When the incense burned halfway, Xiao Rui, who hesitated, picked up the pen and wrote down his strategy on rice paper. The pen is lifted quickly, the pen is fast, and the pen is chic, and it seems that it is over after only writing more than 30 words.

Xiao Rui, is your name fast man?

No, please call me a shooter because I hit with one hit.

And his actions also made Xiao Jing, who was struggling to write and always pay attention to both sides, and the ink spread out a black stain directly on the white paper, so angry that he scolded secretly. Tilting his head slightly, he saw Xiao Rui put down his pen.

"How many words can you write so fast? It seems that he is feeling sorry for himself, and his father is most tired of this kind of behavior, it seems that this seventh brother is moving forward in the direction of self-abandonment. Brother Seven is so good, he always sets off my talent. Xiao Jing said disdainfully, and then continued to pick up the pen, and the happy mood made him write a little faster.

Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Rui, who was calm and relaxed, his heart was like a cat scratching, and he was too curious about what he wrote.

Seventh brother? Can I take a look? It's not cheating.

Brother Seven, are you despising me? Why roll your eyes?

The performance of the three was seen by Emperor Xia, who drank a cup of tea and glanced at Gonggong Hai.

Gonggong Hai has served Emperor Xia for many years, and he can guess the holy will with every move and look, he came behind him and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, after His Royal Highness the Seventh entered the palace, he kept looking at the map again, and he must have guessed His Majesty's prompt." ”

Emperor Xia blew on the leaves in the bowl expressionlessly, and took another sip of tea.

Father-in-law Hai stepped back and stood up.

And at this time, the incense burns out.

Xiao Jing's face was slightly pale, and he finally finished writing the strategy when the ashes fell.

Xiao Yan pouted aggrievedly, it was obvious that he hadn't finished writing.

Father-in-law Hai personally walked over to collect the answer sheet, and when he picked up Xiao Rui's answer sheet and saw the only thirty words, his expression as steady as an old dog couldn't help frowning.

Xiao Rui gave him a smile, I don't know if he frowned because of the lack of words, or the content of the strategy.

Gonggong Hai put away Xiao Jing and Xiao Yan's answer sheets again, and took the opportunity to put the answer sheets of the two on top, and then presented them to Emperor Xia.

Emperor Xia first read Xiao Yan's answer sheet, scanned the full text, and asked, "Xiao Jiu, according to the strategy you wrote, our Great Xia Kingdom and the Great Qi Kingdom divide and rule the Muye Ranch?" ”

"That's right, there are dead people in war, and when the time comes, when will the soldiers die in a hundred battles, when will the living return? It is better to divide the pasture into two according to the border, our Great Xia Kingdom is responsible for the south, they are responsible for the north, each raising their own horses, no one will provoke anyone, why not. Xiao Yan peeked at Emperor Xia, but still said what he really thought.

Emperor Xia nodded and smiled: "Xiao Jiu is benevolent and cares about the people, which is very good." What do you two brothers think of his idea? ”

Xiao Jing looked at Xiao Rui and asked his brother to answer first.

Xiao Rui smiled: "The ninth brother's idea is very good, why didn't I think of it?" ”

"Really?" Xiao Yan was overjoyed, he felt very happy to be recognized by his seventh brother.

"Naturally, it's true, it's not easy to convince the Great Qi Kingdom." Xiao Rui said with a smile.

"It's not easy!" Xiao Jing said directly: "According to the border division, the Great Qi Kingdom only occupies three-tenths of the area of Muye Ranch, can it satisfy his appetite?" What's more, Muye Ranch is the only gap between hundreds of miles of mountain ranges, and it is impossible for the Great Qi State to agree to divide and rule such an important military location. ”

Xiao Yan looked depressed.

Emperor Xia picked up Xiao Jing's answer sheet and said, "So Jing'er's strategy is to fight!" ”

"Yes, Father!" The three necessary reasons for Xiao Jing's strategy to revolve around the war were that the Great Xia Kingdom had many plains and hills, and lacked horses. And the cavalry is the most mobile existence of all the arms, and it is necessary to take the pasture. The second is the military important land of Makino Ranch. Once you control here, with 100,000 troops, you can control the border line of four or five hundred miles, and enter the Great Qi country as if you were in a no-man's land. Third, suppress the arrogance of the new ruler of Daqi, influence his new coup law, and promote the prestige of Daxia.

Emperor Xia put down the answer sheet and asked Xiao Jing, "The intention and importance of the war are very detailed, but the war is not written on paper, and the Great Xia Kingdom will definitely win?" ”

Xiao Jing was stunned.

"It's shallow on paper..."Emperor Xia smiled.

There is another sentence below, which naturally admonishes him.

