Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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Zhao Dan thought for a while, and said: "According to Hu Yiwei's information, the Qin State is sending secret envoys to the outside world very frequently. It is obvious that they want to contact the other countries and come to the Five Kingdoms to attack Zhao! Hmph, at this time, if you feel free to Reckless use of swords against neighboring countries may really arouse heavy anger, repeating the mistakes of King Qi Min back then!"

At that time, Qi State ruled after the decline of Wei State, and then took the lead, beating up all the surrounding countries, and finally directly annexed Song State and became the strongest in the world. Only then was Qin State found an opportunity to contact the other five countries to attack together In short, Zhao Dan has this in mind.

As the saying goes, Muxiu and forest winds must blow, and now Zhao Guo, a towering giant tree, is facing the evil wind from Qin Guo, which comes from the central and western regions of Guanzhong!

After hearing Zhao Dan's words, several other ministers of Zhao State nodded their heads again and again, praising Zhao Dan for his long-term vision, but immediately fell into confusion again.

Si Kou Zhao Bao opened his mouth and said to Zhao Dan: "If it is in the King's opinion that it is not suitable to attack other countries now, how can we expand the territory?"

Hearing the words, the other ministers couldn't help turning their attention to Zhao Dan. While saying that they want to expand the territory, they also said that they can't attack other countries to give people the truth. What should we do?

Zhao Dan smiled confidently, and said to the Zhao ministers present: "King Lin Hu has not seen the widow for several years since he ascended the throne. Come on, then I will have no choice but to raise a large army to conquer this barbarian tribe, and take the land of Henan into Zhao Guo's pocket!"

Chapter 3 Eighty Chapter Lin Hu Wang (first update)

Hetao Plain.

The Yellow River meanders here, forming a huge "ji" character, and the Hetao Plain is located in the center of this "ji" character.

The land here is fertile and can be used for both farming and grazing. It is also an excellent production area for military horses, and it also belongs to the junction of the northern nomadic people and the Central Plains farming people.

If the nomads go south from here, it only takes a few days for a light cavalry to reach the Guanzhong Basin without stopping.

If the Central Plains dynasty took control of this place, not only would it be able to lift the alarm in the Guanzhong Basin and obtain an extremely rare high-quality horse farm, but it would also be able to use this as a base to threaten the Mobei Plateau, the base camp of nomads.

It is precisely because this place is so important that since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, countless wars have broken out between the Central Plains regime and the northern nomadic regime for control of this place.

Meng Tian, ​​Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, one after another familiar names shined brightly in the previous battles surrounding the Hetao area.

And in this era, in 247 BC, the owner of this area was named King Lin Hu.

Since being defeated by the Zhao army led by King Zhao Wuling, King Lin Hu was forced to withdraw from the territory belonging to the five northern counties of Zhao State, and led Lin Hu's remnants across the Yellow River to the Hetao area.

Here, Lin Hu's department encountered many enemies.

After wisely choosing to be a minister of Zhao State and gaining the support of Zhao State, the Linhu tribe first defeated Yiqu, and then joined forces with the Yuezhi, the sworn enemy of the Xiongnu tribe, to resist the threat of the Huns going south, and saved their lives. Such a lush habitat.

Decades have passed since then.

Today's Linhu tribe has become a powerful tribe with a population of more than [-], millions of livestock, and [-] people who control strings.

"Woooo!" On this morning, the horn was sounded in the king's tent of the Linhu tribe, and the chiefs of many tribes gathered in the king's tent.

The young King Lin Hu was sitting on the main seat with a big horse and a golden knife. His face had the roughness unique to the prairie people, a pair of small eyes sparkled, and the top of his head was bald and without any hair. With a small braid, it looked like a vulture that might pounce at any moment.

A patriarch stood up, cupped his hands towards King Lin Hu and said, "Respected King Lin Hu, I don't know why you summoned us here?"

King Lin Hu did not answer the patriarch's words immediately, but drank the milk wine in the horn cup in his hand first, then put down the horn cup heavily, and said in a muffled voice: "A month ago, The king of Zhao State sent someone to come and ordered me to go to Handan immediately for an audience, and to bring [-] fine horses, [-] head of cattle and sheep, and contribute [-] of the most valiant Linhu warriors! You say, this king should Promise him?"

There was an uproar in the big tent.

