Gu Xun quietly pulled the reins, stopped the horse, and after receiving the courtesy from Chen He, said goodbye, "Okay, I'm leaving. You go back to King Qi. After all, it's safest to have you by his side."
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Chen He clasped his hands and said goodbye, "Sir, take care."
"Hahaha..." Gu Xun smiled after hearing this, then turned his horse's head and rode away. He finally said a few words, "I hope we can meet again, let's go!"
Chen He stopped where he was, watching Gu Xunyuan quietly until the figure was completely invisible, then he left a word in his heart, turned back on his horse and chased the large army.
Then, I look forward to the next meeting with my husband.
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Zhao State, Yi'an Fei County, where the Qin army camped.
This is the camp of the Qin army and the place where the battle between Qin and Zhao ended.
On the battlefield, as far as the eye can see, there are endless soldiers, as well as blood and corpses all over the ground.
It looks tragic and bloody, but in fact this is the calmest and gentlest time on the battlefield, because the war is over, there is no main theme of fighting, and there is only silence.
Li Mu took advantage of Huanjue to mobilize the main army to march into Fei County, raided the Qin army's camp, raided Huanjue's lair, and forced Huanjue to return for reinforcements. He then led part of his army to block Huanjue's army head-on, and dispersed the main army to both sides to encircle him.
Attack the Qin army from a flank.
Huanjue was finally defeated, and his army of 100,000 collapsed and scattered.
Li Mu, who had increasingly gray hair on his temples, stood on his carriage and scanned the battlefield.
In such a battle, in which both sides combined nearly 200,000 troops, he actually couldn't see the battle situation with the naked eye - there were people everywhere. Even if they were dressed differently, he couldn't tell them apart. He still had to rely on messengers to convey military information.
Battle situation.
But the war is over now, and he is just relaxing.
At this time, his lieutenant—not Sima Shang, who was left in the north to guard against the foreign tribes in the north—came over to report:
"General, all the 100,000 troops of Huanjie's tribe have been defeated and fled. Huanjie fled under the protection of his own soldiers. We have arranged for troops to pursue him."
"Well..." Li Mu nodded slightly and ordered, "Give me the order. The army will rest for two days. After two days, it will rise and rush to Wu'an to garrison."
"The last general has received his order!" The deputy general saluted and accepted the order, then left.
Li Mu continued to look at the army that was cleaning the battlefield and reorganizing its formation, silently, his eyes full of solemnity and helplessness.
The Qin army's offensive came earlier and more fiercely than he expected. Although Huanjue's 100,000-strong army was defeated, there was still a more difficult Wang Jian outside the Taihang Mountains, watching him.
A soldier should not worry about victory but first worry about defeat.
Li Mu defeated Huan Jue, and he was confident of resisting Wang Jian, but the question is, how long can he last?
There is a feud between Yan and Zhao, and if Zhao is in trouble, Yan will only add insult to injury.
Although South Korea and Wei are so-called allies of the Three Jins, let alone whether the relationship is still good now, even if they are willing to help Zhao, they are powerless.
Not to mention Qi and Chu, the former stayed in a corner and ignored the disputes in other countries, while the latter... might deal with Qin, but they would never send troops to save Zhao. At most, they would just fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the situation.
How long can Zhao State compete with Qin State with its own strength?
When Li Mu thought of this, he couldn't help but shook his head, scolding South Korea for being such a pig teammate, sending good water conservancy talents to Qin...
Zheng Guoqu!
And the attitude of King Zhao... Li Mu felt that he was already on the edge of a cliff. If he made a mistake, he would be doomed!
"Zhao Guo, Zhao Guo..."
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Ten months later, Gu Xuncai returned to Xianyang City leisurely on horseback.
He didn't deliberately control his speed, he just insisted on not driving at night and didn't ride wildly.
In today's era, this speed is actually not too slow, but it is just a little slower than the speed he usually travels alone.
For example, Zhang Han has not returned to Xianyang yet, and it will probably take at least three to five days.
On the way, Gu Xun also heard the latest news about the battle between Qin and Zhao——
After Huanjie was defeated, Li Mu sent his troops south and garrisoned Wu'an for a generation, confronting Wang Jian across the Taihang Mountains.
Zhao Wangqian rewarded Li Mu with the title of Lord Wu'an for his merits.
Gu Xun shook his head when he heard this. This reward... is really unlucky!
Qin's response was to continue to send more troops to the border, obviously wanting to fight again.
The State of Zhao had no choice but to increase its troops to deal with it.
However, now that almost all the military strength of Zhao State is controlled by Li Mu, what will Zhao Wangqian think about the newly promoted King Wu'an of Zhao State?
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"I have met the Imperial Master."
Zhao Gao's feminine voice has always been recognizable, and Gu Xun can recognize it as soon as he listens to it.
Just like before, as soon as he returned to Xianyang, Gu Xun was found before he even had time to return home.
But this time, some people were obviously anxious and actually came out to find him in person.
Gu Xun looked at Zhao Gao with a smile, who tried his best to cover up but failed to suppress the gloom on his face. The smile at the corner of his mouth became more and more cheerful and wanton, "Hey, Zhao Fu Ling, why are you free to leave the palace today?"
Zhao Gao put on an ugly smile and responded coldly, "The Imperial Preceptor is joking. I was ordered by Your Majesty to invite the Imperial Preceptor to the palace to see you."
Gu Xun stood up and dismounted, wondering, "Your Majesty is looking for me, so you have to go quickly, but my horse..."
"...National Master, please rest assured, I will arrange for someone to take care of you."
"That's fine." Gu Xunyi snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "I'll trouble Zhao Mansion to keep it in the palace. I'll ask you for it when I need it."
"Hmm... I remember Zhao Fuling is in charge of... oh yes, in charge of carriages. Taking care of the horses is also considered as one's job."
"Haha!" Zhao Gao squeezed out a smile from between his teeth and refused to answer the question, "National Master, please hurry up."
After saying that, he headed towards Zhangtai Palace.
Seeing this, Gu Xun touched his horse, threw it where it was, and then chased after it.
After the two left, someone came quickly and took away Gu Xun's horse with an expressionless face.
Zhao Gao did not communicate with Gu Xun along the way, and hurried back to Ying Zheng's study in silence with a gloomy face.
Theoretically speaking, the flaw in the net this time was discovered by Gu Xun and made up for in time by Gu Xun. He should ease the relationship with Gu Xun so that the other party can say a few good words to Ying Zheng.
Zhao Gao is not a person who cannot lose face and bows to others, but he is very aware of Gu Xun's hostility and rejection of him.
This is not a relationship that can be repaired by just lowering his head and saying some nice words.
Unless...he is willing to spend money.
If there was him, I wouldn't mind smashing some, but unfortunately there isn't, or... it's not enough.
Since he couldn't do it anyway, he was too lazy to compromise with Gu Xunxu and maintain the superficial relationship.
Anyway, this mistake will not cause him to be abandoned by Ying Zheng, but he will need to be more careful in the future.
But it can never happen again.
He has served Ying Zheng for many years, and there is room for mistakes, but only this time.
