On the day after the murderous intent was issued, Zhao Dan convened the important officials of Zhao State in the main hall of Longtai and held a military meeting.

This time, Zhao Dan seemed to have obviously been angered by Jing Ke's assassination, so he did not give any important officials a chance to show his feelings, so he directly set the tone: "Ji, this war has only one goal, that is, to destroy Yan State! I want everyone to know that using this despicable and shameless means to deal with the fate of me and Zhao State!"

Zhao Dan was very angry, very angry.

Although I once saw the story of Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin in history books, and although Zhao Dan knew very well, many people wanted their lives, when an assassin really appeared in front of Zhao Dan and tried to drag Zhao Dan into hell, Zhao Dan was still very unhappy.

Since I feel very unhappy, then this time someone will definitely be unlucky, very unlucky.

If this unlucky country is still a country that can be used by Zhao Dan to expand its territory, it would be the best.

After thinking about it, Zhao Dan immediately made a decision: "This time he attacked Yan State, Pang Xian was the main general, and Ju Xin was the deputy general, leading 200,000 troops to go. It is necessary to take down Yan State in one fell swoop and not give Yan people any chance to turn the tables! In addition, General Lian Po was responsible for standing in Handan, guarding against attacks that might come from Han, Chu and Qi; Le Cheng went to guard Hedong, guarding against attacks that might come from Qin State; Zheng Zhu and Ru immediately sent envoys to the monarchs of various countries, telling them that I did not want to see any country dare to help Yan State, do you understand?"

After Zhao Dan's series of orders continued, all the ministers of Zhao State received the orders, and no one dared to question Zhao Dan's orders.

According to common sense, Lian Po is the number one figure in the Zhao military today. This time Zhao Dan did not choose to let him go to war. Everyone felt that even if he did not question Zhao Dan's orders on the spot, he would probably be a little dissatisfied.

But this time, the other important officials were really wrong.

General Lian Po listened to Zhao Dan's orders very calmly, and then accepted Zhao Dan's orders calmly. There was no expression of dissatisfaction or complaining on his face, and there was no intention of disobeying Zhao Dan's orders at all.

Not only that, even Lian Po's loyal ally Yu Xin and Li Bo were silent, and they looked timid and did not seem to want to fight for their allies to lead the army to destroy Yan State this time.

As for the public clan sect on Zhao Sheng's side, they were naturally overjoyed. After all, Pang Xian became the main general, so this contribution must be indispensable.

Speaking of which, Pang Yan had defeated Yan State many times, and Ju Xin was also a minister of Yan State back then. If these two men led their troops to attack, they were indeed more confident.

The war machine of Zhao began to rumble, and countless supplies and troops were constantly mobilizing and gathering. Twenty days later, the 200,000 Zhao army headed by Pang Yan and Ju Xin and headed north towards the border of Yan.

In early March, Pang Yan and Ju Xin led the Zhao army to the current border between Yan and Zhao, then crossed the Northern Yishui, broke through the Southern Great Wall arranged by Yan, and successfully entered Linle City, the core area of ​​Dukang Land.

The people of Yan were obviously prepared for a long time. At Linle City, Xiangbang Lejian of Yan led the Yan army to scatter the country's vast army, and 200,000 troops were also stationed here, preparing to live and die with this city.

The battle to destroy Yan in Zhao began.

This battle is destined to be a very difficult battle.

Although the strength of the people of Yan is far inferior to that of Zhao, under the deliberate publicity of the music, everyone knew that the people of Zhao came this time to destroy Yan.

You should know that the overlord Qi, the past, had made many attempts to make Yan State but failed. One of the very important reasons is the tough character developed by the Yan State people who lived in a bitter and cold place for a long time.

Although the Yan army has always been the last among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, the Yan people are also unquestionable, so the Yan people's enthusiasm for sticking to the local area is very high.

Under such circumstances, Pang Nuan's several tentative attacks were repelled by Lejian and led the Yan army. In addition, Lejian occupied the benefits of the city, but Pang Nuan had no good idea at once.

But there is no good way for Pang Nuanle’s room, which does not mean that Zhao really has no way to deal with Yan.

Just as Pang Nuan went on an expedition, Li Mu, another person far away from the northwest of Zhao State, was the only important official who missed the Military Conference of Handan of Zhao State. He also received an urgent order from the capital of Handan.

After receiving this order, Li Mu immediately summoned several of his confidant generals and announced such a thing to them.

"Er Sanzi, now go back and pack up and prepare to set off!"

Several confidant generals knew that there was a war to fight as soon as they heard it, and immediately said with a smile: "Grandmaster, what are the Hu people going to attack this time? Are you planning to attack the Wusun people?"

Li Mu smiled, glanced at Zhao Kuo, the "messenger" standing beside him, and then said, "Let me hear it all. This time, we are going to participate in the battle to destroy Yan Kingdom!"

As soon as Li Mu said this, the other generals of Zhao were overjoyed.

