Chapter 181 King Qian of Zhao: How can such a thing be made public?

Zhao Cong, a young general of the State of Zhao, had average ability to lead troops, but he had a good relative - King Qian of Zhao.

Although King Qian of Zhao thought that Guo Kai's suggestion was good, such dirty work obviously could not be handed over to outsiders, so King Qian of Zhao thought of Zhao Cong.

In the eyes of King Qian of Zhao, it was just a matter of driving away a group of refugees. It would be easy but would bring bad reputation if it got out.

Therefore, King Qian of Zhao chose Zhao Cong, and for this purpose he deliberately removed a part of the city defense forces of Handan and placed them under Zhao Cong's command.

So Zhao Cong happily started his career of chasing people away, but unfortunately Zhao Cong didn't expect that he would run into Li Xin before the tenth time he chased people away.

As both are young generals, Li Xin's ability is far superior to Zhao Cong's.

What's more, the situations of both parties are completely different.

Li Xin's side was on high alert and ready to fight.

Zhao Cong's troops had traveled a long distance and had consumed too much physical strength.

The two armies met on a narrow road.

Zhao Cong's cavalry came galloping like a blue-gray lightning.

They were dressed in black armor, holding spears and swords, and were extremely powerful.

Li Xin's cavalry team was wearing the pure black armor unique to the Qin army's armored cavalry, with flags flying.

Zhao Cong saw Li Xin's troops from afar and immediately recognized them as Qin troops. However, when he saw the word "Li" on the big banner, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially when Zhao Cong saw Li Xin's beardless face from afar, his confidence soared.

Zhao Cong counted the famous generals of the Qin State, but did not see anyone with the surname Li. Especially Li Xin, he had no beard on his face, and it was obvious that he was a young man like him.

Zhao Cong is as confident as his peers.

Zhao Cong and Li Xin stopped in front of the battle, holding their spears, and shouted loudly: "You Qin army, how dare you invade our Zhao State? Today, I, Zhao Cong, will make sure you never return!"

Hearing this, Li Xin raised his lips slightly, rode his horse forward, and said coldly: "Zhao Cong, don't be so arrogant, wait and see how I, Li Xin, can defeat you!"

With Li Xin's order, the Qin cavalry rushed in like a tide.

They waved their weapons and shouted loudly.

Seeing this, Zhao Cong was not afraid at all. He waved his spear and led the cavalry to meet the enemy.

When the two armies clashed, the horses' hooves galloped and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

However, this seemingly evenly matched confrontation was reversed in an instant.

When Li Xin's cavalry was charging, they suddenly changed their formation, forming a sharp arrow pointing directly at Zhao Cong's central army.

Although Zhao Cong's cavalry were brave, they were immediately thrown into disarray by the sudden change of the Qin army.

Li Xin seized the opportunity and led the cavalry in a fierce charge.

They were like tigers descending from the mountains, unstoppable. Zhao Cong's cavalry retreated one after another under the attack of the Qin army.

Gongsun Ce looked at Fusu's guards around the carriage and shouted softly, "Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Wang Chao, Ma Han, kill the generals and seize the flag!"

"Yes!"*4
The four of them are elites selected from the Shadow Secret Guards, and they are all at the first-class level. Now is the time for Gongsun Ce to test their abilities.

Zhao Cong's heart became increasingly heavy. He clearly saw that his soldiers were gradually losing their footing under the fierce charge of the Qin army, and signs of defeat were becoming increasingly obvious.

The cavalrymen around Zhao Cong were originally the elite soldiers of the Zhao State, but in the continuous battles, their morale was gradually exhausted.

When the Qin army's charge came like a tide, they could no longer resist and fled in panic.

Although Zhao Cong was anxious, he was powerless to save the situation.

At this moment, Wang Chao, Ma Han, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu formed a formation and rushed towards Zhao Cong.

They were extremely fast, cutting through the battlefield like lightning and heading straight for Zhao Cong.

Zhao Cong was already terrified when he saw the defeat of his cavalry.

When he saw the four people coming straight towards him, he felt even more despair in his heart.

He knew at a glance that these four men were elite and extremely powerful.

If they really rushed in front of me, I would be in great danger.

However, before Zhao Cong could escape, the cavalry around him had already collapsed.

He stood alone on the battlefield, facing the phalanx formed by Wang Chao and others.

He felt as if his heart was about to beat out of his chest, and the fear made it almost impossible for him to breathe.

Just when Zhao Cong was about to despair, Wang Chao had already rushed in front of him.

He raised the sword in his hand and swung it violently, cutting off the big banner behind Zhao Cong.

The big banner is the symbol of the army. Once it is cut off, it means that the morale of the army will completely collapse.

As the big banner was cut off, the soldiers in the Zhao army stopped one after another.

When they saw their main general Zhao Cong being captured and the big banner being cut off, they suddenly lost the will to resist.

They knew that there was no suspense in this battle anymore and the Zhao army had been completely defeated.

Gongsun Ce looked at Fusu beside him and said, "Fusu, what do you think of these guards?"

Fusu glanced at the four people who might not be his opponents and nodded, "That's enough."

If Fusu can defeat an opponent, the foursome can probably defeat it. If Fusu cannot defeat an opponent, it will be useless for the foursome to attack together.

Just use it as it is, you can't return it anyway.

Soon, Li Xin led his troops to Liaoyang. As for Zhao Cong, he was temporarily detained and waited to be handed over to Wang Jian after going to Wuan. Wang Jian negotiated with King Zhao to see what price King Zhao could pay to redeem him.

