At the same time as the fierce battle in Hanoi, on the orders of Pei Gai, Liu Yang, Chen An, Lu Songduo and other generals successfully arrived in Pingyang, and then dispatched troops and horses to the north along the Fenshui River to plot against Xihe County.

The movement of the Jin army was quickly reported to Taiyuan, and Wang Shisheng hurriedly led his troops and horses south to resist - Tuoba Xianbei retreated not long ago, and it is estimated that he will not come again so soon, then the enemy in front of him, only the Jin people, how can they sit in Jinyang and not move?

The army drove to Zhongyang County, on the one hand, to spread sentinels to explore the movements of the Jin army, and on the other hand, to discuss the next action plan. The king of the army continued: "Taiwei Fang Gui, the king of heaven is using troops on the eastern front, then I am in the state, and I should stick to it." The king can divide his troops to garrison Zhongyang, Jiexiu, and Wuxian, relying on Fenshui in the middle, leaning on Jiuze, and setting up bases layer by layer, so that the Jin people can not go deep. Hold each other until next spring, and the Jin people will not continue to have grain, and they will inevitably retreat. ”

Shi Sheng glared angrily and said, "Why should I stick to it now that Captain Yun has returned?" Do you think I'm inferior to Shi Hu?! ”

Wang Xu hurriedly bowed: "The minister has no such intention, the king should not doubt it." ”

Shi Sheng glared at him for a while, and suddenly his face turned pale, and he laughed, and said, "I'm really not as good as Brother Ji Long, Jun Yan is also." Our army should hold on, but if it cannot destroy the enemy's forward, it will hurt the morale of the people, and even more damage the heart of the people of the state. When Xu Xiaozong and I came to Jinyang together, the situation in Yunjuzhou was very different from when Liu Kun was in the past, and it was too dilapidated......"

Continuing the filial piety of the sect, the name of the Xian, the party man, the teacher Du pre, the study of "Spring and Autumn", "Zheng Shiyi", the literary name is very prosperous, and he is also proficient in criminal law. When Liu Kun was in the annexation of the state, he was allowed to be engaged in Zhonglang, and then the Qian army broke Liu Kun and seized the annexation of the state, and Xu Xian was captured and surrendered, which was reused by Shi Le. This time it was recommended by Cheng Yao, and Shi Le ordered to continue Xiaozong as the assassin of the state, manage civil affairs, and assist Shi Sheng.

Continuing to return to his hometown, along the way, he couldn't help crying, saying that when Liu Kun governed the state, although he also fought at two ends for three days, the people who were a little farther away from the border could still live and work in peace and contentment, and never stop farming and weaving; In just two years, I didn't expect the state to be so dilapidated, often there are no people for more than ten miles, and the farmers I see are all hungry and dirty, just like animals......

Shi Sheng comforted him at the time and said: "Brother Ji Long knows how to use martial arts, and does not pay attention to the people's livelihood, although he is assisted by Xu Jiwu, he is not a good official of the people, and even so." Since the king was ordered to guard the herdsmen and annex the state, he should pacify the people, reward the cultivation and weaving, so that production could be restored, and taxes could be lost for a long time—just as in Hebei. ”

Xu Xian nodded and said: "What the king said is true, with the politics of Hebei as a basis, I have the bottom in my heart." ”

Relying on Zhang Bin's assistance, he eradicated Haoqiang, suppressed mergers, organized production, and approved taxes, which generally stabilized the situation and partially restored productivity. It is only because of the covetousness of foreign enemies and the limited capacity that this kind of governance means gradually radiate from the Xiangguo to the outer layer, and there is no time to properly govern and merge the state.

Besides, when Shi Hu was in Bingzhou, it was purely a martial artist, and the main assistant Xu Guang was just a mediocre official, even if Shi Le ordered the people, those two goods were willing to comply, and they didn't know how to do it at all.

