Xie An moved to the sand table, and Wang Zhen followed. Xie An fiddled with the small red and yellow flags on the sand table, and asked Wang Qian: "If our army crosses the Yangtze River and goes all the way to the north, it will win victories one after another, recover a large area of lost territory in the north, and reach the enemy's capital. The enemy adopted the tactic of 'fortifying the wall and clearing the field' and held out. How should our army respond? ”

Wang Zhen thought for a while, and while fiddling with the yellow flag, he said: "We should attack strongly, not give the enemy a chance to breathe, and strive to take the capital in one fell swoop, because our army is advancing all the way, like a bamboo, it is the time when morale is high, on the contrary, the enemy army has lost one after another, the fighting spirit has declined, and the people's hearts are unstable, so they just took the enemy's capital in one go and destroyed his country." When the country is shattered, there is nothing to fear when the remnants of the army are defeated; On the contrary, if the enemy army is given a chance to breathe, the enemy army will definitely regroup, regain strength, and mobilize men and horses from all over the country to come back and swear to defend the imperial capital. The enemy army sat firmly in the city, waiting for work, and our army was becoming more and more tired from long-distance travel, and the supply of food and grass was difficult because it was far from the rear. If it drags on, it will be a situation in which the enemy will eliminate us, and it will be extremely unfavorable to our army! ”

Xie An asked again: "What if the enemy army is stubborn and cannot be broken for a long time?" ”

Wang Zhen immediately fiddled with the yellow flag and said, "If you can't break through it for a long time, you should retreat!" Taking advantage of the abundance of food and grass, he immediately retreated. If we delay our retreat when our army is short of food and grass, I am afraid that the enemy will take the opportunity to counterattack, and at that time our army will be unstable and will not be able to escape the end of defeat. Of course, when there is enough food and grass, you can also lay ambushes on the left and right flanks, and then pretend to retreat because of insufficient food and grass supply, lure the enemy out of the city to pursue, and then order the ambush soldiers to kill from both sides, and annihilate them in one fell swoop with a three-way combined attack. ”

Xie An asked again: "What about retreating?" ”

The king said: "Build the city wall, consolidate the military, and defend the previous gains." Then the migrants cultivated the farmland, made clothes, weapons and equipment, etc., and tried to replenish supplies on the spot. Doing so will not only expand the territory and defend the territory, move the battle line northward, stabilize the rear, but also have the capital to fight a protracted war with the enemy. ”

Xie An looked at Wang Zhen and praised: "Very good!" Although it is only on paper, you have a clear mind and a well-reasoned analysis. You won the third game! Let's go, let's get out. ”

Zhang Xuan and the others were waiting eagerly, and as soon as the door opened, Zhang Xuan asked Xie An: "Lord Shizhong, I don't know what the result is?" ”

Xie An smiled: "Wang Zhen won!" Best of 3 games! ”

Zhang Xuan and others were happy for Wang Zhen and congratulated one after another. Wang Zhen thanked them one by one.

Xie An instructed the servants to prepare a luncheon for Zhang Xuan and the others, and ordered Yahuan to invite Xie Daoyun to the main hall.

Xie An led everyone to the main hall, where there were already two young talents waiting, one was Xie Daoyun's eldest brother Xie Yuannu, and the other was Xie Daoyun's cousin Xie Lang. The two of them had official positions in Beijing, and when they heard that someone had come to the door to propose marriage, they rushed back to take a look. Everyone saw it one by one, and the guests and hosts sat down.

At this time, Xie Daoyun came belatedly. Wang Zhen looked at Xie Daoyun with a smile. Xie Daoyun glanced at him secretly, and then bowed his head to greet everyone present.

Xie An called her over and said to her, "Dao Yun, this royal hostage is here to propose to you." He's already won two of my three-game exams, and I've made good on my promise that I'll never ask about your marriage again. Now it's up to you, are you willing to marry him? ”

Xie Daoyun thought for a while and said to Xie An: "Uncle, before answering this question, my niece also wants to test him. ”

The crowd was in an uproar.

