Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

After hearing this explanation, the expression on the Empress Dowager Yan's face seemed to improve a lot, and she said after a while: "You remember, immediately enlist all the young and strong people to come to Xiangping to help defend the city, Zhao Jun will arrive soon , time is extremely precious."

The county guard hurriedly responded, his small eyes rolled around a few times, and suddenly said: "Queen Mother, I heard that the king is ill. I wonder if I can let me visit the king?"

The Empress Dowager Yan narrowed her eyes, staring at Le Jian's confidant in front of her, a gleam of light flashed in her phoenix eyes, and said slowly: "Who said the king is in good health?"

Beads of sweat dripped from the sheriff's forehead, he coughed dryly and said: "In this case, then I must have misunderstood, misunderstood, I will take my leave and finish what the Queen Mother ordered."

The county guard's mansion had become the temporary residence of King Yan and the Queen Mother, so the county guard had to leave the palace with his wife and children, and went to live in another house in the city.

There, a spy envoy from Qi State was waiting for news from the sheriff.

"How's the situation?"

The sheriff shook his head, and said after a long time: "King Yan is already ill, it seems that he is seriously ill."

The envoy of Qi State snorted and said: "Who cares about the child's condition, what my king wants to know is whether the current Jidu has fallen or not!"

The county guard wiped off his sweat and said: "Jidu should have fallen, I just got the news that the cavalry of Zhao Guo's brigade appeared in Liaoxi County, I am afraid that it will not be long before Li Mu will chase here. "

After receiving this news, the envoy of Qi State shook his head in great disappointment, and said: "I never thought that you and Yan State would be so useless that they couldn't last a year!"

The county guard cursed secretly in his heart, but right now he still has something to ask, so he could only smile at the envoy of Qi State: "What the envoy said is very true, this Lejian is a man of great ambition and talent, really."

"Enough." The envoy interrupted the sheriff impatiently, and said: "In this case, the aid to Yan State will be suspended. I will return to Linzi tomorrow with the remaining supplies by sea, and you will ask for help." Good luck."

The county guard hastily stretched out his hand and put a very exquisite small box in the hands of the envoy of Qi State, he said with a smile: "Messenger, now Yan State is about to fall, I want to take the whole family to Qi State, I wonder if the envoy can help? "

The envoy of Qi State opened the box and took a look, then nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Although the boat is not big, there are still some vacancies. We will leave at midnight tonight, remember!"

The county guard watched the envoy of the State of Qi walk out arrogantly, and couldn't help but spit.

If it wasn't for the purpose of escaping to the state of Qi, the sheriff would have liked to have this guy killed right away and fed to the dogs.

The next moment, a scream suddenly sounded from outside the door, and the envoy of the State of Qi who had just walked back stepped back step by step.

The county guard stared wide-eyed, watching the envoy of the State of Qi fall to the ground dead in front of him, and also seeing the general of the Imperial Guard Army of the State of Yan who had just stood beside the Empress Dowager Yan holding a sword that was still dripping with blood. Standing in front of him with his long sword, he asked, "Where are the armor and supplies of the people of Qi hidden?"

After getting an affirmative answer, General Yan walked out, leaving only the two corpses in the room.

The next day, the entire Liaodong County of Yan State began to mobilize, preparing to face the attack of Li Mu's army.

In this era of national ruin and family ruin, some people chose to flee, while others chose to face it bravely.

8 Chapter Twenty

When Empress Dowager Yan came to Xiangping and recruited almost the last bit of force that could be collected in the entire Liaodong County, and formed an army of 1 people, Li Mu came.

This time Li Mu brought [-] Zhao cavalry, and he left the other [-] cavalry in Jidu, including his deputy Zhao Kuo.

In fact, Li Mu came only five days later than Queen Mother Yan.

This was mainly because the speed of the Queen Mother Yan and her escorts was not fast, at least not as fast as the professional cavalry led by Li Mu.

After hearing the news, Li Mu couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If he could really follow the original plan and start chasing the Queen Yan the day after he escaped, it would probably take less than three days for the Queen Yan mother and child to fall into his trap. hands.

As long as the [-] cavalry remain in Jidu, it can be ensured that when Li Mu captures the Queen Mother Yan's mother and son and returns to Jidu, the capital of Yan Kingdom will still be in the hands of Zhao Jun.

"This is a mistake." Li Mu looked at Xiangping City in front of him, and said to Yi Qusheng beside him.

Yi Qusheng nodded, then shrugged his shoulders and showed a big smile: "It turns out that you will make mistakes one day."

