Li Mu is one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, and none of the most outstanding generals of the six eastern countries at the end of the Warring States period. He is deeply loved by soldiers and people, and has lofty prestige. He repeatedly inflicted heavy attacks on the enemy without fail, showing his outstanding military talent. Li Mu's military career was divided into two stages: the first stage was to fight against the Huns on the northern border of the Zhao State, and the second stage to resist the Qin State's attack on the Zhao State. Li Mu was the only good general that Zhao relied on in the last years of the Warring States Period, but Zhao Wangqian listened to the slander and killed Li Mu innocently. Zhao State’s self-destruction of the Great Wall was embarrassing. It can be said that "good general died and Zhao also died."
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1. Li Mu Beibei guards the side
Li Mu leads the defense of the Huns in the northern part of Zhao State. He can appoint military officials by himself, and city taxes are also paid to him as military expenses. Li Mu killed several cows every day for the soldiers to eat. Everyone's daily job is to practice horseback archery, many spies to inquire about the enemy's situation, and guard the beacon tower carefully. Once the enemy is invaded, they will immediately enter the city with people, horses and materials, and they will not be able to hold out.
has passed this way for several years, and there is no loss in the northern border of Zhao State, but the Huns think Li Mu is timid, and the officers and soldiers of Zhao State also think Li Mu is timid. This matter spread to King Zhao's ears. King Zhao blamed Li Mu. Li Mu still didn't make any changes. King Zhao was furious and sent someone else to take the place of Li Mu to guard the border in northern Zhao.
Let’s think about it, what is the purpose of Zhao Wang sending Li Mu to the north of Zhao State to guard the border? Isn’t it just guarding the northern border of Zhao? Are there any losses in the northern border of Zhao State during Li Mu's years? Isn't the goal achieved? One cannot forget the original intention of doing things for the sake of face, right? Others say Li Mu is a coward, does he care? In the more than a year since the new general
took office, he has led his army many times to meet the offending Huns, proving that he is not a coward. The results of it? In addition to repeated failures and heavy losses, the border has been harassed and the people are no longer able to farm and graze normally. What is the purpose of defending the border in the north of Zhao State? Doesn't it mean that the northern border will not be invaded by the Huns and the people will live and work in peace? Only now did Wang Zhao remember the original intention of this incident, so he sent someone to invite Li Mu to come back. If I knew this, why bother? Li Mu also took the opportunity to raise conditions so that Wang Zhao would not interfere in his future work, and Wang Zhao could only agree to him at this time.
It can be seen from this that when doing things, one should not forget the original intention and intent because of external interference and emotional fluctuations.
After Li Mu returned to the northern border, he continued to stick to it as before. After so many years, the border was peaceful. After all, the Huns still felt that Li Mu was timid and afraid of them.
Li Mu began to prepare for battle silently. He prepared sophisticated chariots and horses, selected warriors and archers, and organized them for long-term rigorous combat training. Zhao Jun, who had been holding back for many years, had long wanted to go to the battlefield and had a high morale.
When the time was right, Li Mu vigorously organized grazing. Herders spread across the border fields. The Huns tried to invade with small groups of Huns. Li Mu's order was feigned. He felt that Li Mu was timid and Shan Yu. He led a large army to commit the crime. grandson said: Those who can make the enemy free will benefit. Li Mu used small profits to lure the enemy into committing crimes. The enemy came to Li Mu’s home court. Li Mu set up a strange formation. He commanded troops to outflank the left and right wings, smashed the enemy force, beheaded more than 100,000 horses of the Huns, destroyed the Hu nationality north of Daidi, attacked Donghu, and made Linhu. The tribe returned, and even the Xiongnu Shanyu escaped. After more than ten years, the Huns dared not approach the border of Zhao State.
After Li Mu's first battle, the Huns dared not approach the border of Zhao for more than ten years. Has the goal of defending the border been achieved? The goal is not the same as before, but the effect is better depending on the First World War, because there is no need to raise so many soldiers on the border for more than ten years, which can save Zhao Guo a lot of money and food.
Li Mu knows when he can play and when he can’t play; he knows that either he won’t fight, or if he wants to fight, it’s up to one fight. What's the point of always fighting back and forth, but can't solve the problem? So, the real name is determined by World War I!
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2. Li Mu resisted the Qin State
Zhao State was invaded by Qin State, and failed one after another. King Zhao transferred back to Li Mu, and Li Mu's frontier army joined the Zhao army in Handan and confronted the Qin army near Yi'an. After Li Mu learned about the situation of the Qin army, he also chose to build strongholds and refused to fight. Huanjun, the general of the Qin army, is also a person who knows soldiers. He knew that long-term consumption would be bad for the expeditionary Qin army, so he led his army to attack the fat.Next, I want to fight against Zhao Jun. Who is Li Mu, would he fail to see this kind of scheme? So after the main force of the Qin army went to fat down, Li Mu concentrated his forces on attacking the Qin army camp, capturing all the Qin army and the baggage left behind. When Huan Jue returned to rescue the camp, Li Mu set up an ambush to defeat the Qin army. Li Mu was named Wu'anjun for this meritorious service. For the generals, Wu'anjun was a very noble title, and Bai Qi of Qin was also named Wu'anjun.
Later, when the Qin Army attacked the State of Zhao again, the Qin Army chose to divide the troops into two groups: one route to Yebei, ready to cross the Zhangshui River to advance to Handan, and to harass Handan; the main force was from the Shangdang out of Jingxing in an attempt to stretch the back of Handan. Li Mu quickly analyzed the situation, defended from the south and attacked from the north, defeated each and repelled the Qin army.
When Li Mu fought, he didn't use his fame, but only sought real profit. He is good at preparing to put himself in an invincible position first; he is good at waiting, and never rushes to battle before waiting for a favorable opportunity. Being good at waiting is especially important. It is a big character defect that generals are not good at waiting.
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Third, the famous general called the curtain call, Zhao Wang self-destroyed the Great Wall
Qin was afraid of being beaten by Li Mu, so he bought Zhao Guo's traitor Guo Kai, spread rumors that Li Mu colluded with Qin army to betray Zhao. When King Zhao heard the rumors, he sent someone to replace Li Mu without checking, and secretly arranged a trap to capture Li Mu and behead him. The army of Qin came to the city, but the king of Zhao punished the innocent and loyal generals. Only more than three months later, the state of Zhao was destroyed.
Zhao Wang's own level is not high, unable to distinguish loyalty and evil, good and evil. Li Mu was the only surviving general of the Zhao Kingdom, but the King Zhao listened to the slander, killed Li Mu, destroyed the Great Wall, and accelerated the demise of the Zhao Kingdom.
