Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

This era is different from the later generations. In the unified dynasty of the later generations, everyone is the emperor's subjects, and the object of allegiance can only be the emperor.

But in this era, the object of allegiance to a retainer is only his lord.

Not only Zhao, but all other vassal states in the world.

As Zhao Kuo's retainer, Li Mu only needs to be loyal to Zhao Kuo, not Zhao Guo.

Hearing this, the Queen Mother's good mood suddenly disappeared a lot.

Lord Pingyuan looked at Lin Xiangru, feeling angry in his heart.

What a Lin Xiangru, you really have you, and you want to obliterate the credit of Wu Xinjun and Li Mu with one sentence?

Mr. Pingyuan said flatly: "Mr. Wen Xin's words are wrong.

Li Mu is certainly a subject of Lord Wu Xin, but didn't he, like Lord Wu Xin, fight bravely for Da Zhao on the battlefield?

Moreover, Wen Xinjun, you were also a courtier of the former eunuch Ling Miaoxian. Since you can become the Great Zhao Wenxin from a retainer, who said that Li Mu couldn't do this? "

Mr. Pingyuan's remarks are actually talking about an old story, that is, how Lin Xiangru entered the political arena of Zhao State.

At the beginning, Lin Xiangru voted in the mansion of Miao Xian, the former eunuch of Zhao State, became Miao Xian's retainer, and was appreciated by Miao Xian.

Miao Xian is the most trusted confidant of King Zhao Huiwen. When King Qin Zhaoxiang asked King Zhao Huiwen for Heshibi, King Zhao Huiwen summoned a group of ministers to discuss and couldn't come up with an idea. At this time, Miao Xian recommended Lin Xiangru to King Zhao Huiwen. .

Then King Zhao Huiwen summoned Lin Xiangru, and was very satisfied with Lin Xiangru's answer, so he sent Lin Xiangru to Qin State with He Shibi.

Next, there is the story of "Returning Perfect to Zhao" that is famous in history books.

After returning to Zhao, Lin Xiangru was appointed as a doctor of the State of Zhao by King Huiwen of Zhao, and officially changed from a retainer of Miao Xian to an official of the State of Zhao.

Mr. Pingyuan's subtext of this matter is very obvious. You Lin Xiangru was also a retainer back then, and now you can sit here to discuss military and state affairs. Why can't Li Mu, who is also a retainer, not?

Rao Lin Xiangru was always very wise, but he was completely unable to answer the question of Mr. Pingyuan for a while.

The Empress Dowager was also taken aback when she saw this, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Mr. Ping Yuan is right, this old woman is not thinking carefully.

Come on, send an order immediately to make Li Mu the general of the Great Zhao, and other military achievements will be rewarded after the battle! "

Mr. Pingyuan said seriously: "The Queen Mother is wise!"

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Zhuqing, the old lady still didn't know how Wu Xinjun was able to win, but judging from the current situation, the old lady seems to understand."

Mr. Pingyuan heard the words, he couldn't help being a little curious, and said: "I wonder what the Queen Mother understands?"

The empress dowager's red lips parted slightly, and she said slowly: "Mr. Wu Xin just wants to use himself to hold back the Qin army in Zhiyi, and then ask Li Mu to burn Qin's heartland to a piece of white ground in Guanzhong! In this way, as long as Qin retreats, The loss of so many cities alone is already a loss they can't bear at all.

Even though Da Zhao didn't take advantage of anything on the battlefield, Da Zhao still cut off a piece of Qin's body fiercely in this battle! "

Cities are very important in any era and are a key component of national power.

When so many cities are destroyed, the national strength of Qin will inevitably decline greatly. This decline cannot be reflected in things such as military strength, armor, and weapons, but it also profoundly affects the country and war.

Mr. Pingyuan nodded repeatedly to the Queen Mother's remarks, and said: "The grandson of the great military family once said that the first is to attack the army, the second is to attack the diplomatic relations, the second is to attack the soldiers, and the next is to attack the city.

Wu Xinjun's strategy seems to be just a siege, but in fact it is a damage to the national strength of the Qin State, and it is a real military strategy. "

The Queen Mother let out a long breath, and said with a smile: "At first, I was worried that Lord Wu Xin would lose, but now that this is the case, the old lady is really relieved."

Although the queen mother was very afraid of Zhao Kuo, but because of Lian Po's failure in Jidu and the compensation for the land cession, the queen mother hoped that Zhao Guo would win this time from the bottom of her heart.

Wu Xinjun, that's great!

Chapter 456 Today is the time for Li Mu's death!

After a quick march, Wei Liao, the chief general of Qin's garrison army, finally saw Gaoling City.

Back then when Wei Liao came to Xianyang of the Qin Kingdom, he had lodged in Gaoling City on the way, and he had always had a good impression of that bustling city.

