Yiqu City.

Strictly speaking, this place can no longer be called a city, after all, it has been completely burned to ruins.

Yi Qusheng stood in front of this city on a horse, and he was stunned.

This was once the main gate of Yiqu City. Yiqusheng could even recall the scene in his mind when he led the Yiqu cavalry to pass through here with a cart of trophy and received cheers from all Yiqu people and returned to Yiqu City after he captured Xianyang.

But with the fire of Yiqu City being burned to white ground by Wang Jian, such a scene is no longer possible.

As the former King of Yiqiu, this result is undoubtedly very unacceptable to Yiqiusheng.

A sound of horse hooves came, and Li Mu rode his horse to Yiqusheng's side.

"Why, are you still thinking about this?"

Yi Qusheng glanced at Li Mu and tried hard to squeeze out a bitter smile: "Grandmaster, this is the former capital of Yiqu Country. How can I remain indifferent to this?"

Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, this city is actually not without a chance to resurrection. The king's order has been delivered. As long as you wait until the war is over, you will be crowned as Yiqiu Jun."

"Really?" Yiqiusheng was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting such a result: "But I did not make any contribution..."

Li Mu smiled and said, "No, your existence itself is a credit."

Li Mu told the truth.

As the top leader who was selected by Zhao Dan to be responsible for Zhao's strategy of expanding north and advancing westward, Li Mu naturally had a very good understanding of Zhao Dan's policies.

For these alien races on the grassland, it is useless to kill them alone. History has proved that defeating the Huns and the Turks and the Mongolians has no problem in defeating the Central Plains dynasty over thousands of years.

We must find a way to integrate and assimilate the nomadic peoples on these grasslands into Zhao State, otherwise we will inevitably follow the old path of history in the future.

As for how to integrate, first of all, those who are dissatisfied and want to rebel must be killed, and then a group of leaders who are willing to accept Central Plains culture have to be supported, such as Xian Shan and Yi Qusheng.

Under such circumstances, Yiqusheng did not make enough contributions to Zhao State to grant him the title of king, but he was still able to be awarded this title, because what Zhao Dan himself values ​​was not Yiqusheng's military achievements, but the halo of the Yiqu King above Yiqusheng's head.

The news of the throne undoubtedly made Yi Qusheng feel much better. After all, no matter what, he was able to live in this old land, which was a very good result.

Hundreds of years of life have gradually turned the Yiqu people into semi-nova and semi-agricultural nations, and have begun to have the concept of being unable to leave their hometowns.

As for the matter of competing with Zhao Guofeng... Yiqiusheng felt that he was not tired of living yet.

The appearance of the thunder and grenades made Yi Qusheng clearly understand one fact, that is, there is probably no country in this world that can continue to stop Zhao State's footsteps, neither city nor cavalry can do it.

Yi Qusheng breathed a long sigh and said to Li Mu: "Thank you, the King, and the Governor."

The reason I thanked Li Mu was because Yi Qusheng knew very well that if Li Mu hadn't spoken for him, he might have been taken to the city of Handan like the previous Aries King.

Li Mu smiled, and did not follow Yi Qusheng's words, but said: "When you are banished, you can find a way to rebuild this city."

"Rebuild the city?" Yi Qusheng's face showed a surprise expression: "The king really agrees?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "This is natural. If there was no big city, how could the officials of Zhao State manage this huge land in the future?"

Yiqiusheng nodded and said, "This is also..."

After a while of silence, Yi Qusheng suddenly spoke, "Grandmaster, please tell the king, just talk about the matter of banning the king, so let's postpone it first."

"What?" Li Mu was obviously stunned by Yiqiusheng's words, and couldn't help but say, "Why are you?"

Yiqusheng looked at the ruins in front of Yiqu City, slowly shook his head and said, "This city is the old capital of my Yiqu people, but it has been burned into white land by the Qin people. If this revenge is not avenged, what is my Yiqusheng's appearance? Only when the Qin State is completely destroyed can I accept the position of Yiqu emperor with peace of mind."

Li Mu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he spoke: "Okay."

Another sound of horse hooves came, and Tu Xi, the deputy general of the vanguard of the cavalry in Zhao State, came and saluted to the two: "Grandmaster, General Yiqiu, the camp has been set up."

Just about three or four miles behind the few people, a large camp that could accommodate 50,000 Zhao cavalry troops had just been completed.

Li Mu glanced at Tu Xie and smiled and said, "Do you have any opinions?"

Tu Xie laughed twice and said, "There are still some little things that are dissatisfied, but please don't worry, General, I have taught them a lesson."