A young patriarch who seemed to be no more than 30 years old stood up and roared: "The king of Zhao must be crazy! Such a request has already exceeded the sum of the amount of tribute we have paid to Zhao in the past ten years!"

"That's right, we absolutely cannot agree to such an unreasonable request!"

King Lin Hu looked at the excited subordinates, with a sly smile on his rough face.

In fact, King Lin Hu exaggerated this figure by three times.

King Lin Hu stretched out his hand and made a downward gesture, and waited until the people in the big tent calmed down before saying, "That's right, it is impossible for me to agree to such an unreasonable request!"

"Okay! This is the king of our Linhu Division!"

"Wonderful! That's how it should be done!"

There was bursts of applause in the big tent.

King Lin Hu laughed loudly, drank another glass of kumiss, and then squinted his eyes and said, "Yes, this king rejected the people of Zhao, and rejected such an unreasonable request! So the king of Zhao was angry, and this king I just received the information that the King of Zhao sent a cavalry to attack our Linhu tribe!"

As soon as King Lin Hu said these words, there was a sudden silence in the big tent that was still very lively just now.

The patriarchs looked at me and I looked at you, and they all saw the dignified expressions on their faces.

This scene clearly dissatisfied the young King Lin Hu, and he snorted heavily: "Why, do you want to tell this king that the warriors of our Lin Hu tribe have already been scared by themselves before the enemy arrives? Are your hands and feet soft?"

There was another silence, and then a patriarch boldly said: "My lord, I heard that the Zhao country is the most powerful country in the Central Plains, and the soldiers in the Zhao country alone are stronger than our entire Linhu tribe." More population! Can we really defeat such an enemy?"

A gleam flashed in King Lin Hu's eyes, and he snorted coldly: "If the king of Zhao Guo sent an army of 40, then of course this king would not be so stupid to continue to fight against Zhao Guo! But now What this king wants to tell you is that Zhao Guo sent only [-] cavalry this time!"

"Ten thousand cavalry?" The patriarchs looked at each other, with shocked expressions on their faces.

Zhao Guoren actually only sent so few people over?

King Lin Hu slapped the table heavily, and shouted: "I know what you are afraid of, but Zhao Guo's failure to us has already happened decades ago! Now the Lin Hu Department has become stronger again , even stronger than before! Could it be that such a powerful Linhu tribe still can't give you the confidence to fight Zhao Guo?"

Another person boldly said: "Your Majesty, is what you said true? Zhao Guo really only sent [-] cavalry?"

King Lin Hu looked at the speaker coldly, until he looked down at the speaker, and then slowly said: "Is there a time when the king's words have not been fulfilled?"

After hearing King Lin Hu's words, many patriarchs became active again.

If Zhao Guo sent [-] or [-] troops, this battle would definitely be impossible to fight, but now Zhao Guo only sent [-] cavalry, the meaning is completely different.

King Lin Hu raised the ox horn cup in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "This king is ready to lead the elite soldiers to face these arrogant Zhao cavalry in person. After defeating this cavalry, this king will attack eastward into the territory of Zhao State. Occupy their cities and seize their wealth, food and women! Tell me now, is there anyone willing to join me in this great cause? If you are willing to go, let me drink this cup with me !"

Dozens of patriarchs raised their horn cups to King Lin Hu without hesitation: "For the victory of the Lin Hu people!"

Chapter 381 Li Mu enters the river (second update)

Li Mu was very excited.

Three days ago, Li Mu led [-] cavalry from Wuyuan County across the south of the Yellow River and entered the Hetao Plain.

If it's just fighting against the Linhu tribe, then there doesn't seem to be any reason to be too excited. After all, this is not the first time Li Mu has fought against these nomads.

But the problem is that this time Li Mu is the chief general of the ten thousand cavalry.

As the Lord will go to war in the future, the meaning is obviously very different.

You have to know that three years ago, Li Mu was just a small officer in Gaoquesai.

But now, three years later, Li Mu has become the general of the army commanding tens of thousands of cavalry.

Looking at the endless green grassland in front of him, Li Mu was very excited and happy, and he was full of expectations for the next battle.

According to what Li Mu's old boss, Pang Nuan, vaguely revealed when he met with Li Mu, in fact, there was some debate among Zhao Guo's senior management about letting a young general like Li Mu lead the army.

In the end, it was Zhao Dan, who is the monarch, who made the final decision in person, and that was why Li Mu had this opportunity.