During the Warring States period, wars broke out. At that time, there were four famous generals, namely: Bai Qi, Wang Qi, Lian Po, and Li Mu. These four great names will kill the enemy and the people of their own counties and the people, and deter the world. One of them, his battle with the Huns, became a typical example of a large infantry corps in the history of the National War. This battle was the Battle of Zhao breaking the Xiongnu, and the leading general was Li Mu, one of the four famous generals.
Li Mu was the only good general on which the Zhao State relied to support the crisis at the end of the Warring States period, and he had two great deeds in his life. First on the northern border of the Zhao State, it fought against the Xiongnu, and then mainly defended against the Qin State. He was also the most outstanding general of the Six Kingdoms of the East at the end of the Warring States period. It is deeply loved by soldiers and the people, and has a high prestige.
However, it was such a good general that he was fortunate not to die in the war, but in the end it was rumors that killed him. In 229 BC, King Zhao moved to the Qin state's divisive plan, listened to rumors and seized Li Mu's military power, and later killed Li Mu. After Li Mu's death, the State of Zhao was also attacked by the State of Qin shortly after, so later there were words such as "Li Mu died, Zhao State died".
Li Mu's death made all the people and warriors of the Zhao Kingdom deeply regret. I think how wonderful it was that he led the Warring States warriors to fight the "Battle of the Zhao Broken Xiongnu", which can be recalled.
Li Mu was originally only a young general, and the Zhao state had a special position, often harassed by the Northern Xiongnu. Li Mu was sent to guard Yanmen County, a task that seemed small, but it was actually very important. When Li Mu was guarding Yanmen County, he did not allow his warriors to clash with the Xiongnu who came to harass him, and also made a rule saying: "If the Xiongnu invade, they must quickly gather their men and horses and retreat into the camp to hold firm, and have the courage to capture the beheading of the enemy." ”
At that time, Li Mu's practice was regarded as cowardly by the Xiongnu, and after this matter reached the ears of the King of Zhao, he reprimanded Li Mu many times. However, Li Mu still did not allow the warriors to confront the Xiongnu, and when King Zhao found out, he directly replaced Li Mu and let another general go to the town to defend. However, this general failed many confrontations with the Huns and suffered heavy casualties. In desperation, King Zhao asked Li Mu to guard Yanmen County again. However, at first, Li Mu said that he was sick and did not want to go, and he said to King Zhao: "The great king must use me, and I still do what I did before before, and then I dare to obey orders." After King Zhao agreed, Li Mu returned to Yanmen County again.
At first, he still treated his warriors as he had before, ignoring the harassment of the Huns. Until the warriors were itching to fight a big battle, and the Xiongnu began to relax their vigilance against them, Li Mu gathered all the warriors to take the chariots and horses they had prepared earlier and attacked the Xiongnu in a big way, catching them off guard. In addition, Li Mu also pretended to throw thousands of people to the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu thought that Li Mu was still timid, so they attacked in a big way, who knew that the army led by Li Mu had already been ambushed. Li Mubu ordered many strange soldiers, opened the left and right wings to encircle and counterattack the enemy army, defeated the Xiongnu, and killed more than 100,000 horses. At the same time, he also destroyed the ragged and defeated Dong Hu.
Under such a record, for more than ten years after that, the Xiongnu did not dare to approach the border towns of the Zhao State. Later, Li Mu was reused and began to defend the Warring States against the Qin State. In the Battle of Fei between Qin and Zhao, Li Mu led the Zhao army to defeat the Qin army in the interception battle of the Qin army in Feida, and after the victory, he was given the title of Wu Anjun.
However, such a famous general who thought he was brave and good at war eventually died under rumors, and like the famous generals in Chinese history, Bai Qi and Yue Fei, they all got such an ending.