As soon as Chen Wenqi's words fell, people were questioned.

"I haven't heard of it. ”

"In which book is this battle recorded?"

Of course, this is all said by people on the side of the Ming court.

"The car hangs in the array?" Hahaha-" Abahai looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, which was particularly harsh in the discussion of the courtiers.

Chen Wenqi pretended to be puzzled and asked, "How can the envoy of Abahai laugh?

Abahai stopped laughing wildly, lowered his face and asked, "Your Excellency, please confirm again, this is the car suspension formation?"

Chen Wenqi said lightly: "Envoy Abahai, don't be impatient, and listen to what you have to say. The so-called car suspension array, but it is a kind of pure cavalry arrangement of the cone array, for the Western Han Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago Sima Hussar General Huo Qubing created, because of the high mobility requirements of this array, by the terrain and terrain of the restriction of the great, so the later generations of soldiers do not agree with this formation, and in history in the actual combat rarely used, is not recorded in the book of soldiers. ”

"Ah, I see, no wonder I can't see such a strange formation after looking through the war books. Someone said self-deprecatingly.

Chen Wenqi looked at the person who spoke and smiled, and then said: "Although this formation is not in the eyes of the Chinese soldiers, it can exert unexpected power for the Mongols who are in the desert and are accustomed to riding and shooting, so it is very popular in the tribal wars of the desert. Envoy Abahai, are you right?"

"It's a good word, but it's not a car hanging. Abahai snorted coldly and said with his teeth bared.

Chen Wenqi smiled again and said: "I just said 'in the final analysis, it's just a car suspension array', which means that this array is changed from the car suspension array. Because its name is not well known, I have to spend some more words to explain the origin of this array, so as not to question it. ”

Abahai seemed a little weak, obviously not as confident as before, and lowered his voice and said, "I want to hear the details. ”

"It was two hundred and eighty years ago, when your country went to war with the neighboring Jin Kingdom, and Temujin himself led a large army to the south, advancing extremely fast, and conquering many cities in the Jin Kingdom in a very short time. The monarchs and ministers of the Jin Kingdom thought that only by killing Temujin could they delay the Mongol offensive and seize the initiative in the war. However, Temujin was a Mongol khan, and the guards around him were like masters, so how could ordinary people get close? This Shuhu Gao beggar can fight habitually, is very brave, and has the courage of ten thousand people. If we talk about fighting alone, the 'four heroes' and 'four braves' under Temujin's command are no opponents, let alone an unexpected assassination? Genghis Khan's adviser Yelu Chucai thought of the chariot hanging array across the desert and thought that this formation was necessary to prevent the sneak attack of the tiger and the beggars. Because of this, the formation is like a rotating wheel, which rotates in the same direction when it is about to fight, taking turns to attack the enemy, constantly exerting pressure on the enemy, causing him to collapse due to exhaustion, and his own side is replenished and rested because of the rotation of attacks, and the combat strength is restored. However, this formation has only one point of attack, which is a typical offensive formation, rather than a defensive formation. Therefore, Yelu Chucai referred to the style of the Bagua Array, improved the Che Suspension Array, and expanded the spiral attack points to eight. In this way, no matter where the Tiger Beggars sneak attack, they will fall into a wheel-like attack. The later result was exactly like this, Shuhu Gaoqi's several sneak attacks were ineffective, so he had to return in vain. Envoy Abahai, do you please say this?"

"But you didn't say what the name of the array was. He hoped that Chen Wenqi was just hearsay and didn't know the name of this formation.

Chen Wenqi smiled secretly, I have told the origin of this formation so clearly and in detail, don't you know the name of the formation? You Tartar really can't shed tears when you don't see the coffin.

"It is said that after Yelu Chucai evolved this formation, Temujin once asked the name of the formation, and Yelu Chucai replied that it evolved from the two formations of car suspension and gossip, so it is called the Bagua car suspension array. Chagatai, the second son of Temujin on the side, felt that the name of this formation was not imposing enough, and said that this formation could be attacked and defended in all directions, and it should be called the eight-sided majestic array, but Temujin did not say anything. Of course, this is only a rumor, but in your annals, this array is indeed recorded as the 'Eight Faces Majestic Array'. ”

"Since you know the origin and name of this formation, I don't know if you can retreat from the formation with your whole body in the formation?" Abahai thought to himself, you are a weak scholar, and you don't know where to know the history of your country by hearsay, so you are right in this formation, but you can't break into the formation to retrieve the piece of jade.

