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

Chapter 901 If you value righteousness, then righteousness prevails; if you value profit, then profit prevails over righteousness! When it rains, it pours!

As the sun set, Li Mu finally led the main force to the Xibanyu battlefield.

From a distance, Li Mu couldn't tell for a moment whether the ground outside Xibanyu was stained with blood or covered with a layer of rosy clouds.

With his eyes dim, the black flag flying high in Xibanyu seemed particularly dazzling, causing Li Mu to unconsciously loosen the reins in his hands and let the warhorse under him move forward slowly on its own.

"Dongdong~ Dadongtadong~"

The noisy and chaotic horse hooves crushed the sunset, and the blood slowly dripping down the horses' bellies added a touch of bright red to the sunset.

Li Xian tied Li Hong tightly to his back, and surrounded by a dozen middle-level generals of the Dai army, he galloped back towards Li Mu like a child who had been bullied by a bully and saw his father, crying out in grief: "Ah, old man!!!"

A cry of grief almost broke Li Mu's heart!

Indeed, a merciful army cannot be commanded. Having fought all his life, Li Mu had long been accustomed to death and was indifferent to killing and being killed.

But that is his own flesh and blood!
His face turned pale instantly, and Li Mu suddenly stepped on his horse's belly to rush towards Li Xian, and asked with a trembling voice: "Is Hong'er okay?!"

Behind Li Xian, Li Hong raised his head with difficulty, then lowered his head in shame, crying and saying, "Son, I am ashamed of your trust!"

Seeing that Li Hong was not dead, Li Mu's face regained some color and he increased his speed and rushed to Li Hong's side.

Looking at Li Hong, whose front armor was tattered but whose back armor was as clean as new, Li Mu gently patted Li Hong's relatively intact left arm and said seriously: "My son, if you fight to the death and never retreat, you will not let down the trust of the soldiers!"

Li Hong finally dared to look up at Li Mu, and called out softly with some disbelief and some emotion: "Aung!"

Unfortunately, Li Mu's gentleness was fleeting, and his voice quickly turned deep: "Your three divisions have a total of about 35,000 soldiers and horses, and most of them are elite soldiers."

"As soon as I received the news from the scouts, I sent 120,000 troops to help you."

"Why did your three tribes completely collapse in just three hours, and even fail to hold out until the reinforcements arrived?"

"Where are the Yan Shangqing Li Fu and Qi Junjiang Chunyu Huang?!"

Li Hong suppressed his shame and humiliation and revealed all the details of his defeat: "We have discovered the movements of Qin's deputy general Wang Ben's troops in the southeast of Xibanyu."

"After discovering that the Qin army suddenly slowed down their march and recovered the strength of their horses, Qi Chunyu Huang's troops took the initiative to speed up and block them at Xibanyukou. I and my fellow Yan army members also slowed down their march in preparation for a major battle."

"I never thought that when the Qi army arrived at Xibanyukou, the Qin army dispatched Su Jiao, the most powerful general of the Qin army, to lead the main force of the Qin army to attack the Yan army. I immediately led my troops to support the Yan army."

"Later, the Yan army was defeated, and Yan Shangqing Li Fu led the Yan Zhong and Hou armies to flee the battlefield. The Qin army did not pursue them but immediately surrounded our army and killed them."

"Fortunately, Captain Li Xian came to my aid, otherwise I would have died on the battlefield!"

Listening to Li Hong's story, Li Mu wanted to curse.

The general is ordering you to stop the Qin army, not to send you to die!

But Li Mu held back and continued to ask in a deep voice: "Since the Qi army had already blocked the Xibanyukou Pass, why was it defeated by the Qin army before the reinforcements arrived?"

Li Hong closed his eyes in pain: "Wang Ben, the deputy general of Qin, threw a large amount of armor, money and food in front of the Qi army, and even built a (man-powered) catapult on the spot to throw Qin Banliang into the rear of the Qi army."

"When the Qi army soldiers were in chaos because of the looting of money and food, Qin's deputy general Wang Ben gathered the elite armored troops to attack the Qi army fiercely and defeated them in one battle!"

