Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Li Mu actually didn't walk from the front, but went around to his rear, this was something that Lejian never expected.

In fact, even if Le Jian thought of it, there was probably nothing he could do about it.

The function of the Great Wall line of defense has always been a warning rather than a defense. It is completely unreliable to block all the enemies in the north by relying on a Great Wall. This is something that the leaders of any country among Qin, Zhao, and Yan are concerned about. I know it well.

The Great Wall is even more effective when it is used for offense than for pure defense, because it is impossible to have enough troops everywhere in the defense line of thousands of kilometers from east to west. It will not work if all the population of Yan State is dragged to the Great Wall.

Judging from past battles, the most effective method that Lejian can think of is cavalry against cavalry.

It's not that Yan State has no cavalry. In fact, Le Jian has consciously asked many Hu tribes who surrendered to Yan State to donate war horses in the past few years, and even tried to call some Hu Ren cavalry into the army to improve the combat effectiveness of Yan State cavalry.

But it is a pity that these initiatives of Lejian failed in the end.

It has never been an easy task to train a cavalry. It is not easy to get a horse and get someone to go up and say that this guy is a cavalry. He needs to go through very systematic training, and then go through some small-scale battles to train soldiers, and then Only then will this cavalry slowly take shape.

In addition, cavalry is still a very expensive unit. The horse itself needs money, and the supporting equipment needs money, and it is a lot of money over the years.

Le Jian didn't have so much time, and Yan Guo didn't have so much money.

It must be said that decades ago, Qin Kai, the general of the Yan State, defeated the Donghu people who came to provoke him by using a mixture of vehicles and steps, and made the Donghu people flee thousands of miles away, so the ministers of the Yan State agreed It is believed that chariot soldiers can defeat cavalry, the problem is only that the method is wrong.

Under such circumstances, Le Jian's voice for the development of cavalry met with great resistance, and even the military of Yan State had many voices of dissatisfaction.

This made Le Jian's method of training cavalry very difficult to carry out. Now there are only [-] cavalry in the country of Yan, and half of them need to be stationed in Liaodong. Only [-] cavalry can be held by Le Jian.

Five thousand cavalry wanted to defeat Li Mu face to face, which was tantamount to a dream.

Besides, a few days ago, the main force of the Zhao Kingdom's Frontier Cavalry Legion had also arrived outside Linle City, and firmly sealed off the entire Linle City.

If Le Jian chooses to break out of the siege at this moment, then Zhao Guo's border cavalry regiment will be very happy to chase and kill Yan Jun along the road, and let Yan Jun leave countless corpses.

Lejian knew very well that as long as they retreated, the 20 soldiers of Yan Kingdom in Linle City would all be finished!

So Lejian immediately replied a pigeon letter to Queen Yan in Jidu, and told Queen Yan all the current situation in detail, indicating that he would not and could not withdraw from the army.

Of course, Le Jian did not forget to comfort Queen Yan, after all, the tall city wall of Jidu is there, as long as it is well guarded, Li Mu will definitely not let Li Mu take the city.

From Le Jian's point of view, the cavalry may be able to play with the infantry on the plains, but the cavalry's siege is a joke, a big joke.

In fact, Le Jian never thought of turning the tide and defeating Zhao Jun. After all, he knew very well that he was not his father, Le Yi. He took good care of him, and his father passed away too early, which didn't allow Le Jian to fully learn the skills of General Le Yi.

Sometimes Lejian was very emotional. If even [-]% of the people said that he had the skill of his father to lead the army, maybe the current Yan Kingdom would not fall to this point, would it?

But this is not the time to feel sorry for yourself, because Le Jian must continue until the turning point comes.

Le Jian didn't believe that the other five countries would stand by and watch him. He already knew that Qi State was secretly shipping supplies to Yan State. When the country has nothing to do, then other countries will definitely not stand by.

This may have cost a lot of lives and injuries, and it may have taken a very long time, just like Le Jian's father, Le Yi, had besieged Jimo for several years, but Le Jian believes that he will be extremely happy and will win the final victory for Yan. turnaround.

On the other side, the tall Jidu has also appeared in Li Mu's sight.

To be honest, this was the first time Li Mu saw this city.

It has to be said that this is indeed a majestic city. The huge city wall made of blue and black boulders has gone through hundreds of years. Everyone was shocked.

At the first moment when he saw the city wall, Li Mu told Yi Qusheng beside him the fact.

"We can't take this city."

Yiqu Sheng rolled his eyes angrily: "Of course, the wall of this city is at least three times as high as my Yiqu City! Moreover, cavalry are not used to attack the city."

"Cavalry can of course be used to attack the city." Li Mu shrugged his shoulders, trying to make his tone relaxed when speaking: "As long as I can capture this city, even if all the cavalry under my command are buried in the city wall It doesn't matter, but it's a pity that even if I really do that, I won't be able to capture this city."

Unknowingly, Li Mu's way of speaking also began to be influenced by Yi Qusheng.

Yi Qusheng snorted and said, "So should we start looting the surrounding villages now? Give me 1000 people, and I will definitely make all the villages of Yan Kingdom within a hundred miles no longer have any people to live in! "

Li Mu shook his head, a strange light suddenly appeared on his face: "There is no need for that, I will send a small team to carry out the looting, as long as there is enough food."