Abahai replied affirmatively, everyone on the side of the Ming Dynasty (including Emperor Zhu Youzhang) finally put back their hanging hearts, and Chen Wenqi was really not wrong.

For a time, the ministers exchanged heads and whispered, not only sincerely impressed by Chen Wenqi's extensive knowledge and news, but also extremely dissatisfied with Abahai's troubles again. Among them, those who couldn't hold their breath, such as Xu Ning and others, were already angry, so they had to return the color.

Zhu Jianpei, as the commander of this tribute, must not only maintain the dignity of the imperial court, but also control the current situation. Seeing that the ministers of his own side were angry, he said: "Envoy Abahai, didn't you originally say that it was good, as long as you understand this formation, you will present the jade?"

Abahai smiled slyly and said, "Lord Wang, when the Japanese envoy said this, 'If someone sees through this formation and obtains the treasure in the formation, the embassy of our state will naturally be convinced. ’”

Zhu Jianpei was silent, he did say this that day.

"Envoy Abahai, are you saying that I have no generals in the Ming Dynasty, so I have to let a scholar break into battle? Yin Wei shouted loudly, and walked away.

Zhu Jianpei heard it, okay, this Yin Wei is worthy of being the queen of the gate, and his courage is commendable. Otherwise, if you really want to force a weak scholar to enter the battle, it is still a trivial matter for him to lose his face, and how can the prestige of the Ming Dynasty exist after that?

When Yin Zhi heard that his son volunteered to break into battle, he complained bitterly. The formation that the Shuhu and the beggars have never broken through, what can you do stupidly?

The others naturally understood Yin Wei's thoughts. The day before yesterday, he volunteered to come to the battle, but he was disappointed. Today, Chen Wenqi easily said that he had already lost Chen Wenqi once. If he retrieves the jade, he can get back face, and even the "credit" is above Chen Wenqi. Therefore, he must show something and not lose to a weak scholar.

Chen Wenqi followed his father's teachings, and he didn't want to show his martial arts, so Yin Wei volunteered to come forward, which was naturally the best.

"Brother Yin, please stay, I have a few words to say to Brother Yin. Chen Wenqi walked a few steps and came behind Yin Wei, wanting to tell him the key to breaking the formation. As long as you know the trick, with the work of the martial champion, it is extremely easy to break this formation.

Yin Weisheng was in the family of an official eunuch and was respected since he was a child, and today Chen Wenqi saw through the formation, which made his face gloomy. Therefore, he did not stop, and said coldly as he walked: "If you have something to say, it's not too late for this son to retrieve the jade." ”

Chen Wenqi is not good at giving public advice, and sighs secretly in desperation, this person will inevitably suffer a big loss if he acts with will.

Sure enough, as soon as Yin Wei entered the formation, he saw the flags in his eyes flipped over, and he kept pressing towards him, and the figure in front of him was like a butterfly wearing flowers, a little sticky and fleeting, and he was about to fight back, but his fist failed.

Yin Wei rose bravely, punched like the wind, protected the vital parts of his body, and rushed straight to the middle of the formation. In a moment, he was already sweating profusely and panting like a cow, but the person was still in the same place when he entered the battle.

Outside the formation, Abahai stood with his hands in his hands, with an imperceptible sneer on his lips. Needless to say, he already knew the outcome of the battle.

After about a stick of incense, Yin Wei's skills were gradually stagnant and crumbling. If you don't stop, even if you don't get killed by the other party, you will lose your strength and die.

Zhu Youzhu looked at Zhu Jianpei and called out, "Uncle Huang." ”

Zhu saw that Pei understood, so he shouted to Abahai:

"Envoy Abahai, let them stop, we will admit defeat this time. ”

With a wave of his hand, Abahai returned to a standstill, as it had been.

