My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 390 Tunliu fell, Chu State sent troops!

Li Mu's idea of ​​eating the morning meal in Tunliu City came to nothing.

It wasn't until the sun set in the west again that the hoofs of Li Mu's war horse finally stepped into Tunliu County.

But its horse's hooves failed to step on any land in Tunliu County.

With the city wall of Tunliu County as the center, the corpses of countless soldiers from both Qin and Zhao sides were laid out on top of each other.

The stench of blood, the stench of gold juice, and the rotten smell of corpses are mixed together, making this battlefield intimidating!

"pat~"

Li Mu turned over and dismounted, and his combat boots stepped into a pit where blood and water gathered, making a sound of treading water, making every next step of Li Mu feel sticky.

Li Mu was silent as he stepped onto the city gate tower one after another with corpses.

In front of Li Mu, the corpses of the Qin and Zhao armies were piled up in a circle.

And Zhang Pu and Liu Tiao are located in the middle of all the corpses!

Zhang Pu had sixteen arrows hanging on his body. Even if he died in battle, he would still lean on the pillars and beams with his sword blade forward.

Liu Tiao was lying next to Zhang Pu, his left arm was missing, his left leg was bloody and bloody, and there was a Zhao sword stuck in his heart.

After a long time, Li Mu just said softly: "Is it worth it?"

"In order to protect the powerful people's towns and the country's territory, non-generals fight to the death."

"I left the west city gate for you two to escape, why don't you escape!"

In terms of military strategy, Li Mu did not regard Zhang Pu and Liu Xun as human beings.

During the battle in Tunliu County, Li Mu didn't even use his brain. He made a plan based on their personalities and past battles, and then let the generals execute it on their own.

Although there were some twists and turns in the middle, Li Mu regained control of the battle situation with just one move.

But after the war, Li Mu respected Zhang Pu and Liu Xin very much.

Li Mu wished he could bring all the officials and dignitaries of the Zhao State over and let them take a good look at the two corpses in front of them, so that they could understand what it means to be an official in one place!

Facing the corpses of Zhang Pu and Liu Tiao, Li Mu bowed slightly:

"If you two can serve in the Zhao Kingdom, we should be able to become our friends."

After a few breaths, Li Mu straightened up and commanded in a deep voice:

"Look for the coffins, collect the bodies of these two people, and send envoys back to Qin."

The ordering soldiers left in response to the order.

Sima Shang, who had summarized the situation of the battle, also hurried over and handed over his hand to report: "To the commander."

"In this battle, 6,792 of our troops were killed, 2,305 were seriously wounded, more than 5,100 were killed, and 3,498 were captured."

After a pause, Sima Shang's voice was a little strange: "Compared with the pre-war estimates, our troops suffered too many casualties in this battle."

As he spoke, Sima Shang secretly clicked his tongue.

According to post-war statistics, the total strength of the Qin army was no more than 9,000, of which only 2,000 were regular troops.

As a result, the Qin army still resisted after suffering more than 5,000 battle losses!

This kind of battle-loss ratio is completely incomprehensible in today's world.

No, what are you planning?

Isn't fighting just for military glory?

Now that the tide is over, why fight to the death when you know you can't achieve military success?

Li Mu said with emotion: "Generals are not afraid of death, so why should soldiers be afraid of death?"

"Moreover, they are afraid that I will destroy their seedlings."

"They are willing to fight to the death for food for their families this year."

Sima Shang asked in a low voice: "Then, do you want to destroy it?"

Li Mu turned around and looked at the seedlings fluttering in the wind under the sunset, with a smile on his face: "Don't destroy any of them."

Sima Shang was entangled after hearing this and wanted to give some advice.

Keep it?

Some of them will indeed be chewed by Tunliu Guizhou after the harvest.

However, they will also become the nourishment for Qin and Zhao to continue fighting!

Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to one's own lord!

But before Sima Shang could decide whether to dissuade him or not, he heard Li Mu continue: "Open Tunliu Granary and take away all the food in Tunliu County."

"The soldiers broke down all the houses in Guizhou and took away all the food they could find."

"Trap and kill all the prisoners!"

Sima Shang looked stunned.

There is still half a month left before the autumn harvest. Li Mu is not showing mercy by taking away the food of the leaders of Guizhou.