Li Mu showed some surprise in his eyes, and finally couldn't help shouting angrily:

"We cannot organize our troops when we retreat, and we cannot defeat the enemy when we advance."

"madness!"

The process of Chunyu Huang's defeat was beyond Li Mu's imagination!
Li Xian hurriedly defended Li Hong: "Commander-in-chief, when our troops arrived to help, Lieutenant Li Hong's troops were still fighting with the Qin army."

"Captain Li Hong was shot three times and shot once, but he still led the charge. If the enemy was not so powerful and the friendly forces were not so weak, Captain Li Hong would not have suffered such a disastrous defeat!"

Li Hong also hurriedly explained: "Although Chunyu Duwei's troops were defeated, Chunyu Duwei never gave up the resistance and is still leading his family soldiers to continue to resist the enemy."

"It was not until all the family soldiers were killed and Commander Chunyu died on the battlefield that the Qin army was able to control the entrance of Xibanyu Valley!"

"I think that the defeat in this battle is not the fault of Commander Chunyu."

"Xunzi said: If the superior attaches importance to righteousness, then righteousness will prevail; if the superior attaches importance to profit, then profit will prevail over righteousness."

"Qi governs the people with benevolence and justice, and governs the people with benefits."

"The Qi army is like this because of Qi's national policy, and it is definitely not the failure of Chunyu Duwei alone!"

In Qin, Dai, Yan and other countries, official titles held an absolute dominant position. No matter how rich a person was, his food, clothing, housing, transportation and the properties he owned could not exceed the upper limit allowed by his official title.

However, in Qi, even if a commoner was rich enough, he could wear the king of Qi's favorite purple silk, drink fine wine, marry beautiful women, ride a BMW, attract retainers, and become famous in the local area.

Moreover, the penal philosophy of Qi State is leniency and suspended sentences. It is worth it to risk a crime that does not punish you with death in order to gain a lifetime of wealth and honor!
Tian Sheng's face flushed instantly, and he bowed solemnly to Li Mu and said, "I will send a message to the country today, asking our king to severely reprimand the generals of each department and strictly discipline the army."

"In the future, the soldiers of the Great Qi will never again do such a thing!"

Li Mu took a deep breath to suppress his dissatisfaction, and said in a deep voice: "The military situation is urgent, and we can't wait for the King of Qi to issue an order."

"Pass on this order from the Prime Minister! The military laws of the Qi army are the same as those of the Dai army. The Dai army commanders have the right to execute Qi soldiers according to the military laws."

"The Qi army will set up camp on the spot. They must remember the military rules and regulations within three days and not make any mistakes!" "Please consider the national conditions of Qi and the military rules to consider the reward strategy. After the strategy is finalized, I will report it to the King of Qi for his decision!"

Mao Sui and Tian Sheng immediately bowed and said, "Yes!"

Turning his gaze to the Qin army that was setting up fences and barricades at Xibanyu, Li Mu said in a deep voice: "Please ask the King of Yan to order the Yan army's central army to attack Xibanyu!"

King Yan was angry and said, "The army of Great Yan has suffered two disastrous defeats today. The life and death of the prime minister of Great Yan is still unknown!"

"Dai Wu'an Jun wants me to send the central army to attack Xibanyu?"

In just two days, the number of soldiers in Dayan was reduced by nearly 30%!
And you want my Yan army to be the vanguard?

I am the King of Yan, not a resentful person!

Li Mu said solemnly: "Although the three troops of Lieutenant Li Hong failed to successfully block the Qin general Wang Ben's troops outside Xibanyu, they blocked the opportunity for the Qin general Wang Ben's troops to build a defense line."

"The Qin army has come from a long distance and has been fighting for two days and one night, but they have not been able to build a defense line. They are now at their weakest!"

"The Yan army only needs to use the central army to attack fiercely, and they will surely break through the enemy's defense line, and even annihilate the Qin general Wang Ben's troops in Xibanyu!"

There is nothing wrong with Li Mu's analysis.

