"The key to the cavalry is as fast as lightning, as thunder as thunder, like wind and fire, and it is impossible to prevent it. One is to meet the enemy; Second, it is said to defeat the enemy by taking advantage of the void; The third is to chase and scatter the chaos; Fourth, after attacking the enemy, make the enemy run; Fifth, it is said to cover its food and cut off its military path; Sixth, it is said that it will defeat its Guanjin and send its bridge; Seven said to cover up its unpreparedness, and attack its uninspiring journey; Eight said to attack its slackness and surprise; Nine said to burn its accumulation, empty its city; Ten days plundered his fields and captured his children. These ten purposes are all for the benefit of cavalry warfare. ”

Li Mu put down the bamboo slips, looked at the plateau, nodded again and again, and said: "Very well written, these ten purposes are all the essence of riding and fighting, if this book can be completed, I think it is enough to be respected with Sun Wu Sima, and he is also a master of the art of war." ”

Gao Yuan hurriedly said: "The general is too talkative, in fact, what I wrote is just some of the art of war, I think if the general writes his life experience with soldiers into a book, he can really be called with Sun Wu Sima." ”

Li Yinghong said with a smile on the side: "I don't know if his soldier's handwriting is good, but his handwriting is really not good, these are written by me, if it really becomes a book in the future, but I must write my name, it can be regarded as the two of us writing together." ”

Li Mu gently stroked her daughter's head and said with a smile: "They are all people who are going to get married, they are still so crazy, they don't look like a daughter's family at all, and if they marry into their husband's house in the future, I'm afraid people will laugh at me for teaching my daughter." ”

Li Yinghong's face turned red, and he said coquettishly: "Father, why don't I get married?" ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this for now, Gao Yuan, the king has issued an edict, I am going to return to Handan soon, what are your plans?" ”

Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then he thought that he was only temporarily staying in the Zhao army camp, although he served as the commander of the cavalry in the Zhao army, but strictly speaking, he was not the official general of the Zhao army, and he could only be regarded as Li Mu's doorman, and now that the war is over, it is also reasonable for Li Mu to ask his next step.

Li Yinghong didn't think about it so much, and said a little strangely: "Father, why do you ask so, of course he went back to Handan with us, otherwise he would still be able to go there." ”

Li Mu shook his head and said, "Gao Yuan is not from the Zhao Kingdom, he is only temporarily settling in our big camp now, and now that the war is over, I just want to ask him about his next step." ”

Li Yinghong said: "Although Gao Yuan is not a courtier of Zhao State, but this time he has made a great contribution, after returning to Handan, he will definitely be crowned by the king and become a minister of Zhao State, and he is now alone anyway, and it is also very good to be out of Zhao State." ”

Li Mu turned his head to look at Gao Yuan and said: "Gao Yuan, of course I also hope that you can stay in Zhao State, and with your contribution in this battle, plus my recommendation, you will definitely be able to enter the court as an official, but I also want to tell you that the current Zhao State is already in danger, and even I can't guarantee how long Zhao State can last, so if you go out of Zhao State, it may not be a correct choice." ”

Li Yinghong was also puzzled and said, "Father, didn't we defeat the Qin State again this time?" How can it be said that Zhao is in danger now? ”

Li Mu smiled slightly, and said: "Yinghong, you are still too young to understand the general trend of the world, although we defeated the Qin army again this time, but the Qin State is powerful, with a local area of thousands of miles, a population of 10 million, and a million armor, this defeat does not hurt the muscles and bones at all, and our Zhao State is now less than half of the former territory, with a population of less than 3 million, and only 200,000 soldiers to fight, how can we be the enemy of the Qin State." This is still secondary, and now Qin Wangzheng's age is not very old, but he is wise and decisive, with clear rewards and punishments, and he is well versed in the way of power, and can humbly accept advice, Corporal Lixian, is indeed a monarch with a position. Since the Qin Wangzheng pro-government, he has successively punished the concubines, chased Lu without violation, pacified the Chengjiao rebellion, and grasped the power of the Qin State. ”

After a pause, Li Mu said again: "If our Zhao State can now lie down and try the courage from now on, work together, repair the national government internally, and connect the land and the country, it is not impossible to resist the Qin State, but it is a pity that the current king of our Zhao State, although it is not cruel and cruel, absurd and ignorant, but it can only be regarded as a mediocre and self-sustaining, not only did not make great efforts to govern the country and appoint talents, but on the contrary, he was close to the villain and kept away from the gentleman." Therefore, Qin and Zhao naturally made a judgment. ”

Gao Yuan also nodded, and said: "The army should be governed first, and the country should be governed before the enemy country can be destroyed, and if your country is uneasy, no matter how strong the army is, it will be difficult to last. ”

Li Mu also approving: "That's right, in the past, Wu Yue fought for hegemony, Wu Guo's soldiers and soldiers Sun Xiao, the famous general Wu Xiao had to be personally trained, its strength was so strong, there was no country in the world at that time, but Wu people only sought military strength, not trying to govern the country, not repairing internal affairs, although its military strength was strong, although it could dominate for a while, but it was finally destroyed by Yue. At that time, there was no god of war like Sun Xiao in the Yue Kingdom, but there were literary and Fan Li such materials to govern the country, and all its monarchs and ministers were committed to governing the country. It can be seen that governing the country precedes governing the army. You can see this, and it also shows that you can see that you are superior to others, so among the nations, no matter where you will come out, there is no need to be trapped in the Zhao country. If you want to switch to other countries, even if you want to defect to Qin, I will not stop you, but I only ask you for one thing, that is, no matter which country you go to, please do not be an enemy of Zhao in the future. ”

