The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 225 Negotiations collapsed, attack Qin? Attack Qi? (Three updates completed)

Li Ji said nothing and just looked at his son quietly.

Li Mu's expression gradually changed from sarcasm to solemnity, and then to horror.

"Apart from a matter of life and death, I really can't think of any other reason for the king to test your loyalty, a fool." Li Ji said calmly: "Oh, there is another possibility."

"What?" Li Mu asked anxiously.

He had great trust in his father's judgment, otherwise he would not have returned to Handan just based on a letter from his father when he was physically and mentally reluctant to do so.

Li Ji retracted his gaze and lay back on the rocking chair:

"The king has a dog head like yours."

Li Mu: "..."

"I have prepared the gifts for you. Take them to visit your great-father's descendants when you go to Qin this time. Others don't have to see them, but there is a boy named Li Xin who practices martial arts with the Crown Prince of Qin every day. You must see him and teach him some military tactics."

"Why? I am a general of Zhao. It is wrong for me to have secret dealings with Qin ministers. I also want to teach Qin people the art of war. Isn't this treason?"

"roll."

"……only."

This mission was quick and urgent. Less than five days after Li Mu returned to Handan, he set out on another journey.

A few days later, they arrived in Xianyang, Qin State.

Prince Chu of Qin received Li Mu at the Zhangtai Palace, which was used to receive foreign envoys.

Surrounded by Qin's civil and military officials, Li Mu showed no fear.

He spoke passionately and fiercely, as if he was saying that if you don't release our Chunping Marquis, our country will attack you.

Before Prince Chu of Qin expressed his opinion, the generals headed by the Four Dukes became unhappy, and each of them was even more aggressive than Li Mu.

They shouted "God damn it", "you son of a dog", "the adopted son of a maid", "that mother's son", and demanded that Li Mu quickly return to Zhao to fight them.

This time they want to bury the Zhao puppies whose height is not taller than the wheels!

Before coming, Li Mu did not understand when he heard the veteran general Lian Po explain the situation in person.

All your Qin soldiers are conserving water and building canals in Guanzhong. How can you have the confidence to fight a war with our country?

Even though he didn't understand, Li Mu didn't back down.

Just fight!
If I can’t beat those Hu dogs who ride horses faster than rabbits, then I can’t beat you Qin dogs?

Li Mu, who was anxious to return to Zhao to attack Qin, had no intention of meeting his fellow tribesmen.

My father said that Li Xin must see him, but no one else can see him.

Li Mu knocked on the door of the Xianyang residence of Li Chong, the governor of Longxi County, and asked to see Li Xin by name.

Li Chong was a civil servant, and all the other members of the Li family of Qin, except Li Xin, followed the path of civil servants.

Although he was unhappy, he did not show it on his face and brought Li Xin to see Li Mu in a cheerful manner.

The young man Li Xin came to Li Mu.

Li Mu only took a glance at Li Xin, then waved his hand and gave all the gifts that his father Li Ji had originally prepared for the entire Qin Li family in Xianyang to Li Xin.

The young Li Xin immediately took a liking to this strange uncle from the State of Zhao and wanted to adopt him as his fake father.

"Is there anything you don't understand about military strategy?" This was the first sentence Li Mu said to Li Xin. He strictly followed his father's teachings.

The Li clan member next to them was speechless.

Didn't Li Mu learn any etiquette at all? How shameful!
Li Xin was not speechless.

What young people hate most is etiquette, which they regard as red tape, and they like their uncle Zhao who speaks directly.

Li Xin, who was trained as a military commander while practicing martial arts with Qin Prince Zheng, immediately expressed his confusion.

He said one and Li Mu answered it.

What seemed like an impossible problem to the young boy was easier than drinking water to Li Mu.

Li Mu's talent in military affairs was the only thing that made Li Ji feel relieved.

In less than a moment, Li Mu explained in a simple and easy-to-understand way and solved all of Li Xin's difficult problems.

After confirming that there was really no problem with this nephew with average talent and a bit stupid, Li Mu left in a leisurely manner.

Return home!

Attack Qin!

