Le Yi, the commander of the Yan army of the Qi-Yan coalition army, his fame is not known to the marquis Wei Ran for the time being, but like Dai Wu, the crown prince of the Song State, and the military Sima Dai of the Song State, he clearly knows how terrible this young man is.

I have to say that when the Qi-Yan coalition army first arrived in the Tancheng area, when Dai Wu, the crown prince of the Song Kingdom, first learned that the commander of the Yan army opposite was the Le Yi he was familiar with, he was stunned at the time, and even immediately summoned Dai Busheng, Dai Jing and other generals to discuss countermeasures.

Who is Le Yi?

Meng Zhong's deputy general, Zuo Sima, who used to be the Xinwei army next to Lord Zhao's father, followed Meng Zhong and others to live in the Song State after the Dune Palace Change, when he and Meng Zhong participated in the first Qi and Song battles of the Song State to resist the invasion of the Qi State, and helped the Song State counterattack to the territory of the Qi State.

This matter is most clear to Dai Busheng and Dai Jing.

Don't look at the Song army's counterattack on Qi at that time, Dai Busheng became famous, but in fact, at that time, it was Le Yi who gave advice to Dai Busheng behind his back, helping Dai Busheng to send several armies from the king of Qi to encircle and suppress him.

Later, the State of Qi was forced to temporarily suspend troops with the State of Song, partly because Meng Zhong blocked Tian Zhang in the forced sun, and partly because this Le Yi helped Dai Busheng counterattack into the hinterland of the State of Qi, causing the State of Qi to suffer huge losses.

"Isn't Le Yi the deputy general of that kid from Meng Zhong? How could it be in the Yan Army? ”

"Could it be that Le Yi defected to Yan Kingdom?"

"This ......"

Speaking of which, although Meng Zhong has a good relationship with the crown prince Dai Wu, but because Dai Wu is located in Tancheng, the easternmost important city of the Song State, thousands of miles away from the Wei State, so the two rarely exchange letters.

The reason is very simple, that is, Meng Zhong and Le Yi were afraid that the important matter of their plot would be revealed, which reminded Qi Guo.

Because of this, when he first learned that Le Yi was in the Yan Army and was also the commander of the Yan Army, Dai Wu, Dai Busheng and others were shocked at that time, and they were like facing a great enemy.

But the follow-up development was somewhat unexpected by Dai Wu and Dai Busheng.

By the time Marquis Wei Ran arrived in Tancheng, the Qi and Yan coalition forces had launched three battles against the city, but unlike the Qi army, the Yan army ...... How to say it, I always feel a little negative morale, so that in these three siege battles, the Yan army is late every time, even if the Qi army has already begun to launch a fierce attack on the city, the Yan army is still dragging its feet.

However, when the Qi army sent a retreat signal, the soldiers on the Yan army's side ran faster than anyone else, and they all withdrew as soon as they slipped away.

Once it was like this, twice it was like this, and gradually, the crown prince Dai Wu gradually saw the clues.

He said to the military Sima Dai Busheng in private: "I look at this Le Yi, and it seems that I don't want to contribute to the Qi country. ”

"Thank goodness." Dai Busheng joked: "If this kid uses his true skills, then my Tancheng may not be able to stop it." ”

Don't look at the rumors that Dai Busheng is a reckless general, but he is not stupid, after all, he once fought side by side with Le Yi and attacked the Qi State, where would he not know Le Yi's skills?

But at present, not to mention Le Yi's true skills, even the generals of the Yan army seem to be able to mix and mix.

Of course, this is not surprising, Yan and Qi originally had hatred, and it was the hatred of destroying the country, when the rebellion broke out in Yan State, if it wasn't for the Zhao State of Zhao to come forward and lead the coalition of countries to stop Qi State, it would be impossible for Yan State to be annexed by Qi State.

But although the Qi army was forced to retreat from the land of Yan at that time due to the attitude of the countries, the cities and buildings of Yan were almost completely destroyed by the Qi army.

During this period, of course, there was no shortage of tragedies of the Qi army massacring the Yan people.

Because of this, not only does Yan Wangzhi hate the Qi country, and regards the destruction of the Qi country as a lifelong wish, and there is almost no one up and down the Yan country who does not hate the Qi people.

But helplessly, after the death of Zhao's father, Zhao fell to Qi, if Yan didn't want to die, he could only follow the instructions of Qi, which was the reason why the Yan army assisted Qi to attack Song, and it was also the reason why the Yan army fought passively.

As the commander of the Yan army, Le Yi seems to have deliberately connived at his subordinates to fight passively, which is what surprised Dai Wu and Dai Busheng.