You should know that for a long time, due to the attacks of various Hu people in the north, such as the existence of nomadic peoples such as the Yuezhi Wusun of the Xiongnu, the border cavalry legion led by Li Mu usually has at least half of its troops stationed on the long Great Wall defense line of Zhao State.

Therefore, in the past, during the war, the border cavalry army could only send half of its troops to let Li Mu go south, and it could not go south too far. Otherwise, it would be difficult to return to the rescue in time if it was invaded by other nomadic peoples.

But now, through the wars over the past few years, the northern border cavalry army of Zhao State first defeated Yuezhi and then drove away Wusun. Now it has basically included the Huns under its command, completely turning the whole situation around.

Although there are still some tribes in the vast southern desert grassland that are unwilling to obey Zhao's orders or even choose to resist Zhao, in general, there is no army on this grassland that can make Zhao afraid of.

The chains that had long bound the border cavalry legion were finally completely untied after this battle.

Of course, the monarchs and ministers of Zhao in Handan would not ignore this tiger and wolf army, so it was a foregone conclusion that Li Mu's border cavalry army participated in the war to destroy Yan State.

Five days later, Li Mu gathered a total of 10,000 cavalry from the Zhao State Legion and began to advance eastward.

Shuofang County, Hetao County, Jiuyuan County, Yunzhong County, Yanmen County... As Li Mu went eastward, cavalry continued to join his command. The scale of the entire army quickly expanded like a snowball. Until Li Mu arrived at the Yanzhao border, the easternmost part of Yanmen County, the scale of his cavalry had reached as much as 40,000.

It was at this time that Li Mu once again summoned all the generals under his command and made a decision that everyone unexpectedly thought.

Li Mu said to all the generals of the Zhao Border Cavalry Legion in front of him: "I have decided to start dividing troops from tomorrow! Zhao Kuo, Ru, is responsible for leading 30,000 cavalry to continue eastward, cross Yanmen Mountain, and attacking Huaian and Xuanhua of Yan through Dai County. Once these two places are occupied, Ru will continue to go south and join General Pang Nuan to encircle the Yan State in Linle City with General Pang Nuan. Be sure not to let it run away!"

After hearing this, everyone nodded and agreed with Li Mu's plan. In fact, this was also the safest plan.

But some people have questions, for example, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but ask: "Since that's the case, then where will the Grand Governor lead the remaining 10,000 cavalry?"

Li Mu smiled and suddenly punched a place on the map: "Let's take a look here."

As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, everyone turned their eyes to the direction Li Mu pointed, and then found that this place turned out to be...

"This is the border between Yan State and the Donghu people!" Zhao Kuo widened his eyes and couldn't help but say, "Is it said that the Grand Governor is going to go around the Donghu territory this time and go south from the grassland to attack the Yan people?"

Li Mu laughed and said, "That's right, that's right. Judging from what I have learned these days, the Yan people have basically placed all their main forces on the Linle battlefield in the southwest, so their northern Great Wall defense line must be everywhere at this moment. This is a great opportunity for our cavalry! I will lead the ten thousand cavalry under my command to pass through the grasslands in the desert, and then go south from the Zaoyang area to break through the Great Wall of Yan, from Yuyang County and Shanggu County in Yan, and finally..."

Li Mu pointed his fingers hard on Jidu in Yan State: "It's here!"

Everyone understood this time. Li Mu planned to repeat the last surprise attack tactic against Qin, and wanted to attack Jidu in one fell swoop!

Zhao Kuo was still a little worried. This time, Zhao Kuo was ordered to be Li Mu's deputy general. He did not want Li Mu to fight so risky, so he said to Li Mu: "Grandmaster, even though that is the case, the plan to attack Jidu this time may not be successful. Please ask the Governor to make a plan for the long term."

Li Mu shook his head and said, "General Zhao Kuo is too worried. It is best if I can defeat Jidu this time, but it is not harmful if I can't."

Looking at Zhao Kuo and the generals' confused eyes, Li Mu continued, "Think about it, as long as I lead 10,000 cavalry to appear under Jidu, the top leaders of Yan State will inevitably be in chaos, and at that time, they may very likely draw the Lejian troops in front of us to return to the rescue."

When Li Mu said this, Zhao Kuo's eyes immediately lit up: "But at that time, Lejian had already been surrounded by General Pang Nuan and U in Linle City."

Li Mu nodded and smiled, "That's right. So Lejian will be in a dilemma at that time. If he chooses to break through and return to Jidu, he will likely be defeated by General Pang Nuan in taking advantage of the victory. If he does not retreat, then I can seize his way out, so that he will never get a slight supply. He may even break Jidu and capture him alive. Tell me, how should Lejian choose at that time?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Kuo and Li Mu looked at each other and burst into laughter.

After a while, the laughter gradually lowered. Zhao Kuo straightened his body slightly and bowed to Li Mu seriously and said, "Since that's the case, I wish the general a success this time and a victory!"

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