Zhao Kuo really didn't expect that the remaining three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Qin would be the first to fall into his hands, neither the Qin State, which he regarded as the only opponent and hundreds of thousands of troops, nor the Qi State, which was only one county left, and was vulnerable, but the Chu State, which still had a vast territory and a source of troops.

There was no way, quietly, the king of Chu mobilized an army of 250,000 and tried to fight to the death with Zhao.

It's just that the king of Chu hasn't set off yet, and his marching plan has already been placed in front of Zhao Kuo's case.

In the face of the self-destruction of the king of Chu, Zhao Kuo's reply was only one sentence: "Fight."

So, Li Mu took Zhao Wei and Zhou Qi and led 200,000 troops to the battlefield preset by the King of Chu to have a "evenly matched" decisive battle with the King of Chu.

It's not that Zhao Kuo is reluctant to give Li Mu more troops, it's really that Li Mu only wants so much, and even in the "shouting" at the beginning, Li Mu only needs 100,000 troops.

100,000 vs. 250,000, this is really a bit outrageous.

What's even more outrageous is that the generals who heard Li Mu's "shouting price", including the veteran Tian Dan, Le Yi, and the new generals Zhou Qi, Sun Gu and others, all felt very reasonable!

Seeing this, Zhao Kuo almost scolded and swore words.

Wang Jian asked for 600,000 troops to take the Chu State, hey, you tell me now that 100,000 troops can do it?

Li Xin and Meng Tian failed to take the state of Chu with an army of 200,000, and they were even beheaded seven captains in a row, which can be called a big defeat!

However, if you want to say that the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, others may do, but will Li Mu really be arrogant?

There are also Tian Dan and Le Yi, veterans like this, will there really be misjudgments?

couldn't help but Zhao Kuo also reflected.

Speaking of which, Li Xin's defeat is very strange.

Not only is the battle process very strange, but the results of the disposal of the main generals are even more strange.

Let's start with the battle.

The content recorded in "Historical Records: The Biography of Bai Qi Wang Jian Lie" is: Li Xin attacked Pinghe, Meng Tian attacked the bed, and broke the Jing army. Xin attacked Yan Ying again, broke it, and then led his troops to the west and met the city father with Meng Tian. Because of this, the Jing people did not give up for three days and three nights, broke Li Xinjun, entered the two walls, killed the seven captains, and the Qin army left.

Translated, it means that Li Xin and Meng Tian each led a large army and attacked the state of Chu (Jing) in the east and west.

At the beginning, it was very smooth, and the attack and the bed were all "broken", obviously because they had won a lot, so they could be named "big";

Immediately after that, there was no problem, after breaking Yan Ying, the two armies joined forces.

But then it was wrong, the army had already arrived at the city father, wouldn't the next step be Shouchun, why was it "followed"?

What does it mean to "follow"?

The tail is also meaningful.

What is tailgating?

It is obvious that it was not the Chu army that followed the Qin army to attack Shouchun, but the Chu army of Shouchun who followed the Qin army.

In other words, the Qin army retreated inexplicably after the city father!

Why retreat? Seeing that victory is in sight, why did you retreat?

King Qin must not have given the order, otherwise there would not be a single mention in the history books. The retreat written in such a spring and autumn penmanship is obviously a retreat that is not bright.

Combined with the speculation of later generations, it is very likely that the army was forced to retreat after being cut off from the grain route by the lone army.

But it is clear that the Chu army has been "broken", and it still has to defend Shouchun, is it still capable of cutting off the grain route of the Qin army?

Moreover, even if Li Xin and Meng Tian are slightly inferior to the veteran general Wang Qian, they can be regarded as famous generals for a while, how could they be so easily cut off by the "broken" Chu army?

That's it.

The occasional mistake is not incomprehensible, but what is outrageous is that the King of Qin's treatment of Li Xin, the general of the defeated army, is not mentioned in history.

Judging from his subsequent appointments to destroy Han and Qi, this tragic battle does not seem to have affected his status in the court and army of the Qin State in the slightest.

You must know that the Qin State ruled the world by law, and even the King of Qin could not openly shield the guilty.

Not to mention the army that attaches the most importance to the law, even with the protection of the King of Qin, the defeated Li

It is also difficult for Xin to continue to gain a foothold in the army, let alone continue to lead the army to destroy the country.

Unless, the reason for this defeat is not Li Xin.

Combined with the rebellion of Changping Jun at the time of the destruction of Chu, a reasonable speculation was formed: Li Xin and Meng Tian's army was approaching Shouchun and was ready to take Chu in one fell swoop, but Changping Jun in Yingchen suddenly raised troops against Qin, captured Yingchen, and cut off the back road of Li Xin and Meng Tian's army.

The grain route was cut off, and Li Xin and Meng Tian's army had to withdraw.

The most likely result is that Li Xin let Meng Tian go first in the name of the main general, and then led his army to block the Chu army attacking Shouchun, only to be beheaded by the Chu army in a row.

Even if he was attacked on his back, Li Xin still returned to Qin with a large army, and he also preserved the strength of Meng Tian's department.

In this way, defeat is not Li Xin's responsibility, as the main general, Li Xin also took the initiative to assume the responsibility of the palace, such a master will love that, who can be harsh on anything.

King Qin still trusts Li Xin, and Li Xin can still have considerable prestige in the army, so it is not difficult to understand.