But considering that Le Yi was resourceful, or that this was just his deliberate doing, Dai Wu and Dai Busheng were also highly vigilant against the Yan army at first, and it was not until after a while that they gradually discovered that the passive combat of the Yan army was not a disguise, it was really negative.

How to say it, for example, even if the soldiers of the Song State walked in front of the Yan soldiers, the Yan soldiers might pretend not to see the kind of negativity.

Because of this, Dai Wu and Dai Busheng couldn't help but worry about Le Yi on the other side.

Le Yi on the opposite side intended to release the water, and Dai Wu and others were of course happy to see it, but the problem was that Le Yi released the water too much, which made Dai Wu and others worry about Le Yi, of course, the main thing was that Le Yi was hated by General Qi because of this, so that he was removed from his post by Yan Guo - he finally met an enemy general who had almost no hostility towards him Song State, Dai Wu, Dai Busheng and others certainly did not want Le Yi to be removed.

After all, the current Yan army is simply his ally of the Song State, while helping the Song State consume the grain and grass of the Qi army, while fishing in troubled waters during the siege war, like this kind of enemy, Dai Wu can't wait to come more.

On 29 May, three days after the arrival of Marquis Wei Ran in Tancheng, the combined forces of Qi and Yan attempted to attack Tancheng again.

The siege situation was still the same as the previous three days, with the Qi general Tian attacking the north city wall, the Qi general Tian Da attacking the east city wall, and the Yan army, attacking the west city wall of Tancheng, that is, the old-fashioned tactic of encircling three and one.

At that time, Wei Ran stood in Tancheng and peeked from afar, and saw that the Qi army outside the north and east city walls was lined up outside the city in just a moment, and siege equipment such as ladders and rushing cars had also been neatly placed in front of the battle.

Subsequently, the Qi army launched an attack on Tancheng, and seeing that scene, Wei Ran had to admit that the Qi State did not need the declining Chu State, and the army of this country did still retain a strong army.

However, when he observed the battle situation for a while, and then came to the west city wall to check the situation of the Yan army, he found that the Yan army was still dragging and dragging in formation.

"This Yan army, are they sure they are here to assist the Qi army?"

At that time, Wei Ran couldn't help but have such a thought in his heart.

After all, this is too exaggerated, the Qi army has already finished the first round, and the Yan army here is still in formation?

At this time, Hui An, who accompanied him throughout the whole process, explained: "When the rebellion broke out in the Yan State, the Qi State took advantage of the fire to rob and try to annex the Yan State, although it was later stopped by the Zhao State, but it is still difficult to avoid that many Yan people died in the hands of the Qi people, so the Yan people hate the Qi people deeply, if it is not for the fact that the Qi State is strong and the Yan State is weak, the Yan State has to obey the orders of the King of Qi, otherwise the Yan Army will never assist the Qi State......"

"I see."

Wei Ran suddenly realized, and immediately stroked his beard thoughtfully.

Immediately, he asked Hui Ang tentatively: "Since the Yan State hates the Qi State deeply, why doesn't your country join the Yan State to contain the Qi State?" ”

Of course, Hui Ang knew the reason why Wei Ran asked this, and he also knew that if Song Yan and the two countries could really unite to contain the Qi State, it would be a very good thing for the Qin State.

But the problem is, Yan Guo can't stop Qi Guo.

Sighing slightly, Hui Ang said truthfully: "My Song State can barely resist the Qi State, but the Yan Kingdom ......" He shook his head and continued: "What's more, now that the Zhao State is friendly to the Qi State, the Yan State will not dare to offend the Qi State. ”

"I see." Wei Ran nodded abruptly.

At this time, I saw Hui Ang say to Wei Ran, intentionally or unintentionally: "In fact, from the perspective below, the threat of Wei and Han to your country is far less great than that of Qi and Zhao...... After all, Wei and Han only want to protect themselves, but Qi has always had the ambition to compete for hegemony with your country. Why didn't the Marquis unite with Wei and Han to attack Zhao first, force Zhao to submit to you, and then lead the armies of all countries to attack Qi? …… If the state of Qi is weakened, there will be no more powerful countries in the world that can stand side by side with you. ”

Hearing this, Wei Ran glanced at Hui Ang and smiled without saying a word.

How could he not see Hui An's intentions?

Hui Ang just didn't want Qin to continue to attack Wei, after all, Qin and Wei were both allies of Song, no matter which one was injured, it would boost Qi's ambition to attack him Song - for example, in the past two years, Qin and Wei broke out before and after the Battle of Yique and Wanfang, and after Qi learned about it, he immediately united with Zhao to attack him Song.