Wang Ben's troops are now extremely exhausted. Except for 6,000 fresh troops that Wang Ben deliberately avoided fighting, the remaining troops have almost no combat effectiveness.

If the coalition forces can seize this opportunity, there is every hope of inflicting heavy damage on the Qin army, or even annihilating Wang Ben's troops!
King Xi of Yan naturally could not refute Li Mu's words, but he was still unwilling to let the Yan army suffer greater losses, so he nodded and said: "What Dai Wu'an Jun said makes sense."

"Such an important task should be entrusted to the elite troops of the Dai Army!"

Li Mu shook his head: "During these two days and nights, the Dai army's soldiers and horses have always been at the forefront, rushing back and forth to provide support."

"The soldiers of the Dai army are now even more exhausted than those of the Qin army."

"I can't bear to fight anymore!"

Tian Sheng bowed sincerely and said, "To prevent our Great Qi troops from being in chaos due to money like Chunyu Duwei's troops, our Great Qi troops cannot fight again before they are reorganized and the laws are revised."

"And our Great Qi army is far inferior to the Yan army!"

"Now is a perfect opportunity for battle, and only the Yan army can seize this opportunity."

"The outcome of this battle is in the hands of King Yan!"

"I hope the King of Yan will make it a priority to defeat Qin!"

Faced with the words of Li Mu and Tian Sheng, King Xi of Yan was speechless.

Just as King Xi of Yan was about to agree, dozens of knights came galloping over on horseback, shouting, "Urgent military situation in Jingruan City!"

Li Mu's eyes suddenly focused, and he said in a broken voice: "Transmit!"

Led by Li Mu's family soldiers, dozens of scouts surrounded a blood-soaked messenger and rushed into the battle.

From a distance, the messenger called out in a hoarse voice: "Commander-in-chief, please send reinforcements to Jingruan City!"

Li Mu's heart sank suddenly, and he ordered solemnly: "Report the military situation immediately!"

Facing Li Mu's sharp gaze, the messenger did not dare to show his anxious mood anymore and hurriedly said, "Report to the commander."

"Four days ago, Qin Duwei Qiang Huai led more than 10,000 Qin troops to raid our Jingruan City."

"We sent messengers to the commander-in-chief in Jingruan City to ask for help, but we were shocked to find that Li Xin, the commander of Qin, tricked the gate of Wuyang City into opening and had easily captured Wuyang City. He was also ordering elite troops to sweep the surrounding areas."

"Hundreds of my comrades set out, but I, alone, managed to break through the siege and meet the commander-in-chief."

"Please, Commander, send reinforcements to help our Jingruan City!"

Listening to the messenger's words, Li Mu tightly grasped the reins and said word by word: "The grain route to the Great Dynasty has been cut off!"

Wei→Wuzhong→Qiongyuzhiqiu/Zhuolu→Jingruancheng→Wuyangcheng→Li Mu's troops, this is the current baggage transportation route for Dai State.

Different from the diverse transportation routes brought about by the wide terrain around Zhuolu, the line of Jingruan City and Wuyang City is adjacent to the Yishui Great Wall in the south, located in the mountainous area and close to swamps, making it an irreplaceable baggage transportation route.

But now, Wuyang City has fallen into the hands of Li Xin, and Jingruan City is also facing a strong attack from Qiang Huai!

Tian Sheng saw this and said, "Left Prime Minister, don't..."

Before Tian Sheng finished speaking, Li Mu looked at him with a look of surprise and asked solemnly, "If I remember correctly, Qi's baggage and food should have reached our army today?"

Tian Sheng's expression suddenly changed, but he still said hopefully, "Maybe they were just delayed on the way, or maybe because our army moved quickly today, the civilians were unable to arrive in time."

Li Mu shattered Tian Sheng's last hope and said coldly: "Qin Chang'an Jun can't be unaware that Qi is the richest among the allied forces."

"Since Qin Chang'an has already cut off Dai's baggage train, there is no way he will let Qi's baggage train go!"

"Quickly send scouts to Pingshu to investigate the enemy situation!"

(End of this chapter)