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

Chapter 710: Wu Anjun wants to borrow a knife to kill my army! The bones that the friendly army can't bite, let my army bite them!
The Qin army generals did not understand why Ying Chengjiao's face was still so heavy.

But the favorable situation in the battle still made them smile.

On the other hand, Zhao Jun.

Although they had an overwhelming advantage in military strength over the Qin army, the Zhao army's soldiers were in a very heavy mood.

After Ren You rode his horse and paced beside Li Mu for a long time, he could not help but step forward and ask, "Excuse me, Commander, where are our ambush troops?"

Li Mu said calmly: "Our army has no ambush."

Although Ren You had already guessed the answer, he was still shocked when Li Mu told him the answer. He then asked angrily, "Why did the commander order me to withdraw my troops to lure the enemy?"

"In order to make it look like we were fleeing in panic, our troops were in chaos when they were withdrawing just now."

"Although the Qin army did not pursue us, after our army withdrew, more than a thousand of our comrades were still trampled to death or even killed by each other!"

"Coach, that's more than a thousand lives!"

"Since the commander did not set up an ambush, why did he make my troops pay such a heavy price and pretend to flee in panic?"

"Mr. Wu'an wants to borrow a knife to kill my soldiers?"

Those are all Ren You’s brothers and comrades!

It is also the strength and confidence for Ren You to gain a foothold in the army!
If they sacrificed themselves to help Li Mu complete his plan, Ren You would accept it.

After all, there is no such thing as a war without casualties, and both Ren You and the soldiers were mentally prepared.

But Ren You could not accept the meaningless death of his brothers and comrades!

Li Mu looked at Ren You with cold eyes: "Are you a sergeant?!"

Ren You was slightly stunned.

From Li Mu's words, Ren You already knew what Li Mu wanted to say.

But Ren You could only answer: "I am a soldier."

Li Mu said solemnly: "Since you are a soldier, you should obey the military law and carry out the general's orders!"

"Captain Ren, you only need to know that your troops' sacrifice is worth it, and our army will surely achieve ultimate victory!"

Li Mu had no habit of explaining military strategies to his generals.

Li Mu also had no awareness of training a younger generation of generals for the State of Zhao.

He only needs his generals to carry out his orders well, instead of acting on their own at critical moments just because they have learned a little from him!

Ren You opened his mouth, but had no choice but to bow and say, "Yes!"

Li Mu looked at the other generals again and said in a louder voice: "Set up camp on the spot and let the whole army rest!"

"We'll cook at 3:00am tomorrow and move camp at 5:00am tomorrow!"

Although all the generals had a lot of thoughts in their minds, they all bowed and said, "Yes!"

When all the generals dispersed, Li Mu's lonely figure was swallowed up by the night.

Without a torch, Li Mu looked towards the fire in the west from the direction of the Qin army camp, frowning: "I have lured the enemy deep into our territory twice."

"The second time we lured the enemy deep into our territory, we didn't even set up an ambush. This was no different from a real retreat."

"According to Qin Chang'an Jun's character, even if I have hundreds of thousands of soldiers under my command and Qin Chang'an Jun only has tens of thousands of soldiers, Qin Chang'an Jun should also charge forward to expand the results of the battle and even try to win in one fell swoop."

"Why didn't Lord Qin Chang'an even give chase and just watched me leave with my army?"

"Why did Qin Chang'an suddenly become so conservative?!"

The defeat of Hu Qiong's troops was used by Li Mu to judge whether Su Jiao was a lone soldier or just part of an ambush.

If Su Jiao had no other generals behind him, then according to Su Jiao's personality, he would most likely fall into the encirclement set up by Li Mu.

The defeat of Ren You's troops was a test made by Li Mu on Ying Chengjiao.

In order to avoid being noticed by Ying Chengjiao, Li Mu took on tremendous psychological pressure and strategic risks and really did not set any ambush!
In Li Mu's opinion, if Ying Chengjiao was in command behind Su Jiao, according to Ying Chengjiao's temperament, he should chase and kill him!

At least they will try to chase them for a while in order to expand the results of the battle.

but.

No!

Su Jiao's troops never set foot outside the Houpei Mountain area!
Ying Chengjiao's caution in this battle was completely different from Ying Chengjiao's previous combat style, and was far beyond Li Mu's expectations.

If Li Mu had not seen with his own eyes Ying Chengjiao leading his troops to charge, and even had a conversation with Ying Chengjiao before the battle, he would have even doubted whether the general commanding this army was Ying Chengjiao!
But why!
Li Mu's brows furrowed subconsciously: "I am just a general who has been fighting against the Xiongnu for many years."

"Although I have defeated the State of Yan, and slightly defeated General Jian of Qin, and killed General Zhi of Qin in battle, I was named Marquis of Wu'an by the king."

"But I have been restrained by Qin Chang'an Jun many times when I went to Qin. I was even attacked by Qin Chang'an Jun and the city of Handan was breached. I had to stop the war and failed to expand the territory for our Great Zhao."

"From a big picture perspective, I am nothing more than a defeated general of Qin Chang'an Jun."

"Lord Qin Chang'an has no reason to be afraid of me, and it is even more impossible for him to suddenly become cautious when fighting me."

"Then what is the reason for Qin Jun's reaction?"

Although the Licheng rescue battle had removed Ying Chengjiao's almost godlike aura in Li Mu's heart.

But Li Mu still did not think that he was qualified to be compared with Ying Chengjiao, and he did not think that Ying Chengjiao would be afraid of him.

Why does he do that? ! !

