Section 24 Showing weakness
Seeing the letter, King Qin threw it to Wei Ran: "Look, with such a style, the widow didn't choose the wrong person." ”
Bai Hui's letter is very beautifully written: The minister is a Qin general, and he will never shoot the first arrow at Wei, what if Wei attacks my Qin land first, what if Wei kills my Qin people, and what if Wei hurts my Qin guests? The minister is a Qin general, and the majesty of my Great Qin can only defend and counterattack, if there is any escalation of the war, the minister asks the king to understand.
This trick was only thought up by Bai Hui after winning the sentence after he arrived at the king's order, fearing that your brother would kill the red eye, and seizing the military power by the king's order.
This trick is just one word, deception.
It is to trick the Wei State to attack the Qin people, and then the border conflict between the two sides escalates, and it is logical to stand first. Then he captured several cities of Wei with the power of thunder, and then it was time to negotiate.
Wei Ran was very satisfied with Bai Hui's reaction, and it was clear that Bai Hui understood King Qin's strategic intentions.
At the beginning of April, under Bai Hui's plan, the Wei people who had taken refuge in the Yellow River disguised themselves as Wei soldiers and robbed some of the goods of a transport boat in the Yellow River, and the exquisite white pottery on the ship allowed them to exchange a large amount of wealth in several cities east of the Wei River.
After having the money, these Qin soldiers, who pretended to be Wei troops, said that they mobilized a Wei army of 100 people, and a few days later secretly attacked the Yellow River again, this time robbing a whole boat of the caravan.
Soon, dozens of ordinary big-headed soldiers even bought silk fabrics, not to mention wine and meat.
Outside Beiqu City, the Wei army barracks.
The big pieces of meat, the big jar of wine, and the envious eyes of the others in the barracks were red.
At the same time, an official document had been placed on the case of the Beiqu Shou General, which was written by Bai Hui in a soft tone. It means that you sent someone to rob our ship and injured the soldiers of our Qin State escorting the ship, and you have to give an explanation for this.
"Confess, go and check, there is such a thing." The guard threw the bamboo slip aside, completely unconcerned about this kind of thing.
This matter is on the bright side, and some of the pottery that has not been sold is placed in the military camp in Beiqu, which is naturally a check.
The general of Beiqu Shou immediately called someone to reply: "It is normal to find out that there is no such thing, or there are some bandits." ”
After the letter was sent back to Dingyang City, the merchants of Zheng Guo who had been robbed of the goods were not happy, and several businessmen jointly found Bai Hui: "Chief Zuo, Wei Guo dared to be so rude, we clearly saw that it was indeed their soldiers who disguised themselves as bandits, and some people just wore military uniforms backwards, and they didn't even admit it." ”
"Don't worry, I will compensate for your losses, and let me negotiate this matter with the defenders of Beiqu City again."
"Everything is up to the left master."
Since they had lost their losses, the merchant saw Bai Hui's sincerity.
Bai Hui's second letter was quickly delivered.
Bai Hui wrote in the letter: For the sake of the friendship between Qin and Wei, and for the peaceful coexistence of our two neighboring cities, please stop this bad thing from happening. If there are too many merchants who are robbed, it will seriously affect the reputation of my Dingyang City, and I hope the general will understand the embarrassment of me, a young man, who has just come to Dingyang to be a guard.
After reading the letter, Wei Gong, the general of Beiqu, laughed: "I didn't expect that there would be such a weak person among the Qin generals, and he asked me to help him, hahaha." ”
"What does the general think about it."
"Ignore it." Wei Gong didn't take Bai Hui in his eyes at all.
And the people arranged by Bai Hui are planning a big operation.
"We have inquired that there will be four large ships of goods to be transported to Chu this time, and each large ship will be loaded with more than five times the amount of pottery we have gotten from the small boat, and we only need to take out three boats of goods and present them to General Wei Gong, and the general will not blame. I didn't see last time, we just gave what we didn't sell, and we didn't punish them without any punishment. ”
All this is Bai Hui's order, there is no future for robbing Zheng Guo's merchants, Zheng Guodu has been destroying the country for decades, Zheng Guo's merchants are rootless duckweed, so if you want to rob it, you have to rob the powerful Chu businessmen and pull Chu into the water.
A group of Wei soldiers, who had long been blinded by money, immediately helped: "Yes, yes, I was not punished." That's a lot of money. ”
Someone else asked, "It's just, what if a large number of Qin soldiers are attracted?" ”
"We don't use knives, all use wooden sticks, just knock out when you resist, as long as you don't hurt people, you must have a general to deal with it, I heard that the Qin army guard is a very weak person, there are no rumors in the city, he wrote several times to ask our general, so this matter, Qin soldiers dare not fight."
The goods were tempting, and soon many people in the Wei army camp were willing to join in the robbery.
and the city of Yang.
Bai Hui sent a small group of Qin soldiers to the merchants of the Chu State.
"Don't worry, this team is the most elite soldiers of our Qin army, and Bai Ping, who leads the army, is even more outstanding, I was injured in the battle against Chu at that time, and it was he who braved the rain of arrows to carry me back."
"Thank you, Zuo Chief." The merchants of the Chu State were very moved, and the Qin State was willing to guarantee the safety of their merchants, which was enough to prove the sincerity of the Qin State.
This night.
Ying Kui, Bai Qi, and Bai Hui came to the Yellow River with few guards.
Clashes were visible from afar on the river, and many people had fallen overboard.
Bai Hui looked at Ying Kui with a smile on his face: "Gao Lingjun, can I, the Qin army, go and reason with the Wei army in Beiqu City on the appeal of the merchants of the Chu State." ”
Ying Kui really didn't expect this kind of operation, and looked at the river blankly.
Bai Qi hugged his fist heavily: "Gao Lingjun, Bai Qi please fight." ”
Only then did Ying Kui come back to his senses: "This is a matter of Dingyang County, Benjun is not in Dingyang County, everything is naturally decided by the two Zuo Chiefs." ”
Asking Ying Kui to give the order was to give him face, but Ying Kui had no command at all, and it was even more inconvenient for him to show his face as a secret envoy, so he politely chose to avoid it.
Bai Hui shouted hello: "Okay, then I'll go back to the city and wait for the merchants of Chu to come and cry." Brother, I've seen a merchant from Chu here, so you can do it. ”
A smile appeared on Bai Qi's face, stretched out his hand and waved it back gently, and more than a dozen personal soldiers rushed away, they were responsible for informing all the military marquis, first-class combat readiness, just waiting for the order, the whole army crossed the river.
An hour later, in Bai Hui's house, the merchant of Chu State was rescued from the river, his whole body was still dripping with water, and he cried to death in front of Bai Hui, this batch of goods was equivalent to most of his family property.
Bai Hui asked with concern, "Are there any casualties?" ”
The merchants of Chu State cried and said: "If it weren't for the desperate rescue of the Qin army who participated in the escort, we would have been killed by the Wei army, they didn't even take off their military uniforms this time, and such an abominable behavior would be shameful by the people of the world." ”
Bai Hui exclaimed: "What, I'm Qin Jun...... Come. ”
At that moment, a personal guard came in and hugged his fist: "Zuo Shuchang, none of the Qin troops sent to escort have returned, and I don't know if I live or die." ”
"Bastard, Bai Ping risked his life to carry me off the battlefield when I was injured, I haven't repaid this life-saving kindness, Bai Ping, Bai Ping!"