Yi Qusheng looked at Li Mu curiously, and said, "Don't you want to drive all Yan people into Jidu?"

Li Mu said: "Of course I want to do this, but the owner of this city will not open the door to let the people of Yan Kingdom enter the city."

"Why?" Yi Qusheng was obviously puzzled.

Li Mu stretched out his hand and pointed to the flag of the Yan State that was still flying high above the city gate, and said, "Because this is the State of Yan, not the State of Qin. The laws of Qin are strict. The officials will do their best to guard the lives of the common people in the Qin Kingdom. But what about the Yan Kingdom? This is just a country belonging to the nobles, and it is the most conservative and backward country among the seven great powers. For the nobles of the Yan Kingdom It is said that the lives of civilians are completely indistinguishable from those of ants, how could they possibly pay attention to these civilians?"

Yi Qusheng nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Then what should we do now? Since the nobles of the Yan Kingdom are unwilling to save their common people, why don't we just kill all the people of the Yan Kingdom nearby? would frighten them."

"In this case, Zhao Guo will not be able to rule this area in the next 30 years." Li Mu gave Yiqu Sheng a contemptuous look, and then said: "What we have to do now is very simple, that is, put this damn city Surround it!"

So Li Mu gave an order, and he and the [-] cavalrymen under his command rushed towards Jidu in the distance, billowing in smoke and dust.

The sight of [-] cavalry covering the plains with countless smoke and dust is very spectacular and frightening. When Li Mu deliberately asked to lengthen the formation, all the defenders of Yan Kingdom standing on the city wall of Jidu were shocked. Some legs were weak, because they suddenly felt that the Zhao cavalry who attacked this time seemed to be completely boundless.

Especially after Li Mu ordered the [-] cavalry to be divided into four teams and staggered back and forth under the city walls of Jidu, all the people in Jidu knew the fact that the cavalry of Zhao people were galloping under the city. After an hour, it still hasn't fully arrived!

Regarding Li Mu's approach, Yi Qusheng undoubtedly sneered: "What are you doing? It is useless at all other than wasting horsepower. You don't think that if you scare the people in the city, they will be obedient ran out and surrendered to you?"

Regarding Yi Qusheng's question, Li Mu nodded very seriously: "That's right, that's what I think. If I'm not wrong, I'm afraid people from Yan Kingdom will secretly come to contact me in these two days gone."

Yi Qusheng's eyes widened. If it wasn't for the fact that he had witnessed almost all of Li Mu's past achievements with his own eyes, Yi Qusheng would have blurted out the words "whimsical".

However, Yi Qusheng was shocked that it didn't even take two days, because that night, Yi Qusheng received the messenger from the city with Li Mu as a lieutenant general.

It is worth mentioning that there are several such messengers

"What's going on here? Are Yan people really so timid? How did such a timid Yan people defeat Donghu?" Yi Qusheng felt that he couldn't understand at all, and his mind was full of question marks.

Li Mu glanced at Yiqu Sheng, smiled meaningfully, and said: "Actually, the answer to the question is very simple. These Yan people are not scared by the [-] cavalry in our hands, but really scared them." , is actually behind us the mighty State of Zhao."

"Zhao country?"

"Yes, Zhao Guo." Li Mu nodded and said, "I believe that everyone in Jidu understands that Yan Guo can't be Zhao Guo's opponent. Under such circumstances, do you think Yan Guo people in the city How much fighting spirit will there be? Maybe most people will fight us to the end, but there will always be a small number of people who are greedy for life and fear death, and the nobles are often the most greedy for life and fear of death."

Yi Qusheng suddenly understood: "So you put on that appearance during the day, in fact, you want to make the people of Yan feel that a Zhao army has arrived?"

"That's right." Li Mu said with a smile: "As long as those nobles of the Yan Kingdom who are greedy for life and fear of death in the city feel that I have a force in my hands that can break through Jidu, then they will definitely contact us. I don’t know anything about myself, as long as they find us coming, they will definitely rush into our arms because of their fear and fear.”

Speaking of which, Li Mu shook the book in his hand, and said with a smile: "This is the so-called siege of the city as the bottom, and the heart as the top. Take a good rest for a few days. If everything goes well, this city may soon be in our pocket." thing."

Chapter 8 Is it difficult to break the city? (Second more)

With Li Mu's siege, the atmosphere in Jidu began to become tense, and this atmosphere also affected the palace city of Yan Kingdom. Many palace people even broke things because of nervousness when they were doing things. Bosses who would throw a tantrum would either make a fuss out of a molehill and punish them heavily, or simply turn a blind eye.

In the city, even though Zhao Jun hadn't entered the city yet, the streets of Jidu, which were usually lively on weekdays, suddenly became extremely deserted. Everyone stayed at home in fear, waiting for good news or news. The bad news came.

As the supreme leader in Jidu at this moment, the Empress Dowager Yan sat very calmly in the main hall of Miyagi, listening to the report of the situation by the ministers and generals of Yan Kingdom in front of her.