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Chapter 776 Li Mu, are you crazy?

"You are going to attack Xianyang City?" After hearing this, Yi Qusheng couldn't help but stare at Li Mu with wide eyes, feeling that the old friend in front of him might not be very clear-headed.

No, his mind must have been broken.

Li Mu nodded seriously and said to Yi Qusheng: "That's right, judging from the current situation, breaking through Xianyang City is the one that I can do now and has the greatest impact on the situation."

Yi Qusheng couldn't help but scream: "But don't forget that you had already captured Xianyang City last time! This time, the Qin people must have been prepared for a long time. How could you continue to get the chance to break Xianyang City? Unless the Qin people are all fools!"

Li Mu glanced at Yiqusheng and said nothing.

Yiqiu Shengdao: "Why don't you speak?"

"I don't talk to a fool."

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At this moment, the Hu Yiwei, who had just become Li Mu's personal guard for a few days, suddenly appeared in front of Li Mu and respectfully delivered a secret letter to Li Mu.

Li Mu opened the secret letter, then smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then handed the secret letter to Yiqusheng, and said to Yiqusheng: "Look at it. Isn't the possibility of breaking through Xianyang City all written on it?"

Yi Qusheng took the secret letter from Li Mu half-believingly, and after reading it for a while, he couldn't help but scream again: "How is this possible?"

Li Mu stared at Yi Qusheng in front of him and said, "How is it impossible?"

Yiqusheng said angrily: "There are definitely full of sentry detectives in Guanzhong of Qin. It is to guard against us going south. No matter which direction you go, you will definitely be discovered by Qin's spies. This is one of them. Now we are at least 600 miles away from Xianyang City. If you want to march 900 miles in three days and reach Xianyang City according to the letter, do you think this is possible?"

Li Mu shook his head and said to Yiqusheng: "First of all, we don't need to know God without knowing it. As long as the speed is fast enough, then I can go south without passing through the Qin Dynasty's Shangjun, but instead detoured to Yiqu directly. There is a weak point in the Qin people's investigation, and the person who wrote the letter also has some strength there, so I can delay time for us."

"The only difficulty is that I must avoid places with beacons along the road, otherwise once a beacon is lit, the entire Guanzhong will immediately know our movements."

Yiqiusheng nodded and said, "You also know that beacon towers are not easy to avoid, so how are you going to solve this problem?"

Li Mu smiled and suddenly took out a map from his arms: "Let's take a look at this."

Yi Qusheng came over and took a breath of cold air at any time, saying, "This, this is..."

Li Mu showed a look of pride on his face for the first time, and he smiled at Yiqusheng and said, "This is the distribution map of the 328 beacon towers in Guanzhong of the entire Qin State."

Yiqiusheng was completely fascinated: "How did you get this map?"

Li Mu laughed and patted Yi Qusheng on the shoulder: "Do you really think that the past few times I went south to Guanzhong just to rob gold, silver, jewelry and cut thousands of heads?"

Yiqiusheng then realized that the Great Wall could not be built in one day. Now that I think about it, Li Mu has already prepared for it, just to wait for this day to arrive, right?

Yi Qusheng nodded and said, "If this happens, maybe the beacon will indeed have hope to avoid it, but what about the distance? You don't think you can really get to Xianyang in three days, right?"

Li Mu nodded very seriously and said, "Of course."

"This is impossible!" Yiqiusheng screamed and said, "No horse can withstand such a long-distance raid."

"Of course there is." Li Mu stood up and walked out of the big tent: "Come on."

Yi Qusheng followed out of the big tent and found Li Mu walked to the Zhao State war horse, squatted down and raised the Zhao State war horse's feet: "Look at it for yourself."

Yi Qusheng looked closely and realized that the war horse was staring at something that looked like iron on its feet. He was amazed and couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"

Li Mu said: "This thing is a horseshoe, and it was created by the king. As long as you nail this thing to the horses, you don't have to worry about the horses running and losing their feet during the long-distance marching."

Yiqiusheng's expression changed, and after a while, he said viciously: "Why didn't you tell me before?"

Li Mu shrugged and said, "All the war horses are in front of you. You can't find them yourself, who else can you blame?"

At this moment, Yi Qusheng suddenly felt that he was indeed an idiot.

Yi Qusheng stared at Li Mu for a while, and finally said again: "What do you plan to do next? Let's be more specific."

Li Mu smiled at Yiqusheng and said, "Actually, the plan is very simple. It is impossible for me to lead all my troops south. After all, 30,000 cavalry went south together, and it is impossible to hide the movement from the Qin people. This time I will only lead 5,000 elite cavalry to go south and take Xianyang without stopping, and the rest of the troops will be handed over to you."

