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

Chapter 558: Forcing Li Mu to Leave [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

"Have you forgotten the oath you swore at the Yellow River with the Bingzhou tripod and the Great Wall?"

There were also Zhao's ministers who hoped to restrain Bingzhou by swearing an oath.

"Oath? Covenant?" Gongsun Mo sneered.

"You were the first to break the alliance between Bingzhou and the world."

"Could it be that the hundreds of thousands of troops in Danlin, Linhu, Loufan, and outside our capital are fake?"

"I am not here to bargain with you. I am only here to pass on your message and inform you."

"King Zhao doesn't have to agree."

"After this trip, I will lead the envoys back to the royal city. See you on the battlefield in the future!"

Gongsun Mo said coldly, flicked his long sleeves, turned around and walked out of the palace gate.

"Special envoy, please stay!" Li Mu finally spoke.

Once Gongsun Mo leaves with the people from the Bingzhou embassy, ​​there will be no possibility of easing the tension between Zhao and Bingzhou, and no chance for negotiation.

"Zhao can return Loufan, Danlin and Linhu, withdraw its troops, hand over Yanmen Pass and pay one million in compensation." Li Mu spoke slowly.

He knew very well that Bingzhou did not want to go to war with Zhao State now.

After the Battle of Alashan, Bingzhou's food and supplies were no longer sufficient to support a major war with the State of Zhao.

However, this does not mean that Bingzhou cannot declare war on Zhao.

Once Bingzhou declares war on Zhao, they can drag it out for three to five years, and after the national strength recovers, they will launch a large-scale attack on Zhao.

Declaring war does not mean that a large-scale war will start immediately. It is entirely possible to maintain a stalemate with small-scale fighting first.

"Li Mu, how dare you!" The Zhao court officials glared at him.

Surrendering Yanmen Pass was equivalent to handing over Zhao State's northern gateway to Bingzhou.

The northern part of Zhao State is like a naked woman to Bingzhou, blatantly tempting others to commit crimes.

Gongsun Mo turned around and sneered as he watched the Zhao officials attacking Li Mu.

When the eastern part of Bingzhou was undefended, he had repeatedly sought to see these court officials and the King of Zhao, but all he got was ridicule and they turned a blind eye and a deaf ear.

Who dares to speak loudly to him now?

He was standing here, but these people only dared to attack Li Mu, and no one dared to reprimand him.

"By the way, Your Majesty has one more thing to say. Please let me convey it to General Li Mu!" Gongsun Mo felt that the anger was not big enough and continued to add fuel to the fire.

Everyone fell silent and looked at Gongsun Mo and Li Mu, wondering if Bingzhou and Li Mu had some unspeakable secret.

Li Mu felt a chill in his heart. He wanted to stop Gongsun Mo from speaking. He knew very well what Gongsun Mo wanted to say.

This is an obvious plot to sow discord.

If Bingzhou insists on going to war with Zhao, the first person it will have to get rid of is itself.

With me here, it will be difficult for Bingzhou to cross Yanmen Pass, and even the veterans of Bingzhou dare not attack me.

Unfortunately, this happened in the imperial court. Even if he wanted to stop it, other court officials would not agree. They would only think that he had some kind of deal with Bingzhou.

"Your Majesty said that General Li Mu is a well-deserved famous general of the time, and Bingzhou has received many favors from the general, so we are unwilling to go to war with the general. In order to preserve the general's reputation, Bingzhou will not force the general to join Bingzhou. I hope you can leave Zhao State." Gongsun Mo spoke slowly.

Li Mu was silent.

Bingzhou did not recruit him, but just asked him to leave Zhao State in order to preserve his reputation.

By joining Bingzhou, he became a traitorous general.

If he left Zhao, even if Zhao was destroyed, it would have nothing to do with him.

Just like Lian Po who is now unemployed in Chu State, can it still be said that the demise of Zhao State was Lian Po's problem?
"Before this envoy came, the king had already ordered the military to take the general's family out of Zhao and send them to the Li family in Longxi, Qin." Gongsun Mo continued. Li Mu's face also looked grim.

