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

Chapter 198 The War Ends [Please subscribe and vote]

After another two months, Yan Yan finally returned to Third Prince City with a redrawn infinitely broad map.

Looking at the huge map, everyone fell silent.

It was so big that the boundaries defined by the stone tablets they carved had exceeded the territory of any country in the Central Plains, and was even about half the size of the Central Plains.

"The world... is too big!" Looking at this map, Yu Xin also discovered that the Central Plains seemed to be just a small fish pond!

There are too many places that our ancestors have never set foot on, and they are too big!

Perhaps throughout his life, he may not be able to reach the end of heaven and earth.

"Did anything happen during this period?" Yan Yan asked.

"A lot of things!" Yu Xin hurriedly compiled all the information.

In the two months after Yan Yan and others left, Li Xin marched in with his army, destroyed Lin Hu and Dan Lin, crippled the main force of Dong Hu, and finally fully occupied the territory of Lin Hu and Dan Lin, driving Dong Hu out. Returned to the north of Yan State.

But when Li Mu planned to continue to go deep into Mobei to pursue the Xiongnu and Donghu, Handan issued several royal orders in succession, asking Li Mu to return to the court!

"After all, I'm still worried about my father's self-respect by supporting the army!" Li Ren sighed.

If Handan's order is delayed for another half a year, or even three months, the Xiongnu and Donghu will cease to exist!

It's a pity that Handan doesn't trust their border generals and generals who came from Daijun after all.

"Several royal edicts were issued in one day!" Yu Xin sighed, Zhao Kingdom is still the same Zhao Kingdom, it remains unchanged!

Several royal edicts were issued in succession within one day, asking Li Mu to withdraw his troops. What could Li Mu do?

The Zhao State, which destroyed the Donghu and the Xiongnu, might not be able to imitate the Chu State. It had absolute strategic depth and could even abandon Handan and move its capital to Daijun.

By then, relying on the vastness of the grassland and the fierceness of the cavalry, Zhao will not be weaker than Da Qin, and far better than Zhao Wuling at the time.

"The General Hospital has summoned you!" Commander Zhao also sent a message to Yan Yan.

Yan Yan was a little confused, but he still accepted it. After all, this was a summons from the Mo family, and it was not easy for him to read it, but the other party handed it to him, which proved that he could read it.

The Mo family's summons explained in more detail why Zhao suddenly asked Li Mu to withdraw his troops!

There are many reasons, and there are two main reasons. One is that he is worried about Li Mu's self-respect by supporting his troops, and the other is that he requires Li Mu to lead his troops back to Handan and hand them over to Pang Nuan. The five countries will unite again!

"Go back!" Yan Yan sighed, what was supposed to come had come.

It’s just that Zhao Guo’s actions are so chilling!

Especially Li Mu!

There was nothing wrong with He Zong, and he believed Li Mu could understand it, but the leader of He Zong was not Li Mu, who had won the battle, but Pang Nuan!

Forget it, Li Mu, who had won such an unprecedented victory, not only did not receive the award from the feudal lord, he was even removed from the position of general.

The State of Zhao invited Huang Xie of the State of Chu as the joint commander, allied with Han Weiyan, and sent troops to attack Qin again, with Pang Nuan as the main general!

Li Mu stayed at Yanmen Pass and served as the general of Yanmen Pass to prevent the Hu people from counterattack!

Even Yan Yan felt that this method of reward and punishment was a bit excessive.

When he came back from a great victory, he was not promoted to a higher rank. Instead, his military power was taken back and his rank was demoted.

When Yan Yan returned to Yanmen Pass with an army of 30,000 men, the original scene of rainbow flags in the entire Yanmen Pass was gone. In addition to the devastation left by the war, the number of soldiers left behind had also been reduced to the extreme.

There were only five thousand soldiers left to guard the entire Yanmen Pass.

All 300,000 troops were transferred back to Handan!

Yan Yan also met Li Mu who came to greet him at Yanmen Gate. "Are you willing?" Yan Yan thought about it for a while, then asked.

Now Li Mu, in terms of official position, is even inferior to himself, the general manager of the two counties who was once personally appointed by Li Mu.

"Get used to it!" Li Mu said lightly, seeming to be open-minded.

Yan Yan also fell silent. This habitual sentence was enough to prove the decadence of the entire Zhao country!

Even if the merger was proposed by Pang Nuan, as the general of Zhao State, Li Mu should not be left idle to such an extent.

Even if it is a titled general or a titled lord!

"No title?" Yan Yan asked curiously.

Among the information they received, there was no information about Li Mu becoming the Marquis.

"Sealed, Bai Renhou, with a hundred households in the city!" Li Mu said calmly.

Yan Yan was silent again. The feudal princes were so careless and didn't even have a ceremony to tell the world!

The most important thing is military power. From a general with an army of 300,000 people, he has become a guard general of Yanmen Pass with 5,000 people!

"Did you offend someone in Handan?" Yan Yan hesitated.

Even if he is not given military power, there is nothing wrong with being transferred back to Handan and becoming a lieutenant or six ministers of Zhao State, even if it is just a false position.

Li Mu knew what Yan Yan was thinking and spoke again, "Handan wanted me to serve as foreign minister. I refused and asked to stay at Yanmen Pass!"

"Why?" Yan Yan looked at Li Mu doubtfully.

"Before General Pang Nuan, except for Kuang Zhang who was able to break into Hangu Pass, no one in the world could break through Hangu Pass four times. So, this time, they will also fail!"

"After the defeat, do you think the Zhao State is still capable of resisting the wrath of the Qin State?"

Li Mu looked at Yan Yan and asked.

Yan Yan was silent. Once the alliance failed again, the Qin State would definitely vent its anger on Zhao, Wei and Han, who were close to them, and the Zhao State, who promoted the alliance, would also bear the brunt.

However, as the promoter of the merger, Zhao Guo will inevitably become the main vanguard in this merger, and will also suffer the most serious losses after failure.

Under this ebb and flow, Zhao will no longer be able to withstand the wrath of Qin's counterattack!

"Therefore, I must stay at Yanmen Pass to train and build up an army of at least 50,000 people. Otherwise, once the Qin State counterattacks, the Zhao State may be destroyed!" Li Mu sighed.

Eating grass and squeezing blood may be the true portrayal of Li Mu.

With nothing left, he still had to gather an army of 50,000 at Yanmen Pass.

Yan Yan thought about it and found that after Pang Nuan's alliance failed, the Qin State did counterattack as Li Mu expected. If Li Mu hadn't led the army guarding Yanmen Pass southward, the Zhao State would have been destroyed.

But no one said how many people Li Mu brought back. Yan Yan now understood that because it was difficult to talk about it, the historians of Zhao State did not dare to write it!

Because there were only 5,000 men in Li Mu's hands, but when Li Mu led his troops south, there were 50,000. In order to avoid the problem of Zhao State, the historian could only avoid talking about it. He was also protecting Li Mu, otherwise he would have secretly trained 50,000 men. The army is also suspected of being self-reliant.

No matter what the reason was, it was impossible for the historians of Zhao State to record the specific number of troops Li Mu led south to save the country!

"The battle damage is quite serious. Only 10,000 of the 30,000-strong army are left!" Yan Yan handed the talisman of the 30,000-strong army back to Li Mu.

He believed that Li Mu could understand what he meant!

Handan did not know the battle losses of their large army!

Li Mu looked at the soldier talisman in his hand, and then at the mighty army. How could he not know the specific number of people in the army.

(End of this chapter)