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Chapter 436 Qin Wangzheng: The captain of the guard army also understands the way of kingship?
Chapter 436 Qin Wangzheng: The captain of the guard army also understands the way of kingship?
Fanwu, Zhao Jun camp.
Li Mu looked at the sand table in front of him. At this moment, even with his wisdom, he could only feel a deep sense of powerlessness. The so-called powerlessness probably meant this feeling.
Wang Jian defended the front line of Fanwu according to the momentum of the mountains and rivers. The flawless defense made it impossible for Zhao Jun to find an opportunity to break through. During this period of time, Li Mu's pain can be imagined.
He was originally one of the most attacking generals in the world, but Wang Jian was the most stable general in the world. If the two fought against each other, it was still unknown which one was stronger, Li Mu or Wang Jian.
In particular, Wang Jian didn't seek victory at all, but only wanted to hold back Zhao Jun, which made Li Mu and his army even more helpless.
When Li Mu was at a loss, an envoy from the State of Zhao appeared in the barracks.
Looking at Yan Ju who came here with the imperial edict, Li Mu had a vague premonition in his heart and asked, "Did an accident happen on the southern line?"
"At the Great Wall in the south, the Qin army's offensive is getting more and more fierce. The king and the queen mother intend to ask the general to lead troops back to help the south." Yan Ju said.
"What about the Northern Territory?" Li Mu asked in surprise, the last thing he wanted to see happened, and the Northern Territory was about to become something that people in Zhao Du thought they could give up.
"The northern border has been completely blocked by the Qin army, and you are blocked by the Qin army under Wang Jian, General. It is no longer worth saving, but the southern border is different. Once the Qin army breaks through the Great Wall of the southern border, they can come to the capital of Zhao in three days. General, you should know what it will mean for Zhao if such a situation occurs." Yan Ju said his own reason, which is also the reason Guo Kai and others told him.
"What you said is not unreasonable, but the northern border is also very important to the Zhao country. If it falls into Qin's hands with a population of one million and 20 soldiers, the consequences will be disastrous." Li Mu said, if possible, the northern border must not be given up. Moreover, Li Mu still failed to say the last reason.
"General, to say something that may be offensive, the three counties in the northern border are lost, and the State of Zhao still exists, but if the capital of Zhao is captured by the Qin army, is the State of Zhao still the State of Zhao?" Yan Ju lowered his voice.
"You?" Li Mu couldn't help glaring at Yan Ju when he heard the words, what kind of stupid words were he talking about.
"General, at this time, it is an indisputable fact that Qin's national power is stronger than ours. Zhao Guo really can't afford to fight Qin on the third front. What we can do now is to exchange territory for time, use the time gained to recuperate, and shrink the defense line, so that we can protect Zhao from Qin's next attack." Yan Judao.
"Giving up the three counties in this territory is of great importance, and it cannot be decided lightly. Let me think about it, let me think about it." Li Mu pondered, feeling a dilemma for a while.
In the current situation, Li Mu certainly knew that the three northern counties were beyond salvation, but the three northern counties were not only the three northern counties of Zhao State, but also the three northern counties with [-] border riders under his command.
Once such an existence of military spirit collapses, an army will be finished. If this matter cannot be handled well, Zhao Guobian will be finished riding this strong army.
"Is the general worried about the morale of the army?" Yan Ju asked. Although he is not a famous general, he is still a qualified general. He can see the most difficult problem in the matter of giving up the three counties in the northern border.
"How can you not be worried?" Li Muchang sighed, manpower has its limit, but under the general situation of Huanghuang, the power of one person is so small.
"The queen mother and the king don't hesitate to reward, and if the general comes forward to appease, the soldiers who want to ride along can understand the difficulties of the country." Yan Ju said.
"But who can understand their difficulties?" Li Mu said.
"General, there is news from the northern border." Just when Yan Ju was about to say something, Sima Shang, who had always been Li Mu's deputy general, walked into the big tent with a roll of bamboo slips.
"I'm afraid it's not good news, is it?" Li Mu said with a lack of interest. It was really hard to expect any good news about the intelligence of the three northern counties.
"It's hard to define." Sima Shang also smiled wryly.
Qin Jun intends to truce in the northern border. Such a thing seems to be good, and it gave Zhao Jun a chance, but that is only superficial. Who would really regard Qin Jun's move as a good intention?
Looking at the bamboo slips that Sima Shang handed over, Li Mu also had a wry smile on his face, and finally all his thoughts turned into a sigh, and said: "The three counties in the northern border are no longer owned by the Zhao Kingdom."
In Shanzhi City of Yanmen County, Li Qi, who was the sheriff, called his subordinates and representatives of Yanmen counties to the sheriff's mansion after what seemed like a few days.
"The Qin army intends to truce. With the harvest of the three counties in the whole north, you should already know about it?" Li Qi, who was sitting on the main seat, said straight to the point.
"I heard it." Li Qi's voice fell, and the county Wei Shi from Shuo County responded fiercely.
"I have heard about it," the rest of the people, such as the captain of Yanmen County and the master of Mayi, also echoed.
"Do you think we should accept Qin Jun's kindness and accept the truce?" Li Qi looked at everyone and asked.
"My lord, this is definitely a conspiracy of the Qin army. Once the army disperses, it will be troublesome to raise it again. If the Qin army takes advantage of the situation to attack, how can we resist it?" Li Qi's voice just fell.
