On the northwest border, smoke is everywhere, and the war is raging. Gao Wei is like a broken bamboo, along the Wei River all the way down, one after another to recover the northwest Weizhou, Minzhou and other places. But the good times did not last long, and when the army reached Jincheng, the situation of the battle suddenly reversed.

Xiou took the impregnable Jincheng as a stronghold and fought a defensive battle. Gao Wei couldn't attack for a while, so he stationed troops under the city to wait for fighters.

However, Gao Wei could afford to wait, but Shao An couldn't afford to wait.

After all, the initiative in negotiations with the Turks is actually in the hands of the Northwest Battlefield, which is thousands of miles away. Now the Turks are waiting, so the bargaining chips for peace all rely on General Gao Wei. If the war in the northwest goes well, the negotiations will go well; If the war in the northwest is lost, the negotiations will be lost. Shao An and Gao Wei can only succeed with a two-pronged approach.

It's a pity that when it was about to be completed, Xiou pulled back another game. So the Turkic prince, who was hospitable a few days ago, immediately became cold and refused to see anyone, and he really turned his face faster than turning a book.

The mission was facing a huge crisis, but fortunately it had not yet reached the point of seizure, Shao An immediately made a decision and ordered everyone in the mission not to act rashly, stay in the tent and wait for news.

In addition, Shao An asked Jie Kosley to bring a message and ask for another meeting.

After pretending to refuse a few times, Jie Kosley finally agreed to negotiate again.

In this negotiation, all the Turkic civil ministers and military generals were present, but Shao An only brought Li Hongyi alone, and he had the posture of going to the meeting alone.

Seeing this, Jie Kosley once again applauded his boldness. The two sides sat down, and Jie Kosli asked straight to the point: "Does the prime minister know about the war in the northwest?" ”

"I know a little bit about it." Although Shao An was in the enemy camp, Zhang San was outside to deliver news at any time, so he naturally knew that the situation in the northwest was unfavorable.

"General Gao Wei is like a god, and he is not majestic all the way. But if you are greedy for merit and accidentally fall into the enemy's trap, you will fall short. Jie Kosli gloated and said, "Just like now, Gao Wei can't capture Jincheng and is in a dilemma, I really don't know what to do?" ”

When Li Hongyi heard him say this about his general, he immediately became furious, his hands clenched into fists, and his finger joints rattled. If Shao An hadn't had the foresight to hold down his wrist in advance, otherwise it would be difficult to say that the Turkic prince's head was not there at this moment.

"General Gao is cautious, how could he fall into the trap?" Shao An still looked calm, "In my opinion, it's just Xiou's stubborn resistance, which is a temporary obstacle, and they are allowed to struggle to the death for a few days." ”

"The prime minister is too optimistic. It may be that he does not know the military affairs and does not understand the severity of the situation. "As a martial artist, Jie Kesli has never looked down on the scholars who have dropped their book bags, and they are really light on civil and military, regardless of borders or races.

It's a pity that they were wrong, Shao An is knowledgeable about military affairs, and he is not coarse, but proficient.

Shao An reads a lot of books, and is also very interested in military books, and has read through "The Art of War", "Liutao", "Three Strategies", etc. When he was in King An's Mansion, he and Li Hongyi often piled sand tables on the ground, and the two of them fought against each other and practiced the formation together. Later, he went out with King An, saw more and saw a lot, and had a deeper understanding of the laws of war.

The emperor attaches great importance to Shao An's military talents, otherwise he would not have listened to Shao An's opinions when he fought Xiou. But no one expected that Shao An's last advice would have such a serious deviation. If it weren't for that mistake, maybe he wouldn't have abandoned martial arts and worshiped the prime minister, but a military adviser under his brother's account.

However, fate will never go in the established direction without mistakes, and will always turn abruptly at a fork in the road, deviating from the avenue thousands of miles away, not knowing where to turn.

The corners of Shao An's mouth raised slightly, and his eyes fell on the huge map hanging behind Jie Kesli, "Jincheng is surrounded by mountains in the north and south, and the Yellow River passes through the city in the east and west, which is an excellent terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. General Gao was hindered by this, and it is understandable. However, Xiou went deep into the Central Plains, and it was difficult to supply. If General Gao encircled from the left and right sides, cut off the enemy's grain transportation route, and continued to stalemate for a long time, Jincheng would be self-defeating. ”

Shao An can think of this, and the Turkic prince can naturally think of it. The only thing he guessed wrong was that Shao An was able to break through it in one sentence, and his vision was so sharp that he didn't look like a Wenchen who could only do it. Li Hongyi stood aside, and after listening to Shao An's explanation, he showed a look of sudden enlightenment; The rest of the Turkic generals also nodded more or less yes.

