As a full-time anti-Hungarian general, Li Mu led troops to garrison Yanmen County in the north. A lifetime of remarkable achievements, but in the way to fight was killed by the King of Zhao, the real fear of god-like opponents, afraid of pig-like kings, today we will talk about the life of Li Mu, the god of war.
Biography
Ying (嬴), courtesy name Li (李氏), was a native of the Zhao state of Bairen (present-day Xingtai, Hebei). The most outstanding generals and military experts of the Six Eastern Kingdoms at the end of the Warring States period, together with Bai Qi, Wang Qi, and Lian Po, were called the "Four Famous Generals of the Warring States", known as "Li Mu died, Zhao Guo died", and was deeply loved by soldiers and the people, and had high prestige. During Li Mu's garrison of Dai Commandery and Yanmen County, he led an army to destroy the Xiongnu. In the later period, mainly to resist the Qin state, the Qin army was severely damaged in the Battle of Yi'an, and he was enfeoffed as Wu'an Jun. In 229 BC, King Zhao moved to the Qin state's divisive plan, listened to rumors and seized Li Mu's military power, and soon after killed Li Mu.
Counterattacked the Qin army
In 234 BC, the Qin general Huan Yi (also known as Fan Yu) captured Zhao's Pingyang (southeast of ci county in present-day Handan, Hebei Province), and Wucheng (武城, in present-day western Wucheng, Shandong Province) killed the Zhao general Yu Yu and killed 100,000 Zhao troops. In 233 BC, Huan Zi took advantage of the victory to attack, led his army out of Shangdang in the east, yue Taihang Mountain from the north road deep into the rear of the Zhao state, captured Chibi, Yi'an (present-day Hebei Artemisia City, twenty miles southwest), attacked Zhao's rear, and marched straight to Handan, the situation was critical. King Zhao appointed Li Mu as a general and led his troops south to command all of the Zhao army to counterattack the Qin army. The Qin army was defeated at Yi'an (present-day southwest of Gaocheng County, Hebei), and Huan Yi's soldiers absconded in defeat. Only then did Qin Wangzheng reward Huan Yi with thousands of gold on the head of the person. This great victory dealt a heavy blow to the State of Qin, and the State of Zhao also gained a chance to breathe. In the following years, the Qin army's continuous attacks were repelled by Li Mu, and Li Mu's reputation was greatly shocked and he was highly used by King Zhao.
The counter-plot was killed
The State of Zhao was located in a frontier region, and it had to resist not only the attack of the Qin State, but also the attack of the Xiongnu and He. Because the Yan state in the late Warring States period was a staunch Qin state. In such a situation, the demise of the Zhao state was actually a matter of certainty, that is to say, at this time, the King of Zhao lived in fear every day. Just like the traitorous minister Guo Kai did, the King of Qin could let Go of Guo Kai and Li Mu, but he would not let go of King Zhao. At this time, Li Mu controlled most of the Army of the State of Zhao, and once Li Mu defected to the State of Qin, he king of Zhao would undoubtedly die. Therefore, king Zhao, who was already very uneasy, was seduced by Guo Kai, and it was not difficult to imagine doing such a thing again.
Li Mu, an outstanding military figure and commander during the Warring States period, was a descendant of Li Dui during the reign of King Huiwen of Zhao. At the end of the Warring States period, Li Mu was the only general to alleviate the crisis of the Zhao state, and since ancient times, he has had the title of "Li Mu died, Zhao Guo died". Li Mu's life's exploits were mainly in two aspects, on the one hand, to resist the Xiongnu, and on the other hand, to resist the invasion of the Qin state.
Fate was always so moody that he gave Li Mu excellent military talent, but did not give him a wise king. Qin Zhibai and Zhao Zhi Li Mu were rare military geniuses, and they were both named "Wu'an Jun", equally distinguished in battle, and equally jealous of the king, and died unjustly. However, after Bai Qi's death, there were still latecomers in the Qin State, and after Li Mu's death, the Zhao State lost the good generals who relied on to support the crisis, and the entire country died instantly.