Careerist in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 137 Li Mu enters farming
It is drizzling. For people with different moods, the color of a drizzle in their eyes is different.

Guo Kai's anger burned for more than three months. He never expected that there would be a traitor in his house!
Thirty thousand gold disappeared out of thin air. If there was no collusion between internal and external parties, would this be possible?
Not only is it an internal and external collusion, it is also an organized collusion with a wide range of participants!

However, facing the sudden visit of the person in front of him, Guo Xiangguo still had to suppress his anger and smile: "Xianyang, are there any instructions from the opposite direction?"

"Li Mu has always been a trouble. Guo Xiangguo should stop pretending to be ignorant."

The visitor was completely covered in black robes, and he looked like he was sneaking around. He was probably not a good person.

"Well, of course I understand the obstruction that Lord Wu'an of the Zhao Kingdom has on Great Qin." Guo Kai chuckled, picked up the teacup, and took a sip.

Even if he regards the Qin State as his retreat, at this moment, Guo Kai understands that this is probably the biggest deal he will make in his life and the last time he will go crazy. Once the Zhao State is destroyed after betraying the country, he will have to live a low-key life.

"King Zhao trusts him extremely. Even I can't change King Zhao's mind."

As if to make his words more convincing, Guo Kai also gave an example: "In the old battle of Changping, Lian Po was replaced midway, so that Zhao Guo was defeated in Changping and all 40 soldiers were lost. .”

"Now if we want to follow Changping's example and then replace him with Li Mu, the obstacles between the DPRK and China will be huge."

"I'm here in Handan, but I don't have time to go back and forth with you."

The man in black heard Guo Kai's intention of "getting more money" and spoke clearly and neatly, reading out the bargaining chip offered by the Qin State: "After the fall of the State of Zhao, the king will make you the Great Minister of Qin."

"In Xianyang City, a residence and courtyard have been prepared for Guo Xiangguo. After the fall of Zhao State, there will be thousands of people who hate you, and you don't want to stay in Handanxuan any longer."

"It is my blessing to serve as a lackey for the Qin Dynasty." Guo Kai relaxed slightly, but still wanted to bargain: "I want to persuade King Zhao to believe. I also want to visit the other ministers in the court."

“These people are extremely greedy for money.”

Frowning, hearing Guo Kai's laughter, the man in black became unhappy, but still spoke: "In the mansion in Xianyang, Luo Wang has prepared tens of thousands of gold for the Prime Minister."

The wealth of Qin is far greater than that of Zhao, but Xianyang has more income and expenditures, and if he is willing to give Guo ten thousand gold, it is an extra expense.

"The traitor Li Mu will be defeated within half a month!"

In Guo Kai's estimation, the income from betraying the country was not much, and even very cheap.

Guo Kaiben thought about the entire Zhao Kingdom, and it was not an exaggeration for the King of Qin to give him one hundred thousand gold.

However, the visitor's tone was already unkind. After going to Xianyang, he would inevitably have to cooperate with Luo Wang. Moreover, he had no other way out except returning to Qin. It was a kind of wisdom to accept the situation as soon as possible.

"I hope Xiang Guoyan can do it as soon as possible."

After receiving a satisfactory answer, the man in black exited Guo Kai's mansion in a flash.

At this time, Guo Kai clapped his hands and called out his cronies and ordered them to carry out a whole box of fabricated evidence of Li Mu's "rebellion":
Not wanting to delay, he immediately entered the palace to meet King Zhao in order to complete King Qin's mission.

Li Mu and Lu Wei had expected this to happen a long time ago, and they had made an agreement for this: if King Zhao removed Li Mu as the general and Li Mu failed to disobey, he would voluntarily fake his death and become a farmer and become an ordinary disciple of Gonggong Hall.

The hall master paid for this agreement by purchasing grain from Yan Qi for Zhao Jun.

In order to satisfy Zhao Jun as much as possible, Gonggongtang spent a lot of money on grain purchases. If it hadn't been for Yan Chunjun's previous friendly sponsorship, it would have been difficult to come up with such a large sum of money.

Such a huge expense, but fortunately, it can gain Zhao Jun's reputation and Li Mu's sincerity to work in farming, which is not a loss.

After the war started, Lu Wei unexpectedly asked him to personally direct Zhao Di's intelligence subordinates, which made communication more difficult due to lack of familiarity.

However, the news that "Guo Kai reported to King Zhao that Lord Wu'an Li Mu was rebellious, and King Zhao was so angry that he announced in court that he would remove Lord Wu'an from his title and military position" quickly reached him.

