The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 138 Horseshoes [Please subscribe and vote]

Yan Yan understood. This was Li Mu's policy of strengthening the walls and clearing out the wild. He would not fight against the barbarians, but would retreat to the city and close the city gates when the barbarians moved south.

In this way, it will be difficult for the Hu people to obtain more food and grass from the northern border of Zhao State to survive the winter, and it will also prevent the people in the northern border of Zhao State from being harassed by the Hu people.

"How long has this situation lasted?" Yan Yan asked again.

"Three years ago, after the general became the general of Yanmen Pass three years ago, he ordered the entire counties around Yanmen Pass to do the same. Although we were a little dissatisfied at the beginning, we did not lose anything later and persisted." Li Zheng said seriously. said.

"Don't you think General Li Mu's actions are a bit cowardly?" Yan Yan was a little curious.

Because Yan and Zhao have so many righteous and bloody people, this kind of defensive style of play is probably difficult for the Zhao people to accept, so Li Mucai has been ups and downs many times and has not been reused.

"Cowardly, maybe, but at least we all survived, and there was no big loss of food. We just hid and waited for the heavy snow to block the roads. It was a cat winter anyway. If we could survive the whole winter, it would be better than being bullied. Is it good to enslave people?" Satsuma sighed.

"Don't you want to fight back?" Yan Yan continued to ask.

"Think about it, why don't you think about it, even in your dreams!" Li Zheng said nothing, but Xiang Yong, who came with him, said with red eyes.

A look from Satsuma silenced everyone.

"The noble people don't know. It's not that we don't want to, but that we can't do it. How can those noble people in Handan understand our hardships? But there is nothing we can do about it. After years of war, there is no one in Handan."

"We want to fight back, but we can understand the difficulties in Handan. We don't have enough strength and army to fight back!" Li Zheng said depressedly.

"The Yan State in the east is attacking us, and the Qin State in the west is also attacking us. Handan can only place heavy troops on the east and west sides. As for the north, they can only let us fend for ourselves!"

"Compared with being cowardly, it's already good to be alive!"

Yan Yan listened quietly, he could feel that the Zhao people's blood was still there, but they were not one person, but a family. One person, they could fight back and would rather die than surrender, but they were a family, which made them Even if he disagrees with Li Mu's insistence in his heart, he has to obey it for the sake of his family.

At the same time, they can also understand Li Mu's approach, because there is no one left in Zhao State, and Yanmen Pass does not have enough troops to take them back!
"We will fight back. I believe General Li Mu will fight back!" Yan Yan said seriously.

"So, sir, are you going to fight back from this trip?" the village heroes asked hurriedly.

"Shut up, we can't ask about important military matters!" Li Zheng seemed to know the importance of battlefield intelligence and scolded everyone directly.

But Yan Yan could also see the burning expectation in Li Zheng's eyes.

"If one day, someone publishes a message asking you to go to the border and set foot on the grassland, will you be willing to destroy your family and make trouble?" Yan Yan hesitated for a while, and then asked.

He had always had the propaganda in hand, and he wanted to know if enough people would be willing to go after he published the propaganda.

"Of course!" Li Zheng spoke faster than Xiang Yong.

The local warriors also agreed one after another. As long as they could fight back and destroy their families, they would be willing to do so.

"Then practice martial arts well, and one day you will be able to do it!" Yan Yan said seriously.

"Sir, do you really want to call me back?" Li Zheng asked hesitantly, and then said hurriedly, "Sir, if it's not convenient for you to say it, you don't have to say it!"

"Wait!" Yan Yan smiled and nodded.

"Okay, let's wait for you, sir!" Li Zheng smiled, looked at the village heroes and said, "I'm still worried about what happened today. Go back and practice your martial arts!"

"Here!" The village heroes also laughed. After so many years, they finally got good news, but it's a pity that they can't share it with others yet.

Seven days later, Yan Yan finally crossed Daijun, and then encountered a group of cavalry coming to investigate. "Is this Mr. Shudong in front of you?" the cavalry leader took out a picture scroll, then looked at Yan Yan, then at the picture scroll in his hand, turned over and dismounted and saluted.

"That's right!" Yan Yan was also surprised, how could any cavalry know his whereabouts?

"By order of the general, I am here to escort you to the camp!" After the team leader confirmed Yan Yan's identity, he hurriedly ordered someone to bring in the war horse.

Yan Yan did not hesitate, and he and Shao Siming rode one person at a time, protected by the cavalry in the middle.

"General, I've been waiting for you for a long time, sir!" the team leader said, riding his horse to follow Yan Yan.

"General Li Mu knows I'm coming?" Yan Yan was even more surprised.

It wasn't the agreed time yet, so he didn't even know where his next stop was. How did Li Mu know his location accurately.

"The general received the news when Mr. stepped into Qingyun Village in the north, so he arranged for us to come out to greet him in advance!" the captain said with a smile.

Yan Yan suddenly realized that when he first entered the first village, Li Zheng came to check him, and it was the same everywhere he went. And since he didn't hide his whereabouts, it would be easy for Li Mu to find him.

But Yan Yan didn't expect that Li Mu would actually send his personal guards to greet him.

"What's the current situation at Yanmen Pass?" Yan Yan asked curiously.

"This autumn, the Hu people will definitely go south in large numbers!" Que Leng said with a smile.

"You don't seem to be worried about the Hu army going south?" Yan Yan asked, looking at the team leader.

"Of course, this time, Handan has sent 20 troops. In this battle, we will make sure that the Hu people never come back!" Team leader said with a smile.

Yan Yan nodded. It seemed that Handan's army had arrived at Yanmen Pass, but they were lurking under Li Mu's arrangement.

"There is another gift for General Li Mu!" Yan Yan said with a smile.

The team leader was obviously Li Mu's personal guard and was very interested in the gift Yan Yan mentioned.

"It's just that sir's gift is a bit expensive!" Team Leader said seriously, obviously knowing about the deal between Li Mu and Yan Yan.

"Since it's a gift, there won't be any charges!" Yan Yan said with a smile.

"Collection is the best!" Qi Lian said with a smile.

"Sir's gift is extremely precious, so we are not afraid of him accepting it!"

Yan Yan smiled and nodded, and took out his gift during the break.

"What is this?" The team leader looked at the U-shaped iron ring in Yan Yan's hand curiously.

"Horseshoe!" Yan Yan smiled, took out a carving knife and used it as a whittling knife, concealing its use to the team leader.

"People wear shoes to prevent foot injuries, why can't horses?" Yan Yan explained.

The team leader's eyes lit up. In fact, what the horses feared most was not getting injured on the battlefield, but that the horseshoes were severely worn during the attack and they had to withdraw from the battlefield.

However, with the protection of horseshoes, the losses of war horses can be reduced a lot. Especially with horseshoes, war horses can gallop freely on the Gobi Desert without worrying about horseshoe injuries.

(End of this chapter)