Chapter 23: The Woman in Red.
In February, the Liyang army arrived in the west of the Yan River and met with the Wei-Chu coalition forces in the camp in front of the city of Mocone.
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The middle-aged man wearing silver armor slowly walked into the big tent, looked at the man in a gorgeous dress on the main seat, clasped his hands and saluted, and said, "Bai Xi, the commander of the Liyang Army of the Qin State, came to help. ”
The middle-aged man's gaze stayed slightly on the woman with a graceful posture on the left and right of the man in the fancy costume for a while, his expression was calm, but his eyes flashed a trace of surprise, he naturally knew the identity of the man in the fancy suit, he was the only younger brother of His Majesty in Wei State, and the only reason was that all the brothers and sisters of His Majesty in Wei were dead, leaving the man in Chinese costume alone.
As for the reason why Emperor Wei let the man in Chinese clothes live, it is not clear for the time being, but he didn't expect that Emperor Wei would be willing to let him be the marshal of the Wei-Chu coalition army.
Is it a temptation?
Without waiting for Bai Xi to think about it, the man in the Chinese dress with a jade belt on his waist hurriedly put down his hands on the woman's thin waist, got up to greet him, held Bai Xi's hands and said with a smile, "This king has been waiting for the general for many days, and if someone comes, don't hurry up and prepare the banquet." ”
Bai Xi frowned as he looked at the hands held by the man in Chinese clothes, and said lightly to the man in Chinese clothes, "There is no need for the banquet, it is important to get down to business." ”
"Yes, yes, it's important to get down to business." The slightly blessed man in the Chinese costume hurriedly smiled, and then said to the two girls next to the main seat, "Why don't you leave quickly, don't you see that this king is going to discuss business with the general?" ”
The two girls were suddenly frightened, and they hurriedly knelt down and withdrew from the account.
Bai Xi frowned again, but didn't say anything.
The man in the Chinese costume walked out of the account with Bai Xi and a group of generals, looked at the city wall ten miles away and sighed, "General, please look, it was this ink cone city that stopped my Wei Chu coalition army for three months. ”
Bai Xi also looked at the majestic city, and the solid and towering city walls alone were enough to make people sigh.
"Actually, the wall was only ten feet high before March." The man in the fancy dress said with a look of shame.
Bai Xi showed an unbelievable expression, he was only ten zhang tall three months ago, how could it become dozens of zhang now? Could it be that the Yan army can still build a city wall right under your noses? Thinking of this, Bai Xi seemed to have a premonition, and his eyes moved to the man in fancy clothes, just in time to see the wry smile on the man's face.
"The general also guessed that the Yan army was indeed building the city wall to a height of dozens of zhang in front of my Wei and Chu coalition forces."
Bai Xiwen almost wanted to scold these people loudly, are these people all pigs? If you dare to love others to build the city wall, you will stand aside and watch stupidly, and you will almost shout and cheer.
The man in Chinese clothes also seemed to guess what Bai Xi was thinking, and hurriedly explained, "We also took advantage of the Yan army to build the city wall at night, but we didn't expect that the Yan army's construction of the city wall was fake at that time, and the digging of the ditch was real. ”
Bai Xi frowned, "Even so, you should have learned a lesson, and you will be prepared for that ditch, why is it still like this?" ”
"After my Wei and Chu coalition army was prepared, the Yan army turned to attack and defended, guarding the city wall and not coming out, although my Wei and Chu coalition army sent troops to attack, but they were hit by fire oil and suffered heavy losses."
"There will always be a time when the oil runs out." Bai Xi said lightly.
"Indeed, my Wei-Chu coalition army sent tens of thousands of people to attack the city several times, and every time they saw the Yan army using fire oil, they ordered a retreat, and so on and so forth, it also consumed a lot of fire oil, but the Yan army directly burned down the camp and grain and grass of our Wei and Chu coalition army, and almost caused my Wei and Chu coalition army to fall apart."
Bai Xi was dumbfounded when he heard this, "Why didn't you find out?" "Are these people not just pigs, but also blind?
What Bai Xi didn't expect was that the man in the fancy dress suddenly fell silent at this time, his cheeks became red, and after a long time, he sighed and said ashamedly, "This matter is the fault of this king." ”
"On that day, a woman in red wore a veil and filial piety to my Wei Chu camp, claiming that her parents died of illness and she was alone, and her brother was a soldier of my Wei country, so she came here to find her brother, but after finding out, her brother died in the night raid some time ago, and the woman said that she wanted to follow her brother, how could the king bear it, so he left her in the camp, unexpected, alas~"
Bai Xi knew what was going on when he heard half of it, and he couldn't imagine that such an inferior beauty could ——, Bai Xi sighed lightly, looked at the man in Chinese clothes again, and remembered the man's left and right hugs just now, no wonder!
"No, the woman hasn't caught it yet, has she?"
What Bai Xi didn't expect was that the man in the fancy dress actually nodded.
"You're not—"
The man in the Chinese costume obviously knew what Bai Xi was going to say, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Although this king is a beauty, he still knows the priorities, but that woman's cultivation is very high, it is the realm of the grandmaster, my Wei and Chu coalition army are all ordinary soldiers, plus it was late at night, and because of the chaos in the sky, how can I stop it, fortunately, the identity that this king told the woman at that time was a military commander, otherwise I am afraid that this king is no longer alive." ”
Bai Xi looked at the man in the fancy clothes and didn't know what to say, so he could only shake his head and say, "Since that woman is a grandmaster at a young age, it must not be easy to come to the identity." Has the prince investigated clearly? ”
The slightly blessed man in a gorgeous suit patted his chest and said, "That's natural, otherwise this king, the marshal of the Wei-Chu coalition army, would be too incompetent." ”
Bai Xi looked at the proud expression of the man in the fancy clothes and was silent in his heart, I am afraid that the most unreliable marshal in the world is the only one.
"The woman in red is the daughter of Emperor Yan, the sixth princess Ji Yuluan. It is rumored that the talent of martial arts is very high, and he is chasing Emperor Wu of Qin. Speaking of this, the man in the fancy clothes deliberately paused and glanced at Bai Xi, who was expressionless, "It's just that Emperor Yan loves this daughter very much, and I don't know how to let her come to this Ink Cone City." ”
Bai Xi said in a deep voice, "It is rumored that the six princesses of Yan Kingdom are not only talented in martial arts, but also know everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and now it seems that they are not idle people in terms of strategy. ”
"Such a legendary woman, this king really wants to get acquainted." The man in the fancy costume sighed on the side.
Bai Xi felt completely speechless to this man in gorgeous clothes, so he could only look at the impregnable city wall and asked helplessly, "Why don't you bypass this city?" ”
"Hexi is mountainous, other passes are narrow and steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and even linked, it is almost impossible for our army to pass through other passes, even if it is a hard attack, the time consumed, the cost must be heavy, and behind this city is also an endless plain, our army can break through this city, and the hinterland of Yan can come and go freely."
"So what?" Bai Xi asked lightly, the irony was self-evident, and the man in the fancy costume said a lot as if this ink cone city could be captured.
The man in the costume smiled awkwardly and said no more.
"Wait." Bai Xi said calmly.
"What are you waiting for?" The man in fancy clothes wondered.
"Wait for Yan Guo to take the initiative to give us this city." m. Reading, a better reading experience.