Therefore, since I can reorganize Hebei, I will have confidence in governing and merging the state - if the army is still a rogue and Shile has no intention of developing production, then even if I come to merge the state, it will be useless!

When Shi Sheng mentioned this past, he said to Wang Xu and others, Xu Xian is at a critical juncture to restore people's livelihood, if we allow the Jin people to invade the territory and dare not fight the enemy, the news will spread, and the people of Bingzhou can still have confidence in our Zhao State? Will you still obey the government orders of Xu Xiaozong? Therefore, it is necessary to defend it, and it is necessary to fight a battle, and it is necessary to promote defense with war.

"If I stop at Jiexiu and dare not go out, Jin Kou can go around the city and enter the plain. Of course, there are Jiexiu here, and they dare not go deeper, but killing and plundering farmers and ravaging acres of land will definitely damage the resistance of the army and the people! ”

From this, the army went out to the south of Jiexiu City, built fortifications on the road, and built fortifications - if they saw that the Jin people could attack, then force them back to Pingyang in one go; If you see that its momentum is too large to attack, you will rely on the terrain, strictly defend it without fighting, and wait for it to retreat.

The place where the fortification was set up was at the junction of the Linfen Basin and the Taiyuan Basin, so that the Jin army could be completely blocked outside the borders and unable to enter the peace.

Shi Sheng's movements were fast, and he arrived at the preset battlefield before the Jin army, and immediately mobilized the nearby people to help build the fortress. The Jin army's vanguard was killed, that is, it fought with the Zhao army's rangers in the south of the base, and the Zhao army suffered heavy losses.

Shi Sheng's department was nearly 30,000 people, which was originally more than the Jin army, but unfortunately the quality of the soldiers was uneven, and the combat effectiveness was relatively weak. He climbed the base and looked, seeing that the Jin army forward was quite brave, judging the whole because of the part, and knowing that he was not an opponent, so he strengthened his defensive heart. Liu Yang and others led the army to arrive, and before entering the base, the Qian army refused to fight, and only shot the Jin soldiers with strong bows and crossbows, so that the enemy could not advance an inch.

Liu Yang consulted with the generals. His own opinion is that he himself has also been in a long-term confrontation with the Zhao army - "The governor of the capital asked me to wait, not to take the West River, but to contain the enemy of the annexed state, and not to send reinforcements to the eastern front. Then our army will force this, and Shi Sheng will not dare to retreat, which is enough. Besides, our army's grain is from Pingyang, the thieves have counted me, and we need to transport grain from Jinyang, I am close and the thieves are far away, so it is not good for the thieves to hold on for a long time. If we run out of food this winter, we may have the opportunity to merge with the state next year! ”

However, Chen An, Yao Yizhong and others are all fierce generals, and they are eager to make meritorious contributions, but they are unwilling to agree with Liu Yang's serious theory. Yao Yizhong said: "The Metropolitan Governor Zeng Yun: 'Take the law from the top, or get it; If the law is in the middle, it will be under it. 'If I can destroy the stone life now, whether the West River takes it or not, it is in my hands; If I can't break the enemy, then whether the stone is made by me or not may not be up to me. ”

Chen An also said: "If the thief guards against danger, so that I can't break the fortress, then I will consume grain and grass in vain, what good can I do?" ”

Next to him, Lu Songduo interjected: "The Metropolitan Governor has asked me to ride here with armor, in order to find an opportunity to attack the thief in a flat place, to test whether it can be used or not, and how to use it." If I stop confronting the thief, then I have come thousands of miles, so what is the matter? You need to know that the cavalry consumes a lot of grain and forage, and if you work in vain, you will wait until you are defeated......"

