The two countries compete with each other, and they do not cut each other.

This unwritten rule has appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period in China, and after thousands of years of ups and downs, it has basically been followed by warring armies in ancient and modern times, and there are few cases of deliberate violation of this rule, no matter how cruel and bloody the war is, most of the envoys can safely travel to and from the camps or positions of the warring parties.

This unwritten rule has turned war into jade silk countless times, saving the lives of countless soldiers and civilians, but it has also created opportunities for some despicable villains to cheat and steal chickens and dogs, this time is the same, although the young marshal army outside the city is gearing up, it is possible to launch an attack on the pass at any time, and the soldiers of the Qin army in the pass are also ready to defend the city with blood and life, but the envoy of the young marshal army Li Shiqi came to the city of the city with a white flag, After loudly stating his attitude to represent Xiang Kang and meeting with Chen Qiu, the guard general of the Qin Army, the Qin Army of the Pass still opened the city gate, and invited Li Shiqi into the city with a kind attitude, and also invited Li Shiqi directly to the south gate of the city tower, so that Li Shiqi could directly see Chen Qiu.

Li Shiqi was also very polite, and just confirmed Chen Qiu's identity, he immediately bowed his hand to Chen Qiu and said: "The doctor of Chu State, Li Shiqi, has seen the Duke of Qin Guo take Chen Qiu Chen. ”

"Excuse me, sit." Chen Qiu was casually polite, but his eyes were fixed on the package held by Li Shiqi's entourage, and he pretended to be casual and said: "The doctor is too polite, the battle between your and our armies is imminent, why did you bring a gift here?" ”

"It's the same as Zhang Zifang said, it's really a philistine, and before the old man said about giving gifts, he had already noticed what the old man brought."

While muttering in his heart, Li Shiqi couldn't help but be full of confidence in this envoy again, and said with a smile: "General Chen doesn't have to be polite, our right general of Chu State has heard of the general's name for a long time, and admires the general so much, so he asked the foreign minister to bring a little meager gift, and asked General Chen to accept it with a face." ”

Saying that, Li Shiqi said to his entourage, and the entourage understood, and immediately opened the package, revealing a bag full of gold and jade, Chen Qiu was secretly happy in his heart, but his mouth was still pretending to be prevaricated, and said: "Doctor Li, there is no need to be so polite, as the saying goes, no merit is not reckless, and there is no contact with the right general, how can you accept his generous gifts?" ”

"General Chen, I didn't have any contact before, but now I already have one?" Li Shiqi said with a smile: "Since ancient times, it is normal for the host and guest to come and go, and it is just human nature to give gifts to each other, and now our right general has come from afar, and as a guest, we will send a little meeting gift to General Chen, the landlord of the Guanguan, but also follow the gift of the host and guest, and please don't be polite, be sure to accept it." ”

Chen Qiu smiled and said: "Since the doctor has said it to this point, if you don't accept the gift of General You, it will be unkind, so let's accept General You's gift for me." Also, Dr. Li, please sit down, let's sit down and talk about something. ”

After listening to Chen Qiu's instructions, his personal soldiers immediately stepped forward, accepted the gold and jade brought by Li Shiqi, and transferred it in front of Chen Qiu, Li Shiqi also sat in the position of a guest, Chen Qiu couldn't wait to pick up a jade wall to play with, and asked casually: "Doctor Li, the big war is coming, why did General Right send you here?" ”

Seeing that there was no one else in the city tower except Chen Qiu's personal soldiers, Li Shiqi was not polite, and said straight to the point: "General Chen, our right general sent foreign ministers here to persuade the general to abandon the darkness and turn his back on the tyrannical Qin court, which has been like a candle in the wind, and lead the army under his command to join the anti-Qin righteous division, join forces with our army to march into Xianyang, destroy the tyrant Hu Hai, and create a foundation that is not easy for generations." ”

"Persuade me to surrender?" I never thought that Li Shiqi would say it so directly, Chen Qiu couldn't help but pause, and said in surprise: "General Right came from afar, didn't fight a battle, didn't fire an arrow, and wanted to persuade me to surrender to him directly?" ”