Still unwilling to admit defeat, Jie Kosli picked up his sword and walked to the map, and gestured: "If my Turks go west from here, surround the Gauwei army from behind." What does the prime minister mean? ”

Shao An frowned slightly, if the Turks did this and formed a counter-encirclement trend, Gao Wei would be very passive and suffer from the enemy on his back. He proposed peace to the emperor, but he was afraid that the Turks would march from the west and correspond to the east and west of Xiou and attack our army. Therefore, the strategy of pulling and playing a dozen was adopted, so that Gao Wei had no worries.

"The prince won't do this, it's too stupid to do so." Even though he was anxious in his heart, Shao An did not show any doubts on his face, "Jincheng, is it close to the Turks, or is it close to Xiou?" Prince, you bothered to conquer Jincheng, but you have to watch it fall into the territory of Xiou. Why bother making wedding dresses for others? ”

"This prince can exchange the golden city for the rest of the city, so I won't bother the prime minister."

"The king of Xinxiou is ambitious and has the heart to annex the Central Plains. If the Central Plains are killed, the next step may be to attack the Turks. The truth of cold lips and teeth, the prince won't not understand, right? ”

Jie Kosley's face darkened several layers, and Shao An hit his soft underbelly. It is true that the Turks did not fully believe in Siou, and Siou was not really as selfless as it was.

Shao An got up and left the case, walked to the map, and skillfully and naturally pulled out the saber on Li Hongyi's waist. The strange thing is that Li Hongyi did not react at all, and let him draw the knife without stopping him, feeling that there is a special tacit understanding and trust between them.

Shao An used a knife as a stick and pointed out on the map: "What Xiou can promise to the prince is nothing more than Minzhou and Weizhou. It's a pity that these two states have been recovered, and the prince must be overjoyed. The prince may think that he can exchange Jincheng for a large grassland in Xiou, but the official believes that Xiou will not give away his grassland cattle and sheep for a small Jincheng. ”

"Besides, this official thinks that the stalemate in Jincheng will be resolved in a few days." Shao An further said, "Whether General Gao uses encirclement warfare or offensive battles, he can make Xiou completely defeated. On the other hand, Xiou, now the turtle is cowering in the city, not daring to attack, and not being able to defend, how can he win? ”

Jie Kosli stared at the map for a long time, as if he was about to make a hole, and finally found that Shao An's words were impeccable, so he had to retort from the other side: "The nomads of Xiou, all the people are soldiers, and they are good at riding and shooting. How can you compare with you Middle-earthers? ”

Shao An suddenly smiled, "How does the Turkic prince know that there is no one in my court?" Now that my country has a strong army and fierce generals, I will say that the young general next to me is by no means below the generals in martial arts. ”

As soon as these words came out, how could the enemy in the tent give up, and you argued word by word: "What do you mean by coming, you are too underestimate our Turks." ”

"He's so young, how can he compare to us?"

"That's it, boy, do you have the guts to compete with grandpa and me?"

"Prince, they are too arrogant, let them see how powerful my Turks are."

Li Hongyi suddenly interjected: "Compare to compare, who is afraid of whom?" ”

This time, Shao An did not stop Li Hongyi's impulse, but just glanced at Jie Kesley, and it happened that Jie Kesli was also looking at him with a smile. Shao An asked, "What does the prince think?" ”

"After talking for so long, it's also very interesting to watch the competition." Jie Kosley confidently said to his subordinates, "My general Zuo has gone to fight him. Remember, it's just a matter of learning, and you can't hurt anyone's life. ”

On the stage, Shao An and the prince sat side by side, casually greeting. There was a circle of Turkic generals standing around, looking at the center of the field, and the excitement was overflowing. One by one, they were just waiting to see how the weak Central Plains people were defeated by General Zuo, and to take a good look at their sharpness. Shao An remained silent and waited for the competition to begin.

Under the stage, Li Hongyi and the Turkic Left General were gearing up and were actively preparing for war.

