Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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"No, no, that's not what I mean." Yi Qusheng waved his hands and said, "What I mean is, since you know that Jingyang City is impenetrable, it is even more impossible to go around Jingyang City and attack Xianyang City." , right? If that’s the case, then why do you still stay here? I heard that the Yuezhi people seem to have begun to organize an army and prepare to cross the Yellow River and advance.”

Li Mu glanced at Yi Qusheng in surprise: "You also know the news about the Yuezhi people?"

Yiqusheng laughed loudly and said, "Without the help of Yuezhi people and Linhu people, how do you think our Yiqu people got those weapons under the strict surveillance of Qin people all these years?"

Li Mu nodded, and said: "No wonder the quality of the weapons you and other Yiqu people are so poor, there is no difference between them and the fire sticks. It turns out that they come from the Yuezhi and Linhu people, so it's no wonder."

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Seeing Yi Qusheng with a deflated expression on his face, Li Mu was in a good mood for some reason.

Depressed, Yi Qusheng kicked away a small rock in the tent, and then said to Li Mu, "You called me here today to talk about this?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "Of course not. According to my king's order, your Yiqu Kingdom's founding ceremony is ready to be prepared."

"Oh?" Yi Qusheng's eyes lit up, and the annoyance on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by incomparable excitement.

To be honest, before this, Yiqu Sheng had been a little worried about whether the Zhao people would keep their promises and really let him establish Yiqu Kingdom.

After all, the military strength of Zhao State is much stronger than that of Yiqu people, and without the support of Zhao State, Yiqu State cannot resist the attack of Qin State people at all.

However, Yiqu Sheng couldn't resist the temptation to establish a country. No matter how small this country is, it is still a country. Being able to lead Yiqu people to restore the country successfully is an achievement that can be recorded in history.

Li Mu glanced at Yiqu Sheng sideways, and seeing Yiqu Sheng's ecstatic appearance, he couldn't help but strike at him: "Your Yiqu country is only half a county, so what is there to be proud of?"

Yiqu Sheng laughed, and said: "Although it is half a county now, it can be expanded slowly in the future, can't it? By the way, you really don't want to consider being the Prime Minister of our Yiqu country?"

Li Mu let out a hey, and said to Yiqu Sheng: "If one day you can have [-] elite cavalry under your command, maybe I will think about it."

"Twenty thousand cavalry?" Yiqu Sheng waved his hand nonchalantly, and said, "In five years at most, Yiqu will have [-] cavalry."

"Twenty thousand naked cavalry, old and young, with wooden bows and bone arrows?"

"this one"

Having said so much, it is obvious that this topic cannot continue.

Li Mu took out another object from his bosom and threw it at Yiqu Sheng: "Go on."

Yi Qusheng caught this kind of thing subconsciously, holding it in his hand only felt warm and moist with a cold feeling, but it was a green jade seal.

"This is..." Yi Qusheng looked up at Li Mu in surprise.

"Try it yourself." Li Mu picked up the ink pad in hand and gestured to Yi Qusheng.

With a bang, the seal covered with ink pad was heavily sealed, and then a seal suddenly appeared.

Yi Qusheng squinted his eyes and looked at the four characters in the seal, and finally said after a while: "What is written on it?"

Li Mu: "Yiqu king's seal. This is a gift from the king to congratulate you on the founding of the country."

The smile on Yiqu Sheng's face became more intense, and he grabbed the jade seal in his hand and refused to let go: "Very good, it's really great. When you have a chance in the future, you must tell you for me My Majesty, I thank him."

Li Mu nodded, looked at Yiqu Sheng with a strange look, and said, "You can go."

Yiqu Sheng smiled happily and said, "Okay, I'll go now."

"No, you misunderstood my meaning. What I mean is that you can lead your four thousand cavalry back to Yiqu."

"Ah?" Yiqu Sheng was stunned: "Could it be that you are going to seek peace with the Qin people?"

