On the day of his first arrival, Lu Ming was very angry, and wanted to be angry on the spot, severely reprimanded, and ordered him to return to Xiangxian County to defend the city immediately, and because of Ji He's persuasion, he gave up.

But in the end, Lu Ming was furious and still reprimanded Yao Tao a few words.

After Yao Tao left in a gloomy manner, Lu Ming asked Ji He and said: "Fang Ping, he Yao Tao fled without a fight, this is the crime of cowardice, I have already thought about it, if he dares to go back to Yan County without my order, I will report this matter to General Shi and ask General Shi to behead him!" But why do you persuade in the right place? ”

Ji He said: "General, the military report we just received today, Pugong and General Tonghu were defeated in Yinping, and the Long soldiers who came from the south should indeed be Xin Youzhu and Ko Mingzong as the general. Xin and Koji are both famous generals of Long; The troops led by the two of them are victorious soldiers who have just won a surprise attack, and their morale is high, in the face of this situation, if our army divides its troops to defend the city, there will be a danger of being broken by Xin and Koji. Rather than this, it is better to take the opportunity of Yao Tao to abandon the city, push the boat down the river, join forces with him, wait for Xin and Koji to come to my city, and then fight or defend according to the situation. One of the reasons why I persuaded the general is also. ”

"What's the second one?"

"In the military report received today, it was mentioned that Zhao Xing rebelled. Zhao Xing and Yao Tao are the generals of my Great Qin, Zhao Xing's father and Yao Tao's brother both died in the hands of our Great Qin, and the two of them have a deep enmity with my Great Qin, so those who surrender are forced by the situation. And Zhao Xing has rebelled, if the general forces Yao Tao to return to Yan County, I am worried that he may also rebel! The second reason for this is this. ”

Lu Ming pondered for a moment and said, "What Qing said is reasonable. ”

Although he recognized Ji He's explanation, he was still angry, and followed Ji He's words, and said angrily, "Zhao Xing, that dog thief, the king treats him unkindly, not only forgave him for the great crime of making trouble from Zhao Yanli, but also gave him the noble position of Tiefu Darate and Beizhong Lang, and Xu Zongnu with him, but he dared to betray my Great Qin!" Real wolf heart dog lungs. If he hadn't defected to the battle, Pugong and General Tonghu might not have been defeated! Thinking that Zhao Xing should be from the army in Xin You's book, and when he fights in the coming day, I will take his dog's head! ”

As he spoke, Lu Ming drew his saber and slashed at the air.

"If it weren't for Zhao Xing's defection, Pu Badger Sun and Tonghuliang might not have been defeated" Yunyun, Lu Ming's judgment was made based on the content of the military report he received today. The military newspaper was sent by Pu Badgersun. In the military report, Pu Badger Sun blamed part of the reason for the defeat on Zhao Xing's rebellion in front of the battle, and the rest of the reason was blamed on his Tonghuliang, who abandoned the battle and fled himself. - Speaking of which, what Pu Badger Sun Jun said in the newspaper is not wrong, because he lost to Xin Er, except that he did not expect that Xin Er would lead his troops over Minshan to attack him, the other main reasons are precisely because of the escape of Tonghuliang and Zhao Xing's rebellion.

Knowing that Xin Er and Koji Qiu had led the troops into Longxi County, of course Lu Ming would not be idle in the city, while actively preparing for war, he sent out scouts to investigate the movements of the Longjun soldiers in the direction of Yanxian County, and at the same time, he urgently reported the enemy situation to the garrison of Tianshui County, asked for the support of the garrison of Tianshui County, and selected a shrewd and brave military officer to rush west to Shouyang County to see if he could send this situation into Shouyang City.

The soldiers sent to Tianshui and Shouyang had only set off for two days, and the scouts who had dispersed rushed back to report: "The Long soldiers have entered the county!" ”

When he received this report, Lu Ming went to the city with Yao Tao, Ji He and others.

In the afternoon of this day, the Dingxi soldiers and horses led by Xin Er and Koji Qiu came.

Ji He shielded the sun with a feather fan, squinted, looked at the enemy from afar, and saw that on the road in the south of the city, there was first a little red looming in the yellow dust, and then the red became bigger and bigger, from one point to a mass, from a mass to a piece, about an hour later, it should be the Dingxi soldiers to the predetermined camp position, no longer advancing, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, revealing the military flags, armor and baggage vehicles all over the field.

Ji He looked at it for a long time, and said in his heart: "Yao Tao didn't lie, looking at the number of his soldiers, there are indeed more than 10,000 people." ”

Yao Tao stood beside Lu Ming, peeking at Lu Ming's expression, and thought: "Although this Lu Ming is 'expensive because of slaves', he has won the love of the king by relying on his little slave Qingque, and he is a green cloud, but this person is also a little talented, but he has won Meng Lang's appreciation. The day before yesterday, he split his head and covered his face and scolded me, if he said some bad things about me in private in the future, I think that Meng Lang has been obsessed with me, maybe he will renew the poisonous plan and frame me because of this. I have to show my loyalty to the King. ”

Thinking about it, Yao Tao made an active appearance of seeking battle, pointed to the front of the Long soldiers outside the city, and said to Lu Ming, "General, please look, the soldiers in front of Tang Er are all weak. I expected that this must be Tang Er's show of weakness, in order to lure our army out of the city. In Peach's foolish opinion, can we calculate it? ”

Lu Ming glanced at him and asked, "How do you plan it?" ”

