Chapter 787: The Messenger
Sima Zao said to Xie An: "Prime Minister, I want to crown Li Zhun as the marshal, and then give him the Shang Fang Sword, and have the authority to cut first and then play." What do you think?" Xie An was shocked when he heard this, wouldn't this make him above the other three marshals? Could they say that their hearts would be balanced? Will this cause dissatisfaction among others? Xie An expressed his worries. Sima Zao said: "It is reasonable for the prime minister to be worried, but since ancient times, there are clear rewards and punishments in the army. In the current situation, all the armies have been frustrated, only Wang Daolin confronted the enemy, he is also stuck, the reason why I want to promote Li Zhun is because he has completed the task excellently this time, I just let them see, as long as it is credited to the imperial court, I will definitely not be stingy. Xie An was speechless after hearing this.
The next day, Sima Zao issued a decree and crowned Li Zhun as marshal. And the next day, let Li Zhun take the stage to worship the commander, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military came to congratulate, and gave Shang Fang a sword in public, restraining the generals, if there is disobedience, you can cut it first and then play. It was like a thunderclap on the ground, and from then on, Li Zhun was mighty. Then he handed over the newly recruited 80,000 new troops to him to lead. Finally, he was ordered to go to the front on a later day. Li Yan, who came with him, was appointed as a deputy general and took the post of pioneer officer. Xie An proposed that Xiao Lin and other heroes go with him. It turned out that Xiao Lin was far superior to Li Zhun, but this time his status was below him, so Sima Zao specially summoned Xiao Lin and other heroes in the Eight Treasures Golden Palace to explain to them the reason for this. He also comforted them in particular, but Xiao Lin said open-mindedly that we were willing to obey the dispatch of Brigadier General Li, and Sima Zao was overjoyed. Some things are often like this, Li Zhun has been promoted so quickly, it is inevitable that some people will be unhappy, but after the emperor intervened, the clouds in the sky were scattered.
A few days later, getting a worse news, Wang Daolin sent people to ask for help, the Great Qin State with a force of 200,000 people suddenly attacked Wang Daolin and them, Wang Daolin led his troops to resist desperately, how could he finally be outnumbered, surrounded by the enemy, in the desperate situation, he sent people to break through the siege to the capital to move troops for help. After receiving the distress letter, Sima Zao hurriedly summoned Xie An to the palace to discuss countermeasures. Xie An said: "Long live, in Weichen's opinion, Wang Daolin is not in danger for the time being, although the Great Qin people are fierce and abnormal, it is not easy to swallow Wang Daolin. In order to solve their crisis, it is necessary to send a team to attack their food hoarding place like last time, but this time it is a bluff. Sima Zao's face was full of puzzlement when he heard this, and he asked suspiciously: "What did the prime minister say?" So Xie An told him about his arrangements from beginning to end, and Sima Zao was very happy after hearing it.
A few days later, Li Zhun led 80,000 horses to slaughter towards the river. Hearing the news, Fu Jian hurriedly ordered troops from all over the country to quickly deploy troops to resist Li Zhun. In order to confuse the enemy, during the march at night, Li Zhun ordered the soldiers to each carry two torches and stretch the procession, which looked like a long dragon from a distance. Someone had already reported this news to Fu Jian. Fu Jian was even more convinced that Li Zhun was the main force of the Great Jin, so he concentrated all his troops in Weishui. The threat of Wang Daolin and the men and horses everywhere was lifted. On the contrary, the pressure in the water increases dramatically. A spy came to report: "Marshal Qiyu, there are one million troops in the Great Qin State of Weishui. When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked.
Li Zhun sneered instead. He said to Xiao Lin and the others: "I think Fu Jian will be defeated. Xiao Lin said: "Why did the marshal say this? You must know that feelings cannot replace reality. A million horses, a million horses, how can a sentence with a touch of color be able to disintegrate?" Facing Xiao Lin's doubts, Li Zhun said: "If my predecessors don't believe it, I dare not say that in three days, I will defeat this person." Kobayashi said, "Congratulations to the marshal." At this time, someone came to report: "The enemy has set up camp on the other side of the river." Li Zhun said: "In this case, we can only camp on the other side." So he gave the order: "Encamp on the south bank of the river." So the army encamped on the south bank of the river.
As soon as the camp was set up, Li Zhun hurriedly convened an emergency meeting, at which he made a more detailed analysis of the situation between the enemy and us, and according to my observation, Fu Jian was very arrogant, and he had no one in his eyes, and this was the fundamental reason for his defeat. In addition, his army was all improvised, and people were not familiar with each other, and the coordination of the command was also the reason for their failure. I think we're going to have to do both. As soon as he said this, he heard a report from someone outside the big tent: "Qiqi Dashuai, we have caught a spy." The stunned people here caught a spy near the barracks, indicating that the enemy had begun to move. Li Zhun said, "Bring it in." "There is not much time, and a person is tied up and pushed into the big tent.
Li Zhun said: "Since you are a spy, as long as you tell the truth, I won't kill you." The man trembled and said, "Please spare your life." Li Zhun said, "Who are you? What are you doing?" This person said: "I am a member of the king's subordinates, and the king asked me to find out how many men and horses the commander has?" Li Zhun said: "Have you found out?" This person said: "I just arrived near the barracks, and I was arrested. Li Zhun said: "Since I didn't find out, I'll tell you." If you go back and tell Fu Jian, you will say that I, Li Zhun, will lead 200,000 horses. More people will arrive here in the future. The generals present felt funny in their hearts. This man hurriedly said: "As long as the marshal is willing to let me go, I will definitely convey it." Li Zhun said: "Come on, untie him, and send him out of the barracks."
When this person was taken away, Li Yan said: "Dashuai, why don't you kill this person?" Li Zhun smiled and said: "I think they will know our actual situation tomorrow, and the reason why I exaggerated our men and horses to several times is that Fu Jian feels that I am bragging, just to paralyze the enemy, so that we can win." Xiao Lin seemed to have an understanding at this time, and he smiled comfortably.
Then Li Zhun said: "I want to write a letter and ask Fu Jian to fight the day after tomorrow." I wonder how you feel?" Kobayashi said, "I agree. We still have three days to prepare, and then we will contact all the people to coordinate and cooperate, and strive to defeat Fu Jian in one go and completely remove the threat of Great Qin to us. It's just that the person who sent the letter should be bold and careful, able to go and reply, and be improvised. As soon as his words fell, Xiao Lin said, "I am willing to go." Li Zhun said: "There are seniors." So Li Zhun quickly wrote a letter, then sealed it, handed it to Xiao Lin and said, "Senior, take care." Xiao Lin smiled: "Don't worry." But I still wear makeup. With that, he walked out of the tent.
Fu Jian has been in his heart for the past few days, he doesn't understand why, Li Zhun has such courage. dared to be fearless in front of his million-strong army. So a number of spies were sent out, only two people returned. Both men said, "There are 200,000 people on the other side. He wondered in his heart, how dare these 200,000 people fight against my 1 million horses? As he was talking, someone suddenly came to report: "Someone has written a book, please fight a decisive battle the day after tomorrow." Fu Jian was even more puzzled when he heard this, and he asked, "Is it really someone who wrote the book?" The visitor nodded and said, "He said that he was a messenger sent by Marshal Li Zhun of the Great Jin Dynasty." Fu Jian said, "Bring it in." "I said this, but I thought to myself, I want to see the man who wrote the book, and if he tells the truth, I will kill him."