The territory of Zhao is roughly divided into two parts, one part is the land of the three families when the Jin Dynasty was divided, mainly distributed in Shanxi and southern Hebei, and the other part is after the reform of Zhao Wuling King Hufu cavalry shooting. New land has been developed, including Zhongshan, Hulin, Loufu and other places. Now the territory of Zhao is only half of the heyday, and the land lost is basically the land when the three families were divided, and it is also a territory with a larger population and a more developed economy. Therefore, the loss of Zhao's national strength exceeded most of the heyday, and now the national capital Handan has actually dealt with the front line of the Qin-Zhao battlefield.

The distance from Fanwu to Handan is not far, and there are flat and wide gallop roads along the way, so it is very convenient to march. If you hurry up and gallop fast, you can arrive in one day. However, now Li Mu does not need to be in a hurry, so he is not in a hurry, he can slow down, and he needs to stay for a day or two in the middle.

Because the area in this area was actually the periphery of Handan, the capital of Zhao State, there were many cities and towns, and the population was relatively dense, it was originally the most prosperous area of Zhao State, but after walking for a day, I saw that along the road of the march, there were groups of people fleeing in groups, or three, three, two, two, or five or seven groups, some of them walked aimlessly along the gallop road, and some simply sat on both sides of the gallop road, all of them were ragged, their faces were yellow and tired, their eyes were dull, and they were like walking corpses. And on both sides of the gallop road, you can see the corpses that fell to the ground everywhere. Most of the dead were old, weak, women and children.

It turned out that since the spring of this year, there has been a great drought in the area near Handan, so after the autumn, almost all the fields have been greatly reduced, and even many fields are not harvested, coupled with the pressure of the Qin army, Zhao in order to resist the Qin army, and a large number of requisitioned grain, servants, the result is that there is famine everywhere, people's hearts are floating, and there is a scene of cannibalism in some areas. Moreover, in many places, there have been incidents of collective robbery of large households by disaster victims, and the entire Zhao country has fallen into extreme instability.

After seeing Li Mu's army, some people took refuge on both sides of the galloping road, and some dared to come forward to ask the army. Li Mu frowned, sighed softly, and said, "To disperse the victims, we will speed up and strive to reach Handan as soon as possible." ”

Li Yinghong said: "Father, we still have some food, so let's distribute it to these victims." ”

Gao Yuan said on the side: "Yinghong, listen to the general's instructions, it's not that the general is unwilling to help these victims, but the food we carry with the army is too small, which is not enough to help so many victims, and once we distribute food to some of the victims, I'm afraid that all the victims will rush over to squeeze for it, and at that time, it will be difficult for us to get out." ”

Li Yinghong was stunned for a moment, she also knew that what Gao Yuan said was the truth, and the food brought by her army now could not help these refugees at all. But looking at this miserable appearance, there was always some unbearability in my heart, and said, "Is it so difficult that we just ignore them?" ”

Du Yi said on the side: "Miss, what Gao Yuan said is not wrong, it's not that we don't want to help these victims, but because we really have no one to do anything." ”

At this time, Gao Yuan said: "General, I think it is better to leave a part of the army and gather these victims to live near our camp, this time we got nearly 500,000 stone grain from the Qin army, which is enough to relieve about 350,000 disaster victims, and the area around Fanwu and Donjing is sparsely populated and the land is barren, which is just right for this group of disaster victims to settle, and we can also select soldiers from the disaster victims to strengthen our troops." ”

After Li Mu heard this, he also sank.

But at this moment, I only heard the sound of shouting and killing in front of me, which was also mixed with a lot of screams and the sound of arrows breaking through the air, and a large number of refugees rushed towards Li Mu and their side like a tide.

I saw that behind the refugees, there was a Zhao army chasing and killing the refugees, the chariots were galloping, the arrows were flying, and countless victims fell to the ground and died in the screams.

This change also surprised Gao Yuan and others, who did not expect that there would be Zhao Jun chasing and killing refugees. Therefore, they are also very angry.

At this time, Li Mu's face changed greatly, and he said sharply: "Gao Yuan, Yinghong, quickly, stop this army from killing these refugees immediately." ”

Li Yinghong had already been filled with righteous indignation, and after listening to Li Mu's order, he immediately said, "Order, father." As he spoke, he clamped his legs around the horse's belly and killed the queue first, and Gao Yuan also led five hundred cavalry troops to kill out of the queue.

And Li Yinghong took the lead, let go of a group of refugees, killed this team of Zhao Jun, and danced two swords to practice, only to see blood and light, and the heads of two Zhao Jun had been cut off by Li Yinghong. When the other soldiers saw this, they also gave up chasing and killing the refugees, and instead raised their halberds and killed Li Yinghong.

