Li Mu's Betrayal Below

  [======????=====]????????????????????“This is...” was standing on a high mountain ridge, Jing Ke concentrated his senses and felt, “This is Li Xiaoguo's energy, how can it be so angry and sad? The anger is like the hot lava of a volcano about to erupt, but that sadness is like a soul frozen by winter wind! Could it be...” He looked up towards the direction of Fan Wu, thinking deeply, but couldn't understand.

  In the distant horizon, a meteor with its last splendor, forgot its former glory, fell into eternal silence.

  ……

  Sheathing his sword, Li Xiao Guo turned around and continued to plead with his father, Li Mu: "Qin's ambition is to unify the world under one rule, each country is wary of each other and refuses to join forces, if we lose then so be it. But we cannot betray the hopes of Zhao's people! Father, have you forgotten how cruel Qin's generals are? How they treated Zhao Kuo's 400,000 surrendered soldiers?"

  "Alright, Xiao Guo!" Disappointment and a hint of anger had already crept into his eyes. Li Mu glared at his daughter, taking step by step towards her, asking in a low voice: "You've lost, you really are aware of that so-called history? Then don't you know that your father will be killed by King Zhao? It's because he wants to replace me with Zhao Cong as the general!"

  Saying that, he angrily pointed at Zhao Cong who was kneeling on the ground and scolded: "At that time in 'Wang Lang Po', did you know how I got shot by an arrow? At that time, there were only my brothers behind me, no Qin army soldiers. It was this Zhao Cong who took advantage of my unpreparedness and shot an arrow from behind. You also knew the severity of my injury at that time, could it be accidental? Don't believe me, ask him!

  "General Wang Yan's mercy, General Wang Yan's mercy." Zhao Cong was now terrified and trembling with fear, turned his head to look at Wang Yan and said: "That was also forced by King Zhao of Zhao, and it was also this Wang Yan... The 'Wolf Breaking' trap set up by General Wang Yan and King Zhao after their secret meeting, I am not the mastermind!"

  "Wang Jian... you're so treacherous..." Xiao Guo's eyes widened in anger, drawing his sword again to charge forward.

  "That's enough!" Li Mu shouted, "At that time, Wang Jian and our general had different camps, so it was normal to set up this plan. But think about me, Li Mu, who is loyal to the country, King Zhao is muddle-headed, fell into the trap and harmed General Lian Po, causing 400,000 brothers to die miserably, and finally forced the old general to surrender to Chu, and died in depression. Now you come to harm me again! How can I tolerate it?"

  "Dad, you have to think about it." Holding Li Mu's hand, Xiao Guo made a last-ditch effort: "Why did King Zhao want to harm Dad? Wasn't it because of someone's malicious instigation? But who was that person? Dad, you must think about it!" As she spoke, she glared fiercely at Wang Xian.

  "Hahaha! General Wang, are you doubting that I won't succeed?" Wang Jian remained standing upright with his hands clasped behind his back, "Then speak up, Zhao Cong's little brat! Who is it that wants to harm General Li Mu?"

  "Spare my life, General! Spare my life, General..."

  Ignoring Zhao Cong's plea for mercy, Xiao Guo sternly questioned him: "Speak quickly, was it Wang Jian who deliberately deceived you? Was he the one who tricked our king into sending you to harm my father?"

  "It is... it's like this..."

  ……

  It was Guo Kuo again, the same Guo Kuo who had caused Lian Po to die in a foreign land.

  Lian Po was one of the four famous generals of the Warring States period. He had made great contributions to the Zhao state, but unexpectedly, during the Battle of Changping against the Qin state, the Qin state used a strategy of sowing discord and Guo Kui stirred up trouble, causing King Zhao to replace Lian Po as commander-in-chief with Zhao Kuo. This directly led to the subsequent defeat of the Zhao army, which was annihilated by the Qin general Bai Qi, resulting in the deaths of 400,000 people.

  When Lian Po later fled to a distant place, the King of Zhao remembered him and sent an envoy to visit him. At this time, Guo Kuo gave a large sum of money to the envoy and asked him to say that Lian Po's body was not good, he had diarrhea three times after eating a meal, and his stool was abundant, so Lian Po could no longer return to the battlefield to serve Zhao State. In the end, the famous general Lian Po died in a foreign land with a grievance.

  Guo Kuo, as the favored minister of Zhao Wang Qian, was also a veteran statesman of two dynasties. When Qin general Wang Jian led his troops to attack Zhao again, King Zhao sent Li Mu and Sima Sang to lead the army against him. Li Mu defeated the Qin army several times, and Wang Jian feared him like a tiger. Seeing that Li Mu was leading the army against them, the Qin state felt that a strong attack would be hopeless, so they thought of using heavy bribes to corrupt Guo Kuo, letting him devise a way to persuade King Zhao Qian to recall Li Mu.

  But unexpectedly, Guo Kai took the initiative to find Wang Qiang.