This is asking them to die!

Suddenly, Sima Shang thought of something and asked repeatedly: "Aren't you going to break open the accounts of powerful people and wealthy businessmen?"

Now that the autumn harvest is approaching, the food supply in Qianshou's home is probably almost at the bottom.

I'm afraid that the entire city's capital, Guizhou, doesn't have as much food combined as those powerful families, landlords, and wealthy businessmen!

As for the consequences of offending the powerful?

No kidding.

Li Mu didn't even care about the dignitaries of the Zhao State, so how could he care about the lives of the dignitaries of the Qin State?

If Li Mu is really here to raise food, he should not let the powerful go!

Li Mu nodded slightly: "No soldiers are allowed to disturb the powerful."

"This order will be spread throughout the city."

Sima Shang suddenly understood: "Then the Guizhou chieftain in Tunliu County had to fight with the powerful for food!"

"Even if the dignitaries choose to open warehouses to release grain, there will be no loss to our army."

After trapping and killing the prisoners, Tunliu County will have very few combatable troops.

If another war between the powerful and the heads of Guizhou is promoted, what will be left to the Qin State will only be a mess!

Tunliu County will no longer threaten Zhao Jun.

However, Sima Shang was still quite puzzled: "But why did the general leave these seedlings to Qin?"

"Isn't this an act of fattening the enemy?"

Li Mu looked at Sima Shang with a smile on his face: "I will leave the millet seedlings to Qin State, and we will be able to harvest a batch of grain in ten days."

"Why not?"

Sima Shang suddenly realized.

Li Mu's decision to leave these seedlings behind was not out of kindness or kindness at all.

But in Li Mu's eyes, these seedlings already belong to Zhao!

Li Mu just borrowed the help of the Tunliu County Guizhou chief to do the harvesting on his behalf.

Sima Shang excitedly raised his hands and said, "General, take your orders!"

Li Mu nodded slightly: "You have to be fast."

Looking toward the northeast, Li Mu said leisurely: "The Xiangyuan garrison should already know the news and is on its way here."

"In an hour, the whole army will march north!"

…… at the same time.

Helv City.

Mao Sui stood in the main hall of Shouchun Palace and bowed his hands:

"Ask the King of Chu to send troops!"

Zhaocen said firmly: "Your Majesty, no!"

Striding out of the queue, Zhaocen said in a deep voice: "Now our country is clearing away the water bandits and bandits in the country, with great results."

"And the key to suppressing bandits is to work in one go."

"Once we send our troops north to attack Qin, all the efforts we have made in the past will be in vain!"

"The remaining bandits will escape into the deep mountains and swamps, and will even take advantage of the emptiness inside our great Chu to capture the land that was recaptured by our great Chu."

"In a few years, bandits will continue to run rampant in our territory of Chu!"

Qu He and other dignitaries also stepped forward and raised their hands: "I second the proposal!"

There is no reason why they are not resolute.

In order to exterminate the thieves and continue to safeguard their interests, the nobles were bleeding heavily this time.

If they can really basically wipe out domestic rebels, then their efforts will be worth it.

They can let the child servants in their own towns use Chang'an plows without worrying about them escaping in large numbers, and they can enjoy the joy of exploitation safely for at least several decades in the future.

But if they send their troops north to attack Qin now, then all their efforts will be in vain!

The King of Chu lowered his crotch and nodded sincerely: "What you dear friends said is true!"

The King of Chu acted sincerely, as if he was not the one who proposed to join Zhao in sending troops to attack Qin!

Mao Sui laughed mockingly: "Hahaha~"

"Everyone in the world says that Chu is the overlord!"

"What I see today is nothing more than a chicken or a dog!"

Zhaocen angrily rebuked: "How dare you, foreign minister, insult my great Chu!"

"As a foreign envoy, you have insulted my great Chu. You have no fear of my great Chu going north to attack Zhao Hu!"

Mao Sui laughed even louder: "Beat Zhao?"

"Some water bandits and bandits in the Chu region caused fear among the kings and ministers of the Chu state."

"How can I, the Great Zhao, be afraid of a country that is as timid as a mosquito?"

"How can I, the Great Zhao Blade, be compared to the thieves and bandits from Chu!"