Xiao Jing's face sank, and he pursed his lips and clenched his fists: "Erchen understands." ”

In the end, Emperor Xia picked up Xiao Rui's answer sheet.

On the white answer sheet, there were only a few thirty words, but it made Emperor Xia's brows frown, and he rarely showed deep thought, and he forgot to ask for a while.

Xiao Jing is secretly happy, there is a nonsense Seventh Brother to compare, even if his answer sheet is flawed, he is the best of the three, can he be set a "top" product by his father this time?

Emperor Xia looked at the answer sheet and silently recited these thirty-two words in his heart:

"Sell the wilderness in Qi, dig roads along the veins."

"Connect Kunlun and lead water to the east."

"Push stones to build embankments, and accumulate water into rivers."

"Lead the army into the urn and flood the Qi army."

This answer sheet made Emperor Xia feel different, because he found that Xiao Rui's idea was similar to the urgent military report sent today.

The expedited military report came from the pasture of Muye, and it was a plan that was studied by many people after collecting the terrain and terrain, so it is reasonable to put forward this plan, but what about the seventh son of himself?

Is it just the movement of mountains and rivers on a map?

Emperor Xia put down the answer sheet and asked, "Rui'er, what is the basis for you to write down these strategies?" ”

Xiao Rui replied: "Father, the son is based on the topographic map hanging on the wall of the palace, please ask the father to punish, the son only based on the topographic map to write a strategy randomly, without investigation, it is not rigorous, and the son is guilty." ”

Really!

Emperor Xia was shocked in his heart.

"Elaborate on your strategic ideas." Xia Huang said.

"Yes!" Xiao Rui said respectfully: "Rent the field in Qi and dig along the veins." Erchen suggested negotiating with the Great Qi State and leasing the Muye Ranch occupied by our Great Xia State to the Great Qi State, without money, let them use horses as rent, and make a profit first, and exchange this for the illusion that the two countries are living in peace. ”

Then he secretly sent soldiers to dig northwest along the canyon between the mountains to connect the Kunshan Mountains hundreds of miles away. Every spring, the ice and snow in the Kunlun Mountains melt and converge into the turbulent waves that go south. When the ice and snow cover at the end of this year, the channel of the Lanlan River becomes smaller and the water flow slows down, the excavated canyon channel and the Lanjiang River can be opened up and water can be diverted to the east. ”

"Finally, in the canyon on the west side of the pasture, a river embankment was built, and when the snow melted and the river swelled in the spring of tomorrow, a raging river would flood the embankment. Then my Great Xia sent troops to feint and try to occupy the pastures. At that time, the newly-born horses in the pasture were growing up, and the Great Qi State would definitely raise troops to the south to protect the pasture against our army. ”

"When the time comes, we'll dig up the river and flood the pastures. The pasture is in a basin between the mountains, the terrain is low, and the people and horses inside are doomed. ”

Xiao Rui's voice was very calm, but it made the faces of the two brothers Xiao Yan and Xiao Jing change greatly.

"Father, whether this plan is feasible or not still needs to be investigated on the spot, after all, talking on paper is utopian." Xiao Rui replied.

This is the way he can think of, not ten days and half a month, not three or five months, it may take a year or two, or even longer.

Although it takes a long time, the effect is long-lasting.

Once the embankment is cast, it will be a permanent weapon, and the Muye Ranch will always be in the hands of the Great Xia Kingdom, and the Great Qi Kingdom will no longer dare to invade from here, because their men and horses will not be able to stop the raging river that bursts the embankment.

Emperor Xia didn't ask Xiao Rui, but looked at Xiao Jing and Xiao Yan and asked, "What do you two think of this scheme?" ”

"It's cruel." Xiao Yan muttered.

Xiao Jing said: "How much manpower and material resources are required to dig a river channel along the canyon to the northwest, even if the terrain allows, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be known by the Great Qi State." Once known, it falls short. ”

Xiao Rui said with a smile: "How to operate depends on the terrain, as for whether it will be discovered by the Great Qi Kingdom, it depends on the concealment." ”

Xiao Jing argued: "I feel that this plan is whimsical, and I ask my father to decide." ”

Emperor Xia took a sip of tea and said leisurely: "Leading the troops to fight, they all know that the time and place are favorable, accounting for two of them, invincible." Compete with the Great Qi Kingdom for Muye Pasture, and our Great Xia Kingdom does not occupy three points. Therefore, war is not the best choice. ”

"But in the same way, and, for the Great Xia Kingdom, there will be a greater potential danger."

"Something else has to be done."

After a pause, Emperor Xia said to Hai Gong fairly: "Go and get the champion Hou's recital." ”