"The general misunderstood, the foreign minister is not here to persuade you to surrender, but to persuade you to abandon the darkness and turn to the light." Li Shiqi smiled and said: "Since the first year of the tyrannical Qin II, the world has been in turmoil, the old clans of the six countries and the heroes outside the Guanwai have vied to fight against Qin, but the second Qin Hu Hai has become more and more perverse, mediocre and brutal, resulting in the fall of the land outside the Guan, and the six countries of Shandong have been restored. If the general does not hurry up to the heavens and people, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, not only will the attention of the general not be guaranteed, but the general's net worth and life will inevitably be threatened, so the foreign minister is bold, and he also asks the general to think more about himself, and also think more about the generals and soldiers under your command, and make the right decision as soon as possible. ”

Chen Qiu laughed and said, "The doctor is alarmist, our Great Qin General Zhang Han is still fighting against the thieves of the Six Kingdoms in Hanoi, how can it be regarded as a government decree that does not send a letter to Guguan?" Besides, although the six countries of Shandong claim to have restored the country, their subordinates are just a group of rabble, and they are vulnerable, and sooner or later they will be exterminated by our tiger and wolf army of Great Qin, so what is the risk of losing the country? ”

"Sooner or later, it will be exterminated by the Tyrannical Qin army?" Li Shiqi smiled dumbly and said: "If Zhang Han really has the ability to exterminate the armies of the Six Kingdoms, then why did he go from the giant deer to defeat again and again, fleeing all the way to the flood turtle and not being able to shrink out?" If the tyrannical Qin court really had confidence in Zhang Han's victory, why would they divide his military power and let him and Wang Li form an army? If the armies of the six countries were really vulnerable, how could they sweep through the Central Plains and beat Zhang Han and Wang Li, who only dared to survive with the help of the dangers of the mountains and rivers, and did not dare to confront the armies of the six countries head-on? ”

Speaking of this, Li Shiqi paused slightly, and then said: "General Chen, you are also a person who knows the soldiers, you should know how dangerous it is for one army and two masters to go out of multiple doors, Hu Hai is stupid and ignorant of military affairs, and he actually divided the army outside the Guanhai into two, and let Zhang Han and Wang Li each lead an army, how long do you think the army outside the Guanwai of the tyrannical Qin can last?" Mountains and rivers are blocked, and the roads are far away, I am afraid that at this moment, the army outside the Guanwai of the tyrannical Qin has already been defeated. ”

After all, he is the son of a butcher who has relied on military exploits to get to today, Chen Qiu still has two brushes in military affairs, and after listening to Li Shiqi's words, he was inevitably a little silent, and he also quite agreed with Li Shiqi's judgment. Li Shiqi observed his words, and took the opportunity to say: "General Chen, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the violent Qin army outside the pass is not in danger of being destroyed for the time being, your current situation is also dangerous, it has been thirteen days since our Chu army broke through Wuguan, but not a single soldier of reinforcements from the Tyrannical Qin Imperial Court has been sent to Yaoguan, there are only a few thousand defenders in the city, and the terrain is not as steep as Wuguan, how can it be possible to resist the hundred-battle army of our Chu State?" General Chen, if you don't hurry up and make up your mind, wait until our right general waves his army to attack the city and enter the pass, general, it will be too late for you to regret it at that time. ”

"You were able to take Wuguan, it was your luck, our Great Qin army fell for your treacherous tricks and there was civil strife, and there were traitors in Guancheng, which made you cheaper." Chen Qiu retorted very unconvinced, and said: "Also, who said that the imperial court didn't send me reinforcements?" Let me tell you the truth, our Great Qin Imperial Court has already sent 20,000 Xianyang lieutenant troops to Yaoguan, and we have already arrived in Lantian, and we can send troops to reinforce Yaoguan at any time. ”

"Reinforcements from the Tyrannical Qin army have arrived in Lantian? Really? Chen Qiuxiao'er didn't think about it when he said this, as if he said it casually, is it true? ”

Li Shiqi's heart sank, but his face laughed, and he said with a smile: "General Chen, forgive the foreign minister for being polite, even if the tyrannical Qin court sends you 20,000 Xianyang lieutenant troops, what kind of role can it play?" Isn't it a moth to a fire, hitting a stone with an egg, and sending 20,000 heads to our Chu army in vain? ”

"The doctor has a big breath." Chen Qiu sneered and said, "Don't you know that Chen Sheng's more than 200,000 thief troops were defeated by our Great Qin's 50,000 Xianyang Lieutenant Army?" ”