Yin Wei staggered out of the formation, although he was not injured, he was exhausted and embarrassed.

Abahai was very proud, and said happily: "Emperor, prince, this tribute ......"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Ning, the commander of the Yulin Left Guard, shouted: "This tribute is going to be taken by the official." "After saying that, I will enter the battle.

A person next to him stretched out his hand to grab Xu Ning's shirt and said, "There is something to do, the disciple will serve him." Daddy, let the child fetch it. ”

Who was pulling his robe? It was none other than Xu Ning's only son, Xu Tai, who was only 12 years old. Don't look at his young age, but because he was born in a martial arts family, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he is extremely intelligent, and his martial arts are no longer inferior to the first-class masters of martial arts. It is precisely because of the loyalty of successive generations, coupled with the fact that Xiao Xu Tai is smart and clever, and his martial arts are strong, that he is regarded as a righteous son by Zhu Youzhang. If it weren't for this origin, how could I enter the school field today?

Although Chen Wenqi is young and old, he is young and vigorous after all. He listened to his mentor Liu Jian talk about Abahai's words and deeds in prison, and just now he saw Abahai's arrogance towards the emperor, and he already had the idea of frustrating his spirit. At this time, seeing Xu Tai struggling to break into the battle, he couldn't help but move in his heart (he had already heard of Xu Tai's skills), so he walked up to Xu Ning and his son, and whispered to Xu Ning:

"General Xu, this car hangs in the formation by relying on the mobility and impact of the cavalry, and it is because of this that the Shuhu Gao Qi did not break through (of course, it is necessary to obtain the law to break the formation, and the Shuhu Gao Qi is proud of his martial arts, but he is just blindly attacking, just fitting the rhythm of rotation, forming a situation where people are swords and I am fish and meat). Now it is changed to infantry, and there is a big hole in the rotating rotation. What's more, Abahai is trying to test the truth on the grounds of paying tribute, not to hurt people, so his formation is just putting on a show and trapping people from breaking in. Say a few words to the little general to ensure that he succeeds. ”

Chen Wenqi is old and serious, erudite and talented Xu Ning has seen it, but after all, he is a scholar without martial arts, although he is very sure, how dare Xu Ning let his only son take this risk?

While he was groaning, Abahai's voice came: "If this adult wants to break into the battle, why don't you do it slowly, you can't be afraid." ”

Xu Ning was about to have a seizure, but Chen Wenqi opened his mouth on his behalf: "Special Envoy Abahai, why do you need General Xu to go out in person to break into such a small formation? After speaking, he said a few words in Xu Tai's ear.

Chen Wenqi is bent on destroying the prestige of Abahai, and breaking the formation with a child has the meaning of contempt. How do you know this, Yin Wei and his son were very angry, thinking to themselves, didn't you Chen Wenqi say that I am not even as good as a child? This feud is settled. Fortunately, Yin Zhi was dismissed from office and lost his title shortly thereafter, and Yin Wei was also abandoned by the imperial court because of his troubles on Chen Wenqi's westward journey, otherwise it would be a big trouble.

Zhu Youzhang, Xu Ning and others also blamed Chen Wenqi for being too reckless, but it was difficult to recover the water, so they had to wait and see the change, and act when the opportunity came.

When Abahai heard that a yellow-mouthed boy with a milky smell had not dried up, he didn't care, and thought to himself, the mouse pulls the wooden shovel - the big head is behind, let's see. didn't say anything at the moment, only waved his sleeves twice, and the formation was suddenly launched, and the momentum was even more terrifying than when Yin Wei entered the formation. Abahai also did not forget to explain a sentence of the scene: "Everyone pay attention to the severity of the matter, don't hurt the little general." ”

Xiao Xu Tai's newborn calf, in the face of the rapid rotation of the formation, is still calm, not panicked, only to see him slowly pacing to the southeast position, looking at the moment when the attack arrow in the rotation is almost to the moment it has not arrived, an arrow step into the formation, before stopping, and leaping a few steps, leaving only a figure like green smoke in the formation. The attacking arrow saw that the enemy was breaking into the formation, and according to the established route of the rotation of the formation, it swirled towards the intruder. I was shocked to find that the enemy was missing, so I was subconsciously stunned. In the case of high-speed rotation, he was stunned, blocking the companions behind him, and the companions behind him were blocked, and so on, the front one had fallen to the ground, and the back one was still fighting to press forward, and the whole wheel was like a domino that had been pushed down, and the rumbling was all squeezed in one place, and the formation was suddenly in chaos. When the wheel did not rotate, Xiao Xu Tai waved his arms continuously, pushing the stunned soldiers to the next and west, and the flags in his hands were also snatched and thrown out of the formation by him one by one.

