Fenyuan Tianchi Lake group is like the stars and the moon, surrounded by high mountains, covered by trees, the lake water is clear, originally a group of natural tranquility, but at this time early in the morning, people neighed and barked, hooves were like thunder, wolves ran and pigs rushed, rabbits and deer ran.

From time to time, a bowstring snapped, like a thunderbolt breaking through the air, making the birds and beasts scream more and more terrified.

The right prime minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Ana, was also good at riding and shooting, but for some reason he did not participate in the hunt at this time, but only looked at the emperor Gao Wei and Concubine Feng Xiaolian and others who were shooting and hunting from afar.

Although he was very dissatisfied with Gao Wei and Feng Xiaolian's three-legged cat archery skills, he still couldn't stop expressing his appreciation with a smile on his face, and said to the ministers on the left and right: "Your Majesty is very strange in the art of riding and archery, and it is really an unprecedented heroic and martial master, how fortunate I am!"

The ministers only promised and seemed to agree, but their hearts were not necessarily the same as Gao Anaqi's thoughts.

Suddenly, a horse galloped over, the cavalry dismounted in a hurry, handed a military report to Gao Anaqiu, and said eagerly: "Zhou Shi committed my Jinzhou and approached Pingyang City, please send reinforcements quickly!"

The ministers looked at each other for a moment, and two or three of them stepped forward and said to Gao Anaqiu: "The soldiers are fierce and the battle is dangerous, and you must ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible!"

Gao Ana glanced at the military newspaper roughly, and then glanced at Gao Wei and Feng Xiaolian, who were chasing me and laughing constantly in the hunting in the field, and muttered to himself: If I go to disturb Your Majesty at this moment and sweep away the interest of the two, not only will it not be very beneficial, but most of them will be whipped in the face by Your Majesty, and it will even provoke Concubine Feng Shu's hatred, why bother?

The reason why a courtier is a courtier and can lick a high position is precisely because he is well versed in the art of officialdom, knows when he can trouble his boss and when he can't, and does not disobey it!

Gao Anaqiu immediately smiled lightly, and said disapprerovitically: "I have been fighting with the puppet Zhou for many years, and there are small military changes on the border, which is a very common thing, why rush to report to Your Majesty?"

After a pause, thinking that the emergency military reports had always been one after another, he said casually: "If there are any more military reports, they will all be sent to the prime minister's signing room for temporary storage, and will be left for ......His Majesty to give instructions after the hunt is over."

............

In the evening, the fourth messenger arrived, but instead of the previous three military reports asking for help, they announced that the situation was unfavorable: Pingyang City had been besieged by the Zhou army, and the situation was unknown......

Gao Anaqiu's casual smile finally disappeared, cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and he hesitated again and again, but he still gritted his teeth and reported the military situation to Gao Wei.

Gao Wei and Feng Xiaolian's hunting game was played again and again, and they were still full of interest, and after hearing the news of the fall of Pingyang, Gao Wei's mind was still not withdrawn from the hunting, so his reaction was flat.

Gao Anaqiu was greatly relieved to see this.

Feng Xiaolian took the opportunity to suggest: "Play again!"

Gao Weile said: "It's exactly what I want!"

Gao Anahu: "......"

............

Outside the city of Pingyang, the brutal siege battle, which lasted all day, temporarily ended as the last rays of red glow faded from the sunset.

Shi Zhixuan rode a horse to inspect the soldiers and horses of the headquarters and retreated to the camp in an orderly manner, while gathering the spirit of transportation on the pink belly ** pocket in the sleeve, three or four hundred miles away, silently sensing the mind of the owner of the belly ** pocket.

After a while, Shi Zhixuan returned to the source and shook his head slightly.

This time, he didn't give any more spiritual hints to Feng Xiaolian, it was not his conscience that he found it, but Feng Xiaolian and Gao Wei's performance was exactly what he wanted.

"The hero has his own reasons for his success, and the faint king also has his own reasons for the death of the country, all of which are not accidental......"

............

In the early morning in the north in late October, the chill intensified.

The cold, crisp sound of the impact of the iron leaves was continuous and brisk, Shi Wansui opened the military tent and flashed in, only to see that the master in gold armor was already writing in high spirits, writing dragons and snakes, and he was a Confucian general.

"General, last night we captured seven more messengers from the city who were sent to ask for help. ”

While returning to the task, Shi Wansui put the seven seals captured in his hand, King Haichang of Qi State, Jinzhou Daoxingtai Shangshu Servant, that is, Pingyang City's chief lieutenant Xianggui's request for help on the desk on Shi Zhixuan's left.

"This time, there is also a master mixed in, covered by the other six people, if I hadn't personally led the elite cavalry to chase and intercept, I almost let him escape quietly......"

Shi Zhixuan understands that the masters who can make Shi Wansui praise are at least close to or even comparable to the first-class level of the rivers and lakes. He immediately asked, "How old is this master?"

"Less than thirty!"

Shi Zhixuan muttered: "With this batch, it is the thirteenth batch, the siege has been stormed for thirteen days, and finally a master has come out...... Well, it's time to come out as well!"

Shi Wansui didn't know what to do, and wondered: "Why did the master say this?"

Shi Zhixuan kept writing and reminded: "How many people in the world can become among the first-rate masters before the age of thirty?"

Shi Wansui's face was abrupt, yes, Pingyang City is under the siege of the elite of the 10,000-step cavalry on the Great Saturday, even the real first-class masters may not be able to break through, and sending the messenger for help is just to obey the destiny of heaven, not really expecting the messenger to bring reinforcements, not to mention that once Pingyang City is besieged, the Qi army in the surrounding cities will send news to the imperial court.