Liu Yang couldn't help frowning and said: "The enemy base is very strong, if I am strong enough to attack myself, it will be difficult to win in vain." And the terrain is quite narrow, it is difficult to maneuver, even if there are thousands of horses and thousands of troops, it is useless...... If Shi Sheng retreated a little and stopped taking a break, it would be easier to get along. Then he slapped the table and said, "I have made up my mind, and I will never waste the lives of soldiers!" ”

Chen, Yao and the others couldn't help but look at each other, and they all said in their hearts: "If Zhen was here, he wouldn't be so cowardly...... Oh, and hold the weight. Yao Yizhong said: "What the general said is reasonable, we can't force the enemy base and damage the soldiers in vain, but we can set up a plot to induce Shi Sheng to come out of the base to fight......"

Liu Yangnai asked: "How to lure the enemy?" "The place we are in is like a funnel, I am at the mouth of the funnel, the enemy is in front of it, if we can break through, the terrain will open up in an instant, it will be convenient to mobilize the enemy's troops; But if you can't break through, you can only maneuver back and forth, how can you lure Shi Sheng into battle? Even if he pretends to retreat, Shi Sheng may not dare to go out to chase after him......

Sima Ouyang Genshi was also sitting beside him—although he could not interfere in military command, he was always qualified to listen and advise—immediately smiled and said: "Shi Sheng is a slave and a nephew, and he is noble by his surname, and he is also young, and he must be vigorous, and he cannot be tempted, so why don't the generals try to provoke him?" ”

Ouyang Genzi Yuanji, a native of Yangzhou, was born in a humble background, and was regarded as a dependency of the He family, and he was a classmate of the He family when he was young. He claimed to be familiar with the formation of famous generals such as Zhuge Kongming and Ma Xiaoxing (Ma Long) and the art of wind occupation, and he was familiar with ordnance, construction, and arithmetic. Therefore, after Pei and Zu's Northern Expedition, he was dressed up and went to the army, but it was difficult to enter the ancestral army - no one could afford to look down on the southern raccoon dog - so he had to go west to the Pei army and serve as a knife and pen officer.

He was a pure southerner, dark and short, but he had a big voice and a tongue. Pei Gai felt that this person had the ability to agitate, and after the assessment, he was ordered to be the battalion Sima of the "Fire Robbery Battalion".

Previously, Ouyang Gen was under Zhen Sui's subordinates, and every time he offered advice, Zhen Sui never listened to him, and he opened and closed his mouth with "What did Mr. Lu say" - in fact, Zhen Sui had his own ideas, so he borrowed Lu Jing's mouth to say - Sima, you go down and calculate your merits, where is there so much nonsense? Finally, Zhen Sui was transferred, Lu Jing took the opportunity to resign and return to his hometown, and continued to compile his "Collection of Rhymes", Ouyang Gen finally got the opportunity to show his "Gema talent".

So the next day, a group of Jin cavalry came out of the camp and went to the front of Zhao Lei, a stone's throw away, and shouted in unison to attract the attention of Zhao Jun. When Shi Sheng heard the report, he said in his heart, is it to "send a teacher"?

It is an ancient custom that when two armies face each other, the fierce general will go forward first, and fight one-on-one, the winner can boost morale, and the loser will inevitably be depressed. It's just that the history books contain that this kind of atmosphere mainly prevailed from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period, and most of the divisions before the battle were chariots, or more imperial arts, or more archery, or brute force than the right of the chariot; After the Warring States period, the chariot gradually withdrew from the war stage, and the matter of the division was gradually declining.

The so-called "military generals heads-up" in later generations is actually evolved from the custom of the teacher, and the "New Tang Dynasty Book" has a record of "Ling (Wei Chi) respecting virtue and holding on, omitting its base, and calling for the teacher". However, in the era of vehicle warfare, the tactics were relatively simple, and the division was mainly used as a military etiquette; After entering the Warring States period, the use of troops was accustomed to treacherous behavior, let alone politeness, and few people did this anymore - even if someone shouted "to the teacher", most of the enemy side would not respond.

