Chapter 936 Li Mu: Qin Changan Is Really Kind-Hearted! This Time, I Will Go First!
January 6, the 16th year of Qin Wangzheng.
In the northwest corner of Dukang, there is a city.
In the tent of the coalition army, the sound of scolding is endless.
"The King of Yan is a rat, and the King of Qi is even more of a rat! Now the coalition army and the Qin army are fighting fiercely, how can the King of Qi surrender!"
"Qin Chang'an Jun has clearly gone to Linzi, but he still made the earth dragon turn over in our dynasty! He also destroyed the elite and fertile land of our dynasty, dragged many colleagues into the underworld, and even drove our king out of the underworld! This general must make Qin Chang'an Jun pay for his blood debt with blood!"
"Everyone says that Qin Chang'an Jun is a gentleman, but this general thinks that Qin Chang'an Jun is a tyrant. The cruelty is unprecedented in history! Even the former Qin Wu'an Jun only killed the young and strong soldiers of our Great Zhao, but never killed hundreds of thousands of women, children, the elderly and the weak in our Great Dai like Qin Chang'an Jun! "
"My residence is in Wei County! My family and clansmen are all in Wei County! I will not be a man if I don't kill Qin Chang'an Jun!"
The Dai army learned that the Dai Kingdom's earth dragon turned over only half a day later than Dai Wangjia, after all, Lexu was close to the main battlefield of the two armies.
However, it was not until the king's order came from the court that the Dai army generals knew that the scale of the earth dragon turning over was so large and the casualties were so heavy!
Among the Dai army, most of the generals' families lived in Wei County to comfort Dai Wangjia.
The destruction of Wei County directly led to the death of many Dai army generals' families, leaving only those who followed the army to the expedition!
Deep sadness, despair and anger enveloped all the generals. Many generals had already put their lives aside and only wanted to use this life to avenge their families!
Only Li Mu frowned and shouted angrily: "Qin Chang'an Jun told our army when he ordered the earth dragon to turn over. I also told you comrades not to have illusions. You should strictly order your family to leave the city and live temporarily in the countryside on flat land."
"If the court asks for punishment, I will take it all!"
"Why don't you listen to my orders!"
"You are all generals who have personally experienced the earth dragon turning over. Do you think this is like those mediocre officials in the court? Everything is a coincidence. Is Qin Changan just threatening our army with words? "
"Qin Changan is a man of faith! Qin Changan said that Dilong will turn over in Dai, Dilong will definitely turn over in Dai, why didn't you prepare earlier!"
"When the two armies were fighting, the enemy attacked first, and you all accepted the death, but then you blamed the enemy for being too cruel?"
"You are unworthy of being a general!"
Li Mu's attitude towards Ying Chengjiao was completely opposite to that of the generals in Dai Wang Jiabing's army.
In Li Mu's view, the only purpose of war is victory, and the only standard of war is victory.
When the two armies are fighting, it's either you kill me or I kill you. For the interests of their own comrades and their country, the generals should abandon the so-called kindness and do everything they can!
If Li Mu had the ability to order Dilong to turn over, then Li Mu would definitely let Dilong turn over everywhere without hesitation, and resolutely not let his comrades sacrifice even one more person!
Since Ying Chengjiao really has the ability to command the earth dragon to turn over, it is normal and natural for him to urge the earth dragon to turn over in Dai.
Whenever Ying Chengjiao orders the earth dragon to turn over, he will make all the Qin army announce it loudly. This time, Dai has given Dai sufficient preparation time. In Li Mu's view, Ying Chengjiao's stupid act is already burdened by morality and kindness, and he is unworthy of being a famous general!
Therefore, Li Mu has no anger or hatred towards Ying Chengjiao, only admiration and gratitude for Ying Chengjiao and incomprehension of Ying Chengjiao's stupid kindness.
The object of Li Mu's real dissatisfaction is Dai Wangjia!
As early as the first time Ying Chengjiao told the earth dragon to turn over in Dai, Li Mu sent a messenger to inform Dai Wangjia of the news and advised Dai Wangjia to beware of the earth dragon.
Later, Li Mu asked Mao Sui to return to Wei County, and even dispatched 20,000 soldiers to accompany Mao Sui back to the court when Li Mu's troops were not sufficient, which shows Li Mu's trust and respect for Ying Chengjiao.
In addition, Li Mu not only asked his family members to move out of the city with as much food, grass and medicine as possible, and camp outside the city, but also showed his family letters to his generals, hoping that they could protect their families and help more people survive with the help of the families and influence behind them.
In Li Mu's view, as long as Dai Wangjia responded properly, all people living in the city temporarily moved out of the city, and then learned from Qin's experience to set up multiple food, grass and medicine storage points for disaster relief, this earth dragon turn would not cause such heavy casualties!
Li Mu asked himself that he had considered it very carefully, but Dai Wangjia and his generals gave Li Mu such an answer.
That was the place where Li Mu had worked hard for most of his life, and it was also Li Mu's base. However, it was destroyed by the negligence of Dai Wang Jia and his ministers and generals!
How could Li Mu not be angry!
Sima Gan suddenly knelt on the ground, slapped himself hard, and cried loudly: "I am guilty!"
"I didn't want the king to doubt my loyalty, so I didn't let my family move out of the city!"
"Now Wei County is gone, and my family must have died. I killed them! I deserve to die! Damn it!"
People always subconsciously excuse themselves and put the blame on others.
However, Li Mu's words exposed the reasons for the generals to comfort themselves.
