And on the afternoon after the autumn when the Marquis of Qi made up his mind to fight to the death with the Wei army, under the faint golden sunlight of late autumn, south of Pushui and east of Guiling, dozens of chariots took the lead in galloping on the endless Henan Plain, raising a cloud of dust, and just behind that dust, there was a black and oppressive army, like flowing water, advancing northward. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There was a small part of the army that was different from other places, not only the clothes of the hundreds of people, but also the luxurious four-wheeled carriage in the cluster, which also seemed a little out of place with the murderous tens of thousands of sergeants.

This carriage is naturally Zhou Tianzi's royal frame, in the wide carriage, the middle position is sitting diagonally is the young son of heaven Zhou Bian, on one side of Zhou Bian is a little maid bowing her head and kneeling, and on the other side or diagonally opposite, sitting upright is the doctor Ning Yue.

"Starting from Luoyang, this has walked a total of hundreds of miles, and the king is still worried that the four-wheeled carriage will not be able to carry it, but he didn't want to travel all the way, the chariots of the Wei army have broken a lot, and the four-wheeled carriage of this king has not broken once." In the slightly undulating carriage, Zhou Bian said with a faint smile.

Because the Wei army marched very fast, the four-wheeled carriage had to trot from time to time in order to keep up with the pace of the Wei army.

In fact, during this march, it was really boring to sit in the car, so the glorious task of chatting with the king fell on Ning Yue and several people with status, such as Wang Sunman, Fan Yu and Su Rui.

"The king's carriage is no better than others, but it is carefully made by the craftsmen in the palace, and the materials used are all excellent, not to mention hundreds of miles, even if it is tens of thousands of miles, it should be fine." The king has a feeling, and as a courtier, he naturally has to answer.

"It's just that I don't know if the other four-wheeled carriages that were sold were as strong as this, or how much worse." Zhou Bian's thoughts obviously returned to Luoyang and the royal family industry all of a sudden.

"Chariots need to be repaired for hundreds of miles, let alone ordinary carriages? Even if they didn't run fast, those four-wheeled carriages would be more durable than chariots, and who could guarantee that they wouldn't break? Those who buy four-wheeled carriages also know this, and even if it is a wheelbarrow made by himself, it needs to be repaired for a period of time, and if he is afraid that the car will break down if he buys it, he simply does not buy it. ”

As a close minister of the king, not only should you be proficient in what you are responsible for, but you should also have a comprehensive understanding of the master's interests or some of the situations where you are concerned, so as not to be overwhelmed, obviously, Ning Yue still spent a lot of effort.

However, as an ancient, where would Ning Yue fully understand what the master who had crossed over in later generations was thinking in his heart, or where his thoughts were.

Of course, Zhou Bian does not make any comparisons, nor will he say that what he thinks about is the quality of the things sold, or even the warranty terms, because in this era, things are all about selling and not caring about it, and if the concept of warranty is proposed now, it is estimated that it will be even more difficult than completely abolishing slavery.

So hearing Ning Yue's words, Zhou Bian just smiled and didn't speak, and after the maid gently lifted the side curtain, Zhou Bian turned his head to look out of the car, not knowing what to think in his heart.

After being silent for a moment, Ning Yue opened his mouth and changed the subject. "Great King, this time the Wei army went north, there were only 50,000 people, plus thousands of Song soldiers, etc., it was far less than 60,000, and the Qi army in the territory of the country was no less than 100,000. Perhaps at this time, the Qi army had already found out the news of the Wei army, and the Qi Marquis must have been overjoyed, and the army was ready to welcome the Wei army. ”

If you want to say that as a close minister in front of the master, not only can you take everything you say, but also skillfully change the topic, introduce the topics that you are familiar with in the past, and attract the interest of the master and even be willing to talk about it, that is the skill is superb, and Ning Yue, who has served the master for three generations, is naturally also a master.

Sure enough, as soon as he talked about the war, the young man's eyes lit up.

