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

Chapter 695: It's as fast as the wind and as aggressive as fire! Time is running out for Da Zhao!

Just as King Xi of Yan and King Jian of Qi were making their own plans.

The State of Zhao has already brazenly unleashed its powerful punch!
February 26th, the 14th year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang.

The Fukou Pass witnessed the birth, rise, prosperity and decline of the State of Zhao.

And today, one elite and brave soldier after another set foot on this mountain road that has many meanings for the Zhao State, stepping on the soil where their ancestors were buried, and roaring angrily.

"Go first! Go first!"

"Shoot crossbow arrows to suppress the enemy!"

"There are enemies on the left mountain road, surround them!"

The 240,000 Zhao troops lined up on the east, south and north sides of She County, completely blocking the already narrow mountain terrain.

Li Mu rode his horse and stood on a mountain top east of She County, looking down at the entire battlefield calmly, and constantly mobilized his soldiers to rush in all directions.

The reinforcements coming from all directions of the Qin State were completely blocked by Li Mu's troops.

She County had to rely solely on the 10,000-plus defenders in the city to resist the Zhao State's continuous attacks of 60,000 each round, which lasted from sunrise to sunset!

In just three days, the area outside She County was littered with corpses!
Suddenly, Li Mu turned his eyes to the right and shouted, "Order!"

"All soldiers in the North City stop resting and attack!"

At the command, nearly 20,000 Zhao troops lined up outside the north gate roared in unison:

"kill!"

With shouts, nearly 20,000 Zhao troops charged forward without hesitation and attacked the city wall along the ladders erected by their comrades.

The 60,000 Zhao troops stationed outside the north gate also quickly came out of the barracks, picked up their weapons, and headed towards the north gate to reinforce.

Under the Zhao army's fierce attack without sparing any sacrifice, the tiny gap in the direction of Shexian County's northern city was continuously enlarged and expanded, eventually forming an irreparable huge loophole!

"Hold the ladder and expand outward!"

"Comrades, follow me to seize the Wengcheng Horse Road!"

"Great Zhao, long victory!"

Accompanied by the roars of the Zhao army soldiers, more and more Zhao soldiers climbed up the city wall through ladders, constantly dyeing She County into the color of Zhao.

Finally, the Qin Xuanniao flag on the top of Shexian City fell into the dust.

The North Gate and North Weng Gate of She County were opened one after another.

Tens of thousands of soldiers gathered on the north side of She County swarmed in through the open city gate.

The downward trend is difficult to reverse!

Commander Sima Shang excitedly waved his right fist: "Cheers!"

"Big win!"

"We have taken Shexian in three days. This is a great joy that boosts the morale of the army!"

Deputy General Le Jian said with deep emotion: "In just half a month, our army has captured most of Fukou Pass."

"This move can frighten the world!"

"It will also make the officials in the court look at you with awe!"

"Mr. Wu'an, how brave you are!"

A surprise attack showed Li Mu's lightning strike ability to the fullest.

Lejian couldn't help but think from his perspective.

If I stand on the opposite side of Li Mu, how can I resist Li Mu's attack?
But even though Le Jian thought hard, he couldn't come up with a solution!
Whether in terms of vision, acumen or hard power, Le Jian, who once claimed to be the top general of Yan State, could hardly be compared with Li Mu.

There has never been a moment in Lejian's life when he was more grateful than now that he had chosen to abandon Yan and join Zhao.

Otherwise, if Li Mu led his troops to attack Yan one day, Le Jian would be doomed to a disastrous defeat!
The remaining generals also excitedly bowed and shouted: "Congratulations to the commander-in-chief!"

However, Li Mu's expression was very calm: "The loss of a city or a place is not important."

"Our army must capture Licheng and Liaoyangcheng as quickly as possible before the main force of the Qin army arrives."

"Only in this way can we capture Fukou Pass and use the danger of Fukou Pass to confront the Qin army!"

"I have received military reports. The commander of the Qin army in this battle is Qin Chang'an Jun's son Cheng Jiao."

"Although I have never fought against Lord Chang'an, I have heard of his name."

"During the previous battle between Qin and Zhao, Chang'an Jun's sudden attack on Handan City made me even more frightened."

"Let's calculate the time. The Qin Taihang camp garrison should have reached the vicinity of Fukouxing."

"The commander of Qin Taihang Camp is Qin General Yang Wengzi, who is also a mature and prudent general."

"Don't be careless!"

Li Mu didn't think there was anything praiseworthy about his battle.

Blitzkrieg was just a tactic Li Mu often used when fighting against the Huns.

The results achieved through blitzkrieg tactics are not the ultimate goal of this war, but only the means to achieve the goal.

Li Mu needed to seize several strategic locations quickly with a blitzkrieg before Qin, Yan, Qi and other countries could react.

And by using the important cities of Licheng and Liaoyangcheng to control Fukou Pass and Qingzhang River, only in this way can we open up the road from Zhao State to the hinterland of Taihang Mountains and gain the initiative in the next war!

All the generals bowed solemnly: "Yes!"

However, just as the call was over, a group of scouts came galloping back on horseback, shouting, "Report!"

"Qin General Yang Duanhe has led the Qin Taihang Camp garrison to Liaoyang City!"

"There are about 80,000 Qin troops in Liaoyang City now!"

Upon hearing the news, the Zhao generals looked solemn.

Compared with the 600,000 troops of Zhao, 80,000 Qin troops were not many.

But in the narrow mountain terrain, these 80,000 soldiers were enough to stop the Zhao army for a period of time.

More importantly, these 80,000 Qin troops meant that the Qin State had reacted and completed the initial military deployment.

