Zhou Shao chuckled a few times and said to his subordinates: "This Lin Jackal cavalry is not as elusive and unguardable as the legend says, in my opinion, as long as they grasp their weaknesses, they are just some straw bales that are easy to deal with and vain. ”

Seeing that Zhou Shao was so happy and confident, the guards under his command were also inspired to be confident, and they responded to Zhou Shao's bold words. Taking advantage of the vast night, this group of people beat their horses and whips and ran in the direction of Jiyi City.

In the afternoon of the same day, Qu Xin led the more than 10,000 soldiers of the column army to Jiyi City, thirty miles south of Jinyang, and he was actually worried about the situation in Jinyang City. Because he left early, Qu Xin didn't see the siege of Jinyang City, but he faintly felt the potential crisis, and his heart was very unsteady.

Qu Xin waited restlessly for the news from Jinyang City, according to his agreement with Zhou Shao, there should be a close exchange of information between Jinyang and Jiyi, so that they could cooperate with the action and deal with various changes on the battlefield.

However, in the middle of the night, Qu Xin still did not see the messenger from Jinyang City, and his heart was even more worried. He guessed that there should have been an unexpected emergency under Jinyang City, otherwise, a messenger would be sent from there to reach Jiyi on horseback in less than half an hour according to the normal riding speed.

"If it weren't for the inconvenience of sending a messenger, how could there be no message so late?" Qu Xin paced back and forth in his tent, his face full of anxiety.

When it was late at night, Qu Xin was even more anxious, he walked out of the camp tent, and was about to summon the school guards in charge of reconnaissance in the army to let them go to Jinyang City to check the reality, but there was a sudden noise outside the camp gate.

Qu Xin stared at it, and it didn't take long for him to see Zhou Shao walking towards his big tent from the door. The two met outside the big tent and greeted each other, and Qu Xin invited Zhou Shao to sit in the big tent.

Before Zhou Shao could sit down, he hurriedly introduced the tense situation in Jinyang City to Qu Xin, and said, "Now that it has reached such an urgent moment, can you open the second bag that Prime Minister Su Cheng handed over to you for safekeeping?" ”

Qu Xin looked at Zhou Shao and replied: "It's okay to open it, but the crown prince is besieged in Jinyang City, I'm afraid Prime Minister Su may not have expected it, I'm afraid we still have to make our own decisions." ”

Zhou Shao hurriedly said: "Don't care if it fits the current situation, just open it and talk about it after reading it." You can't lose it. ”

Qu Xin glanced at Zhou Shao and thought, "For no reason, how can you say that I lost the bag?" As for it, because I didn't let you keep the tips, I have been haunted until now. ”

wanted to think about it, but Qu Xin didn't want to argue with Zhou Shao and cause another incident. He also knew that Zhou Shao was not malicious, and he was used to speaking so straightforwardly, especially in front of acquaintances.

I just heard him say that at the head of Jinyang City, the crepe and sour Zhao Xi were all counted, and only a straightforward military general like Zhou Shao could do it, and Qu Xin himself felt very relieved.

Qu Xin took out the second bag from the inner room behind the big tent, and then opened it in front of Zhou Shao, he deliberately said: "You can see clearly, this bag is still intact, I opened it at your request on the spot, don't blame me for making my own decisions in the future." ”

Zhou Shao looked at the bag with a blank eye, and found that Qu Xin was still playing with himself, he couldn't bear the eagerness in his heart, stepped forward and snatched the bag, and said, "What do you have to say, where have I complained that you made your own decisions." Just kidding when you go, you're really going to heart. Narrow-minded! ”

After Zhou Shao took the bag himself, he carefully opened it and took out a small piece of silk book from it. I saw that there was a very small text on it, and Su Qin's instructions were written.

In this bag, Su Qin really did what Qu Xin said, predicting that the prince would be besieged in Jinyang City, but he explained the direction of the battle of the Hezong army at the time of crisis, according to his opinion, when the Hezong army was in this situation, it should first start from the Lin Hu people, and use the two strategies of the suspicious soldiers and the proud soldiers together, so as to open the gap from the crisis and successfully break the situation.

When Zhou Shao first saw it, he didn't know what was going on, he frowned, and said to himself: "There is nothing useful in this." ”

Qu Xin took the bag from Zhou Shao's hand, and he looked at it carefully three times, concentrating on the deep meaning. The so-called "Hu is lacking" on the silk book, as well as the so-called "suspicious soldiers" and "proud soldiers", are indeed difficult to understand thoroughly.

Zhou Shao saw that Qu Xin didn't speak, he was a little anxious, so he asked: "General Qu, you have also seen this second bag, can you see what the way is?" ”

Qu Xin let out an "um" and did not answer Zhou Shao immediately. Although Zhou Shao was anxious, seeing Qu Xin's solemnity, it was inconvenient for him to be overly impatient, so he also pondered it carefully.