Of course, these are all family words.

However, judging from the fact that Li Xinmeng Tian's army was able to fight the city father to threaten Shouchun with an army of 200,000, at least 200,000 troops were enough to destroy the Chu State.

As for what Wang Jian said, it must be 600,000 to take the state of Chu.

Zhao Kuo boldly guessed that the old man was also afraid of doing this, after all, after the Battle of Changping in history, Bai Qi had the opportunity to wipe out the Zhao State in one fell swoop, but he was stopped by the King of Qin.

Even later, when Bai Qi didn't think that he had a chance to destroy Zhao, he was urged by the King of Qin to destroy Zhao, and finally had to be willing to spend troops and food in vain, but he was given death by the King of Qin.

The past does not forget the teacher of the future.

In order to avoid being manipulated by the court, Wang Jian directly asked for the country's troops.

As long as the country's military strength is in Wang Qian's hands, the imperial court will have to weigh his weight if it wants to arrange some unreasonable things.

You must know that Wang Jian at this time can really rebel if he wants to.

Even if Wang Jian only showed a trace of dissatisfaction, King Qin would immediately try his best to satisfy the old general, and this method naturally included borrowing some people's heads.

In other words, the 600,000 troops reported by Wang Jian were actually not used to deal with the Chu army, but more likely to be used for self-protection.

Therefore, the real number of troops required to attack Chu should still be around 200,000 as Li Xin said.

After having this judgment, Zhao Kuo also persuaded repeatedly, and finally stuffed the 200,000 army into Li Mu's hands.

Of course, in order to strengthen Li Mu's strength, the heavy cavalry armor of the Qin army was collected, and the expanded 5,000 heavy cavalry also followed Zhao Wei to Li Mu's command.

After all, judging from the intelligence, the king of Chu placed the battlefield of the decisive battle on the plain near Shouchun.

On the plains, is there any force that can compete with the heavy cavalry?

So, at the insistence of Zhao Kuo, Li Mu also came to the established battlefield of the king of Chu with an army of 200,000 and 5,000 heavy cavalry.

However, although Zhao's heavy cavalry is invincible in the world, the only one who has really seen his power is the Qin army, and Qin obviously will not report such information to Chu State.

Therefore, the king of Chu was very excited about the arrival of the Zhao army, especially the news that only 200,000 troops from the Zhao State had arrived on the battlefield.

But even if he didn't know the existence of the heavy cavalry of the Zhao army, the king of Chu should have known about the combat power of the Zhao army.

But I don't know who gave him enough courage, and the king of Chu actually chose to go out of the city to fight a field battle with the Zhao army. Even though the ratio of strength was 250,000 to 200,000, Li Mu looked at the Chu army as if he was looking at a group of dead people.

The battle soon began after the arrival of the two armies.

At the beginning, the two armies were still cautiously probing, but only excluded a few 10,000 or 20,000 people from attacking.

It's just that after the battle starts, it's not something that the two of them can completely control.

As the fighting became more and more intense, the two of them invariably committed more troops.

From 10,000 to 20,000, from 20,000 to 50,000, from 50,000 to 100,000.

It should be said that in just one day, the two armies have already fought a real fire, and it is even more difficult to control the situation.

The coalition army, which had no way to retreat, also burst out with impressive combat effectiveness, and for a while it was really difficult to separate from the Zhao army.

But on the whole, Zhao Jun is still at ease.

It's just that Zhao Wei is suffering, obviously holding a heavy cavalry that can turn the battlefield in an instant, but it has never come in handy, can you not be annoyed?

After a few days of fighting, Zhao Wei has been asked to fight by the soldiers below many times, and he himself doesn't know how many times he has asked Li Mu to fight.

It's a pity that in the face of the heavy cavalry battalion's request to fight, Li Mu ignored it.

Of course, Li Mu would not just turn the killer weapon of heavy cavalry into the battlefield so easily, it was not what he wanted, what he wanted was always the final word.

In this way, the fierce battle between the two armies lasted for more than 20 days, and the winner could not be distinguished.

Even the court of Zhao State has gradually made waves, suspecting that Li Mu is supporting the army and respecting himself.

Zhao Kuo was laughed at by these people, without him, their reason was that Li Mu had taken Hanzhong and Dasanguan, Yangping Pass, and hundreds of thousands of Qin troops before, but it only took more than ten days, and now there is only one Shouchun and 250,000 Chu troops, and Li Mu has not taken it for more than 20 days?

This can also be blamed for Li Mu taking Hanzhong too quickly, which Zhao Kuo never expected.

Of course, Zhao Kuo not only ignored such a performance, but even secretly wrote down the person who played it in a small notebook.

As for Li Mu on the front line, Zhao Kuo sent a letter of relief: Fight slowly, fight as long as you want, fight as long as you want, fight as long as you want, fight as long as you want.

It is really Li Mu's honor to have such a king.

This is of course based on Zhao Kuo's strong self-confidence, and in the whole world, except for him, no one else dares to be so confident.

There was no way, a battle of Changping had completely established its position in the Zhao army.

Not to mention one Li Mu, even ten or eight Li Mu is just icing on the cake, and he is not the same as him, a person who has turned the tide of the tide.

However, Li Mu did not let the meeting wait for a long time.

Just a month after the start of the war, Zhao Wei was finally pulled into the battlefield by Li Mu......