It turned out that Zhao Wangqian sent three edicts to Li Mu in a company, asking Li Mu to immediately return to the army and rescue Handan, because at this time, Qin increased 100,000 troops to Yang Duanhe of the Qin army on the southern front and attacked the north bank of Zhangshui of Zhao.

The north bank of Zhangshui is less than 200 miles away from Handan, although the Zhao army has the danger of Zhangshui and the fortification of the Great Wall, but the Zhao army has only more than 30,000 people stationed on the north bank of Zhangshui, and after Yang Duan and his troops increased, the strength of the army reached more than 200,000, and the strength of the two sides was extremely different. Therefore, it also caused great panic in Handan City, and the ministers wrote to Zhao Wangqian, asking for Li Mu to return to the army to rescue Handan. On the one hand, Zhao Wangqian recruited soldiers to guard Handan, and on the other hand, he hurriedly issued an edict to Li Mu, which was very harsh, asking Li Mu to immediately withdraw his troops from Fanwu and return to help.

When he received the edict of Zhao Wangqian, Li Mu was listening to Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong's report on the affairs of the new cavalry. Therefore he did not hide from them, but told them the contents of the edict.

After Li Yinghong was stunned, he was also very anxious and said, "What should I do now?" General Sima's subordinates only have 30,000 horses, and they will definitely not be able to withstand the attack of the Qin army, and we are now fighting against the Qin army, father, what should we do, do we want to give up Fanwu and withdraw back to Handan? ”

Gao Yuan said: "No, but if we give up Fanwu, the Qin army can immediately enter and occupy Fanwu, and then form a north-south attack on Handan, if we return to the army, we can't defeat Yang Duan's Qin army in a short time, the situation will be even more dangerous." Therefore, I think that instead of withdrawing the army back to Handan, it is better to take the initiative on the front line of Fanwu and repel the Huan Qi Department first, as long as the Qin army is defeated along the way, even if Yang Duanhe breaks through the Zhangshui defense line, he will retreat without a fight. Moreover, we now have an army of 150,000 in Fanwu, and although the Qin army has 200,000, after all, they have come from afar, and they have to divide their troops to guard various fortresses, and the soldiers in battle should be roughly the same as ours, so as long as we plan properly, we still have a certain certainty of defeating the Qin army. Moreover, in the past few months, the general has been stubbornly holding on to no war, and I am afraid that he is also deliberately showing weakness to the Qin army. ”

Because Gao Yuan knew that in history this battle was won by the Zhao army led by Li Mu, although he did not know the detailed process of this battle, but Li Mu used this kind of deliberate tactics to show weakness when resisting the Huns, and as a result, the Huns were proud and complacent, careless, and were surrounded by Li Mu with a counterattack, breaking more than 100,000 Huns, and achieving Li Mu's prestige. And now Gao Yuan estimates that Li Mu is doing the same thing again.

Li Mu shook his head and said, "If I could attack the Qin army, I would have led the army to attack a long time ago, and I don't have to wait until now." ”

Gao Yuan was also a little puzzled, and said, "Why? ”

Li Mudao: "Although we now have an army of 150,000 in Fanwu, there are actually only more than 80,000 real combatable soldiers, and the rest are just recruited and lack actual combat experience. Therefore, a large part of the reason why I refused to defend in Fango was that I wanted to buy more time and give these recruits more time to train. Although I also want to hope that the Qin army can be proud and careless, so that I can take advantage of the opportunity, but unfortunately the Qin army is not the Huns, the military discipline is strict, the offense and defense are lawful, although Huan Qi was defeated by me in the fat battle three years ago, although he is bent on finding me for revenge, but this time he is more and more cautious, although I have deliberately shown weakness to him for more than three months, but the Qin army has not launched an attack, and the defense is impermeable, so that I and the original has no chance to take advantage of. ”

Gao Yuan said: "Why do we have so few soldiers to fight. ”

At this time, Li Muyi's face that had always been calm showed a look of helplessness, and said: "Since the Qin Wangzheng was in power, he has been using troops against my Zhao, Zhao Wangqian two years, Qin General Huan Qi captured Pingyang and Wucheng, and my Zhao General was killed in battle, losing 100,000 troops. In the third year of King Zhao's relocation, Huan Qi led the army to attack Shangdang, captured Chili and Yi'an, and attacked Zhao's rear. Although I defeated Huan Qi in the battle of Feiyi, but every year in the war, my Da Zhao's soldiers suffered many casualties, and now the country's warlike elite soldiers are basically my army in Daijun to resist the Huns, and now there is no surplus of 150,000 or 60,000 troops, and 50,000 are needed to guard Handan, and Sima Shang is stationed on the north bank of Zhangshui, and Zhang has divided 30,000, so now there are only more than 80,000 soldiers to fight here. ”

Gao Yuan was also taken aback, he didn't expect that the current situation of Zhao State would be so difficult, and Li Mu was in such a difficult situation, in the last few years of Zhao State, he had been supporting the situation of Zhao State with his own strength. But what about the battle in front of you, didn't Li Mu fight this battle in history? Although he came, he didn't do anything contrary to history, on the contrary, it was beneficial to Zhao Jun to make a saddle and pedal by himself. So how did Li Mu win this battle in history?