Why would Li Mu, a great general who had conquered three kingdoms, defeated five kingdoms, captured Handan and forced Li Mu to withdraw his troops and seek peace, be so afraid of him!
The conflict between reality and logic is completely irreconcilable.

Deep doubts lingered in Li Mu's heart.

Even until the military camp became noisy again and Li Mu's shoulders were stained with thick morning dew, the doubts in Li Mu's heart had not eased at all.

"Commander?" Hu Qiong rode his horse close to Li Mu and asked softly, "Commander, have you not slept all night?"

"There is still half an hour before the scheduled move. Commander, would you like to take a rest first, and let us organize the soldiers to have breakfast and prepare for battle?"

Li Mu pulled himself out of his deep thoughts, then shook his head and said, "I am full of energy."

"Have Captain Hu's troops rested properly?" Li Mu's answer was vague, but his question was horrifying.

Hu Qiong immediately stopped caring whether Li Mu slept or not yesterday, and answered carefully: "After yesterday's defeat, the morale of our soldiers has been unstable."

"After a night of rest, our troops have recovered some of their strength, but their morale is still low."

"But if the commander-in-chief needs us, our team can also undertake ordinary tasks."

In yesterday's battle, Hu Qiong's troops suffered more than 40% casualties!
Although few of the remaining soldiers under Hu Qiong's command saw their comrades die in battle.

But the empty tent is reminding every soldier that their comrades who once lived here, ate, slept and trained with them, have died in battle!

If another tough battle breaks out soon, Hu Qiong's troops will probably be defeated without a fight!

Therefore, Hu Qiong was very cautious in his words. He didn't want to disappoint Li Mu, but he didn't dare to accept the general's order without any responsibility. He acted as if he was willing to serve Li Mu but was actually powerless.

Unfortunately, Li Mu might have understood the hints and attitude in Hu Qiong's words, but he was too lazy to pay attention to these twists and turns.

Li Mu just nodded slightly and said, "Good."

"Order the troops under Commandant Hu and Commandant Ren to camp in the central army today."

"Prepare for battle!"

Hu Qiong felt bitter at the corners of his mouth, and he even wanted to slap himself.

Make your mouth dry!

What to ask!

Ask for the order!
But what can Hu Qiong do? !

Hu Qiong could only bow and shout: "Yes!"

Li Mu ordered again: "Send the message to Commander Zhao Mao."

"Lead our troops to march westward!"

At Li Mu's command, all Zhao generals including Hu Qiong looked at Zhao Mao with sympathy.

However, Zhao Mao bowed solemnly: "Yes!"

Unlike Hu Qiong who had only followed Li Mu for a few years, and unlike Ren You who had followed Li Mu in this battle, Zhao Mao had already followed Li Mu in battles for more than ten years and dozens of times.

Zhao Mao has full trust in Li Mu.

Zhao Mao had only one response to Li Mu's order, and that was - execute!
Under Zhao Mao's firm will, a Zhao army troop that had similar armor but was more elite than yesterday, stepped on the flesh and blood of their comrades and once again set out on the road to the west.

Zhao Mao held a sword in his right hand and a shield in his left hand, and rode his horse to the middle of his group, shouting orders: "Shield soldiers line up on the right, crossbow soldiers string their crossbows!"

"Don't panic when the battle is about to begin..."

Before Zhao Mao finished speaking, a burst of rapid crossbow string sounds exploded!

"Boom boom boom~~~"

Zhao Mao looked up at the rain of arrows flying towards him, and his voice became more and more firm: "Raise your shields!"

"The front troops retreat, and the middle troops line up with guns to counterattack!"

"If our friendly forces can't chew through the tough bones, we will chew them into powder!"

"kill!!!"

Under Zhao Mao's order, the spearmen on the right side of Zhao Mao's central unit formed a thin and long line of spears, leaving space for the comrades in the front to escape.

The Zhao army in the front retreated quickly, trying to avoid being divided into two.

Seeing this, Su Jiao shouted without hesitation: "Rolling stone, fall!"

Dozens of boulders that were hastily built were thrown together, bouncing and rushing down the steep cliff towards the Zhao army below.

"Get out of the way!"

"Left... No! The stone jumped! Right... Ah!"

"Don't panic! Maintain your formation! Anyone who disrupts the formation will be killed!"

Faced with rocks rolling down from the mountain top, the human instinct for survival urged the soldiers to dodge.

But the gleaming sword of the general behind them forced them to stay where they were.

As a result, more than a hundred Zhao soldiers were smashed into pieces by the rolling stones.

But when Su Jiao led the infantry to arrive, the spear forest of Zhao Mao's troops had already regained its stability!

Su Jiao curled his lips and could only shout: "Use me as the spearhead."

"Charge in dense formation!"

The infantrymen under Su Jiao gathered behind Su Jiao, forming a sharp arrow with Su Jiao as the pointed end.

Stab at the Zhao army!

And finally cut off the middle section of Zhaomao's front, trapping more than 2,000 Zhao troops!
Zhao Mao ignored the soldiers who fell into the ambush, his eyes were always fixed on Su Jiao.

Seeing that Su Jiao was indeed charging into the battle formation again, Zhao Mao shouted without hesitation: "The shield soldiers will form a three-layer shield formation and surround the enemy captain tightly!"

"Crossbowmen, target the enemy captain, shoot!"

"Stop all costs and kill the enemy captain here!"

This battle was more of a long-planned battle for the mountains than an ambush.

Since the beginning of the battle, the intensity of this battle has reached a fever pitch!

The soldiers were roaring.

Blood is gushing out.

But Li Mu showed no sign of sending reinforcements!
(End of this chapter)