"This land is irrigated by a great river, and it is indeed rich and fertile. I heard that the river was divided into two in the west, one of which bypassed from the north and flowed under the Yin Mountain, where the water and grass were more abundant, and it was a good place for animal husbandry, and it was also the real nest of the Huns. ”

The Qin envoy rode out of the Xiongnu camp, and Li Shiqi looked at the surrounding pastures on his horses while praising the estate.

Although Qin Shi Huang renamed the river "Deshui" to symbolize the water of Qin, everyone called it on the official scene.

As a native of Wei, Li Shiqi had personally seen the scene of the Qin army leading the water of the river to pour into the beam, so he naturally did not think that the river was virtuous, so he only used his original name in private.

Fan Xu rode a horse to follow, he was not interested in Li Shiqi's words, and only asked in dialect: "What did you just say to those Huns?" I saw that the big order was very happy in the end, and invited us to drink and give it out of the camp. ”

Fan Xu didn't understand the Xiongnu language, and he only saw Li Shiqi and the Huns muttering a lot, and then the Xiongnu Shan Yu's attitude changed, which made him very curious.

Li Shiqi smiled and didn't say anything, just pointed to the Hun Left Bone Marquis who led the troops to "escort" them away, Fan Hao understood, knew that this matter was very important, and even dialect conversation was not safe, so he didn't ask more.

Half an hour later, they came to the banks of the river.

The boatmen of the Qin army, who were waiting on the other side, immediately rocked the boat over.

"The envoy is slow, and I ask the envoy to tell you the generals of the Qin State that this time you must make a sincere deal, and don't make any tricks like last time. We, the Huns, will not be fooled a second time. ”

Hu Yanyu opened his mouth with a gloomy face, he had always been worried about Li Shiqi's deception on his behalf, and he couldn't help but threaten him when he left at this moment.

Li Shiqi laughed and said: "Brother Huyan, rest assured, my Daqin has always been honest, and what price is what it is, but it will not increase the price like Da Danyu, but it will ruin the business, hahaha." ”

Saying that, Li Shiqi, Fan Hao and others stepped on the boat that came to pick them up and floated away on the big river.

Hu Yanzu's face was pale.

They Huns only remembered that the Qin people tore up the treaty and attacked at night, but they forgot that the transaction of the year was that the Huns were instigated by Yan Wangxi and raised the price on the spot.

"The Qin people have always been treacherous and just want to take it for nothing. Back then, even if the price of a big order was not raised, the Qin people would still choose to sneak attack, just like they are now clearly evacuating from the south of the river, and they are trying to blackmail our cattle and sheep before leaving, which is the proof of the treacherous Qin people. ”

Hu Yanyu scolded twice, feeling that the Qin people were hateful, and on the other side of the river, and then took people back.

The waves are rolling and the river is churning.

On the small boat, Fan Xu couldn't bear it anymore, and asked again what Li Shiqi had just said to the Huns.

Now that the boat is in the river, surrounded by his own people, Li Shiqi no longer hides it, and briefly explains the matter.

"On behalf of the Admiral, you sold them the land south of the Great River? The Xiongnu did not agree because of the high price, and in the end only reached a business to trade the Xiongnu captives? ”

Fan Xu was dumbfounded and said, "Didn't we go to investigate the intelligence of the Huns, how did it turn into a transaction." And when did the general say that he was going to sell Henan land to the Huns? There is also the matter of trading the Huns, you are faking the general's orders! ”

Li Shiqi laughed: "Aren't you Fan Xu known as a hundred enemies, the first to charge the battle, extremely brave?" In the past, he was able to return from the army of ten thousand and capture the Marquis of the Yue Clan, but today he is afraid. ”

Fan Xu rolled his eyes, reached out to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and muttered, "Can this be the same?" You are making a deal with the Huns privately, this is a crime, and you must be dealt with by military law! ”

Even if Fan Xu has a rough personality and is not afraid of fighting, he still feels numb when he thinks of the punishment in the Qin Army's military law for carrying the main general behind his back and colluding with the enemy without permission.

Li Shiqi had the heart to mention him, so he said: "Let me ask you, when you were in Peixian, did you ever fight with someone?" ”

Fan Hao nodded: "That must have been beaten"

Li Shiqi asked again: "Then before you fought with someone, did you ever coax the other party and take advantage of the other party's inattention to carry out a sneak attack." ”

"Sneak attack?"

Fan Xu's eyes widened, and he shook his big fist and said: "Why do you want to sneak attack, fight with people, I smash it with my fist, and the other party will fall, and it will not be a problem to fight two or three at a time." I only rely on my fists to fight, and I never engage in any sneak attacks. ”

Li Shiqi's face twitched, looked at Fan Xu's tall and burly body, full of muscles, shook his head, and didn't bother to say.

"You, you, let's read more about the art of war."

