Su Qin noticed that Duan Qi's expression was very unhappy, and saw Duan Qi glaring at Lu Ji fiercely, which clearly meant that: "What kind of person are you, you came here to point fingers." There's no place for you to speak here. ”

But in front of the coach Su Qin, Duan Qi didn't dare to scold Lu Ji openly, so he could only look cold. Su Qin looked at Lu Ji again and found that Lu Ji didn't take Duan Qi's anger seriously at all. He went his own way, pretending that he didn't notice Duan Qi's cold face at all.

Lu Ji then said: "I don't know when the prime minister wants our Wei army to set off, so let's prepare." ”

Su Qin didn't allow Duan Qi to interject again, and hurriedly followed Lu Ji's words, saying, "I order you to set off immediately after lunch today, and there must be no mistake!" ”

Lu Ji's help was for his own purposes, but he also helped Su Qin, and he took the opportunity to give Duan Qi and other Wei generals the order to set off. Duan Qi was dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to resist the boss's order on the spot, so he had to take the order and return.

Although the Wei army was slow and slow, it still set up camp in the afternoon of the same day, advanced more than 30 miles in the direction of Mianchi, and settled there.

When the soldiers of the Wei army reported their difficulties to Duan Qi, Duan Qi was not angry, and replied indignantly: "You can settle as much as you like, anyway, we won't stay here for long, maybe in a day or two we will continue to advance to Mianchi City." ”

Most of the soldiers looked at the grunting general in a daze, and they didn't know why he was so unhappy. In fact, Duan Qi has another layer of consideration in his heart, but it is not enough for outsiders. He thought: "Maybe our troops who have been deployed in front of us will be counterattacked by the Qin army, and then we will run backwards, who can take care of the camp?" ”

Lu Ji found out Duan Qi's dissatisfaction, of course, he was even more excited, and he was probably the only one in the entire Wei army camp who was happy with a few of his relatives. Lu Ji's happiness was not unreasonable, he suddenly arranged it forward, away from the headquarters of the joint alliance, which was more convenient to report to the Qin army in Mianchi City.

At the same time, the slackness of the Wei army's military spirit did not pose any threat to the Qin army, and attacking Michi with this kind of military strength was tantamount to sending sheep into the tiger's mouth, and the Qin army would definitely win. ”

Su Qin sent the Wei army on the road, and he didn't turn around and return to the Chinese army's big tent until he saw that the Wei army's most rearmost logistics baggage troops had also turned over the mountain pass. As soon as Su Qin entered the tent, he ordered the Chinese army guards to summon the two most powerful messengers from the coalition headquarters.

Su Qin himself found a map of the Michi area from the inner room, on which he had already marked and attached a letter to give a detailed description of the battle. This map and letter were sent to General Qu Xin in Shangguan City on a fast horse by a powerful messenger. The letter was urgent, because it was about the next step in the combat operations of the coalition forces on the right.

Su Qin carefully folded the map, put it into the special brocade box for transmitting messages in the army, and sealed the fire paint mouth on the brocade box.

After a while, two lean but very clever messengers came to the big tent of the Chinese army to receive orders. Su Qin handed over the brocade box to the two messengers, and ordered them to each choose a fast horse from the army and accompany them all the way, making sure that the brocade box was delivered to Qu Xin, the commander of the right army, on the same day.

Su Qin instructed: "If you encounter an attack, one person will cover and the other person will continue to deliver the letter." If both of them are blocked, the brocade box must be destroyed immediately, and it must not fall into the hands of any outsider! ”

"Once the brocade box is delivered to the right army commander, you will immediately set off and return to me, without any delay!"

Su Qin carefully emphasized again and again, and the two messengers nodded solemnly, and said in their mouths: "Order!" From Su Qin's solemn eyes, they could already see the importance of this task.

As soon as the messenger set off, Su Qin immediately asked the Chinese guards to find General Ning Jun without stopping. After Ning Jun entered the big tent of the Chinese army, the first thing he asked was: "The Wei army has set off smoothly, right?" ”

Su Qin nodded and replied, "Although they are reluctant, they don't dare to disobey the military order. Where do I expect them to be able to defend against the Qin army? As long as you can stay there safely. ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Ning Jun's mouth, and he said: "They are a big bait given to Qin Jun by Ji Zi, fragrant, can Qin Jun not be confused?" ”

Su Qin was also amused by Ning Jun's "bait" analogy, and he said with a smile: "The Qin army was deceived by this illusion, and must have thought that we would continue to attack Michi stupidly like last time." Sima Cuo has already dug trenches on the periphery of Michi City and set up positions, preparing to encircle and annihilate us all under Michi City! ”

Ning Jun also smiled and said: "Sima Co laid an eyeliner in the coalition army, thinking that he had a plan, and thought that you would suspect me, but I didn't expect to be used by us, but instead passed back false information to him, which is called fake stupidity, making the enemy think he is smart and thinking that he has a plan, but in fact, he is confused by the illusion." ”

