"General Yu Zhou, Mr. Uncle Sun asks to see me."

After Uncle Zhou casually ordered the meeting, soon, Mr. Uncle Sun, whose clothes were wet a lot by the rain, rushed into the Chinese army's tent with a bunch of bamboo slips, and while saluting Uncle Zhou, he complained and flirted, and said: "Is there a leak in this day?" The heavy rain that fell before dawn has not stopped until now, and it has not allowed people to live? Pity the subordinate officials in their fifties, and they still have to cover the official documents with their clothes, and they can't take care of themselves because of the military Chinese books. ”

Glancing at Mr. Uncle Sun at random, he saw that he was indeed wet with rain, but the bamboo slips in his hand were clean and there was no water stains, so Uncle Zhou said casually: "There is Mr. Lao, Mr. take care of your body, you must be sick by the rain, and General Ben is still counting on Mr. to help me with military affairs." Someone, quickly wipe the rain off Mr. Uncle Sun's body. ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Seeing that Uncle Zhou really noticed his conscientiousness, Mr. Uncle Sun was very happy, and said with a smile: "Thank you General Zhou for your concern, but the body of the subordinate is not so delicate, and a little rain is nothing." Hey, they're all here, Doctor Li, two seniors from Shangshan, what are you busy with? ”

"I'm discussing some military affairs with General Zhou." For the sake of Mr. Shusun's fact that he has made a lot of contributions to the Han army, Li Shiqi, who is currently the official Imperial Doctor Shi, answered Mr. Shusun's question and asked, "Mr. Shusun, what documents are so important?" ”

In fact, the Han Army documents brought by Mr. Uncle Sun are not very important, they are all ordinary affairs within the Han Army, and they just need to be approved by Uncle Zhou, so after Mr. Uncle Sun said the general content of the official document, Uncle Zhou, who was thinking about major matters, ordered: "Please hand it over to my guard, and I will read it later." ”

When Mr. Uncle Sun was busy agreeing, Uncle Zhou re-analyzed the problem that alerted him before, and said secretly: "It stands to reason that I let the Yan army directly enter the hinterland of Qi and temporarily contain the main force of the Qi army that has been freed up, which will definitely be expected by Han Xin's puppeteer." That is to say, deliberately spreading the news of Tian Heng's fiasco in Gaomi may have been deliberately done by that puppet to try to induce me to act like this, and if so, for what purpose did he do so? ”

This is also the gap between the military genius Uncle Zhou and the soldier immortal Han Xin, no matter how talented Uncle Zhou is, he can't imagine that Han Xin would be so bold, and he dares to bet on the national fortune of his ally Qi to make up for his local military inferiority, and because of the lack of understanding of the climate and hydrology of the alignment place, he has less than Han Xin to calculate the important objective factor of the flood season, so naturally he can't see through Han Xin's true intentions, and there is no way to anticipate the enemy's opportunity first and make a truly correct choice.

Because of this, Uncle Zhou could only weigh the pros and cons within his own thinking, and said secretly: "It is impossible for the enemy in Licheng to deliberately stimulate us to speed up the march, the news of Tianheng's fiasco is definitely true, Qi still has more than 80,000 rear troops, if I don't take action, Qi can at least send more than 50,000 troops to reinforce the Licheng battlefield, and because there is a gallop from Linzi to Licheng, the speed of coming must be extremely fast, and it will not give me a chance to fight the time difference." For the sake of safety, let the Yan army temporarily contain the main force of the Qi army. ”

Thinking about this, Uncle Zhou also made up his mind, sat back in his place and personally wrote a letter to Zang Yan, the general of the Yan army, first telling Zang Yan about the changes that had happened in the Qi State, and then asking him to change the route to the east into the small city of Jianchang, attack Di County to threaten the capital of Qi Linzi, and force Qi Wangtian to send the main force to meet the battle, and asked Zang Yan to be responsible for temporarily entangling the main force of the Qi army, and creating time opportunities for himself to break the enemies in Qi.

At this time, something unexpected happened to Han Xin, seeing Uncle Zhou writing a letter, out of curiosity, Mr. Uncle Sun, who has now been promoted to the Han army, came over to watch, and asked in surprise when Uncle Zhou finished writing the letter and signed it: "General Zhou, Tian Heng is no longer good?" When did this happen, and why had Xia Guan never heard of it before? ”

"I just got the news."