"But this king thinks that Wei Hou is a wonderful move. Thinking that three days ago, when the Marquis of Wei sent someone to suddenly inform him that he wanted the king to go north with the army to attack Qi, the king did not think it was strange. However, if you want to say that this Qi Hou, this time he also played a wonderful move, and suddenly turned around to attack Puyang, and Puyang, as a vassal state of Wei, Wei Hou had to save it, so that the main battlefield of Qi and Wei was pulled outside Puyang City, and the Qi army occupied the geographical advantage with ease and waiting. ”

However, when the Wei army set off, the king was surprised to find that there were only more than 50,000 troops, and even the king was a little puzzled, even if the Wei Hou was confident that 50,000 people could defeat the Qi army, wouldn't it be safer to add more troops? Therefore, this king was very puzzled in his heart, and he couldn't discuss a result with several Aiqing. ”

"Until yesterday, General Su Rui inquired about the latest news, it turned out that the Qi army fell ill for more than half of the time in the continuous autumn rain not long ago, and the Wei army was picking up the cheap, but after thinking about it, didn't Wei Hou want to expand the Warring States?"

After saying these words, Zhou Bian turned his head and looked at Ning Yue and smiled deeply, "Until just now, this king finally figured out the key to it, so I have to sigh, Wei Hou is a clever move!" ”

Because it is impossible for the monarchs and ministers of the Zhou family to inquire directly about the battle strategy of the Wei army, so the monarchs and ministers have also discussed for a few days, but they have never been able to get the point, but they didn't think that when they chatted, the young king seemed to have an understanding, and Ning Yue was also a little excited, you must know that this king doesn't look at his youth, but he still has a lot of ideas.

So Ning Yue immediately complimented a few words, and then sat back and waited for the master to see him.

After smiling slightly and coughing lightly, Zhou Bian opened his mouth and said, "It was Ning Qing's words just now that reminded this king." ”

"Which one?" Ning Yue thought about it for a while.

"Ning Qing said that if he was afraid that the car would break down if he bought it, he simply didn't buy it. In fact, this sentence can also be said that in a war, if he is afraid that he will not win, he simply does not come to fight or retires. ”

"yes, so what?" Ning Yue asked casually.

But looking at the king's smile, Ning Yue quickly reacted, "Oh, this is Wei Hou who is afraid that the Qi army will scare away." If the Marquis of Wei mobilized more than 100,000 troops to go north, the Marquis of Qi was afraid that he would not be able to fight, so he would naturally retreat, then the Marquis of Wei would not be able to fight with the Qi army in the field, and there was no excuse to continue to attack the cities of Qi, so the Wei army only sent 10,000 horses, so that the Marquis of Qi thought that he could win, so he would not retreat, and fought with the Wei army in the field. ”

"It is true that as Ning Qing said, Qi Hou should be very happy, thinking that he is going to pick up a bargain." Zhou Bian looked at Ning Yue and smiled.

"Gao, Wei Hou's plan is really a good move." Ning Yue back to taste.

"But the crux of the matter is that even if the Qi army is sick a lot, how can the 50,000 people of Wei Hou guarantee to defeat the more than 100,000 Qi army?" Ning Yue's doubts came again.

"This king believes that Wei Hou will naturally have his self-confidence in doing this. Aiqing didn't find out that all the soldiers sent this time were elite soldiers, and there were 20,000 Wei soldiers among them? Zhou Bian sat up straight and smiled faintly.

"So, let's wait and see how this battle goes!"

Hearing the king's words, Ning Yue bowed down and smiled faintly, "Listen to the king's orders, Qi and Wei fight, no matter who wins or loses, it will not damage my royal family again, just as the king said, I'll sit and watch the big battle!" ”

After that, the two of them turned their eyes to the outside of the car, where the endless banner was like a cloud, the halberd was like a forest, and under the Wei word battle flag, there were rows of neat Wei soldiers holding Changge, young faces, or solemn, or excited, or heavy, although their expressions were different, but their eyes were looking ahead.

In front of Pushui is Pushui, and after Pushui, it is the defense of the country.

That night, the Wei army rested ten miles on the north bank of Pushui. The Wei army did not choose to rest in their own city, Guiling, even if Guiling was only twenty miles away, or just because Guiling was in the northwest of Pushui and was not on the Wei army's advance route.

The next day, it was still just dawn, and the Wei army developed. And Zhou Bian in the army has long been accustomed to the Wei army's early delivery and late harvest, and he is also used to making up for sleep on the shaking four-wheeled carriage.

And just this morning, in the vanguard of the Wei army, which Zhou Bian could not notice, a chariot sped up, left the brigade, raised a long flying dust, and soon disappeared due north.

Three hours later, at noon, the chariot running with all its might appeared in front of the gate of the Qi camp.

