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A new sky appeared.

The sky was filled with yellow sand.

The beacon tower is burning brightly.

The camera zooms in and the Hun cavalry surges in like a black tide.

Suddenly, a horn sounded through the sky.

An army came to support, and a fierce battle ensued.

As the screen moves on, the narration slowly begins:

[In 260 BC, the flames of the Battle of Changping had just died down, and the blood of Zhao soldiers had dyed the Taihang Mountains red.]

[In the north of Zhao, another more brutal war had been going on for a hundred years.]

[The Xiongnu became an increasingly serious threat to Chinese civilization.]

[The rising nomadic peoples, relying on their cavalry advantage, came and went like the wind, making the northern states of the Warring States period suffer terribly.]

[Until a man appeared and changed this unequal fight. His name is Li Mu.]

【Li Mu is one of the four famous generals in the Warring States Period. 】

【He is not a prince or nobleman.】

【There is no such thing as Bai Qi’s reputation as a “human butcher.”】

[It is not like the legend of Lian Po who asked for forgiveness by carrying a thorn stick on his back. ]

[There is no such magnificent record of destroying other countries as Wang Jian did. ]

[But it was this man who was ridiculed by the Huns as a "cowardly general" who used ten years of forbearance to set up a game, and finally wiped out 100,000 cavalry with his infantry, creating the most brilliant counterattack in the era of cold weapons! ]

【Today, let us walk into the final glory of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period. 】

[Known as the Great Wall of the North - the life of Li Mu. 】

[Li Mu's early experience was mainly active in the northern border of Zhao State. ]

[When Li Mu took over the military order at Yanmen Pass in Dai County, he saw the hungry frontier troops in front of him and the precarious court behind him.]

[As a nomadic people in the north, the Xiongnu had highly mobile cavalry that could move as fast as the wind.]

[They often burned, killed, and looted the people living on the border of Zhao State, and the people living on the border were suffering terribly.]

[Although Zhao had sent troops to resist many times before, due to the Xiongnu's flexible tactics and the long border, it was extremely difficult to defend.]

[The Xiongnu cavalry came and went like the wind, but the Zhao army could not even muster 3,000 war horses.]

[For many years, the invasion of the Xiongnu has not been effectively curbed. ]

[Li Mu was ordered to guard the northern border of Zhao State in a time of crisis.]

[He knew that he could not defeat the Xiongnu by brute force alone, but had to develop an effective strategy.]

[The first military order issued by this young general was to "avoid war"! ]

[He demolished beacon towers, filled up wells, adopted a strategy of fortifying the city and clearing the fields, and ordered all people and livestock on the border to withdraw to the city to avoid being plundered by the Xiongnu.]

[Let the Huns plunder the empty city. ]

[When the Huns attack, we will not fight lightly, and will focus on defense. ]

[This made many Yanzhao warriors angry. ]

[Is our general a coward? This question lingers in the mind of every Zhao border soldier.]

[But in fact, this was a reasonable choice made by Li Mu under the circumstances of Zhao's limited national strength. ]

【Li Mu knew very well that Zhao had appointed him to come to the northern border.】

[Not to defeat the Huns.]

【It was to save costs so that Zhao could focus on resisting Qin. 】

[Especially in the context of the failure of the Battle of Changping, Zhao State really couldn't stand the turmoil and had to recuperate. ]

Outside the sky.

When Liu Xiu saw this, he recalled the rumors about the late Warring States Period that he had heard when he was in Hebei.

"Indeed, at that time, the State of Zhao had been at war for years and had suffered a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Changping."

"It can be said that nearly half of the male population has been lost."

"Under that circumstance, the State of Zhao could be said to be on the brink of extinction at any time."

"When Li Mu was guarding the northern border, he chose the method with the lowest cost, which was indeed very wise."

“Being able to make reasonable strategic decisions based on the country’s situation.”

“This is also powerful.”

……

[Of course, Li Mu was not just defending, but “sharpening his knife!”]

[Li Mu used the limited budget to build chariots and train crossbowmen.]

【Carry out strict training for the army to improve the combat quality of soldiers. 】

[Emphasis is placed on developing the cavalry's archery skills and their ability to coordinate combat.]

[It can be said that during the training period, Li Mu gradually accumulated new elite soldiers for the State of Zhao.]

【And in daily defensive operations. 】

【Li Mu dismantles the high-cost defense area.】

[Build fortresses and beacon towers in strategic locations to establish a new, more efficient and rigorous early warning system. ]

[Whenever the Huns attacked, the beacon tower would light up the signal smoke, and the soldiers would quickly enter the fortress and hold their ground, avoiding direct confrontation with the Huns.]

[The Xiongnu provoked him many times, but Li Mu did not take any action.]

[This made the Xiongnu think that Li Mu was timid and cowardly, calling him a coward. In addition, Li Mu's personal martial arts ability was extremely low, even worse than that of an ordinary soldier.]

[This made the Xiongnu people despise Li Mu even more.]

[Even the soldiers of Zhao State were dissatisfied with Li Mu's actions.]

[After the new King of Zhao ascended the throne, he also replaced Li Mu, who had little military merit. ]

[As a result, the successor was beaten badly when he arrived, the border defense system collapsed, the Huns plundered wantonly, and the people were unable to produce. ]

【So the King of Zhao transferred Li Mu back. 】【After returning, Li Mu had his own plans. 】

[He was waiting for the perfect opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the Xiongnu.]