This is a case of using courtesy before force.

Many people know that the Bairen Li family and the Longxi Li family are actually from the same family.

But most of the time, both Qin and Zhao chose to ignore it.

Now that it has been brought up by Bingzhou, it is equivalent to bringing this deliberately ignored secret to the surface.

No matter how hard Li Mu tries in the future, Zhao State will never trust him again.

You, the children of the Li family, one went to the State of Qin and one went to Bingzhou. What on earth do you want to do?
Will you really remain loyal to Zhao?

"That's right. I am trying to alienate the relationship between King Zhao and General Li Mu. So what?" Gongsun Mo smiled and looked at King Zhao Qian who was sitting in the upper seat.

I tell you clearly, I am trying to alienate the relationship between you as the ruler and his subjects. What can you do?

Do you still dare to use Li Mu?
Do you still dare to believe Li Mu?
You do not dare!
This is a naked conspiracy.

"In the entire Zhao State, the only person worthy of Bingzhou's attention is General Li Mu, but now..." Gongsun Mo did not finish his words, but those who understood his meaning understood his meaning.

The only person I in Bingzhou fear is Li Mu.

However, if I try to alienate the relationship between you and your subjects right in front of you, will you still dare to trust Li Mu?

Guo Kai looked at Gongsun Mo, then at Li Mu and King Qian of Zhao who had ascended to the throne. As the person who helped Zhao Qian ascend to the throne, he knew King Qian of Zhao's character better than anyone else.

After hearing what Gongsun Mo said, Zhao Qian, who originally did not trust Li Mu, was even more afraid to trust Li Mu.

Especially in Qin and Bing, the two countries that were most hostile to Zhao, members of the Li family held important positions in them.

The Li family of Longxi in Qin State inherited the title of Marquis of Didao, Li Mu's cousin Li Yao is now one of the Nine Ministers of Qin State, and Li Xin is the supreme commander of the Qin State's northern army.

Li Ren, the eldest son of Li Mu, is now also one of the Nine Ministers of Bingzhou and one of the top generals in the Bingzhou military.

Under such circumstances, no one would dare to let Li Mu hold an important position in the army.

"General Li Mu, the king has given you a lot of face. Otherwise, it would be a violation of human relations for father and son to meet on the battlefield. I hope you can consider this carefully. This is my own opinion, not the king's." Gongsun Mo continued.

Li Mu also fell silent.

The meeting between father and son on the battlefield is indeed a trauma to human relations.

He knew that Yan Yan would never let Li Ren lead his troops to attack Zhao State, and would never let him meet Li Ren on the battlefield.

But this was also a warning to Zhao State not to use him.

The most criticized point about Xinling Jun was that during the Battle of Guanyi, he had the father of the Guanyi defender brought to the battlefield.

In the end, Suo Gao committed suicide, and Xinling Jun broke up with Anling Jun, and they were no longer on good terms.

Now Bingzhou has set an example and will not transfer Li Ren to the front line, so what about Zhao State?
How dare the State of Zhao go against human ethics by sending Li Mu to the battlefield to let father and son fight each other?

"You are worthy of the name of a poisonous scholar!" Li Mu sighed deeply. Yan Yan had blocked all his escape routes and decided that he would never be able to serve in the State of Zhao again.

The soldiers of Zhao would no longer trust him because his family had been sent away and his eldest son was holding an important position in another country. Everything had been arranged for him.

Li Mu handed over and took off his military seal and armor in front of all the civil and military officials of Zhao State.

However, no one from King Qian of Zhao or the entire Zhao court tried to stop Li Mu from doing anything.

Li Mu was disappointed after all.

Even if King Zhao spoke to persuade him, he might still hold on to a last glimmer of hope.

Unfortunately not.

It would be more accurate to say that the entire Zhao State was forcing him to leave rather than Bingzhou.

(End of this chapter)