"Haha, the king is really much stronger than the old man, it is rare not to be greedy, and this arrogance is even more general-like. In this case, the old decay is better than obeying his fate. Cheng Yanjin saw that Li Xian deliberately said the words "take advantage" very seriously, as if he was secretly satirizing his previous dismissal by the emperor because of greed, he couldn't help but blush, forced a smile and flattered a few words, and then ordered the soldiers in the city to withdraw and return to their original places.

"Huh? Brother Mao Gong, what's the matter? Isn't he sick? Why is there something unusual about my complexion? Cheng Yanjin saw that his old friend's face was different from before, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

saw Li Ji snort, but he couldn't speak.

At this moment, I saw Li Xian on the side and said with a smile: "General Cheng lost this time, pass my general's order, and the three armies will attack the city." ”

Next, I saw tens of thousands of troops surging like a tide, all kinds of siege equipment in the case of no one to defend the city, before Cheng Biting Jin's army reacted, the outer city was broken, and in the face of several times the enemy, how could Cheng Fang's army, which was already frightened because of the fall of the city, be an opponent? had no choice but to surrender, and as a result, this offensive and defensive simulation battle ended with Li Xian's complete victory.

It was only at this time that Cheng Yanjin knew that he had been fooled, and he couldn't help but regret it, and complained to Li Ji: "Brother Maogong, this, this doesn't count, the king is cheating." ”

But I heard Li Ji sigh: "It's not that Brother Jin doesn't know, soldiers are not tired of cheating, although the king's plan is a little not very righteous and bright, but it is also in line with the way of using soldiers, and Brother Cheng has fought a lifetime, but he was first confused by the other party's false retreat, and then he was stimulated by the other party's words, and easily withdrew the city defense, which is really not right." ”

"This, this, Brother Mao Gong, since you have already seen it, why don't you tell me in advance? As a result, the old friend had such a defeat and was ashamed. Lao Cheng Wu refused to admit defeat, his face turned purple, and he said unhappily to Li Ji.

"The younger brother made it clear in advance that this battle is a fair battle between the two, no matter what the outcome is, the younger brother can't say a word, not to mention that the younger brother has already shown with his face before, but when Brother Cheng is proud, he didn't see it, so why blame the younger brother?"

Li Ji was not angry, he argued with reason, and there was no way for Cheng to bite the gold, so he had to arch his hand to Li Xian, and said a little unwillingly: "That's it, there are countless battles in this life, how can you not withstand this defeat?" The king is wise and intelligent, and the old man admits defeat. ”

"Hehe, General Cheng is polite, in fact, today Xiao Wang is also deeply impressed by General Cheng, the city defense is strict, and the accuracy of my fighter plane is worthy of being the pillar of my Tang Dynasty, Xiao Wang is out of reach, in fact, the old general does not have to be depressed, everyone has a time when he is confused, as long as the general knows that he can change, he can no longer go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make contributions to the country." In fact, Li Xian sincerely admires Lao Cheng's talent, and it is precisely because of this that he cherishes his talent so much, and hopes that this veteran can give full play to his wisdom and make contributions to the country.

And Cheng Yanjin didn't expect that this prince of such an age would have such a mind and courage, and couldn't help but be moved to tears, and sighed softly: "The old man can't live up to the trust of the saint, but he has to be able to serve the frontier one day, and the old minister will definitely use this old life to serve the country to prove his innocence." ”

Cheng Yanjin said while bowing in the direction of Chang'an, and after standing up, he bowed solemnly to Li Xian to express his gratitude, and Li Xian was so panicked that he returned the salute.

Just when Li Xian and Lao Cheng were polite to each other, Li Ji slowly came to the two of them, arched his hand at Li Xian, and said with a smile: "Today's victory of the king is really a fortunate thing, hehe, this "Weigong Military Law" is owned by the king, and tomorrow, the lower official will order people and the king to send it to the palace. The king came to the humble house, and the bad mansion was full of brilliance, but the old man still wanted to sacrifice General Qin Shubao with his old friends today, so he didn't leave the king. Oh, I almost forgot, Shesun Jingye had said to the old man before, he admired the king very much, and thanked the king for sparing his life, so I hope the king can enjoy a face, and accompany him to the drunken immortal building in Nanshi to drink and feast, this is an invitation, which is dedicated to the old man to present to the king. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Ji took out an invitation card, handed it to Li Xian, and at the same time looked at Li Jingye who was standing aside.

Seeing his grandfather like this, Li Jingye immediately stood up and looked at Li Xian with a long bow, and then said emotionally: "Ah Weng is right, the villain has always admired the king, and he has the grace of the king to spare his life. ”

"Since Brother Li is gracious, then Xiao Wang agrees." Li Xian had just obtained Li Weigong's Art of War from Li Ji, so naturally it was not good to lose the face of the other party's grandson like this, not to mention that he could also see that this was actually Li Ji's invitation to himself, but out of concern, he asked his grandson to do it for him, so although he was not interested in Li Jingye, the rebel leader, he had to generously agree, and said goodbye to Li Ji and Cheng Yanjin, and then left with Li Jingye.

"Brother Cheng, I'm really embarrassed, today for the sake of the younger brother, Brother Cheng has repeatedly lost face, and the younger brother is also wrong." Looking at Li Xian's departing back, and then at Cheng Biting Jin, who had a sad face, Li Ji couldn't help but feel ashamed and saluted Lao Cheng.

