A confrontation is also the norm for war. The law of war is either to attack, to defend, or to confront. Under the equal strength of the two sides, it is easy for no one to help the other. There is only confrontation and racking his brains to find a way to break the situation.

The Qin family is not an ordinary family. They are all deeply entrenched in this northwest, and they all have staunch supporters behind them. Both Zhi Keqiu and Liu Zhengyan are also familiar with war. Both sides know that the other does not make strategic and tactical mistakes easily.

The confrontation has become the situation of this war, which has already been fought in a hurry.

After more than ten days, Zheng Zhi's reply to Liu Zhengyan has not yet reached the northwest. But a few fast horsemen had already brought back to Qinzhou with the news that Zheng Zhi had driven the Jurchens back to the edge of the jungle, along with the news that Zheng Zhi had led his army west.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and Liu Zhengyan was not in this wave, because Liu Zhengyan had not received Zheng Zhi's reply, let alone sent people to keep an eye on Yanyun and Hebei. Zhe Keqiu looked at the letter, and his heart was already overturned.

The thing I don't want to meet is what I want to meet after all. Zheng Zhi drove the Jurchens to the Huanglong Mansion in this way, and Zheng Zhi led the army to the northwest so quickly.

This is the situation that worries him the most in the depths of his heart. There is often a theorem in the world called Murphy's Law. The more you worry about what you're afraid of, the more it will happen.

It is not impossible to analyze the problem in depth, nor is it without resourceful means. However, it is up to people to make things happen, and it depends on the will of God after all.

The letter was handed to Meng Lang on his trembling arm. Meng Lang was even more shocked, Zheng Zhi had already led the army to the northwest, this news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, making Meng Lang look up at the prince in front of him, unable to say a word.

After all, it was Zhi Keqiu who spoke first: "Zheng Zhi is already on the road, and with the speed of his march, he will definitely be able to reach Qin Feng within ten days." This matter should be considered in the long term and think of a way to deal with the aftermath. ”

The estimate is obviously not bad, and the messenger who inquired about the news must have set off at about the same time as Zheng Zhi, at most a day or two in advance, and rushed back all the way day and night. Zheng Zhi and his army would be able to reach Qin Feng within ten days at most.

Zhe Keqiu was obviously not ready to go to war with Zheng Zhi, and he didn't even have this idea in front of him. All the plans are just so that Zheng Zhi doesn't dare to start a war with himself easily. In this way, he will sit and watch the changes in the world, and he can advance and retreat in this northwest territory.

Such calculations, with this letter, became a failure.

When Meng Lang heard this, he hurriedly said: "Xianggong, now that the matter is over, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with the aftermath." That Zheng Zhi has always been a person who is good at killing, and he doesn't frown when he kills thousands of people. is ruthless, and will not let go of the husband easily. Instead of groveling and being restrained by him, it is better to turn the other cheek with him. There are also a lot of people under the command of Xiang Gong, and this Qinzhou has also been a place of four wars since ancient times, and the forts and cities are solid. What if Zheng Zhi comes? We are waiting to defend the front line of Qinzhou, Fengxiang, and Jingzhao, and he Zheng Zhi is here, and he can't attack it easily. If you turn your face with him, you can also get righteous support from the southern officials. What if I wait to compete with that Zheng Zhi? ”

Meng Lang is a little less resourceful than Zhekeqiu, but Meng Lang is obviously more open-minded than Zhekeqiu.

Zhi Keqiu thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "The righteousness of the southern official family is just a name, and it is not of any benefit to the actual situation of this matter. Zheng Zhi came from the east and had countless troops. War, defeat more and win less, is really a risky strategy, a careless, is a catastrophe from which there is no return. That's really not right. It's still time to think of a way to deal with the aftermath. ”

He was embarrassed, and his heart was churning, but he couldn't imagine why he fell into such a passive situation.

"Xianggong, Zheng Zhi will definitely not be able to let Xianggong go. Where is there any way to deal with the aftermath, the way to deal with the aftermath is nothing more than the face to face with Zheng Zhi, just endure humiliation, even... He even died on the spot. Think twice! Meng Lang thought to himself, if he was Zheng Zhi, he would not be able to let go of the prince.

Zhe Keqiu paced the start, frowning and thinking. He asked, "Do you think Zheng Zhi wants to go to war with someone?" ”

Meng Lang heard this question, and didn't know why, so he replied: "I don't know what the minister meant?" ”

Zhi Keqiu asked himself and answered: "If you want to come, Zheng Zhi doesn't want to go to war with a certain person, the Zhi family is deeply rooted in this northwest and flourishes, Zheng Zhi must also know that there are elite soldiers and strong generals when he comes back." Zheng Zhi has too many enemies, and he must not want to consume the elite under his command in this northwest. As long as Zheng Zhi doesn't want to start a war with a certain person for the time being, there is still a way to deal with the aftermath, and as for the future, he will look at the situation in the world. ”

I finally came up with an answer that I was satisfied with. The basis for this answer is that Zheng Zhi does not want to go to war with himself. Although there are a lot of people under Zheng Zhi's command, but there are not many elites who can really be used to attack the city and pull out the village, this is the idea that Zhen Keqiu is determined, he has not seen Zheng Zhilian's soldiers and horses, and he has not seen the great battles experienced by these soldiers and horses, and he doesn't know how the party and the Dadan people give Zheng Zhi their lives, and it is normal to think about it.

If Zheng Zhi wants to attack these Qinzhou and Fengzhou, it will inevitably be a bitter battle. Zheng Zhi, who has enemies in the north and south, must be reluctant to command the elite soldiers.

