Chapter 69: Trade-offs
"I lost my words. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Xiao Mo lowered his eyes.
"You're right." Ling Hao said lightly.
Xiao Mo couldn't help laughing, a shallow smile appeared on the corner of his lips, was this using her words to count down his brother as an old stubborn?
Having said that, it is no wonder that when Emperor Zhao was critically ill, he would rather entrust this country to his youngest brother than to King Wen, otherwise how could Yan Kingdom be prosperous again.
Xiao Mo looked out the window and asked, "Why did the master go to Xunzhou in person about the withdrawal of the army?" ”
"The withdrawal of the army is the withdrawal of the army, and the battle has been fought so far, and it is the Yan State that has won, even if the army is withdrawn, it cannot be cheapened by the Qi State."
"The master is going to negotiate terms with Qi Guo?"
"I want Qi Guo to take the initiative to negotiate conditions with this king."
Xiao Mo muttered to himself, what an arrogant person Emperor Taihong is, would he come to beg Yan Guo to withdraw his troops?
"How can the master be sure that Qi Guo is willing to come?"
Ling Hao looked at Xiao Mo and said, "The 100,000 army has besieged Xunzhou Mansion for several months, if you are Qi Jun, what will happen?" ”
"A hero doesn't suffer immediate losses, he fights less, and he can protect a city." Xiao Mo said, but he understood in his heart that Emperor Taihong was a person who wanted to save face, was he willing to lower his face and negotiate peace with Yan Guo?
Ling Hao saw Xiao Mo's doubts, and said: "Everyone in the world understands the truth, presumably Qi Jun is not stupid." ”
"The master has put a lot of thought into this battle, is it worth withdrawing the army like this?"
This question has been hidden in Xiao Mo's heart for a long time, the 100,000 army has been on the border for several months, and finally waited for the time to send troops, which is like a bamboo, so that Qi Guo has no power to parry, and in just a few months, the army will be under the Xunzhou government, and the withdrawal of the army at this time is a waste of previous achievements.
Xiao Mo was happy that Qi Guo had kept the Xunzhou Mansion and the territory laid down by his father, but on the other hand, he couldn't help but feel sorry for Yan Guo.
Ling Hao didn't answer, but asked Xiao Mo, "How do you know that you have put a lot of thought into being a teacher?" ”
"The 100,000 army pressed the border, the momentum was huge, the Qi State hurriedly responded to the battle, but the master did not move for several months, which will make the arrogant Qi Jun think that the Yan State has no confidence and does not dare to send troops, so the commander sent by the Qi Emperor is only the prince Qin Zhao who has just entered the battlefield, so the master knows that the Qi Emperor has underestimated the enemy, but the young and vigorous prince cannot be despised either, so the master continues to hold the troops still, and Qin Zhao also takes it lightly, so he raised troops to attack Qi, the morale of the Qi army is exhausted, and the Yan army is like a broken bamboo."
Ling Hao listened quietly and did not speak.
Xiao Mo continued: "There is a saying in the Art of War: soldiers, treacherous ways, so they can show that they can't, and they don't use it, and the master wants to attack them unprepared. This means that marching and fighting are inherently deceitful and changeable, so if you have the ability, you have to pretend that you are not capable, and if you want to send troops, you pretend not to have troops, Ling Hao used this tactic to disrupt the Qi army and attack it unprepared.
"One can be lost and regained, and the other is rare, and anyone knows what to choose."
But what is lost and regained is the city, so is this praising her for being a rare talent?
In the past, he didn't smile, and his words were like frost, but now he talks a lot and becomes lukewarm, and he can't even praise people to make the other party feel happy to listen to them.
Xiao Mo sighed lightly in his heart, he would be angry when he saw him last time, so wouldn't he laugh?
Along the way, Xiao Mo paid attention to the two entourage, and the minions around Ling Hao were as silent as their masters, but the two of them did not have the grace and bearing of Ling Hao, so they could not be called indifferent, they could only be said to be like two pieces of wood.
Therefore, except for the difference in appearance, Xiao Mo could hardly see the difference between the two.
However, Liuyun is obviously more important to Ling Hao, and Tingfeng seems to be a little more wooden than Liuyun, except for doing some things that Ling Hao ordered, he has no half of his opinion, he only knows how to obey orders.
Before entering the inn, Xiao Mo looked back at the surrounding rooms, in addition to these two entourages, there should be two others in the dark.
Finding a table and sitting down, Xiao Mo vaguely felt that this place was a little familiar, looked around, and suddenly remembered that this was not the place where Ling Tianxu met the killer that day?
Ling Tianxu said that those killers were sent by Ling Hao, Xiao Mo looked at the person sitting next to him, was it really him?
"Our Yan Kingdom has made those small countries envious over the years, and I can't wait to come to our Yan Kingdom."
"You are talking big, then Qi Guo is not bad."
"Qi Kingdom, how can Qi Kingdom compare to our Yan Kingdom, haven't you lost all the battles?"
"This is all thanks to the wise regent of our Yan Kingdom, otherwise how could we have a good life now, the taxes are lighter, the forced labor is reduced, and the war is still won."
Listening to the discussions of the surrounding people, Xiao Mo looked at Ling Hao and said lightly with a smile: "Master, they are saying that you have a good way of governing the country. ”
Ling Hao was still expressionless, turned a deaf ear, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, before he said slowly: "There is no need to comment on merits and demerits. ”
When Xiao Er served the dishes, Liuyun took out the silver needles and tried each dish.
Xiao Mo looked at it in surprise, who else dared to poison Ling Hao?
There were only four of them on this trip, so lightly traveled, Xiao Mo thought it was convenient to hurry at first, but they were not in a hurry along the way, and now it seems that it is to hide people's eyes and ears in case of accidents.
If there is a hidden danger on the way to Xunzhou, then the silver needle test is not reliable, if someone really wants to poison Ling Hao, how can they use arsenic, an ordinary poison.
Xiao Mo said lightly: "I'll come." So he scooped out a small spoonful of each dish, rolled up his sleeves, and tried them one by one with the jade jue on his wrist, but fortunately, it was not poisonous.
Ling Hao didn't pay attention to the peculiar piece of jade, his gaze fell on the red rope on Xiao Mo's wrist and looked at it for a long time.
Two peach blossoms embellishment, revealing the woman's delicate thoughts, seemingly ordinary bracelets, each place is carefully prepared, it can be seen that even the weaving of the bracelet is not allowed to be sloppy, meticulous, everywhere perfect, the person who compiles this thing, its mind is meticulous, not an ordinary woman.
Xiao Mo raised his eyes and caught a glimpse of Ling Hao looking at her hand rope, his heart tightened, shouldn't he see anything again, whether there was or not, he should deal with it, just in case.
Xiao Mo shook his wrist and said with a smile: "This is made up by my little sister before leaving, she said that the red rope can ward off evil spirits and keep you safe." ”
Ling Hao seemed to believe it, and only said: "It's a clever woman." ”
Xiao Mo raised his eyebrows slightly, and he was a little happy to hear this.
If you want to talk about women, I don't know when, there seem to be a lot more women in this inn.
Xiao Mo glanced back, their eyes all looked at one place at the same time, Xiao Mo took advantage of the situation, and what caught his eye was a delicate side face, with a slightly cold expression, and his lips were never smiling.
"Master." Xiao Mo held his chin in one hand and called softly.
Ling Hao looked at Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo glanced at him, motioning him to look around, he had been noticed by a group of women, even Ling Tianxu didn't have such a big charm.
Ling Hao glanced at it and retracted his gaze as if he had nothing to do with it, as if he was out of the matter, looking like he had nothing to do with him.
Xiao Mo felt that Ling Hao was not close to women, perhaps because of those deep eyes, looking at the world, they couldn't tolerate the wind and snow, and the love of children was unsightly, and it was even more difficult to get into the heart.
One day, he returned the world of Yan Kingdom to Ling Tianxu, so what was his heart?