Li Mu's idea of eating morning food in Tunliu City fell through.

It wasn't until the sun set in the west again that the hooves of the war horse under Li Mu's crotch finally stepped into Tunliu County.

But its horse's hooves failed to trample on any of the land in Tunliu County.

With the city wall of Tunliu County as the center, the corpses of many soldiers on both sides of Qin and Zhao are scattered here and overlapped with each other.

The smell of blood, the stench of gold juice, and the rotting smell of corpses all mingle to make this battlefield daunting!

"Pak~"

Li Mu turned over and dismounted, and his combat boots stepped into a pit where blood and water gathered, making a sound of treading water, which made Li Mu's next step feel sticky.

Stepping on a corpse and stepping on the city gate tower, Li Mu was silent.

In front of Li Mu, the corpses of the two armies of Qin and Zhao were stacked in a circle.

And Zhang Pu and Liu Zhen were in the middle of all the corpses!

Zhang Pu had sixteen arrows hanging on his body, and even if he died in battle, he still leaned on the pillar beam, and the blade of the sword was forward.

Liu Zhi was lying on Zhang Pu's side, his left arm was missing, his left leg was blurred with blood, and there was a Zhao sword stuck in his heart.

After a long time, Li Mufang said softly: "Is it worth it?" ”

"In order to protect the food of the powerful and the territory of the country, it is not the generals who will fight to the death."

"Benjun left the West City Gate for the two to escape, why don't you escape!"

In terms of military strategy, Li Mu really didn't treat Zhang Pu and Liu Zhi as people.

In the first battle of Tunliu County, Li Mu didn't even use his brains, and made a plan according to the personalities of the two and previous battles, and then let the generals implement it on their own.

Although there were slight twists and turns in the middle, Li Mu regained control of the battle situation with just a few strokes.

But after the end of the war, Li Mu had great respect for Zhang Pu and Liu Zhen.

Li Mu hated to pull all the officials and magnates of Zhao State over, let them take a good look at the two corpses in front of them, and let them understand what it means to be a parent official!

Facing the corpses of Zhang Pu and Liu Zhi, Li Mu bowed slightly:

"If the two of them can be prominent in Zhao Kingdom, we should be able to make friends."

After a few breaths, Li Mu straightened up and commanded in a deep voice:

"Find the coffin to collect the bodies of these two people, and send a messenger back to Qin."

The herald was ordered to go.

Sima Shang, who had summarized the battle situation, also hurried over and handed it over: "Boss Qiqi." ”

"In this battle, our troops lost 6,792 men, seriously wounded 2,305 people, killed more than 5,100 enemies, and captured 3,498 people."

After a pause, Sima Shang's voice was a little more strange: "Compared with the pre-war estimate, our department suffered too many casualties in this battle. ”

As he spoke, Sima Shang secretly smacked his tongue.

According to post-war statistics, the total strength of the Qin army was only more than 9,000, of which only 2,000 were the main army.

As a result, the Qin army was still resisting after paying more than 5,000 battle losses!

This kind of battle-to-loss ratio is completely incomprehensible today.

No, what are you trying to do!

Isn't fighting a war just for military merit?

Now that the general trend has gone, why fight to the death knowing that military merits cannot be obtained!

Li Mu said angrily: "Will not be afraid of death, why should soldiers be afraid of death?" ”

"And they are afraid that the king will destroy their seedlings."

"For the sake of food for their families this year, they do not hesitate to fight to the death."

Sima Shang asked in a low voice: "Then, do you want to destroy it?" ”

Li Mu turned around, looked at the Gu Miao fluttering in the wind under the sunset, and smiled: "Don't destroy any of them." ”

Sima Shang was entangled when he heard this, and wanted to advise him.

Keep it?

Some of them do be chewed up after the harvest.

However, they will also become nourishment for the Qin State and the Zhao State to continue their war!

Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to one's own robes!

But before Sima Shang could think about whether to advise, he listened to Li Mu continue: "Open the granary and take away all the grain in Tunliu County. ”

"The soldiers broke down all the doors of Qianshou and took away all the food they could find."

"All the captives, all of them will be killed!"

Sima Shang was stunned.

There is still half a month before the autumn harvest, and now he is robbing the grain of the Qianshou, Li Mu is not only merciful.