In fact, as early as dozens of miles away, this chariot was discovered by the Qi army scouts, but the two-legged Qi army scouts could not catch up with the speeding chariot at all. Therefore, this chariot actually ran all the way to the sight of Qi Yingyuanmen, and only then did a sentry warn, and then sent a chariot to intercept it, and at this time, this Wei chariot, which had been running for dozens of miles, was only a dozen steps away from Qi's Yuanmen.

The high-spirited young general who jumped off the chariot of the Wei army was quickly pushed into the Chinese army by the somewhat annoyed Qi general, pushing and shrugging all the way, but he didn't think that he was escorted to Qi Hou all the time, and the Wei general still held his head high and refused to kneel down and salute.

"I am Luo Wu, the vanguard of the Wei army, and I am hereby to write a war letter on the orders of my marquis."

The young general pushed away the Qi soldiers holding him hostage on both sides, swept his eyes across the Qi generals around him, and then reached out and took out a booklet from the gap in the armor on his chest.

Naturally, this booklet will not be paper, but two pieces of wood wrapped in a long piece of light-colored satin, making it look like a book of later generations.

Naturally, a guard took it and handed it to Qi Hou, who stretched out his hand to take it, but glanced up at Luo Wuhou, and then looked down at the booklet in his hand.

However, Qi Hou did not open the book immediately, but carefully stroked the silk of the book with his hand, and after nodding slightly, he opened it, and there were only a few columns of words on the book, only to see it written.

"Qi, the great country in the East, Wei, after the Prince of Wen Kang Shufeng, now Qi disregards the demeanor of a great country, and dares to raise the strength of the whole country to surround Puyang, Wei, how guilty is it to a big country? Although Wei is not strong, the first monarch has an alliance with Puyang, so he also raised the troops of the whole country to try to compete with the big powers, hoping that your monarch will give him a war! ”

Qi Hou almost swept it away, and soon finished reading it, and after snorting, he stretched out his right hand backwards. Immediately, a waiter handed a lacquer pen.

I saw Qi Hou holding the lacquer pen, scribbling hard from the upper right corner to the lower left corner of the spread out Wei war book, and then threw the war book heavily on the ground, just in front of the feet of the Wei general.

"Go back and tell your master, this battle, the widow has answered! Tomorrow is the decisive battle. ”

After saying that, Qi Hou squinted at the Wei general, and with a serious expression, he was also a little domineering.

According to the rules of this era, a tick on the war book is considered to be a battle, but Qi Hou threw the war book in front of Wei General's feet, but it was humiliating, because if he wanted to bring back the war book approved by the enemy commander, he had to bend down and pick it up.

For a while, in the Chinese military tent, all the Qi people looked at Luo Wu, and there was contempt, contempt, laughter, and indifference in their eyes.

I didn't think that this Luo Wu was a tough guy, he didn't care about the eyes of the people around him at all, and after smiling slightly, he arched his hand at Qi Hou, squatted down and picked up the battle book with both hands, stuffed it back into the armor on his chest, and bowed again.

"In this case, the widow will be on time tomorrow to welcome you. Leave! ”

In the Qi army tent, a general immediately shouted, "Don't send it!" ”

Immediately, the Qi soldiers who came again vented and pushed Na Luo Wu out. Suddenly, there was silence in the Chinese military tent, and after a while, I don't know who said, "This Luo Wu is also a man, knowing that he may die if he delivers the letter, he is still so tough." ”

Immediately, he was glared back by the generals around him, and before the battle began, he praised the enemy generals, and the good deeds who sighed immediately lowered his head. However, this sentence broke the silence in the tent, and the generals looked at their monarch excitedly, nervously, or worriedly, waiting for their monarch to arrange a detailed battle plan.

And with this stroke of Qi Hou, a new round of formal engagement between Qi and Wei finally kicked off.

Two hours later, on the chariot that rushed back, the war book that Qi Hou had hooked was brought back to the Wei camp and presented in front of Wei Hou, only to hear Wei Hou sneer, and then threw it aside, even if it was extremely expensive silk, at this time it had completed all its historical mission.

Soon, the news of the battle the next day spread throughout the Wei army, and in the camp of the Zhou royal family, a clerk who followed the royal frame solemnly wrote the following sentence on the white cloth he carried:

In the second year of Wang, in the autumn and winter, Qi attacked Puyang, Wei Jun personally came to the rescue, invited to fight in Qi Jun, and Qi people responded to the battle, fighting in the south of Puyang.