to explore the distribution of various tribes in Ding Ling, and spent a high price to hire some 'guides', which proved that the role of guides was huge.

In the spring, Ding Ling's war horse fat has not yet been raised, and the cattle and sheep have to give birth again, and they can't outrun the Zhao army at all, under the leadership of the guide, the Zhao army destroyed one Ding Ling tribe after another, and finally only one Ding Ling King remained.

King Ding Ling did not start a decisive battle with the Zhao army like the Xiongnu, but went north with great interest

escaped far away, and was finally caught up and captured by Zhao Feiqi on the shore of Beihai Lake.

"In the future, the entire grassland will be the horse farm of my Zhao Kingdom." Yan Ju handed King Ding Ling over to Qin Kai and said with a smile.

"The servant will be so sad that he can't sleep at night." Qin Kai also made a rare joke, and after killing Ding Ling, he was in a good mood.

Although he knew that with his age, it would be difficult to have the opportunity to lead the troops in the future, but with this battle, he was already very satisfied.

"Hahaha, the entire Zhao Kingdom is happy, only the servant is sighing." Yan Ju said.

"Pass the order and get ready to return." Qin Kai said.

……

Handan, the slander has just spread the news of Li Mu's extermination of Donghu and Ping Sushen, and the whole country of Zhao is celebrating, and everyone is happy for the strength of Zhao State.

However, at this time, there are always people who stand up at an inopportune time, accusing Zhao Kuo of launching an unjust war, and treating the barbarians should not start a war, but should use etiquette and music to influence them.

For this kind of person, Zhao Kuo was not angry, but sent someone to pick it up, provide it with delicious food and drink, and then send it to Donghu and Su Shen, so that they could influence the local Hu people.

"King, General Qin Kai has sent a letter, they have completely pacified Ding Ling and are leading the way back." In the palace, Zhao Kuo was teasing his daughter, and Liu Ping suddenly walked in.

"Inform the ministers of the DPRK and China of the proceedings." Zhao Kuo handed over his daughter to the maid, got up and walked towards the main hall.

As soon as Zhao Kuo walked to the main hall, another piece of information was sent, and Li Mu pacified the North Korea.

"The widow just ordered him to lead the army to pacify Donghu, and now it's good, he has pacified four countries for the widow." Zhao Kuo opened the letter and saw Li Mu explaining the situation of the Great Wall Army at the end, and his eyes gradually became deeper.

"First of all, there is definitely no problem with the strength of the Great Wall Army, and it definitely meets the standard of the Army Soul Legion. Secondly, the inability of the Great Wall Army to recover its strength must have nothing to do with the so-called Kunlun God. It may have been relevant at first, but now it is absolutely not. To put it bluntly, the Kunlun God is just a product of the sacrifice of the Huns, and it may cause a backlash to the Great Wall Army, but it will definitely not affect it for so long.

Not to mention the Kunlun God, even if the Huns are gone! Even if it exists, it cannot be an opponent of the Great Wall Army. Back then, Li Mudu slashed Kunlun God to death with one sword, let alone now. So, the problem of the Great Wall Army arises in ...... on your own!" Zhao Kuo frowned.

"But no, if that's the case, Li Mu will definitely find out before me." Zhao Kuo was a little puzzled, he was a military trainer himself, but he never thought that his real ability was stronger than Li Mu, it stands to reason that he had discovered this problem, and Li Mu must have discovered it a long time ago, "Could it be that the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear?"

"What is the reason for the fluctuations in the process of exterminating Hu? Mental fluctuations? The Army Soul Legion needs a common belief, and the belief of the Great Wall Army is to destroy the Hu, so every time the Hu country is destroyed, the Great Wall Army will produce mental fluctuations, causing the breath to rise. The reason why it did not recover is because ...... Mental stimulation is not enough, that is, the soldiers subconsciously think that they will not be able to regain their strength yet."

Zhao Kuo's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he seemed to have discovered the reason why the Great Wall Army had not been able to recover its strength all along, but whether it was the case or not, he didn't dare to guarantee it, and he still needed to experiment.

"Prepare ritual vessels for the sacrifice of heaven and earth, according to the highest level of preparation." Zhao Kuo said to Liu Ping.

"Do you want to inform the people of the city?" Liu Ping asked, the country has won the war, and it is common to hold sacrifices to tell God and the ancestors that your descendants are out.

"Why do you inform the people of the city? Send it to Li Mu and tell him that when he pacifies all the Hu people in the north and prepares to return to China, he will erect a monument there, build an altar, and hold a sacrifice to the heavens." Zhao Kuo said.

"Huh?" Liu Ping looked at Zhao Kuo in shock, the ceremonies of sacrificing to the heavens are all presided over by the monarch, and there has never been a courtier who can sacrifice to the heavens instead of the monarch.

"The major affairs of the country are only for worship and worship, and they cannot be pretended to others, and the king is asked to take back his fate." Liu Ping knelt on the ground and said.

Rong and ritual represent the two supreme rights of the monarch, one is the right to communicate with heaven and earth, that is, sacrifice, and the other is the right to command the world, that is, the army.

this

It is something that the courtiers must not touch.

It is also that the king must not give it to his courtiers.

"The widow trusts Li Mu, this matter is related to whether my Zhao Kingdom can have more army soul legions, and my uncle can arrange it." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said, he never thought that the major affairs of the country lie in the sacrifice, and there are more important things than the sacrifice, but the sacrifice is very popular in this era, and he has no intention of competing with Liu Ping.

He knew that Liu Ping was also thinking about himself.

"No." Seeing Zhao Kuo's insistence, Liu Ping didn't say anything anymore.

"The King."

"The King."

At this time, Xunzi and Yu Xin came together.

"Xun Qing, Xiangguo, please take a seat." Zhao Kuo said.

"The King."

Soon, Wei Wuji and Wei Qi also entered the palace.

This is one of the few court meetings that Wei Qi has attended, not to mention these small court meetings in the past, even the big court meetings during the Chinese New Year, Wei Qi rarely participated.

He spends most of the year building roads outside, and he spends very little time in Handan.

After Wei experienced many setbacks, smoothed out the edges and corners of Wei Qi, although he was in a high position, he rarely participated in the discussion of the imperial government, but after receiving the order of the imperial court, he silently led the construction team there.

This time also after the main official roads of the four counties of Huaibei were paved, Wei Qi returned to Handan to recuperate for a while, what he didn't know was that there was a big job handed over to him soon.

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