Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

This kind of mentality is so common that even Li Mu, the leader of the army, has been affected, and unconsciously underestimated the Qi people.

"This is actually not a bad thing." Li Mu said slowly: "After all, Lixia is only a small city. If it is under a certain big city, then we will pay a price that is several times heavier than this."

After a pause, Li Mu said loudly, "The most important thing is that we won in the end."

Winning means everything, and losers must be punished, especially the most stubborn losers.

Zhao Kuo looked at batches of heads falling to the ground, and couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Governor, isn't this too cruel?"

As the patriarch of the Zhao family branch after Zhao She, Zhao Kuo's perspective on problems often unconsciously assumes the role of patriarch.

To put it simply, it is helping relatives but not helping others.

What is a relative? A relative is one of our own.

For Zhao Kuo, the Zhao people are his own people, and the Hu people like Yiqu and Huns are not, so Zhao Kuo can accept these Hu people as his subordinates, but these Hu people definitely have no chance to stand out under Zhao Kuo.

Qi people are different.

As a fan of Zhao Dan, Zhao Kuo agrees with Zhao Dan's theory of China's unification.

According to this theory, the State of Zhao will become the replacement of the Zhou Dynasty, unite the Huaxia Kingdoms, and establish a new, powerful Huaxia Dynasty.

Since they are all Chinese, the Qi people can naturally be regarded as their own.

Since he was one of his own, Zhao Kuo felt that Li Mu's behavior of beheading all the defenders in Lixia City and demoting all the adults in the city to slaves seemed a bit excessive.

Li Mu smiled slightly, and glanced at Zhao Kuo calmly: "No, I didn't choose to massacre the city, it was already because of the sympathy I left for the sake of being a fellow country of China. And General Zhao Kuo, don't forget, Northwest Just a lot of people are needed."

What Li Mu said is not wrong, whether it is Hetao Shuofang or Hexi Hehuang, these northwestern territories of Zhao State need a large number of people to develop and settle.

However, due to the rural situation, there are not many Zhao people in the Central Plains who are willing to go to the northwest, so these captives are very good choices.

Zhao Kuo said with some concern: "But if this is the case, I am afraid that the resistance of the people of Qi will become stronger in the future, and their will to resist will become more determined!"

Li Mu smiled and said: "That's natural, but as long as we continue to win one city after another in Qi State, the collapse of Qi State people will come sooner!"

It's like a bowstring. When you pull it hard at the beginning, its rebound strength will definitely be huge, but as long as you keep pulling it down, the bowstring will collapse.

Zhao Kuo was silent.

No one can overturn the decision of the chief general, unless the Zhao Guozhizun in Handan speaks.

It wasn't until this time that Zhao Kuo suddenly remembered one thing, that is, Li Mu is not a soft-hearted person.

Li Mu's record is very brilliant, and the brilliant record is of course using the bones of countless enemy soldiers as stepping stones.

Li Mu saw Zhao Kuo's worry, and patted Zhao Kuo's shoulder with a smile: "Don't worry, the Qi Congress is trembling under our feet."

When he said these words, there seemed to be flames burning in Li Mu's eyes.

The tenacious success of the Qi people aroused his fighting spirit.

Chapter 899 The Death of Huang Xie (Second Change)

Chu State, Yingdu.

Li Yuan's footsteps were very brisk.

If one word were to be used to describe the current Li Yuan, then it would be very appropriate.

The current Li Yuan is no longer the guy who was driven around by Huang Xie in the past. Now Li Yuan has turned around and is already ranked second in the Chu Kingdom!

Except for Prince Chu Han who is aloof and will soon succeed to the throne, there is only Ling Yin who has a more noble status than Li Yuan in Chu State.

Naturally, this Ling Yin could no longer be Huang Xie, but the former Chu State Shangzhu State Jingyang.

After the death of King Yuan of Chu, Ling Yin Huang Xie, whom the great king relied on the most, fell down. Jing Jing's ascension to the position of Ling Yin represented another success of the three families in occupying the commanding heights of Chu's regime and becoming the biggest winner.

But Li Yuan is naturally not at a loss, after all, Li Yuan is now a big man with more than [-] people under the two, and even Ling Yin Jingyang has to be polite when talking to Li Yuan.

After all, the two queen mothers of Chu State are co-regents, and the biological mother of Xiong Han, the future king of Chu State, is Li Yuan's younger sister, Queen Mother Li, which naturally makes Li Yuan more confident.

But as the saying goes, people without long-term concerns must have short-term worries, and Li Yuan is also a human being, so of course he can't do without these things.

Today Li Yuan is here to solve this immediate worry.

The wheels of the carriage stopped slowly, the driver jumped off the horse, and lay down on the ground very attentively: "Your Majesty, we are here."

Yes, with the insistence of Queen Mother Li, Li Yuan is now the Kuaiji Lord of Chu State.

Li Yuan hummed, stepped on the coachman's back with his head held high, got out of the carriage, and walked towards the front accompanied by several entourages.

If a country wants to establish a ruling order, violent institutions to eliminate and teach opponents are indispensable, so execution grounds and prisons are naturally indispensable.

The place where Li Yuan is now is the prison in the capital of Chu State.

The people here have obviously been greeted a long time ago. A row of Chu officials stood there and saluted Li Yuan respectfully: "I have met Mr. Kuaiji!"

Li Yuan held his head high, and let out a heavy breath from his nostrils: "Where is the matter?"

A rather shrewd official from the state of Chu hurried over and said with an apologetic smile, "Your Majesty, Liu Liang is here."

"Lead the way!" Li Yuan said impatiently.

Soon, Li Yuan came to a secret room in the deepest part of the prison.

There is a wooden cross in this secret room, and a disheveled man is chained to it, his head hangs to one side, and his scattered gray hair covers his face.

This person is none other than Huang Xie, the former Ling Yin of Chu State.

Seeing Huang Xie like this, Li Yuan couldn't help being stunned for a moment: "Dead!"

"Not dead." The prison chief Liu Liang said with a smile: "Just passed out."

Li Yuan looked at the pile of torture tools around him, nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly said, "Put him down."

Liu Liang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said flatteringly, "Don't let him go, if the prisoner hurts your lord"

"Pa", a crisp slap sounded.

Li Yuan slowly withdrew his arm, and looked at the jailer in front of him expressionlessly: "It's not your turn to decide here."

Liu Liang covered his face in obedience, hurriedly unchained Huang Xie, and put him on the ground.

These actions seemed to startle Huang Xie, and a confused sound began to come out of his mouth.

Li Yuan glanced at Liu Liang: "Get lost."