It's killing them!

Suddenly, Sima Shang thought of something, and asked repeatedly: "Don't you break the accounts of powerful and wealthy merchants?" ”

Now that the autumn harvest is approaching, it is estimated that the grain in Qianshou's family is almost bottoming out.

I'm afraid that the whole city doesn't have as much grain as those powerful families, landlords and wealthy merchants!

As for the consequences of offending the powerful?

No kidding.

Li Mu didn't even care about the magnates of the Zhao State, how could he care about the lives of the magnates of the Qin State?

If Li Mu really came to raise food, he should not let go of the powerful!

Li Mu bowed slightly: "It is forbidden for any soldiers to disturb the powerful." ”

"This decree shall be spread throughout the city."

Sima Shang suddenly brightened: "Then the Qiantou in Tunliu County had to compete with the powerful for food!" ”

"Even if the magnates choose to open warehouses and release grain, there will be no loss for our army."

After killing the captives in the pit, there will be very few combatable soldiers in Tunliu County.

If there is another war between the magnates and the Qianshou, it will only be a mess left for the Qin State!

Tunliu County will no longer pose a threat to the Zhao army.

However, Sima Shang was still quite puzzled: "But why did the general leave these millet seedlings to the Qin State?" ”

"Isn't this a move to fatten the enemy?"

Li Mu looked at Sima Shang and smiled: "I will leave the millet seedlings to the Qin State, and I will be able to harvest a batch of grain after ten days." ”

"Why not?"

Sima Shang suddenly realized.

Li Mu did not leave these seedlings out of kindness and benevolence at all.

But in Li Mu's eyes, these Gu Miao are already from Zhao Guo!

Li Mu just borrowed the hand of the head of Tunliu County to harvest on his behalf.

Sima Shang excitedly arched his hand: "The last general will take the order!" ”

Li Mu bowed slightly: "Be fast." ”

Looking at the northeast direction, Li Mu said leisurely: "The Xiangyuan garrison should have known the news and is on their way." ”

"An hour later, the whole army will go north!"

……

Meanwhile.

The city of Lulu.

Mao Sui stood in the main hall of Shouchun Palace and bowed:

"Please send troops to the King of Chu!"

Zhao Cen interrupted and said, "King, don't!" ”

Striding out, Zhao Cen said in a deep voice: "Now my Da Chu is clearing up the domestic water bandits and bandits, and the results are very good. ”

"And what the bandits pay attention to is to make a big move."

"Once I draw my troops to the north to attack Qin, all the efforts I made before Da Chu will be in vain!"

"The remaining bandits will escape into the deep mountains and Daze, and will even take advantage of the emptiness inside my Great Chu to capture the land recaptured by my Great Chu."

"In a few years, bandits will continue to run rampant within my Great Chu Territory!"

Qu He and other powerful people also stepped forward and bowed their hands: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

They can't help but be resolute.

In order to exterminate the thieves and continue to safeguard their interests, the nobles can be described as bleeding this time.

If they can really basically wipe out the domestic thieves, then their efforts are worth it.

They can let their servants in the euphem use Chang'an ploughs without worrying about them escaping in large numbers, and they can enjoy the pleasure of exploitation in peace for at least a few decades to come.

But if they draw their troops to the north to attack Qin now, then all their efforts will be in vain!

The King of Chu bowed his head with a sincere face: "What you Aiqing said is very true!" ”

The King of Chu was sincere, as if the person who took the initiative to send troops with Zhao to attack Qin was not him!

Mao Sui sneered and laughed: "Hahaha~"

"Everyone in the world says that Chu is the overlord!"

"Today, what I see is nothing more than a chicken and a dog!"

Zhao Cen angrily reprimanded: "Foreign minister An dares to insult me Da Chu!" ”

"As a foreign envoy, but insulting my Great Chu, you are not afraid that my Great Chu will go north to attack Zhao Hu!"

Mao Sui laughed even louder: "Fa Zhao? ”

"Some water bandits and bandits in Chu have made the monarchs and ministers of Chu panic and frightened."

"Such a cowardly country of mosquitoes and flies, how can I be afraid of it!"

"My Great Zhao Blade, how can it be compared to the thieves and bandits of Chudi!"

