The total strength of Ji Guo is only 25,000 people, most of the elites are left in the national capital, and they are all generals among the dwarfs, and the well-trained Tang army in a hundred battles cannot be compared at all.

But the plan to destroy Zhai and Ji is already very detailed, even if Ji Guo intends to resist stubbornly, Fang Li only needs to start the second set of plans, and first use the Son of Heaven Order to use Ji Guo to attack Zhai.

Although Tang Guo was just on the opponent's side in the eyes of the powerful Qin Chu, it was still a long way from being strong.

But for a small country like Ji Guo, Tang Guo is already an unattainable quasi-power, and with the Son of Heaven order in his body, Fang Li really doesn't believe that Ji Guo has the courage to refuse.

If he really refused, Fang Li just found the perfect excuse to conquer Ji Guo, and it would be easier to take his 10,000 elites all the way to push it flat.

In the afternoon, Fang Lizheng was studying the map with Jia Xu, Lu Bu, Ma Chao, Deng Zhi and other civil and military personnel, and his own soldiers suddenly came to report, saying that the envoy of Ji Guo had come and wanted to ask to see Tang Gong.

Sure enough, Fang Li smiled with satisfaction on the corner of his mouth, waved his hand and ordered the messenger to be brought into the tent.

The person who came was a Wenchen who looked to be about forty years old, and he was already sweating profusely before he entered the account, and when he saw Fang Li, who was sitting on the top, he knelt down on his knees, and shouted in his mouth: "Foreign Minister Jiang Ji, meet Tang Gong." ”

Fang Li had a cold face: "Ji Hou asked you to come over, what is the matter?" ”

Jiang Ji knelt on the spot and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said with a flattering smile: "My lord Ji Hou sent a foreign minister to ask if the army of the Duke of Tang is coming, it won't be to attack my Ji Kingdom, right?" ”

Although he knew that a small country like Ji Guo would definitely not produce any famous generals, Fang Li was still disgusted by this Jiang Ji. If he remembers correctly, this Jiang Ji should be Ji Hou Jiang Shuji's brother-in-law, even the younger brother of the monarch is weak to this extent, what else does Ji Guo have to make Tang Jun jealous?

Thinking of this, Fang Li didn't bother to go around in circles with Jiang Ji again, and his eyes turned to look at Dian Wei, who was standing with his sword down. Among the generals present, Ma Chao and Lu Bu were both dignified and majestic. And Dian Wei's face is full of beard, his beard is unshaven, his tiger back is bear's waist, and his copper bell-like eyes are extra scary, which is suitable for the task of intimidation.

Dian Wei came out of the column and glared at Jiang Ji on the ground, glared and shouted angrily: "My lord was ordered by the Son of Heaven to crusade against the rebellion of Zhai Guo, and I have come to borrow Dao Jiguo, hurry up and say, do you borrow or not?" ”

Jiang Ji was paralyzed to the ground by Dian Wei's bronze bell-like voice, and said again and again: "Of course borrow, of course borrow, Ji Guo has always been loyal to the Son of Heaven, as long as Tang Gong doesn't want to attack my Ji Guo, everything is easy to say." ”

"Hmph." Ma Chao on the side sneered, "If my lord wanted to take down your little Ji Kingdom, he would have taken it a long time ago, would he still garrison here and wait for Ji Hou to send an envoy?" ”

Jiang Ji nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Yes, yes, this general is very right, the foreign minister will return to China to show the lord and make way for the Tang army." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly made a square move, dragged his limp legs and fled, as if he was gone.

The generals looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Dian Wei couldn't help but laugh and said, "Lord, this Ji Guojun is so weak, we have nothing to worry about." ”

Fang Li didn't look very happy, he always felt that there was something wrong with this envoy of Ji Guo, obviously Fang Cai Qingxiang still made a look of sticking to the end, why didn't this Jiang Ji say a word hard, but seemed to be scared a long time ago?

Looking around again, Dian Wei, Ma Chao, and Wang Ping's military generals were full of spring breeze, while Wang Ti frowned, and Jia Xu was thoughtful.

Jia Xu's performance was expected, but Wang Lei surprised Fang Li, could it be that he also saw what kind of conspiracy Ji Guo was doing?

