Hexi, Zhao Jun camp.
Li Mu is receiving Zhao Cong, who has come to convey King Zhao's will.
This general who came from a clan had mediocre abilities, but his demeanor at this time was quite arrogant.
After reading out the decree, he directly spread his hands and said: "General Li, hand over the military talisman."
These words aroused dissatisfaction among many generals in the big tent, especially Li Mu's deputy general Sima Shang.
If Li Mu hadn't stopped him, he would have even wanted to take a step forward to teach this guy a lesson.
"General, no!"
The generals under Li Mu had followed him for a long time and fought all the way from northern Xinjiang to Hexi. Naturally, they did not want Li Mu to be deprived of his military power.
After all, the soldiers on the front line know best that whoever they follow can win the battle with meritorious deeds, and whoever they follow will suffer a huge defeat and lose their lives.
There is no doubt that compared to Li Mu, Zhao Cong is the latter.
No one is willing to hand over their wealth and life to such a person who has nothing to offer except his birth.
But, still the same sentence.
Among the four famous generals, Li Mu is neither Wang Jian nor Lian Po.
Wang Jian has extremely high political wisdom and knows how to protect himself from corruption; Lian Po will simply give up and leave when he is treated unfairly.
But Li Mu is different.
Although he was not as foolishly loyal as Yue Fei later, he still maintained a considerable degree of respect for the royal power.
That's right, Li Mu at this time... hesitated.
It's not because he doesn't want to give up military power.
But he is very clear about the current situation of the joint alliance. If his military power is handed over just like this, then this joint operation will be completely over.
He still knew what Zhao Cong was capable of. Facing Wang Jian, he was lucky to be able to escape alone. He didn't expect anything else.
If he was deprived of military power in peacetime, Li Mu would most likely admit it, but now, once the Zhao army changes generals on the battlefield, it will trigger a series of chain reactions with disastrous consequences.
"General Zhao, although I am a general of the Zhao Kingdom, I am currently in the coalition forces, and all military affairs are also under the control of the commander-in-chief."
Li Mu thought for a while and made an excuse, "Therefore, we need to report to Lord Xinling before we can make a decision."
"you!"
Zhao Cong heard this and said angrily, "You are a general of our Zhao Kingdom, and your subordinates are also soldiers of our Zhao Kingdom. Do we still need to listen to a Wei person to arrange our arrangements?"
It has to be said that although Zhao Cong has no ability to lead troops in battle, he is quite quick in mind.
His words were meant to sow discord between Li Mu, including other generals present, and Lord Xinling.
The three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Zhao were part of the same country more than a hundred years ago. After the three Jins were divided into Jins, although their customs and habits were almost the same, and they often formed alliances, the position of the leader of the three Jins was valued by both Wei and Zhao, except South Korea, which was really weak.
They even had the idea of reintegrating the three Jins in their minds.
In the early Warring States period, the Wei State was the most powerful. Wei Wu conquered the east and west with powerful troops, and was considered a hegemon.
However, after the Battle of Maling, the once powerful Wei Wuzu was destroyed, and the power of Wei State was greatly reduced. It happened that Zhao State, under the governance of King Zhao Wuling, had strong troops and strong horses, and took over the position of the head of the Three Jin Dynasties.
Then, in the Battle of Changping, Zhao's backbone was broken and his upward trend was interrupted. Then the Wei State came out with another Lord Xinling. Although everyone was much weaker than before, the Wei State regained the leadership of the Three Jin Dynasties from the Zhao State.
This kind of competition between you and me is not seen on the surface, but the top leaders of Zhao and Wei also know that they are not in a harmonious and happy family relationship, but in fierce competition.
So Zhao Cong's words aroused the sensitive nerves of some people.
But Li Mu was unmoved: "It has nothing to do with Zhao and Wei. The movement of the coalition forces naturally requires the commander-in-chief's permission. This is military law!"
Now that Li Mu has spoken, there will naturally be no objections in the army.
His prestige is so high.
"Okay! Good on you, Li Mu!"
Zhao Cong stretched out his finger angrily, "I see you are no longer a general of Zhao State, but a member of Wei State?!"
"presumptuous!"
As Li Mu's lieutenant, Sima Shang was also his most loyal and die-hard supporter. How could anyone tolerate someone pointing their finger at Li Mu and yelling at him? He slapped Zhao Cong with a "hula" and almost broke Zhao Cong's forearm.
"Ah - Sima Shang, how dare you commit the crime below? Come here, take him down for me!"
Zhao Cong hugged his arms and cried out in pain while yelling angrily.
"Come here! General Zhao unfortunately injured his arm, help him down for treatment."
Li Mu ignored Zhao Cong's howling and directly asked someone to take him away by force.
After Zhao Cong left, Li Mu also dismissed most of the gathered generals, leaving only deputy general Sima Shang.
"You were too impulsive just now."
Li Mu frowned, "Even if I hand over the military power, I can feel more at ease if you are with Zhao Cong to provide guidance..."
"General!"
Sima Shang didn't care at all, "If you don't lead the army anymore, then I won't do it either. What's the use of following that idiot? Are you going to die?"
"well……"
Li Mu sighed deeply. Why didn't he know that Zhao Cong was just a straw bag?
But there is no way, he is just a general. Even if he can escape this time by relying on Lord Xinling's reputation, as long as King Zhao gets his mind on it, he will still have to hand over the military power sooner or later.
At this time, another messenger came outside the camp to report.
"General, there is an envoy from Lord Xinling asking to see you."
"Please!"
Following the guards came a sturdy man and a man in rich clothes.
The big man bowed his hand in front of Li Mu and said, "General Li Mu, this is a letter from your Majesty. This person should be familiar to you, right?"
Li Mu took the letter, opened it and looked up: "The eldest son!"
The eldest son is Zhao Jia, the eldest son of King Yan of Zhao. He was once established as the prince, but later Zhao Wangyan deposed Zhao Jia and established Changhou's son Zhao Qian as the prince because he loved Chang Hou too much.
Since then, Zhao Jia's situation in Zhao State has become very difficult, and Li Mu has not had much contact with him.
At this time, he saw in the military camp that he was sent here by Lord Xinling, which made Li Mu confused for a while.
"General Li, please read the letter first. Your Majesty's intention is explained in the letter."
The big man seemed to see Li Mu's doubts, pointed at the torn letter and said.
"Okay, those two, please take a seat first."
Li Mu asked Sima Shang to entertain the two of them, while he began to read the letter with full of doubts.
After a while, he didn't know what he saw. Li Mu was suddenly shocked, and his sharp arrow-like eyes suddenly shot at Zhao Jia and the envoy of Lord Xinling beside him.
"Is this really what Lord Xinling means?"
Li Mu's tone was cold, and he pointed to the letter and said: "Although I don't have much contact with Lord Xinling, I know a little about his personality. The first King Xiaocheng once said, 'Since ancient times, there has never been a wise man as good as a young master.' How could such words come from his mouth? ?!”
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