"The rabble under the command of King Zhang Chu can also be compared to the hundred battles under the command of our right general?" Li Shiqi immediately retorted and said: "Although the strength of Zhang Chu's army was numerous, the soldiers were all the people of Qianshou who they were coerced along the way, the army was untrained, the weapons were mostly agricultural tools, the soldiers were even more uneven, the old and weak were full, and the main general Zhou Wen was a pretentious Xinling Junmen, who had no experience in battle formations and no ability to use soldiers. However, even so, the Xianyang Lieutenant Army of the Tyrannical Qin only temporarily blocked this group of rabble by virtue of its advantageous location, and in the end, it was still the Lishan prisoners who really defeated Zhang Chu's army, and the real combat effectiveness of the Xianyang Lieutenant Army can be imagined. ”

"The army of Chu under the command of our right general is completely different." Li Shiqi said with a heartfelt speech: "There is no one in the Chu State under the command of our right general who has not experienced a hundred battles and has been in battle for a long time, and there is no elite soldier who has not been trained from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, with excellent weapons and equipment, rich battlefield experience, and all of them are heroic and heroic. And what about General Xiang Kangxiang, the right general of our Chu army, since he raised troops under the prime minister, has the general ever heard of him suffering a defeat? ”

"Zhang Han led 280,000 troops out of the pass, and 50,000 partial divisions were killed by him, and he personally led the main force to take revenge, and he also had no way to take the more than 40,000 tired divisions of our right general, and finally returned in Suiyang! Li You, the tyrannical Qin's Sanchuan, resisted Wu Guang's more than 200,000 troops for three months with 30,000 county troops, which can be regarded as a good battle, right? But after he met our right general with those 30,000 county soldiers, wasn't he like a child fighting with a strong man, and was easily defeated by our right general, and finally died in battle? Does General Chen think that Lieutenant Xianyang's army, which can barely stop Zhang Chu's rabble only in the water, can be more brave and good at fighting than the 30,000 elite soldiers under the command of Li Youli Junzun? ”

Chen Qiu was completely speechless, but Li Shiqi continued to be aggressive, and said: "Also, General Chen, you should also know that Li Cai, who fled back to Yaoguan from the mountain road yesterday, also has the Xianyang Lieutenant Army assigned to him by the Tyrannical Qin Imperial Court under his command, but what role did the Xianyang Lieutenant Army under his command play in front of our Chu State army?" Even if there is a geographical advantage to rely on, it is only a part of the partial division under the command of our right general, and it is not still defeated and retreating, losing his armor and fleeing back to the pass? In this case, what kind of role can the 20,000 Xianyang lieutenant army sent to you by the tyrannical Qin court play in front of the main force of our right general? ”

In this era, there are really few people in the world who can fight with their mouths and eat it, and they really can't argue with Li Shiqi, Chen Qiu can only keep his mouth shut, but he has not wavered because of this. Li Shiqi was not in a hurry, and said: "General Chen, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you, because our right general is in a hurry to enter the army this time, and the baggage grain cart is still behind, so we can only hastily collect some gold and jade in the front army and give it to you as a meeting gift." After our baggage grain cart arrived at the city of Yaoguan, our right general still had three generous gifts to give to the general, ensuring that the general would be satisfied. ”

Chen Qiu's eyes flickered with some light, and he finally suppressed the urge to speak, and Li Shiqi smiled again and said: "Our right general still wants to give the general three generous gifts to you, the first one is 20,000 gold, 100 pieces of jade, and 5 buckets of pearls, I don't know if the general likes it or not?" Do you want to know what our right general is going to give you the second gift? ”

"Twenty thousand gold, 100 pieces of jade, and five pearls?" Chen Qiu's throat suddenly became a little dry, and he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva quietly, and couldn't help but ask, "What is it?" ”

"Deng Hou, there are also 3,000 households in the food estate." Li Shiqi said lightly: "The Deng Hou given to the general by our right general is not a false seal, it is to give the Deng County of Nanyang County to the general as a fief, Deng County is the water and land key point of Nanyang and Nan County, with a large population, businessmen gathered, and our right general who took the initiative to surrender, was not destroyed by the war, General Chen, you will not dislike it, right?" Also, it is extremely difficult to seal the marquis of the tyrannical Qin, even if you are lucky enough to hold the pass in this battle, the tyrannical Qin court will never be able to make you a marquis and give you a fief, right? ”

