Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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Thinking of this, Zhao Zhu couldn't help secretly feeling admiration for the great king who was far away in Handan.

If he changed places, Zhao Zhu felt that he would not be able to do this kind of behavior of putting the capital in a dangerous situation for the sake of victory.

Lu Buwei continued: "Since this is the case, then I believe that Zhao Guo must have already made preparations in Handan City. The coalition forces of Wei and Qi may not be able to attack it in three to five months, even in a year and a half. Go down to Handan. Do you think the current state of Qin can survive such a long time under the leadership of Zhao Jun?"

Zhao Zhu glanced at Lu Buwei very displeased, and after thinking for a while, he said with some lack of confidence: "It's not impossible."

Zhao Zhu's guilty expression completely fell into Lu Buwei's eyes, but Lu Buwei didn't expose Zhao Zhu, but nodded and said: "Your Majesty's words are right, if the entire Great Qin Empire can unite as one and stick to it, it is indeed possible to stick to it. It will take a long time. But the question is, if the state of Chu also helps Zhao defeat Qin, does your lord think that Qin can win this battle?"

"Chu country?" Zhao Zhu's body shook, and Mrs. Huayang's face showed a strange look.

Mrs. Huayang is a native of Chu.

"It's exactly the state of Chu." Lu Buwei said: "What is the relationship between Qin and Chu now? I don't think Wei will say anything, and the king is very clear in his heart. Once the state of Chu sends troops to attack Daqin from Wuguan, then Daqin will be in a situation where there will be enemies on both sides. In a desperate situation, even if you want to negotiate a peace, you can't! Please think deeply, Your Majesty."

Zhao Zhu's face was gloomy, and he said after a while, "If Chu State wants to send troops, it should send troops to attack Wei State or Qi State after conquering Lu State. Why bother to mobilize people to attack Daqin?"

In terms of distance, the land of the State of Lu is located in the east of the Central Plains, not far from Daliang of the State of Wei or Linzi of the State of Qi.

If the state of Chu sent troops, it would be enough to fight directly from the land of the state of Lu towards the states of Wei and Qi. Wouldn't it be better to travel a few hundred miles to the west to attack the state of Qin?

Lu Buwei shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, if Chu State sends troops to attack Wei and Qi, will it be able to win? No. If Chu State sends troops to attack Qin, will it be able to win? Yes! Since attacking Qin will surely win, What is this hundreds of miles journey worth to Chu State?"

Zhao Zhu's expression became entangled, and he said after a long time: "But Chu State's attitude is still ambiguous. If we can win over Chu State, we may not be able to reproduce the incident of the Five Kingdoms attacking Qi."

Looking at the hesitant Zhao Zhu, Lu Buwei felt that it was time for him to throw out his trump card.

So Lu Buwei straightened his body and said seriously: "Your Majesty, although Qin State is slightly inferior to Zhao State today, it is still a great country in the world. But if you continue to fight and fail again, then let alone take back Hedong, even I am afraid that Hangu Pass, Nanyang County and other places will all be lost. Could it be that such a weak state of Qin is what your majesty wants to inherit?"

After Zhao Zhu heard this sentence, his expression changed and he fell silent.

Lu Buwei continued: "If there is a truce with Zhao now, then Daqin will be able to get a chance to recuperate. He only needs to recuperate for a few years. When Daqin's national power recovers, the king should also succeed to the throne. At that time, Wouldn't it be more confident for your majesty to go out with the great Qin army to attack the Zhao country?"

"Furthermore, if there is a truce between Qin and Zhao, then King Zhao's ambition will definitely not stop the attack on other countries. In this way, the State of Zhao will not be tolerated by the princes. At that time, the king will ascend the height and call the princes to join forces. If you are strong, it will surely fall apart like the Qi State back then! Your Majesty, please bear with this momentary anger and lay the foundation for Qin State!"

After Lu Buwei finished speaking, he bowed to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.

Chapter 4 Thirteen: The people of Qin want to encircle and wipe out Li Mu (fourth update)

Zhao Guo's camps are everywhere on the plain outside Liyang City, stretching for several miles at a glance, quite spectacular.

Spring is a good season.