"Me?" Yiqiusheng widened his eyes in surprise, although this did not help much for his little eyes: "You let me lead the remaining troops?"

"Of course." Li Mu looked at Yi Qusheng with a strange look: "What, do you think you can't do it?"

Yiqiusheng was furious now: "How can men say no? I am a general who has been on the plateau for many years. It is a trivial matter to command this little cavalry! But will those cavalry under your command obey my orders?"

"They will listen." Li Mu said: "You remember that by tomorrow, you will lead these troops to go south along the Luoshui River with great fanfare, making the Qin people think that our target is Hexidi and Shangjun in the eastern part of Guanzhong. After three days, you will immediately lead the army to turn around and rush to Xianyang to pick me up as quickly as possible."

Yiqiusheng looked at the map, then calculated it again, and said, "If you follow this plan, then even if you take Xianyang, you will have to control Xianyang for at least two to three days, otherwise I wouldn't have time to arrive."

Li Mu laughed and said, "If I really took Xianyang by me, then you can come here with peace of mind."

Yi Qusheng stared at Li Mu with a strange expression, and then said to Li Mu: "Have you ever thought that if the five thousand troops in your hands are really discovered by the Qin people and ambushed, you may not be able to come back alone."

Yiqiusheng said nothing wrong. The result of a strange move like this is that he will lose everything if he is careless. Miracles always require life to bet.

Li Mu smiled slightly when he heard this, and a hot light flashed in his eyes: "You are actually not wrong at all. According to common sense, I should not take such risks. But don't forget that there is no time in the Central Plains now. Zhao needs a victory, a victory that can shock the world!"

What Li Mu didn't say is that if he couldn't take Xianyang, no matter how much Li Mu was doing in Guanzhong, the main force of the Qin army would not return to help. In that case, Li Mu might as well cross the Yellow River east as soon as possible and go to the Central Plains to participate in the war.

Yi Qusheng was silent for a moment, let out a long sigh, and said, "Okay. Since that's the case, then I hope you can agree to my request."

Li Mu was stunned for a moment and said to Yi Qusheng: "What are the requirements?"

A smile suddenly appeared on Yiqu Shengwei's face, and he reached out and patted Li Mu on the shoulder, and said, "You must come back alive!"

Li Mu laughed and said to Yiqiusheng: "Don't worry, I will not only come back alive this time, but also both you and I will be recorded in history by the historians, becoming the super heroes who reversed this battle!"

That night, Li Mu led five thousand Zhao cavalry to the south from the night, and headed straight to Xianyang from the border of Yiqu.

The next day, Yi Qusheng led the remaining 25,000 cavalry main force to march southeastward with great fanfare. They will shoulder the important task of attracting the attention of the Qin people, thus buying time for Li Mu to raid Xianyang.

To be honest, Yiqiusheng is not optimistic about Li Mu's plan at all.

After three days and nearly a thousand miles away, I rushed to the road without stopping and then raided a metropolis defended by 40,000 defenders, and then successfully took control of the city. It looked like a fantasy.

Can Li Mu really do this? Even if he regards Li Mu as the God of War Yiqusheng, he does not have much confidence in this.

On the other hand, Li Mu was full of confidence and had no doubts about his victory.

Li Mu was really not a whim when he went south this time. Just as he and Yi Qusheng said, in the past few wars entering Guanzhong, Li Mu had already collected enough detailed information and drew a topographic map of Guanzhong that was comparable to the treasures of the Taiwei Mansion of Qin. The entire Guanzhong road, village and beacon tower were clearly investigated by Li Mu and his Zhao scouts.

Moreover, in order to guard against Li Mu's attack, the Qin people had already implemented a strong wall and clearing the fields, moving almost all the villagers of the village into nearby cities. Although this increased the difficulty of Li Mu's robbery, it also reduced the difficulty of Li Mu's discovery.

It is precisely because of this that Li Mu is very confident that he will be able to arrive in Xianyang without knowing it.

In the letter I wrote to Li Mu, Lu Buwei told Li Mu that in the evening three days later, the death day of the previous king of Qin, King Xiaowen, the Qin Dynasty, King Chu, will hold sacrifices in Xianyang Palace on that day, and all the core figures of Qin will gather in Xianyang Palace on that day.

That afternoon, a former imperial guard general who had just been demoted by Qin King Chu, was now the gatekeeper team leader, who was ordered to garrison the west gate of Xianyang City.

This is Li Mu's only chance!
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