Zhang Xuan was upset for Wang Qianhu, and said: "Miss Xie, this kid has suffered a lot in order to propose marriage to you, he can be said to have come to this juncture after five levels and six generals, can you still bear to continue to embarrass him?" ”

Xie Daoyun looked at Wang Qian, and Wang Zhen immediately put on a pitiful bitter gourd face to win Xie Daoyun's sympathy.

Xie Daoyun snickered in his heart and said, "Every woman in the world fantasizes that her husband is a great character who can solve any problem. The little woman also has the same thoughts, hoping that my husband can solve any problems in the future and protect me for the rest of my life. So, I still want to test him! ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Then, if Wang Zhen is stumped by your question, won't you marry him?" ”

Xie Daoyun smiled evilly: "If he is stumped by me, he will have to listen to me in the future!" ”

Everyone understood that Xie Daoyun's purpose in taking the Wang hostage was to compete for the dominance in the future, which means that Xie Daoyun had agreed to marry the Wang hostage.

Zhang Xuan and others coaxed Xie Daoyun and Wang Zhen one after another. Xie An and the others also laughed. Since Xie Daoyun has identified the king's hostage, he will be calm in coaxing outsiders.

Zhang Xuan asked Wang Qian: "Wang Qian, Miss Xie wants to test you, so you can make a statement!" ”

Xie Daoyun agreed to marry him, Wang Zhen was very happy, and he naturally listened to her in the future, but he couldn't let her look down on her.

So, Wang asked, "Please Miss Xie for the question." ”

Xie Daoyun ordered someone to bring a table, put an apple on it, and ordered someone to draw a circle one zhang away.

Xie Daoyun said: "My exam question is, please ask Wang Gongzi to stand in the circle, and you are not allowed to ask others to help and get the apples on the table." ”

Everyone immediately discussed one after another, and Xie An sat on the top and stroked his beard and thought about the answer with interest.

Zhang Xuan and the housekeeper discussed for a while, but there was no countermeasure, so he said: "Miss Xie, this question you came up with is too outrageous!" How can a person standing a foot away and not asking for help, how can he get the apple on the table?! ”

Xie Daoyun smiled: "This is what I thought of by chance, whether I can get it depends on Wang Gongzi's ability!" ”

Zhang Xuan said helplessly: "Wang Qian, you will listen to Miss Xie in the future!" ”

Wang Zhen already had the answer in his heart at this moment, and said with a smile: "Miss Xie, this problem, others may really not be able to do it." But I might be able to do it. ”

Hearing this, everyone was looking forward to Wang Qian's performance, because they really couldn't think of a way.

I saw Wang Zhen standing in a circle and taking off his robe, using a dagger to cut the robe into strips of cloth, and then using the strips of cloth to form two ropes. He tied one of them to the hilt of the dagger, then raised his left foot and leaned back, and threw the dagger forward with all his might.

The dagger "beeped" and nailed to the top of the table leg, penetrating the table leg by more than an inch into the wood, and the whole table was repelled a little, and the apple on the table shook a few times.

Everyone unanimously applauded Wang Zhen's flying knife stunt, and Tang Qiu, a martial idiot, was the most excited. Xie Daoyun didn't applaud, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, thinking: It's a shame that he can come up with this method!

Wang Zhen pulled out the second dagger from his lower back, repeated the previous operation, and nailed the second dagger to the top of the other table leg. Two shots and two hits, without exception, everyone couldn't help but cheer again.

Wang Zhen picked up the two cloth ropes on the ground, pulled them lightly, tried to see if the nails were strong, and then pulled the ropes hard with both hands at the same time, slowly pulling the table to his side little by little.

Wang Zhen reached out and picked up the apple on the table and held it high, smiling triumphantly at Xie Daoyun.