But now, the Gaoling City that Wei Liao was familiar with has completely disappeared, only a ruin standing there.

Although it was not the first time to see this scene, Wei Liao still felt very angry: "These damn Zhao people are really despicable!"

For Wei Liao's words, Meng Wu who was standing beside Wei Liao somewhat sneered.

Doesn't war mean that everyone wins by any means?

During the Battle of Changping, the spies of the State of Qin also wantonly spread rumors in the State of Zhao to engage in countermeasures, all for the same reason.

The crows in the world are generally black, and those who can win are good crows, so don't criticize anyone.

The slander belongs to the slander, but due to his identity, Meng Wu still had to agree with Wei Liao against his will: "The general is right.

But the key now is how to defeat Zhao Jun in front of him, so please ask the general to look forward. "

Wei Liao nodded, and his eyes fell on Zhao Jun's camp a few miles outside Gaoling City.

As a very experienced military leader, Wei Liao immediately saw it: "It's really a standard camp configuration for [-] people. It seems that General Li Mu really wants to have a fight with us here. Decisive battle."

Meng Wu reminded: "General, be careful of Li Mu's fraud!"

Wei Liao snorted heavily, and said confidently: "It's okay.

I have already studied many battle cases of Lord Wu Xin, this Li Mu is just a general trained by Lord Wu Xin, it is impossible for him to jump out of the barrier of Lord Wu Xin.

If it's against Wu Xinjun, I'm actually not very sure, but against him?

We will definitely win this time!Send the order down, the whole army camps! "

Under Wei Liao's order, a Qin Army camp began to be erected on the plain outside Gaoling City.

In Zhao Jun's camp, Li Mu and Yi Qusheng stood on the watchtower, watching Qin Jun's movements clearly.

Yi Qusheng said anxiously: "General Li Mu, you really don't think about retreating?"

Li Mu was a little amused: "Why should I retreat?"

Yiqu Sheng said: "General Li Mu, haven't you seen it clearly?

On the opposite side is the 1 Qin State Guards, the elite of Qin State's elite!But we have only [-] men, and only cavalry.

How can we beat them? "

Li Mu pointed to the soldiers and horses of Qin State in the distance, and said, "To be honest, this general thinks they are quite ordinary."

Yiqu Sheng became anxious: "Can this be called normal?

My good general, this is already too strong. "

Li Mu shrugged his shoulders, and said to Yiqu Sheng: "King Yiqu, think about it for yourself. If the people of Qin are really so strong, why have we been able to defeat them in the past few years?"

After Li Mu said this, Yi Qusheng was speechless.

It was only at this time that Yiqu Sheng came back to his senses. Yiqu Country had been beaten violently by Qin State for a long time in the past, so Yiqu Sheng had considerable fear of Qin Army in his heart.

But Li Mu is different.

Li Mu is from Zhao State, who has been beating Qin State violently in the past few years. Li Mu's lord is the Wuxin Lord Zhao Kuo, who has been victorious against Qin State. How could Li Mu be afraid of the Qin Army?

Although Li Mu was so angry that he couldn't say anything, Yi Qusheng still felt that he was right.

Qin Jun is really strong!Besides, even if your Zhao Jun is indeed stronger than Qin Jun, that doesn't mean that ten thousand Zhao Jun will win against thirty thousand Qin Jun, right?

What's more, it was still a mixture of [-] cavalry fighting [-] chariot soldiers and infantry.

As we all know, cavalry is the weakest arm, and the mixed combat of chariots and infantry is the strongest combat method in this era!Li Mu seemed to see the worry in Yiqu Sheng's heart, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "King Yiqu, I will show you tomorrow how the real cavalrymen of Great Zhao fight against powerful enemies." The enemy fought!"

On that day, Qin Jun set up camp and Zhao Jun recharged his batteries, and no conflict broke out between the two sides.

In the early morning of the next day, the soldiers on both sides were called out by the military order early, and then they finished their meals and began to assemble outside the camp.

No tactics were issued, but the commanders of both sides have a tacit understanding, knowing that today is the real decisive day!Half an hour later, both sides finished their armies.

Not long after the sun had just risen from the horizon, it shone obliquely from the east on the battlefield that was about to break out.

The Zhao army is in the north, with countless horses lined up, a knight named Chi Youjun is full of energy and morale, the red flag is fluttering in the wind, and the big "Zhao" and "Li" characters are very eye-catching.

The Qin army is in the south, with hundreds of chariots at the forefront of the army formation, followed by [-] Qin garrison troops.

The discipline of the Qin army is also well-known among the princes. A soldier of the Qin army holds his sword tightly and is ready to fight at any time. The black "Qin" and "Wei" banners are also extremely eye-catching.

General Li Mu of Zhao Jun told Lieutenant General Yi Qusheng: "Today is the beginning of our complete defeat of the garrison and the beginning of Qin's monarch and ministers truly embarking on the path of failure."