Uncle Zhou signed while casually telling Mr. Uncle Sun the investigation report made by the Han army, Mr. Uncle Sun woke up after listening to it, although he didn't find anything abnormal, but he opened his mind and raised an important question, saying: "General Zhou, then you let Zang Yan be responsible for containing the main force of the Qi State thief army, will it be dangerous?" Xiaguan clearly remembers our detailed investigation, there are more than 80,000 troops in Qi country, and there are only 30,000 troops in Yan country, if the Qi army takes the opportunity to attack with the main force, we will be in danger of being broken by the thief army of Qi country? ”

"Sir, don't worry, Zang Yan is not a fool." Uncle Zhou said while personally using the seal: "I don't need to remind him, as long as he sees the Qi State thief army counterattacking, he will definitely retreat immediately, and he will definitely not risk a decisive battle with the main force of the Qi State thief army." Moreover, he entered Di County, and there was a big river between him and Linzi, the capital of Qi State, which was dangerous to defend, and it was very unlikely that he would be surrounded by the thief army of Qi State by taking advantage of the strength of his troops. ”

Looking at the map of Qidi hanging in the tent of the Chinese army, and seeing that there is indeed an insurmountable Jishui River between Di County and Linzi, Mr. Shusun was a little relieved, but after thinking about it, Mr. Shusun thought of a question again, and hurriedly said: "General Zhou, will the thief army of Qi see through our intentions and only use part of the army to contain the Yan army, and the main force still comes to Licheng to help the thief army there?" ”

Uncle Zhou's heart moved, and the hand holding the seal suddenly froze, but Li Shiqi on the other side said impatiently: "Mr. Uncle Sun, if you don't know how to march and fight, don't interject, Di County is only more than 100 miles away from Linzi, and the pseudo-Qi Wang Tian is a big bold, and he doesn't dare to ignore the safety of his national capital, and continue to send his main force to Li County." ”

"But Doctor Li, there is a big river in the south of Di County?" Mr. Shusun retorted unconvinced: "It is already the hinterland of Qi State, and if it is found that the Yan State army has entered Di County, the Qi State thief army will definitely immediately collect the boats, and the Yan State army has no boats and no boats, so it can only rely on rafts to cross the river, if the Qi State thief army only wants to defend, how many troops can be used to prevent the Yan State army?" ”

Li Shiqi was a little speechless, and then said: "Then it also depends on whether Tian Jiao Pifu has the courage to do so, the old man will not be able to, Tian Jiao Pifu will gamble on the safety of his national capital, leaving only part of the army to guard the river, and send the main force to Licheng to fight a decisive battle with us." ”

Mr. Shusun has never been a good man, and if he found that if he was in the position of Tian Leave, it was indeed impossible to gamble on the safety of his lair and send the main force to Licheng to take risks, so he also closed his mouth. However, to Mr. Uncle Sun's surprise, after thinking for a while, Uncle Zhou, who could really make a decision, actually stood on his side and said: "Tian Jiao Pifu may not have the courage to do so, if Licheng can't hold it here, no matter how many troops he leaves to guard the national capital, it still can't stop us and the Yan army from attacking Linzi on both sides!" As long as he understands this truth, I'm afraid he will really dare to take such a gamble, leaving only part of the army to guard the Jishui defense line, and send the main force to Licheng to participate in the battle! ”

Hearing Uncle Zhou's words, Li Shiqi, Zhou Shu and Cui Guang who were present were inevitably a little surprised, and Mr. Uncle Sun, who first proposed this possibility, was even more dumbfounded, and hurriedly said: "General Zhou, the lower officials don't know how to march and fight, just talking nonsense based on their own feelings, you must not take it seriously." ”

"Mr. Uncle Sun doesn't have to be modest, what you said is not nonsense, and it reminds me in turn." Uncle Zhou shook his head and said: "I sent the Yan army into the hinterland of Qi State, this will definitely be expected by the enemy, and the enemy will definitely understand that the Yan army's eastward march into Di County is just a feint to contain it, and it is impossible to really expect the Yan army to take Linzi, as long as they are bold enough, they will definitely dare to use only partial divisions to prevent the Yan army, let the main force come to Licheng for reinforcements, and make up for their disadvantage in the main battlefield of Licheng." ”

After saying this, Uncle Zhou quickly crumpled the letter he had just written, threw it into the stove of the Chinese army's big tent and burned it, and said decisively: "The Yan army has 30,000 people, we can't let them idle in the Dixian battlefield where there is no hope of success, let's let them continue to go south, and come to the Licheng battlefield and we will be the master!" ”

I didn't expect my nonsense to be adopted by Uncle Zhou again, of course, Mr. Uncle Sun's old face smiled like a chrysanthemum again, but Li Shiqi, Zhou Shu and Cui Guang next to him stopped doing it, and all said: "General Zhou, if we don't let the Yan army feint to attack Qidi, the Qi State thief army will definitely send all the troops that can be sent." ”

"There's no way around it." Uncle Zhou replied very helplessly: "If we insist on letting the Yan army enter the hinterland of the Qi country, it will be great to contain the 20,000 Qi country thief army, and at the same time, we must also consider the supply of grain and grass for the Yan army and increase our logistics burden." After pinch and calculate, it is more cost-effective to let the Yan army come directly to Licheng to help us. ”

