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

Chapter 164 The Belonging of Jiuyuan in the Cloud [Please subscribe and vote monthly]

On the other side, Yan Yan, who had escaped the pursuit of Prime Minister Lou Fan, finally arrived at Yanmen Pass after a long journey.

With Li Mu's support, Yan Yan also led Wu Lingqi into Guanzhong.

For this reason, Li Mu gave the highest courtesy and invited all the generals who were still at Yanmen Pass to greet him.

"Thank you sir!" Li Mu smiled and gave Yan Yan a big hug.

Ah Da and Ah Er couldn't understand Zhao's language, so they could only guess secretly.

"Who are these two?" Li Mu was also surprised by the existence of Ah Da and Ah Er, and naturally he saw that these two people were two masters.

"The two guards sent to me by the barbarians!" Yan Yan said with a smile.

"Did you really sneak into the Hu army's king's tent?" Li Mu and others were stunned. Being escorted by two top masters when entering and exiting was not the kind of treatment only the top Hu people had.

Yan Yan originally wanted to deny it, but after thinking about it carefully, he was mistaken for the third prince of Loufan. It seemed that there was nothing wrong in saying that he was a high-ranking official in the Chinese army.

"That's right!" Thinking of this, Yan Yan did not deny it.

"Awesome!" Li Mu did not ask Yan Yan how he did it.

These things will be the core of Yan Yan's books in the future, and they are inherited by the family, so no one will ask more questions.

"Sir, why are you here?" Sima Shang spoke at the right time and invited Yan Yan and his entourage into a meeting hall at Yanmen Pass.

"We tinkered with some things in the rear and bought some Hu people's baggage, but it also aroused the suspicion of the Hu people's army. Therefore, I came back hoping that the general would cooperate with us in putting on a show!" Yan Yan said seriously.

Li Mu nodded. In this transaction, they and the Qin State got a lot of Hu people's war horses. They were also stallions and mares that the Hu people were unwilling to trade.

There are excellent war horses bred by the Hu people themselves, as well as super war horses bred by Dayuezhi and Dawan in the west. These were things they had never dared to think of.

Although the quantity cannot be directly used in the army, it is the seed left behind after all.

If they really put these traded war horses directly on the battlefield, they would really be wasting their natural resources.

Give Zhao State a few years, and rely on Zhao State's three major horse farms, they can replace the war horses that were unable to last for a long time with these excellent horses.

"How do we need to cooperate?" Li Mu asked in a deep voice.

"When we were surrounded by three and one was missing, we deliberately left out Lin Hu and let him go!" Yan Yan said seriously.

Li Mu and other Yanmenguan generals narrowed their eyes. Lin Hu was the target of their main attack this time. Normally, they would let go of the Xiongnu and Donghu and let these two grassland tribes find trouble with Qin and Yan.

He directly destroyed Loufan, Linhu and Danlin, the three barbarian tribes facing Zhao State in the north.

"Reason!" Li Mu asked seriously.

He needed a reason to convince Handan and the generals. After all, although he was a general, the entire army was not his alone.

"Let the Hu people fight among themselves. Even if we let Lin Hu go this time, the Donghu, Loufan, Danlin, and Xiongnu tribes will not let Lin Hu go. Therefore, Lin Hu will still perish!" Yan Yan explained Follow your own plan.

Li Mu was thinking about the entire army's defense and battlefield situation in his mind, thinking about how to let Lin Hu go, continue the encirclement, and weighing the gains and losses of doing so.

Yan Yan was not in a hurry and watched Li Mu, Sima Shang, military generals, and shogunate counselors discussing and planning. Looking at this scene, Yan Yan felt a little envious. This is what a real general should have.

Whether it is the battlefield or the court, it is never possible for one person to consider everything. Lord Xinling reminded him of this, and Yan Yan also saw it with his own eyes this time.

Even after the discussion was halfway through, Li Mu was worried about being left out, so he pulled Yan Yan to talk about other things, leaving the whole shogunate to argue and discuss on their own.

"Can you take some people away from Li Mu?" Yan Yan turned to look at the scribe Yu Xin who was left behind at Yanmen Pass and asked.

"In front of me, you want to poach my people?" Li Mu smiled, you really don't treat me as a human being!
  Yan Yan and Yu Xin smiled awkwardly.

"Mi'er, are you using it well?" Li Mu suddenly became concerned about his eldest son.

"It's not bad. I have no problem with giving orders. He is obedient, follows orders and prohibitions, and can do everything he arranges without leakage. He just doesn't like to use his brain!" Yan Yan thought for a while and gave his evaluation.

Not only Li Ren, but also Li Xin and Luo Bing. Yan Yan was a little suspicious. Based on their brains, how did these people get to such high positions in the past? Could it be that they really relied on the family's protection?

(Li Ren, Li Xin, Luo Bing: There is an external brain that is better than your own, and you still need to carry that useless thing on your head?

Mao Dun and Hu Dan: Me too! )

"Then I'll give it to you!" Li Mu thought for a while and said.

He also has to think about his own future and his family.

He has seen the fate of Lian Po and Le Cheng. Although he does not have much political acumen, he can still understand simple things.

Once the Yanmen Pass War is over, his prestige in Zhao will reach its peak. As a result, he will definitely be jealous of Handan. At that time, he will either leave his country or die!
  Therefore, he must make arrangements for the family behind him, and Yan is the person he is optimistic about.

After sending Wuling Cavalry and Three Thousand Cavalry out, as for Handan's investigation, under the battle of hundreds of thousands of armies, who can count the loss of such a troop?
  "..." Yan Yan was speechless, I don't want it!

But when I think about it, Li Mi’s son Li Zuoche is very powerful, and Li Xin’s descendants are also very powerful. It seems that they are not impossible to have!
  "Thank you, General!" Yan Yan accepted decisively.

Li Mu smiled. As for how to explain to the army, there was no need to explain it. From the time this army was sent out, everyone actually acquiesced that they no longer existed.

"I'll give you another piece of information. Yunzhong, Jiuyuan, and Zhao are probably beyond their reach and cannot be controlled. Qin has no interest in these two counties," Li Mu continued.

With three thousand cavalry and three hundred Wuling cavalry, it is indispensable to have territory to station them, so Li Mu doesn't mind giving away Yunzhong and Jiuyuan.

After all, since King Wuling of Zhao, these two counties have been in a state of self-destruction. By leaving it to Yan Yan, he can feel more at ease and can more calmly deal with the future war in the Central Plains in the hinterland of Zhao.

At least he no longer has to worry about any danger in the north, and can give Yunzhong and Jiuyuan a better future.

Now, while he still has military power and the right to speak, this is all he can do.

Otherwise, when the army retreats to Handan in the future, the Hu people counterattack, and Yunzhong and Jiuyuan are left helpless, he does not dare to think about what those soldiers and people who have stood firm on the grasslands for Zhao will do.

Ci doesn't control troops, so that's all he can do.

Yan Yan looked at Li Mu in shock, wasn't he betraying his country?

But after a little thought, Yan Yan understood what Li Mu was thinking. No one cared about what happened to the soldiers and people in Yunzhong and Jiuyuan. The Zhao Kingdom had not cared about it for many years, but Li Mu, who was also a frontier soldier, did care!
  (End of this chapter)