Inside the study.

After learning that the Chu army had captured Wuyi and Daxing, all of them came to the study of the mansion and stood in front of Bai Yan, waiting for Bai Yan's order.

And the reason for leaving, who was originally leaving, is also standing in the study at this moment.

"General, do you want to fight a decisive battle with the Chu army?"

He was the first to ask Bai Yandao.

More than ten generals also looked at Bai Yan at this moment, waiting for Bai Yan's decision, after all, after the Chu army captured Wuyi and Daxing, if they went further north, they would directly surround Hongcheng.

In the eyes of everyone, Bai Yan looked at the bamboo slip on the wooden table and thought for a long time.

"Why did the Chu army attack Wuyi and Daxing? When did the Chu army go south? Knowing that tens of thousands of Qin troops have returned to Pengcheng, Daliang and other places, Xiang Yan might as well do it? ”

Bai Yan spoke softly.

The words made everyone present stunned, and finally understood why Bai Yan had been hesitant to receive the news for so long.

Indeed, Xiang Yanming knew that the Qin army that had been in Suiyang City before had returned to Pengcheng and returned to the former Wei Land, so why didn't he defend it?

If you haven't fought before, it's okay, a pawn, and they are all Wei people, maybe it's not enough to be afraid, after besieging Hongcheng, take advantage of the situation to attack the Qin army, this is the top priority, but before, Xiang Yan fought with this Qin army in Suiyang City, and it was also this Qin army that made the 200,000 Chu army unable to enter Suiyang City outside Suiyang City.

With such an army of Qin, Xiang Yan actually didn't guard against it, but led his troops south?

"General, could it be, Xiang Yan is also sure that the general will guess like this, and then go south?"

At this time, a general thought about it, and then decided to stand up.

Bai Yan looked at the general, it was the previous general, if Bai Yan remembered correctly, this person was called Cai Yu.

"Definitely not!"

Bai Yan shook his head and looked at the generals in front of him.

"Xiang Yan won't gamble with Chu Guosheji, not only you, but Bai Yan, in Xiang Yan's eyes, it's not worth the price! Although Chu rarely fights, Xiang Yan leads the troops, often drills, and the military formation is the leader, such a general, with a steady heart, will not only keenly grasp the flaws exposed by the enemy in an instant, but also always pay attention to their own flaws, and must not be exposed. ”

Bai Yan sighed and analyzed slowly, his face full of thought.

Whether it is in the history books of later generations, Wang Jian and Xiang Yan led the troops to fight for a year, or Bai Yan's current understanding of Xiang Yan, which gave Bai Yan a hunch that Xiang Yan would not go south.

Chu State rarely fights, but Xiang Yan leads the troops, but never dares to slack off, often has military training, and because Chu has few wars, as generals, can only prepare military formations, which is the result of almost all the generals of Chu State, anti-famous generals, are superior to military formations.

In the history books of later generations, Wang Jian was afraid of Xiang Yan's military array, so he could only confront Xiang Yan for a year without fighting, and when the Chu State could not support it, he found a good opportunity and broke it in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Bai Yan has always avoided Xiang Yan's strengths, never fought a decisive battle with Xiang Yan, and even the deployment of troops was mainly based on defending the city.

"But general, in the battle report, it is indeed said that there are, and there are more than 100,000 generals in the Chu army, this cannot be fake!"

Cai Yu thought about it and frowned at Bai Yan.

After participating in the killing of Chu generals Jing Qi and Chang Wenjun, in the eyes of everyone, it was as if nothing had happened in the past, and now they only need to obey Bai Yan's orders and be loyal to the Qin State.

And with Cai Yu's words, everyone sighed for a while, because of the first experience of decision-making, he had no experience and no knowledge, and he couldn't say any suggestions at the moment, so he could only listen quietly.

However, although he has no ability, in Bai Yan's affairs, as Bai Yan's relatives, he cares about Bai Yan no less than anything, even if it is a slight.

Wooden table.

Bai Yan saw Xiao Yu's eyes, and then also saw the stele who was waiting quietly on the side, and when he heard Cai Yu's doubts, he looked at Cai Yu.

"Why can't people be fake? All the grass and trees are soldiers! Not to mention ......"

