Qu Xin's heart fell into his stomach at this time, and he said: "That's good, we finally fulfilled our mission and successfully completed this mission." It was probably the most thrilling long march I've ever experienced. ”

Zhou Shao was amazed that Qu Xin led the Hezong army to return with almost no troops. He asked, "I've always been concerned about your safety." How General Qu got rid of those tiger and wolf pursuers, tell me quickly. ”

Qu Xin said modestly: "A trivial matter is not enough to worry about. However, a pocket formation was set up in the middle, and the tactics of crossbow shooting and flank outflanking were used to kill 10,000 or 20,000 Lin Wolf cavalry. ”

When Zhou Shao heard this, his eyes widened in surprise, and he said: "Oh, my God, you killed the 20,000 wolf cavalry of the Linhu tribe with 30,000 columns at once, and you said it was a trivial matter." If you want to talk about the majesty of the wolf cavalry, which Central Plains prince is not frightened when he hears the wind. These people are all good knights in a hundred, known as brave men who are ten in one. ”

Qu Xin was very disapproving, and replied: "War cannot be won by bravery and physical strength alone, it is better to fight wits than strength, those who fight strength lose, and those who fight wisdom win, this is the law of iron." Those who revel in the fierceness and ferocity of the blood can only be poor worms who are commanded and slaughtered, and those who are keen on it are also fools with limited intelligence. There are so many ways to deal with fools, it's too easy. ”

Qu Xin talked about Ning Douzhi's lack of strength, and Zhou Shao suddenly remembered the third trick that Su Qin handed over to Qu Xin for safekeeping before they left, and he asked: "Prime Minister Su's third trick, I don't know if General Qu can use it, I don't know what was written?" ”

Qu Xin smiled and thought, "This Zhou Shao is really curious, and he has probably been thinking about getting a glimpse." ”

Qu Xin replied: "Before leaving, I promised General Zhou that I would only open the bag when the two of us were present at the same time. I've kept it all the time, and I haven't opened it. ”

As he spoke, he dug into his arms for a while, and pulled out the bag that looked a little crumpled. Because Qu Xin has been busy commanding the troops to fight and walk, he has not closed his eyes for a day and a night, and the bag will inevitably be crumpled in his robe.

However, the fire paint sealed by the brocade was still intact, and Qu Xin gestured to Zhou Shao and said, "Look, this is not intact." ”

Zhou Shao was curious, stretched out his hand, and wanted to take the bag, but suddenly thought that it was rude to do so, he retracted his hand again, and said: "Hey, I'm just curious about what's in the bag, when it's extremely urgent, in fact, General Qu, you take it out and take a look, what's the matter." ”

He kept muttering, "You don't have to be so careful, just look at it." But as he spoke, his eyes kept glued to his bag.

Qu Xin sneered and thought to himself, "You are not in a hurry in your mouth, but you are in a hurry, can't I still see it?" ”

He simply completed Zhou Shao, handed him the bag, and said, "This is the last bag of the most beautiful one, or General Zhou personally opened it to see." ”

Zhou Shao was humble at first, but Qu Xin repeatedly pushed him back, and he couldn't hold back his curiosity later, took it over, tore open the seal of the fire paint, and then took out a small white silk handkerchief from the brocade bag.

On top of the silk handkerchief, only a dozen words were written, "The most dangerous place is to fight wits rather than strength." Those who fight outwits win, and those who fight with martial arts lose. ”

In just a dozen words, Zhou Shao read it for a quarter of an hour, he didn't understand the exact meaning of this passage very well, what kind of wit is not fighting, how to fight wit, how to fight power, isn't it very vague?

Zhou Shao returned the bag to Qu Xin and said, "What kind of trick is this, I don't understand." Let's see, does this wit trick work? ”

Qu Xin had actually caught a glimpse of a few of the words, and when he saw the so-called words of fighting wits and fighting strength, he understood Su Qin's intentions. Su Qin's intention was to warn them to be cool-headed when they encountered a critical situation, and as for the specific command and disposition on the battlefield, it was still up to the generals on the front line to make their own judgments and trade-offs.

Qu Xin thought to himself: "This Prime Minister Su may still think that he is too young and not calm and mature enough, so he has repeatedly told him in this third bag." ”

However, Prime Minister Su still did not estimate the extent to which Qu Xin's extremely painful life experience made him mature and stable. Qu Xin went from being forced to leave the motherland to losing a happy family, how could he be as reckless and uncalm as a hairy young man who had just been involved in the world!

Qu Xin smiled slightly, and put the bag back into his arms. Zhou Shao smiled at him, and felt that Qu Xin had understood the intention of the third bag, so he was in a hurry, so he asked Qu Xin to say: "What is the mystery here, you just tell me, with the friendship between the two of us, and the brothers who share life and death and weal and suffering, what else do you have to hide." ”

Qu Xin replied: "I think the prime minister's so-called strategy of fighting wits is to let the two of us adapt to the situation at the most critical moment, hide if we can, hide if we can, fight if we can win, and retreat if we can't win." He deliberately didn't say anything too deadly, so that we could figure out the solution to the problem according to our local conditions. ”

Zhou Shao said "oh", he actually didn't understand it a little, but Qu Xin had already explained for a long time, and he couldn't say bluntly that he didn't understand, so he nodded carelessly.

He didn't think about it: Qu Xin managed to get rid of the pursuers without even reading the third tip, and in the battle of Panlong Plateau, he wiped out most of the most elite troops of the Linhu tribe, which was really improvised. After this battle, the young general Qu Xin quickly grew into a rare general with both wisdom and bravery.

After Qu Xin and Zhou Shao joined forces, they led the more than 30,000 columns to return to Cishan City. According to Su Qin's intentions, the 50,000 troops he brought out from the Mianchi battlefield were only stationed in Cishan to protect the Huanshui Conference of the Hezhong Alliance with military might, and it was inconvenient for these troops to enter Handan directly, so as not to cause unnecessary panic and suspicion among the Zhao government and the opposition.

After they settled their troops in Cishan, they led all the soldiers who had made great contributions in front of Huotai Mountain, under Jinyang City, and on Panlong Plateau, and rushed to Handan together, and assigned their lives to Su Qin according to the original plan.

Su Qin had already received the military situation reported by the messenger sent by Qu Xin, and specially held a banquet in the peach garden that day, and he wanted to personally pick up the wind and wash the dust for the two generals.