Although Hui Ang also knew that whether Qin annexed Wei or Zhao, this might change Qin's attitude towards him and Song, but compared with the two, Hui Ang was of course still inclined to make Qin attack Zhao, after all, his younger brother Meng Zhong was in Wei, even if the situation in various countries changed in the future, he Song, Wei, and Han could also unite to keep warm.

But unfortunately, Wei Ran did not respond to Hui An's temptation.

In fact, at this moment, Wei Ran was also carefully considering Hui An's proposal.

Although he knew very well that Hui Ang was deliberately leading him Qin State to attack Zhao State, he had to say that in recent years, his Qin State's attack on Wei and Han had indeed made little progress.

No, it can't be said that there has been little progress, it should be said that it has spit out a lot.

Like Yiyang and Xincheng in South Korea, he Qin State has already spit it out, which makes it more and more difficult for him Qin State to set foot in the hegemony of the Central Plains.

What's more, there is also a Meng Zhong on the Wei side.

Since there is nothing cheap to be gained from the side of Wei and Han for the time being, it seems that it is also a good suggestion to attack Zhao State instead?

But after careful consideration, Wei Ran still put Hui An's suggestion behind him, for the simple reason that most of the territory of Zhao was not as rich as that of the Central Plains.

Like the Fu Shi (Shang County) captured by Zhao after defeating Lin Hu a few years ago, although the land is vast, it is extremely poor, what is the use of his Qin State?

You must know that the Fu Shi and Yanmen of Zhao State, the entire two counties together, are not as rich as Hedong County of Wei State, no, not even half of Hedong.

Unless he Qin was ready to fully invade Zhao in the future, he would of course be inclined to capture rich places, such as Hedong in Wei and Shangdang in Korea.

Only after conquering these two lands will he, the state of Qin, attempt to attack Handan of the state of Zhao.

At the same time as Wei Ran and Hui Ang were communicating, the Yan army outside the city finally launched a siege battle, only to see the soldiers of the Yan State pushing siege equipment such as ladders and rushing cars, and slowly came towards the city wall.

However, it is unbelievable that the Song army on the west wall of Tancheng only launched a few volleys, and the Yan soldiers outside the city screamed and dropped the siege equipment and retreated.

The battle was later than the Qi army, but the defeat was earlier than the Qi army, and the first round of the Yan army's offensive ended like this, and it once again returned to the stage of procrastination and reorganization of the formation.

At that time, Wei Ran glanced outside the city and clearly saw that although some people on the Yan army's side were injured by arrows, there were almost no casualties.

"Although the Yan people hate the Qi people and refuse to contribute to the Qi people, this ......"

Wei Ran shook his head amusedly: "What's the name of the commander of the Yan Army?" ”

"Le Yi." Hui Ang reminded.

"Yes, this Le Yi has really gone too far, isn't he afraid of being questioned by Qi Jun?" Wei Ran shook his head and said, "But for us, this is a good thing. ”

"yes."

Looking at the Yan army's main formation in the distance, Hui Ang nodded and said.

Around noon, when the sound of gold on behalf of the retreat sounded on the side of the Qi army, the Yan army outside the west city wall of Tancheng also withdrew as soon as it disappeared.

When attacking the city, I didn't see these Yan soldiers so sharp.

It is worth mentioning that although it was defeated by Tancheng again, the Yan army did not think so, and even on the way to retreat, the soldiers in the army were still talking about it with great interest.

"Let me tell you, I was hiding by the ladder at that time, and the Song army on the city wall was stunned that he didn't shoot at me......"

"Come on, the Song army in Rentan City is about to shoot into the sky, if this can still shoot you, then it can only say that your life is not good, you deserve to die here."

"What are you talking about? …… Let me tell you, don't curse me, after returning to China this time, I'm going to marry a beautiful woman from the next village......"

"Then you have to be careful to save this life, don't the crossbowmen of the Song army didn't want to shoot you, but you hit someone's arrow headlong......"

"Hahahaha......"

In the midst of a burst of laughter, there were also soldiers who talked about the siege battle.

Well, if it's like Fang Cai, it can be regarded as a siege war.

"Speaking of which, the Song army on the opposite side is also righteous, seeing that we have no intention of attacking the city, they simply shoot randomly, and their strength is not very strong...... Remember the last time you sieged the city? An arrow fell off when it hit our captain's chest, and our captain was stunned for a moment......"

"Strange, why did I get a tooth knocked out last time? …… Look, there's one less here. ”

"Hahaha......"

Just as the soldiers of Zhuyan were laughing with each other, suddenly someone next to the team coughed heavily.