Bai Yan said to Cai Yu, and then looked at the others, "In the vicinity of Wuyi, they are all Chu people, and down from Wuyi, it is Baiyue!" If the people are dressed up and accompanied by 30,000 troops, as long as these 30,000 people capture the two cities of Wuyi, what is the difference between 30,000 and more than 100,000? ”

As soon as Bai Yan's words came out, almost everyone in the study widened their eyes and looked at Bai Yan in surprise.

It turned out that Bai Yan suspected that the vast majority of the Chu army in the south were pretending!

Thinking of this, in a trance, someone's pupils suddenly shrank, and he looked at Bai Yan in shock, only then did he remember that when he was in Yanmen, facing the Huns going south, Bai Yan seemed to have used this method to deceive the Huns, which made the Huns trick and enter the clouds.

No wonder, Bai Yan would be suspicious!

"What should we do now, General?"

He also came to his senses at this time and looked at Bai Yan.

Bai Yan thought about it and closed his eyes, even if Hongcheng was besieged, the Chu army would definitely not be able to break through it in a short time, and if Xiang Yan was willing to pay the price of the Chu army's strong attack, then Bai Yan would have nothing to say.

At the moment, Bai Yan was sure that there should be a small number of Chu troops in the south, or people from the land of Baiyue, although he didn't know how the Chu State persuaded Baiyue.

"Since Xiang Yan wants us to reinforce Hongcheng, then we will send reinforcements to Xiang Yan!"

Bai Yan said.

After speaking, Bai Yan opened his eyes and looked sideways at the dove in the surprised eyes of everyone.

"Pass my command, order all the people in the city, without an order, from now on, not to approach the city gate without permission, no one is allowed to enter or leave the city gate without permission, and gather 30,000 men in the city!"

Bai Yan said this, looking at Xiao Yu.

"Go and ask Zhongli Hao, Zhong Lichuan, and those elders of the Zhongli clan, their Zhongli clan is a famous local family, and let them promise those men that whoever arrives in Hongcheng first will be rewarded with 100 gold, the second person will be rewarded with 100 gold, the second person will be rewarded with 100 gold, and if everyone can arrive in Hongcheng within three days, all men will be rewarded with 100 yuan."

Bai Yan instructed.

"No!"

"No!!"

When the dove and the two heard this, they hurriedly surrendered their hands to receive the order.

"General, I will order the soldiers of the Qin army, take off their armor, and give them to those men!"

He said to Bai Yan.

As a man who had participated in the war with the Xiongnu in Yanmen, almost the moment he heard Bai Yan's order, he thought of Bai Yan's previous arrangements in Yanmen, so he thought, just like last time, let those men wear Qin armor and deceive Xiang Yan.

"Nope! This time, there is no need to give armor, you only need to put the rewarded and captured Changge and sharp swords in the back of a wooden trailer and hide them, and send them to Hongcheng in batches! In the past two days, I told the soldiers that they could be lazy in the city, and the number of guards would be halved! ”

Bai Yan said.

"No!"

When he heard Bai Yan's words, he was a little puzzled, but he still nodded.

Born as a butcher, he has never read a book of war, but for Cai Yu's generals, when they heard Bai Yan's words, the whole person was stunned, and he kept pumping in his heart and taking a cool breath.

It's all calculations, after Bai Yan's simple words, it's all about mutual calculations with Xiang Yan, and it wasn't until this time that they understood what kind of thoughts the person they wanted to betray before.

At this time.

Among the many generals, those fir generals in the past did not dare to have any disagreement with Bai Yan in their hearts.

For such a calculating person, they are still alive now, so they should spare their lives, and it is not good to follow Bai Yan to make meritorious contributions and be promoted? Is it not good to make immortal achievements and achieve the name of the ages? Do you have to go against such a person?

Once again, all the generals warned themselves in their hearts that they were glad that such a person was their commander, not the enemy.

"Generals! From now on, it is necessary to order people to guard the city gates, not to let anyone leave, and to order all soldiers to prepare for battle. ”

Bai Yan looked at the other generals and commanded.

"No!"

"No!!"

When all the generals of the Qin army heard Bai Yan's words, they came back to their senses and bowed to Bai Yan.

This scene is not to mention the reason for being a cousin, looking at Bai Yan with an amazed face, a trance, I can't believe that the general in front of me is Yan who grew up with him since childhood, and it is the stele on the side, looking at all this, looking at Bai Yan's eyes, they are all flickering slightly, full of color.

Until this moment.

Bei Ji finally saw in this young man, the world's mouth, the famous general of the Qin State, Bai Yan!

