"Tell me."
Li Si cleared his throat and prepared to start explaining his plan.
After a long speech, he summarized a few key points.
1. The army pressed down on the border, putting great pressure on the country of Zhao, causing the King of Zhao to continue to be anxious.
2. They confronted and harassed the Zhao army to maintain the pressure on the front line, preventing Li Mu from leaving.
3. He sent people to bribe the King of Zhao's favorite, Guo Kai, to drive a wedge between the King of Zhao and Li Mu. Spreading the words of Li Mu's self-respect within the territory of Zhao.
4. The King of Zhao was stupid and would definitely suspect Li Mu.
5. Once Li Mu loses power, the Zhao army will be defeated.
Li Si had a very thorough understanding of the situation in Qin and Zhao. The reason why Zhao could survive until now was all because of Li Mu.
The few strategies were all aimed at Li Mu. As long as he was defeated, Zhao would fall without attacking.
The disaster in Zhao was the trigger for this series of plans.
After listening to Li Si's plan, the King of Qin, Ying Zheng, nodded repeatedly to express his appreciation.
Before the banquet ended, Ying Zheng left first, bringing Li Si to the main hall.
At the same time, he ordered Wang Jian, Yang Duan, Qiang Bi, and Xu Fu to come and discuss the matter.
"Imperial Physician Xu, do you have anything to report to me?”Ying Zheng, who was sitting in the main hall, asked.
Xu Fu took a step forward and bowed." Your Majesty, I have something to report to you."”
"Speak."
"Yes, I am.
I watched the stars at night and deduced that there would be a great drought in Zhao this year.
The grain harvest would be less than half of the previous year, and the entire Zhao Country would face a food shortage.”
Hearing this, the generals present were very excited.
"Great, this is a godsend opportunity!"
"Humph, let's see how that old man Li Mu can fight without food.”
"Let him waste his time and hide. This time, we'll starve him to death.”
All three of them expressed their strong disgust for Li Mu.
Yang Duan was the first to step forward and said to the King of Qin,""This subject is willing to attack Zhao and seek Your Majesty's permission.”
Wang Jian and Qiang Qiong also stood out at the same time." I agree.”
Ying Zheng nodded and said," The three generals have extraordinary courage, and you have led your troops well. I am deeply gratified.
However, I have a question. How do you plan to take down General Li Mu?”
Wang Jian was the first to answer," Surround them and cut off their rations. Without food, they would only be waiting for death.”
Ying Zheng nodded after hearing that. He then turned to Li Si, signaling for him to come out and speak.
Li Si bowed to Ying Zheng and Wang Jian respectively, then took a step forward and said in a deep voice,""General, do you know how much grain Zhao has in reserve? How long will it last for the Zhao army?"
" This…" Wang Jian really had not researched this before.
Li Si continued," General, you think that the Zhao army won't be able to hold on for long because of the drought and the reduction in grain production, right?”
"Of course," Wang Jian replied.
Li Si chuckled and shook his head." General, you're still underestimating the State of Zhao.”
Wang Jian was puzzled." What do you mean?"
"The Zhao Country is rich and has a lot of grain. If the grain and fodder stored in the past years were all supplied to the frontline soldiers, it would be enough to last them for three years.
The next year's grain production would be transported to the front line. It would not be a problem for them to hold on for ten years.”
Li Si was right. Even though Xu Fu did not know much about military warfare, from a historical point of view…
If Li Mu didn't die, the Zhao Country might really be able to hold on for ten years.
Wang Jian was indignant." If that's the case, then what's the difference if Zhao has a drought? Why did you summon us here?”
"No, no." Li Si smiled confidently.
Everyone looked at Li Si to see what he had to say.
Regarding Li Si's plan.
"Zhao is suffering from a great drought. Now that our Great Qin is attacking Zhao, in order to ensure that Zhao is not destroyed, the King of Zhao will definitely send Li Mu to fight.
With Li Muzhi's strategy against Qin, he would definitely adopt the strategy of holding fast and not going out.
However, such a tactic would require a large amount of food to be stored in the citadel.
The people of Zhao would definitely be short of food.
After a day or two, there were no problems. One or two months would be enough.
If it's a year and a half…guess what will happen?”
When it came to guessing, everyone looked at Xu Fu at the same time.
In the entire hall, he was the best at guessing. Who else could he ask?
Xu Fu let out a long sigh. To be honest, he really didn't want to be involved in the plan to murder Li Mu.
Li Mu was a general worthy of respect. He had made great contributions to the country of Zhao and had helped the country collapse many times. He was loved by the people.
However, the wheels of history rolled forward. Even if Xu Fu did not say it, there would always be others who said it.
He, Li Mu, could not escape the fate of being framed.
"There will be unrest among the people of Zhao, and the spearhead will be directed at the front-line army with sufficient food.”
"That's right! As expected of Lord Xu, he was far-sighted and anticipated the enemy.”Li Si was actually quite good at bootlicking.
"If someone tells the King of Zhao that Li Mu is hoarding grain and has an army, he will be able to protect himself. Haha, guess what the King of Zhao will think?”
Everyone looked at each other. Actually, everyone already had an answer in their hearts, but no one said it out loud.
However, he still had to say it. The person who spoke also wanted to use this sentence to remind the generals present.
The person who said this was the King of Qin, Ying Zheng.
"He holds a large army and the lifeline of the country's grain.
No matter what he thought, the rebellion was already a fact.
His crimes should be punished!"
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