Everyone turned their heads to look, only to find that their former army general, Rong Oyster, was riding a war horse past them.

"Rong Sima."

"It's Rong Sima."

The nearby Yan pawns immediately put away their smiles, and their expressions became serious.

Seeing this, Rong Yi nodded and rode by.

However, after Rong Yan was far away, there were Yan pawns who couldn't help but whisper.

"You say, is it that Rong Sima secretly communicated with the Song State and reached any agreement with the generals of the Song State?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Isn't Sima Rong a Song person?"

"What do you say...... According to your words, General Le Yi is also a Song person...... Eh, I don't know. ”

"What nonsense, Le Yijun will be a native of Zhongshan...... The former national minister of our Yan country, Le Chi, is a native of Zhongshan, and Le Yijun will be a member of Le Xiang's clan, and may still be his descendant. ”

"Hey, you don't know, do you? Whether it is Le Xiang or Le Yi's generals, they are all from the son's surname Le, and the son's surname Le is from the Song Kingdom, and later they were transferred to the Wei State and Zhongshan Kingdom...... Therefore, Le Yijun will be regarded as half of the Song people......"

"You're too far-fetched......"

"Okay, okay, what's so noisy about this? Do you care if there is a private agreement between the two generals Le Yi and Rong Yi and the Song people, anyway, I don't want to help the Qi people to fight the Song State at all, I hope that the Song people will kill all those Qi people quickly, so that we can return to China......"

"Also, what do you care? …… God bless, tell those damned Qi people to die in this city as soon as possible. ”

"Haha, that's a good idea, I'll do it too...... God blessed, let all the people die. ”

"God bless ......"

"God bless ......"

"Haha......"

In a more cheerful atmosphere, the Yan army, which had suffered defeats for several days, returned to their camp.

As Dai Wu, Hui An, Dai Busheng and others guessed, whether it is Le Yi or Yan Jun, the release of water is several times more exaggerated than the Chu general Zhaoju in the battle of Wanfang, how can the generals of the Qi army endure it?

No, half an hour later, Tian Touch, the commander of the Qi army, took Tian Da and several other generals of the Qi army to kill Le Yi's army and ask Le Yi Xingshi for his guilt.

At that time, in Le Yi's handsome tent, Tian Touch scolded the former with an angry face: "Le Yi, you were ordered by King Yan to help my Qi State attack the Song Kingdom, but you have repeatedly connived at the passive slackness of the Yan soldiers under your command, what do you want to do?" …… Could it be that you fornicated with Song Guo?! ”

Facing Tian Touch's questioning, Le Yi was very calm, and said with a smile: "What is Touche talking about?" Every order of the tentacle, which time did Le not follow them one by one? It's just that you also know that the armor of my Yan country's army is weak, and even many soldiers don't even have thin armor, which is not as complete as the soldiers of your country, and they can not be afraid of bows and crossbows......"

"I don't care about that!" Tian Touch said coldly: "I'll give you one last chance, when I go back to attack the city, the Yan army will definitely make some achievements for me, otherwise...... Don't blame me for being unkind! ”

"Huh." In the face of Tian Yi's threat, Le Yi's face did not change at all, he spread his hands and said: "As the so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, my country's soldiers are not well dressed and armored, and it is difficult to storm the city...... About this matter, I also told the tentacles beforehand, how did I say it at that time? Don't siege the city, find a way to lure the enemy out of the city......"

"You say it easily! …… Do you have a way to lure the Song army out of the city?! ”

"Naturally, I don't have this ability, but you are the general entrusted by Kuang Zhang......" Le Yi said with a smile.

“……”

Tian Touch squinted his eyes, and suddenly, he saw him take two steps closer to Le Yi, and said in a low voice: "I know what you Yan people are thinking, you don't want to contribute to my Qi country at all......"

"What is the reason for this?" Interrupting Tian Yi's words, Le Yi said lightly: "Is it because the soldiers of your country once slaughtered strongly in my Yan country, which aroused the resentment of my country's Yan people?" ”

“……”

Tian Fu, who originally wanted to warn Le Yi, was blocked by Le Yi's words and was speechless.

After all, as Le Yi said, when the Qi army took advantage of the fire to rob when the rebellion broke out in Yan State, they did a lot of hurtful things in Yan State, so that the Yan people of the whole country resented the Qi people.