Shao An looked at the general Zuo carefully, and saw that he was more than eight feet long, his whole body was full of large muscles, and he walked up to the competition platform with two hammers in a fierce manner, as if the ground trembled three times with every step he took.

When he looked at Li Hongyi again, Shao Anxin couldn't help but feel a trace of bitterness, it had been a long time since he had seen his brother's majestic posture on the battlefield. After his brother lost his memory, he was the only one left to stay in the memories of the past, suffering from parting. If it weren't for this peace negotiation, my brother would be the guard, and I am afraid it would be difficult to be so close. At the moment of the national crisis, he and his brother got along for a short time, which can be regarded as happiness in suffering.

While Shao An's thoughts were wandering, Li Hongyi had already chosen his weapon. Instead of using his most skillful sword, he chose a spear. Shao An understood his brother's intention to choose the spear, but for some reason he felt a little uneasy in his heart, and he didn't know where this uneasiness came from.

I saw Li Hongyi play a gun trick, and then he performed light skills, pointed his toes on the ground, jumped to the stage in a few steps, and flew in like a wind. Although Li Hongyi's figure is tall, thin, and very well-proportioned, he is slightly thinner than that of a large man.

The drum beat three times, and the competition began.

General Zuo turned his neck, moved his muscles and bones, and looked at his opponent with disdain. Then he unexpectedly bullied the body, and hit the opponent with a hammer with his right hand, and Li Hongyi jumped sideways to avoid it.

General Zuo went around to the left, attacked with a left hammer, and Li Hongyi flashed again. General Zuo attacked head-on, and Li Hongyi retreated. Shao An was very proud when he saw this, even if his brother was not as light as a swallow, but compared with a big man with muscles all over his body, he was a hundred times more flexible. After a few times, General Zuo didn't even touch the corner of his brother's clothes, and he was still tired and panting.

"It's good." Jie Kosley tilted his head and commented on Shao An, but the implication was that he laughed at his fear of battle and could only dodge.

Shao An smiled and didn't answer, he knew better than anyone what his brother's martial arts were.

After a few more rounds, General Zuo's patience ran out and he swung a double hammer and struck indiscriminately. Li Hongyi did not dodge this time, shook the barrel of the gun, and fired back head-on.

At the moment of the handover of the weapons, the sound of metal was as piercing as a needle, and both of them were extremely fierce and chased after each other. The two sides sometimes attack and sometimes defend, one move is faster than the other, which makes everyone on the stage tremble. Suddenly, he heard a "bang", and Li Hongyi's gun was jammed by the opponent's double hammer.

General Zuo smiled contemptuously, and pressed down on the barrel of the gun with both arms. Li Hongyi wanted to draw his gun, but the old wound on his left shoulder blade had not healed, and his left arm was completely unable to exert his strength, so he could only rely on his right hand to support it.

Seeing that the barrel of the gun was bent more and more, almost broken, the surrounding Turkic generals began to applaud. Li Hongyi listened to the cheers of the enemy, and his heart sank little by little: In this way, if he was defeated by the Turks in the first game, wouldn't he grow the morale of others and destroy his own national prestige? If it loses, it will not only lose face, but also be very unfavorable to the situation of peace negotiations.

Thinking of this, Li Hongyi suddenly let out a loud shout, fighting the sharp pain of his shoulder injury, turning the barrel of the gun with both arms, taking advantage of the situation to drive the opponent's hammer and throw it upward. Only a shrill grinding of weapons was heard, and the big man stumbled back a few steps with his twin hammers out of his hands, while two hammers roared into the sky.

Everyone's eyes were on the sky, until there was a "bang" and the two hammers fell side by side, sinking headfirst deep into the earth, and the end of the handle was still "buzzing" and trembling.

Everyone let out a burst of exclamations, seeing that Li Hongyi's defeat was decided, but they didn't want him to be able to fight back, so they forcibly set up a double hammer, picked up their weapons, and redeemed their disadvantage.

General Zuo felt humiliated and pounced on Li Hongyi with his bare hands. Li Hongyi bit his lower lip tightly, and this force had already broken his shoulder wound, and he felt a sharp pain in the flesh inside like a knife, and even felt a warm liquid flowing down his arm. Fortunately, he was dressed in black, and the blood was not obvious. He gritted his teeth, shot with one hand, and swept the opponent's lower plate with a few shots, and finally returned to the horse pistol, and the head of the gun was pointed directly at the opponent's throat.

In the first game, Li Hongyi won!