Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 451
"General Zhou, Mr. Uncle Sun, please see me."

After Uncle Zhou casually ordered an interview, Mr. Uncle Sun, whose clothes were much wet by the rain, quickly rushed into the Chinese army tent with a bunch of bamboo slips in his arms. He saluted Uncle Zhou while complaining and showing off. Said: "Is it leaking today? The heavy rain that fell before dawn has not stopped until now, and let people live? Poor man in his 50s, who has to cover the official documents with his clothes Yuanshu, you can take care of military Chinese books but not yourself."

He casually glanced at Mr. Shusun, and saw that his body was indeed soaked by the rain, and the bamboo slips in his hand were clean without any water stains, so Uncle Zhou said casually, "Mr. Take care of your health, Mister, you must not get sick from the rain, and this general still counts on Mister to help me with military affairs. Come here, wipe off the rainwater on Mr. Sun’s body."

"It's okay, it's okay." Seeing that Uncle Zhou really noticed his due diligence, Mr. Shusun was very happy, and said with a quick smile: "Thank you General Zhou for your concern, but the body of the lower officer is not so delicate, and a little rain is nothing. Hey, they are all here, Doctor Li, two seniors from Shangshan, what are you busy with?"

"I'm discussing some military affairs with General Zhou." Seeing that Mr. Shusun has indeed made a lot of contributions to the Han army, Li Shiqi, who is currently officially appointed as a royal doctor, answered Mr. Shusun's question and asked Said: "Mr. Uncle Sun, what documents are so important?"

In fact, the documents of the Han army brought by Mr. Uncle Sun are not very important. They are all ordinary affairs within the Han army. They just need to be reviewed and approved by Uncle Zhou. Uncle Zhou ordered: "Mister, please hand it over to my guard. I'll look at it later."

When Mr. Uncle Sun agreed in a hurry, Uncle Zhou re-analyzed the problem that made him alert before, and said secretly: "It stands to reason that I let the army of the Yan State directly enter the hinterland of the Qi State, and temporarily restrain the troops who have freed up. The main force of the army of Qi State who came here must have been expected by Han Xin. That is to say, it is possible that the man deliberately spread the news of Tian Heng's fiasco in Gaomi, trying to lure me into doing so. act, and if that is the case, what purpose did he do it for?"

This is the gap between the military genius Zhou Shu and the soldier Han Xin. No matter how talented Zhou Shu is, he would never have imagined that Han Xin would be so bold that he dared to bet on the luck of his ally Qi to make up for his loss. The disadvantage of local troops is also due to the lack of understanding of the climate and hydrology of the alignment area, and the important objective factor of the Jishui flood season is less than Han Xin. The right choice.

Because of this, Uncle Zhou could only weigh the pros and cons within his own thinking, and secretly said: "It is impossible for the enemy in Licheng to deliberately stimulate us to speed up the army. The news of Tian Heng's defeat is definitely true. There are more than [-] soldiers in Qi State If I don't take action, Qi State can at least send more than [-] troops to reinforce the Licheng battlefield, and because there is a fast way from Linzi to Licheng, the speed of coming will definitely be extremely fast, so I won't fight Chances due to time difference. To be on the safe side, it is better to let the army of Yan State temporarily contain the main force of the army of Qi State."

Thinking about this, Uncle Zhou also made up his mind, sat back in his seat and wrote a letter to Zang Yan, the general of the Yan Army, first telling Zang Yan about the changes that happened in Qi, and then asking him to change his way east to Jianchang In Xiaocheng, attacking Di County threatened Linzi, the capital of Qi, and forced Qi Wangtian to dispatch the main force to fight against it. He also asked Zang Yan to temporarily entangle the main force of the Qi army, creating time and opportunities for himself to defeat the enemies of Qi.

At this time, something unexpected happened to Han Xin. Seeing Uncle Zhou writing a letter, out of curiosity, Mr. Uncle Sun, who has been promoted to the rank of the Han Army Attendant, came over to watch, and he was still writing the letter. When he finished signing and stamping, he asked in surprise: "General Zhou, Tian Heng is no longer able to die? When did this happen? How come I have never heard of it before?"

"Just received the news."

While signing his signature, Uncle Zhou casually told Mr. Uncle Sun the spy report made by the Han army. After hearing this, Mr. Uncle Sun came to his senses. Although he didn't find anything unusual, he raised an important question and said: "General Zhou , then if you let Zang Yan be in charge of restraining the main force of Qi's bandit army, will there be any danger? The officer clearly remembers our detailed investigation report, Qi has more than [-] troops in mainland China, and Yan's army has only [-] , if Qi’s army seizes the opportunity to attack with its main force, we will be in danger of being defeated by Qi’s rebel army one by one?”

