Bai Qi nodded while eating: "Li Gongzi thinks well, it is indeed possible. I will strictly order the investigation, and if the spy is not caught, he will not only sabotage our affairs, but also report all the information to the officials and soldiers. [No pop-ups. 】”

Li Yan said: "I think that before sending troops, this must be done. Bai Qi said: "Don't worry, I know what to do." ”

As soon as Bai Qi's order was passed down, Lei Sheng Wang Leopard also felt frustrated, the army was about to attack, and the morale was high, but he was beaten in the head, so he had to withdraw the soldiers and horses, and let everyone go back to the camp to listen to the order.

The next night, Li Yan had a hasty dinner and had just fallen asleep, when someone suddenly knocked on the door, and Li Yan's guards came to report that it was General Bai Qi who had sent his own soldiers to invite him over.

Li Yan didn't know what was going on, so he dressed neatly and came to Baiqi Mansion.

Entering the hall, Li Yan was stunned, it turned out that Lei Sheng Wang Leopard was here. Bai Qi had already dressed neatly, and when he saw Li Yan coming, he said, "Li Gongzi, it's time for us to send troops." ”

Li Yan was shocked: "Send troops? Are you kidding? ”

Bai Qi smiled: "Take advantage of the night to send troops and attack Longxian County, as fierce as a tiger and a ghost, I can't think of this plan." ”

Li Yan said: "But...... We have no grain and grass, Longxian is 300 miles away from here, at least two days to walk, there is no food in the army, and when we reach Longxian, I am afraid that half of them will be hungry. ”

Bai Qi smiled weirdly: "Do you really think that the grain and grass have been burned?" ”

Li Yanyi frowned: "This is fake?" ”

Lei Sheng couldn't help it, and said with a smile: "Li Gongzi, Wang Bao and I also just learned that the fire was arranged by the general. The grain was not burned at all, and it had been quietly moved away long ago. The granary was full of dry branches, bags of sand, and rotten wood. ”

Li Yan suddenly realized and looked at Bai Qi: "The general is trying to hide from the world." ”

Bai Qi said: "Not bad. There were already spies in the city who were as fierce as a tiger and reported all the movements of our army to the fierce tiger. As soon as this fire burned, the fierce spy must have known about it, and then he would know my order, and let the whole army wait for ten days, and after ten days, the grain and grass would be transferred from Xi'an, and then the matter of sending troops would be discussed. The spy must have sent the information out of the city. And outside the city, there must be scouts from the official army to answer. It is estimated that at this time, the information has been sent to Longxian, and Meng Ruhu has already known the news. Therefore he will not be defensive. ”

Li Yan was overjoyed: "When he doesn't take precautions, the Qin army's divine soldiers descend from the sky and will definitely annihilate it in one fell swoop." ”

Bai Qi said: "I have ordered the whole army to gather and quietly drive out of the city from the four gates, there is no movement, and the spies in the city will not know." By the time they came to their senses, we had already arrived in Longxian. ”

Wang Bao was a little embarrassed: "General, if you pretend to burn grain and grass, you should tell Brother Lei and me first, and it also makes us anxious for a day." ”

Bai Qi said coldly: "This kind of thing, the fewer people who know, the better, you two don't have any scheming, you can't store things in your stomach, even if you don't say it, others can see the flaws from your face, so not only you, but even Li Gongzi I didn't say it, for fear of leaking a trace of rumors." ”

Li Yan didn't blame Bai Qi, he knew the importance of this battle, if he could be defeated as fiercely as a tiger, the official army in Gansu would be crushed, and the threat of the Qin army to the west would be much smaller.

At the moment, there was no more to say, and everyone left the house, got on the horse and left the city.

At the beginning of the shift, 10,000 horses were already lined up in a neat formation, three miles west of the city. There were 5,000 cavalry in front and 5,000 infantry in the back, Bai Qi ordered, he and Li Yan, Wang Bao took 5,000 cavalry to go first, and Lei Sheng followed behind with infantry.

Li Yan understood that this attack on Longxian was mainly a sneak attack, so it was most appropriate to use cavalry.

Wang Leopard is good at assault, so he follows the cavalry, and Lei Sheng is old and good at defense, so he takes the infantry behind. Bai Qi knows people well, and he is really a good general.

After giving the order, Bai Qi ordered Wang Bao to take 2,000 cavalry as the vanguard and march overnight, especially instructing him that whenever he encounters a man on horseback on the road, he must take the horse down.

This move was for fear that the scouts of the official army would find out about them and report to them as fierce as a tiger.

Wang Bao was very excited, and he took two thousand cavalry along the road and flew away.

