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sixty-fifth death

"Before leaving, the King of Chu said that the Chu State's attack on Qin was suspended, and Zhao State could still do it." Lian Yu said the last sentence when he visited Xiong Jing. He could only say this to Li Mu. "If Zhao State goes, Chu State can give one thousand four-wheeled heavy vehicles and five hundred thousand stones of beans and wheat. Then there is the Yan Clan blockade, and the Yan Clan blockade is handed over to the Chu army to break it. The Zhao army can drive to Xianyang without spending one soldier."

When Hu Ying was discussing going out to attack Qin at the Great Sima Mansion of Yingdu, the Chu side swore that it was easy to break through the Yan clan. He asked Tianzong of Qi State for many times, but the Chu people kept their mouths tight and could not ask anything. Now the Chu army is still responsible for breaking the Yan clan clan clan clan clan. Some of the assumptions that Hu Ying thought at the beginning were completely untrue.

"This matter..." Li Mu was about to express his opinion, but Lian Yu interrupted him. "The military and national affairs are important, and Yu dared not plan. If Li Bo already understood the intention of the King of Chu, Yu should have surrendered."

When the visit was met, the King of Chu said so much, and Lian Yu had finished speaking word by word. I have to ask, that is, the expression of the King of Chu when he was speaking. At that time, the King of Chu had no expression. At most, he was advised to Zhao State to have a variety of wheat and grow corn in a wide range of millet. This is also normal. In the third year of Qin State, he attacked Zhao State, and every time he broke a city, he beheaded thousands of people, but the Qin army killed more than the people killed in famine. Last year, Zhao State starved to death one year, or died of starvation and illness of 300,000 people.

Zhao State was in danger, and its only hope was that the three countries would send troops to rescue him. After Lian Yu retreated, he looked at the empty shogunate and thought of Li Mu. Hu Ying didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing him coughing slightly in silence, he asked, "Is the plan possible?"

In addition to the Yan land knights, there may be 20,000 cavalrymen who can attack. If they do not follow the conservative logistical strategy formulated by the Grand Sima Mansion of Chu State, and according to the customs of the grassland, one person and four horses can also be killed to Xianyang. Just two horses carrying fine materials may be exhausted halfway, and the one carrying armor may not be able to come back. If 20,000 people attack, about 50,000 or 60,000 horses will not come back.

In the past, Zhao would never lack horses (the emphasis on agriculture and animal husbandry is also the reason why Zhao's agriculture is inferior to Wei and South Korea), but now it is different from before. After three years of war, countless horses died. During the famine last year, cattle and horses were killed for food. Now there are no more than 100,000 horses in Zhao, which fell to the lowest level in history. A single attack consumes 50,000 or 60,000 horses, and the following war will definitely be insufficient.

This is a material loss, and the most important thing is political: what would Handan think if it were just Zhao's army going out to attack Qin? Although it was said that the time for the outbound army was September, if the Qin army did not attack in September, it would be that Zhao would provoke the war first. There were many people in the courts of Chu and Qi who opposed the rescue of Zhao. If this matter was exploited by them, the three countries might be delayed.

"This matter should be discussed with Xiangbang." Li Mu said nothing for a long time and answered not whether it was OK, but that he wanted to discuss the matter with Zhao Liang.

"There are many Qinhous in Handan. If this matter is known to Qinhou..." Hu Ying shook her head repeatedly when she mentioned Qinhou. Zhao State is not Chu State. Chu State has always been xenophobic, and its power is never allowed to be interfered with by his guest. Chunshen Jun, who has thousands of visitors, is a completely alien.

There are bad things in xenophobia and good things. As long as the Chu State does not fight each other internally, no one knows what medicine the Yingdu court is selling. On the contrary, many officials and officials in Zhao, Qi, Wei and other countries are not from their own people, and everyone values ​​profit. Maybe they will sell the secrets in the court at any time. The reminder of Hu Ying made Li Mu hesitate, but in the end he decided to rush to Handan.

It was the first month of the year. Although there were no banquets and dances all day after the La Festival, there were always endless banquets in Handan. When Li Mu saw Zhao Liang, Zhao Liang's face was flushed and drunk. He was holding a beauty in his arms. His face instantly sank.

"The people are hungry and frozen to death on the road. The Qin army is about to attack. Unexpectedly, the government will govern like this?"

"Get back!" Li Mu was covered in dust and his face was covered in frost. His question finally made Zhao Liang feel a little awake. He waved his beauty and his left and right and defended him: "The nobles in Handan are all like this. I will worry about the national affairs day and night, and the common people should be afraid."

Zhao Liang's words may be reasonable, but Li Mu could not stand those noble people and were extravagant and extremely lustful. It is not without reason that Zhao's daughter is famous all over the world. He would be unhappy once when he came to Handan, but his face was still unhappy at this time.

"What's wrong with me traveling to Handan?" Zhao Liang quickly sat down seriously and asked about his purpose.

"I came to Handan just to attack Qin." Li Mu said bluntly. The four words "Going to attack Qin" surprised Zhao Liang.

"What is this matter for the King of Chu and you?" Zhao Liangjiu woke up immediately, pointed at Li Mu, and asked in disbelief.

"Of course." The State of Chu had suspended its plan, and this matter could be told to Zhao Liang openly, and Li Mu said a few more details.

"This plan is very dangerous!" Zhao Liang opened his mouth for a long time before he let out a breath of turbid air. "If I defeat Xianyang, Qin will attack me from the whole country, and will never stop until death."

"If I defeat Xianyang and kill the King of Qin, Qin will fight for the throne, and the Qin State will inevitably have civil unrest. How can I attack me?" Li Mu said.

