Chapter 773 The problem lies with the Great Wall Army itself
The Zhao army captured Haocheng and Lord Haocheng surrendered, marking the official demise of the Haocheng Kingdom that had been passed down for hundreds of years.
As for whether Zhao State will support the new puppet regime or establish counties and counties to govern, Li Mu will not be responsible.
He only needs to pass the news to the court, and the court will naturally handle it.
Early the next morning, Li Mu was practicing martial arts in the yard when Sima Shang suddenly came over and asked, "General, when should we leave?"
"No rush, wait a few days." Li Mu put away his gun and waved his hand. The news of the defeat on the front line had already reached Haocheng. Gao Yi and Jizi Chaoshan should also know about it. In this case, there is no need for Zhao Jun
To seize the time, it is better to take a good rest.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Li Mu said strangely when he saw Sima Shang hesitated to speak.
"General, you'd better go and take a look. There are many young women surrounding the military camp, and some even take the initiative to hold our soldiers' hands. If this continues, our soldiers will be unable to hold them back sooner or later," Sima Shang said.
The Zhao army had been on the campaign for several months, and the sows were competing with Diao Chan. What's more, many of these women were from noble families and were specially dressed up.
"...I have heard that some barbarians have the custom of borrowing seeds...I didn't expect that Haoqiu also has it." Li Mu walked outside slowly.
"Borrowing seeds?" Sima Shang asked curiously.
"Yes, because we in the Central Plains are so tall and majestic, the barbarians want to borrow our seeds to improve their genes. They will also love the children they give birth to as their own children and raise them. There are even some men.
He would also let his wife sleep with other men, just to borrow seeds. People from the Chamber of Commerce said that we Central Plains people are hot commodities among the barbarians, and women will sell them wherever we go. But I have only heard in the past that this
This is the first time I’ve seen it.” Li Mu said with a smile.
"That's not possible. How can I, the Zhao people, lend my seed to these barbarians?" After hearing this, Sima Shang's face suddenly turned livid, and he said extremely angrily, "The general will send people over right away to drive away all these coquettish bitches.
, actually dare to covet the seed of my country, Zhao."
Li Mu quickly grabbed Sima Shang and said, "Yu Qi is different from those barbarians. This is not only their borrowing, but also the assimilation of our Zhao country to them. It is a good thing for our Zhao country. And if you stop it, all the soldiers will be against you."
You have complaints."
"What should we do?" Sima Shang stopped.
"Why do we care so much about things that are consensual between men and women? The soldiers have been fighting for so long and their spirits have been tense. It's time to relax. Let me tell you that I will give them three days of leave. After three days,
All return to the military camp." Li Mu looked outside the military camp and saw that there were indeed many women surrounding him.
The Great Wall Army stood in the barracks and talked with the woman. It could be seen that these young men were really hungry and thirsty, and their eyes were almost red.
But even so, no one walked out of the barracks in violation of military discipline or let these women in.
"Then go and tell them the good news." Sima Shang said.
Soon, the entire military camp erupted in earth-shattering cheers.
Three days later, Zhao Jun regrouped. Not only did everyone not feel depressed, but they were all in high spirits and even rushed much faster.
In just five days, we arrived in Gaoyi.
Just when the Zhao army was about to attack the city, Minister Gao Yi opened the city gate and sent the tied up Lord Gao Yi to the Zhao army.
"The country of Yi and Di accidentally offended the Kingdom of Heaven. It was all because of Hun Jun's order. We were just following orders. Now we have arrested Hun Jun. Whether to kill or behead him depends on the general's decision. I just hope that the general can let him go.
I, the people of Gaoyi." Several Gaoyi ministers knelt on the ground and said sadly.
"The king is not the one who subjugates the country, but the ministers who actually subjugate the country." Lord Gao Yi pointed at a group of ministers and cursed.
"Captured them all." Li Mu glanced at Minister Gao Yi with disdain. A seller seeking glory could be said to be thinking about the people of the country. It's really shameless.
"We have handed over the Hunjun to the State of Zhao, so why does the general want to arrest us?" Minister Gao Yi asked quickly.
"This is a bunch of sellers who are seeking glory, drag them out and kill them all," Li Mu said disdainfully.
"Don't kill me. I have money. I can give all the money to the general." Minister Gao Yi said quickly.
The Great Wall Army dragged him out without explanation, and soon, several heads were presented.
"Throw it out and feed it to the dogs." Li Mu waved his hand and said impatiently.
After experiencing the surrender of Gao and Yi, the Zhao army relaxed a lot. It seems that Zhao's deterrence is still very strong. As soon as the troops came to the city, the king and ministers rushed to surrender.
I think it shouldn't be too difficult to make the remaining Jizi North Korea.