The guilt, regret and self-blame for killing the whole family surged into their hearts. For a while, there was no more scolding in the big tent, only crying.
Li Mu admitted that he was not good at speaking, and he was too lazy to comfort the generals, so he said coldly: "This is the central army tent, how can you make a fuss?!"
"I have repeatedly issued strict orders to cut off the transmission of information inside and outside the military camp, and the scouts in the army fought bravely and intercepted all the information."
"Are you afraid that King Yan doesn't know about the affairs of Dai and Qi?!"
After these words, the tent fell silent.
Everyone knows that King Xi of Yan is the best at stabbing his allies in the back.
The generals of the Dai army have no doubt that once King Xi of Yan learns that King Jian of Qi has surrendered and Dilong has dealt a devastating blow to Dai, he will definitely tear up the alliance without hesitation, quickly snatch the young and strong men of Qi and attack the Dai army, or even take advantage of Dai's weakness to destroy Dai in one fell swoop!
No general is willing to make the already extremely critical situation worse!
Seeing that the generals were silent, Li Mu picked up the king's order and asked in a deep voice: "The king wants to completely abandon the territory of Dai State, gather all the strength of our Dai State to attack Qin State, and seize the territory from Qin State as the place for our Dai State to establish itself."
"Do you have any good advice?"
Sima Gan and other generals were still thinking about their families with guilt, and had no time to think about military strategies.
Zhao Jiang summoned up his courage and whispered: "Now that the land of Dai is completely destroyed, the king has decided to abandon the existing territory of Dai and find another place to settle down. I think the king is wise!"
"However, the Qin army is brave, there are many Qin generals, and the Qin country is strong."
"With the current soldiers and money and food in our great Dai, I think it is better to seize a place to settle down from Yan than to seize it from Qin."
"In this way, this strategy will be easier to succeed!"
The eldest brother Zhao Suan died in Ying Chengjiao's formation, and the second brother Zhao Cong died in Ying Chengjiao's formation, which made Zhao Jiang fear Ying Chengjiao and even all the Qin army.
This time, Ying Chengjiao ordered the earth dragon to destroy the fertile land of Dai, which further deepened Zhao Jiang's fear in his heart.
Zhao Jiang didn't want to die, and he really didn't think that Dai could win this battle!
Instead of fighting with the powerful Qin to earn a place to settle down, why not fight Yan?
Although our army cannot defeat the Qin army, we can still defeat the Yan army without making a sound!
Li Mu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has blamed all the losses after the earth dragon turned over on Qin Chang'an Jun, which has aroused the indignation of our people against Qin. Although this move is despicable and shameless, it is effective."
"If our Great Dynasty attacks Yan, although it is a fight for life, it is an unjust war. The soldiers of the whole army are brave but it is easy to cause chaos."
"If our Great Dynasty attacks Qin, it is not only a fight for life but also a fight for revenge. The army of mourning will win!"
"And if our army attacks Qin, the King of Yan is likely to sit on the sidelines and wait for the fisherman to benefit, and it can also contain part of the Qin army."
"But if our army turns to attack the Yan army, the King of Yan will definitely seek help from Qin. Our Great Dynasty will go to war with both countries at the same time and have no chance of winning!"
If Lu Buwei and Wei Liao were here, they would definitely hold Li Mu's hands on the left and right, and persuade Li Mu to go to Yan State quickly.
And promised that even if King Xi of Yan personally went to Xianyang, knelt in the Qilin Hall, knelt in the Imperial Study, and knelt in front of the monarch and ministers of the Qin Dynasty to kowtow and request, the Qin Dynasty would never send a single soldier.
The Qin Dynasty was even willing to use the territory of Qi as a prize to reward the defeated party for the restoration of the country, so that the two countries of Dai and Yan could fight to the death without any worries!
As long as Dai and Yan do not attack my Qin Dynasty, nor do they surrender to my Qin Dynasty, I will never say anything even if you beat your dog brains out!
My Qin Dynasty just wants to be a peaceful and peace-loving country, why is it so difficult!
It's a pity that not to mention that Lu Buwei and Wei Liao could not come here in person, even if Lu Buwei and Wei Liao really came, the people of Dai would not believe this statement!
How could a country have too many treasures like territory?
Zhao Jiang sighed bitterly and said, "The commander is right. I am shallow."
"I think that even if our Great Dai does not attack Yan, Yan may take advantage of our Great Dai's exhaustion to attack Dai."
"Instead of leaving the King of Yan in our army and giving him the opportunity to lobby the Qi army as a king, it is better to act decisively and take all the Qi troops under our command before the King of Yan reacts, and then take all the food and supplies in the army, and then stop the coalition and cut off the two armies!"
"In this way, our army will be far stronger than Yan, and we will also have food and supplies to fight with Yan."
"This move will certainly make the King of Yan furious, but the possibility of the King of Yan attacking our Great Dai will be greatly reduced."
"But... this move may bring bad reputation to the commander!"
The King of Yan is good at adding insult to injury when his allies are in trouble, and he is also quite forbearing.
The only way to prevent such an ally from backstabbing is to use force to deter him!
The only price of this strategy is Li Mu's reputation!
After a moment's hesitation, Li Mu nodded in agreement and said, "Captain Jiang's strategy makes sense!"
"As for my reputation?"
Li Mu looked disdainful: "Reputation is something that only the king needs to consider."
"How can a general be burdened by his reputation!"
"My comrades, don't worry about my reputation, you can speak freely!"