Li Mu laughed and said, "This is actually understandable. After all, to be honest, Handan suddenly sent an order to withdraw my troops. I felt less comfortable, let alone those who need military merit to compete for a way out for themselves and their families."

The Zhao cavalry army led by Li Mu had just arrived here.

A few days ago, a peace agreement was sent to Li Mu.

In this agreement, the fact that Xihe County belongs to Qin and Beidi County belongs to Zhao State, and the war between Qin and Zhao State is temporarily ended.

Since the war has ended, Li Mu's stay in Guanzhong seems unnecessary. Therefore, Li Mu, who originally wanted to take the opportunity to find an opportunity to fight Wang Jian, had to take his troops north to return to Beidi County, which is the hometown of Yiqu Country.

Under such circumstances, some dissatisfaction will inevitably arise among the Zhao army's cavalry.

After all, most people didn't get anything after this battle, which definitely wouldn't be convinced.

To put it bluntly, these guys from the Border Cavalry have long been accustomed to victory after victory. Now, this kind of thing that they go home before they have completely won is really not so easy for them.

Fortunately, Li Mu's military management has always been extremely strict, so no one dared to show it in front of Li Mu.

Li Mu smiled and said to Tu Xie: "Tell those guys not to continue complaining, their chance will come soon."

"Oh?" Tu Xie immediately became energetic when he heard this and hurriedly said, "What kind of opportunity is it? Please give me the Grand Commander's advice."

If there are any people in the border cavalry that are most eager to make meritorious contributions, then the Huns' cavalry headed by Tu Xie are definitely one of them.

After all, these Huns had just surrendered to Zhao State. First, they must have to prove their loyalty to the new king, and second, they also need military achievements to make their families live a better life.

You should know that before the war started, Li Mu had already spread the rewards so that the entire army knew about it.

Want cattle and sheep? No problem, exchange the enemy's head.

Want a ranch? No problem, exchange the enemy's head.

Cattle, sheep and pastures are fate for people in the grassland!

Without cattle, sheep and pastures, no person on the grassland can survive the winter safely.

This is why Tu Xie immediately became energetic when he heard that he still had a chance to fight.

In fact, if it weren't for Tu Xiexianshan and other Hunter nobles who were not very familiar with Li Mu, they would even want to encourage Li Mu to go west of Yinshan to defeat the Qiufeng of the Wusun people.

Li Mu smiled and said, "Did you forget that some Yiqu people have escaped to the West Sea (Qinghai Lake) in the west? Since the Qin people can't fight this time, then we will use these Yiqu traitors to make some military achievements, which is also a good thing."

Tu Xie was overjoyed and bowed to Li Mu: "Governor is indeed wise!"

Yi Qusheng, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but ask, "Will the king agree?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "I am also expanding territory for Zhao State and the King. Why would the King disagree? In a few days, I will lead 30,000 cavalry to go west to pursue those Yiqu people, and clear the West Sea and incorporate the entire West Sea into the territory of Zhao State."

"The remaining 20,000 people will be led by General Zhao Kuo to guard Beidi County to prevent the Qin people from making any changes. Yiqusheng, you are from Yiqusheng, and you are very familiar with the situation in this area, so you are responsible for cooperating with General Zhao Kuo to stay."

Yiqiusheng nodded, but he still looked a little disappointed on his face.

Li Mu patted Yi Qusheng on the shoulder and smiled and said, "Actually, staying here is not a bad thing for you. Don't you want to seek revenge on the Qin people? This is an opportunity."

Yi Qusheng was excited and hurriedly said, "Does the Grand Commander allow me to lead the cavalry to continue to attack Qin?"

Li Mu shook his head and said, "Of course it's not possible. Now that the king has announced a truce with Qin, how can I, as a minister of Zhao, violate the king's opinions?"

"But... this rule is dead, and people live. Although the cavalry of Zhao State cannot go south, if there are any small group of Hu people and herdsmen, such as Yiqu, Lin Hu, Lou Fan, Xiongnu, etc., head south to fight for Qiufeng in the Qin State's land, this is also something that has nothing to do with our Zhao State."

The more Yi Qusheng heard, his eyes brighter and brighter, and he hurriedly said, "The Grand Governor thinks that the number of these Hu herders who went south to fight the autumn wind should be maintained at?"

Li Mu glanced at Yiqusheng and smiled and said, "As long as there are no more than a thousand people, and there is nothing on them that can make people feel that they are related to the Border Cavalry Legion. Whatever these Hu people and herdsmen want to do, then do whatever they want."
Chapter completed!