In fact, what Li Mu said, Gao Yuan has not thought about it, but what he plans to do next, Gao Yuan has not come up with a clue until now, because if according to the process of historical development, Qin will sweep the six countries and unify the whole country within ten years, and he also knows that Li Mu will not survive next year. Therefore, Zhao is indeed not a place for his long-term stay. But if you don't stay in Zhao State, you can go there again, and the situation in the other five countries is not much worse than Zhao State, but it is just a matter of a few years earlier and a few years later.

And defecting to the Qin State is not a good choice. Just now Li Mu praised Qin Wangzheng, and it is not an exaggeration, the current Qin Wangzheng is indeed a famous lord, but after the unification of Qin, Qin Shi Huang has completely changed, and Gao Yuan has dispelled this idea.

In addition, the plateau inexplicably crossed into this era, was taken in by Li Mu, in the past two months, the plateau has been living in the Zhao army's camp, and the soldiers of the Zhao army get along very well, and everyone is fighting side by side together, so it has also established a relatively deep and affectionate, is one of the four iron in life, because it is the plateau has been grateful to Li Mu, if you leave Zhao at this time, the plateau is indeed a little parting.

But staying in Zhao State, did he help Zhao State change the course of history? Plateau is also very hesitant, because excluding the current big shape, in the subconscious of the plateau, not to dismantle the unification of China, no matter how much tyranny Qin Shi Huang implemented after the unification of China, but in the process of unifying the six countries, the plateau is still very much in agreement, after all, the idea of China's reunification has penetrated into the plateau's thoughts, if you prevent the unification of China by yourself, in the heart of the plateau, there is also an instinctive contact feeling.

Of course, Gao Yuan has not thought about establishing a force to compete for the unification of the world, but now he is poor and white, has no power and no power, and without more than ten years, it is impossible to build a strength that can compete with the Qin State, and after ten years, the Qin State has completed the great cause of unification, and at that time, I am afraid that he can only wait until Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolt in Daze Township before they have a chance.

Seeing that Gao Yuan's face was changing, it was obvious that he was also thinking fiercely in his heart, and Li Yinghong's heart couldn't help but get nervous, and he couldn't help but say: "Gao Yuan, you don't really want to leave Zhao Guo, right?" ”

Although Li Yinghong is Li Mu's adopted daughter, Li Mu herself has no children and no daughters, and treats her like her own daughter. And in the Zhao army, the soldiers also regarded her as Li Mu's daughter, respecting Wu and Wu, although because of Li Yinghong's cheerful personality, the soldiers also liked her very much, but they respected her more than they loved, the older regarded her as a child, and the younger ones were a little restrained, and Li Yinghong was everywhere, but now Li Yinghong is fifteen or sixteen years old, the age of girlish feelings, there are not many playmates of the same age around him, although Li Yinghong's personality is cheerful, heroic and magnanimous, but sometimes I feel a little lost in my heart.

And after Gao Yuan broke into her life, it changed, first, Gao Yuan is different from other people, and his attitude towards Li Yinghong is completely different from other young people, and second, Gao Yuan itself also has a lot of mysteries, which makes Li Yinghong very interested, and in the past two months, she has spent the most time with Gao Yuan, and Gao Yuan has also brought her many new things, so unconsciously, Gao Yuan has left a deep trace in Li Yinghong's heart. When Li Mu asked whether the grate under the plateau would leave Zhao State, Li Yinghong's heart instinctively gave birth to a trace of reluctance to leave the plateau.

At this time, Gao Yuan suddenly said: "I want to ask first, since the general also knows that Zhao Guo is currently difficult to return to, and it is difficult to continue, why do you want to stay in Zhao State and not find another way out by yourself?" With the talent of a great general, even if he arrives in the Qin State, I am afraid that he will be treated like a guest by the Qin Dynasty and reused. ”

Li Mu smiled and said: "Gao Yuan, I am different from you, I am a native of Zhao State, and I have been in Zhao Guosi for more than 30 years, and I have long been deeply rooted here, not to mention that there are more than 100,000 soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people, I can't bear to leave them." After a pause, Li Mu said again: "What's more, my limit is approaching, and my life is not long in coming, and now I am just doing my last bit for Zhao Guo." ”

Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong couldn't help but be taken aback, Li Yinghong said: "Father ......"

Li Mu waved his hand and said: "Yinghong, your age is not too young, this matter should also let you know, thirty years ago, when I learned the art of war and was about to go down the mountain to establish a meritorious career, my teacher calculated a sum for me, saying that I can establish a prominent fame, but the life span is only six or nine, so next year is also my maximum year, the number of days has been set, it is difficult to change." Moreover, if a person dies eventually, I can live to be fifty-four years old, and it is not an untimely death. ”