Thinking of this, Gao Yuan inadvertently raised his head, and saw that Li Mu was still calm, and he did not show any embarrassment because of the unfavorable battle situation, and he didn't know whether he was confident or calm. However, from the perspective of Gao Yuan's understanding of Li Mu, I am afraid that most of them are confident, which shows that Li Mu has already had a way to defeat the Qin army, but it is just to see if he can find it. But judging from the current situation, Zhao State is indeed in a comprehensive passivity, Handan is in danger, and in Fanwu and the Qin army, he does not have enough strength, he can't advance, he can't retreat, and it's hard to take care of the end of the head, so the plateau really can't think of anything, and at this time, what else can be done. On the side, Li Yinghong's brows have been twisted into a "Sichuan" shape.

But suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Gao Yuan's mind, and he said, "I understand, it's a plan." ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Mu's mouth, and he said, "You can talk about it, how to plan it." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Now that Handan is in crisis, I am anxious to wait for the general to return to the army to rescue, I think Huan Qi must be waiting for the general to withdraw now, and then lead the army to pursue, defeat the general in one fell swoop, so as to avenge the past, and we can just plan the plan, lead the army to pretend to retreat, set up an ambush halfway, wait for the Qin army to chase, and then ambush the Qin army, we can defeat Huan Qi." ”

Li Mu nodded and said: "Yes, this is indeed our only way, but there is one thing you didn't expect, with my understanding of Huan Qi, this person is proficient in the art of war, cautious in the use of soldiers, and after the last defeat, he was even more cautious, and I refused to defend for three months, and he did not attack lightly, so even if we retreat, Huan Qi is unlikely to chase after the whole army, at most send a small number of troops to pursue, but the army went to attack Fanwu, and Yang Duanhe formed a north-south attack, and he would also set up an ambush on the way, In case I go back to the army to rescue Fango. ”

Gao Yuan originally thought that he had come up with this plan very cleverly, but he didn't expect to be said by Li Mu, only to find that there were too many loopholes, and the most important thing was that he ignored the psychology of the enemy's main general, too much to take it for granted, would the enemy army follow his own pace, but from Li Mu's attitude, this idea is correct, that is, to take the opportunity of withdrawing the army, mobilize the Qin army, and then find a way to move the Qin army in the movement, but where should we start? Therefore, Gao Yuan also looked carefully on the map and analyzed the movements of the Qin army.

Finally, Gao Yuan's gaze fell on a location on the map, and he pointed with his finger: "General, here." ”

Li Mu laughed and said, "Gao Yuan, in a few years, you can also take charge of the army alone." ”

―――――――― the dividing line――――――――― the dividing line―――――――― the camp of the Qin army was stationed in Lingshou, twenty miles northwest of Fanwu. And the chief general of the Qin army, Huan Qi, was sitting in the big tent very easily at this time, and drank tea very leisurely.

Among the current generals of the Qin army, Huan Qi and Wang Jian are the oldest, and the rest such as Li Xin, Yang Duanhe, Xin Sheng, Wang Ben, Meng Tian and others are their backwards. And since the Qin Wangzheng pro-government, Huan Qi has been the most important general of the Qin State, in the Qin Dynasty ten years, Huan Qi was named a general, and then repeatedly led the army to go out, outstanding achievements.

In the eleventh year of the reign of King Qin, Huan Qi and Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe led the Qin army to attack Ye, take Zhao Jiucheng, and Huan Qi then take Anyang. In the thirteenth year, Huan Qi attacked Zhao Pingyang and Wucheng, killed Zhao generals, beheaded 100,000, and also reached the peak of his personal military career. But at this moment, Li Mu appeared in front of Huan Qi, which caused Huan Qi to suffer the first heavy defeat in his life.

This time, Huan Qi once again led the Qin army and Li Mu to confront Fanwu, and of course Huan Qi wanted to defeat Li Mu on the battlefield and avenge the defeat of the last battle. However, Huan Qi is proficient in the art of war and has been in battle for a long time, of course, he will not be carried away by revenge, and after the last fiasco, Huan Qi did not dare to underestimate Li Mu, so this time Huan Qi was also extra careful, although Li Mu showed weakness everywhere, but Huan Qi did not dare to attack Fanwu.

Of course, Huan Qi also knew very well in his heart that this time the Qin State was divided into two ways to attack the Zhao State, and now the main force of the Zhao army was concentrated on the Fanwu line, and the troops on the Zhangshui front line were thin, and it should be Li Mu who was eager to fight instead of himself, so as long as he calmed down, Li Mu would sooner or later be unable to help it, kill the solid camp, and attack himself. And he dragged Li Mu here, and when Yang Duan and that side achieved results, Li Mu had to withdraw his troops, so that he could lead the army to pursue and defeat Li Mu, and he would be able to avenge the defeat last time.

The day before yesterday, Huan Qi received the news from the Qin State and knew that the country had given Yang Duanhe an additional 100,000 troops, so that the Zhangshui defense line of the Zhao State would be in danger, and the troops of the Qin State could force Handan, and in this way, Li Mu would probably not be able to stabilize in Fanwu, and he would either withdraw the army or send troops to fight a decisive battle with himself. Therefore, Huan Qi held firmly in the camp on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also sent a large number of spies to inquire about the news of the Zhao army to see when Li Mu would retreat. At the same time, he was also calculating, once Li Mu retreated, whether he would pursue Li Mu or enter Fanwu.

And at this time, Huan Qi finally received the news that he had been waiting for for a long time, and the Zhao army had retreated from Fanwu. So Huan Qi also immediately ordered to gather the generals to discuss.