As soon as Xiao Xu Tai saw that the formation stopped, he immediately wandered around, looking for the jade hidden in the formation. Unexpectedly, after searching the whole array, there was no trace of Yubi, so he had to jump out of the formation and return to his father's side.

Xu Ning grabbed his beloved son and checked him for injuries. Xu Tai pushed away his father's hand and said in a childish tone: "Daddy, I'm fine, this big brother's method is really smart, and I didn't have to make any effort." After speaking, he frowned: "However, the child didn't see what the jade is." ”

Everyone's attention was still on the formation, and they didn't believe that the helpless "Eight-Sided Majestic Array" was easily broken by a twelve-year-old child. Hearing Xiao Xutai's voice, he gradually returned to reality.

As everyone knows, the "Eight-sided Majestic Array" and the Shuhu Gao Qi fought for their lives, and they did not allow the slightest softness. And now this formation is just to give the Ming court a problem, and he does not dare to hurt people when the Ming army is eyeing him. The soldiers in the formation did not hold weapons, and because of the rat trap, they did not dare to use their full strength, so the power of the formation was not only discounted?

Zhu Jianpei, the king of Huizhuang, said: "Since the formation has been broken, please ask the envoy of Abahai to offer the jade." ”

The formation that relied on to attack was first recognized and then broken, but Abba had no frustration on the surface, and he had more ruthless tricks behind. At this time, when he heard that the king of Huizhuang asked him to give tribute, he smiled coldly, pointed to the high flagpole in front of the general's platform with his hand, and said bluntly: "Oh, the jade bi is in that square bucket, please ask the prince to take someone to get it." ”

Zhu Zhu, the king of Huizhuang, saw Pei Jiang Gui's nature, and he was already impatient after two days of forbearance, and when he heard Abahai's repeated prevarication, he couldn't help but be angry: "Abahai, a small piece of jade, you have given birth to a lot of things." First of all, you want the king to know the formation, and when you see through your formation, you want the king to break your formation, and now the formation is also recognized and broken, and you put it in such a high place, and you want the king to take it. If you turn your hands into clouds and turn your hands into rain like this, aren't you playing with my Ming Dynasty in the palm of your hand?"

"Lord, you can't say that. Since our state is subordinate to the Celestial Empire, it has paid tribute every year and come to the court every year for the past 20 years. In these years, not to mention the need to collect tribute for the Celestial Empire every year, it is not easy to say that our subjects have questioned why Dayan Khan bowed to the Celestial Empire. Is it too much to ask the Celestial Empire to show a little real work so that the kings and ministers of my small state can be convinced?"

"What if I don't take the jade from that bucket?"

"If you can't even do this little thing, dare to ask the prince, is it interesting for the suzerainty of the Celestial Empire?"

"Bold, Abahai, are you going to rebel?" Zhu Jianpei was furious when he heard this, and shouted with his halberd finger.

Abahai did not show weakness: "Lord Wang, the envoy was telling the truth, and he didn't mean to offend the Celestial Empire. If the prince thinks that this is a rebellion, Abahai has nothing to say, the three thousand people of the tribute mission are here, and if you want to kill it, you will be killed. ”

"You ......" Zhu Jianpei was extremely angry.

"Uncle Huang, please don't be impatient. Zhu Youjiao, who hadn't spoken for a long time, stopped Zhu Jianpei at the right time, and said in a flat tone: "Isn't it just to take out the jade from the square bucket on the top of the flagpole?" ”

"Your Majesty, there is one thing, when the envoy asked people to put it up, he didn't let him use anything, and he didn't let him climb up. "Abahai has to inch in.