The rest of the people subconsciously turned their eyes back to Li Qi and Shi Meng. They were all from the three counties in the northern border, and they were naturally well aware of their relationship with each other.
Shuo County is the real big county in Yanmen County, with a household registration of ten thousand households, ten thousand households, not ten thousand people. Regardless of the military value of guarding against the northern wolves, Shuo County is more important in Yanmen County than Shanzhi County. It can be said that among the three counties in the north, Shuo County is the second largest county after Dai County. Although Shi Meng is only a county lieutenant, his status in Yanmen County cannot be underestimated because of Shuo County's relationship.
Moreover, there is another layer of relationship with Shi Meng, which makes him have a high status in Yanmen County. He is the real confidant of Li Qi, the governor of the county.
When Shi Meng said such words at this time, the rest of them had to consider whether those words were said by Shi Meng, or whether they were inspired by Li Qi behind his back.
Whether to accept Qin's proposal for a truce involves the survival of the entire three northern counties, and they dare not express their views lightly.
"But the Qin army's proposal for a truce is also what we need. If this year's harvest is delayed because of us, so that the people of the three northern counties will suffer from food shortages in the coming year, how should we face the people of the three northern counties?" Just when everyone was guessing Li Qi's real thoughts, Li Qi had already opened his mouth.
what is happening?Could it be that the governor of the county intends to accept the Qin army's proposal for a truce?However, if this is the case, then what happened to Shi Meng's words just now?
"I really can't bear to see the people of the three counties in the north suffer bad luck because of this." Li Qi said with compassion.
"My lord?" Shi Meng looked at Li Qi with a look of emotion on his face, as if he was really moved by Li Qi's persuasion.
"My lord, I have met Yang Ming before. He doesn't look like a sinister and cunning person. At this time, he proposed a truce, maybe it was really out of benevolence and righteousness." Master Ma Yi, who had gradually understood from the conversation between Li Qi and Shi Meng, said.
The three northern counties are within Zhao State, and have their own bureaucratic operating system that is semi-independent from the capital of Zhao. In addition, because they are border counties, most of the officials in the three northern counties, even civilian ones, come from the army.
Now, most of the officials in the three counties in the north participated in the battle against the wolves in Yanmen ten years ago. Although there were 10 Zhao troops at that time, Yang Ming's presence was too dazzling. Therefore, at this time, most of the officials in the three counties in the north had met Yang Ming, even though Yang Ming didn't know them.
Therefore, when Li Qi showed some intention, these officials were not willing to believe in Yang Ming's sincerity in the truce without any burden.
"Since you have no objection, then this matter is settled. We accept the Qin army's proposal for a truce." Li Qi finally said with a final word.
"No." Amidst all the voices, the matter was finally settled.
Qin State, in Xianyang Palace, Qin Wangzheng looked at the information Zhao Gao sent through the net, with a curious look in his eyes, the truce and the harvest, the connection between these two things is really mysterious.
"Zhao Gao, what do you think is the real intention of the captain of the guard army?" Qin Wangzheng asked Zhao Gao.
"Back to the king, the villain thinks that Yang Hujun wants to use this method to let the Zhao army disperse by itself, and then take advantage of the attack to capture the Yanmen cities." Facing Qin Wangzheng's question, Zhao Gao replied carefully.
"Han Qing, what do you think?" Regarding Zhao Gao's answer, Qin Wangzheng did not express his opinion, but threw the question to Han Fei who was summoned into the palace by him today.
"As the saying goes, soldiers never tire of deceit, and Yang Hujun is a man who is proficient in the art of war. Obviously, his real purpose should be as Zhao Zhongche's government order said." Han Fei, who had a deep opinion of Yang Ming because of the Honglian incident, was naturally unwilling to speak well of Yang Ming.
"Sir, what do you think?" Qin Wangzheng still did not express his opinion, but asked Gai Nie again.
"Yang Hujun's actions should only be for the livelihood of the people in the three northern counties of Zhao State. With his ability, he does not need to use such a perilous conspiracy to capture Yanmen and Yunzhong. If Qin's credibility collapses in the three northern counties, it will be very troublesome to restore it. Yang Hujun should be very clear about this." In Gai Nie's mouth, he said a different answer from Zhao Gao and Han Fei.
"Zhao Gao, you are good at making intrigues, and others are the same. Han Qing, you slandered the captain of the guarding army because of your private affairs. This is not a gentleman's action, but because you know the captain of the guarding army better." Qin Wangzheng finally judged the answers of the three people.
"Speaking of which, I was a little surprised by the action of the captain of the guarding army. I always thought that the captain of the guarding army was only good at military tactics, but I never thought that he was also good at Confucian kingly methods." Qin Wangzheng praised.
Hearing this, Han Fei felt a little worried. Although because of his sister, he was very dissatisfied with Yang Ming, who obviously couldn't marry Honglian, but insisted on hooking up with Honglian, but that was just out of the mind of a "big brother". Before Honglian had recognized the fact of Yang Ming, even if Han Fei had a lot of dissatisfaction, it was because Yang Ming could live a better life, not because of any accidents that made Honglian sad.
Therefore, although his words just now were out of malice towards Yang Ming, they were also meant to protect Yang Ming at a deeper level.
The art of kingship is not something everyone can use. A general who can win battles and win the hearts of the people may not be a perfect general for a king.
(End of this chapter)