I’m The King Chapter 277: :dejected

;The battle in Green Sea has come to an end, the Qin army began to clean up the battlefield, and the main generals of all ministries gathered in front of Li Xin to listen to the next deployment.

"The whole army rests for a day, and then returns to the same route to assist Hangu Pass." Li Xin's order is extremely simple.

"General, why don't we directly march into Dai Commandery and force Zhao Mu to withdraw from Hanguan Valley? This way the distance will be shorter. Dai Commandery is the territory of Gong Zilan, and I heard that his friendship with Gong Zilan is irreversible." Mingbu asked with some puzzlement.

Li Xin smiled, glanced at him, and said calmly: "It's very simple, because Zhao Guo can live without Dai Commandery, but we can't live without Hangu Pass. When we attack Dai Commandery, Zhao Muli won't bother, Zhao Muli will What kind of person is Mu? How can he be a person who abandons official duties because of personal friendship. He will only attack Hangu Pass even more crazily. General Yingteng's troops won't last long. It should be on the way to Hangu Pass."

Wang Xiao said dissatisfiedly: "General, when you send troops, you should persuade the king to give up this idea. If the king appears at Hangu Pass, Zhao Mu will definitely go crazy. A gentleman does not stand on the dangerous hall. Your Majesty's doing this is completely disregarding the country and the country."

"It's useless." Li Xin said with a smile: "You don't know the temper of our king? Besides, the king will only go when Hangu Pass is really in danger. Under the king's encouragement, Hangu Pass can wait for our support, and General Yingteng should make arrangements, even if something happens at Hangu Pass, the king will be fine."

"I hope so!" Wang Xiao exhaled.

Li Xin looked around at the generals, "Hurry up and take a rest, leave camp tomorrow, and then go back as fast as possible."

The Qin and Zhao borders, Hangu Pass, the two armies have been fighting for half a month. Unlike the one-sided battle on the grassland, the opposing sides here are evenly matched. Although the Qin army is small, there are strong cities to rely on , and the Zhao army had an overwhelming advantage in numbers. After half a month of hard work, the two wings of Hangu Pass were leveled, and the two fortresses of Changfeng had already been razed to the ground by the Zhao army. None of the Qin troops stationed inside survived. , the two sides fought fiercely day by day, Zhao Mu finally relied on the superiority in numbers, forced the Qin army into the city with a war of attrition.

Right now, the two armies are at Hangu Pass, and they have completely lost the splendor of famous generals in the world. They are adopting the most barbaric fighting style. The other, however, relied on the dangerous fortress that had been in operation for many years and carried it hard. Hangu Pass was not only an important passage for the Qin army to send troops to the Central Plains, but also a key fortress for them to protect the Qin State.

It's another day of fierce battles, closed and closed, dead bodies piled up, Zhao Jun has retreated for a long time, but on the battlefield, the beacon fire has not been extinguished for a long time, and the peeling burning is accompanied by wisps of green smoke , reflecting the red sunset that has gradually set, adding a few tragic colors.

From Zhao Mu's discovery of the truth to the launch of the attack on Hangu Pass, although it took less than a month, Zhao Mu looked much older. The fierce battle of more than ten days, for Zhao Mu, It is also a kind of torment. His opponent is not a mediocre person, but Ying Teng, who has fought against him many times. The two people know each other too well, so that they can't hide from the opponent with any tricks, except for fighting hard. In addition, Zhao Mu couldn't think of any other way at all for a while, and facing the strong city, his troop loss was much more than that of his opponent.

Beside his big case, sitting Zhao Guo's Prime Minister, Gong Zilan, is the same as Zhao Mu, he looks older than Zhao Mu, and now he can't care about Daijun.

"Zhao Mu, how many soldiers are there in Yingteng's hands?" Zi Lan looked at Zhao Mu and asked, Zi Lan didn't quite understand the battle between the two armies. When the Zhao army attacked, he felt that the Qin army had not decreased.

"The black-armored infantry in Yingteng's hands is less than 5,000 at most!" Zhao Mu sighed, "The black-armored infantry is the most important army guarding Xianyang, the personal soldiers of King Qin Wulie. It has always been taken by the King of Qin, but this time, King Wulie of Qin handed him over to Ying Teng, and he trusts this old guy very much."

Gong Zilan smiled bitterly, "Yingteng is his uncle, and he was a staunch supporter during the process of King Qin Wulie's ascension to the throne. Of course he would trust him. What surprised me the most was that King Qin Wulie dared to take the two It takes a lot of courage to entrust an army of 100,000 to Li Xin, a general with a foreign surname. Do you have full command?"

Zhao Mu was silent for a long while, "So, now that the state of Qin is booming, it has become a problem for all forces in the Central Plains. King Qin Wulie is a true hero."

"The hero of the Qin people is our dream!" Gong Zilan stood up, "Zhao Mu, took down Hangu Pass, went straight to Xianyang, and killed King Qin Wulie before Li Xin came back. Once King Qin Wulie died, The state of Qin is bound to be in chaos, and at that time our state of Zhao will become the overlord of the world."