Ning Jun thought for a while, and then said: "If I didn't guess wrong, it seems that Ji Zi's trick is not crazy, it seems to be related to the Tun hexagram of "Yi", the so-called 'clouds are on the top, thunder is on the bottom', obscure and difficult to see, erupt in it, surprise, the way to win." ”

Su Qin gave Ning Jun a thumbs up and responded to him: "What General Ning said is extremely true, I heard that you have also begun to read books such as "Yi" and "Taigong Art of War" in recent years. ”

Su Qin then explained to Ning Jun and said, "I just want to use this trick to make Sima Cuo and the Qin army he led by them think that we are in the dark, and firmly believe that the situation will develop in the direction they expected. As everyone knows, we are actually the ones who really understand, which is also the meaning of the so-called 'not crazy'. ”

"What Sima Cuo didn't expect was that I gave him a two-plan chain this time, not only is it not a fake idiot, but it is also followed by a plan to hide from the sky and cross the sea, and the left and right troops will attack to the key position unconsciously to see how he Sima Cuo responds."

Ning Jun replied knowingly: "If the plan to hide from the world and cross the sea can also succeed, it is estimated that Sima will only cry and ask for help when he is wrong!" ”

As he spoke, he laughed, and his heart was full of anticipation and eagerness for the upcoming action.

Su Qin replied: "I hope it is really as General Ning Jun said." At that time, not only will the great revenge of the two of us be avenged, but the merit of this alliance will always be successful. ”

As he spoke, Su Qin unfolded the map of the Mianchi area on the Shuai case, and carefully studied the upcoming battle plan with Ning Jun.

According to Su Qin's idea, he wanted to avoid the eyes and ears of the idle people in the army, and sent Ning Jun to lead more than 30,000 elites of the Zhao army through Luming Valley to surprise attack Jiaoyang City, which was garrisoned by Qin generals Ji Fen and Pang Ci.

However, Jiaoyang City is also surrounded by mountains on three sides, which is particularly easy to defend and difficult to attack. The task of Ning Jun's trip was very tricky, so Su Qin discussed with Ning Jun in detail the countermeasures for the siege of the city in advance.

The two of them discussed the map for a long time, trying to take into account the various situations they might encounter, and think clearly about how to deal with it. After that, Ning Jun had a plan in his mind and left the Chinese army's big tent.

Su Qin still couldn't be idle, he found several generals of the Zhao State reinforcements assigned to Ning Jun's command to the Chinese army, and ordered them: "The joint column alliance army plans to plan a new combat operation the day after tomorrow, and the generals will return to the troops under their command, convey combat orders to the troops, and prepare to set off at any time." ”

Most of the generals thought that the next direction of the Zhao army's operation was Michi City, and they also saw the Wei army march in advance, and felt that the combat operation was probably led by the Wei army, and the Zhao army followed. Therefore, the generals of the Zhao army did not even ask about the location of the battle, but respectfully accepted the order and went to prepare in advance.

On the day when the second phase of the combat operation began, Su Qin and Ning Jun came to the military camp of the Zhao army, and the sky was just dark.

Su Qin saw that more than 30,000 sergeants of the Zhao army had gathered on the exercise ground, and they all stood there quietly, tens of thousands of people gathered together, but there was not much noise and noise. However, when the war horses snorted, they were fed with fodder at night, and they were pulled out early in the morning and put on their saddle sheaths, which was the time to be in good spirits. They were probably also infected by the extraordinary tension that exuded from the silence before the battle, restlessly restless, and gasping heavily.

Su Qin and Ning Jun stood on the review stand, and he handed over the order flag and seal to Ning Jun in front of the soldiers of the Zhao army, and the soldiers of the Zhao army were all surprised to see that the commander of their battle was actually General Ning Jun. Although Su Qin asked them to mobilize before the war, he did not tell them who the chief general who led the team to command.

General Zhou Shao, who was originally trusted by Su Qin in the Zhao army, was now seriously wounded and recuperating, and it was impossible for him to command the battle. The soldiers of the Zhao army thought that Su Qin would reassign a general of the Zhao State to command the operation, or that he himself would take the command, but they never imagined that the main general who finally commanded the Zhao army was actually General Ning Jun, who had been dormant for a long time.

When Ning Jun led the troops not to the city of Michi, but came to the mouth of the valley of Luming Valley, the soldiers of the Zhao army were stunned in surprise. They looked at each other, thinking that they had been led the wrong way by General Ning Jun, but after a closer look, it was clear that Su Qin had been accompanying Ning Jun to the mouth of Luming Valley.

Seeing that Su Qin was also coming to Luming Valley, the soldiers of the Zhao army immediately believed that the direction of this battle was not Michi, but Jiaoyang City, which should be reached from Xipi through Luming Valley.

Not only were the soldiers of the Zhao army surprised, but at the same moment, they were also surprised by the reinforcements of Chu and Korea.