Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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After listening to Li Mu's words at the end, he couldn't help showing a wry smile, and thought to himself: "Daliang City is located in a flat place in the Central Plains, and Wei State is a country of the Four Wars, but it has never been seen for so many years. I have seen someone who has breached Daliang City. From this, it can be seen that it is not easy to take this city down? Li Mu is so arrogant and underestimates the enemy at such a young age, it may be difficult to win this battle."

Today's Jin Yan has begun to regret why he persuaded Han Wangran to send troops to help Zhao Guo before.

At least judging from the current performance, Li Mu doesn't seem to be too outstanding, and even underestimates the enemy very much.

It is a taboo for military strategists to underestimate the enemy.

Could it be that this Li Mu is actually quite ordinary, but only relying on the strength of this armored cavalry to achieve the previous victory?

Of course, Li Mu didn't know that his confident words just now made Jin Yan doubt his command level in his heart. The young general of Zhao State observed the defense of Wei State's Daliang City with great interest. After that, he said with a smile: "General Jin Yan, I'm still going to walk around here, I don't know if General Jin Yan will continue?"

Although Li Mu's tone was very sincere, at this moment Jin Yan had lost interest in staying with Li Mu, shook his head and said, "General, I have to go back and command the troops to set up camp, so I won't accompany you. "

After saying this, Jin Fu turned around and drove away with the Korean guards around him.

Jin Fu's performance of being respectful and cowardly was very obvious, allowing all the guards around Li Mu to see clearly.

This naturally made Zhao Guo's guards very angry, and some even said to Li Mu: "General, these Koreans are really unreasonable, they are so ignorant of etiquette, they should be taught a lesson!"

Li Mu didn't speak immediately, but looked thoughtfully at the direction where Jin Yan was leaving, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Hey Jin Yan, he has a heart of loyalty, but he doesn't have the will of a general." Cai, with this man as a general, how can the King of Han be able to compete with our country of Zhao? If this general argues with him, it will be a failure. They all come with this general!"

Li Mu pulled the rein suddenly, and the steed under his crotch rolled towards the south of Daliang City.

For a person who lived most of his life in the northern grasslands of Zhao State, the scene in front of him was actually a very fresh experience for Li Mu.

The water-dense green fields outside Daliang City in this era, with criss-crossed rice fields, look exactly like the Jiangnan water towns of later generations, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are "Central Plains water towns".

The reason for this is also related to the unique topography of Daliang City.

Daliang City is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and there are many rivers such as Bianshui, Woshui, Suishui, Surabaya, Heshui, Jishui, Pushui, Heshui, Yellow River, Rushui, Yingshui and many other rivers nearby, forming an amazing Central Plains water.

Due to such convenient conditions, at any time by boat from Daliang City, it is very convenient to reach South Korea, Zhao State, Qi State, Chu State, Song State, Lu State and other places. one of the main options.

Li Mu galloped his horse and arrived at the southeast side of Daliang City after a while.

Here, a wide canal appeared in front of Li Mu. The surface of the canal was incomparably wide, and the river flowed northward, sparkling in the sunlight.

In terms of width alone, this canal is large enough to accommodate several large ships walking side by side.

The name of this canal is called the chasm.

The gap was built in the tenth year of King Wei Hui in the Warring States Period, that is, 360 BC, and it has been nearly a hundred years.

It is this canal that connects the Yellow River water system and the Huai River water system, completing the connection of the entire Central Plains water.

As a result, the gap has become one of the most important water transportation routes in the Central Plains between the Huanghuai and Huaihe Rivers.

In the last years of the Qin Dynasty in history, a very famous battle of the gap broke out here. Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, fought a protracted war here, and finally the two sides negotiated a peace with the gap as the boundary.

As a result, the gap also has a particularly famous nickname "Chuhe Hanjie", which has even been moved to the Chinese chess board as the dividing line between red and black.

Zhang Hu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a poem saying:

Dragons and snakes fight in the world, and the ambitions of each system refer to this ditch.

It is rather like Kyushu dividing the country, and the map first cuts the sea.

In the past, this gap was very busy, and it can be said that there was a constant flow of boats and boats.

But now that the Zhao and Han coalition forces approached Daliang City, the boatmen ran home one after another to take refuge, and the wide gap naturally became extremely deserted, only the torrential water was still rushing in it, making an extremely cheerful sound.

