Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Li Mu nodded, and then said to Yi Qusheng: "Which book did you read these words from?"

Yiqucheng laughed, and said to Li Mu without any blushing: "This is what I saw in the pile of books that your king gave me when I went to Handan last time. As for which one, I forgot. .”

Li Mu gave Yi Qu Sheng a strange look, and then said, "You can even recognize Zhao Guo's characters?"

Yi Qusheng shrugged his shoulders, and said to Li Mu: "Don't you know? In fact, the difference between Qin Guozi and Zhao Guozi is not as big as you imagine."

Li Mu suddenly felt that the Yi Qu Sheng in front of him might be a fake Yi Qu Sheng.

Yi Qusheng chuckled, and teased Black Eagle on his own, looking extremely proud.

Li Mu silently looked away, determined not to let Yi Qusheng's intention of pretending to be aggressive in front of him succeed.

Yi Qusheng rolled his eyes, and said to Li Mu without words: "To be honest, I don't really understand your thoughts. Since we all know that the Wusun tribe has just returned to the Yanzhi Mountain, why don't we Leading an elite cavalry to launch a surprise attack on them, but to attack Yanzhi Mountain with such great fanfare?"

Li Mu took a look at Yi Qusheng, and said after a while: "You should know that the Huns have just moved west recently. They joined the Wusun people."

Yi Qusheng nodded.

Li Mu continued: "You must also know that the new city we built has been harassed by the Huns and Wusun many times in the past two years."

Yiqucheng nodded again and said, "Are you going to take revenge on them?"

In fact, in the past two years, the new city built by Li Mu and Yi Qusheng has always been a serious problem for the Wusun people and the Huns.

Because these two tribes are very clear that this city built on the west bank of the Yellow River will be the springboard for Zhao Guo to advance westward in the future. Therefore, as long as possible, this springboard must be fully established before it is fully formed. unplug it.

But after two years of bloody battles, neither the Wusun people nor the Huns have achieved this goal.

The reason, of course, is that Li Mu stationed a sufficiently elite 3000-man army here, and this army has been guarding the new city every step of the way for the past two years. This unit has never been dispatched to the south to participate in the war.

Yi Qusheng once asked Li Mu why the combat power of this army is so strong, and Li Mu replied: "I told them that as long as they can stick to it for five years, not only the Huns and Wusun people will be far away after five years. flee thousands of miles, and every member of their family will get a hundred acres of land."

Yi Qusheng was very puzzled at the time: "A few hundred acres of land can make a soldier work so hard?"

Li Mu replied: "On the grassland, dozens of cattle and sheep are enough for a herdsman to work hard."

It is precisely because of the existence of this new city that Yi Qu Sheng and Li Mu now have a logistics base deep enough to go deep into the grassland, which can support them to lead the [-] cavalry troops slowly and vigorously marching westward, pointing directly at Qilian Mountain. Yanzhi Mountain on the north side.

Li Mu smiled, and said to Yi Qusheng in front of him: "If I guessed correctly, King Wusun should have already started asking Xiongnu Shanyu for help at this moment. Do you think Xiongnu Shanyu will reinforce him?"

Yi Qusheng thought for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "In the past few years, the Huns have suffered several defeats under the iron heel of your Zhao country. If they are not stupid, they should not easily come again."

Li Mu smiled mysteriously, and said, "No, the Huns will definitely take action."

"Why did the Huns come?" Yiqu Sheng seemed a little disbelieving: "Even if King Wusun and the Huns were born to the same mother, Shanyu might not support him, let alone King Wusun and Shanyu. There is no blood relationship at all!"

Li Mu smiled and said, "Because according to my information, [-] to [-] Huns cavalry arrived at Yanzhi Mountain three days ago and joined King Wusun."

"What?" Yi Qusheng was startled: "We just set off from Xincheng three days ago, did they know our movements at that time?"

"No." Li Mu shook his head, and said, "You said it wrong, I knew their target first, so I chose to send troops at this time."

Yi Qusheng's eyes widened, and he said after a long time, "What do the Huns want to do, attack your country of Zhao?"

Li Mu said: "They want to go to the Western Regions."

A major feature of nomads is that they do not have any means of production or tools other than livestock, especially the necessary iron and copper tools.

This is doomed, that is, as long as they want to fight for a better life for themselves, then looting other countries is a must.

Since they suffered several major defeats in Zhao State in the south, the Huns did not set their eyes on plundering in the south.