No matter how you look at it, the lineage of King Zhao is suspected of nepotism. There was Zhao Kuo in the front and Zhao Cong in the back, both of them were generals from royal families.

However, Zhao Kuo at least had some ability. He took over an army of 450,000 without any practical experience, and even when the Zhao army was besieged for 46 days, it still did not collapse.

This is very telling. The newly promoted king meets the league champion. What the hell is this?
Under the city of Liaoyang, the city gates were closed and Wang Jian followed his strategy of holding on.

Although the western cities of Zhao State were almost conquered by the Qin army, Wang Jian also had to guard against Li Mu's extreme attempt to steal the city.

With just one fight and intelligence feedback, Wang Jian could be sure that Li Mu's style was steady yet surprising.

It was probably a competition between someone and Li Mu to see who could finish a box of milk faster.

Li Mu would choose to drink slowly, then suddenly pinch the other person's milk carton, splashing the other person's face, and then Li Mu slowly finished the milk.

This is probably the case with Li Mu.

Therefore, Wang Jian was always on guard against Li Mu suddenly leading his troops to attack the cities in the west of Zhao that had been captured by the Qin army.

Then he took a detour to the back of Wang Jian's army and ordered two breads with cheese.

Therefore, even though the defenders saw Gongsun Ce's bronze chariot, the city gates remained closed. The defenders were extremely vigilant and did not dare to let Gongsun Ce and others enter Liaoyang at will.

Gongsun Ce glanced at Liaoyang who was defending cautiously and smiled. Then he handed his official seal to Li Xin and signaled Li Xin to hand it over to the defending general.

After the defending general lowered the hanging basket and took away Gongsun Ce's official seal, he repeatedly confirmed that the seal was authentic, and then ordered the city gate to be opened.

"Pass on my order to open the city gates immediately, welcome the general into the city, and accept the refugees!"

The defending general's lieutenant quickly conveyed the order, and with the roar of the messenger on the city wall, the heavy city gate slowly opened.

Gongsun Ce's bronze chariot slowly entered the city, while Li Xin led his men to watch the refugees enter the city.

The refugees entered Liaoyang City in an orderly manner. They were ragged, pale and thin, and were mostly the elderly, the weak, women and children.

There were porridge stalls set up in the city to provide porridge to the people in the city, so the refugees could have a bowl of hot porridge immediately when they entered the city.

Looking at the steaming rice porridge in front of them, the refugees knelt down to thank Gongsun Ce for his great kindness.

"Thank you, General Gongsun, for your kindness!"
"Thank you, Qin Jun!"
"Thank you, Great Qin's benevolent government!"
The shouts made Fusu, who was beside Gongsun Ce, blush.

"Fusu, are you excited?"

Fusu nodded and said, "Sir, I am still very passionate."

Gongsun Ce patted Fusu's head and said, "You forgot why they were displaced again? Really?"

Fusu then remembered that if there had been no war against Zhao, they might still be living in peace. Although they might not have enough food, they would not be displaced.

However, after the baptism of war, Fusu is no longer naive. He feels a certain degree of sadness, but no longer feels guilty.

Four days later, inside the Dragon Terrace of Zhao State.

King Qian of Zhao looked at the letter sent by Wang Jian in his hand, and his hands could not stop shaking.

Guo Kai, standing beside King Qian of Zhao, also fell into silence.

Guo Kai knew that King Qian of Zhao was still angry at the moment. No matter what he said now, it would only anger King Qian of Zhao, so keeping silent was the best option.

"Kings!"

At this time, Li Mu rushed straight into the Dragon Platform regardless of other people's obstruction. Guo Kai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

In Guo Kai's view, Li Mu was the scapegoat who came to bear the wrath of King Zhao on his behalf. If Li Mu suffered the punishment, then Guo Kai could rest easy.

King Qian of Zhao looked at Li Mu who broke into Longtai and subconsciously threw the letter in his hand to Li Mu.

Li Mu was still some distance away from Zhao Wangqian. Considering Zhao Wangqian's strength, he couldn't hit Li Mu at all.

But at this time Li Mu wanted to see what Wang Jian wrote on the letter very much, so Li Mu raised his right hand, bent his fingers and released his true energy to catch the bamboo slips. The true energy then supported the bamboo slips and sent them in front of Li Mu.

When Li Mu opened the bamboo slips, he immediately felt a headache. If the State of Zhao was about to make a comeback or was on the verge of collapse, it would be fine to stigmatize the other side and mobilize the entire country to fight.

The current situation of Zhao State is neither a sign of a turnaround nor a sign of imminent national danger of subjugation.

It was outrageous for a King of Zhao to do this, and the people he sent out were even caught.

The key point is that it did not discredit the Qin army, but now it is spread in Zhao State that Zhao Cong's actions are all a conspiracy of King Zhao.

The reputation of the Zhao royal family was quickly becoming bad among the people of Zhao.

Li Mu's expression changed several times. He was about to say something when he heard King Zhao Qian speak first.

"Li Mu, do you admit your guilt?"

Zhao Wangqian's preconceived move made Guo Kai, who was standing by, want to laugh.

Li Mu looked at King Qian of Zhao with some disbelief.

Li Mu was an upright person. He could never have imagined that it would be fine if King Zhao Qian did not reflect on himself, but why did he blame him instead?

"I have defended my country, what crime have I committed? I am innocent!"

(End of this chapter)