After enlightening his own prince and making sure that there was no problem with his state of mind, Lu Yi finally put his mind at ease, turned to look at the large number of prisoners kneeling over there, and solemnly read to Gu Xuan next to him: "Lord Wang, the art of war is cloudy, those who make good use of soldiers, no longer serve in the country, and the food is not for three years; If you eat the enemy for a minute, you will be twenty minutes, and if you eat a stone, you will be twenty stones. ”

The meaning of this sentence is that generals who are good at using troops do not need to requisition soldiers again, there is no need to transfer food and salaries repeatedly, and all kinds of military supplies, after obtaining them from their own country, can be solved on the spot in the enemy country, and if this can be accomplished, then the military rations needed by the whole army can be satisfied.

Therefore, a truly clever and powerful general seeks to seize grain and grass from the enemy, and if he can seize one liter of grain from the enemy on the spot, it is equivalent to transporting twenty liters of grain from his own country, and if he can seize one stone of the enemy's forage on the spot, it is equivalent to transporting twenty stones from his own country.

This statement is actually not exaggerated, after all, it is necessary to collect grain and grass from all over the country, and then organize the servants to transport it to the front line, which will also produce losses in the middle, and the consumption of manpower and material resources should also be counted.

After eating the Shark Clan's holy medicine when he was a child, Gu Xuan opened his mind and became very intelligent, even the language of the Eastern Continent can be completely learned in less than half a month, this most basic inference is also a basic ability, of course he understands what Lu Yi is talking about, because behind this sentence, there is also a sentence "Pawn good and raise it, it means to defeat the enemy and become stronger".

This means that the prisoners should be treated with preferential treatment and comfort, and then they should be used together in battle, which is called defeating the enemy and making oneself stronger, rather than losing both.

Really powerful generals are often good at taking local materials and supplementing themselves with the enemy's things, and the team will only roll bigger and bigger, and will not lose money, and the captives will not be slaughtered on the spot, but will give them swords, let them charge into battle as a forward meat shield, since they have surrendered, that is, they have completely lost the heart of resistance, as long as they can be well envoyed, it is the best cannon fodder, which can greatly reduce the loss of their subordinates.

Gu Xuan knew that this was Lu Yi teaching himself, so he turned around, bowed to Lu Yi again, and said very solemnly: "Thank you Mr. for your advice, Xuan will never act so impulsively in the future!"

Lu Yi looked at him with satisfaction, nodded, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Those who achieve great things, regardless of modesty, even if it is Black Narcissus or these horse bandits, although they are unforgivable, they also have their own strengths and uses, as long as they are used well, they may not be able to play a role in critical times." ”

Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, Gu Xuan next to him shook his head very seriously and said in a deep voice: " The matter of Black Narcissus is my selfishness, this woman has a bewitching face, and her ability is not small, if she can be used by me, she can do a lot of things that even we can't do, but this matter, in essence, is still wrong, no matter what, I am sorry for the Ma family brothers, even if Black Narcissus really establishes meritorious deeds in the future, it can't change the essence of my original decision, this is selfish, but I had to do it at that time. ”

When Lu Yi heard this, his face was slightly surprised, and at the same time, he secretly said kindness in his heart.

In fact, in the same situation, if it is any monarch, he will want to enable Black Narcissus, although the Ma brothers followed very early, but after all, their own skills are not good, and Black Narcissus, although he has done a lot of evil before, but his ability is not small, which is more important, it is clear at a glance, for the superiors, the subordinates, there are only two kinds of usable and unavailable, there is no good and bad.

Attacking and governing the country are two completely different aspects, governing the country needs to be benevolent, with the common people, and to help the world, but war, what you want is unscrupulous, intrigue and trickery, which is useful and which is useful, if it is not done yet, on the mother-in-law's, shackled by some secular views, it is doomed to failure.

However, while knowing how to make good use of people and not being informal, he dared to admit his mistakes and not make excuses for his mistakes, which was a very surprising and rare quality for Lu Yidu.

Gu Xuan smiled and said softly: "This matter, sir, you know it, I know, now let's go find that Wan Yan Keni first." ”

Lu Yi also nodded, and then joked at him: "This big victory, the prince must not give an inch!"

Gu Xuan naturally understood what he was talking about, and the two of them walked towards Wanyan Keni together.

The cleaning of the battlefield here was also about to come to an end, and just when Wan Yan Keni was about to order the whole army and leave quietly, he saw Gu Xuan and the two of them walking up and hurriedly greeted him.

"Lord!" Wanyan Keni stepped forward, bowed his head and clenched his fists, took the initiative to salute, and praised in his mouth, "The prince really showed his might just now, rushing left and right to kill, like entering a no-man's land, seeing that the last general is breathtaking, sighing to himself, if it weren't for the prince being the real king of the court and county, the last general would have to tie the prince to the army!"

But he didn't want to, Gu Xuan didn't pay attention to his praise at all, but sneered at him: "Heh, it's a shame that this king didn't become your subordinate, otherwise you can use this king as bait this time, and I don't know what to do in the future." ”

Wanyan Keni trembled in his heart when he heard this, knowing that the other party was not a fool, and he must have understood at this time, but he didn't make any movement on the surface, just pretended to be full of doubts, and asked in a deep voice: "What does the prince mean by this? Why are you used as bait, how can the last general not understand?"

Seeing that he is a dignified nine-foot man, the famous Tiger Eye General in Yanzhou, and now he is pretending to be stupid here, Gu Xuan is angry and wants to go up and punch him.

In fact, he also knew that Wanyan Keni definitely didn't deliberately collude with the people on Wei Chidun's side, most of them just let people release the news in advance, seduce outsiders to come and sneak attack, and then secretly set up troops and horses to copy the back road, and have a pot, but he didn't expect so many people to come at once, and Gu Xuan has been secretly observing Wanyan Keni and Wei Chidun's expressions halfway, and he has also confirmed his conjecture about this matter.