Li Xin stood in front of two large carts of gifts, looking at the back of Li Mu, with whom he had been together for less than two moments, his eyes full of admiration.

What Li Mu said was much better than what those military commanders who taught him said. A few days later.

Li Mu rode at full speed, full of anger, back to Handan and went to find his father Li Ji first.

My father is not at home. He has gone out of Handan to enjoy the spring.

Li Mu couldn't find his father, so he went to the palace to meet the king.

In front of King Dan of Zhao, Li Mu was indignant and recounted the situation of Qin's aggressive, rude and abusive behavior.

One of his arms is disabled and he can't make a fist.

He stamped his feet heavily, lowered his head, and said in a heavy voice:

"Mu asks to attack Qin!"

King Dan of Zhao looked calm, as if the king who was insulted was not him.

Looking at Li Mu who had an angry face, a smile appeared on his face.

Before Li Mu came, Zhao Wangdan's spies told Zhao Wangdan that Li Mu returned home to see his father. Li Ji was out, so Li Mu rushed to see the king.

Zhao Wangdan was extremely satisfied with Li Mu's performance at this time.

"How do you plan to attack Qin?" King Dan of Zhao asked with a smile.

Li Mu had thought about it long before he came back, and said in a deep voice:

"We should unite all the nations and attack Qin together!"

"Is it not possible for our country to be one?"

"If it's just our country, we can only attack outside Hangu Pass at best. Hangu Pass is like a natural moat, easy to defend but difficult to attack. We can't get in with our country's strength. If we can only attack outside Hangu Pass...it's better not to fight, because we can't defend it."

King Dan of Zhao gave the order.

Summon Xinping Jun Lian Po, Wuxiang Jun Le Cheng, clan general Zhao Cong... a total of 16 Zhao generals entered the palace to discuss politics - to attack Qin!
Half a minute later, seventeen Zhao generals including Li Mu reached a consensus.

If we cannot unite the various countries and break into Hangu Pass, there is no need to discuss attacking Qin.

Even if all the land of Qin outside Hangu Pass was occupied.

Without the strategic passes and high hills, if Qin really ignored flood control and forced troops to withdraw, it would not be able to hold the city.

Qin's Hangu Pass was too advantageous.

There is Hangu Pass.

The Qin army could attack when advancing and defend when retreating.

The Zhao army could neither advance nor retreat.

The benefits gained from this war are far less than the cost, and in terms of physical value, it should never have been fought.

If we have to fight, it is to fight for the dignity of the country, which is what people often say is to fight for one's dignity.

King Dan of Zhao did not want to fight for this, and he had never intended to attack Qin.

He was just trying to gauge Qin's attitude by taking the opportunity to pick up his son Zhao Yi.

The Qin State learned from Lin Yi that King Dan of Zhao was seriously ill and dying, which was deliberately conveyed by him, but they only detained Zhao Yi and had no intention of attacking.

King Dan of Zhao concluded that the Qin State really had no extra troops.

Then... Zhao Wangdan glanced at the generals:

"In the current situation, if a country is not getting stronger, it will become weaker.

"Our country has been recuperating for two years. Although our military strength is still insufficient, if we continue to remain complacent, we will be waiting for death!

"Development is never as fast as plunder!
"Li Mu, if I attack, can you hold the border counties steady?"

Li Mu responded generously:

"There are only great victories in Yanmen, no great defeats!"

King Dan of Zhao shouted "Cheers" and pointed to the easternmost State of Qi on the map of the Central Plains on the table:
"Wei and Chu attacked Qi, and Qi was defeated step by step. Some time ago, it even asked our country for help.

"Has Qi forgotten that during the Battle of Changping and the Battle of Handan, we just sat back and watched, allowing Qin to attack us?
"Gentlemen, how about attacking Qi?!"

As the prime minister and the first general of Zhao State, the veteran general Lian Po always focused on the overall situation of the Central Plains and replied in a deep voice:
"Can.

“We can beat them, and we can defend them.

“The difficulty in attacking Qi is not in Qi, but in this!”

The veteran pointed and focused on the map.

(End of this chapter)