But Jizi North Korea's resistance exceeded Zhao Jun's expectations.
Jizi North Korea first took over the tribes of Haoqian who were dissatisfied with the Zhao State, and stationed 30,000 troops at the border to garrison, but were defeated by the Zhao army.
An additional 50,000 troops were stationed outside Wangjian City to counter the Zhao army.
After Zhao Jun arrived at Wangjian City, Jizi's North Korean army took advantage of Zhao Jun's unsteady footing and took the initiative to attack. As a result, Zhao Jun was defeated. The 50,000-strong army was almost completely lost, and only a few thousand remnant troops fled back to the city.
The Zhao army took advantage of the situation to attack Wangjian City. Three days later, they defeated Wangjian City and captured Jizi, the king of Korea.
With the destruction of Jizi Korea, surging auras came from the bodies of the Great Wall Army, as if they were about to break through some kind of shackles, but after a few breaths, all the auras disappeared.
"Still failed?" Li Mu's face became extremely pale.
The reason why he went north to defeat Sushen and went south to destroy Haoqi, Gaoyi, and Jizi Korea was not only because the four countries sent troops to support Donghu, but also had another very important reason, which was to restore the Great Wall Army to its peak.
Facts have proved that this method is indeed effective. During the battle, the Great Wall Army did experience some kind of fluctuations, which had never happened before.
But apart from the fluctuations, Li Mu did not feel any other changes. He had no military spirit, no talent, and even his physical fitness had not become stronger.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I think the barbarians have not been killed enough." Sima Shang said to Li Mu.
"Tomorrow I will go north to destroy Su Shen!" Li Mu said in a deep voice. The Great Wall Army was his hard work for half his life.
It is also because of him that the Great Wall Army became what it is now. If he cannot help the Great Wall Army regain its strength, he will live in self-blame for the rest of his life.
"Aren't there still a few barbarians in the south? Why not just kill them?" Sima Shang said.
"You mean Chen State, Gai State and Ma Han?" Li Mu said.
"That's right. Beating the children on a rainy day is just free time. It's easy to do anyway." Sima Shang said.
"Then go south first, and then go north." Li Mu said in a deep voice. As long as the Great Wall Army could recover, he would not mind attacking these barbarians.
In other words, from beginning to end, he never treated these barbarians as human beings!
"I don't know what happened to General Qin Kai, or whether he killed Ding Ling, but we destroyed four countries in a row." Sima Shang said with a smile.
"With Zhao Fei riding here, Ding Ling won't be able to escape even if he runs away. If nothing else happens, he won't be able to see Ding Ling in the future." Li Mu said, he was still very confident in Qin Kai's strength.
At this moment, Qin Kai is doing the final finishing work.
The battle went smoothly without any accidents.
Ding Ling never thought that Zhao Jun would appear on the grassland thousands of miles away and start a decisive battle with them.
With the elite Zhao army on one side and the unprepared Ding Ling tribe with old, weak, women and children mixed together, the result can be imagined.
If it were before, the Ding Ling people couldn't beat them, but at least they could still run away.
However, Zhao State spent several years to explore the distribution of various tribes in Ding Ling, and also spent a high price to hire some "guides". Facts have proved that the role of guides is huge.
In the spring, Ding Ling's horses had not yet fattened up, and the cattle and sheep were about to give birth, so they could not outrun the Zhao army. Under the leadership of their guides, the Zhao army destroyed the Ding Ling tribes one after another, and finally only King Ding Ling remained.
King Ding Ling did not engage in a decisive battle with the Zhao army like the Huns, but wisely fled far north. Finally, he was caught up by Zhao Feiqi and captured by Zhao Feiqi on the banks of Beihai Lake.
"From now on, the entire grassland will be the horse farm of our Zhao Kingdom." Yan Ju handed King Ding Ling to Qin Kai and said with a smile.
"Your servant will be so worried that he can't sleep at night." Qin Kai also made a rare joke. After killing Ding Ling, he was in a good mood.
Although he knew that at his age, it would be difficult for him to have the opportunity to lead troops in battle, but he was very satisfied with this battle.
"Hahaha, the whole Zhao Kingdom is happy, only the servant is sighing." Yan Ju said.
"Send the order and prepare to return." Qin Kai said.
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In Handan, the slanderous newspapers had just spread the news that Li Mu had destroyed Donghu and Ping Sushen. The whole country of Zhao was celebrating, and everyone was happy for the prosperity of Zhao.
However, at this time, someone always stood up at an inappropriate time and accused Zhao Kuo of launching an unjust war. He should not wage war against the barbarians, but should use rituals and music to influence them.
Zhao Kuo was not angry at such people. Instead, he sent someone to pick them up, provide him with delicious food and drink, and then send them to Donghu and Sushen to convert the local barbarians.