Chen Qiu swallowed another mouthful of saliva, and couldn't suppress the impulse in his heart anymore, so he hurriedly asked again: "What is the third gift that General You is going to give to you?" ”

"Of course, it's a treasure in Xianyang Palace." Li Shiqi smiled and said: "When Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, he snatched all the hundreds of years of accumulation of the Six Kingdoms outside the Guanxi to Xianyang and swallowed them, plus the accumulation of hundreds of years of Qin itself, the treasures in Xianyang Palace City are not as simple as piling up like a mountain?" If the general can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, help our right general to go straight to Xianyang, and reward the meritorious deeds after destroying Qin, even if our right general takes out one or two points of the treasures in Xianyang Palace City and rewards the general, the general is afraid that he will not be able to enjoy it for ten lifetimes, right? ”

Chen Qiu could no longer hide his greedy expression, his eyes lit up, his teeth kept moving, he looked at his words and looks, and saw that he had been completely shaken, so he took out Xiang Kang's letter and said: "General Chen, there is no basis for what you say, this is our letter from General Right, please take a look." After reading it, where to go, whether to be martyred for the tyrannical Qin court, or to obey the heavens, abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, change the banner and surrender to our army, and in the future, he will be crowned with his wife and son, and enjoy the glory and wealth for generations, and ask the general to make a decision as soon as possible. ”

personally stepped forward, took Xiang Kang's letter of persuasion from Li Shiqi's hand, and after a closer look, he saw that Xiang Kang did personally promise to give himself a heavy reward, and Chen Qiu, who was greedy, did not hesitate anymore, and immediately bowed down to Li Shiqi, and said respectfully: "Please ask the doctor to return to the right general, just say that Chen is willing to abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, Yi Zhi surrenders, and will always serve the right general as a dog and horse, please accept the right general." ”

Li Shiqi was overjoyed, and quickly got up to pick up Chen Qiu, said kind words to Chen Qiu to appease him, and asked Chen Qiu to immediately switch and surrender, and go to Xiang Kang with him to ask for a reward. However, Chen Qiu looked embarrassed and said: "Doctor Li, it's not that you want to play tricks, it's that you want to surrender now, and you really don't have this certainty." ”

"Why?" Li Shiqi hurriedly asked.

"I'm worried that Sergeant Guan will not accept it." Chen Qiu said truthfully: "The defenders of Guanguan are all local soldiers in Guanzhong, their families and children are in the hinterland of Guanzhong, and there are many people who are obsessed and unenlightened. Therefore, the surrender of Kaesong will take a little time to prepare, and only when you are sure can you open and close the city. ”

Considering the stubbornness of Lao Qin, and if the soldiers of the garrison of the pass really mutinied, not only would they be in danger of their lives like Chen Qiu, but they would also be likely to give up their efforts, Li Shiqi nodded, and then said: "General Chen, the old man can give you time to prepare, but you must also show your sincerity in asking for surrender, so that I can go back and report to the right general, and our right general can also believe in your promise and give you time to prepare for Yi Zhi's surrender." ”

"Doctor, how should I show my sincerity?" Chen Qiu hurriedly asked.

"Write a letter and show our right general the sincerity of surrendering in the letter." Li Shiqi said: "Then sign and seal, let the old man take it back and hand it over to the right general, and our right general can trust you." ”

Chen Qiu, who was obsessed with money, nodded quickly, and immediately wrote a letter in person, in addition to showing his willingness to surrender in the letter, he also scolded the Great Qin Court and Hu Hai for a bloody head, and then Chen Qiu not only signed the letter with a seal, but also simply pressed his own handprint, so that Xiang Kang could take this letter to his family's head at any time, and then respectfully held it in front of Li Shiqi.

Seeing that Chen Qiu actually took the initiative to press the handprint, of course Li Shiqi also understood that this money fan really wanted to surrender and make a fortune, but for the sake of prudence, Li Shiqi still reminded: "General Chen, as soon as possible, don't waste time, our right general will not wait for you for too long." ”

"Doctor, don't worry, if it's fast, tomorrow, before sunset the day after tomorrow at the latest, you will definitely surrender under the next switch." Chen Qiu replied confidently, arranged his henchmen and soldiers, and politely sent Li Shiqi out of the south gate of Yaoguan.