But for the people near Liyang City, this spring is destined not to be a season for people to be happy.

The reason is actually very simple. Just after the end of the spring plowing, Zhao Guo cavalry came.

As a result, a large amount of farmland that had just been plowed was discarded there, and no one cared about it.

In fact, it can't be considered that no one cares about it, at least Li Mu, the leader of this Zhao army, is still very interested in the young crops in these farmlands.

After all, Li Mu's army doesn't have any logistics at all, and all supplies must be deployed by such a phalanx of "eating from the enemy".

The young crops in these fields are definitely not edible for humans, but they can be used as rations for horses

If in Zhao State, any cavalryman dared to let the horse eat a young crop, Li Mu would kill it directly.

But this is Qin!So of course Li Mu's order is to eat whatever you want!

Under Li Mu's order, it can be said that the fields around here have been gnawed bare.

At least this year, these lands that have been poisoned by Zhao Jun don't think that there will be any food to be harvested.

In addition, Li Mu also sent a large number of cavalry squads to sweep through all the villages in Qin State within a radius of a hundred miles in just a few days, and snatched up all the food and grass that could be searched.

For these old Qin people living in the villages of the Qin State, Li Mu's order is also very simple, all those young and middle-aged men who resist will be shot to death!

As for the remaining old, weak, women and children, Li Mu asked Zhao's cavalry to drive all these people out of the village, and then burn these villages down!

In the past few days, dozens of hundreds of villages were burned to the ground amidst the heart-piercing cries of countless Qin people.

Under the "Two Lights Policy" of Zhao Jun's burning and looting, these Qin people who had lost their homes and food had no choice but to flee to the nearby Qin State city in order to survive.

Given that most of these refugees are old people, women and children who are basically cumbersome in the war, once Qin officials help these people with precious food, it is tantamount to weakening Qin's war effort. potential.

These days, food is military supplies.

In fact, according to Li Mu's original intention, he planned to directly kill all the men who were taller than the wheel, so that the goal of weakening Qin's war potential could be achieved to the greatest extent.

But Xu Li, Li Mu's deputy, dissuaded Li Mu.

In Xu Li's view, Guanzhong will sooner or later become Zhao's territory. If Li Mu kills people here, it will be very unfavorable for Zhao to establish rule on this land in the future.

And Li Mu didn't intend to attack the city at all this time. Since he didn't attack the city, what's the point of letting some young men into the city?

After all, in a decisive battle in the wild, these unarmed young men of the state of Qin would at best be civilian husbands, basically useless.

Before I knew it, a few days passed by.

This morning, after Li Mu got up, he punched routinely, then went around the army, and then had a meal. As soon as he returned to his tent, Lieutenant General Xu Li followed him.

"General, something new!"

"Oh?" Li Mu cheered up, and hurriedly said, "Could it be that the Qin people sent troops?"

"Exactly!" Xu Li said: "The news I just got is that the Qin army on the front line of Wangcheng has split a division, the number should be around 2, and it is heading towards our army!"

"What?" Li Mu showed a look of surprise on his face, "Only 2 people?"

Xu Li said with certainty: "All the people sent out are old scouts. The number of 2 people is absolutely true!"

Li Mu pondered for a while, then slowly shook his head: "No, no, there must be fraud!"

In Li Mu's view, there must be something wrong with this number.

You must know that Li Mu has a full [-] cavalry under his command, and Qin basically has no organized cavalry now.

Use [-] cavalry to fight [-] infantry and chariot soldiers, and it's still a field battle?

Li Mu felt that the Qin people gave him credit for this?

The Qin people must not be so kind, so there must be something wrong with this matter!

After listening to Li Mu's statement, Xu Li was also stunned, and said after a while: "Perhaps the Qin people don't know that our army's combat effectiveness is so strong?"

Li Mu thought for a while, then slowly shook his head: "Impossible. You must know that our army just defeated the Linhu tribe not long ago, and the Linhu tribe invaded the border of Qin State all the year round. Could it be that the people of Qin didn't know about the strength of the Linhu tribe? There must be something in it that we haven't considered."

It was at this time that a burst of hurried footsteps sounded outside the big tent.