Li Mu was a famous general of the State of Zhao during the Warring States period, on a par with Lian Po, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States, he fought against the Xiongnu, but the State of Qin, with great military achievements, was the only good general on which the State of Zhao relied to support the crisis, but he died tragically for no reason, which made people sigh, how did he die?
Li Mu was a native of the Zhao state of Bairen, his grandfather was Li Tan, who served as the Imperial Grand Master of the Qin State, and later became the Marquis of Bairen of Zhao; his father, Li Jie, was the younger son of Li Tan. Li Mu grew up on the northern border of the Zhao State since childhood, was familiar with border conditions, and had been stationed in Yanmen County, Daidi for a long time, and was famous for resisting the Xiongnu."
The Great Destruction killed more than 100,000 Xiongnu horses. Destroy the rags, break the East Hu, lower the Forest Hu, and run alone. After more than ten years, the Xiongnu did not dare to approach the Border City of Zhao."
Li Mu's battle for fame was the Battle of Yi'an. In 234 BC, the Qin general Huan Yi defeated and killed the Zhao general Huan Yuan at Wusui, killed 100,000 Zhao troops, and took advantage of the victory to attack and directly attack Handan, the situation was very critical. At that time, the State of Zhao had no good generals within it, and Li Mu was ordered to lead an army from Dai Yanmen to the south and confront the Qin army near Yi'an.
According to the actual situation of the scene, Li Mu adopted a stubborn strategy. Huan Yi's main force attacked Feixia in an attempt to lure the Zhao army to the aid, but the machine annihilated it. Li Mu was aware of the enemy's situation and was not moved. After the main force of the Qin army went to Fei, Li Mu took the opportunity to attack and occupy the Qin army camp, capturing all the Remaining Qin troops and Yuanzhong. Judging that Huan Yi would return to the rescue, Li Mu deployed a force to block the enemy from the front, and deployed the main force on both wings to greatly break the Qin army.
Li Mu was given the title of Wu'an Jun (武安君) for his merits, and his fame rose. Three years later, the Qin army attacked Fanwu, and Li Mu defeated the Qin army again. At the same time, Li Mu also led an army to resist Korea and the State of Wei, becoming a mainstay of the Zhao State.
In 229 BC, the State of Qin sent Wang Qi to attack the State of Zhao again, and the King of Zhao appointed Li Mu as a general and Sima Shang as a deputy general to resist the invading Qin army. Wang Qi knew that Li Mu would not be eliminated and that the Qin army would not be able to win a quick victory on the battlefield, so he used a counter-plot to send traitors into handan, the capital of the Zhao state, and bribed The King of Zhao to move closer to Guo Kai with heavy money, and let Guo Kai spread rumors that Li Mu and Sima Shang colluded with the Qin army to prepare to betray the Zhao state.
When King Qian of Zhao heard the rumors, without investigating, he immediately sent zhao liang and the qi general Yan Ju to replace Li Mu, but because the situation was critical at the time and Li Mu's emphasis on independent action, he did not accept the order. King Zhao then sent people to arrest and kill Li Mu, as well as remove Sima Shang from his official post.
"Li Mu does not die, Zhao Guo does not die"
Three months later, Wang Qi took the opportunity to attack the State of Zhao, defeated the Zhao army, killed Zhao Liang, captured King Qian of Zhao and his general Yan Ju, and the State of Zhao perished.
After Li Mu was killed, his family was not implicated, but due to the demise of the Zhao state, he also suffered from war. In the last year of the Qin Dynasty, Li Mu's grandson Li Zuoche stepped onto the stage of history, first assisting King Xie of Zhao, who made great achievements in battle and was given the title of Guangwu Jun.
In October 204 BC, Liu Bang sent the generals Han Xin and Zhang Er to lead a Han army to attack the State of Zhao. Li Zuoche and the commander of the Zhao army, Cheng'an Jun, and Chen Yu, concentrated 200,000 troops at the mouth of Jingxing in the Taihang Mountains, the Jingxing Valley was narrow and long, and the terrain was very favorable, And Li Zuoche offered Chen Yu a firm strategy, asked himself to lead 30,000 troops, and cut off the food and grass of the Han army after exiting the road.
Li Zuoche's strategy can be said to be a strategy of waiting for work with ease, a strategy of perfection, at that time, the army led by Han Xin was a newly recruited soldier, and the grain and grass brought were limited, which was conducive to a quick battle and a quick decision, if Chen Yu adopted Li Zuoche's strategy, perhaps history would be rewritten, however, the commander Chen Yu did not think so, and resolutely led the battle, unfortunately!
After the outbreak of the war, Han Xin put down a backwater array to lure the Zhao army to attack, and the Zhao army poured out of the nest and pursued the Han army. The Han army ambushed and seized the Zhao army camp, and when the Zhao army saw this chaos, the Han army took advantage of the situation to attack back and forth, defeated the Zhao army, and beheaded Chen Yu, captured the King of Zhao, and destroyed the Zhao state.
After the destruction of the Zhao state, Han Xin offered a reward of thousands of dollars to arrest Li Zuoche, and after capturing Li Zuoche, Han Xin personally untied him and honored him as a teacher. Li Zuoche is famous for the battle against the water, although he is the losing side, but he has won the respect of the god of war Han Xin, which makes Han Xin impressed.
After the war, Han Xin asked him for advice on the strategy of destroying Qi Yan, and Li Zuoche believed that the Han soldiers were tired, and if they fought hard with the Qi Yan army, the victory or defeat would be unpredictable, so it was better to rest and recuperate, and send people to persuade Yan Zhao to destroy Zhao Zhiwei and achieve a country that surrendered without a fight.
Han Xin adopted Li Zuoche's strategy, and Yan did not fall, after which Li Zuoche followed Han Xin to the north and south. After Xiang Yu's demise, Liu Bang transferred Li Zuoche to the side of the crown prince Liu Ying and asked him to assist the crown prince to train soldiers and horses on the mountain outside Xingyang City, so the mountain was named Guangwu Mountain. After Han Xin was killed, Li Zuoche also resigned his official position and went into seclusion.
Li Zuoche helped the poor and the poor and gave grace and won the respect of the people. Folklore, Li Zuoche was named "Hail God" by the Jade Emperor after his death, and there are many stories circulating in the folk, now Anqiu has a hail spring, and there is a hail spring temple by the spring, and the temple is dedicated to Li Zuoche.