Before dawn the next day, Gao Yuan got up from the mansion, first rushed to the outside of Handan City, transferred 20,000 soldiers in Yuan Xuan's military camp, and then immediately rushed to Li Mu's mansion with this group of soldiers.

At this time, Li Mu had just come out with Zhao Xuan and Li Yinghong, preparing to rush to the palace, seeing that Gao Yuan had already led the soldiers, Li Mu had no choice but to smile bitterly, and let Gao Yuan lead the soldiers and rush to the palace with him.

In fact, with only 20,000 soldiers, it is very strong to completely surround the palace, and even if it is surrounded by strong force, it is only a thin layer, and there is not much thickness and depth. However, to surround the palace, it is not necessary to completely enclose the palace, and only need to guard several gates of the palace to basically achieve the goal.

But Li Mu and others led the army to the main gate of the palace, only to see that the palace gate was closed, the drawbridge was high, the city wall was full of soldiers, swords and halberds were lined up, and bows and crossbows were wound.

Gao Yuan looked at the city and breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, before setting off, Gao Yuan was still very worried, because once Li Mu entered the palace, the situation was not in Gao Yuan's control, so it was difficult to say what the result would be. Although Gao Yuan arranged the army in front of the palace, if Zhao Wangqian or Guo Kai insisted on going his own way, he really had to kill Li Mu, even if he led him into the palace and killed Zhao Wangqian and Guo Kai, it would not be recoverable. And if Zhao Wangqian arrests Li Mu as a hostage, then the situation will be even more troublesome, and maybe there will be a long-lasting confrontation.

And now that the palace is strictly guarded, it is clear that Zhao Wangqian will not trust Li Mu, in this case, will Li Mu insist on entering the palace to meet Zhao Wangqian?

Sure enough, when Li Mu saw this frame, his heart couldn't help but sink, from his heart, he really didn't want to rebel against Zhao State, and he still had a trace of illusion, hoping to meet with Zhao Wangqian, explain his interests to him, and say that he did this completely for the interests of Zhao State, and then he could eliminate Zhao Wangqian's misunderstanding of himself, give up Guo Kai, and he could still defend Zhao State with all his might. But the palace's appearance as if it were a great enemy also made Li Mu completely understand that Zhao Wangqian had chosen Guo Kai and would not believe in himself.

Li Mu urged the chariot, took a few steps forward, and said in a loud voice: "Who is leading the army at the head of the city?" ”

A general appeared at the entrance of the battlements and shouted below: "I am Zhao Shuo, Wu Anjun, Da Zhao treats you well, why do you want to betray Zhao State." ”

Li Mu knew that Zhao Shuo was the clan of Zhao State, and now he was the captain of the palace, Sima, who was responsible for protecting the safety of the palace, and was loyal to Zhao State, but he was still relatively upright, so he said: "Zhao Sima, you said that I betrayed Zhao State, what is the evidence." ”

Zhao Shuo said: "Wu Anjun, you sent troops yesterday for no reason to attack Guo Xiangguo's mansion, and killed more than 50 of Zhao Cong's generals, isn't this a betrayal of Zhao State?" And today you are leading troops to threaten the palace for no reason, what is this not a rebellion? ”

Gao Yuan couldn't help it in the formation, and as soon as he urged his horse, he came to Li Mu's chariot and said loudly: "Zhao Shuo, do you know that now there is a food shortage in Handan City, everyone is starving, and there are hundreds of thousands of disaster victims outside the city, all of whom are waiting to be fed, and it is not easy to buy back 300,000 stone of grain from Qi State, but all of them are deducted by Guo Kai, taking the opportunity to raise the price of grain, making huge profits from it, and completely ignoring the life and death of the people of Handan. The general snatched these grains back from Guo Kai's house and re-leveled the price of grain, precisely for the sake of the stability of Zhao Guo and Wu Anjun's loyalty, the world knows it, and you dare to frame Wu Anjun for rebellion. Does that make sense? ”

Zhao Shuo couldn't help but be speechless for a while, in fact, he knew very well the merits of the matter, Li Mu did not betray Zhao at all, this matter was completely wrong for Guo Kai, of course, it was also wrong for Zhao Wangqian in fact, because Guo Kai withheld the grain, of course, with Zhao Wangqian's permission. What's more, Li Mu's loyalty is indeed something known to the world, and even Zhao Shuo himself doesn't believe that Li Mu will betray Zhao Guo.

But Zhao Shuo was ordered to guard the palace, and he couldn't let Li Mu enter the palace because of his duties, so he couldn't help himself, so he had to say: "Since Wu Anjun did not rebel against Zhao State, then why did he bring so many soldiers and horses to the palace, if Wu Anjun wants to enter the palace to meet the king, please disband the army, Wu Anjun enters the palace alone, I will naturally open the palace door and let Wu Anjun enter the palace to face the king." ”

Gao Yuan sneered and said, "Zhao Shuo, at this point, do you think Wu Anjun will enter the palace alone?" It's okay to want Wu Anjun to enter the palace, do you dare to come out as a hostage? ”

Of course, Zhao Shuo didn't dare to come out as a hostage, and was about to say a few more words, when Li Mu said: "Zhao Sima, please invite the king to the city and meet me, is it feasible?" ”

Although Li Mu is also loyal to Zhao Guo, but he will never be foolish and loyal to future generations, at this point, Li Mu of course also understands that if he enters the palace alone, he will definitely die, so he asked Zhao Wang Qian to see the city, and still hopes to say a few words to Zhao Wangqian in person, until this time, Li Mu still did not give up, under the premise of keeping his own safety, Li Mu still wants to fight again.