At this time, Gao Yuan had led the cavalry to rush over, and the soldiers were slashed and killed, and the number of this army was not much, only more than three or four hundred people, and there were only a dozen chariots, and Su zhì and the cavalry led by Gao Yuan could not be compared at all, of course, they could not resist the impact of the cavalry, and as a result, more than 20 people were cut down and killed, and the chariots were also overturned by four or five. When the other soldiers saw that this cavalry was so powerful, they did not dare to engage in any more battles and retreated. Seeing that there was an army to protect them, the refugees also stopped fleeing and watched from both sides of the avenue.

At this moment, I saw a chariot driving up from the back of the team, and on the left side of the chariot stood a man with a helmet and a halberd in his hand, about twenty-four or five years old. He pointed at Li Yinghong with a halberd and said, "You are the army from there, and you dare to kill my army, don't you want to live, do you know who I am?" ”

Of course, Gao Yuan could see that this young man must be a powerful brother, but he was also not afraid, urged him to take a few steps forward, and also pointed at the young man with the halberd in his hand, and said: "I don't care who you are, but why do you want to kill innocent people indiscriminately." ”

The young man sneered and said, "What's the point of killing a few untouchables, what are you, you dare to take care of my affairs, report your name, and see what you have to rely on." ”

At this time, Li Mu had already destroyed the chariot, walked out of the array, and said, "Who are you, why are you killing innocent people indiscriminately here." ”

Li Mu's appearance, the young man was also taken aback, of course he knew Li Mu, but he didn't expect to meet Li Mu here, so although he was unwilling, he hurriedly got off the chariot, knelt on one leg on the avenue, and said: "The last general Zhao Bin, see Wu Anjun." ”

Li Mu nodded, although he didn't know Zhao Bin, but he knew that Zhao Bin's father, Zhao Cong, was the minister of the clan of Zhao State, and he was also the important minister of Zhao State's military after Li Mu.

But Zhao Cong was only in charge of the military affairs of Zhao in name. However, now all the elite soldiers of Zhao State are under the command of Li Mu, so Zhao Cong, the big Sima, is actually famous and has no power. In Zhao Cong's heart, he was naturally jealous and hateful of Li Mu, but Li Mu led the army to make many military exploits, if it weren't for Zhao Cong's clan of Zhao State, I am afraid that he would not have been able to keep the position of this big Sima for a long time.

However, although Zhao Bin was also very dissatisfied with Li Mu in his heart, he was too far from Li Mu's official position, so he could only give Li Mu a gift honestly.

Looking at Zhao Bin who was kneeling in front of the car, Li Mu said, "Zhao Bin, stand up and speak." ”

Zhao Bin hurriedly got up and said, "Thank you." ”

Li Mu said: "Why did you lead people to kill these refugees? ”

Zhao Bin said: "Returning to the king, it's not that the last general wants to lead troops to kill these untouchables, because just last night, a group of untouchables attacked my family's manor and robbed the food and property. ”

When Li Mu heard this, he also frowned, looked around at the refugees, and said, "Among you, did anyone attack General Zhao's manor last night?" ”

The refugees on both sides of the army knelt on the ground one after another, and said in a gossipy manner: "Your Excellency Mingjian, we have not attacked General Zhao's manor. A few other people climbed in front of Li Mu's car and said, "Your Majesty, we were here yesterday and have never been to General Zhao's manor at all. ”

Li Mu nodded and said to Zhao Bin: "Zhao Bin, have you seen it, among this group of refugees, there are no people who attacked your manor, but you have done too much to act recklessly, regardless of truth and falsehood, and kill innocent people indiscriminately, now collect the troops and go back." In fact, last night it was dark, and Zhao Bin didn't see it clearly, how many refugees attacked his manor and fled there, just holding back the fire in his belly, and after dawn, he led his private army to kill out of the manor.

But when Li Mu spoke, Zhao Bin was very dissatisfied in his heart, and he didn't dare to collide with Li Mu, so he had to hate and say: "Since the king has spoken, the last general will naturally obey his fate, and today it will be easy to get rid of this group of untouchables." As he spoke, he turned around and said, "Let's go." With that, lead the army away.

After they all left, all the refugees knelt in front of Li Mu's car again, crying loudly, thanking Li Mu for saving him, and begging Li Mu to save himself.

Li Mu also sighed and said: "Fellow villagers, this time I was edicted to return to Handan, and I didn't bring much food, if you don't have a place to go, just walk along the road and go to Fanwu to settle down again." I will arrange personnel to distribute food to you. ”

When all the victims heard this, they all bowed down and thanked them.