"Don't worry, sir, Zang Yan is not a fool." Uncle Zhou said while using his seal himself: "I don't need to remind you, as long as he sees the Qi State's bandit army fighting back, he will definitely retreat immediately, and he will never risk a decisive battle with the main force of the Qi State's bandit army. Moreover, when he marched into Di County, there was a big Jishui River between Linzi, the capital of the Qi State, and there was a natural danger to defend, so the possibility of being surrounded by the Qi State's rebel army with its superior force was extremely small."

Looking at the map of Qidi hanging in the tent of the Chinese army, seeing that there is indeed an insurmountable Jishui River between Dixian County and Linzi, Mr. Shusun felt a little relieved, but after thinking about it, Mr. Uncle Sun thought again. After asking a question, he hurriedly said: "General Zhou, will the bandit army of Qi see through our intentions and use only part of the army to restrain the army of Yan, and the main force should come to Licheng to help the bandit army there?"

Uncle Zhou's heart moved, and the hand holding the seal stopped immediately, but Li Shiqi on the other side said impatiently: "Mr. Shusun, don't interrupt if you don't know how to march and fight. Di County is only a hundred miles away from Linzi. Qi Wang Tianjia has the courage to continue to send his main force to Li County regardless of the safety of his capital."

"But Doctor Li, there is a big Jishui River to the south of Di County?" Mr. Shusun retorted unconvinced: "It is already the hinterland of Qi State. If the army of Yan State enters Di County, the bandit army of Qi State will definitely confiscate the ships immediately. The army of Yan has no boats or boats, so they can only cross the river on rafts, if the bandit army of Qi just wants to defend, how many troops will it take to guard against the army of Yan?"

Li Shiqi was a little at a loss for words, and then said: "It depends on whether Mr. Tian Jia has the courage. The old man will not do it. Mr. Tian Jia will bet on the safety of his capital, leaving only part of the army to guard the river, and sending the main force to Licheng Fight us."

Mr. Shusun has never been a good guy, and he realized that if he was in the field holiday position, it was really impossible to gamble on the safety of his old nest and send the main force to Licheng for an adventure, so he also shut his mouth.However, to Mr. Shusun's surprise, after thinking for a while, Uncle Zhou, who could really make a decision, stood by his side and said: "Tian Jia may not have the guts. If Licheng can't defend here, no matter who No matter how many troops are left to guard the capital, it will still not be able to prevent us from attacking Linzi with the Yan army! As long as he understands this truth, he will dare to take such a gamble and leave only a part of the army to guard the Jishui line of defense. The main force is sent to Licheng to join the battle!"

Hearing Uncle Zhou's words, Li Shiqi, Zhou Shu, and Cui Guang who were present were all a little surprised. Mr. Shusun, who first raised the possibility, was even more dumbfounded, and hurriedly said: "General Zhou, I don't know how to march and fight. Just talking nonsense based on your own feelings, don't take it seriously."

"Mr. Uncle Sun, you don't need to be humble. You are not talking nonsense. You reminded me." Uncle Zhou shook his head and said, "I sent the Yan army into the hinterland of Qi. This must have been expected by the enemy. You will also understand that the Yan army's eastward advance to Di County is just a feigned attack to divert it, and it is absolutely impossible to really expect the Yan army to take Linzi. City reinforcements to make up for their inferior force on the main battlefield of Li City."

After saying this, Uncle Zhou quickly crumpled up the letter he had just written, threw it into the stove of the Chinese army tent and burned it, and said decisively: "The army of Yan State has [-] people, we cannot let They are idle in the Dixian battlefield where there is no hope of success, let them continue to go south, and join us in the Licheng battlefield!"

Unexpectedly, my nonsense was adopted by Uncle Zhou again. Of course, Mr. Uncle Sun’s old face turned into a chrysanthemum with a smile again, but Li Shiqi, Zhou Shu and Cui Guang who were beside him quit, saying: General, if we don't let Yan's army pretend to attack Qi, Qi's rebel army will have no worries, and we will definitely send all the troops we can send."

"It's impossible." Uncle Zhou replied helplessly, "If we insist on letting the army of Yan State enter the hinterland of Qi State, it will be a great achievement to contain the [-] Qi State bandit army. At the same time, we have to consider the food and grass supply of the Yan State Army The problem is to increase our logistical burden. After all, it is more cost-effective to let the army of Yan Kingdom directly come to Licheng to help us."