Li Mu smiled, with a very calm expression on his face: "Everyone will make mistakes one day, and of course I am no exception."

Li Mu is very clear about the reason for his mistakes, it is precisely because he has not achieved the "knowing the enemy" in "knowing yourself and the enemy".

He didn't underestimate himself, but he overestimated the speed at which Queen Mother Yan fled.

After all, the Queen Mother Yan is only a woman. She has never even ridden a horse a few times in her life, let alone the experience of fleeing thousands of miles in a row. How could she be so fast?

This time, Li Mu did not intend to continue making this mistake.

So under Li Mu's command, Zhao Jun quickly launched a tentative attack on Xiangping City.

The siege of the cavalry is actually very meaningless. It is simply riding the horse back and forth under the city wall. If someone stands on the wall, give him an arrow.

High-speed cavalry shooting is not difficult for the Zhao cavalry, who are mostly Hu people. The soldiers of the Yan army who kept falling from the top of the city are the best proof of the cavalry archery skills of the Zhao army.

In the beginning, there were still many soldiers of the Yan army who dared to shoot at the cavalry of the Zhao army, but after two or three hundred corpses fell from the top of the city in just two quarters of an hour, no Yan army dared to show their faces again.

Yi Qusheng excitedly rode his horse back to the front of the formation, held up the head of a Yan Army commander in his hand and smiled at Li Mu: "It seems that the quality of Yan Army soldiers here is nothing more than that."

Li Mu shook his head and said: "Didn't you find out? These guys are actually just peasants and young men, and the real soldiers didn't have many casualties. If my prediction is correct, the other party should be trying to lure us into attacking the city, which is very effective." to kill us."

Yi Qusheng's eyes widened, and he seemed very suspicious of Li Mu's words.

"The city wall of Xiangping City is not high at all. I think as long as we have a hundred ladders, we will be able to break through it!" Yi Qusheng said to Li Mu confidently.

Woods are not uncommon in Liaodong, and centuries-old trees can be found everywhere in this inaccessible land. Therefore, after three days, Li Mu's troops gathered a hundred ladders and began to prepare to attack the city. .

Not surprisingly, this time the siege was repelled.

In the past few days, Zhao Jun never gave up the daily routine of going downstream of the city, and Yan Jun seemed to be really scared out of his nerve, and stayed in the city without coming out.

But when Zhao Jun really tried to attack the city with a ladder, the Yan people finally broke out their real fighting power for the first time.

Li Mu rode a horse and stood under the commander-in-chief flag, watching Zhao soldiers one after another falling from the ladder like raindrops and losing their lives, and then calmly issued an order.

"Mingjin withdraws troops."

As a vanguard general, Yi Qu Sheng, who had attacked Shichen City for a whole time, returned to Li Mu in disgrace, with an arrow stuck in each of his left and right arms, which looked asymmetrical, which made Li Mu feel a little uncomfortable.

"You're right, Chief Governor, the Yan people were indeed hiding their strength a few days ago."

Under the ruthless factual education, Yi Qusheng finally convinced.

But Yiqu Sheng still couldn't figure it out: "If you already knew that the Yan people were hiding their strength, why did you want to attack the city this time? Wouldn't this let the soldiers die in vain?"

Li Mu shook his head calmly: "Guesses are just guesses. We must find a way to turn guesses into facts. If you only rely on guesses to make decisions when marching and fighting, then sooner or later you will die based on your own guesses."

Yi Qusheng shouted: "So in order to prove your guess, you let hundreds of your subordinates die in vain?"

Li Mu stared at Yiqu Sheng sternly: "First of all, they didn't die in vain. As long as it is a siege, sacrifices must be made. If you want to attack a city without dying, it is simply impossible. Secondly, sacrificing hundreds of people can prevent the failure of the 2 troops under my command. I think it is a very valuable thing. Finally, if you dare to attack the general like this, go out and lead fifty troops by yourself right now stick."

Hearing the sound of the stick being pulled down and Yi Qusheng's screams, Li Mu's mood finally improved a lot.

Then Li Mu made a decision. He only used 1 cavalry to besiege the Xiangping City, and the other [-] people would sweep the entire Yan Kingdom and other cities in Liaodong County.

Before the start of the war, Le Jian had already transferred most of the combat forces in Liaodong County to the direction of Linle City, and then a few days ago, the Empress Dowager Yan concentrated the remaining combat forces in Xiangping City, so Liaodong County The other dozen or so small towns, Xiaoyi, surrendered to the Zhao people with little resistance.