Soon after these 80,000 Qin troops arrived at the battlefield, the main force of the Qin army would also rush to the battlefield quickly. Zhao's first-mover advantage was about to disappear!

Le Jian said without hesitation: "A few dozen miles west of Shexian is a fork in the road."

"The fork in the road to the north leads to Liaoyang City."

"The fork in the road to the west leads to Licheng."

"And the areas behind Liaoyang City and Licheng are all long-term administrative areas."

Le Jian bowed solemnly and said, "I request your permission to lead a group of elite soldiers to attack overnight, pass the fork in the road and march westward to capture Licheng!"

"Afterwards, my troops will march westward to Changzhi, and from Changzhi they will go around and head north to cut off the food supplies of Qin General Yang Duan and his troops."

"The commander-in-chief will lead the main force northwards to Liaoyang City along the fork in the road."

"If our army attacks from both sides and cuts off their food and grass, Liaoyang City will surely fall!"

Lejian gave a very safe strategy.

Le Jian led the vanguard, avoiding Yang Duan and the Qin army advance troops under his command, and quickly broke through Licheng.

After capturing Licheng, the Zhao army could advance into Changzhi, escape from the mountainous terrain, and maximize the Zhao army's military advantage.

They can retreat to the north along Changzhi and attack from the side, cooperating with Li Mu's troops to completely surround Yang Duan and his troops and devour this army!
However, Li Mu shook his head: "Liaoyang City and Licheng are both important towns."

"Qin general Yang Duanhe is particularly good at defending."

"Now that this general has reached Liaoyang City, he will not relax his defenses against Li City."

"If this general's troops want to reach Licheng, their speed will be faster than ours."

"So if my prediction is correct, Licheng is already heavily guarded by Qin troops."

"And Licheng's defenses are probably more severe than Liaoyang City's!"

Yang Duanhe's personality traits are very obvious. Li Mu did not think that such a general with only one specialty would have such a big flaw in defense, which is his best area.

When this obvious flaw was placed in front of Li Mu, Li Mu immediately determined that this was not a flaw, but a trap!
The scouts said repeatedly: "Report to the commander!"

"We saw with our own eyes the Qin general Yang Duanhe standing on the top of Liaoyang City."

"Qin General Yang Duanhe is definitely in Liaoyang City!"

"The Liaoyang City garrison is indeed 80,000!"

Le Jian frowned slightly: "The Taihang camp only has 70,000 soldiers."

"The regular county soldiers of Liaoyang are added with the bandit-eliminating Cao and others."

"If there are indeed 80,000 Qin troops in Liaoyang, then Qin General Yang Duanhe may not be able to reinforce Licheng."

"Commander, I will lead the troops to Licheng first to seize the initiative."

"I will send a thousand scouts to explore the Licheng city and then attack it."

No wonder Lejian is so anxious.

The significance of Licheng is really too important.

In this fast-paced stage, half an hour of struggle may determine the fate of Licheng!

Li Mu smiled softly: "Qin general Yang Duanhe is good at defense but not good at attack. He likes to be safe and hates taking risks."

"The Qin general Yang Duan not only stationed all his troops in Liaoyang City, but also took the initiative to let our army discover him. This must be a strategy to confuse the enemy."

"If my prediction is correct, Qin Chang'an has already arrived in Licheng!"

Li Mu's men were only scouts, not scouts. It was already difficult for them to identify the generals of this army by looking at the flags. How could they see Yang Duanhe himself?

It’s not that Li Mu despises or doubts the candidates.

But they don’t have the ability!
However, the Zhao army's guards found out everything about Yang Duan and his troops.

There is no doubt that Yang Duanhe did this on purpose!
Yang Duanhe hoped that the Zhao army would think that Licheng was empty and guide the Zhao army to attack Licheng!
Why did Yang Duanhe dare to lead the Zhao army to attack Licheng?
The only reason is that Ying Chengjiao has arrived in Licheng and is waiting for Li Mu with a big net!

Sima Shang said in disbelief: "Yes, there is no time!"

"Even though our army has recruited young and strong men and transported food and grass for many days, the distance between our army and Fukouxing is much closer than the distance between Qin Chang'an Jun and Fukouxing!"

"Even if Qin Chang'an Jun hurried all the way, it would be impossible for him to lead the main force of the Qin army to Licheng at this moment!"

Li Mu said solemnly: "Don't think about what Chang'an Jun did with the actions of ordinary generals."

"Since Chang'an Jun stepped onto the battlefield, he has done countless things that no one in the world could imagine."

"Just because others can't do it doesn't mean Chang An Jun can't do it!"

Le Jian was slightly startled, and then said fearfully: "What Wu Anjun said makes sense!"

"The only person who could make Qin General Yang Duanhe dare to take such a risk is Qin Chang'an!"

"Since Lord Chang'an has already led his troops to arrive, what should our army do?"

After a moment's silence, Li Mu spoke slowly, "Our army must cross the Taihang Mountains in any case to turn the passive situation into the active one."

"make!"

"Lord Changguo led an army of 100,000 to withdraw from Fukouxing, go south along the Zhangshui Great Wall, enter Baixing along Qixian, and enter Taihang through Baixing!"

"Commander Sima Shang led 80,000 troops to Licheng to find out the strength of Licheng."

"The rear army cleaned up the battlefield and stabilized Shexian County."

"The rest of the troops will rest immediately, cook at 3:00 am tomorrow, and set off at 5:00 am tomorrow!"

"hurry up!"

"Break the shackles quickly!"

Li Mu looked around at his generals and said solemnly, "The time left for Great Zhao is running out!"

Some generals who were paying attention to the affairs of the court could hear the worry in Li Mu's heart, but more generals could only hear Li Mu's rare urgency and anxiety.

But all the generals bowed their hands loudly: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)