  King Zhao of Zhao was originally dull and ordinary, but he liked to "cultivate his body and become a god". One day, King Zhao asked the heavens: When will the state of Zhao prosper, and how can I cultivate my body and become a god? However, the divination showed that among the generals of Zhao, Li Mu had a grudge against King Zhao, which directly affected King Zhao's cultivation.

  At this time, Guo Kuo believed that Li Mu had been recalled by King Zhao of Zhao for "not fighting well and not daring to fight" when he was resisting the Xiongnu in the north, and another general was sent to replace him. The new general took office for more than a year, and every time the Xiongnu army came to attack, he ordered his troops to go out and fight, often suffering setbacks and losses, with heavy casualties. As a result, the border areas could not be cultivated or grazed on time. Therefore, King Zhao asked Li Mu to come out again, but Li Mu refused to leave his house, insisting that he was ill. King Zhao repeatedly begged him, and Li Mu said: "If Your Majesty must use me, I will do as before, and I dare to obey your orders." Although King Zhao agreed with him, Li Mu later defeated the Xiongnu, but resentment had already been generated.

  He then suggested to King Zhao of Zhao to kill Li Mu, and King Zhao had already had such a mind to cultivate himself.

  ……

  Listening to Zhao Cong's words, Li Mu was so angry that his whole body trembled, and he drew his sword in anger: "You're a good one, Zhao Cong! I've always treated you kindly, but you come to harm me?"

  "The general should not be impatient, and it's better to listen to him finish speaking. It's also good to prove in front of General Wang that the plan of 'Wang Lang Slope' was not conceived by me." But it was Wang Jian who stepped forward and said softly: "Zhao Cong, you'd better tell all the truth!"

  "Yes, yes, yes......" Zhao Cong hastily kowtowed and continued: "It was Guo Kai who ordered me to go to General Wang Jian's place and explain the plan to him. Then, when I invited General Li Mu to climb 'Lang Wolf Slope' to investigate the Qin army's military situation, the Qin army's 'Qin Dou Hun' soldiers suddenly emerged from their ambush and killed us. Guo Kai said..."

  "What did you say?" Li Mu roared, raising his sword high.

  "Say that it was necessary to take the life of General Li Mu, and then bring your heart back to Handan City to sacrifice to the great king...". Zhao Cong hastily blurted out: "So later on, I saw Jing Ke as if he were a god, and had no choice but to shoot an arrow at the general from behind...", after finishing speaking, he was already overly tense and fell to the ground.

  Haha, laughing, Wang Jian looked at Xiao Guo and said: "Young General, now you know that this general is innocent? Everything was what Guo Kai and Zhao Wang wanted to take Li General's life, it has nothing to do with this general!"

  But Xiao Guo was already shocked: "How can the provocation of Father Jiang come so early? How could Wang Jian appear here in such a way? Is what Zhao Cong said true or false? Why... why is it completely inconsistent with history?"

  "General, now you can know who shot the arrow that injured your father?" Feng Xinzi smiled strangely and said: "The people of Zhao are militaristic and have many battles, their soldiers are strong in endurance, have a sense of obedience, and are good at riding and shooting, with strong bows and crossbows. But without a good general, how can there be peace? Thinking of your father General Li Mu, a great military god, also fell to such a state, it's a pity! For such a foolish king, why bother to sacrifice for him?"

  "Come in!" It was Li Mu, shouting towards the outside of the door. Four soldiers responded and entered, then he ordered: "Take Zhao Cong down for me, behead him at the camp gate!"

  "Yes!"

  "Spare my life, General! General..." With his hands tied behind him, there was no struggle left in Zhao Cong as he was dragged away by two soldiers.

  "Father, don't kill him yet..." Xiaoguo hastily shouted: "There are still many questions!"

  "Shut your mouth!" Li Mu was already furious and shouted again: "Come on, take the young general down and temporarily lock him up in the military prison!"

  ……

  In a tent in the Zhao army camp, the second of the "Lu State Four Ghosts", who was originally an unknown soldier, is now studying a sheepskin map. As the military strategist of the Zhao army, facing the current stalemate between the Qin and Zhao armies on the battlefield, he has to rack his brains to find ways to defeat the enemy.

  "It's not good to pull the military advisor, it's not good to pull the military advisor." A figure rushed in hastily, and upon looking up, it was indeed General Gu Shi Kai. "Military Advisor, something is amiss! I discovered two brothers were killed outside the camp while I was on patrol... I wanted to find General... but..."

  "General Gu is not in a hurry, let me tell you in detail!" He hastily rolled up the sheepskin map and Old Second handed him a jug of water.

  "Alas! It's too late to drink water now." Gu Shi Kai didn't catch it, and quickly said: "I went to the gate of General Li Mu, but I heard inside that there were actually Feng Xinzi and Qin State General Wang Jian's voices. I thought they must be coming to raid our camp and kill our commander, but unexpectedly, I heard that General Li Mu had already formed an alliance with Wang Jian, each leaving their own country, and joining forces to establish themselves!"

  "What?" The gourd slipped from his hand and water spilled all over the ground, but was quickly absorbed by the mud.

  Moreover, Young General has already been... thrown into the great prison of the army!

  ……

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