"Of course, it is to take advantage of the opponent's unstable foothold and kill decisively." Shao Kuan replied.

"What do you think?" Bai Ling looked at Wang Meng.

The corners of Wang Meng's mouth were slightly raised, and he groaned slightly, and then shook his head, "There are too few clues, it's hard to judge." ”

"How?"

"Let's just say that this 'situation is superior', what kind of superior law is it?" Wang Meng stretched out his hand and made a few gestures, "Take our current situation as an example, defense and offense are two different things, and having an advantage when defending the city does not mean that attacking the past is also superior." Besides, how do you know that this is not a flaw on the other side, just to break the defense of the city that you are defending? ”

Shao Kuan is not a military general after all, although he is a little uncertain, he still asked in a low voice, "Doesn't that also delay the fighter?" ”

"It depends on how Lord Shao understands the 'fighter'." Bai Ling said softly, "On the battlefield, one side attacks the other, either because they have an absolute chance of winning in a certain aspect, or because they have some kind of belief that they cannot lose and embark on a big gamble. ”

At this point, Bai Ling paused for a moment, then spoke softly.

"If the two sides are really evenly matched, it is unlikely that there will be a fight." She clasped her arms in her arms and said in a low voice, "At that time, either one side withdraws the army, or the two sides sit at the negotiating table." ”

"Negotiations?" Xue Zi'an frowned, "What do we have to talk about with the Jin people, didn't the envoy sent out last night go to persuade him to surrender?" ”

"Yes, it's persuasion." Bai Ling scratched his head a little helplessly, "That's why I just said 'what if' and 'what if'."

"Since yesterday, we have noticed that there are constantly golden soldiers sending reinforcements here, as if the real war has not started yet, but this is not reasonable."

"Where is it unreasonable?" Shao Kuan asked.

Bai Ling lowered his eyes, "There used to be an old saying, ten times more than the enemy, surround and annihilate it. This year, there was a tribal rebellion within the Jin Kingdom, and the western front had not ended, but they dared to run to besiege such a strongly-fortified town at both ends...... How much is this because of the loss of their own troops?

"Now that the snow has begun to fall in the north, in another half a month, the weather will be cold, and it will be even more unfavorable for them, why do they need to engage in siege warfare at this time? If we can afford it, can they afford it? ”

Wang Meng faintly felt that he had noticed something from the beginning, but he didn't sort it out for a while, and then suddenly a flash of inspiration happened, "I see, it's ......."

"So, they must fight quickly." Bai Ling's voice was calm, "I also suddenly figured this out when I was ambushed in the dense forest last night...... Many people may think that the Jin soldiers have not started the siege until now, but in fact, I think their siege ended yesterday. ”

Xue Zi'an still didn't understand, "What do you mean?" ”

"Still don't understand? They just want to cooperate with the outside, quickly open the city gates, and then arrest people and grab food. ”

"But all the granaries in the city have been burned?" Xue Zi'an was even more confused, "They broke the city in order to grab grain, but they burned the grain first in order to break the city...... What's in this picture? ”

"That's possible, I'll have to ask Master Shao." Bai Ling tilted his head to look at Shao Kuan.

Shao Kuan was stunned.

Indeed, the bulk of the grain reserves that the two heads are looking forward to are not on the ground...... He was talking to Wang Meng about it on horseback just now.

"So ......"

Shao Kuan comprehended Bai Ling's reasoning with some hindsight, and although this was also a speculation, it sounded like it was true...... It's also somewhat reasonable.

"If it is as I expected," continued Bailling, "then they will almost have to consider withdrawing their troops after the confrontation with the envoys, and it will not be worth it for them to continue to consume—"

Before the words fell, a long "report-" came from outside the camp tent.

When Wang Meng's heir entered the tent, the man leaned over and knelt down, his face overflowing with joy.

"My lord! The gold thief has withdrawn! ”

However, not a single one in the tent had a smile on his face, and everyone looked at Bai Ling with some surprise.

Bai Ling also seemed to be a little surprised by his clever calculations, and only after a moment did he laugh in hindsight, "Lan Zhijun has been ...... for the past few years It really hasn't changed at all. ”

……

At noon that day, the people in the city started firecrackers.

Everyone didn't understand what happened at first, but everyone could see clearly that as soon as the reinforcements arrived last night, the golden thief withdrew today - it can be seen that he was saved.

In the military camp in the north of the city, after Xue Ziping returned with his envoys, he also shared what they saw and heard in the Jin Bing military camp.

To everyone's surprise, the leader of the troops this time was not an unknown person, but Qualis, the eldest son of the Golden Sect Master Arslan.

As for why the warrior did not rush to the front line as bravely as before, what the envoy saw also gave an answer.

Under Qualis's seat, there has always been a black-haired, brown-eyed strategist.

The man was dressed in a thick robe of a golden man, but he had a Zhou face, and he was silent the whole time.

It wasn't until the envoy's words of persuasion provoked Qualis, who was so angry that he wanted to kill him, that the man smiled and shook his head slightly, and Qualis pressed his anger and let the envoy go.

"You can see that Quellis has a lot of respect for him." The envoy concluded, "The cups of the others in the tent were of silver, except for the cup that was placed in front of the table of the black-haired counsellor and qualis of gold. ”

"He's not good-looking." Bai Ling asked suddenly, holding his chin with one hand.

The envoy didn't expect Bai Ling to suddenly ask such a question, and was silent for a moment before bowing his head and smiling, "It is indeed a rare beautiful man." It's a pity that the golden man costume ......"

After answering everyone's questions, the envoy withdrew.

Shao Kuan and Wang Meng re-discussed the deployment of the city, and by the way, they each drafted a letter and sent it to their immediate superiors.

From Stone Monkey Town to the ambush in the dense forest, and then to today's prediction of retreat, Bai Ling's several precise attacks have left a deep impression on Wang Meng and his party, and now that these things are discussed, everyone no longer avoids her, and occasionally takes the initiative to ask for advice.

Before Shao Kuan left, Bai Ling chased him out and asked him about Li Yiru's whereabouts, Shao Kuan had no impression of this person, but promised that Bai Ling would look for him in the city.

Bidding farewell to Shao Kuan, Bai Ling also turned around to leave the barracks, and Xue Ziping chased after him, "Where is Mr. Wei going?" ”

"Go to the clinic in the east of the city," Bai Ling smiled, "I didn't have time to see it last time, but I can take a good look this time...... Brother Ziping, let's call me Songqing. ”

"I'll go with you." Xue Ziping said, "I also have some questions I want to ask." ”

"Okay, if Brother Ziping wants to ask, just ask."

"Who is Songqing's master? Can you inform? Xue Ziping said softly, "If I have the opportunity to go to Pingjing in the future, I also want to visit." ”

Bai Ling was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile.