Yan then defended the generals, he said what was in everyone's hearts, the reason why everyone was late was not because he was used to Su Qin listening to the guests of Fengxuan's banquet, gathering to celebrate, singing and dancing.

After Su Qin heard this, he was angry and laughed in his heart, and thought: "I have treated you really well, and you have developed the problem of being lazy and slack, greedy for pleasure. ”

He couldn't help but curse a few more words, but he didn't punish them. Ning Jun couldn't see it, he felt that if Su Qin didn't take decisive measures, with such military discipline and military appearance, the soldiers would undoubtedly go to death.

Ning Jun's face was solemn, and he said: "All the generals are my colleagues, so I shouldn't say anything, but if we indulge in such enjoyment for a long time, I am afraid that everyone will go to the battlefield again, and they will only wait for the enemy to kill us." ”

"I dare to advise everyone, the Qin army is powerful and powerful, and the military discipline is strict, and we must not take it lightly. Don't get carried away by a few small victories, thinking that the Qin army is vulnerable, I'm afraid it will suffer a big loss. ”

Ning Jun's words were also said to Su Qin, he and the generals were in the same mood and recent situation, and they lacked due vigilance against the impending crisis.

Su Qin listened to what Ning Jun said, his face was red and white for a while, and he couldn't hang it up, but Ning Jun was his good friend, and he couldn't turn his face on the spot, so he said to him: "General Ning has been in the Qin army for many years and has rich experience, so the generals should listen to his advice more." ”

Su Qin then explained to the generals the military situation in Michi, South Korea, and he encouraged the generals: "The Qin army in Michi is just a fake momentum, which general is willing to lead the troops to help Korea?" ”

After he finished speaking, he looked around at the generals, waiting for the generals to leap out of the ranks as before, scrambling to establish the first merit. However, the outcome was quite unexpected.

The generals were divided into two columns in the hall on the first floor of Tingfeng Xuan, on the north side were Qi general Yan Sui, Wei general Lu Ji and others, and on the south side were Zhou Shao, the governor of Zhao State's Prime Minister's Mansion, Chu general Jingfeng and others, nearly a dozen generals were in the hall, but none of them rushed out of the queue.

Ning Jun, who was sitting on Su Qin's side, saw that the generals either looked at each other, or lowered their heads and did not speak. Su Qin sat there awkwardly, his face flushed with shame.

Of course Ning Jun understands: This is the inevitable consequence of pampering, he has already guessed today's ending, but Su Qin is just a fan of the authorities.

Ning Jun saw that Su Qin couldn't get off the stage, so he found him a step and said: "The prime minister should still send a task, the generals are in a hurry and don't know the inside story, so they hesitate." ”

Su Qin was originally a smart person, of course, he immediately understood the intention of Ning Jun's advice, he coughed twice, concealed his unhappiness, and then issued an order:

"Zhao General Zhou Shao and Wei General Lu Ji listened to the order: I order the two of you to lead five hundred soldiers, Zhou Shao is the main general, and Lu Ji is the deputy general, and immediately go to the account of Han Hou Han Gu with the Korean doctor Shen Zhi to obey the order, and go to Mianchi to engage in the battle, there must be no mistake."

After Zhou Shao heard the general's order, he immediately went out of the queue and replied happily: "The last general Zhou Shao received the order, and I will strictly obey the order of the prime minister and never give up." ”

Wei General Lu Ji was not very happy, he pouted to the others around him, rubbed for a while, and then stood out of the queue, but there was still weakness in his mouth, and replied: "The last general will take the order." ”

Su Qin saw Lu Ji's reluctance, but he thought, "Your Wei State has taken a big advantage in the Battle of Anyi, and now it's time for you to make a difference." ”

Therefore, he did not change his orders, and still insisted that Wei follow all his more than 200 soldiers, plus Zhou Shao's subordinates, under the joint leadership of Zhou Shao and Lü Ji, to go to the front line of Michi.

Su Qin originally planned to arrange for everyone to have lunch together at noon after listening to the discussion with the generals in the morning, drink a few glasses of wine, and see off the generals who went to the front line of Mianchi by the way. But so many unpleasant things have happened, where can he be in any good mood to entertain the generals.

After assigning the task, Su Qin waved his hand and said: "The military plane has been completed, the generals have dispersed, and in the future, we must train the soldiers and horses diligently." I don't want to see what happened this morning. If you do it again in the future, don't blame me for being polite. ”

The generals didn't get lunch to eat, and some people felt guilty for being late, like Yan Sui, Zhou Shao and other generals who came all the way with Su Qin; Some people have opinions in their hearts, thinking that Su Qin is stingy, like Wei general Lu Ji, Chu general Jing Feng and other princes and generals who came to the scene.

Su Qin glanced at Ning Jun and asked him to stay for a while, and Ning Jun sat in his seat and didn't move. Su Qin regarded him as a confidant and friend, so when he lectured the generals and announced the general orders just now, everyone else stood in line and obeyed the orders, but Ning Jun set up a seat to entertain him.

However, Ning Jun can also be regarded as a close friend who really thinks about him, he not only delayed his marriage in Qi State and let Tian Lin wait in Linzi for another year, but also repeatedly ignored Su Qin's disgust and gave him advice to keep a clear head. If it weren't for the fact that the two of them had lived and died together many times, Su Qin would really have a bad opinion of Ning Jun.

