Retreat to the Bai people was completely helpless for Li Mu. The previous battle was extremely hopeful to kill Wang Jian in one fell swoop and end the war.

However, because Ziying's sudden appearance disrupted Li Mu's plan, the Zhao army suffered losses and generals. After losing the mobility of the cavalry, the remaining infantry would definitely be alive if they encountered the Qin army in the wild.

Therefore, for Li Mu, defending Bairen City to the end is the last, best and most helpless choice.

However, the biggest problem with defending the country is how long the national strength of Zhao can last.

During the Battle of Changping in Qin and Zhao, why did the Zhao State's court insist on replacing Lian Po who could not defend himself? Qin's counter-espionage plan was one of the main factors. The most important factor was that the protracted war Zhao State could no longer support its national strength. Hundreds of thousands of troops were exhausted on the front line, and only some elderly, weak, women and children were left behind to engage in production. If the stalemate continued, it would be impossible for Zhao State to even supply food and grass.

Zhao was so strong and fashionable back then, not to mention that Zhao's territory is getting smaller and smaller, and last year it experienced a rare drought.

Li Mu's biggest worry was not whether he could defend Bairen City, but how long could Handan endure his war avoidance. With the current accumulation of Zhao State in Li Mu's opinion, as time goes by, the short-sighted people in the court would inevitably ask the King of Zhao to order him to fight the Qin army.

If you don’t obey and refuse to hand over your military power, you will inevitably end up like Lian Po.

Li Mu still didn't know the incident in the Zhao court. In Li Mu's opinion, the most serious situation was to cut off his military power and replace the general of the army. As long as he insisted on not fighting the Qin army, this would almost certainly happen, it was just a matter of time.

"I just hope that this day will not come too early. Later, I will be able to see the general trend clearly. Don't go out rashly and wait for the opportunity!" Li Mu sighed with emotion, looking around the broken land of Zhao on the Bairen City Wall.

As I was feeling sad, a ray of smoke and dust from the south came towards the direction of the cypress people. The people from the south must be the envoy from Handan!

"Can't you be able to stand it in the morning just a few days?" Li Mu thought to himself.

According to common sense, the first time should be just a urge, and it should be able to cope with the past.

He ordered the soldiers to set up the desk, clean up the military tent, and prepare for the matter of the king's order.

When the group came to Bairen City, Li Mu saw that it was Zhao Cong's leader and felt something was wrong.

If you just convey the king's order, you can send a magistrate or even an eunuch, but you didn't come. Instead, Zhao Cong, a general in charge of the army, came with a group of soldiers.

Even so, Li Mu was not very attentive. No matter what, he did not expect that such a drastic change would happen in Handan in just a few days.

Unexpectedly, the ruler of Zhao, whom he tried hard to save, wanted to put him to death.

"Although Zhao Cong is not familiar with war now, he is a general who is a general who is in charge of the rules after hard work." This is what Li Mu thinks now. It must be that Zhao Cong comes again to be his deputy general, and has experienced military merits. The country is in the process of hiring people. This time, we must teach him well.

Zhao Cong’s preparations were completely redundant.

Li Mu had no idea of ​​rebellion from the beginning. He did not respect the king's orders and did not have the supplies from Handan. A lonely army like a ghost would definitely not last long. Without a good opportunity, he would definitely not lead the army out to die.

If Handan insists on changing generals in the future, he will have to hand over the military power.

"Wu'an is working hard and making great contributions. This failure is not due to the scheming of the Qin army. The king ordered me to come this time and specifically told us to tell the general that we should not take the success or failure to heart.

The king trusts Wu'anjun very much, even I, an outsider, feels jealous." When the two met, Zhao Cong first pretended to flatter Li Mu according to the previous plan.

The situation in Zhao State cannot last long, which is something that everyone knows. If you never propose a war, Li Mu will definitely be suspicious. Therefore, Zhao Cong continued to say, "The capital's military supply is not much. This time, the king asked me to ask the general when he could send troops to expel the Qin army and restore me to Zhao Tu."

When Zhao Cong mentioned this, Li Mu was indeed suspicious. He explained the reason for Zhao Cong in a very detailed manner. He hoped to give some suggestions to him.

Before the matter was completed, Zhao Cong naturally showed great humility and tried hard to show the appearance of accepting teachings.

The two of them came to Li Mu's tent with each other.

Although Li Mushuai's tent was simple but extremely generous, not only did more than a dozen soldiers led by Zhao Cong follow in, but some generals and schoolmen in Li Mu's army also entered.

Zhao Cong first carefully scanned these generals. If he could follow Li Mu in, these generals and schoolmen were naturally Li Mu's confidants. Now, when he remembers clearly, when he holds military power in the future, these people will naturally be eliminated as soon as possible.

With these people here, it is inevitable that something will happen when Li Mu is captured. Zhao Cong took out a bamboo slip with the orders of King Zhao and said

"The king has another heavy trust in this itinerary, which is related to the country and the country. In other words, I can only say that he is the only one with Wu'an. General, look..."

"You guys retreat first!" Li Mu did not doubt him after hearing this and immediately ordered.

In this way, only the guards brought by Zhao Cong and Li Mu himself were left in the entire coach's tent.

"Li Mu obeyed the order!" Zhao Cong said pretending.

Li Mu never expected that the Zhao Guohui, who he was determined to maintain, was not good for him, so he immediately clasped his hands and slightly lowered his forehead to follow the orders.

I didn't even notice that the group of guards brought by Zhao Cong had taken advantage of the movements when he was just pulling the schoolmen out and slowly moved around him in a circle. They all held the sword between their legs tightly with their right hands and stared at Li Mu with expressionless faces.

Zhao Cong slowly stretched out the bamboo slips in his hand and stared at Li Mu's movements with his eyes. Seeing that Li Mu seemed to be completely unprepared, he felt relieved.

"I heard that our army was defeated in the previous battle. My son was very sad." As soon as he finished reading a sentence, Zhao Cong suddenly put the bamboo slips together.

With a "bang" sound of bamboo joints hitting, Li Mufang looked up in confusion.

The guards surrounding Li Mu pulled out the sword and stood on Li Mu's neck with a thunderous momentum.

Although Li Mu was brave, he was caught off guard and was easily captured by Zhao Cong.

The incident happened suddenly, and Li Mu was not prepared. He looked at the long sword that was pressing against his neck and said in a deep voice: "What does General Zhao mean?"

"Don't you know what you did yourself?" Zhao Cong asked back, first ordering the guards to tie Li Mu, then pulling the bamboo books in his hand to both sides to continue to recite. "Wu'an Jun Li Mu acted recklessly and acted arbitrary, causing our army to lose troops and betrayal and his crimes were extremely evil.

Thinking of his military achievements in the past, he wanted to forgive him, but Li Mu disregarded his kindness and had an affair with the enemy generals, and even planned to rebel with Zhao Jia, which was extremely evil.

He ordered Li Mu to cut off the title of Wu'an, investigate Li Mu's residence, and all his family members were sentenced to death. The Zhao army of the Bai people was led by Zhao Cong, assisted by Zhao Lin, and Li Mu was escorted to Handan and executed the punishment of five horses dismembering the body."
Chapter completed!