But I heard Lao Cheng sigh: "Brother Mao Gong's words are not right, you and I have intersected for decades, how much is this grievance?" What's more, today's little brother has also benefited a lot, the king's indomitable spirit deeply impressed the little brother, especially in the end, that sentence of advice made the little brother regain self-confidence, do not hide from the brother of Maogong, the little brother since the last time he was dismissed by the emperor's decree, has been ashamed to see people, I wanted to go back to my hometown and die quietly like this, but now I think about it is not, if the little brother goes underground to see Emperor Taizong, ask me if I have kept the Tang Dynasty over the years, how should I answer when the time comes? It's better to do my best, and in the future, I will also learn from that horse Fubo, come to a horse leather shroud, and be worthy of the emperor after death. ”

Li Ji saw that his old friend was able to regain his self-confidence after Li Xian's persuasion, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, what he couldn't solve after years of persuasion was solved by Li Xian in a few words, does this Li Xian really have such great magic?

"Hehe, is it because this person looks like the emperor, so Brother Cheng relented for a while, so he let him take a step, pretended to be fooled, and gave the victory of this battle to the other party?" Hearing that his old friend mentioned Taizong, even Li Ji couldn't help but feel nostalgic, and after a while, he turned his head and said to Cheng Yanjin.

Cheng Yanjin also smiled when he heard this, and then said embarrassedly: "Even this has been seen by Brother Mao Gong, it seems that Lao Cheng really has nothing to hide." But to put it mildly, this prince is really not simple, and he can come up with such a bad move, this is my old Cheng, and any young general will inevitably be fooled. Hehe, I have to say that this master's mouth is really bad enough, and he is the best at revealing people's old and short children. By the way, on that day, Li Weigong passed on the art of war to Brother Mao Gong, and asked Brother Mao Gong to find a successor for him, I don't know who Brother Mao Gong chose? Is this one the only one? With this person's status and status, it is a conquest, and it will inevitably be difficult to last long, and it will cause suspicion among the saints. Therefore, if it goes on for a long time, the law of war of the Duke of Wei will not be used, and the hard work of my two military gods of the Tang Dynasty will not be wasted? ”

"It's not a secret, in fact, the younger brother has already awarded this art of war to another person before, and it is precisely because of this that he spent his efforts, and ordered people to travel thousands of miles, borrowed the original, and copied a copy, which was completed a few days ago."

"A thousand miles away?" Listening to Li Ji's words, Cheng Yanjin couldn't help frowning, thought silently for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly calmed down, looked at Li Ji and said, "According to Brother Mao Gong, isn't this person on the frontier?" Could it be that he is a soldier in the Western Regions Army? And the most talented general in the Western Regions Army is none other than Shi Pei Xingjian, the governor of the Western Prefecture Governor's Mansion, could it be this person? ”

"Brother Cheng is worthy of being a rare wise man in contemporary times, he actually guessed it, yes, this person is thrifty, although he is not as strong as his brother Pei Xingyan, but he is calm and good at thinking, and the younger brother believes that with this intelligence, as long as time passes, the future achievements will far exceed his brother." Li Ji rarely praises a person, and now he can be said to have a very high evaluation of this Pei Xingjian, in Cheng Yanjin's opinion, this degree of recommendation may only be a little less than Li Xian.

"But", Cheng Yanjin thought for a while and continued: "Isn't Xingjian a disciple of Xing Guogong (Su Dingfang)?" How did you become a brother again? ”

"Hehe, Brother Cheng doesn't know, in fact, Lao Su is also a disciple of Wei Gong, but when Wei Gong decided to pass on the art of war to Lao Su, the book of war has reached the hands of the younger brother, and Wei Gong is inconvenient to ask the younger brother for it, so he asked the younger brother to teach it on his behalf, in fact, Lao Su's military ability is no less than me, but Lao Su is humble, and a few years younger, and because the younger brother taught on his behalf, so he used the teacher to serve me and asked for my opinion on everything. And the fact that Xing Jian was able to teach the art of war was also made by the two of us. It's just that the two of us jointly cultivated a general is too appalling, for fear of causing uneasiness and suspicion in the palace, this is nominally the right old Su training, and the younger brother is just secretly taking care of it, after the martial arts, the thrifty and private discussions, expressing dissatisfaction, was demoted to the governor of Xizhou, the younger brother persuaded him, so that he took the opportunity to study the art of war, looking forward to making contributions in the future, returning to the imperial court, this is today's Pei Xingjian. ”

"Hehe, Brother Mao Gong has hidden so much from me, if it weren't for this opportunity today, how could I ...... Hey? What happened? ”

At this moment, Cheng Yanjin suddenly heard the foreign keys chaotic, and couldn't help but look at Li Ji strangely.

But seeing that Li Ji was also confused, he hurriedly asked, "Why are you so flustered?" ”

I heard a subordinate say: "Xianggong, it's not good, there is a fight outside, it's the eldest young master and King Zhou." ”

"Let's go, let's go and see together, this King Zhou can really cause trouble for Brother Mao Gong." Cheng bit Jin with a big grin, took Li Ji's hand and walked forward, and said with a smile.