One can not use any tools, two can not climb along the flagpole, the only way can only jump up with light skills, from the square bucket to take out. But the flagpole is three feet high, and the square bucket is about three feet from the top of the flagpole, which means that it needs to rise three feet to take out the jade in the square bucket. Even if a person with excellent light skills can only rise to more than zhang, plus his own height and arm length, a total of less than two zhang, and there is still more than zhang away from that square bucket. The point behind the flagpole is one foot and two feet high, and if you jump from the platform, you can reach the height, but the point will be five feet away from the flagpole, and the hand is not long, so you can't help it.

"Envoy Abahai, when you asked people to put the jade bi on it, you didn't let him use anything, and you didn't let him climb up, but the truth?" Xu Pu walked up to Abahai, as if talking to him casually.

"Of course it's true. Abahai said categorically.

"But hearing is false, or seeing is believing. Xu Pu shook his head.

The people here in the court secretly praised Jiang for being old and spicy, Lord Xu's trick is clever, can the manpower do it, you try it first.

"Lord Xu means that this is completely impossible, right?"

"It may not be possible, but seeing is believing. Xu Pu's attitude was very resolute.

Abahai thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible for the envoy to take it down and put it back in, but—" After a pause, as if he had made up his mind, he said carefully, "This is tantamount to teaching you how to retrieve it." If that's the case, it's better to make it simpler, the envoy sent someone to take out the jade in the square bucket, in addition to the color head mentioned by the envoy before, the Celestial Empire just gave the envoy a color head. ”

"What kind of lottery did you say earlier, and what kind of lottery do you want to give?"

When he met the emperor two days ago, the envoy proposed that if he could not take out the jade within three days, he thought that the Celestial Empire had pardoned the tribute of his state. This 'color head' was personally promised by the emperor. Now the jade bi is in that square bucket, if Lord Xu can take it out, this color head will naturally not be given. If Lord Xu asked himself that no one could take it out, he asked the emperor to pardon the tribute of his state, and let Lord Xu take out the jade by any means. If the adult insists on taking it out, of course, you have to add another color. ”

"What's more?"

Abahai said word by word: "Kaipingwei." ”

As soon as the words came out, the people in the court were like cold water falling into hot oil - blowing up the pot. Zhu Youzhang's face turned pale, and he forcibly held back when he was about to have an attack; Ma Wensheng, Xu Ning, and other military generals unanimously drew their swords in their hands and wanted to arrest Abahai; although the 3,000 subordinates led by Abahai had no weapons in their hands, they were ready to attack and were ready to defend their "Jinong" at any time.

Zhu Jianpei, the king of Huizhuang, slapped the armrest of the seat fiercely, stood up and strode to Abahai's side, and said with a halberd finger:

"Abahai, Abahai, it's not enough for you to occupy my Zuotunwei, Zhongtunwei and Ningxia Qianwei, and now you're hitting Kaipingwei's head again?"

"Lord Wang, I am willing to gamble and lose. If the prince doesn't want the envoy to take off the jade, the envoy naturally doesn't want this 'color head'. "Abahai has an iron mouth and steel teeth, and refuses to back down.

"What if you can't take it off?"

"If you can't take it off, you won't want all the color heads. ”

Zhu Jianpei laughed angrily, and said with a halberd finger: "Speaking of which, it is the court that suffers." If the court can't do it, it will give you a 'color head', and if you can't do it, at most you won't want a 'color head'. Abahai, Abahai, you're really scheming. ”

Abahai pretended to be innocent and asked, "What should I do according to what the prince said?"

"If you can't take it, return it to the three guards you have. ”

"Okay, just according to the prince's wishes. Lord, in front of the emperor, we high-fived for an appointment. "Abahai has nothing to fear.

Besides, the suzerainty and the vassal state gamble on the city, and no matter who loses or wins, it will leave people with a laughing stock. Zhu Jianpei, the king of Huizhuang, thought that he was just bluffing, but how did he know that he agreed to it? This made it difficult for Zhu Jianpei to ride a tiger and he stood frozen on the spot.

"Wait. Just then, a voice rang out. King Huizhuang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally had a step.