When Li Shiqi, Zhou Shu and the others were disappointed, Mr. Shusun made another high-level argument and suddenly said: "General Zhou, why don't we consider persuading Tian to fake the puppet?" If we succeed in doing this, not only will we no longer have to worry about the threat of the Qi State Thief Army, but we will also be able to add an eastward expansion help immediately, so that we can take Jibei and eliminate the Western Chu Thief Army. ”

"Persuade the field to fake the puppet?" Uncle Zhou laughed and said: "Mr. Uncle Sun, you are joking, you don't know, before this, we also tried this, but the envoy was driven back without even seeing the face of Tian Fake Pifu, and now we have met with Tian Fake Pifu again, and because of Tian Heng's affairs, we have a deep hatred with him, how can he still surrender to us?" ”

"What's the point of trying again?" Mr. Shusun said casually: "In the past, Tian Jiao Pifu refused to pay attention to our envoys, because we couldn't spare our hands to launch the Eastern Crusade at that time, and Tian Jia Pifu didn't have to be afraid of our threats, so of course he refused to see our envoys. But now the situation is different, our army has launched an eastward crusade, and quickly broke through the defense line of the big river of the Qi Ji thief army, which really threatens the security of the Qi country. ”

"As for Tian Heng's husband, it's easier to do." Mr. Shusun said more relaxedly: "We can promise Tian Heng, just say that as long as he accepts our persuasion, we will order Tian Heng to leave Qi with the army, Tian Heng will not listen to us, we can also send troops to help him Tian Jiao Fu crusade, then Tian Fei will not only no longer care about Tian Heng's affairs, but also have to thank us." ”

"But Mr. Uncle Sun, Tian Heng has already suffered a fiasco in Gaomi, and there is no way to threaten the rear of the Qi State anymore, so there is no need for Tian Heng to bow to us for Tian Heng's affairs?" Cui Guang hurriedly reminded.

"But Tian Heng Pifu is not dead, is he?" Mr. Uncle Sun spread his hands and said with a smile: "Tian Hengtian Guang's uncle and nephew have deep roots in Qidi, and they may make a comeback at any time, as long as they are alive, they are still the hidden danger of Tian Fake Puppet." Besides, Tian Heng's fiasco in Gaomi was the news that the Licheng thief army took the initiative to release, who dares to guarantee that this news is true or false? ”

When Cui Guang was speechless by Mr. Shusun's refutation, Li Shiqi suddenly sneezed again, and then said: "General Zhou, Mr. Shusun's words are quite reasonable, at the moment we have directly threatened the life and death of the Qi State, and Tian Heng, who was forced to raise troops by our design, can be used as a bargaining chip for Hetian's fake puppet trade, why don't you send an envoy to try your luck?" If it does succeed, the situation will be too favorable for us. ”

After saying that, Li Shiqi volunteered again: "General Zhou, if you decide to act like this, the old man is willing to take the risk of going to the Qi country for you to take a trip and strive to persuade Tian to surrender." ”

Hearing Li Shiqi's words, Mr. Shusun of course snickered in his heart, and said secretly: "I know that you, the old horseman, will definitely take the initiative to ask for help, otherwise, the old man would dare to come up with such an idea?" ”

Uncle Zhou hesitated a little and said: "It's okay to give it a try, but just send an ordinary envoy, there is no need to let Doctor Li personally envoy to the enemy country, you are so old and in poor health, if the puppet in Tian Jiao refuses to listen to your persuasion, and detains you like Xiang Yu at the beginning, and even kills you, then the junior will be dead." ”

There must be no need to be verbose about what kind of person Li Shiqi is in this regard, so Li Shiqi immediately said: "General Zhou, this matter can only be done by the old man himself, if we send ordinary envoys, it will inevitably seem that we are too insincere, only the old man's official position is only under the Xiangguo, so that Tian Jiao can understand the sincerity of our Han army." Then as long as he meets with the old man, things will be easy to do, even if the old man can't persuade him to surrender directly, at least he can shake his heart, so that we can continue to act. ”

Seeing that Li Shiqi's attitude was resolute, Mr. Shusun hurriedly said cheap words, and said hypocritically: "Mr. Li, you are not in good health, let's let the lower officials go, although the lower officials are not ranked among the three princes and nine kings, but they are also the deputy of the nine kings of the Han Kingdom, and they are barely regarded as the important ministers of our Han Kingdom. ”

"Mr. Uncle Sun doesn't have to fight with the old man." Li Shiqi shook his head and waved his hand, and said, "It's more certain that the old man will go." ”