When Li Shiqi, Zhou Shu and others were disappointed, Mr. Shusun made another high-level statement, and suddenly said: "General Zhou, why don't we consider persuading Tian Jiafu to surrender? If we succeed in doing this, we will not only have to worry about Qi's thieves With the threat of the army, we can immediately add a booster to advance eastward, so that we can take Jibei and wipe out the Western Chu bandit army with ease?"

"Persuading Tian to surrender?" Uncle Zhou laughed and said, "Mr. Uncle Sun, you are joking, and it's not like you don't know that we have tried this before, but the envoy Lian Tian The fake man was driven back without seeing his face, and now we have met Tian Jiafu again, and we have formed a deep hatred with him because of Tian Heng's matter, how could he return to us?"

"What's the point of trying again?" Mr. Shusun said casually: "The reason why Tianjiafu didn't pay attention to our envoys was because we didn't have time to launch the Eastern Expedition. Tianjiafu didn't have to be afraid of our threats. Of course they would not meet our envoys. But the situation is different now. Our army has launched the Eastern Expedition, and quickly broke through the Dahe defense line of the Qiji bandit army, which is a real threat to the security of Qi. Tian Fake people are afraid that they will not be able to stop us, so they may not consider accepting our persuasion to surrender."

"As for Mr. Tian Heng, it's easier to handle." Mr. Shusun said more relaxedly: "We can promise Mr. Tian Jia that as long as he accepts our persuasion, we will order Tian Heng to leave Qi with the army. If Hengpifu refuses to listen to us, we can still send troops to help him fight against Tianjiafu, and that Tianjiafu will not care about Tian Heng anymore, on the contrary, he will thank us."

"But Mr. Uncle Sun, Tian Heng has already suffered a disastrous defeat in Gaomi, and there is no way to threaten Qi's rear. There is no need for Tian Jia to bow to us because of Tian Heng's matter?" Cui Guang hurriedly reminded.

"But Tian Heng is not dead?" Mr. Uncle Sun spread his hands and said with a smile: "Tian Heng and nephew Tian Guang have deep roots in Qidi, and there is a possibility of making a comeback at any time. As long as they are still alive, they are still Tian Jia. Hidden dangers. Besides, Tian Hengpifu’s fiasco in Gaomi was the news released by the bandit army in Licheng, so who can guarantee whether this news is true or not?”

When Cui Guang was rendered speechless by Mr. Uncle Sun, Li Shiqi suddenly sneezed heavily again, and said, "General Zhou, Mr. Uncle Sun's words are quite reasonable. Right now we have directly threatened Qi State." The life and death of Tian Heng, who was designed and forced by us, can be used as a bargaining chip in the Wada fake trade, why not send an envoy to try his luck? If it really succeeds, the situation will be too favorable for us."

After saying that, Li Shiqi volunteered again: "General Zhou, if you decide to do this, I am willing to take the risk to go to Qi State to help you, and try to lobby for Tianjia's surrender."

Hearing Li Shiqi's words, Mr. Shusun of course snickered in his heart, and said to himself, "I know you, an old man, will definitely take the initiative to invite you. Otherwise, how dare this old man come up with such an idea?"

Uncle Zhou hesitated, and said, "It's okay to try, but just send an ordinary envoy. There's no need for Doctor Li to go on an envoy to the enemy country yourself. You are so old and in poor health. If Tian Jia doesn't If you are willing to listen to your persuasion, and detain you like Xiang Yu did back then, or even kill you, then this junior will definitely die."

So Li Shiqi immediately said: "General Zhou, I can only go to this matter in person. If we send ordinary envoys, it would seem that we are too helpless." Sincerity, only the old man, who is only under the official position of the prime minister, can let Tian Jiapifu understand the sincerity of our Han army. Then he only needs to meet with the old man, and things will be easy. Even if the old man can't convince him Surrendering, at least it can shake his heart, so that we can continue to act."

Seeing Li Shiqi's resolute attitude, Mr. Uncle Sun hurriedly said something cheap, and said hypocritically: "Mr. Li, you are not in good health, you should let the next official go. Although the next official is not ranked among the three princes and nine ministers, he is also one of the nine ministers." The Deputy Minister of the Han Kingdom can barely be regarded as an important minister of our Han Kingdom, although the hope is very small, but maybe there is hope to see Tian Jiafu."

"Mr. Uncle Sun doesn't have to argue with the old man." Li Shiqi shook his head and waved his hands, saying, "It's better for the old man to go."