Li Mu looked at Yi Qusheng, and said very calmly: "Bai Qi is coming back soon."

"Bai Qi?" Yi Qusheng's body shook violently, and a terrified expression subconsciously appeared on his face.

"Yes, according to the information just sent, Bai Qi is about to return to Guanzhong, and there will be a big battle between Qin and Zhao in Guanzhong. If you don't want your 4000 troops to be lost in this battle, then now You can leave."

Yiqu Sheng thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Zhao Guo is an ally of our Yiqu people. We Yiqu people have no habit of abandoning our allies. We will participate in this battle."

Yi Qusheng's tone was very firm.

"This is not abandoning your allies." Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Yiqu Sheng with serious eyes: "If you lose all of your 4000 troops in this battle, then who will defend you in the future? Yiqu Country?"

Yi Qusheng was stunned.

After a long while, Yi Qusheng gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, this time I owe you Zhao Guo, and I will definitely repay you in the future!"

After saying this, Yiqu Sheng walked out without looking back.

Outside the camp, the horns of Yiqu people began to sound.

Li Mu watched Yi Qusheng's figure disappear from his sight, and the expression on his face was quite complicated. It seemed that there was a trace of reluctance for his friends to leave, and a trace of guilt at the same time.

Chapter 583 The pass is broken, and it will return in vain

Wuguan.

Wuguan, known as "Shaoxi Pass" in the Spring and Autumn Period, got its name because it was closed beside Shaoxi Mountain. It has always been called "Three Qin Fortress" and "Qin Chu Throat".

Gu Zuyu, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, called this place in his reading of Shi Fang Yu Ji: "The friendship between Qin and Chu, according to the dangers of mountains and rivers. The road to Nanyang moves to the east, and the Lantian is closed to the right. .”

There is a poem that says: "Wuguan closes Qinzhong, and Xiangyun, Jianghuai Road is blocked."

From the perspective of topography, Wuguan leans against rocky cliffs in the north and Juejian in the south.

There are four mountains in the east of the city, the mountains are high and steep, "there is no way to ride together on the mountain", which is an out-and-out battleground for military strategists. Together with Hangu Pass, Xiaoguan and Dashan Pass, they are called "Qin Pass". Four plugs".

From a geographical point of view, this is the only way from Guanzhong to Nanyang. In history, the Qin and Chu countries fought repeatedly for this place. For decades, Wuguan has experienced many wars. Countless soldiers of Qin and Chu fought in Guancheng. He threw his head up and down and sprinkled his blood, and poured his life into the great reputation of this grand pass in the world.

But this time, the law of Qin and Chu competing for Wuguan was finally broken.

For the first time in decades, the Koreans appeared under Wuguan City and brought a large number of siege weapons.

If there is anything that the South Koreans, who are the last in national strength, can be at the forefront of the Warring States Period, then military equipment is definitely worth mentioning.

From iron weapons to armor, from melee swords to long-range crossbows, from trebuchets to chariots, almost all military-related equipment, Koreans are almost at the top level.

Although a large number of craftsmen were lost due to the fall of Yiyang City, the smelting level of the Koreans stagnated a lot, but to this day, the smelting level of the Koreans is still at the top level of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period.

For a war, excellent armor does not necessarily lead to the victory of the war. This can be seen from the fact that South Korea lost more than it won in previous foreign wars.

But when the Koreans don't need to worry about morale or enemy commanders such as Bai Qi, Lian Po, and Wei Wuji, but only need to keep attacking, attacking, and attacking again, Bingjia The advantages brought by Zhili are fully reflected.

In fact, there are not many Qin defenders in Wuguan, only three thousand.

Three thousand versus one hundred thousand, this is an extremely disparate comparison.

As the chief general of the South Korean army, Jin Fu may not be the kind of very famous general in this era, but there is no problem if he is rated as a middle-level general.