Yao Tao talked eloquently and said: "Tang Er put the weakness in front, if the peach is not bad, it must be their elite pawn later, Tang Er's plan should be to wait for our army to attack, when he goes out of the city to attack, he will transfer the elite pawn, in a vain attempt to catch me off guard when I go out of the city." In this case, our army can choose warriors and divide them into two groups, one of which will go out of the city to attack first, wait for its elite soldiers to engage in battle, and then send the other group out, and in turn take him by surprise! …… Does the general think this strategy is okay? If you feel that it is feasible, please lead the troops into battle! ”

After listening to Yao Tao's words, he felt that Yao Tao's strategy seemed feasible, he pondered for a moment, asked Ji He, and said, "Fang Ping, why do you think it is?" ”

Ji He's eyes were still on the Long soldiers outside the city, he didn't answer Lu Ming immediately, but looked at it carefully for a while, then turned his face and said to Lu Ming thoughtfully: "General, I watched the soldiers led by Xin Youzhu and Lu Mingzong, totaling more than 10,000 people, and there are many foot soldiers and few cavalry; And there are nearly 10,000 soldiers in our city, but they are not inferior to them in terms of strength. ”

Ji He's words can be regarded as "answering the question".

Lu Ming and Ji He have been partners for a long time, the two know each other, and through Ji He's expression and tone, they know that Ji He must have thought of something, so he asked, "Fang Ping, but is there any good strategy for defending the war?" ”

At this time, more than ten Dingxi knights broke away from the large army, galloped to the outside of the moat, pulled a hard bow, and shot arrows at the city.

Half of the dozen arrows did not reach the city, and the rest were shot.

The guards had already seen them and dodged in advance, and no one was wounded by an arrow.

When a soldier saw that there was a folded piece of paper tied to the handle of an arrow, he picked it up, and he did not dare to look at it because of the military order, and presented it to the officers of his headquarters.

It was uploaded one by one, and it was quickly sent to Lu Ming.

Ji He helped Lu Ming untie the paper and present it to the past.

Lu Ming opened it and saw that the paper read: "The badger sun was defeated, and the hooves and rats were scurrying, and now Longxi has been restored for me, and I command 100,000 troops, and you will hunt for Xiangwu." If you dare to fight, I will be in the field the day after tomorrow, waiting for you to arrive. ”

Lu Ming read it, and then took the other pieces of letter paper presented to him by Ji He, and looked at them one by one, all of them had the same content.

Ji He, Yao Tao, Zhu Fatong and others also looked at it separately.

Yao Tao said with a smile: "Xin You's big words are deceiving, isn't it when I'm blind?" Where does he have 100,000 soldiers and horses? Bluffing, ridiculous. Looking out of the city, he continued, "But his courage is quite strong, as Ji Sima said just now, compared to our army, his army has no advantage in troops, and our army has the advantage of the city, but he dares to invite the general to fight in the field, not afraid of defeat and defeat?" ”

Lu Ming read the contents of the letter from the beginning again, asked Ji He, and said, "Fang Ping, General Yao is right. Xin You's soldiers and horses are almost equal to our army, and there is no advantage, and our army has the advantage of the city, if the field battle, I can still retreat to the city, he is defeated, there is no strong support, only to destroy a way, but he invited our army to fight in the field, you say,...... Will there be fraud in it? ”

Ji He shook his head and said, "There should be no fraud." ”

Lu Ming said, "Oh? ”

Ji He analyzed Lu Ming and said: "The soldiers under the command of Xin Youshu now, and the troops under the command of Cao Fei and Tian Ju, are the only troops that Dingxi can use at the moment; My Daqin's soldiers and horses are far in Dingxi, although the king and Meng Gong are now leading the army to attack Wei, but there are still garrisons in Tianshui, Nan'an and other counties, and the general has sent an envoy to Tianshui to ask for help, and the reinforcements will arrive soon,...... That is to say, if Xin Youzhu wants to capture my Xiangwu County, he must fight quickly, otherwise, when my reinforcements arrive, with more than 10,000 people in his area, let alone attacking the city, I am afraid that it will be difficult to even protect himself, and he can only return in vain. Therefore, his attempt to win in the field should be his original intention. ”

Lu Ming thought so deeply and asked, "In this case, how do you think our army should reply to his invitation to fight?" ”

Ji He said: "Didn't the general just ask me if I had a good strategy to defend the war? 'Take the initiative to attack and win a decisive battle with Xin Youzhu', this is the battle strategy I just thought of. Twisting the letter paper, he said with a smile, "It's just that before I can explain this strategy, Xin You's letter of invitation to war arrived." ”

Lu Ming said: "Decisive victory in the field? ”

When Yao Tao heard Ji He's words, his expression did not change, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart, thinking: "'If you want to capture my Xiangwu County, Xin Youzhu must have a quick decision', Ji Fangping's words are true. Xin You's soldiers are few, and he can't besiege my city for a long time, and when the reinforcements from my Tianshui County arrive, he doesn't even need to wait for the reinforcements to arrive, as long as I can't hold out, he sees that there is no opportunity to take advantage of it, so he can only withdraw from the siege to the west, or join forces with Cao Fei and Tian Jubu to make plans again, or simply return to Longzhou with Cao Fei and Tian Jubu. It can be said that my Xiangwu County can win without fighting, so why take the risk of losing and fight with Xin Youzhi in the field? But he also knew why Ji He proposed a field battle, it was only for meritorious service, his mind was turning, organizing language, and he wanted to euphemistically oppose Ji He's strategy.