Qing army barracks. In the big tent.

Li Zhen looked at Yang Banhou and asked, "How is the situation in Zhennan Pass?" ”

Yang Banhou shook his head and said: "The surrounding people's understanding of Xi Changzhen, the guard of Zhennan Pass, is almost none, and all the things in Zhennan Pass are in the hands of Chen Zhengshi, a staff member under Xi Changzhen. Xi Changzhen lives behind the scenes, and he can't judge what kind of person he is. ”

After Li Zhen heard this, he suddenly felt that things were a little tricky.

Even the opponent doesn't know, how to fight?

In the art of war, it is said that 'knowing oneself and knowing the other side can win all battles', and Li Zhen abides by this rule. He led the army to approach Zhennan Pass, immediately stopped and set up camp, and then sent Yang Banhou with soldiers to inquire about the news, wanting to obtain information about the guards of Zhennan Pass, and then formulate a message for the guards of Zhennan Pass.

Unexpectedly, Yang Banhou didn't bring back any news, which disappointed Li Zhen.

Yang Banhou said: "Dashuai, I'll go and find out the news again!" ”

As he spoke, he turned and prepared to leave.

"Wait!"

Li Zhen waved his hand to stop Yang Banhou and said: "You took the soldiers to inquire about the situation, and you must have asked carefully, so you didn't get any news, which proves that the Zhennan Pass guard will not be simple." At this critical time, Xi Yinglong dared to let Xi Changzhen garrison the crucial checkpoint of Zhennan Pass, there must be his reasons, and there will never be a situation where Xi Changzhen is overhead. ”

"Based on my speculation, Xi Changzhen is definitely not simple."

"The reason why the people don't know Xi Changzhen's news is because Xi Changzhen deliberately kept a low profile and didn't let others find out about him. This man is very cunning, and a cunning person must have many means. This time, things won't go so well. ”

Li Zhen's expression was solemn, obviously very cautious.

Yang Banhou said: "Dashuai, we can take the method of attacking. ”

"What is the price of the assault?"

Li Zhen shook his head and said solemnly: "Zhennan Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is artillery fire to deter, if we attack strongly, the soldiers under our command will definitely suffer great losses." Now it is only a Zhennan Pass, and there will be a lot of obstruction in the future. We must use the simplest and most trouble-free way to take Zhennan Pass, and we can't blindly rely on hard work. Leading troops to fight a war depends on the brain, and we can't blindly think about using the most drastic means to solve the problem, which is the last resort to be used. ”

Yang Banhou asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

Li Zhendao: "I'll arrange this matter, you send someone to Zhennanguan to deliver a message, and ask Xi Changzhen to meet ten miles east of Zhennanguan." As he spoke, Li Zhen picked up the pen, quickly wrote a letter, sealed it in the envelope, and then handed it to Yang Banhou, saying: "I said the content in the letter, and I passed it directly." ”

"Yes!"

Yang Banhou couldn't think of a way, so he had to follow Li Zhen's order and immediately deliver the message.

Soon, a soldier galloped out of the barracks and headed for Zhennan Pass.

When the soldiers arrived outside the south pass of Zhennan on horseback, he was riding alone, so there was no shooting on the castle tower. The soldier on horseback took out his bow and arrows, tied the envelope to the bow and arrows, aimed it at the tower, and drew the bow like a full moon. With a loud sound, the bow and arrow came out like a meteor catching the moon, and shot towards the city tower at a rapid pace.

When the archers saw their bows and arrows fall on the tower, they immediately turned and left.

The guards picked up the bow and arrow with the letter and handed it to Chen Zhengshi. Chen Zhengshi immediately handed it to Xi Changzhen, and when Xi Changzhen read the content of the letter, he gave the letter to Chen Zhengshi with a smile. Xi Changzhen stroked his beard and said with a smile: "What a Li Zhen, he dared to ask Ben to go to the meeting." Well, the general agreed to him, and tomorrow morning he will go to the meeting ten miles away from Zhennan Pass. ”

Chen Zhengshi said: "My lord, there is something strange! ”

"What's the matter?" Xi Changzhen asked.