Qu Xin thought for a long time, he didn't directly say his thoughts, but asked Zhou Shaodao: "What does General Zhou think of the suspicious and arrogant soldiers in this bag?" ”

Zhou Shao hadn't figured it out yet, he said: "I don't see anything famous, if you have a claim, say it quickly, don't make a fool of yourself." ”

Qu Xin is very young, but since he went through the battle of Michi, he was secretly calculated by Xiong Huai, the prince of Chu who was still the prince of Chu at the time, and has now ascended the throne, and his father was later assassinated in the unknown public, and he suddenly grew up and was no longer so impulsive and naïve.

Therefore, Qu Xin first asked Zhou Shao, who was much older than him, to take the opinion, which is also polite, but without politeness, when dealing with people, is there less to lose? Moreover, Zhou Shao is a native of Zhao State, and he is a general in exile in Chu State, so of course he must first seek the opinion of this local general.

Qu Xin saw that Zhou Shao really didn't come up with a good plan, so he also expressed his opinion, he said: "I thought about it seriously and thought about it again, the so-called suspicious soldiers and proud soldiers, specifically in this battle of Jinyang, is it to make the soldiers of the Central Plains princes doubtful, and make the Lin Jackal cavalry arrogant, and if the two cooperate, we can gain the initiative on the battlefield?" ”

Zhou Shao heard Qu Xin's suggestion, and he also understood some of the clues, indeed, if the suspicious soldiers and the proud soldiers were mixed together, of course, it would be a mess, but if they were used on different enemies, they could receive unexpected results.

Zhou Shao hurriedly replied: "General Qu is reasonable. I watched the enemy at the head of the city, and found that the camp outside the east gate of Jinyang City was the camp of the Central Plains princes, and the swords and spears of those people were clearly the Qin system, although they wore the clothes of the Linhu people, but after all, this weapon could not be concealed, and the horse's feet were exposed. ”

"The wolf cavalry of the Lin Hu people stationed outside the south gate of Jinyang is camped, and the hideous-looking wolf head on their military flag is the most obvious evidence. That's why I passed quietly tonight from the self-proclaimed invincible but negligent and arrogant wolf cavalry. ”

Qu Xin listened carefully and interjected, "What about the other two gates?" I'm afraid there are enemies stationed there, too. ”

Zhou Shao introduced: "The number of troops stationed in the west and north is small, and it seems that they are all soldiers of the Wei State, and it is the weakest place to defend it. ”

Qu Xin nodded and said, "It seems that the defense is weak, but it may be a hidden mystery. Are they hoping that the crown prince Zhao Yong will break out from the west or north? ”

Zhou Shao felt that it made sense, he slapped his thigh and responded: "I think this is exactly the case, the prince is going out from the west or north, and he still has to take a detour to the east or south, so that he can return to Handan." But once he leaves Jinyang City and is exposed to the wild, then he is not a rabbit chased by a falcon and slaughtered by others? ”

He scolded: "Such villains, scheming, really insidious and vicious, obviously want us to be deceived." But they underestimate our ingenuity. “

Qu Xin pursed his lips and smiled, he was amused by Zhou Shao's scolding, and he continued: "Since we can see that they are deliberately seducing us, then we will also return the favor with others, and also tempt them with a false trick. ”

Zhou Shao asked: "What kind of trick, you say it and listen to it." ”

Qu Xin then said: "From General Zhou's introduction just now, I can see that what the enemy is most afraid of is that the prince and the troops of the joint column army broke through directly from the east gate, followed the main road, and went straight to Zhending City. Then, we simply sent a small force out of the east gate to lure the Qin army stationed there to cover our real breakthrough direction. This is the so-called suspicious tactic. ”

He continued: "As for the strategy of the arrogant soldiers, we will use it on the Narin Jackal Cavalry to discipline them to be self-righteous and fall into the trap. ……”

When Zhou Shao heard this, he couldn't help nodding his head and praised, and said: "General Qu is very reasonable, with Prime Minister Su's clever plan, coupled with our flexible use on the spot, this crisis of Jinyang being trapped can be easily solved." ”

Qu Xin and Zhou Shao carefully looked at the map of Jinyang, and carefully planned and arranged it bit by bit. In the face of such a powerful enemy, they dare not take it lightly.

In the middle of the night, Zhou Shao and Qu Xin had made up their minds, so they led their entourage and returned to Jinyang City from the same way.

The next morning, when the sky was just dawning and Zhou Shao was still asleep, Zhao Xi came to visit in a hurry. He worked hard all night last night, and in the morning, he was in a sweet dream, and he was disturbed by Zhao Xi, and he was a little impatient.

Zhou Shao hesitated for half an hour before coming out of the inner room to see Zhao Xi. Zhao Xi was already waiting restlessly in the hall, he saw Zhou Shao come out with his sleepy eyes, and thought: "You are such a big shelf, no matter how you say it, my official rank is two or three levels higher than yours, but now I don't talk about any affection and etiquette, let me wait here for so long." ”