Zhao State, in a certain county town not far from the country, Li Mu stood on the city wall, looking at the Qin army in the distance with a calm expression, very helpless.

Today is the twentieth day of the Qin and Zhao wars, Li Mu has always been very concerned about the movements of the Qin army, and even as early as after the Qin State destroyed Han, he came to the border, and set up a defense line according to the terrain and the direction of the mountains and rivers, full of dense stone walls, earthen walls, trenches, traps, secret passages, hidden caves, etc.

He had been preparing for this battle for at least a year, and after the fall of Korea, even the drunken nobles in Handan, Zhao State, were taken aback by the fighting power of the Qin army.

Even if they removed Li Mu's officials and killed Li Mu in history, it was also based on Li Mu's success, and now they haven't won the battle, so they naturally don't dare to fight inward.

With the support of the high-level of Zhao State, Li Mu has also done a lot of practical things this year, killing several quartermasters who have no backstage, fully ensuring the supply of grassroots soldiers, and barely reaching the standard of two meals a day.

One primitive fortress after another, one trench after another, in short, he thought of all the methods he could think of, and all the methods he could use.

For this battle, he really tried his best.

Originally, his idea was to use the terrain to fight a defensive counterattack, defend in the early stage, and drag it out until the morale of the Qin army dropped, and then lead the elite troops who had been cultivating to fight a big victory.

The idea is good and not radical at all, but what about the result?

A good defensive counterattack battle has turned into an encounter battle, the Qin army is as fast as the wind, their soldiers are just an ordinary thing for a hundred miles a day, the speed is fast and very flexible, and the combat effectiveness is still very strong.

Often, before the army in the rear could cooperate, the army in front was eaten. No matter how good the plan is, what's the use of not keeping up with the changes?

Defeat in a head-to-head battle!

Hiding in the county town for defense, without the need for general artillery, the Qin army almost jumped directly on the city wall one by two, and then it became an encounter.

Hiding in the county town, the defense pulled out the cannon and lightly shot it, and it became an encounter again.

In just twenty days, the Zhao State lost one-third of its territory, and the Black Water Dragon Banner of the Qin army was planted on it. And the reason why the Qin army is not attacking at this moment is not that they can't move, but because they are building roads.

In the county town and county guard's mansion, Li Mu was in a meeting.

"This time, the Qin State dispatched 200,000 soldiers and 400,000 militiamen, claiming to be 1.5 million and imposing, what do you think?"

"Not an opponent, not an opponent at all. If the formation is dense, the Qin army has artillery, and the soldiers of one line will not be too demoralized if they come down with one shot. If the formation is loose, it is not the opponent of the Qin army who fights in formation. Sun Qiukai said.

This is a general, and at a young age, he already has the strength of an old congenital master, and Li Mu has always taken good care of him, and he is considered a disciple of Li Mu, so he was the first to speak.

"The quality of their soldiers is really good, any one of them can serve as a ten-person commander in our army, which is still a very good kind. If it's a soldier, it's okay to act as a hundred-man commander. ”

"I heard that the soldiers of the Qin army have been training all day long in the past few years, I didn't believe it before, but now I have to believe it, but where did they get so much food and meat?" said a certain general in disbelief.

"Their armor is very good, and after our army's weapons are cut down, only a trace is left, unless it is those elite soldiers who have already begun to cultivate. ”

"But even they can't cut a few knives, and I can understand why the Korean army perished so quickly last year. At the time, I thought Naweizhuang was a straw bale, but now it seems that it is not necessarily true. Another general chimed in.

Soon, the generals in the house added one by one, but most of the content was similar, nothing more than how strong the Qin army was and how weak our army was.

The more they talked, the more dull the mood of the generals became, and in the end, no one was willing to speak, so they all had to look at Li Mu in the center.

Sensing the gaze of the generals, Mu Li took a long breath: "Not only that, but you can know by looking at the movements between each of the Qin army that they have an extremely large number of grassroots officers. ”

"As long as there are enough strong men, their army will fight more and more, and the efficiency of absorbing and surrendering troops is also very high. So as time goes on, the distance between us and them will only get bigger. ”

"On the whole, this is an all-round gap that is almost crushing, a cross-era gap, and it is no longer a strategy that can be changed by two strategies. ”

"And the general of the Qin army is Wang Qian, I have studied this person's style of using troops, and he can be described as stable as an old dog. It's almost impossible to find his flaws, unless he deliberately leaks them. ”

Speaking of this, Li Mu also sighed. The gap was even bigger than he imagined, and he never thought that the war could be fought like this? He underestimated the power of artillery and regretted not being at the beginning!

But calm down and think about it seriously, even if you know all the information about the artillery in advance, will you be able to defeat the Qin army?

Can't beat it!

At this moment, Li Mu suddenly fell into hesitation, he had a way that was not a way, he couldn't get over it in his own heart if he said it, and if he didn't say it, he would be disloyal.

Just when Li Mu hesitated, suddenly a general stood up: "I have a way, gather the army into the county town, collect the people into the county town, and then mix the soldiers among the people, and find a way to fight with them in the streets." ”

"If the Qin army is really as they have advertised in recent years, then perhaps the people are our last line of defense. Besides, the people of my Zhao Kingdom have long been accustomed to making a living from war, and they may be able to defend and counterattack, so they will win. ”

"Huh, General Dong's method, maybe you can try it. That way, we don't have to get shelled every day!"

"That's right, if the Qin army really didn't commit any crimes as they said, they wouldn't be able to use artillery to bombard the county town, and we didn't want the outer city walls, so we would fight street battles with them in the city, would they still be able to slaughter the city directly?"

"What if they really slaughter the city? Won't we even have the qualifications to resist at that time? Don't forget that in the Battle of Changping, the Qin army directly killed my 450,000 army of Dazhao. ”

"Soldiers are soldiers, people are people, if they really want to slaughter the city, won't their reputation be ruined? Besides, take a step back and say that we are not the opponent of the Qin army anyway, maybe there is a glimmer of life in this method." ”

"This is a gamble, a gamble on the lives of the people in the county. No, I joined the army to defend my hometown from the war. ”

"Then what do you say? Don't just say no, you have to come up with a solution? If you can't come up with it, I think this method is very good. ”

Listening to everyone's discussions, Li Mu suddenly raised his head and looked at the triumphant General Dong Xingbao on the side: "Xingbao stays, and the others go out first." ”