All the ministers of Chu State were blushing at what Mao Sui said and shouted angrily:

"Do you want to test the sharpness of my sword?!"

"If you were not the envoy of Zhao, you would not be able to leave this palace today!"

“It’s not the turn of a foreign minister like you to interfere in the internal affairs of our great Chu state!”

Faced with the angry rebuke of Chu's ministers, Mao Sui only responded with a shout:

"As far as Chu is concerned, is the sword of thieves stronger or that of Qin?!"

All the nobles were silent.

If the bandits are not wiped out, it will only reduce the number of slaves they can exploit. In the distant future, they will have to usher in reforms like other countries.

For the powerful, this is more painful than having their flesh cut out!

But at least they are still alive and are still superior to others.

However, when Qin's sword falls, it is unclear whether they can survive, and their family will be demoted to common people!

Their aloof treatment and titles above their heads will all be in vain.

After taking control of the battlefield, Mao Sui bowed his hands to the King of Chu and said, "The King of Chu should know that Qin has repeatedly sent troops in recent years."

"Not only did we destroy Han and Wei, we also captured everything north of the Ying River in Chu, destroyed Shouchun, the old capital of the Chu State, and forced the Chu State to move its capital to Helu!"

"Is King Chu willing to endure such a huge insult?"

"If Qin is so strong, the King of Chu can safely let it grow on its own!"

The King of Chu said hesitantly: "Of course, I, the great Chu, are rectifying the domestic situation this year and really have no time to send troops."

"Can we send troops again next year?"

Many nobles looked a little more grateful when they saw King Chu holding the cud.

Your Majesty, what a good man!

Mao Sui flatly refused: "Qin's biggest drawback is the lack of food!"

"This year, the Qin State obtained the plow from Chang'an, and its grain production increased sharply."

"If we wait until next year to send troops again, Zhao and Chu will definitely face a more powerful Qin!"

"Foreign ministers also know that there is chaos within the Chu State, and there is also chaos within the country of Zhao!"

"Of course, the State of Qin will not wait for our country to slowly reorganize its internal affairs, and we cannot sit back and let the good opportunity pass by!"

The King of Chu said helplessly: "What Mao Shangqing said makes sense!"

Mao Sui bowed his hand and said: "No matter whether Chu sends troops or not, it can't change Zhao's determination to attack Qin."

"We, the great Zhao State, have appointed Lord Wu'an as our commander-in-chief and sent 300,000 troops to conquer Qin in the west."

"Counting the time, our officers and soldiers of Zhao State have already entered the territory of Qin State and are destroying Qin City Walled City!"

"If we can get the help of the Chu State and join forces with our Zhao State to attack the north and the south, we, the Zhao and Chu State, can at least cut off the territory of the Qin State along the lines of Anling, Zhaoling, Xinzheng and Luoyi."

Mao Sui's voice was full of temptation:

"After the war, the area north of the Luoyi and Xinzheng lines belongs to us, Great Zhao."

"The area south of the line between Luoyi and Xinzheng belongs to the State of Chu."

"The fertile land of the Central Plains should be divided between Zhao and Chu!"

The hearts of the powerful people jumped suddenly.

Compared to the fertile soil of the Central Plains, the land of Wu where they are now is a wilderness!

If you can get the fertile land of the Central Plains as a fiefdom, what if you give up the existing fiefdom?

And as Mao Sui said, this battle can be fought!

But it is also important to eliminate bandits and bandits, maintain the slave system and the transcendent status of the nobles.

While the nobles were pondering, the King of Chu said in a low voice: "What Mao Shangqing said makes sense."

"Chencheng is our old capital of Chu, how can we let it go to Qin!"

"Last year, the Qin State attacked Chu and destroyed our capital. How could I endure it?"

"I want to mobilize all the bandit troops to go north and join forces with Yan's troops in Shangzhu State."

"Northern Expedition to Qin!"

Zhaocen was about to refute it immediately.

However, just as Zhaocen handed over his hand, King Chu continued to speak:

"The territory gained from this battle will be divided equally between Da Chu and all your beloved ministers!"

The resulting territory will be divided equally?

Zhaocen completed his hand-over ceremony and shouted in a serious voice: "I second the proposal!"

(End of this chapter)