Not to mention how much of a sensation this incident caused in Handan City, the Hall Master only saw the following lines in the message: 'Guo Kai reported the news of Wu Anjun's rebellion, and King Zhao did not see the evidence and announced the result in anger' The words were simply shocking.

He had met so many famous people, and no matter what news he got, he was never as shocked as he was today.

Hall Master Lu couldn't tell whether it was the Qin spies who bribed Guo Kai, or whether they directly bribed King Zhao himself.
Shaking his head, taking this information with him, the master of the hall went out to the small town inn and rushed to the Zhao Army camp on the front line.

Using the token Li Mu gave him in advance, Lu Wei saw Wu Anjun in bright silver armor for the first time.

It was noon, and Li Mu had just had lunch with the soldiers. He planned to take a nap to ensure that he was energetic and clear-headed.

When he learned of Lu Wei's arrival, he realized in his heart: "Please come in, Hall Master Lu."

"The general should know my purpose."

Shen Sheng sat down in front of Li Mu, and Lu Wei knew that he didn't need to say anything more.

The way he got the information was expedited, a few days faster than the official news reaching the army.

"I thought I could be given some more time."

Pressing the hilt of Zhenyue Sword on his waist, this general who had been on the battlefield for many years seemed to have aged suddenly.

The bet with Lu Wei, in Li Mu's mind, was to find the opponent's flaws during the stalemate with the Qin army and quickly defeat the Qin army.

All warriors use right combination to win by surprise.Therefore, those who are good at surprising things are as endless as heaven and earth, and as endless as rivers.

Winning by surprise has always been the secret to quick victory, but everything has its pros and cons after all. Not everyone can use the surprise weapon accurately, and once it is used incorrectly, it will suffer unbearable backlash.

Li Mu was very confident that as long as the Qin Army showed a flaw, even if it was a false trap, he would be able to use his layout layer by layer to break the deadlock with the Qin Army and win the victory.

But Wang Jian, the commander-in-chief of the Qin army, was completely unmoved.

This veteran, who was much older than Li Mu, knew that time was on his side. He was one of the participants in the counter-intentional plan, and he knew that he did not have to compete with Lord Zhao Wu'an for his military skills.

Frankly speaking, if he stood in Zhao Jun's position, he would probably not perform as well as Li Mu.But in a war, the most important thing is always victory.

All you need to do is wait patiently for General Zhao to be removed from his post before launching an attack on the Zhao army, and you can easily destroy the country.

Wang Jian believes that as long as the enemy can be overwhelmed by the overwhelming force, he should not take any risky actions that are greedy for small achievements, resulting in unnecessary losses.

"General, you know that the news that you have been dismissed is known to everyone in Handan City. In a few days, the morale of the army will inevitably suffer a blow." Lu Wei then told the second bad news: this This significant dismissal was not even carried out secretly, but he wanted to let all the people of Zhao know that such a stupid move was done by the King of Zhao.
Destroying Zhao Jun's military morale, and even further damaging the popular sentiment across the country in resisting Qin, was an act of claiming credit for Qin in which Guo Kai actively exerted his "traitorous subjective initiative".
"Bastard villain!"

Li Mu also understood this. For the first time, he cursed rudely and immediately stood up: "Thank you very much, Hall Master Lu, for coming to inform me and letting Mu know about this in advance so that he would not be caught off guard."

"Does the general still want to disobey the king's order?"

"No." Li Mu quickly regained his composure: "It's too late to resist the king's order. It will take at least five days to get here from Handan, even if you work hard."

"In addition, if you want to seize our military power, the king will not send only two generals to the battle lightly. I guess this will give me three more days."

"I wonder what date the king gave the order according to Hall Master Lu's information?"

"Four days ago." The hall master answered honestly.

"Then I still have four days to plan!"

Li Mu cupped his fists at Lu Wei and said, "In these four days, I will launch an offensive against the Qin army with all my strength."

"With Wang Jian's methods, there is a high probability that the result will not be a breakthrough, but it will create a better situation for my successor. This does not violate my duty as Lord Zhao Wu'an!"

"Four days later, when the envoy from Han Dannan comes here, I will not resist anymore, I will calmly hand over my military power, and join the farmer's family with Hall Master Lu as promised!"

Li Mu's eyes were sincere and his face was full of determination.

Thinking that he was about to conquer a person of this level, Lu Wei nodded heavily:
"Lu has a lot of martial arts and has read a little bit about the art of war. He is willing to charge the cavalry in front of General Li Mu in the next four days!"

The hall leader decided to join this war at this last moment and experience the feeling of fighting on the battlefield in advance.

"Palace Master Lu's kindness will never be forgotten."