"Your Majesty, there is a letter from General Qin Kai. They have completely defeated Ding Ling and are leading them back." In the palace, Zhao Kuo was teasing his daughter when Liu Ping suddenly walked in.
"Inform the ministers of the court to discuss the matter." Zhao Kuo handed his daughter to the maid, got up and walked towards the main hall.
As soon as Zhao Kuo walked to the main hall, another message came over, Li Mu pacified Jizi North Korea.
"I just ordered him to lead the troops to pacify Donghu. Now it's better. He has pacified four countries for me." Zhao Kuo opened the letter and saw Li Mu explaining the situation of the Great Wall Army at the end, and his eyes gradually became deeper.
"First of all, there is definitely no problem with the strength of the Great Wall Army, and it has definitely reached the standards of the Army Soul Legion. Secondly, the Great Wall Army's inability to recover its strength definitely has nothing to do with the so-called Kunlun God. It might have been related at first, but it definitely has nothing to do with it now. God Kunlun made it clear.
It is just a product of Xiongnu sacrifices and may cause backlash to the Great Wall Army, but it will definitely not affect it for so long.
Not to mention the God of Kunlun, even if the Huns are gone! Even if it exists, it cannot be the opponent of the Great Wall Army. Li Mudu killed the God of Kunlun with a knife back then, let alone now. Therefore, the problem of the Great Wall Army arises in
...on myself!" Zhao Kuo frowned.
"But it's wrong. If this is true, Li Mu must have discovered it before me." Zhao Kuo was a little confused. He was a master of military training, but he never thought that his real ability was stronger than Li Mu. Logically speaking, he had discovered this problem.
, Li Mu must have discovered it a long time ago, "Could it be that the authorities are confused and the bystanders are clear?"
"Then what is the reason for the fluctuations in the process of exterminating the Hu? Mental fluctuations? The military spirit army needs a common belief. The belief of the Great Wall Army is to exterminate the Hu. Therefore, every time a Hu country is destroyed, the Great Wall Army will have mental fluctuations.
It caused the aura to rise. The reason why it failed to recover was because... the mental stimulation was not enough. In other words, the soldiers subconsciously believed that they could not recover their strength."
Zhao Kuo's eyes became brighter and brighter. He seemed to have discovered the reason why the Great Wall Army had not been able to regain its strength. However, he could not guarantee whether this was the case. He still needed to experiment.
"Prepare the ritual vessels for sacrifice to heaven and earth according to the highest level of preparation." Zhao Kuo said to Liu Ping.
"Do you want to inform the people in the city?" Liu Ping asked. When the country wins a war, it usually holds sacrifices to tell God and ancestors that your descendants are going to be successful.
"Why inform the people in the city? Send it to Li Mu and tell him to pacify all the barbarians in the north. When he is ready to return to the country, he will erect a monument there, build an altar, and hold sacrifices to heaven." Zhao Kuo said.
"Ah?" Liu Ping looked at Zhao Kuo in shock. The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was all held by the monarch. No minister could ever offer sacrifices to heaven on behalf of the monarch.
"The important affairs of the country include military service and sacrifice. They cannot be borrowed from others. Please take back the order." Liu Ping knelt on the ground and said.
Rong and sacrifice represent the two supreme rights of the king. One is the right to communicate with heaven and earth, which is sacrifice, and the other is the right to command the world, which is the army.
This is something that ministers must never get involved in.
It is also something that a monarch must never leave to his ministers.
"I trust Li Mu. This matter is related to whether our Zhao country can have an extra military soul army. My uncle can arrange it." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said. He never believed that the most important thing in the country is sacrifice. There are many more important things than sacrifice. However,
Sacrifice was very popular in this era, and he had no intention of competing with Liu Ping.
He knew that Liu Ping was also thinking about himself.
"No." Seeing Zhao Kuo insisting, Liu Ping said nothing more.
"Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty."
At this time, Xunzi and Yu Xin came hand in hand.
"Xun Qing, Prime Minister, please take a seat." Zhao Kuo said.
"Your Majesty."
Soon, Wei Wuji and Wei Qi also entered the palace.
This was one of the few court gatherings that Wei Qi attended. In the past, not to mention the ordinary small court gatherings, Wei Qi rarely attended even the big court gatherings during the Chinese New Year.
Throughout the year, he spent most of his time outside building roads and spent very few days in Handan.
After the Wei State experienced many setbacks, Wei Qi's edges were smoothed. Although he held a high and powerful position, he rarely participated in the discussions of government affairs. He only silently led the construction team after receiving orders from the court.
This time, after the main official roads in the four counties of Huaibei were laid, Wei Qi returned to Handan to rest for a while. What he didn't know was that a big job would be handed over to him soon.