It's not the one yesterday, an easy-going teenager with an easy-going face, no matter how he looks or speaks, he is like a neighbor, harmless to people and animals.

Study door.

As the generals of the Qin army left, they soon looked into the room, and only Bai Yan and Beiji were left.

"Girl, let's go, Bai Yan will send the girl out of Zhongwu City!"

Bai Yan looked at the stele and said.

Hearing this, after seeing the scene just now, the stele Ji, who thought that she couldn't leave anymore, looked at Bai Yan with a surprised expression.

"The general is not afraid of the stele Ji, and inform Xiang Yan of the matter of Fang Cai?"

Bei Ji asked curiously, at this moment she still couldn't understand the heart of the young man in front of her, what he was thinking, obviously she saw everything about Fang Cai with her own eyes, and knew all of Bai Yan's deployments, if she left, tell Xiang Yan about this matter, Xiang Yan would definitely not fall for it.

But Bai Yan in front of her still let her leave!

"It's good if the girl goes to tell Xiang Yan, so as not to add another war! At this time, Bai Yan didn't want to fight with Xiang Yan! Isn't it beautiful to be warm in the study when it's cold? ”

Bai Yan said with a smile, then raised his hand and motioned for Beiji to leave.

This is not Bai Yan's lie, the colder it is, the more Bai Yan wants to drag on this battle, with the breakthrough of the Chu army camp in the north, Bai Yan knows that Chu will definitely recruit more Chu troops even if he does not receive the news.

But no matter how many Chu troops there are, Bai Yan is not afraid, there are not many soldiers, and as the defender of the city, Bai Yan would rather defend the city than fight a decisive battle with Xiang Yan.

Wang Jian and Xiang Yan are all veteran generals who have led the troops for decades, if they lead the troops to plan, if there is still a chance between attack and defense, then the two armies will face each other and fight in formation, relying on Wang Jian and Xiang Yan's decades of experience alone, they will completely crush Bai Yan, and that battle is a fleeting opportunity, for Bai Yan, who has little experience, he may not have noticed the crisis, and he has been seized by Wang Jian and Xiang Yan, such a situation, Bai Yan will naturally not commit it.

Consuming the national strength of Chu is Bai Yan's purpose, it was like this at the beginning, and it is the same now, when there are more troops in Chu State, and there are still Chu people in the court and Chu State, when they can't hold on, then is Bai Yan's opportunity.

“……”

Bei Ji looked at Bai Yan and looked at it for a long time before he spoke.

"If the general is in the Chu State, maybe the one who is in danger of destroying the country at this time is the Qin State!"

Bei Ji commented at Bai Yan.

There are so many evaluations of Bai Yan in the world, and this sentence is in the Chu State, when Beiji heard the Chu people and the scholars of all countries, the highest evaluation of Bai Yan is also the sentence that Beiji has the most feelings after seeing Bai Yan.

"Bai Yan doesn't have that ability!"

Bai Yan shook his head with a wry smile, and then left the study with the stele Ji.

Inside the streets of Zhonggo Castle.

Under the winter, the cold wind is still there, but because of Bai Yan's order, the Qin soldiers can be seen everywhere on the streets.

Inside the carriage.

Bei Ji looked at Bai Yan on the side with some curiosity, last night's experience was recognized by Bai Yan, and then she was let go, in a state of shock, she reacted that Bai Yan really let her go, and after thinking for a long time, she decided to let revenge leave a glimmer of hope and go to see Bai Yan.

Unexpectedly, when she saw Bai Yan, Bai Yan not only did not kill her, but left her to spend the night in the mansion, and today she saw the scenes of Bai Yan's deployment of the Qin army.

"What kind of person is he?"

Bei Ji looked at Bai Yan beside her, her mind was full of questions, this was the first time she was so curious about someone since she was a child.

What made her even more incomprehensible was that she didn't know if Bai Yan believed her words last night, but now Bai Yan personally sent her out of the city, and was willing to give her the carriage.

Just as the stele was thinking.

Suddenly, there was a loud commotion outside.

"Kill!"

"Kill !!"

Listening to the shouts and killings outside, Bei Ji was shocked, where did he not know, this was an assassin who wanted to assassinate Bai Yan again, but listening to the number, I am afraid that there are more people who came to assassinate this time than any before.

"Protect the general, kill!!"

"Kill!!"

The iron cavalry soldiers who protected Bai Yan were naturally all fierce soldiers who had experienced the battlefield, and when they saw the assassins, they also drew their swords to face the battle.