Almost at the same time, the chief general of the Qin army, Wei Liao, also said to the deputy general Meng Wu: "Today is the time for Li Mu's death! Pass down the order, beat the drums, and march!"

The rumbling drums began to sound, and amidst the thundering drums, hundreds of chariots of the Qin Army slowly moved forward, heading towards Zhao Jun's position.

Behind these chariots, many soldiers of the Qin Army walked quickly and followed closely.

After all, Meng Wu came from a family of military generals, so he immediately noticed the clue: "No, why didn't these chariots charge directly, but drove at such a slow speed instead?"

Wei Liao chuckled, and said to Meng Wu not without complacency: "General Meng Wu doesn't know the prestige of Chi You Army under Wu Xinjun's command?

The most common method used by Chi Youjun is to wear heavy armor and charge directly from the front!The infantry has no way to deal with Chi Youjun's tactics head-on.

So I thought about it and decided to put the six hundred chariots on the front.

With these [-] chariots as a frontal defense, Chi You's army's frontal charge would not be effective.

If Li Mu really dared to charge, even if these chariots couldn't completely stop him, they would definitely cause Li Mu to lose troops, and the charge speed would be greatly slowed down.

A heavy armored cavalry like Chi Youjun is an invincible steel fortress when it is fast, but if it loses speed, it is just an iron tortoise at the mercy of others!This is the real tactic that we, Wei Liao, have carefully researched to defeat the Chi You Army, the ace army of Emperor Wu Xin! "

At this moment, Wei Liao's young face was full of spirits, as if he had seen the end of victory!

Chapter 457 What is the advantage of cavalry over infantry

Wei Liao had a dream since he was a child, that is to become a great strategist and write a famous military book.

Like Wei Liao, Sun Wu, a senior from Qi, once wrote the famous Sun Tzu's Art of War, so Wei Liao secretly made up his mind that his future art of war would be called Wei Liao's Art of War.

But for things like the art of war, it doesn't mean that once you write it, others will think you are good at it. It must be supported by a record.

As the main general, Sun Wu, with the assistance of Wu Zixu, once led the weak Wu soldiers to break through Yingdu, the capital of the mighty Chu State, and put Chu State into a state of near-destruction.

And Wei Liao thought that he was no worse than Sun Wu, so leading the relatively weaker Qin State to defeat the current overlord Zhao State was a must.

In fact, Wei Liao was somewhat dissatisfied with today's battle.

There is no suspense about the 1 elite Qin guards and the [-] Zhao cavalry.

A bit bullying.

But Wei Liao also understood that after all, he was a fledgling, and he still won a victory steadily.

Li Mu, Li Mu, you can only blame you for being unlucky when you meet this general!Under Wei Liao's order, [-] Qin army vanguards followed six hundred chariots and pressed towards Zhao army's main formation in the distance.

In Zhao Jun's formation, Li Mu naturally saw Qin Jun's strange formation immediately.

Yi Qusheng said with some doubts: "What's going on with the Qin people?"

Li Mu touched his shaggy beard, which hadn't been trimmed for a long time, and smiled, "This Wei Liao does have some ideas.

He wants to use these [-] chariots to form a solid frontal line of defense, preventing our Chi You Army heavy cavalry from breaking through from the front! "

Yiqu Sheng was dumbfounded when he heard the words: "Huh?

So what should we do? "

Don't look at Yiqu Sheng as the so-called "Yiqu King", but when he was born, the Yiqu country was already in a state of crisis and could be destroyed at any time. Since Yiqu Sheng was born, he has never commanded tens of thousands of people. It is the first time for him to fight this kind of real war with the regular army of human beings, and he has no experience at all.

Li Mu smiled slightly, and said to Yiqu Sheng: "King Yiqu, do you know what is the advantage of cavalry over infantry?"

Yi Qusheng thought for a while and said, "Speed?"

Li Mu snapped his fingers and laughed loudly: "The king of Yiqu is indeed smart, because of his speed! Come on, send an order, and send a thousand cavalry on each side to harass the enemy's vanguard, and the main central army will retreat ten miles!"

When Yi Qusheng heard this order, he froze immediately: "Retreat?

General Li Mu, you can't retreat!Once we retreat, our formation will be chaotic, the enemy will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill us, and we will fail! "

Li Mu's smile grew stronger: "King Yiqu, think about the question I asked you just now?"

Yi Qusheng was taken aback for a moment, and then he came back to his senses completely.

The formation of the infantry is very cumbersome, each position and each flag is particular, so that the general can control the movement of the whole army by relying on the flags, drums, and golden sounds.

Therefore, if it is an infantry, choosing to retreat at this time is basically equivalent to handing over the head to the enemy.

But cavalry is different.

The cavalry is born with no special requirements for formation and position.

Because cavalry has speed.