"Four days later, I am willing to die as a farmer and for the Lord of the Hall!"

It takes great courage for a victorious general to accept defeat willingly.

Although the general was not defeated on the battlefield, but in the court
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Zhao Cong and Yan Ju led a thousand royal guard cavalry and advanced towards Fanwu at high speed.

The country was in danger, and the two of them understood the heavy responsibilities they carried. Along the way, they also thought carefully about how to defeat the Qin army after taking over military power, and then be awarded titles for their merits.

Li Mu and Wu Anjun were deposed, and the name of Wu Anjun was now vacant~

"Two rats fight in a hole, and the brave one will win." Zhao Cong recited the famous saying of Zhao She, the former horse warrior, and shook his head: "Confronting the Qin army is not an option. After all, Wang Jian and Li Mu are too old and have lost their blood on the battlefield."

"After we take over the army, we will use Ma Fujun's old methods to lead the elite cavalry around the back of the Qin army's camp and surprise Wang Jian's army. The old man will definitely be caught off guard and the army will be in chaos."

"You can capture him in one fight!"

"Isn't this a bit risky?" Yan Juyao was more realistic: "Zhao Kuo's lesson must be taken as a warning."

"Wang Jian is not good at attacking. We showed our weakness to the enemy and tempted him to attack our camp."

"At that time, we will use the cavalry to double-team on both sides, and another army will be selected to take advantage of Wang Jian's departure from the camp to raid the Qin army's food and grass!"

Yan Ju clenched his fist and waved: "With such a multi-pronged approach, Wang Jian will be destroyed."

"It's also a feasible method." Zhao Cong nodded.
After the two verbally destroyed Wang Jian's Qin army more than a dozen times along the way, they finally arrived at their destination.

But before the king's order was revealed, Li Mu, who had taken off his armor, came forward with thirty personal guards at the entrance of the military camp, without giving the two of them a chance to speak:

"I know what you and the other two are here for. Mu has sorted out the affairs of the general and placed them in the main camp of the Chinese army."

"Our army has been fiercely attacking the Qin army in recent days. It just stopped a few days ago. Wang Jian will not have any plans to launch an attack in the short term. The two generals can take advantage of this time to familiarize themselves with the army's formation."

"Mu is alone. Some of his personal property in Handan City has been confiscated. It was originally given to Mu by the king. Now it is taken back. Mu has no objection."

"Mu just wants to leave Zhao Jun and become a prodigal son."

"The soldiers behind Mu all regard Mu as their father. They are willing to leave with me. I hope the two generals will not stop me."

After that, Li Mu calmly walked out of the military camp without waiting for Zhao Cong and Yan Ju's reaction.Thirty personal guards followed behind him. Although they no longer wore Zhao's armor, they still marched with military steps.

Zhao Cong and Yan Ju came to the army on this trip. In addition to taking over the military power, they also had to escort the "rebellious general" Li Mu to Handan.

There were a thousand cavalry behind them, but feeling the gaze of hundreds of red-eyed generals and majors at all levels in the Zhao army's camp, the two rationally did not stop and arrest Li Mu, who was leaving freely.
Choking with sobs and saliva, Zhao Cong stepped into the tent of the military camp with a pair of dead eyes in his eyes.

Li Mu walked about a hundred steps out of the military camp without being stopped for a long time, so he closed his eyes and sighed.

He did not look back at the Zhao army camp under his command.

I don't know how many of the soldiers in the military camp will survive this war.
He was succeeded by general Zhao Cong, which did not surprise Li Mu. He was the only one among the clan disciples who knew how to fight.

But Zhao Cong has not made any progress in the past few years, and looks at the soldiers he will take over next with trembling fear. How can he be Wang Jian's opponent?
But even if I stay, I can't change the fate of those soldiers.
Twenty miles away from Zhao Jun's barracks, the hall master was followed by Lu Chen, Yan Shen, and Yan Bing who left the camp early.

The fighting on the battlefield in the past few days left some bloody smell on Lu Wei's body.

Looking at Li Mu who was walking toward him as promised with a smile on his face, Hall Master Lu remained motionless until Li Mu came five steps in front of him, leaned forward and clasped his fists: "Master Hall Master, farmer disciple Li Mu is here."

After planning for several years, even though he already knew that the man in front of him would eventually belong to him, Lu Wei still did not hide his joy at this moment. He laughed three times and stepped forward to support the general.

The ambition is clear and he said:

"General Li Mu is the Grand Duke of this Hall Master~"

Jiang Ziya, Jiang Taigong, can also be called: Taigong Wang!

(End of this chapter)