Chapter 148: The Confident Sima Terrier (Third Update)
Just when Wei Wuji was still leading the Wei army towards Yewang City, Sima Terrier, who was in Yewang City, had already met Jin Huang, the commander of the Han army.
If there were journalists in this day and age, the press release would probably or perhaps have written something like this:
According to a report by a reporter from the Guanzhong News Agency, a few days ago, our adjutant general Sima Terrier met with South Korean General Jin Huang in Yewang City, and the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on how to fight together.
General Sima Terrier pointed out that this time the joint war between Qin and Han against Wei was a major event that could not be lost, and hoped that the Korean army could fully cooperate with our side and create good conditions for defeating the Wei army.
General Jin Huang conveyed Han Wangran's greetings to Qin Wangji and Sima Terrier, and pointed out that there was a deep friendship between Qin and Han, and they had fought side by side in the Battle of Huayang and won a brilliant victory, and the Korean side was confident that it would cooperate with General Sima Terrier to achieve the final victory.
Sima Terrier thanked the ROK side for its support to our side, and said that Qin and South Korea are friendly countries, and as long as Qin and South Korea are closely united, there will be no invincible enemy.
The meeting came to an end in a pleasant atmosphere.
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The truth is often not as simple as diplomatic rhetoric portrays.
When Jin Huang arrived at Yewang City, Sima Terrier was sitting in the hall eating.
This hall originally belonged to the Yewang City Guard, but after the Qin army captured the Yewang City, it became the residence of Sima Terrier.
When Jin Huang saw Sima Terrier, his mood was quite complicated.
Jin Huang is no stranger to Sima Terrier.
In the past few years, Jin Huang, who was the county guard of Shangdang, led the Korean military and civilians to fight against the Qin army where Sima Terrier was located for several years.
But at that time, Jin Huang would never have thought that he would actually stand in front of Sima Terrier as a friendly soldier today.
Jin Huang took a deep breath and made a salute between his peers towards Sima Terrier: "General." โ
Sima Terrier, who was eating and drinking, glanced at Jin Di, and then stretched out his hand to gesture to a seat not far in front of him.
"Rice?"
Jin Di shook his head and sat down on the seat.
Sima Terrier lowered his head and continued to eat and drink.
As a soldier, you have to be fast when eating.
Sima Terrier eats very quickly.
In just a few minutes, all the food in front of Sima Terrier was swept away.
During this period, Jin Huang sat in front of Sima Terrier and looked at Sima Terrier.
Jin Di's eyes looked quite calm, without any emotional fluctuations, as if the person in front of him was not an invader who had been fighting with him for several years, but just a stranger he had never met.
After asking people to take away the dishes, Sima Terrier raised his head and looked at Jin Huang carefully for the first time: "You are Jin Huang?" โ
Jin Huang nodded.
Sima Terrier also nodded and praised: "Yes, as I thought, he is a man." โ
Jin Huang was silent.
Sima Terrier didn't seem to care about Jin Huang's silence, but said directly: "Han Wangran's order, I want to come to you to know." โ
Jin Huang nodded again.
Sima Terrier frowned and said, "Why don't you speak?" โ
Jin Di said: "But listen to what the general said. โ
Sima Terrier's brows furrowed even deeper, he looked at Jin Di carefully a few times, and said, "You don't like me?" โ
Jin Huang nodded and said, "I really don't like it." โ
Sima Terrier said: "But you must obey my orders, otherwise the destruction of Korea is now." โ
Jin Huang nodded and said, "Yes." โ
"Good." Sima Terrier said: "I have just received a report that the Wei army has been camped twenty miles outside the city, and tomorrow will be the day of my decisive battle with the Wei army." โ
Jin Di showed a surprised expression, and his tone was also a little surprised when he spoke: "The general wants to go out of the city for a decisive battle?" โ
Sima Terrier snorted, looking a little unhappy with Jin Di's surprise: "This is natural." โ
Jin Huang shook his head and said, "It is rumored that Xinling Jun is familiar with military books, and he has the true lineage of the soldier's Guiguzi, and if he goes out of the city to fight a decisive battle, he may be difficult to win." โ
Sima Terrier glanced at Jin Di sharply: "Does the general think that I am not as good as that Wei Wuji?" โ
Jin Huang shook his head slightly: "I don't mean that. โ
Sima Terrier said: "In this case, tomorrow the general will lead the army to the south of the river, and I will fight side by side." โ
Jin Huang responded, but he was still a little uneasy, but looking at Sima Terrier's confident appearance, he didn't say anything, just nodded silently, and said, "In this case, I will lead the army to come tomorrow."
Jin Di stood up and slowly walked out of the hall.
Sima Terrier sat quietly, staring at Jin Di's back motionlessly, watching Jin Di slowly disappear from his sight.
What Sima Terrier didn't see was that the moment Jin Huang walked out of the hall, the corners of the Korean general's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a smile that was almost undetectable.
A moment later, a tall, powerful-looking Qin army general with a long chest and beard under his chin walked out and came to Sima Terrier's side.
This Qin army general who is almost the same age as Sima Terrier is called Meng Fu, who is Sima Jin's deputy, and can be regarded as Sima Jin's old partner.
"General, Jin Huang has left the city."
Sima Terrier nodded slightly, signaling that he knew.
Meng Fu paused, and said with some unease: "The general really wants to go out of the city tomorrow to fight with that Wei Wuji?" โ
Sima Terrier glanced at Meng Fu and said with a smile: "Why, do you think that I am a person who is in a hurry?" โ
Meng Wei shook his head and said, "Wei Wuji has no such intention, but Wei Wuji has 100,000 soldiers under his command, and there are only 50,000 soldiers and horses in Yewang City, so he is really outnumbered. And Jin Huang and his ilk should not be gullible, this victory is difficult to decide, it is better to stick to the city is the best policy.
Sima Terrier laughed, stood up and walked in front of Meng Fu, and patted Meng Fu's shoulder heavily: "Brother Xiao is too worried, when there is a battle tomorrow, Brother Wei Wuji will be defeated with me!" โ
Meng Wei glanced at Sima Terrier with some doubts, obviously not knowing where his old boss got his confidence, but in the end he still said with interest: "In this case, then I will patrol the camp first." โ
Sima Terrier smiled: "Go." โ
After Meng Fu also left, only Sima Terrier was left in the hall.
It was only at this time that the smile on Sima Terrier's face gradually disappeared.
He left the hall and returned to his room, lit the lamp, and ordered the guards at the door to be careful.
After all this was done, Sima Terrier returned to the table in the room, carefully took out a secret letter from his bosom, and read it carefully.
In fact, this secret letter is not the first time Sima Terrier has read it.
But for some reason, Sima Terrier couldn't help but take out the secret letter at this moment and read it carefully again.
After a long time, Sima Terrier let out a sigh of relief and threw the secret letter into the oil lamp in front of him.
The secret letter was quickly burned to ashes in the flames, and a corner of the secret letter was revealed in the dancing firelight, and a name signed in Wei script was faintly visible on it.
"Zhong Cheng."