Bai Qi and Li Yan walked behind Wang Bao, the speed was not slow, walking and walking, Li Yan suddenly remembered something, and asked, "General, why did you take me out this time?" Don't you need to be watched over in the city? Bai Qi seemed to know that he had this question, and replied without the slightest hesitation: "I have left 200 people in the city, don't worry, because the people don't know that we have already come out." As for why I took you, don't you think? ”

Li Yan shook his head and said, "I can't think of it." ”

Bai Qi smiled: "I know, you once led the Qin army alone, fought a few battles in Huayin, and also won." Therefore, I am very optimistic about your abilities. However, defending the city is different from attacking battles, siege battles, encounter battles, holding battles, and sneak attack battles, and you still need to learn a lot. ”

Li Yan said: "Therefore, the general took me and asked me to learn." ”

Bai nodded: "Yes, in my opinion, you are both civil and military, and you are a talent who is in and out of the picture." Qin Jun is the most needed for such talents. Our Qin army will definitely develop and grow in the future, and the larger the territory, the more people will need to take charge alone. That's why I'm bringing you here to show you more. ”

Li Yan said: "History says that the general is the god of war, and judging from the situation before this war, the general is worthy of it." ”

Bai Qi sneered: "God of War? I think that the evaluation of me by later generations is more often used, "slaughter". ”

Li Yan also smiled: "The general has also read the book......

Bai Qi said: "In our time, the Qin army was the strongest army in the world, but after two thousand years, the tactics have been very different, and now there are firecrackers and cannons, this thing is far better than the Qin crossbow we used at that time in many places." If you don't read, don't understand the current way of the world, start a war, and don't suffer losses. ”

Li Yan nodded: "Yes, our first big defeat was the result of not understanding the enemy army." ”

Bai Qi snorted: "There won't be a second time." Bai Qi can lose once, and he must not lose again. ”

Li Yan said: "The general's plan is similar to Li Shuoxue's capture of Caizhou at night in the Tang Dynasty." Bai Qi sighed: "This person also knows how to use tactics like this, he must be a famous general." Li Yan said: "Sort of, but the famous battle he has fought is only this one." ”

Bai Qi said: "There is only one battle, how can you be called a famous general?" ”

Li Yan said: "The later generations are different from your era, and most of them are decided by one battle. For example, Cao Cao's battle against Guandu, Zhou Gongjin's battle against Chibi, the battle of Weishui in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Tang King Li Shimin's battle against Luoyang, Zhu Yuanzhang's battle with Chen Youliang in the battle of Poyang Lake, and so on. After a big battle, the pattern of the world was basically set. It's not like the war between the Great General and the Six Nations, where every strong enemy needs to be destroyed. ”

Bai Qi listened quietly, and finally said: "How I hope that there will be another division of the Seven Kingdoms in the world." ”

Li Yan disagreed: "The more countries, the more wars, the more bitter the people, the general fights, isn't it also to dominate the world and let the people live a stable life?" ”

Bai Qi was stunned for a moment: "No." ”

Li Yan was taken aback, as if he didn't know Bai Qi: "Then why are you fighting?" ”

Bai Qi said: "Needless to say, in order to realize the ambition in my heart, in order for everyone to remember my name, for the sake of my family, my descendants can be hereditary fiefs......"

Li Yan was greatly discouraged: "Just for this, it's too selfish, don't you think about the life and death of the people?" ”

Bai Qi said: "Naturally, I thought of it." The people are very bitter, and if they don't fight, won't they be even more miserable? ”

Li Yan shook his head again and again, staring at Bai Qi as if looking at a monster: "What kind of logic is this?" If you don't fight, you will suffer, and if you don't fight, you won't suffer? ”

Bai Qi also looked at him like a monster: "Li Gongzi, you are full of poetry and books, don't you understand this truth?" ”

Li Yan said: "I don't understand. The saint did not say such a thing. It is said in the book that the people will suffer when they prosper, and when they die, the people will suffer. ”

Bai Qi sighed, like an old man explaining the problem to a naughty boy: "Let me tell you this, if there is no war in the world, the common people can only farm, and they will be tied to the land for the rest of their lives. But what do you know about the bitterest part? There is no channel, there is no hope. No matter how well they worked, no one would praise them, no one would reward them, because that was their life. But since there was war, their opportunity has come. They will be able to eat food and become soldiers, and they will get rid of the land. As long as they have a big life and kill one enemy on the battlefield, they can be promoted to a knighthood, rewarded with land, kill two enemies, their parents can be exempted from prison, and if they kill more, they can also become generals. Just like me. ”

Li Yan said: "I know, this is stipulated in the Shang Jun Reform Law. ”

Bai Qi said: "In our Qin State, ordinary people regard Shang Jun as a saint, because it is Shang Jun, who gives them a channel to rise and gives them the opportunity to become officials. But if there was no war, these decrees of the Shang monarch would not have been a dead letter? ”

Li Yan understood this: "But these are all the laws of your time, and today, the people can be officials without going through war." As long as they read well, they can pass the exam and become officials. ”

Bai Qi was puzzled: "You can be an official by studying?" ”

Li Yan knew that the imperial examination system started in the Sui Dynasty, but he didn't want to talk about this, especially if there was still a war now, so he said: "This is later, let's take care of the present first." Our 5,000 men and horses raided Longxian County, but we were outnumbered, how sure is the general? ”

Bai Qi smiled coldly: "Ten percent." ”

Wang Bao led the vanguard troops, after a day and a night of wild running, and finally rushed to the outside of Longxian County at the second watch of the next night.

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