"It is important to be brave for the generals, but to know the soldiers and use them, you must also be proficient. When I see the general, you will know what my purpose is in this deal with the Huns! ”

……

"A good Gao Yang Lisheng, with a tongue, he will play with the Xiongnu in the palm of his hand, in my opinion, Mr. Tongue Argument Technique, even compared with Su Qin and Zhang Yi in the past, it is not inferior."

In the tent of the Qin army commander on the south bank of the river, the general Zhao Tuo praised and nodded incessantly.

Li Shiqi said with a smile: "This is all the trust of the general, if there is no general, how can the contemptible people go back and forth in the Hun camp." ”

At this moment, the tent was full of talents under Zhao Tuo's command, and everyone was either thoughtful or puzzled.

Like Fan Xu and others, they vaguely knew that Li Shiqi had made a contribution to this mission, but the specific situation was not very clear.

Zhao Tuo glanced at it, and he knew it in his heart.

Although Fan Xu has the potential to be a general, after all, his days in the army are short, and the people who slaughtered dogs in the past are more than brave, and there is still a lack of strategy. Suddenly a general, even if you can remember the rules of military law, even if you can't remember it, you haven't read a few military books and the like, and it's normal to be lacking.

His gaze fell on Cao Shen, who was in charge of the guard.

Cao Shen's current title credit is not as good as Fan Xu, but he is a township tyrant, can read and hyphenate, understand the law and reason, and is quite self-motivated after joining the army.

Listening to Xiao He, Cao Shen often reads military books. Now that he was thinking, he thought he could see a little deeper.

Zhao Tuo was interested in taking the school examination, so he named Cao Shen and asked: "Can General Cao Bai know that Mr. Li's entry into the Hun camp this time will help the future war?" ”

Cao Shen was named by the general, and when he saw all the generals and strategists in the tent, they all looked at him, and his heart couldn't help jumping, and he was a little excited.

He knew that this was the general's examination, and after a little thought, he said: "General, according to what Cao Shen saw, Mr. Li's transaction with the Huns this time is exactly what Wu Sun Tzu said: soldiers, treacherous. ”

"Our army is concentrated on the south side of the river, and if we want to attack the Xiongnu in the north, the Huns will definitely be on guard, making it difficult for our army to cross the river."

"And Mr. Li's trip made the Huns think that our Qin army had no intention of crossing the river, just to pursue the Yue clan here, and used the excuse of trading to make them think that they had relaxed their vigilance."

"When our army suddenly crosses the river and launches an attack, the Huns are defenseless and will be at a loss, so that our army can take advantage of the first attack."

This is exactly what the art of war says: what can be shown is not, what is not used is not, what is near is shown far away, and what is far away is shown that it is near. Profit and temptation, chaos and take...... Attack its unpreparedness, surprise is also! ”

Cao Shen's voice was clear, and he expressed his opinion, so that the generals in the tent nodded again and again.

Even Fan Xu suddenly realized and muttered: "It turned out that he was deceiving the Huns, no wonder he told me about a sneak attack on the ship." ”

Zhao Tuo glanced at Cao Shen with satisfaction.

Xindao This person is really good, this time he fought with the Huns, he can give him more opportunities to make meritorious contributions, and he will grow up in the future, and he is also a good general of Great Qin.

However, Cao Shen's answer did not say everything Zhao Tuo thought in his heart, he turned his head to look at Chen Ping again, and said with a smile: "Chen Sheng has something to add." ”

Chen Ping thought for a while, and arched his hand: "What General Cao Bai said just now is very true, Mr. Li's move can paralyze the Huns, and if he wants to attack them, he will show that he will not attack, so as to gain an advantage for our army to cross the river and attack first." ”

"In addition, Mr. Li entered the Xiongnu camp, and also confirmed the intelligence of Su Jiasha and other Yueshi people, and determined that the other party was accepted by the Xiongnu and did not betray our army, so that our army can rest assured that the war will be fought and the plan of internal and external cooperation can be implemented smoothly."

"In addition, the information of people such as Zuogu Liwang Wuluxu and others is also very important, and it may be possible to use it in the future."

"Well, Chen Sheng is right."

Zhao Tuo bowed.

Cao Shen looked at the matter from an operational point of view, while Chen Ping viewed it from the perspective of intelligence information.

The sum of the two is the harvest of Li Shiqi's mission to the Hun camp this time.

This envoy not only probed the internal intelligence of the Xiongnu, but also used Henan and Xiongnu captives as bait, successfully fascinated the Xiongnu, a steppe wolf, and made it lower its guard against the Qin army.

"If you can successfully defeat the Huns this time, Mr. Li should be a great contribution."

Zhao Tuo made a promise to Li Shiqi.

Li Shiqi stroked his beard and smiled: "Thank you, General." But this time it was successful, thanks to that big Shan Yu, I think he is still happy about the imminent withdrawal of our army at the moment, hehe. ”

Zhao Tuo smiled and turned his head to look outside the tent.

In the north, there is a great river flowing.

A large Qin army boat division is coming from the direction of Helan.

When the Zhou division arrived, it was time for the Qin army to launch a ferocious offensive.

(End of chapter)