As for the Donghu in the east, it is also a time when it is powerful. Although the Huns have defeated the Donghu several times, the Donghu still has a lot of power. More importantly, the Donghu is also a nomadic people who cannot produce any tools just like the Huns. .

Under such circumstances, it is not news that it is impossible for the Huns and Wusun people who went to Mobei to unite and prepare to go west.

Only then did Yi Qusheng understand, and said, "So you just want to take advantage of them when they meet together, and want to kill them all?"

Li Mu nodded very seriously, and said: "It's not wrong at all. Now the Huns and Wusun people have gathered under Yanzhi Mountain, and there should be [-] to [-] cavalry in total. My goal this time is Completely defeat the tens of thousands of cavalry coalition forces gathered at the foot of Yanzhi Mountain. As long as this battle can be won, Qilian Mountain will be completely included in the territory of Zhao State from now on, and there will be no roads leading to the Western Regions. Hindered."

Yi Qusheng gasped, looked at Li Mu with disbelief, and said, "How do you know such information?"

Li Mu blinked, and said to Yi Qusheng: "Don't forget, among the seven northern counties under my rule, the most indispensable thing is knights who can blend into the grassland."

There is nothing wrong with what Li Mu said, after all, he has a lot of Linhu people, Lou Fanren, Yiqu people and even Huns under his command.

Yi Qusheng was silent for a while, and then said: "Have you ever thought that we might actually lose this time?"

"Impossible." Li Mu very positively denied Yi Qusheng's opinion, and then said: "The old rules, this time the share is still [-]-[-]."

Yi Qusheng nodded, and had no objection to Li Mu's assignment.

Because Yiqu is also very clear that among the current coalition forces, the [-] Zhao cavalry led by Li Mu are the real combat power, and the [-] Yiqu cavalry led by him are just troops who came to make soy sauce That's all.

The two of them seemed to lose the intention of talking all of a sudden, and fell silent.

After a while, Li Mu suddenly said, "How did you think about what I told you last time?"

Yi Qu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then said to Li Mu: "I thought about it, and I think it might not work."

Li Mu's eyebrows were the same, and he said, "Why not?"

Yiqu Sheng said to Li Mu seriously: "I am the king of Yiqu country now, but if I surrender to your Zhao country, I will be nothing more than a titleless prince. When your king wants me to die, he will die." If you want me to live, you have to live. This is how the Qin people treated our Yiqu royal family back then, and I don't want to live like that again."

Li Mu shook his head very seriously, and said to Yiqu Sheng: "Didn't you find out? My king is different from King Qin. He can even let off the heir of a deadly enemy like King Wei. You led Yiqu It is a meritorious minister who came to submit to Zhao, so how could he have any opinion on you? Don’t forget, I am also an important minister who can discuss affairs in Longtai now. As long as you are willing to submit to Zhao, then I can guarantee that At that time, you will definitely become my lieutenant general and fight with me in all directions."

Li Mu looked at Yiqu Sheng with very eager eyes, and said: "At that time, the two of us can cross the Qilian Mountains together and go to a wider place to conquer all the countries and lands we can see. Is it better to be drunk, dream and die in the palace?"

Yi Qusheng laughed, and did not take Li Mu's words, but focused on teasing the eagle on his shoulder.

Seeing Yi Qusheng's appearance, Li Mu couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart, knowing that his persuasion had failed.

To be honest, Li Mu also regarded Yiqu Sheng as a friend, so he spared no effort to attract Yiqu Sheng.

After all, Li Mu has also seen Yiqu Sheng's martial arts with his own eyes. Whether it is archery or immediate attack methods, Yiqu Sheng is better than Li Mu. He is a rare fierce general. If it is inserted into the enemy army as a sharp knife, it is definitely a nightmare for any enemy.

It's a pity that Yiqu Sheng now seems to be quite satisfied with the status of Yiqu's monarch, and has no intention of belonging to Zhao.

"That's all, let's wait until later to persuade." Li Mu let out a long breath, and looked up towards the sky.

There, a tall and majestic seemingly endless giant mountain range stretches across the sky from west to east, which is the famous Qilian Mountain.

Looking at this famous mountain range, Li Mu's fist holding the rein gradually tightened.

As an important minister of Zhao State, Li Mu knew very well that for a long time to come, the core strategy of Zhao State would be to unify the other five countries. strategy to serve.

So this westward advance is probably Li Mu's only chance to advance westward within five to ten years.