Chapter 184

The tenth year of King Zheng of Qin passed slowly like this.

In the blink of an eye, it came to the eleventh year of King Zheng of Qin.

The past year was a novel year for the people in the old land of the Han State. They lived as Qin people for a whole year. During this year, they tried hard to forget the Han State and adapt to everything in the Qin State.

Laws, rules, and even characters all needed them to relearn. Some people were miserable and missed their old country. For the lower-class people, this year was an unprecedentedly happy year. When the Han State was still there, whether it was a bumper year or a bad year, they needed to pay heavy taxes, and the officials above were too lazy to care about their life and death.

The Qin State was not. Not only did it take the initiative to save them when they suffered disasters, especially last year, the Qin State promoted new agricultural tools, and Qin officials took the initiative to guide them to sow seeds, which made them have a bumper harvest.

More importantly, the Qin State exempted them from taxes for several years.

This meant that the harvested grain belonged to them.

The people in the old land of the Han State slowly accepted the Qin State.

And for the remaining five countries in the east, this year was also a year of suffering.

Because the Qin State destroyed the Han State in one battle, the three countries of Zhao, Wei, and Chu were extremely wary of the Qin State, fearing that the Qin State would move troops against them.

As for the Yan State and the Qi State, first, they did not border the Qin State, and second, one sent the Crown Prince to the Qin State as a hostage, and the other had always been on good terms with the Qin State, following the Qin State's lead. The King of Qi even came to the Qin State to visit in person.

Even if the Qin State wanted to take action against them, it would be difficult to attack their borders directly without destroying the other countries and opening up the road.

However, in the end, the three countries of Zhao, Wei, and Chu were nervous for nothing.

The Qin State did not move troops against them.

But all this was broken after the spring of the eleventh year of King Zheng of Qin.

Ying Zheng used Wang Xuan Jian as a general and Li Xin as a deputy general to lead troops to attack Zhao!

In the end, Ying Zheng still adopted Su Xuan's suggestion and did not let Li Xin be the main general to attack Zhao.

Although he really wanted to cultivate young generals, realizing that the Qin State was deep and that Zhao had Li Mu as a general, it was difficult for Li Xin to take advantage of Li Mu. For the sake of stability, it was better to let Wang Xuan Jian serve as the general.

Wang Xuan Jian could be considered an old general of the Qin State. In terms of qualifications, although he was smaller than Wang Yi and others who died last year, after Wang Yi died, he was already the general with the oldest qualifications in the army. He was always stable in fighting, and Ying Zheng was very relieved to let him lead the army to attack Zhao.

Of course, although Li Xin could not be the main general, it was also possible to follow Wang Xuan Jian as a deputy general to sharpen himself.

Like Wang Yi back then, he was the deputy general of Wu'an Jun Bai Qi. Li Xin following old generals like Wang Xuan Jian to sharpen himself, not to say that he could become Wu'an Jun Bai Qi in the future, but it was also possible to accumulate experience and become the next Wang Yi.

Wang Xuan Jian was indeed an experienced general. He led the Qin army to attack Zhao. Although the speed of the march could not be said to be fast, it was steady. Because he knew very well that this battle was not a battle to destroy Zhao, but just that the Qin State had a bumper harvest last year and there was too much surplus grain in the warehouse, which needed to be consumed somewhere. At the same time, by conquering the Zhao State, he could sharpen the Qin soldiers, which was a disguised form of training.

Although the march speed was not fast, Wang Xuan Jian did win consecutive battles. He first captured Pingyang, then took Wucheng, and beheaded the Zhao general Hu Zhe, beheading 50, 00 Zhao troops. Until he went east to Shangdang and attacked near Taihang, the Qin army finally encountered obstacles.

Because the Zhao State used Li Mu.

Li Mu used Taihang as a natural barrier and built a city based on the mountain. Although he knew that the Zhao army could not fight the Qin army, with the help of the mountain city, he forcibly blocked the Qin army.