Bai Yan looked helpless, and at this time he also guessed that it should be the news that the whole city was under martial law and that he was not allowed to leave the city, so that these assassins noticed that there was a change, although they were desperate, for fear of losing the opportunity to assassinate him Bai Yan.

"Bai Yan, suffer death!"

Suddenly, a man lifted the curtain, and after seeing the stele Ji, he was a little stunned, and when he saw Bai Yan, he immediately became excited, and threw himself into the carriage with a hideous face, wanting to kill Bai Yan.

Just as the stele Ji stared at him, thinking about killing the assassin, suddenly, there was a breeze around him, and then a black shadow flashed, and when the stele Ji reacted, he had already seen that Bai Yan was holding a sharp sword, and almost at the moment of blocking, he turned his back to the man, and stabbed the man in the abdomen with a backhand.

"This carriage is stained with blood, there are many bad, Bai Yan went out to kill a few people, and the girl is waiting here!"

Bai Yan looked at the stele Ji, and then with a slight force, he pushed the man out of the carriage with his back.

Bei Ji looked stunned and a little confused, because for some reason, Bai Yan's swordsmanship made her feel a little familiar, which was somewhat similar to her Yin family's swordsmanship.

What's going on?

Bai Yan's swordsmanship, how can it be similar to her Yin family's swordsmanship, the Yin family's swordsmanship has been passed down in one line, and when it came to her father's time, it was even more at its peak, and her grandfather never said that there is any other swordsmanship in the world that is similar to the Yin family.

But Bai Yan's swordsmanship is indeed somewhat familiar!

With doubts, Bei Ji stepped forward, raised her slender hand, and gently lifted the curtain, wanting to take a look at Bai Yan's swordsmanship.

However, the iron cavalry guarding Bai Yan are all brave and good at fighting, which has only made the assassin surprise Bai Yan, which has already made the iron cavalry angry and aroused the blood of the iron cavalry soldiers.

When the stele lifted the curtain, in addition to the more than 20 corpses around the carriage, the people who had just assassinated Bai Yan, after two or three people escaped, the rest all ran away, and those who were injured and could not run, all the iron cavalry soldiers stepped forward and wiped their throats with swords.

on the carriage.

Beiji watched Bai Yan turn around and come back, but she could only retreat and let Bai Yan return to the carriage.

After a few breaths, seeing that Bai Yan seemed to be accustomed to assassination, and put Zhan Lu back into the scabbard with an indifferent face, Bei Ji looked at Bai Yan with doubts and curiosity.

"Who is the general?"

Beiji thought about it and asked.

"The girl is curious about Bai Yan's martial arts?"

Bai Yan turned his head to look at the stele and asked with a smile, but his eyes were staring at the stele him.

Seeing Bai Yan's eyes looking at him, Bei Ji was a little weak-hearted, because his deceased father Yin Bei was a chivalrous man, and last night he said that his deceased father Yin Bei was a businessman, so he was afraid that Bai Yan would be suspicious, so Bei Ji smiled and shook his head, signaling that she was just asking casually.

In the carriage, it was very quiet.

When he came all the way to the gate of Zhongwu City, the carriage stopped, and Bai Yan heard the words of the soldiers outside, so he looked at the stele Ji.

"Girl, if there is a chance in the future, Bai Yan will avenge the girl!"

Bai Yan said softly.

After saying a few words, Bei Ji, who had already left Zhong Wu City and had a calm face at this time, suddenly stared at Bai Yan with a beautiful face, and looked at Bai Yan with a pretty face full of shock.

seemed to doubt what Bai Yan said, and also seemed to doubt whether what he heard was an illusion......

What did Bai Yan say?

Help her get revenge???

How is this possible? Last night, she only wanted to leave a glimmer of hope, afraid that after despair, she couldn't take revenge in confusion, she would live in pain, or even die, she never thought that Bai Yan would help her.

She has no relationship with Bai Yan and has no reason, and has nothing to do with it, even when she saw Bai Yan pouring wine for Bai Yan at the banquet, she was also rushing to assassinate Bai Yan, so she did it.

Bai Yan actually said now that he wanted to help her take revenge, how could this be!!

"The general is comforting the stele hime?"

Bei Ji's eyes were a little red, and they all said that what people are most afraid of is despair, but it is also hope, a trace of hope will give Bei Ji the courage to persevere, but when there is really hope, Bei Ji's heart is more panicked than ever, and she has to be afraid, worried that all this is Bai Yan deceiving her.