At this moment, Lu Yi took the initiative to step forward and eased the atmosphere and said: "General Wanyan, there are some things, if you really want to break it, it is not good for both you and me, and you don't want to make trouble with us over this, cooperation, after all, it is based on mutual trust, what do you say?"

When Yan Keni heard this, he subconsciously glanced at the soldiers who were cutting off the enemy's ears and then digging a pit on the spot to bury the corpses, and suddenly hesitated.

After killing the enemy, there is no need to move the whole body back to the station and then report to the imperial court in exchange for military merits, how troublesome, you only need to cut off their ears as evidence, the corpses are buried directly on the spot, but also in order not to have a plague, although the weather is not completely hot now, but just in case, it is still necessary to dispose of it as much as possible, and the remaining prisoners of war and war horses will naturally have to be taken away directly, whether it is to exchange military merits for the imperial court, or for their own use, they are all a batch of good goods, and they cannot be easily wasted.

Now that everything has been settled, his goal has been completed, and the other party does not have any substantial evidence, why bother to give in, Wanyan Keni thought of this, spread his hands, and said with a tired expression: "The last general just now was not good enough, he was a little injured, he really couldn't stand for a long time, and now his brain is still dizzy, I'm afraid that he will accidentally lose his words and collide with the prince, and other things, it's better to wait for the next day." ”

As he spoke, he wanted to turn around and leave directly, he thought simply, as long as he returned to Kanmeng'an, what could you do to me?

It's ridiculous, don't say that first, you have no evidence, and second, you are a prince who privately returns to the border army generals of the imperial court, which is a big crime, and you yourself can't figure it out when the time comes, how can you splash dirty water on me.

Gu Xuan could let this scoundrel get his wish, and when he was about to go up to stop him, he was preemptively said by Lu Yi: "General Wanyan, the matter of our meeting is so secretive, how can it lead the enemy to attack with thousands of horses? How can you just ambush two armies of men and horses nearby and block the enemy's way? If you don't explain and explain, do you want to break it down at the bottom? Or do you think we are all fools who are easy to bully?"

Wanyan Keni listened, turned around, and said with a sullen face: "Lord Wang, your subordinates are so rude, is this saying that I, Wanyan Keni, a loyal general of the imperial court, collude with this gang of unruly bandits?"

Gu Xuan didn't give in, and directly snorted coldly: "Hmph, yes or no, you know it yourself." ”

Lu Yi continued to say aloud: "General, more than 2,000 enemies have been killed, 300 enemies have been captured, and nearly 2,000 war horses have been captured, such a great achievement, if you want to swallow it alone, I'm afraid it won't be possible, even if we are willing to suffer this dumb loss, but the rest of the people in Yanzhou, can you see that you are sitting alone, General?"

These words reached Wan Yan Keni's heart, his body was stunned, and his expression gradually became solemn.

Lu Yi didn't look at him, and continued directly: "I dare to assert that if the general takes these people back, not only will he not be rewarded by the imperial court, but I am afraid that he will be investigated by the imperial court. ”

Finally, Wanyan Keni couldn't help but speak: "What do you mean by this?"

As soon as these four words were finished, he regretted it a little, as soon as his words came out, it was equivalent to directly leaking the bottom to the other party, just wanted to remedy two more sentences, Lu Yi on the other side flicked his sleeves, and he was unforgiving, and continued to speak without hesitation.

Not to mention the status of Xiong Zhenjun's army in Yanzhou, the general himself knows it, draining blood, well, why do those outsiders see you sitting big? You must try to make this credit the opposite, the general has no one in the court, and when the time comes, who will be able to speak to the general? When the time comes, Yu Shiqin will be sent to say that the white can also be said to be black, and how will the general prove himself at that time? Do you want us to come forward to testify for you? But if you're leaving like this today, why are we going to stand up for you?"

"Of course, everyone wants great merit, but don't be too greedy, let it become a life-amulet, General Wanyan, the so-called two mouths inside and outside, both positive and negative, if they insist that the general is colluding with bandits, using some waste of life as the capital for the general's promotion, how should the general explain it? Could it be that everything is a coincidence? Could it be that it is a coincidence that the general took a big risk and led his troops to leave Cammon'an without permission? Could it be a coincidence that he met the enemy here? Is it a coincidence that 2,000 infantry can be used against 3,000 cavalry in the field, and 2,000 of the enemy are annihilated at the cost of 200 of their own losses? Even if these are true, who will believe them? Why should they believe you?"

Rao is Wanyan Keni is a rare wise general in the Xiong Zhen army, and he was still a little dizzy by his words, coupled with the other party's tone, as if he was born with a kind of magic, he couldn't help but think about the aspect that the other party depicted, and his brain really became dizzy at the moment, and he almost subconsciously asked: "Then according to Mr. Yi's meaning, what should I do?"

It was only at this time that Lu Yi spit out his purpose, and he said with a mysterious smile: "The general eats meat, at least he has to give us some soup, not to mention the identity of my prince, it is not you, there are other outsiders who seem so simple, being the prince of the dynasty has a lot to do with the prince of my family, as long as the prince of my family finds the prince to write a book, he can ensure that the general is worry-free!"

This is actually all true, even if Wan Yan Keni thought that he was pulling the tiger skin to make a banner at first, but now that he has gone through the foreshadowing in front of Lu Yi, he doesn't dare to say anything about monopoly, this kind of thing, I would rather believe it or not, since people dare to say it, there is still some truth in it, otherwise who dares to climb the high branches of the prince, don't die?