Chen Zhengshi said solemnly: "Do you think, Li Zhen gave you a letter abruptly, isn't this very strange?" In his humble opinion, Li Zhen wrote this letter to deal with adults. He thought of three possibilities. First, Li Zhen used this letter to trick the adults out of Zhennan Pass, let the adults go to the meeting, and then ambush the adults halfway, which is to be unfavorable to the adults! ”

"The second possibility, Li Zhen tricked the adult out of the city, and he didn't dare to do it because he was afraid of the adult, but he kept wanting to drag the adult, and then sent troops to attack Zhennan Pass, wanting to secretly take Zhennan Pass."

"Third, Li Zhen wants to have both fish and bear's paws, he wants to win both adults and Zhennanguan." Li Zhen continued: "I think Li Zhen's letter has ulterior motives and malicious intentions. My lord, I think that our task is to hold Zhennan Pass, not to meet with Li Zhen, and there is no need to deal with Li Zhen at all. ”

Chen Zhengshi spoke spittly, but Xi Changzhen shook his head and refused.

Xi Changzhen said: "Lao Chen, you and I have known each other for many years, don't you still know me?" Li Zhen gave the letter, I must go. In my opinion, Li Zhen gave this letter, which means that I have to fight against it. ”

Speaking of this, Xi Changzhen showed a look of indulgence and said: "Thinking back then, Guan Gong went to the meeting single-handedly, heroic and domineering, which is simply fascinating. Tomorrow, Ben will go to the meeting with one person and one sword, which must be a good story. People in later generations must have said that on a certain day, the guard of Zhennan Guan, Xi Changzhen, went to the meeting alone, and there was no entourage, which was even worse than Guan Gong back then. ”

He stroked his long hair under his chin with a smug expression.

Chen Zhengshi said: "I can't stop you from going to the meeting, but I will definitely follow with the soldiers." ”

"Are you sure?" Xi Changzhen asked.

Chen Zhengshi nodded and said, "I'm sure!" ”

"Okay, let's go together!"

Xi Changzhen patted Chen Zhengshi on the shoulder and said, "Old Chen, leading troops to fight is indeed unscrupulous, with the goal of winning. But Li Zhen is a one-party admiral, and he is also an auxiliary minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he is famous all over the world. He is a model in the world, he cares about his reputation, and he will not do anything to kill me halfway. You follow me to meet Li Zhen and open your eyes. Actually, I'm quite curious about Li Zhen, this kid is not very old, but he has become an auxiliary minister, which is really powerful. ”

Chen Zhengshi said: "My lord, we haven't gone to meet Li Zhen yet, can we not increase Li Zhen's prestige?" ”

Xi Yinglong smiled: "Okay, extinguish their prestige." ”

The two of them gag, you say a word to me, and you don't think about tomorrow at all.

……

On the morning of the next day, Xi Changzhen, Chen Zhengshi, and a hundred soldiers left Zhennanguan and marched ten miles east of Zhennanguan. On this day, Xi Yinglong was wearing a green robe, a green hat, and a Daguan knife, and under his crotch was a red sweaty BMW. This is completely Guan Erye's dress, but Xi Changzhen learned it.

It's just that Xi Changzhen has a long braid hanging from the back of his head, which is nondescript.

Before Xi Changzhen stretched out his hand, Chen Zhengshi and the others looked serious and nervous. When Xi Changzhen arrived, Li Zhen had already arrived with his army and had been waiting for a long time. Li Zhen had already ordered the soldiers to move the conference table over and was on the way, while Li Zhen was sitting at one end of the conference table.

On the surface, Li Zhen was sitting alone, and there were only a few soldiers standing behind him.

However, for this meeting, Li Zhen's soldiers arranged early. Moreover, last night, there were already soldiers who were already preparing and occupied an important and advantageous position to prevent anyone from trying to disadvantage Li Zhen.

ps: The third shift, call it a day; Foresee, at least four shifts tomorrow, whether there will be 5 more is not guaranteed, because tomorrow afternoon I have to work overtime, Xiaodong try his best.