"Bai Yan deceived the girl, can you get anything? If it was a deception, Bai Yan would not send the girl out of Zhongwu City! ”

Bai Yan said with a smile, and then took out a wooden plate from the side and lifted the lid on it.

"Here is fifty gold, the girl will take it, but I also implore the girl to agree to Bai Yan's matter!"

Bai Yan put the wooden plate containing gold in front of the stele, looked at the stele with trembling shoulders and tears in his eyes, Bai Yan's mind was the appearance of the teacher who taught him swordsmanship in the past outside Linzi City, in the night.

In the blink of an eye, in the past five years, if it weren't for the teachings of his teacher, Bai Yan would not be where he is today, and many times, he almost died and died.

Fortunately, Bai Yan was able to meet the daughter of his mentor!

"What?"

Bei Ji looked at Bai Yan with teary eyes, not knowing what Bai Yan asked her to do.

"Go to Linzi City in Qi Country and worship Bai Yan as an old man! The specific location, Bai Yan has already written in it. ”

Bai Yan took out a piece of cloth from his wide sleeve pocket and handed it to the stele, which was the cemetery of the stele Yin.

"The deceased?"

Bei Ji took the cloth and muttered softly, I don't understand why Bai Yan asked her to worship, you must know that don't say that the fifty gold in front of her is given to anyone, anyone is willing to go, even if Bai Yan opens his mouth, there will be countless scholars, vying to worship Bai Yan.

And why did Bai Yan let her go?

And also......

"Why did the general help the stele concubine?"

Bei Ji asked with her head down.

Bei Ji knew that if she didn't ask now, even if she left, she would always be confused, so although she didn't know if Bai Yan would say it, she still wanted to ask Bai Yan in person.

Why did Bai Yan help her? Help her the woman she just saw yesterday!

For the sake of a woman who has not been related to her for a reason, and promised to kill the eldest son of the prime minister of Qi in the future, no one will believe it at all.

Seeing that the wind outside the city was stronger, blowing the small curtain and swaying slightly.

Bai Yan listened to the words of the stele and turned his eyes to look at the stele Ji with a puzzled face.

"The person who killed the girl's father should not only be Hou Yao, Hou Yao's father, Hou Sheng!"

Bai Yan said.

In an instant, the stele holding the cloth raised her head and looked at Bai Yan in disbelief, her pretty face full of tears was full of horror, and her eyes were full of shock.

Bei Ji couldn't believe it, how did Bai Yan know?

"No matter what the girl thinks or guesses, she thinks that Bai Yan covets the girl's beauty, and asks the girl to remember two things, one is to live, and the other is for Bai Yan to go to Qi and worship the old man!"

Bai Yan said softly.

What Bai Yan is most afraid of at the moment is that after Beiji leaves Zhongwu City, one is not good, and other thoughts of revenge come up, or go to Qi State, and the other one does not hold back and goes to take revenge himself.

"If the girl wants to kill Qi Xiang and win, only Bai Yan can help the girl in the world, the girl must remember that if the girl dies, Bai Yan can't even get the beauty, then Bai Yan won't have the idea of avenging the girl!"

Bai Yan sighed, got up slowly, and walked towards the outside of the carriage.

Listening to Bai Yan's words, Bei Ji was full of confusion and doubts in her heart, but seeing that Bai Yan had already taken Zhan Lu and was about to get up and leave, Bei Ji hurriedly raised her slender hand and grabbed the corner of Bai Yan's clothes.

"Remember, go to Linzi in Qi Country and help Bai Yan worship that old man!"

Bai Yan turned his head and glanced at Bei Ji, and then walked out of the carriage.

Outside the carriage.

Bai Yan looked at the two maids who were frightened, one of them and the trembling old groom, so he ordered the old groom to go to the royal horse, fortunately, the old groom was not killed by the assassin, and the person the assassin wanted to kill was him.

Looking at the small window of the carriage that was opened, Bei Ji's beautiful eyes full of tears looked at him in confusion, Bai Yan didn't say anything more.

Wait for the carriage to gradually depart.

Bai Yan just looked in the direction of Qi Guo, and in the eyes of all the iron cavalry soldiers around, Bai Yan took Zhan Lu, raised his hand in the direction of Qi Guo, his eyes showed remembrance, and then slowly bent down to salute.

(End of chapter)