Then, Tian Jia's voice suddenly raised by five points, and he said loudly: "Order, immediately send an envoy to contact Meng Weijun in Xuecheng, and ask him to investigate every move of the Chu and Song coalition forces, and report immediately if there is any sign of retreat between Chu and Song." ”

"The summons ordered someone to inquire on the road from Xue Cheng to Zhongwu City to see if the supplies of the Chu army were decreasing. Also, send people to the north of Xuecheng to investigate, if the Chu and Song dynasties want to return to the division to rescue, whether it is to rescue Tengdi, or to go to Taodi for help, the nearest way is to go north from Xuedi. ”

As soon as the military order was given, all the generals in the tent immediately responded loudly in unison: "No." ”

This time, Tian Jia nodded with satisfaction.

Then he looked in the direction of Xue Cheng.

I secretly said in my heart: The mobilization of hundreds of thousands of troops, coupled with the many burdens, must be slow, and basically can only walk thirty miles a day, and walking forty miles is the limit.

You can't run.

Chu Yingzhong.

Zhong Lijun got the news from Tang Yu and was ready to deal with the siege of the Qi army at any time.

As a result, he saw that Tang Wu led an army of 30,000 to return to the camp intact, and it seemed that he was not attacked by the Qi army.

Moreover, after Tang Mo entered the barracks, he couldn't help but be surprised when he didn't see Tian Jia's army coming.

After entering the big tent, he asked: "Si is defeated, why don't you see the Qi army, could it be that Tian Jia has not gone out of the camp to pursue?" ”

"No, I didn't." Tang Mo shook his head.

Zhong Lijun was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "Why is this, since the truth has been investigated, why don't you take the opportunity to send troops to fight, is it possible that Tian Jia still has doubts, this is too careful." ”

Saying that, Zhong Lijun looked at Tang Wu and said, "Could it be that Fei Si still maintains a strict formation in the retreat, Tian Jia saw this, and was suspicious in his heart, so he didn't pursue?" ”

Tang Mo shook his head: "The Chu army retreated in a hurry, and many soldiers even gave up their armor, so where can they still take care of the formation." ”

"And why is that?"

"I don't know, perhaps, Tian Jia still has hesitation in his heart..." Saying that, Tang Wu spoke again: "Although Tian Jia was not fooled this time, since the reality of our army has been exposed, let's take advantage of the situation and take this opportunity to further mislead the Qi army." ”

After that, Tang Mo took out a piece of white silk cloth and spread it on the case, then wrote down today's events with a pen, and attached a suggestion, and finally put away the silk cloth and handed it to Zhong Lijun and said: "Immediately order someone to pass it to the king with a fast horse." ”

"No." Zhong Lijun took the silk cloth and responded.

···

Outside Xue City.

When the sun was about to set, Xiong Huai received a message from Tang Yu.

Let's see.

Xiong Huai handed the silk book to Gongsun Yan.

Gongsun Yan took a step forward, bowed down, took the silk book from Xiong Huai's hand with both hands, and then looked at it carefully.

Xiong Huai waited for Gongsun Yan to finish reading it, and asked, "Rhino Head, I don't know what Qing thinks Si Defeat's plan is?" ”

"Feasible." Gongsun Yan nodded: "Judging from the current situation, after Tian Jia got the news of the Wei State, he must have doubts in his heart, and he was uncertain about the situation in our Chu State, so he sent someone to investigate the truth."

Now that Wei is about to send troops, the situation is gradually favoring the Qi army, and the results of the investigation show that our army is bluffing. Therefore, if Tian Jia was not sure when we would leave before, then now, Tian Jia should have affirmed that our Chu and Song coalition forces should have been deploying and leaving. ”

Xiong Huai nodded affirmatively: "Yes, since Tian Jia sent someone to inquire and suspected that the widow was leaving, then the widow would go with his wishes." ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai said to Gongsun Yan: "Rhino Head, the deployment that was prepared to retreat before has all started to move, creating the illusion that we are leaving. ”

Gongsun Yan arched his hand and responded: "Yes, the king, the minister will go and pass the order." ”

Xiong Huai nodded: "Okay, pass on the order of the widow, and order the 20,000 troops who stayed in Zhongwu City to immediately move to the west and camp outside Peng City in the Song Kingdom." This was discussed with the king of Song before the widow, telling them that outside Pengcheng, they should not disturb the people, and those who violated the order would not be killed. ”

"In addition, pass the news to the King of Song, and ask the King of Song to let the Song army rush to attack Xuecheng tomorrow for one day, and the day after tomorrow, our coalition forces will besiege but not attack, and start a retreat plan."

On the other side, Xue Chengzhong.

After Tian Wen got the news that Wei was about to send troops, he swept away the anxiety of the previous few months and reverted to the bright Meng Weijun of the past.

At this time, Tian Wen held the letter sent by Tian Jia in his hand, full of anger, and said to the doorman in front of him with a smile: "Gentlemen, Tian Jia wrote that he found that the Chu army was faintly showing signs of evacuation today, so he wanted to ask Benjun to investigate the movements of the Chu army outside the city. Inform him as soon as he finds something.

Moreover, Tian Jia also asked Benjun to pay attention to preserving his strength, and once the Chu army showed signs of leaving, he hoped that Benjun could find an opportunity to attack the Chu army. I don't know what do you gentlemen think about this? ”

To be honest, Tian Wen was still very dissatisfied with Tian Jia.

A few days ago, when the Chu-Song coalition army stormed Xuecheng, Tian Wen took his daughter as a gift and asked Tian Jia to send troops as soon as possible, but Tian Jia refused.

Now, the source of Wei's troops is imminent, and seeing that the siege of Xuecheng is self-extricating, Tian Jia said that he wants to deal with the Chu army at this time.

Tian Wen secretly said in his heart, why did you Tian Jia go earlier, and only then did he think of Xue Cheng.

Tang Nei shook his head heavily, and said, "Your Majesty, we can still agree to General Tian's previous request, after all, it is just an investigation, and it doesn't take many people." As for the latter request, we have more than 100,000 troops in Xuecheng, and now there are less than 20,000 soldiers intact, and more than one-third of the war dead.

Therefore, the minister thought that he could agree to Tian Jia, but when it came to sending troops, he still needed to act at the opportunity and do what he could. ”

Tian Wen nodded, deeply agreeing with Tang Li's words, the so-called opportunity to act is to see if he Meng Weijun is happy.

What's more, Xue Cheng's strength now is indeed extremely reluctant.

Before Tian Wen could speak, another doorman, Wei Xian, spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we should not only promise Tian Jia, but also need to be prepared, as long as there is a suitable opportunity, we also need to attack the Chu army with all our might." ”

Hearing the answer that was not the same as in his heart, Tian Wen showed dissatisfaction, but asked, "Why is this?" ”

Wei Xian replied: "Your Majesty, we have been guarding Xue Cheng for several months under the siege of Chu and Song, not only to hold the king's fiefdom, but more importantly, to complete the king's tired plan, using Xue Cheng as bait to attract the Chu and Song coalition forces to Xue Cheng, and provide an opportunity for Qi to defeat Chu and Song in one fell swoop."

The minister heard that the person who traveled a hundred miles was half ninety, and Xue Cheng had been holding out for several months under the siege of Chu and Song, and seeing that the decisive battle was imminent, how could the king be absent at the last moment and give up this opportunity to serve the king in vain? ”