Afraid that if he said cheap words again, he would really put on the dangerous messenger he hated the most, so Mr. Shusun hurriedly accepted it when he saw it, closed his mouth and let Uncle Zhou decide, but Uncle Zhou thought about it, firstly, because the Qi army would indeed bring big trouble to the northern line of the Han army, and secondly, the Han army had repeatedly succeeded in recruiting surrenders and rebellions, and there were many successful precedents in the past, and even the princes and kings like Zang Di, Shenyang and Yingbu could successfully rebel. So Uncle Zhou finally nodded and said, "Okay, then let's try our luck, fortunately, Tian Jiao Pifu still talks about some rules, he just drove our envoy away before, and never hurt him, so I bother Dr. Lao Li to go to Linzi in person." ”

Like to lobby Li Shiqi heard the great joy, and quickly discussed with Uncle Zhou the specific details of the plot to persuade the field leave, Mr. Uncle Sun next to him also happily continued to help, and gave several good suggestions to Li Shiqi, who was preparing to go to the Qi State, but because of the lack of light in the tent because of the heavy rain outside, Mr. Uncle Sun did not notice that Li Shiqi's thin old face gradually flushed with two strange blushes......

The heavy rain outside the tent has been falling until the evening before gradually subsided, but when it was time to fall asleep, the gloomy sky and miles of spring rain, fortunately, Mr. Uncle Sun has successfully avoided his most hated mission, in a comfortable mood, Mr. Uncle Sun still slept more soundly than anyone else in the sound of rain, and slept directly until the dawn of the next day. When he woke up, he saw that it was still raining outside the tent, and Mr. Uncle Sun muttered proudly, "Fortunately, it's the old man who eats it, otherwise the old man will definitely be offended." ”

Mr. Shusun was soon not happy, and when he was still acting for the army's Chinese book at noon, a guard of Uncle Zhou suddenly came to his tent and said, "Mr. Shusun, General Zhou has an order, please go to Dr. Li's camp immediately." ”

"Dr. Li's tent?" Mr. Shusun was stunned and asked suspiciously, "Why did you go to Dr. Li's camp?" ”

"Dr. Li is sick." Uncle Zhou's answer made Mr. Uncle Sun feel like he was struck by lightning, and said: "I started to have a high fever in the first half of the night yesterday, and I barely retreated this morning, but it didn't take long for the condition to recur. ”

With a bang, the bamboo slip in Mr. Shusun's hand fell to the ground, and he suddenly yelled in great sadness for a long time, "Doctor Li, you are so sick at the wrong time!" ”

No matter how frightened he was, it was useless, both of Uncle Zhou's orders, and the same as Li Shiqi, who were important ministers of the Han army, Mr. Uncle Sun finally came to Li Shiqi's sleeping tent with fear, but what made Mr. Uncle Sun desperate was that at this moment, Li Shiqi was not only still lying on the simple sickbed, but also trembling with a red face, and whispering sounds from time to time in his mouth that he didn't know what meaning......

"Mr. Uncle Sun, I know you don't like to be a messenger, but there is no way, Doctor Li, he suddenly fell ill, and he was so sick, Mr. Lu Li and Xia Huanggong are not only older, but they are not good at communicating, so I really have no choice, I can only ask you to work hard."

"General Zhou, it's not that the lower officials are greedy for life and afraid of death and don't want to go, it's that the lower officials don't have this certainty, or let's re-discuss the matter of persuading the fake puppet to surrender?"

"Mr. Uncle Sun, don't be modest, back then, even the Han King Shenyang, who was leading his troops north to attack our flank, you were able to persuade him to defect and surrender to our Han King, not to mention Tian Jiao, who is still in Linzi? Also, in the current situation, no matter how small the hope, we have to give it a try? ”

"Why do you have to give it a try?"

"Because of the flood season of Jishui." Uncle Zhou replied with a wry smile: "The rain yesterday and today reminded me of the Spring News problem in Jishui. This morning I have carefully understood the flood season situation in this area of Jishui, the spring flood of Jishui has begun to come, we want to rush to Jishui is not as easy as imagined, if the main force of the Qi thief army goes to Licheng, we have no hope of rushing to Jishui to annihilate the enemy in Licheng. So no matter how much we want to go down, we have to try our best, if the time is delayed for a long time, when the Western Chu thief army sends reinforcements north to Licheng, we can only go home. ”

"Then let's go home! Why do you have to try this luck with the old man's head? ”

When Mr. Shusun roared in his heart, the sick Li Shiqi suddenly regained some consciousness, and grabbed Mr. Shusun's left hand with difficulty, and said in a weak voice: "Mr. Shusun, old and incompetent, suddenly became like this, the matter of Qi Guo can only be entrusted to you." Please sir, remember, no matter how small your hope is, please try your best. ”

Looking at the difficult appearance of Li Shiqi's struggle, Mr. Shusun's mind suddenly appeared with such a sentence, "I really lifted a stone and smashed the old man's own feet." ”