Perhaps, exhausting the power of the Qin State, under the command of Wang Xuan Jian, he could still break through the Taihang mountain city and annihilate Li Mu's army, but in that case, the Qin State would also suffer heavy losses.

Such a risky thing, if it were young people like Li Xin, they might do it.

But Wang Xuan Jian would not do it.

As a result, seeing that he could not break through Li Mu's defense, he decisively chose to retreat.

Even so, in this battle, the Qin State still achieved a great advantage.

When the military report reached Xianyang, many Qin people were excited.

In the Zhangtai Palace, although Ying Zheng was also very excited, he was trying hard to restrain himself.

Although some advantages were achieved in the war against the Zhao State, it was not destroying the Zhao State after all. Moreover, this time Li Mu blocked Wang Xuan Jian's attack, which indirectly explained that Li Mu was not a person who lived up to his name.

"What virtue and ability does the Zhao State have to be able to have so many famous generals!"

Ying Zheng could not help but sigh.

I don't know when it started, but famous generals in the Zhao State emerged one after another. In the past, there were Hong Lian Po and others, and now a Li Mu had emerged.

He thought that Li Mu defeating the Xiongnu coalition in Yanmen County was because the Xiongnu were incompetent. Now it seems that he is indeed a capable person.

"If only such a general could be used by me!"

After sighing, Ying Zheng said what he thought in his heart.

"Actually, it is possible to let Li Mu be used by Your Majesty!" Su Xuan said, stating his view.

"What high opinion does Mr. have?" Ying Zheng asked quickly.

This battle of attacking Zhao could achieve victory, thanks to Su Xuan pointing out Fan Fan Yuqi's problem in advance. If Fan Fan Yuqi or Li Xin were the main generals, they might take some advantage at the beginning, but after meeting Li Mu, they would definitely not get any good, and there was a possibility of suffering a big defeat.

He knew Wang Xuan Jian's ability very well. Even Wang Xuan Jian could not break Li Mu's defense and chose to retreat, which meant that if he rushed forward, he might take a big risk.

Wang Xuan Jian could see this, but Fan Fan Yuqi and Li Xin might not.

Not everyone can see the good and stop on the premise of winning a big victory.

"I heard that the King of Zhao is seriously ill and dying!"

The current King of Zhao is not King Qian of Zhao, but his father, King Daoxiang of Zhao.

"What does Mr. want to say?"

Su Xuan said: "The original Crown Prince of the Zhao State was Zhao Jia, but the King of Zhao favored the Chang woman. The Chang concubine was favored by the King of Zhao and conspired to frame Zhao Jia for a crime, causing him to be abolished as Crown Prince. The King of Zhao then established the Chang concubine as Queen, and her son Zhao Qian was able to become Crown Prince. Now the King of Zhao is seriously ill and dying. I think it won't be long before Zhao Qian succeeds to the throne."

"This Zhao Qian is famous for his bad conduct in the Zhao State. It is really a good thing for us that he succeeds to the throne as King of Zhao!"

Ying Zheng was stunned, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "It is indeed a good thing!"

Although the national strength of the Qin State was stronger than that of the few countries in the east, if there were a few more muddled and incompetent kings in the few countries in the east, it would be even better for the Qin State.

Su Xuan continued: "Li Mu once advised the King of Zhao not to accept the Chang concubine as a concubine on the grounds that her origin was not correct and that disturbing the clan bloodline could lead to the collapse of the country. As a result, the King of Zhao did not listen to Li Mu's suggestion."

"The King of Zhao might be able to allow Li Mu to say such things because of Li Mu's talent, but the Chang concubine's son, our next King of Zhao, might not!"

Ying Zheng's eyes flickered, knowing how to conquer Li Mu for his own use.

A strategy that can be called a conspiracy, a counter-espionage strategy!

Although this strategy is easy to be seen through, sometimes it is very useful.

Zhao Qian and Li Mu have old grudges, so it can be used.