Zhao Kuo was very happy, and Li Mu was very happy too.

Just when Zhao Kuo and his three thousand soldiers under his command were killing and setting fires on both sides of the Yellow River like three thousand evil wolves, Li Mu had already met with Lian Po in the city of Xianyang.

"I've seen the general!" Li Mu saluted Lian Po respectfully.

Whether it is record, prestige or position, Lian Po is far from what Li Mu can match.

Fortunately, most people think that it should be only a matter of time before Li Mu becomes another Lian Po.

Even Lian Po himself thinks so.

Therefore, Lian Po's attitude towards Li Mu was very friendly.

"General Li Mu, I am really amazed at how able you to restrain a large number of Qin troops this time and be able to defeat Wang Yan's troops."

Perhaps Lian Po would have had some scheming when facing Zhao Dan and other ministers of Zhao State, but now Lian Po is the commander of the army, and Li Mu is a general under his command, so he naturally speaks straightforwardly without any modification.

Li Mu, who received praise, had a slightly warm face and said to Lian Po: "The General is absurd."

There are only two people in the world who can make Li Mu so humble now, one is Li Mu's king Zhao Dan, and the other is Lian Po.

Lian Po patted Li Mu on the shoulder and smiled at Li Mu and said, "How about it, what strategy do you have to break through Xianyang?"

"Capture Xianyang?" Li Mu was stunned and said after a long time: "General, it's hard to do this."

As the capital of Qin State, Xianyang City is located in Guanzhong and has four barriers, so the initial walls were not tall.

The people of Qin were very proud to think that their capital would definitely not be compromised.

It is precisely because of this proud mentality that the city defense of Xianyang City is quite average.

This is why after Hangu Pass was conquered by the Qi, Wei and Han coalition forces, Qin, which lost the barrier of Hangu Pass, immediately sought peace from Qi.

Xianyang City cannot be defended.

After this battle, King Ji of Qin learned from his mistakes and began to order the construction of a new city wall.

The new city wall is extremely tall and majestic, even better than Handan, the capital of Zhao State, and especially the side of Xianyang Palace, which is even more comparable to the natural danger of Hangu Pass.

In history, with the repeated victory of the Qin army, the area of ​​Xianyang City continued to expand, and the original outer wall lost its use and even became an obstacle to expansion, so it was basically demolished by the Qin Shihuang period.

But the history of this era has been changed, and the Qin State, which was repeatedly defeated and even took away Hedong and Hangu Pass, had a great sense of crisis. The tall Xianyang city wall not only showed any signs of demolition, but was repaired and became more and more solid.

It can be said that it may be more difficult to break through such a Xianyang city than to break through Handan City.

Moreover, with the news of Lian Po's entry into Guanzhong came to Xianyang City, the 50,000 Qin troops located in Jingyang City have retreated into Xianyang City. In addition, the number of troops hundreds of thousands of people in Xianyang City can provide, Li Mu felt that this city had at least 150,000 to 200,000 defenders.

Of course, most of these defenders are just ordinary young and strong rather than professional soldiers, but this way of defending the city battle will not engage in face-to-face hand-to-hand combat for most of the time, which effectively avoids the biggest disadvantages of young and strong people when facing the elite soldiers of Zhao State.

If you think according to common sense, siege is the best choice for a soldier without fighting.

Hundreds of thousands of mouths consumed, the food consumed is actually very terrifying, absolutely astronomical.

As long as you have been surrounded for a year or two, 80% of the people in the city will die and then attack the city, and it will basically be stable.

But Li Mu knew very well that Zhao State does not have that much time now.

Not to mention a year or two, at most a month (or even shorter), Bai Qi will lead his 200,000 elite Qin troops to appear under the city of Xianyang.

Can 120,000 Zhao troops be allowed to break through this Xianyang city in one month?

Li Mu felt that unless something suddenly happened such as Earth Dragon turning over (earthquake), divine punishment from heaven (meteorite), it would be impossible to conquer Xianyang City in a month.

So Li Mu could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

"The general, the last general is a little talented and knowledgeable, and he really can't think of how to break through Xianyang City."

After hearing Li Mu's words, Lian Po did not blame him at all, but instead laughed.

"You guy, it's really interesting."

Li Mu looked at Lian Po in a good mood and felt a little moved. After hesitating for a while, he couldn't help but say to Lian Po: "Can the General already have a plan to break Xianyang?"

Lian Po laughed again, and the two strands of white hair on both sides of his cheeks trembled, looking quite interesting.

After a long time, Lian Po's laughter gradually stopped.

"In fact, I don't have a good idea to destroy the city, but it's okay. We are waiting for the arrival of the Korean army here. I heard that Jin Mou had a large number of catapults, which should be helpful to our siege."

In the next few days, the Zhao army launched several tentative attacks on Xianyang City, but they were all beaten back by the Qin army, who had already prepared.

So after leaving behind thousands of corpses in vain, Lian Po simply issued an order to stop the attack.

The Zhao army began to log wood and build arrow towers and catapults around the city of Xianyang, clearly showing an attitude of wanting to fight a protracted war with the Qin people.

A few days later, the 100,000 Korean troops led by Jin Mou finally arrived.

With the help of Korean craftsmen, a large number of trench machines began mass production.

With the help of hundreds of catapults, the Zhao and Han allied forces once again launched an attack on Xianyang City in front of them.

The real siege battle only began this day.

"Zuo Zhuan" once said: "War is courage. One fight, one will make one's energy worse, and then it will be exhausted."

The first real offensive is usually the most powerful one.

This law was also fulfilled in this Xianyang offensive and defensive battle.

With the violent bombing of the trenchers, the Zhao and Han alliance once suppressed the defensive firepower of the Qin people, successfully filled a section of the moat, and transported a large number of soldiers under the city walls of Xianyang.

Countless ladders were laid on the head of Xianyang City, and the number was so large that Li Mu felt that he had seen hope of breaking the city.

But at this time, Li Mu did not command the experience of large corps to fight, which was reflected. Compared to Li Mu's optimism, Lian Po just shook his head gently.

After three days of fierce battle, the Zhao army still did not climb to the top of the city.

As the siege was unfavorable, news about Bai Qi's movement began to come.

Bai Qi crossed the Yellow River, which was a little slow.

Bai Qi returned to Yuanli.

Bai Qi arrived at Chongquan.

Bai Qi arrived in Liyang.

At this time, Li Mu finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked to meet Lian Po in person, hoping to suspend the siege in order to prepare for the upcoming Bai Qi.

Li Mu's request was rejected again.

As the main general, Lian Po had the power to dictate military operations. As long as he did not agree, no one could change the Zhao army's combat policy.

Looking at Li Mu with a sad look on his face, a smile appeared on the corner of Lian Po's mouth.

"Boy, I'm still too young. I'm so immense with a vast territory of thousands of miles and a population of one million. Can't I really find someone who can break through the Xianyang City?"
Chapter completed!