"Do you think I don't want to?" Zhao Mu was upset, "But I have to defeat the old guy Yingteng before I can say that. Zilan, you have to go back to Handan immediately and tell the king, and the kingdoms Form an alliance, and ask all countries to send reinforcements, otherwise, even if I take down Hangu Pass, when I attack Xianyang, I will bump into Li Xin's returning army, and we will still fail at that time."

"The king is not a fool, he must have already done this." Zi Lan said.

"But you still have to go back. You are here with me. What else can you do except get angry? You are the Prime Minister of Zhao Guoguo. At this moment, you should stay in Handan and help deal with state affairs." Zhao Mu waved his hand. "Brother Zilan, I know you have resentment in your heart, but state affairs are the most important thing!"

Zi Lan smiled wryly, "I'm afraid the more it is at this time, the more the king will not want to see me in Handan!"

"Brother Zilan!" Zhao Mu raised his voice, "What time is it, you are still talking about this, what good is it for the country?"

"Okay, okay! I'll go back!" Gong Zilan stood up, "Zhao Mu, Hangu Pass is up to you, if you can take it, the situation will be reversed, if you can't take it, the next day Here, our life will be difficult. Qin, who has no worries about the future, will inevitably come eastward in a big way. The six countries in the Central Plains have their own ghosts. Even if they can unite to deal with Qin in a short period of time, it will be difficult to change the overall situation. They hope The most important thing is that we can block the Qin State, but not be too strong. This kind of worry about gains and losses will only be taken advantage of by others, and eventually become the prey of Qin State.”

"I know!" Zhao Mu let out a long sigh, "Do your best and obey the destiny!"

The two looked at each other speechlessly, with bitter faces.

"Report!" The voice of the guard came from outside.

"Come in!" Zhao Mu shouted in a deep voice.

"Prime Minister, General, a messenger is here from Handan."

"Let him in."

Outside the big tent, a person rushed in, saw Zi Lan and Zhao Mu, and immediately bowed to the ground, "Minister of the State, General, the battle between our army and the State of Yan in Yuyang County is over, We, we failed. Master Zhao Qi, General Zhao Meng was defeated and trapped in the city, General Zhao Guang was captured, General Zhao Dong was killed in battle, a hundred thousand troops were all killed by the Yishui River, and only one out of ten survived Two."

Zi Lan fell back on the chair with a bang, Zhao Mu closed his eyes in pain, and after a while, he opened them slowly, "How is the Yan army now? Has it entered Zhao's territory?"

"No, the army of Yan State led by Zhou Yuan was stationed in Fangcheng. They did not attack any further, but they did not retreat either. Instead, they gathered troops on the banks of the Yishui River! The king urgently summoned the Prime Minister to return to Handan!" The messenger raised his head.

Zhao Mu breathed a sigh of relief, "It's so good! Everyone in the country of Yan finally understands the general situation. Attacking me at this time, trying to be quick for a while, will also taste the pain in the end, brother Zilan, After you return to Handan, you must advocate an alliance with Yan, even if you sign an alliance with Yan under the city."

Zi Lan stood up with a pale face, "I'm afraid this is the reason why the king called me back to Handan. Yan Guo will definitely open his mouth and force me to sign a humiliating contract. It must be the sinner of the Zhao Kingdom through the ages, and it seems that I, Zilan, will be the only one to take on the responsibility. Hahaha! Your Majesty is really scheming! At this time, don’t forget to trick me, Zilan.”

When the messenger heard Zilan's words, his face immediately turned pale, he knelt on the ground, his body trembling, Zhao Mu looked at him for a while, and suddenly said: "Come here, drag it out, and chop it up!"

The guards outside the tent rushed in, dragged the courier and left. The courier was as soft as noodles, and he couldn't speak.

"Wait a minute!" Zilan waved her hand, "Zhao Mu, why bother such a small person, even if he heard what I said, what can he do? If it reaches the king's ears, what can he do? Let him go." Let's go!"

Zhao Mu stared at Zilan for a long time, "You're still soft-hearted after all."

Waved his hand and signaled the guard to let go of the messenger, "It's your fate, but you have to remember, what Master Zilan said just now, if I hear any gossip, not only you will not live, but your whole family, I will die." Kill them all."

The messenger who was lucky enough to get a life kowtowed repeatedly, "The villain dare not, the villain dare not, the villain didn't hear anything."

Zhao Mu is too lazy to look at him anymore, "Brother Zilan, as long as I, Zhao Mu, are still alive, I will never let you die. My words still have some weight after all."

Zi Lan nodded. Zhao Mu's words indeed carry weight. The current state of Zhao cannot do without him, but he cannot return to the court. On the front line of confrontation with Qin State, at a certain moment, even if he wanted to save himself, he would be too far away. And after the event, he would definitely put Zhao State first. He was his friend, but he himself It cannot be compared with Zhao Guo's weight in his heart.

But Zilan doesn't blame him, this is the pillar that Zhao Mu and Zhao Guo can always rely on.

"I'm waiting for your good news!" Zilan turned and walked out, "I'll leave tonight."