The matter was not over yet, after returning to Xiang Kang with a smile on his face, Li Shiqi had not had time to report the good news to Xiang Kang, and found that Xiang Kang had already laughed so much that he couldn't even close his mouth. ”

"The envoy we went to contact Zhao Gao has returned from the Jiangshan path." Xiang Kang smiled happily: "Zhao Gao, that dog thief, asked our envoy to bring a message, saying that as long as I promise to break the soil with him in Guanzhong and become king, he will guarantee that our march into Xianyang is a smooth road." ”

"Rippling the earth is king? Zhao Gao's dog thief also wants to be king? Li Shiqi was surprised, and said with a smile: "No wonder General Right is so happy, although Zhao Gao's dog thief only made a verbal promise, but as long as he is shaken, it will be much easier for us to enter Xianyang." ”

Xiang Kang smiled happily, and hurriedly asked Li Shiqi, "Mr. Li, how is your situation?" Laughing so happily, did you succeed? ”

Li Shiqi laughed, first told Xiang Kang carefully about the negotiation with Chen Qiu, and also said that Chen Qiu took the initiative to reveal that the Qin court had sent reinforcements to Yaoguan, and then handed over Chen Qiu's letter to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang was naturally overjoyed when he saw the letter, patted his leg and said: "Okay! With this letter in hand, I'm no longer afraid of what tricks Chen Qiu will play! As long as he suddenly opens the gate, even if the Tyrannical Qin army rushes from Lantian to the north gate of the pass, we don't have to be afraid! ”

"General Right, can you take advantage of this opportunity to use the pass as bait to trick the tyrannical Qin army in Lantian into sending them to death?" Uncle Zhou proposed.

Of course, Kang liked the matter of abduction and abduction the most, and immediately started his head full of bad water to think about this possibility, but he didn't think that Zhang Liang next to him suddenly stood up and said: "General Right, don't play with fire!" Also, we can't just wait for the city to surrender! It is necessary to seize the fighters, highlight the surprise soldiers, and directly use force to take the pass in order to be the most appropriate and safe! ”

"Take the pass by force?" Li Shiqi almost thought that his ears had heard it wrong, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Zifang, what do you mean by this?" Before, you persuaded the right general to dispel public opinion, give up the strong attack and send envoys to surrender, why is it that now the tyrannical Qin defenders of the pass have agreed to surrender, and you want to persuade the right general to take the pass by force? ”

"For this reason, Chen Qiu has already told Mr. Li to your face just now." Zhang Liang said: "Mr. Li, you want Chen Qiu to open the city and surrender immediately, but Chen Qiu is afraid that the soldiers will not obey, causing the defenders to mutiny and kill him, and he does not dare to open the city immediately. ”

"That being the case, we must not pin all our hopes for taking the pass on Chen Qiu alone." Zhang Liang continued: "Because once he acts in a secret and leaks the news, the tyrannical Qin generals and soldiers who refuse to surrender may also launch a mutiny at any time, behead him, and then defend the city to the death, so that our previous efforts will be wasted and in vain." Therefore, the foreign ministers felt that for the sake of safety, not only could we not risk using the pass as bait to lure the violent Qin reinforcements into the trap, but also took advantage of the opportunity that Chen Qiu had agreed to surrender and neglected the precautions, and highlighted the surprise troops to take the pass, so as to ensure that we would definitely be able to open the way to enter Xianyang. ”

Listening to Zhang Liang's reasonableness, Li Shiqi, who was good at dialectic, rarely closed his mouth and turned his gaze to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang held his chin with his hand and carefully calculated, Zhang Liang understood Xiang Kang's thoughts, so he said again: "General Right, although this is a bit treacherous, it is better to be safe." After all, if Chen Qiu was really sure to open the city and surrender with the defenders of Yaoguan, he would have opened the gate directly just now, since he didn't have this certainty, then we can't hope to pin all of it on him alone! ”

Xiang Kang blinked his triangular eyes and suddenly said, "We are treacherous there?" Have we promised Chen Qiupifu that as long as he surrenders, we will not attack the city? Beat! Taking advantage of the fact that he no longer had the heart to defend the city, he took down the pass directly to me, first ensured that the road to the army was opened, and then discussed other matters. ”

After finishing speaking in a relaxed tone, Xiang Kang added another sentence in his stomach, "By the way, I also saved a lot of money for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu's money was hard to grab, so can it be cheaper for nothing?" ”