"Wang is tired." Fang Li said by name, "Tell me your opinion." ”

Wang Lei nodded in agreement, but he still looked puzzled: "Back to the lord, the contrast between Ji Jun and the envoy is too great, it seems to be deceitful, but Ji Guo's army is weak, and the ministers really can't think of any way they can deal with it, maybe it's really just a bluff." ”

"That's right, it's a bluff." Ma Chao was dismissive of Wang Lei's worries, "Pu'er small country, even if they want to play any tricks, do they have that strength?" ”

Lu Bu and the others said yes again and again, but Jia Xu was still frowning and silent.

Fang Li also felt that maybe he had thought too much, all the conspiracies and tricks had to be supported by strength, and they had already been overwhelmed by the army, what else could Ji Guo have to win by surprise, so he immediately ordered:

"Lu Bu led a thousand cavalry as the vanguard to open the way for our army."

"Wang Ping led a thousand cavalry as the rear army, always pay attention to the movement behind him."

"Ma Chao led five hundred cavalry to cruise around the army to prevent the discipline army from ambushing."

"Dian Wei, Jia Xu, and Wang Lei sat in the Chinese army with the widows."

Once the military order has been issued, all the generals have fulfilled their promises.

After a short period of preparation, the 10,000-strong army slowly marched into the open gate of Qingxiang.

The terrain in the country of Ji is flat and endless, and there is no natural danger to rely on at all, so it can only rely on the easy to defend and difficult to attack terrain at the national border.

Now Qingxiang opens the door to let the Tang army in, which is equivalent to putting the entire Ji country under the blade of the Tang army, once Fang Li suddenly attacks, the Ji army has no power to fight back at all.

Fang Li was now bent on taking Zhai Guo, thinking of the news brought by Lu Bu, he became more and more impatient, seeing that the gates of the city capital were open along the way of Ji Guo, and Ji Jun was only on guard from afar, so he didn't think much about it, and quickly left his previous sense of disobedience behind.

Soon, the Tang army and his entourage arrived at Baishui Pass on the border of Jiguo.

At this time, there was no Great Wall that shocked the world in later generations, and Baishui Pass was a simple checkpoint built by Ji Guo himself, and the garrison was only a few thousand, which was far less majestic and dangerous than the Jiangguan of Tang State.

Baishuiguan is surrounded by mountains on both sides, the trees on the mountain are dense, the naked eye can not see the situation at all, in the middle is a narrow passageway, only three pedestrians can walk side by side, Baishuiguan is built in the initial part of the narrow passage, easy to defend and difficult to attack, thousands of people are enough to guard, so Ji Guo did not station too many troops here.

On the mountainsides on both sides of Baishui Pass, as many as 50,000 Xuanjia soldiers were waiting quietly with their bodies lowered, silently, and they couldn't find the existence of this army until they got close.

In the center, a young general, who is nearly a foot tall, is sitting cross-legged on the dirt in the mountains, untying the kettle at his waist and drinking soundly. This person has a tiger's mouth, a sun angle, big eyes, even if he is unkempt, he is still graceful and lofty, and if he looks closely, he is a little taller than Lu Bu, and his black eyes are hidden under the iron helmet, which is even more cold and ruthless.

The young general drank most of the kettle in one gulp, took a deep breath comfortably, looked at another veteran who was more than seventy years old and had a few strands of white hair faintly exposed under his helmet, and asked in a low voice: "General Meng, this is so dangerous here, who will really come?" ”

This old general's name is Meng Fu, he is the grandfather of the fierce generals of the Qin State Meng Tian and Meng Yi, and the father of Meng Wu, hearing the words of the young general, he held his beard with confidence: "Although the prince of Zheng is assured, General Bai Qi's judgment has never been wrong, just wait for Fang Li to lead the army here, and General Zhang Han on the opposite side will give an order, and we can take this opportunity to capture Tang Gong alive in one fell swoop!" ”

It turned out that not long after Fang Li entered Luoyang, Bai Qi expected that after Fang Li took Luoyang, he would definitely be impatient to attack Zhai by using Dao Jiguo to destroy Yu on a false path, so he sent Zhang Han, Ying Zheng, and Meng Fu to quietly ambush Hangu, the place where the Tang army must pass, to prepare for a surprise attack.

And Jiang Ji's performance in the Tang camp was precisely to paralyze the Tang army.

Although the acting skills were too exaggerated, fortunately, Ji Guo was too weak, although Fang Li and the others were suspicious, they didn't think much about it, and they didn't expect that it would have anything to do with the Qin army, which was still fighting with the Chu army for 300 rounds.