Zhao Shuo nodded and said, "Okay, please Wu Anjun later, I will send someone to meet the request of the king Chen Wu Anjun." ”

Li Mu nodded, and then turned back to the main formation with Gao Yuan and waited for the time being.

After a while, Zhao Shuo appeared at the head of the city again and shouted, "Please answer before Wu Anjun's battle." ”

Li Mu heard this, and immediately drove forward, on Li Mu's chariot, in addition to the royal hand who was driving, there was also Zhao Xuan to protect Li Mu, and this time even Li Yinghong also came out of the queue together, and Gao Yuan left and right, accompanied by Li Mu's chariot.

Because this time Li Mu thought that Zhao Wangqian would appear at the head of the city and talk to him, so he also walked forward for a distance of more than fifty or sixty meters, and near the moat, Li Mu looked up at the head of the city and said, "The king is there." ”

Zhao Shuo's expression was a little embarrassed, and said: "Wu Anjun, the king has an order, if Wu Anjun wants to see the king, he can only dismiss the army and enter the palace alone, and the king will not meet Wu Anjun in the city." ”

Li Mu was stunned, he didn't expect Zhao Wangqian to refuse to meet him in the city, and he must enter the palace by himself, that is to say, the situation has no room for recovery.

At this time, Gao Yuan suddenly said: "Zhao Sima, is Guo Kai in the palace?" ”

Zhao Shuo was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded, and said, "Guo Xiangguo entered the palace yesterday, and then he has been staying in the palace, and now he is still accompanying the king." ”

It turned out that Gao Yuan killed Guo Yun yesterday, and asked people to bring Guo Yun's head to Guo Kai, and threatened Guo Kai to wash his neck and wait to be knifed, in fact, Gao Yuan just scared him, but Guo Kai was really scared, and thought that Gao Yuan would really kill himself in the mansion. Therefore, he did not dare to stay in the palace, and immediately drove lightly, only brought a few close family members to protect him, and hid in the palace.

Guo Kai has already calculated, if Li Mu does not come to attack the palace, then he will hide in the palace first, if Li Mu leads the attack on the palace, then he will escape from Handan with Zhao Wangqian, and now no matter what, he must capture Zhao Wangqian in his own hands, so that even if he fails to get rid of Li Mu, but send Zhao Wangqian to Qin, it can be regarded as being able to make a difference.

Of course, in front of Zhao Wangqian, Guo Kaitian said something about Li Mu's rebellion. Zhao Wangqian didn't believe it, but he couldn't stand Guo Kai's persuasion, of course, Guo Kai also made up a lot of lies, and there were some half-believers, and at this time Zhao Cong entered the palace again, of course, it was also said that Li Mu rebelled, and this time Zhao Wangqian couldn't believe it, so he immediately ordered Zhao Shuo to gather troops to defend the palace. At the same time, he authorized Zhao Cong to go out of the city overnight to mobilize troops and quell Li Mu's rebellion.

When Zhao Shuo first received the order, he didn't believe that Li Mu would rebel against Zhao, so he also defended a few words for Li Mu, but he was complained by Zhao Wangqian, so he had to obey the order and ordered to mobilize the army in the city to guard the palace.

At this time, there were about 100,000 troops stationed inside and outside Handan City, of which 30,000 were brought back by Yuan Xuan, who were originally to support Handan's army, but the Qin army still did not reach Handan, so they were stationed outside Handan, and another 5,000 people were brought by Li Mu when he returned to Handan.

In Handan City, there are 15,000 troops, 5,000 guarding the palace, and 10,000 to maintain law and order in Handan City. Forty or fifty thousand troops were stationed outside the city. Although in terms of numbers, Handan's Zhao army was more than twice that of Li Mu's troops, Li Mu's subordinates were all troops stationed at the border, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong. The troops stationed in Handan were all second-line troops of the Zhao State, and most of them had never experienced the battlefield, so their combat effectiveness was average. Zhao Shuo was also well aware of the gap between the soldiers, so he recruited all the troops in the city to garrison the palace. Waiting for Zhao Cong to gather a large army and defeat Li Mu's army.

Li Mu asked Zhao Wangqian to come to the city to meet him, and Zhao Shuo reported to Zhao Wangqian truthfully. From Zhao Shuo's heart, he hoped that Zhao Wangqian could come to the city to see Li Mu, and it was best to explain the matter, Bi Jing could not leave Li Mu in Zhao State now.

In fact, Zhao Wangqian was also willing to go to the city to meet Li Mu, but of course Guo Kai would not let Zhao Wangqian and Li Mu meet, otherwise his lies would definitely be exposed, so he spoke out to stop him, saying that Li Mu wanted Zhao Wangqian to go to the city tower to meet him, which was ill-intentioned and wanted to find an opportunity to harm Zhao Wangqian, so Zhao Wangqian must not go to the city to meet Li Mu.

Zhao Wangqian was also soft-hearted, and after listening to Guo Kai's words, he also changed his mind, so he ordered Zhao Shuo that if Li Mu wanted to see him, he must dismiss the army and enter the palace alone. Of course, Guo Kai had already made up his mind, once Li Mu entered the palace alone, then he would mobilize soldiers, and as soon as he entered the palace gate, he would kill Li Mu, and he would never let Li Mu see Zhao Wangqian.

At this time, of course, Li Mu would not enter the palace alone, so the situation had no room for recovery.

Li Mu looked at the city, sighed lightly, and said, "Okay, let's go back." ”

Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong were relieved, Li Mu finally didn't insist on his opinion, and he must enter the palace alone. Since it is a plateau, a big stone that has been hanging in his heart has been completely put down, and it seems that he should be able to change Li Mu's fate.

At this moment, Gao Yuan suddenly felt a fever in his chest, and the talisman, which had not moved for several months, actually reacted again.