When all the generals came out of Tingfeng Xuan, Ning Jun said: "I see that Wei general Lu Ji is very reluctant, why did Ji Zi still let him go?" ”

Su Qin told Ning Jun what he had just thought of to let Wei Guo contribute, but Ning Jun had a different opinion, he said: "What Ji Zi thinks is certainly in line with the principle of balance, but if there is a priority, these people will not play a role at all. ”

Su Qin smiled and said: "Because of this, I sent them there, I estimate that there will be no major battles on the Mianchi front, it is already late winter, and spring will come in another month, and the Qin army will soon withdraw to Hangu Pass." ”

Ning Jun shook his head, his face was very worried, and he persuaded: "I think it's better to call Zhou Shao back and tell him a few words, otherwise, he won't know what to do with the critical situation that arises." ”

Su Qin looked at Ning Jun and found that Ning Jun was particularly worried, in order to appease Ning Jun, he asked the person in charge of the herald to follow the colonel to chase Zhou Shao and call him back to discuss the matter.

As soon as Zhou Shao walked to the door of Mingjian Garden, he received Su Qin's instruction to listen to Feng Xuan, and he turned around and came back with doubts.

Su Qin instructed his subordinates to prepare lunch for the three of them, and he, Ning Jun and Zhou Shao discussed the military situation while having lunch.

Su Qin instructed Zhou Shao: "On this trip to Mianchi, you must pay close attention to the development of the war on the front line, and your main task is to observe the military situation, not to participate in the battle." ”

Zhou Shao bowed and clenched his fists to receive the order. Ning Jun was not worried about his future, and specially advised: "Once you realize that the situation may get out of control, immediately send someone to send a message back to Luoyang, and don't delay the matter." Zhou Shao also agreed.

Zhou Shao and Wei General Lu Ji were taken by Dr. Shen Zhi of South Korea in the afternoon and went to Mianchi to help. At this time, Han Hou had gathered nearly 100,000 troops, led by Xu Mu, the Korean captain, and arrived at Sogo City on the outskirts of Michi.

As soon as Zhou Shao joined Xu Mu, he heard good news from the front line of Michi: Li Qi, the defender of Shangguancheng in South Korea, led the soldiers and civilians in the city to defeat the tenth attack of the Qin State, and the Qin State had no decent siege action in five days.

Zhou Shao immediately sent someone to bring the good news back to Su Qin's mansion in Luoyang City, and Su Qin was overjoyed when he heard the news. He specially called Ning Jun and asked him to read the letter written by Zhou Shao, although Ning Jun was a little skeptical, but he was also happy about it: after all, if there was no war in Michi, it would be excellent news for the eastern princes.

Hanhou Han Gu also received the good news that Xu Mu had returned to Xinzheng, and he learned that Li Qi of Shangguan City had a good way of guarding the city, and specially rewarded him with a hundred gold, plus ten horses of silk and one hundred stones of rice. Other Shangguancheng soldiers who have made meritorious contributions have promised to reward them according to the merit book in the future.

Because Shangguan City was surrounded, Han Hou could not deliver the reward to Li Qi's hands, so he sent officials to deliver the property to Li Qi's house and put it in the hands of his parents, wife and children.

Han Hou ordered Xu Mu to try to send the news of the reward to Shangguan City, and after discussing with his confidant generals, Xu Mu came up with a plan.

He sent a team of ten people, put on the armor of the Qin soldiers, dressed up as the Qin army, and secretly mixed up with Shangguan City. Later, he chose the opportunity to connect with the defenders in the city, and slipped into Shangguan City at night.

Li Qi was overjoyed when he saw the team sent by Xu Mu, and he immediately gathered the soldiers and announced Han Hou's reward to everyone. The soldiers shouted: "Long live! Long live you! "The morale of the army was greatly boosted by the commendation.

However, at night, Li Qi secretly called the leader of the squad to the inner room of the Chinese army's big tent. Li Qi had already retracted his happy face at this time, and turned worried.

He told the leader of the detachment the actual situation in the city: they were almost cut off from food and grass, and because of secrecy, there were still few people who knew about the city's defenders, but because the ration had been reduced in recent days, more and more people guessed the inside story.

In the future, once the grain and grass are completely exhausted, I am afraid that before the enemy comes to attack, the soldiers and civilians in Shangguan City will have to starve to death, and then it will be an empty word to talk about defending the city.

Li Qirang the detachment, still wearing the Qin army's uniforms, and under the cover of night, went out of the city to report the actual situation in the city to Han Gu, the marquis, and Xu Mu, the Tai Lieutenant, and asked them to organize troops to come to the rescue within a month. Otherwise, Shangguan City will not be able to protect it.

The leader of the detachment was entrusted by Li Qi to follow the original method again, disguise himself, and bring back the news from the front line in Shangguancheng.

Because it was not easy to shuttle back and forth in the camp of the Qin State, it was not easy to cover people's eyes and ears, so by the time the team brought back the news, more than ten days had passed.

When Han Hou Han Gu and Tai Lieutenant Xu Mu received the news brought back by the team, they were dumbfounded, their estimation of the situation was too optimistic. It seems that the Qin State has adopted a new strategy towards Shangguancheng: they are besieging but not attacking, not retreating in fear.