Su Qin smiled, he turned back to sit down behind the handsome case, and then also raised his hand to signal Zhou Shao to sit down and speak.

Su Qin replied: "General Zhou is wounded, and I don't dare to let you go to the front line again in a short time." Moreover, this time our army learned the lessons of the first phase of the operation and arranged it separately, so that everyone did not know the actions of other people. Therefore, I did not inform General Zhou of you. ”

Zhou Shao's face was full of urgency, and he sighed and said: "The last general's body has almost recovered, I can participate in combat operations, I hope the prime minister will see my heart to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and quickly assign me a task." ”

Su Qin nodded and said, "This second phase of the operation has just completed the first step, and now the Qin army is like a turtle in an urn, trapped by us in Michi. In this second step, we will join forces to march from Xipi, Jiaoyang, Shangguan and Baishi to besiege Michi. ”

As soon as Zhou Shao heard that there was still hope for participating in the battle, the eagerness on his face eased a little, and he said hatefully: "The last will be seriously injured by the Qin army, and he almost gave up his life." But I really don't accept them, and I must find the people of Qin to take revenge to comfort my heart. ”

Su Qin looked at Zhou Shao's expression, and knew that he was eager for revenge, and decided to give him a task, but he was not worried about Zhou Shao's body, so he asked: "General Zhou was seriously injured some time ago, and I don't know if he can afford to participate in the battle now?" ”

After Zhou Shao heard this, he pulled open the robe on his chest in front of Su Qin, revealing a series of sword scars, and replied: "The injuries suffered by the last general are all in the flesh and skin, and they have not hurt the muscles and bones, so they will get better quickly." If the prime minister doesn't believe it, you can see for yourself. ”

Su Qin smiled secretly in his heart, he hurriedly waved his hand, let Zhou Shao cover his clothes, and said, "That's very good." Next, we divided our troops to attack, but there was still a lack of a general in the direction of Shangguan City, so you went there with the general order and the seal letter, and commanded the soldiers of the combined column alliance army who remained in Shangguan City to attack in the direction of Mianchi City. ”

Zhou Shao stood up all of a sudden, and replied: "The last general is willing to go, please give an order to the prime minister immediately." ”

Su Qin waved his hand again and asked Zhou Shao to sit down, he said: "Let's divide our troops to attack and act in unison, the date is tentatively scheduled for the day after tomorrow, General Zhou, don't worry, you will naturally be indispensable when the time comes." ”

Zhou Shao saw Su Qin waving his hand again, he also realized his recklessness, and hurriedly sat down again, grinning shamefully.

Su Qin explained to Zhou Shao a few more precautions for attacking the direction of Michi from Shangguan City, and then Zhou Shao was in a hurry to go back to the camp to pack up his things and prepare to leave for Shangguan City. Su Qin didn't keep it, because he still had an important thing to do.

After Zhou Shao left, Su Qin sent someone to call two heralds and ordered: "You immediately go to the Wei army, find Duan Qi, the chief general of the Wei army, and order him to lead his troops to retreat to the west." ”

When the two heralds heard Su Qin's order, they looked at each other, and they couldn't believe their ears, and they said in their hearts: "We heard it right, how can we let the Wei army that has already set off retreat again?" ”

Su Qin looked at the herald expressionlessly, and the two heralds saw that Su Qin had no intention of reversing the order. Only then did they realize that the order they had received had been solemnly given by the commander, and the two turned to give the order.

When the herald brought Su Qin's order to the Wei army and conveyed it to Duan Qi, the chief general of the Wei army, Duan Qi's expression was exactly the same as when the herald first heard the order, with a look of surprise and surprise.

Duan Qi couldn't believe it, and asked coldly, "Is what you said true?" Did the boss really let our Wei army retreat to Xipi? ”

Both heralds nodded and replied in unison, "That's what the boss said." ”

Duan Qi also heard the victory reports from Jiaoyang City and Baishi City, and he also thought: "This can be regarded as a relief, it turns out that our Wei army is not going to die." ”

Duan Qi no longer complained that Su Qin sent him to open in advance, but he also hoped that he could lead the Wei army as the vanguard of the Qin army besieging Michi City, how beautiful it would be. It's no wonder that everyone is easy to take advantage of, and there are few people who go to the difficulty, and it's just common sense.

However, the commander-in-chief order announced by the herald of the Chinese army was to let the Wei army retreat, and Duan Qi was a little unhappy in his heart, so he coldly questioned the order announced by the herald. When he heard the herald's affirmative answer, Duan Qi was so angry that he slammed off the book in his hand and let out a long snort.

Every bit of his performance was seen by the heralds, and they didn't say anything, but they inevitably thought a lot in their hearts: "General Duan, why is this?" The commander of the day ordered him to lead the Wei army to take the lead and start ahead of schedule, and he was very unhappy. Now that he is not allowed to take the lead, and orders him to retreat backwards, he is still unhappy. That's a weird thing! ”

Of course, the heralds couldn't understand what Duan Qi was thinking, and one of them was a little older and said, "Our order has been conveyed to General Duan, and the younger ones have to rush back to repeat their orders." ”

As he spoke, he tugged at the sleeve of the other herald and left the Wei army's camp together. After the two returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, the older herald had the courage to tell Su Qin his expression when he heard the order out of dissatisfaction with Duan Qi.

After hearing this, Su Qin couldn't help frowning. At the same time, I secretly felt that the decision I had made was the right one.

He originally thought that there was a traitor Lu Ji in the Wei army, and Lu Ji might not have many of his accomplices hidden by his side. If the reckless land still allows the Wei army to take the lead, what kind of accidents will occur under the city of Mianchi, and the great opportunity will be lost.

Because of this concern, Su Qin decided to transfer the Wei army back to Xipi and serve as the palace force of the coalition army.

He wanted to personally lead all the 30,000 soldiers of the Qi State, plus the nearly 20,000 soldiers left in the Xipi by the Zhao State, a total of 50,000 troops as the main force of the frontal attack on the Qin army, and go to the west to gather under the city of Mianchi with the other three-way coalition forces, and "hunt" the Qin army led by Sima Cuo.

Su Qin thought that there was not much to worry about in the other three routes, the coalition Zhao troops that set out from Jiaoyang City to attack Michi were led by Ning Jun, the troops from Shangguan City were led by Zhou Shao, and those from Baishi City were led by Qu Xin, and he could trust these people.

However, the situation in the Wei military camp is unclear, and he still needs to be cautious, at least he should first get rid of Lu Ji and his henchmen in order to rest assured. Su Qin didn't expect that this arrangement would anger Duan Qi.

He frowned and thought for a moment, then smiled again, he felt that he was worrying too much. It doesn't matter if Duan Qigao is unhappy, the dog can't change to eat, the wolf can't change to eat meat, with the consistent performance of the Wei army's first rat at both ends, why should he think about them more.