[In this way, Li Mu held on for several years. Although there was no large-scale battle with the Xiongnu, the lives and property of the people on the border were protected to a certain extent.]

【Completed Zhao's grand strategy of resisting the Xiongnu at low cost.】

[So at this stage, although Li Mu is a good fighter but has no outstanding military achievements, if I were the King of Zhao. ]

【I will be satisfied.】

【After long-term preparation, Li Mu believes that the time for counterattack is ripe. 】

[He selected 1,300 chariots and 13,000 horses.]

[50,000 brave warriors who dare to charge into battle, and 100,000 soldiers who are good at shooting.]

[This army was the peak of Zhao after the Battle of Changping. ]

[These are also the elite troops saved by Li Mu's low-cost defense strategy over the years. ]

[In the cold winter of 234 BC, Li Mu suddenly opened the city gate! ]

[Afterwards, Li Mu deliberately ordered the people to drive a large number of livestock outside the city to graze, creating the illusion that Zhao's border defense was lax.]

[The Xiongnu saw this and indeed sent out a large number of cavalry to plunder.]

[Li Mu first sent a small group of troops to pretend to retreat, luring the main force of the Xiongnu to advance deeper.]

[The Xiongnu cavalry saw that the Zhao army was vulnerable, so they boldly pursued them.]

[When the main force of the Xiongnu entered the encirclement set by Li Mu, Li Mu gave an order and the Zhao army rushed out from all directions.]

[For a moment, war drums sounded and shouts of killing shook the sky. ]

[One thousand three hundred chariots formed an iron wall to block the front, and fifty thousand infantrymen holding long spears advanced like a forest! ]

[One hundred thousand crossbowmen are ready to fire their bows on the cliffs on both sides! ]

【Finally, it was the Zhao cavalry that cut off the Xiongnu's retreat.】

[The Xiongnu never understood until their death: Why did the Zhao army, who had fled at the sight of the enemy and dared not fight, suddenly turn into hell Shuras? ]

[The Zhao army, relying on its well-trained cavalry and carefully arranged formations, launched a huge and advantageous attack on the Xiongnu. ]

[The Xiongnu cavalry fell into chaos and were unable to organize an effective resistance, so they were defeated and fled.]

[In this battle, Li Mu commanded the Zhao army to defeat more than 100,000 Xiongnu cavalry, annihilated the Jianla, defeated the Donghu, and subdued the Linhu.]

[The Xiongnu Chanyu fled in panic.]

[More than ten years later, the Xiongnu never dared to approach the border of Zhao. Li Mu won the battle and successfully eliminated the Xiongnu's threat to the northern border of Zhao.]

[It created a favorable external environment for the stable development of Zhao State, allowing it to have spare energy to attack Yan State and resist Qin State. ]

[This battle not only demonstrated Li Mu's superb military command ability. ]

[It also became a classic example in ancient Chinese military history of defeating a larger force with a smaller one and achieving victory through defensive counterattack.]

[It even became a standardized template for the infantry units of the Central Plains dynasties to fight against the nomadic cavalry.]

[How do infantrymen counterattack cavalry? ]

[The answer is on Li Mu's chariot crossbow three-dimensional stranglehold tactical board! ]

[In the wars of thousands of years in later generations, whenever infantry ambushed cavalry, the shadow of this battle could be seen.]

……

See this epic battle that annihilated an army of 100,000 Huns.

The barrage masters, who are usually very strict, also cheered.

"The first infantry unit to completely wipe out a large cavalry regiment, so cool!"

"Mu used Zhao soldiers to defeat the Linhu, opened up a thousand miles of land, and drove away the Xiongnu."

"Chariot, cavalry and bow coordination, this set of fighting methods has been used for 2000 years!"

"I'm familiar with this. Isn't this how General Wei Qing fought in Mobei?"

"Meng Tian basically plays this way."

"Li Mu's ambush of the enemy may seem simple, but it is actually very difficult. Liu Bang and Emperor Wu of Han imitated it and tried to ambush them, but unfortunately they failed. "

"I didn't expect that Li Mu's condition was so bad at that time. I thought he had 20 elite soldiers, so he could defeat the Xiongnu."

"It is this kind of adversity that makes the God of War more powerful. "

Outside the sky.

Han Dynasty.

Huo Qubing stared at the sky without blinking, and praised: "This Li Mu is really amazing! He has been patient for many years, just for a single strike to win!"

"I've only heard that Li Mu is a famous general, but I've never learned about his specific deeds."

"After seeing it today, I found it is really amazing."

"However, if it were me, Huo Qubing, I would not have waited so long."

Zhao Po Nu came over and said with a smile: "General, this Li Mu is just like you, specializing in fighting the Xiongnu."

Huo Qubing raised his lips slightly, but still said:
"He plays a defensive counterattack, and I play a thousand-mile attack. They are different."

"However, ten years of forbearance finally resulted in a great victory."

“Although I also know that Li Mu has no choice but to endure it in the early stage, but if it were me, I really couldn’t endure it.”

And in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Liu Yu, who also used chariots to defeat the nomadic cavalry corps, also said:
"It's really amazing. Although the coordinated attack of chariots, cavalry and bows seems to be just simple common sense."

"But as a pioneer, Li Mu had already stood at the forefront at that time."

"Besides, even if you know how to fight, it is also a skill to be able to create the right fighter plane."

"It's just..." Liu Yu said lightly:

"Li Mu is too loyal."

"Too loyal to even save his own life." (End of this chapter)