All the courtiers of the Chu State were red-faced by Mao Sui's words, and angrily reprimanded:

"Do you want to try the sharpness of my sword?!"

"If it weren't for Zhao as an envoy, you wouldn't be able to get out of this hall today!"

"It's not your turn to interfere in the internal affairs of Da Chu!"

In the face of the angry rebuke of the courtiers of the Chu State, Mao Sui only replied with one sentence:

"As far as Chu is concerned, the blade of the bandit is sharp, or the blade of Qin?!"

Ownership is expensive, Qi Qi is silent.

If the bandits are not exterminated, but that they will have fewer slaves to exploit, they will have to change the law in the distant future, as other countries do.

For the magnates, it hurts more than ripping their flesh!

But at least they're alive, and they're still superior to others.

However, when the blade of the Qin State fell, it was unknown whether they would be alive or not, and their family would be reduced to commoners!

Their transcendent treatment and the titles on their heads will be in vain.

After controlling the field, Mao Sui bowed to the king of Chu: "The king of Chu should know that in recent years, the Qin State has repeatedly sent troops. ”

"Not only to destroy Han and destroy Wei, but also to seize the north of Chu Yingshui, break through Shouchun, the former capital of Chu, and force Chu to move the capital to Lu!"

"Such a big humiliation, the king of Chu is willing to endure it?"

"Such a strong Qin, the King of Chu is relieved to make it grow on its own!"

The king of Chu said with a hesitant face: "However, I, Da Chu, am rectifying the domestic situation this year, and I really have no time to send troops. ”

"Can I send troops again tomorrow?"

Many nobles looked at the King of Chu with a little more gratitude.

Good man, my lord!

Mao Sui refused in a broken voice: "Qin's big disadvantage lies in the lack of food!" ”

"This year, the Qin State has been ploughed in Chang'an, and grain production has skyrocketed."

"If you wait until next year to send troops, the two kingdoms of Zhao and Chu will definitely face an even more powerful Qin state!"

"The foreign minister also knows that there is chaos within the Chu State, and there is also chaos within my Great Zhao!"

"However, the Qin State will not wait for our country to slowly rectify its internal affairs, and we can't sit back and watch the opportunity pass!"

The King of Chu said helplessly: "Mao Shangqing's words are reasonable!" ”

Mao Sui bowed his hand: "Regardless of whether the Chu State sends troops or not, it can't change my Great Zhao's determination to attack the Qin State." ”

"I, Da Zhao, have made Wu Anjun the commander and sent 300,000 troops to the west to conquer the Qin State."

"Calculate the time, my Great Zhao soldiers have already stepped into the territory of the Qin State and are destroying the Qin Walled City!"

"If we can get the help of the Chu State and attack with the north and south of our Great Zhao, then our Zhao and Chu Kingdoms can at least cut off the territory of the Qin State along the line of Anling, Zhaoling, Xinzheng, and Luoyi."

Mao Sui's voice was full of temptation:

"After the war, the north of the first line of Luoyi and Xinzheng belonged to my Dazhao."

"The south of the first line of Luoyi and Xinzheng belongs to the state of Chu."

"The fertile soil of the Central Plains should be divided by Zhao Chu!"

The hearts of the magnates pounded.

Compared with the fertile soil of the Central Plains, the Wu land they are staying in now is a wilderness!

If you can get the fertile soil of the Central Plains as a fief, what if you give up the existing fief?

And as Mao Sui said, some of this battle is fought!

But it was also important to eliminate bandits and bandits, and to preserve the slavery system and the transcendent status of the aristocracy.

Just when the nobles were pondering, the king of Chu spoke in a negative voice: "Mao Shangqing's words are reasonable. ”

"Chen Cheng is my former capital of Great Chu, how can I make peace with the Qin State!"

"Last year, the Qin State attacked my Great Chu and broke the enmity of our capital, how can the widow endure it!"

"The widow intends to exhaust the thief army and go north and join forces with the Shangzhu Guoyan Division."

"Northern Expedition to Qin!"

Zhao Cen was about to refute it immediately.

However, Zhao Cen had just given up his hand, and the king of Chu continued to speak:

"The territory gained in this battle is divided equally between Da Chu and all of you Aiqing!"

The territory of the income is divided equally?

Zhao Cen completed his bow and shouted: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

(End of chapter)