When Meng Lang heard this, he also thought about it a few times, and then said: "Xianggong, the truth is so. But if the prince does not meet that Zheng Zhi in person, Zheng Zhi will definitely refuse to expose it easily, and it is a matter of nine times out of ten to start a war. If Xianggong and Zheng Zhi meet, then Zheng Zhi sets a trap and other ways to kill Xianggong, what should he do? ”

Zhe Keqiu heard this, frowned, and said, "Since Zheng Zhi is here, I will wait for him here." Invite him to the border village to meet. If he invited someone out of the village, he would excuse Liu Zhengyan for wanting to murder Yu. In the affairs of the world, there must always be a reason. A certain Zheng Zhi is polite and courteous to him, that is, Zheng Zhi must first want to stop this Northwest Civil War, and then think about other things, if he wants a certain life, it is impossible. ”

Zhe Keqiu said that Zheng Zhi first wanted to stop the civil war in the northwest, which was right. Because of this northwest, no matter how to fight, you can't tell the winner in a short period of time, that is, the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, Zheng Zhi once took charge of the Western Army instead of the seed master, Zheng Zhi is also a native of Weizhou opposite Qinzhou, if the war starts, how can Weizhou, which is in the north of Dingbian Zhai, not be affected by the war? Zheng Zhi naturally didn't want to see such a scene.

Therefore, he had to ask for both men and cities, and guessed that Zheng Zhi was not willing to go to war with him, and felt that Zheng Zhi did not want this civil war in the Western Army. I felt more and more that Zheng Zhi couldn't do anything with himself.

When Meng Lang heard this, he always felt that there was something wrong with this conjecture. I had to nod and say, "Xianggong, then wait for him to come, and then respond to the situation." ”

What's wrong?

That's the difference between people. Zhe Keqiu thinks of Zheng Zhi as if he were himself. The difference between Zheng Zhi and Zhe Keqiu is that Zheng Zhi has always been decisive. I won't hesitate to do that.

After seven or eight days, Zheng Zhi finally arrived, crossed the Yellow River from Taiyuan to the west, passed through Yan'an Mansion, and went straight to Weizhou.

Liu Zhengyan received the news about four or five days ago, and he was even more eager to see through it in the past few days, so he sent people to the road early to greet him, because he was afraid that Zheng Zhi would not know that he was on the border between Qinzhou and Weizhou.

Seeing Zheng Zhi coming in the dust, Liu Zhengyan left the camp a few miles to greet him. Laughing on his face.

The two met on the road, and there was only one word of greeting to greet them, and Liu Zhengyan had already spoken: "His Royal Highness has returned to Qin Feng, and this Qin Feng has the backbone." Let those young people show their original forms and come to listen to His Highness's disposal. ”

Zheng Zhi smiled slightly when he heard this, and said: "Xiao Liu Xianggong has been in danger this time, so you should be more cautious in the future." ”

Liu Zhengyan's face turned red when he heard this, and he was a little embarrassed to say: "The mistake is only that I didn't listen to His Highness's words, and I should learn from it, and I will never make my own decisions in the future." Or is it more important to have a small life. ”

Liu Zhengyan's sentence is more important, and Zheng Zhi laughed a lot, and now Liu Zhengyan is not dead in the hands of the bold, which is also a happy thing.

I heard Zheng Zhi turn around and Niu Da and say: "Send someone to Dingbian Village to shout, just say that a certain has arrived, please ask to go out of the city for a while." ”

The cow nature galloped away with a team of fast horses and flags.

Liu Zhengyan replied: "Your Highness, how dare you go out of the city now, this thief will definitely resist stubbornly, and when you get to the camp, Your Highness will wash your face first and eat some food." After listening to His Royal Highness's orders for military affairs, he fought with one and killed this wolf-hearted man, so that he could relieve his hatred and Qin Fengfang be stable. ”

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he just shook his head and said: "Although it is a wolf's heart, the soldiers are all their own brothers, and they should not die at the hands of Paoze." ”

Liu Zhengyan was stunned when he heard this, obviously he didn't understand what Zheng Zhi meant, and it was impossible to get out of the city and die by himself. So if you don't start a war, how can you hold this detached wolf's heart and dog's lungs?

"Your Highness, to reason with that dog thief is to play the harp to the ox. Only killing can let him know how powerful. Liu Zhengyan said.

"Killing is naturally to be killed, so it depends on how to kill. Go, follow a certain person to the camp and wait for the answer that can be sought. Zheng Zhi said as he urged the horses forward.

But it was to get the city wall early, and I watched the ironclad horses in the distance enter the camp outside the Dingbian village one by one, with tens of thousands of people. Even before he turned his head, he also sent someone to explore again, and behind this army, there were still 20,000 iron horsemen on the road.

Sure enough, as expected, the first thing Zheng Zhi did when he arrived was to ask for a break out of the city.

The folds on the head of the city can be begged, and when I heard the shouting of the cows under the city, I naturally answered a high-sounding one. said that Liu Zhengyan misunderstood him, and the things in it were not what Liu Zhengyan thought, and they were all misunderstandings. I was also afraid that Liu Zhengyan would retaliate because of a misunderstanding.

I want to invite Zheng Zhi to enter the border village for a while, and I can ask to explain the events of that day to Zheng Zhi in person, there are witnesses and physical evidence, and I will definitely be able to explain it. It will be able to solve the tension between the two sides.

When Niu Da heard this, he turned back his horse and entered the camp tent. Zheng Zhi is picking up a dough cake and sending it to his mouth.

Niu Da entered the door and reported: "Prince, Zhe Keqiu said that he did not dare to go out of the city, for fear that Liu Xianggong would retaliate against him, saying that it was all a misunderstanding, and I wanted to invite the prince to enter the border village for a while. Please also ask the prince to decide. ”