Therefore, in the previous twelve days, the messengers sent by Pingyang City were just some elite scouts, among whom there may be good players, but they are definitely not masters, but last night they sent a first-class master, and they are also a promising young man!

It must be known that in the world, whether it is the subset of scriptures and history of learning literature or the martial arts method of practicing martial arts, they are all precious, and they can be easily obtained by the children of the unusually poor, so the vast majority of young masters come from the deliberate cultivation of big forces (families, sects, gangs, sects), and often entrust the future of the forces to which they belong.

"Shizun is saying that the big families, assassins, main generals or deputy generals in the city are overwhelmed by the siege of our army, and they have not seen reinforcements arrive for a long time, and some people have exhausted their fighting spirit, but they are unwilling to sit still, so that everyone is actively or passively starting to arrange the back road?"

Those who take the initiative are hesitant to surrender in Kaesong; those who are passive know that others are about to surrender in Kaesong and they cannot surrender for some reason, so they can only start to arrange for outstanding talents close to them to find opportunities to break through in order to plan for the future, such as this young handsome man who was arrested last night.

Shi Zhixuan smiled slightly, put down his pen and ink, and said lightly: "If what I expected is correct, this young handsome man should be surnamed Wei."

Just because once the city of Pingyang is broken, the rest of the assassins, deputy generals, warriors and other civil and military forces can serve my Great Zhou and continue to enjoy the high-ranking officials.

And because of the thirteen-day battle in a row, our army suffered heavy losses, once Wei Xianggui fell into the hands of our army, although he would not die, he would also be beaten as a prisoner, and the forces of the captain's family in the city would be uprooted.

Wei Xianggui is a little clever, he has to plan for the continuation of the family, and it is best to create an opportunity for the young and handsome men in the family to break through, I'm afraid that what you caught last night was the first wave, there is only one young master, and the meaning of temptation is mostly there, and tonight may be the breakthrough time for important people such as Wei Xianggui's nephews and nephews.

After all, if you stay in the green mountains, you are not afraid of running out of firewood!"

Shi Wansui agreed, and asked: "I don't know which civil minister, military general, or big family in the city is ready to surrender, forcing Wei Xianggui to throw a mouse bogey, and he also made the worst plan, isn't it to assassinate Shi Cui Jingsong?"

Wenchen is mostly a grass on the wall, and he is the most unreliable, not to mention that he has always heard that Cui Jingsong has always been a vegetarian ......"

Shi Zhixuan shook his head and smiled, "Of course, he is a military general with military power, and eight out of ten is a high-ranking deputy general Hou Ziqin, otherwise if it is a civilian official who assassinates Shi Cui Jingsong, at this moment, his Liuyang Kui would have been hung in the city by Wei Xianggui!"

After a pause, he rolled up the cloth that had just been written and the ink had dried and stuffed it into a bamboo tube, and handed it to Shi Wansui, "I heard that when Uncle Ben was an official in Qinghe, he had a lot of friendships with many Cui Junjie, including Cui Jingsong, and this is a greeting letter written to Cui Tingshi in the name of Pei's juniors." ”

As he spoke, he stuffed a roll of blank cloth into another bamboo tube and handed it to Shi Wansui, "This is a letter of persuasion from the general to Hou Ziqin, the deputy general in the city.

Long live you, after you sent these two letters to the king's army, you gathered together the nearly 100 messengers you had captured before. Remember, give the letter to the captain in front of all the captives, and send them back to the city......"

This time, Yu Wenyong changed the last big package, only responsible for leading the overall situation, and the specific affairs were handed over to the general of the six armies and Wang Yi of the supervising army at their discretion, and sending a letter of persuasion to the city naturally required Wang Yi of the supervising army, otherwise it was an illicit affair with the enemy, although one letter was full of greetings between some scholars, without much nutrition, and the other letter was even more empty.

Shi Zhixuan smiled slightly, "No matter whether this letter reaches Cui Jingsong and Hou Ziqin, it will have its due effect!"

Shi Wansui grinned and said with sincere admiration: "Wei Xianggui, Hou Ziqin, and Cui Jingsong are already suspicious of each other, and if this letter adds fuel to the fire, won't they be even more suspicious?"

If Hou Ziqin and Cui Jingsong don't want their heads to land, they can only open the city as soon as possible.

Shi Zunguo is strategizing, and with a single effort, he can win the first credit for breaking the city!"

Shi Zhixuan patted Shi Wansui on the shoulder, and said in a timely manner: "Just brave and good at fighting, but a pawn, even if you are scarred, you may not be able to have many merits."

Only by being well versed in the rules of the game in officialdom and being good at using these rules to be like a fish in water in officialdom can you be invincible, and you will be in the picture, all of which are unsatisfactory!

Just like what the teacher did this time, it seems to be quite opportunistic. After all, anyone with a discerning eye knows that if Cui Jingsong and Hou Ziqin surrendered in Kaicheng, it was actually because they couldn't withstand the siege of the 60,000-strong army, and they didn't see reinforcements arrive for a long time.

But when Cui and Hou went out of the city to surrender with the letter from the teacher, even the emperor had to pinch his nose and recognize the teacher's persuasion.

Originally, the elites of the six armies attacked the city together, and the achievements of the six main generals in breaking the city were not up or down. However, the teacher only sent two more letters, and the credit for breaking the city was much higher than that of the other five main generals, and they couldn't tell if they had any suffering.

The subtlety here is like the finishing touch--of real military exploits must be necessary, otherwise such merit will arouse public anger, but adding a little officialdom to make this military exploit even more brilliant is both understandable and appropriate!" )