So Shi Sheng came to see, purely to see the excitement, he had no intention of going to war at all, and he didn't plan to respond to the "Zhishi" before the battle. However, I saw hundreds of Jin horses galloping in front of the base, shouting for a while, and seeing a lot of Zhao soldiers climbing the base and looking, they were divided into two teams, most of them were slightly behind, arranged in formation, and went out of ten horses, divided into two groups of east and west, each holding a long staff, and seemed to want to "bow down".

"Hitting the bow" is also playing polo, this kind of sport originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Cao Zhi's "Famous Capital Chapter" has a description of "even riding to hit the bow soil, clever and swift" - Shi Sheng naturally knows it. Just as he was wondering, he saw a horse raise a black ball, shouting at the top of his voice: "This is not a bow, not a leather bag, not a hair, what is it?" ”

Yu Qi shouted in unison: "This is not a bow, but it is made of black rock, it is a stone!" ”

The knight who had shouted before shouted: "Since it is a stone, strike it!" So he threw the black stone ball to the ground, and the two groups of men and horses immediately waved their long staffs and began to gallop and strike.

The hundreds of horsemen who retreated sang in unison: "The stone is striking, striking the west; Stone rumbles, strikes the east; The stone rots and rots, striking the south; Ishiguro black, hit the north. If the stone cannot be broken, it will be shattered! ”

Shi Sheng listened attentively for a long time, and finally roughly understood the meaning of this song, first felt angry, and then smiled: "The Jin people are incompetent, so they provoke me." Shall I be provoked? "Command the three armies, beat the drums and shout, and suppress the other party's singing to me, so as not to shake the morale of the army.

As a result, the Jin army played polo in front of Zhao Lei for three days in succession, but the Jin army refused to play alone. Liu Yang couldn't help but smile bitterly at Ouyang Gen: "Sima worked hard to plot, but unfortunately the thief was unmoved...... What can I do? ”

Ouyang Gen said hatefully: "This must be a thief and a general are all rough people, I don't know the meaning of my song!" ”

Liu Yangxin said that your song is really catchy, and the melody is quite beautiful, even I want to respond to it when I listen to it, but ...... If you don't explain, I won't even understand!

Yao Yizhong was inspired by Ouyang Gen, and suddenly had a wonderful idea, and spoke: "Since Shi Sheng is a rough person, we can provoke him with rough things-in the past, when I was in the tribe camp, I heard the governor talk about the division...... When Emperor Xuan confronted Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang gave him a woman's clothes and a face......"

So he selected a dead soldier, ordered Ouyang Genxian to make up a word, make him familiar with it, and then took a wooden box and went to Zhao Ying, saying that he wanted to give it to Shi Sheng. Shi Sheng opened the wooden box, only to see that it contained a set of women's colored clothes, as well as some jewelry, head and face, and was puzzled, so he heard the Jin envoy arch his hand and say:

"My General Liu is here, I heard that General Shi is brave, and I want to hunt the field with you, so as to determine whether you win or lose. General Shi had tens of thousands of troops, and he was forced by my outnumbered soldiers, so he didn't dare to go out to fight. General Liu was puzzled because of this, Yun: Is there a rumor that is wrong, the so-called General Shi is actually the son of Shile, so he uses male clothes to confuse people? Otherwise, why are you so cowardly? He ordered the villain to send colorful clothes, head and face and son-in-law. General Liu is widowed, and he wants his son-in-law to be his wife, and the two families become in-laws, but he can stop the army and repair, isn't it a matter of public and private convenience? ”

Shi Sheng didn't listen to this, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but be so angry that he was angry, his eyes were about to split, and he immediately scolded angrily: "Liu has no case, and he actually accused me of being a woman?!" If I don't kill this fang, I will never be a human being! Immediately waved his hand, and the generals rushed up, and in the future, they would cut down the knife, and then cut off the head, that is, wrap it in that colorful clothes, write the four big characters of "decisive battle in Japan", and send the cavalry back to the Jin camp......

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