Afraid that if he said cheap words again, he would end up in the dangerous job he hated the most, Mr. Uncle Sun hurriedly accepted it as soon as he saw it, and shut his mouth to let Uncle Zhou make a decision. As a result, Zhou Shu thought about it. Second, the Han army has repeatedly succeeded in recruiting surrenders and instigating rebellions. There are many successful precedents, and even princes and kings such as Zang Tu, Shen Yang, and Yingbo can successfully instigate rebellions.So Uncle Zhou finally nodded, and said: "Well, let's try our luck. Fortunately, Mr. Tianjia is still a little bit polite. He just drove away our envoys before and never did any harm. Then Doctor Li, please go to Linzi personally."

Li Shiqi, who likes to lobby, was overjoyed when he heard it, and quickly discussed with Uncle Zhou the specific details of instigating rebellion and persuading Tianjia to surrender. Mr. Shu Sun, who was next to him, was also happy to help Li Shiqi, who was about to go on an envoy to Qi State, to give him a few good ideas However, due to the heavy rain outside and the lack of light in the tent, Mr. Uncle Sun didn't notice that two blushes gradually appeared on Li Shiqi's skinny old face...

The heavy rain outside the tent did not subside until the evening, but when it was time to fall asleep, the gloomy sky began to rain again. Fortunately, Mr. Uncle Sun had successfully escaped his most hated mission. Even though he was in a good mood, Mr. Uncle Sun slept soundly in the sound of the rain, sleeping until dawn the next day.After waking up and seeing that it was still raining outside the tent, Mr. Shusun muttered triumphantly, "Fortunately, it's old Li Shiqi going, otherwise I must have offended the old man."

Mr. Shusun soon became unhappy. When he was still acting as an agent for the Chinese military documents at noon, a guard of Uncle Zhou came to his tent suddenly and said: "Mr. Shusun, General Zhou has an order, please Go to Dr. Li's camp immediately."

"Doctor Li's camp?" Mr. Shu Sun hesitated, and asked in doubt, "Why did you go to Doctor Li's camp?"

"Doctor Li is ill." Uncle Zhou's answer made Mr. Shu Sun feel as if he had been struck by lightning, and said: "I started to have a high fever in the middle of the night yesterday, and I barely receded until this morning, but it didn't take long for the illness to recur. He and Mr. Luli are all visiting Dr. Li now, and they said that there is something important, please go over immediately."

With a clatter, the bamboo slips in Mr. Uncle Sun's hand fell to the ground, and after a long while, he suddenly yelled in great sorrow, "Doctor Li, it's too late for you to be sick!"

No matter how frightened you are, it's useless. With Uncle Zhou's order, and like Li Shiqi, he is also an important minister of the Han army. Mr. Shusun finally came to Li Shiqi's sleeping tent with trepidation. What made Mr. Shusun despair was that At this moment, Li Shiqi was not only still lying on the crude sickbed, but also trembling all over his body with a red face, and from time to time, he made whispers of unknown meaning...

"Mr. Shusun, I know you don't like being an envoy, but there's nothing you can do. Doctor Li suddenly fell ill, and he was so sick. Mr. Luli and Mr. Xia Huang are not only older, but also not good at communication, so I There is really no other way, I can only ask you to work hard."

"General Zhou, it's not that the lower officials are unwilling to go because they are greedy for life and are afraid of death. It's because the lower officials don't have the confidence to do so. Why don't we re-discuss the matter of persuading Tian Jiafu to surrender?"

"Mr. Uncle Sun, don't be humble. Even the King of Han, Shenyang, who was commanding troops to attack our flank back then, you were able to persuade him to defect and surrender to our King of Han. What's more, he is still in the field in Linzi? Also, right now In the current situation, no matter how small the hope is, we have to give it a try?"

"Why do you have to try it?"

"Because of the flood season in Jishui." Uncle Zhou replied with a wry smile: "The rain yesterday and today reminded me of the spring news in Jishui. The spring flood of water has already begun. It is not as easy for us to cross Jishui as we imagined. If the main force of Qi State's bandit army arrives in Licheng again, we will have no hope of crossing Jishui and annihilating the enemies in Licheng. So no matter what I hope that if we continue, we will try our best, if the time delay is too long, we will have to go back home when the Western Chu bandits send reinforcements northward to Licheng."

"Then let's just go back home! Why do we have to take the old man's head to try this luck?"

When Mr. Shusun was roaring in his heart, Li Shiqi, who was sick, suddenly regained some consciousness, and grabbed Mr. Shusun's left hand with difficulty, and said in a weak voice: "Mr. Shusun, old and incompetent, suddenly became this It seems that the affairs of Qi State can only be entrusted to you. Please remember, sir, no matter how small your hope is, please try your best."

Seeing Li Shiqi's struggle and difficulty, Mr. Shusun's mind suddenly came up with such a sentence, "It's really lifting a rock and hitting the old man's own foot."

(End of this chapter)