Seeing that Tian Touch's face was uncertain, Le Yi didn't want to stimulate the other party too much, so he slowed down his tone: "Touch, although there have been all kinds of contradictions and disputes between Yan and Qi in the past, but thanks to the benevolence and righteousness of King Qi, my Yan Kingdom has only survived now, therefore, the king of our country sent him to fight with Touche this time, and he also told him to do his best to assist, but the soldiers of our army are not in good armor, and asking them to storm a fortified city like Tancheng is tantamount to asking them to die in vain." …… What do you think? You can find a way to get some sturdy armor for our Yan army, and then come forward to appease the soldiers in the army and persuade them to be willing to contribute to your country...... Of course, it is best to avoid a strong attack, after all, the army of my Yan Kingdom is not as strong as your country, and if there are too many casualties, it will not be easy to explain to our king in the next day......"

Looking at Le Yi, who calmly explained to himself, Tian Touch pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay! It's up to me to figure it out, and I hope you do what you say. …… Remember, Le Yi, as you said, the reason why your Yan Kingdom can survive is because of the benevolence and righteousness of our king, don't let our king be disappointed in your country, otherwise, you may become a sinner for the fall of Yan Kingdom. ”

"Remember." Le Yi clenched his fists, and his face was not annoyed at all.

"Humph!"

With a cold snort, Tian Touch turned around and left, and at this time, Rong Touch walked in from outside the tent and almost collided with Tian Touch.

"Ah, the tentacles ......"

I saw that Rong Yan immediately gave way, and said with a smile: "You go slowly." ”

"Humph!" Slanted a glance at the Rong Worm, Tian Touch took all the generals and left.

Looking at Tian Touch's departing back, the sneer on Rong Yan's face slowly put away, and then he only heard a snort, he spat on the ground with disdain, turned around and walked to the tent, and said, "I can't figure it out, what were you doing robbing this errand at that time?" If you ask Ju Xin to lead the army, it's over, and you will suffer from the nest of those Qi people in vain! ”

At this time, Le Yi was holding a scroll of the Art of War and reading it, and said slowly and logically: "Rong Yi, do you know Qin Kai?" ”

"Qin Kai? Of course I do. Rong Yi looked at Le Yi in confusion.

You must know that Qin Kai is a fierce general of the Yan State, he once almost became a slave of the Hu people, after escaping back to the Yan State, he was reused by the Yan king, promoted to the general, defeated Donghu a few years ago, and expanded the territory of the Yan State to the north for thousands of miles.

And now, Qin Kaizheng is leading a Yan army to cross the Liaoshui and attack the aliens outside the country.

Like such a person, although Rong Yan has never seen Qin Kai, he has also heard of this fierce general of his Yan Kingdom.

Hearing Rong Yan's words, Le Yi smiled and asked, "Then do you know why Qin Kai was able to defeat the powerful Donghu?" ”

"Because he is brave and good at fighting, and he is familiar with the art of war." Rong Yan said casually.

Hearing this, Le Yi shook his head and smiled, immediately put down the art of war in his hand, turned his head and said in a low voice: "You said well, but more importantly, it is because he has lived in Donghu for a long time and knows everything about Donghu. King Jin Yan is determined to overthrow the Qi State, which coincides with you and me, but it is not so easy to overthrow the powerful Qi State...... And that's what I'm here for. ”

"I see...... Rong Yan suddenly realized.

At this time, his eyes turned to the book of war in his hand again, and Le Yi said lightly: "It's the old ...... Let's be patient for a while, let's gain the trust of the Qi people, find out the details of the Qi country, and wait for the right time in the future...... Destroy the country of Qi in one fell swoop! ”

"Hey!" Rong Yan licked his lips.

"That's right."

As if remembering something, Le Yi told Rong Yi: "Don't reveal the above words to Zhao Hao. …… Unlike you and me, although Zhao Hao was reused by the king and appointed as Shanggu Shou, it is rumored that he has always been thinking about Zhao Guo, and no one can guarantee when he will abandon Yan and join Zhao. I'm not very relieved about him. ”

"I see."

Rong Yan nodded.

Immediately, he asked curiously: "In other words, this time the two countries of Qi and Zhao attacked the Song State, did the Wei State send Meng Sima to rescue the Song State?" ”

"That depends on Ah Zhong's current status in the Wei State."

Saying that, Le Yi frowned and said, "Having said that, I have written two letters to him one after another, but so far he has not replied to any of them...... Is it really as you say, that the postman lost the letter halfway? ”

Rong Yan laughed and said: "I told you a long time ago, from Yan to Wei, thousands of miles apart, you have to send henchmen to deliver the letter, God knows where your letters go, maybe they will be intercepted by the Qi people!" …… Fortunately, you didn't write anything important in your letter. ”

"Hmm......"

Le Yi scratched his chin and frowned.

Indeed, the distance between Yan and Wei is too far away for even correspondence is inconvenient, which is indeed a trouble.