Li Mu stood beside the chasm, jumped off his horse, and carefully observed the rushing water in front of him.

Looking north along the direction of the water flow from here, you can see the tall Daliang City. The chasm merges with the Bian River at the southeast corner of the Daliang City, and then merges into the surging river together.

Li Mu stood here for a long, long time.

After a long time, Li Mu got on his horse and said to Zhao Guo's guards behind him, "Let's go!"

During the next half of the day, Li Mu's footsteps covered the entire surrounding of Daliang City.

When he returned to the barracks at night, the young Zhao Guozhu was very happy to tell the deputy general Xu Li a news.

"General Xu Li, within half a month at most, I will break Daliang City!"

Chapter 429 Changing Home (Third Change)

Following the siege of Daliang City, on the land of the Central Plains, two extremely eye-catching battles unfolded in the north and south of the Yellow River.

Needless to say, the first battle was the siege of Handan by the Qi and Wei countries, and the second battle was the attack on Daliang City by the Zhao and Han coalition forces.

Speaking of it, this is actually a very magical war. Both sides chose to attack the opponent's lair by coincidence, rather than fighting head-on with the opponent's main force.

If you want to use a popular game term in later generations, then this behavior of the two should be called changing homes.

In other words, the competition between the two sides at this moment is no longer based on who has the higher quality of the army and who has the stronger command ability like in traditional wars, but has become a competition whose Miyagi is faster.

You must know that there are monarchs of these two countries in these two capitals. If Handan is attacked first, then Zhao Dan is likely to fall into the hands of the Wei Qi coalition forces; I'm afraid it's hard to fly with wings.

Using two monarchs as a bet, the bet has to be said to be very large.

Regarding the decision made by the two coaches, Li Mu and Wei Wuji, it is not that no one has raised doubts.

For example, Xu Li, the deputy general of Zhao State, once said to Li Mu: "General, the walls of Daliang City are so thick that it is really difficult to conquer. Why don't we lead our army north to rescue Handan?"

From Xu Li's point of view, due to the existence of more than 1 Zhao cavalry, if a decisive battle with the Wei and Qi coalition forces is launched in the plains, the chances of the Zhao and Han coalition forces winning are actually not small.

At that time, Li Mu, who was holding a leg of lamb until his mouth was dripping with oil, laughed for a while, and then gave his answer very happily.

"There are two reasons. First, our army currently only has 12 troops, and the 3 troops just sent by General Lian Po are only 15, while the combined Wei and Qi forces outside Handan City have already exceeded 30. With such a huge disadvantage in strength, although our army has the advantage of cavalry, the chances of winning are actually not great. And don't forget, Wei Wuji is not an idiot like Yan Guorong, but a famous general in the world."

"Secondly, the Koreans are actually unreliable. After getting in touch with Jin Fu these days, although Jin Fu tried his best to cover up, I can still feel that the Koreans did not intend to send troops to help our country of Zhao sincerely. They were just Seeing that the current war situation has turned to Zhao Guo's side, so I took the opportunity to join, hoping to take advantage of it."

When Li Mu said this, he casually threw aside the mutton leg bones that had been gnawed clean just now, and smiled at Xu Li: "General Xu Li, I can bet you a hundred gold, if we are really here If there is a decisive battle between the armies of Wei and Qi outside the city of Handan, as long as the situation is stalemate for a while, the South Korean side may change, or even defect, and Handan will be really dangerous at that time! So I can't take this risk. "

After hearing these words, Xu Li pondered for a while, and finally nodded in conviction, agreeing to Li Mu's opinion.

After thinking for a while, Xu Li said again: "But now that Wei Wuji has besieged Handan for such a long time, can we really take this Daliang City before Wei Wuji breaks through Handan?"

To be honest, considering Wei Wuji's illustrious reputation, most people would put the treasure on Wei Wuji instead of Li Mu in this confrontation.

That's right, although Li Mu is recognized as a rising general in the mainland today, Wei Wuji is a famous Mesozoic general on the mainland for a long time.

In the eyes of many people, perhaps in the future Li Mu may reach the same level as Wei Wuji, but the current Li Mu cannot be compared with Wei Wuji.

Therefore, in the eyes of most people, Li Mu will and Zhao Guo will lose in this battle with Wei Wuji.

For such worries, Li Mu laughed out loud, and then told Xu Li an astonishing secret.