The Qin State's political system was centered on the king. After Zhao Zheng took power, Lu Buwei's power immediately cleaned up. If Zhao Zheng died, the Qin State would be a power reshuffle for several years. They were all relatives of the foreign country. Who would take Zhao Zheng's death seriously? Defeating Zhao was just a name. When the new king took power and then revenge, it would be more than ten years later.

"However, if Xianyang is not broken, the King of Qin will not die?" Zhao Liang asked about another possibility.

"The King of Qin's intention to destroy Zhao has not changed since the beginning." Li Mu said. "I heard that when I was convicted in Handan, the King of Qin was humiliated."

Li Mu's words made Zhao Liang discouraged. The experiences of King Qin in the Qigong Palace had become an unresolved hatred for Zhao Qin. It was fine if the King of Qin died, but if he didn't die, he would have to pull out Handan and kill all those who insulted him and Zhao Ji.

"Does Ziyou think you can kill the King of Qin?" Zhao Liang was unconscious. If the King of Qin insisted on destroying Zhao, it would not be necessary to kill him by surprise. "Ziyou is my general of Zhao. Could it be that he wants to go to Xianyang in person?"

"If I go out of the frontier, the Qin people will definitely be aware of it, so..." Li Muyudun. Originally, Xiang Yan was scheduled to lead the army, but now only the Zhao army is out of the frontier, and there are many generals of the Zhao army, but not many people can really lead troops out of the frontier to attack Qin. He thought for a while before he thought of someone: "Your brother is right."

"Li Qi?" Li Mu had a younger brother who inherited his father's title and stayed in Bairenyi.

"Of course." Li Mu nodded, blushing without recommending his close relatives. "The attack on Qin was very close, and both parents and wives should not be told. Among the generals, only his younger brother was not well-known. He led his troops out of the frontier, but the Qin people did not realize it."

Li Qi is indeed reliable, but Li Qi has never commanded a major war. Zhao Liang said: "Sima is still not allowed? Yan Ju is not allowed?"

"Since Sima Shang served as the general of Xinpingjun on behalf of the Southern Front, how could he go to the country to go out to the frontier? If he goes, the Qin people will realize it." Li Mu considered Sima Shang, but Sima Shang was not. "Yan Ju was a native of Qi. He was proficient in military tactics and dared to fight well. However, he regarded Zhao as a member of Qi and did not care about the soldiers and beat and scolded them. If the soldiers were angry and surrendered to Qin to receive rewards, what would I do?"

Zhao Liang had never led the army and did not know the nature of the Zhao soldiers. In fact, all Zhao generals who made a difference cherished their soldiers very much. The fundamental reason was that the Zhao people were extremely self-esteem. Admiring luxury is not about enjoying luxury, but about worrying about being despised by others.

Is it "a scholar who dies for his confidant"? No! It's "a scholar who values ​​himself dies for his confidant". Yan Ju didn't understand the psychology of the Zhao people and couldn't lead the Zhao army well.

"Okay." Zhao Liang did not object to Zhao Qi leading his army to attack Qin. He only asked: "However, if the Qin army has not attacked me, you must not enter Qin."

"No, the army is not allowed to accept the orders of the king outside, how can we not enter Qin?" Li Mu immediately opposed.

"It must be so!" Zhao Liang insisted. "The Qin army had not attacked me and our army entered Qin... The soldiers were still fire, so they did not burn themselves." Seeing that Li Mu still disagreed, he said again: "The Chu people's words are not trustworthy! If I decide to go out to attack Qin, I must tell the Chu people that I will not attack Qin. It is still like the Chu people who communicate with Qin, and I want Qin to attack me again, what can I do?"

Zhao Liang's thoughts were far more complicated and terrifying than Li Mu. He didn't believe anyone, including Li Mu in front of him. Li Mu suddenly changed his eyes and looked at him, shook his head and said, "How could Xiangbang look at Chu people like this?"

"The Chu people saved me, obviously, to help others, but in fact, to myself." Zhao Liang's view has not changed. "Otherwise, why did the Chu State stop going out to attack Qin? Why did you want you to attack Qin? This is all a plan to make Qin State attack me again.

Another example is Zhao and Chu's marriage. A few years ago, my aunt was planning to plan this matter, but the King of Chu refused. He suddenly agreed last month. Why? The King of Chu wanted to make our Zhao State be attacked by Qin again. Can you know that Ziyou? When I heard that the Qin people might attack Zhao again, the nobles and common people of the Three Kingdoms were very happy. But I asked him to send troops to rescue him, but I didn't have enough grain to accumulate perfunctory."

"I don't believe that the King of Chu is definitely not a villain." Li Mu had seen Xiong Jing with his own eyes, and he did not believe Zhao Liang's words at all. "If the King of Chu does not go out to attack Qin, there must be a whole story."

"What's the reason?" Zhao Liang asked. "From today's momentum, the world is not the same as Qin, but it is in Chu. The Qin people are my great enemy, and the Chu people are my friends? This is a big mistake!

The demise of all countries is unstoppable. The survival of Zhao's country is not due to the defeat of Qin people, nor is it due to the defeat of Chu people, but both Qin and Chu have been defeated. In this case, Zhao, Qi, Wei, Han and all four countries have been destroyed."

The name is Xiangbang, but it is actually King Zhao. At this time, Zhao Liang, who was at the peak of Zhao State's power, felt no different from what Zhao Zheng and Xiong Jing saw and felt, and they were all the same world. The world's defeat was not only inevitable, but also became increasingly fierce. With the current trend, the ultimate victory was either Qin State, supported by more than one million officials, or Chu State, where the nobles and honored scholars became increasingly united.
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