General Qin

"This area of ​​water and soil is irrigated by the big river, and it is indeed fertile. I heard that the big river splits into two in the west, and one of them goes around from the north and flows under the Yin Mountain. The water and grass there are more luxuriant, and it is a good place for animal husbandry. , and also the real lair of the Huns.”

The Qin mission came out of the Xiongnu camp, and Li Shiqi was on the horse, looking at the surrounding pastures and praising the real estate here.

Although Qin Shihuang renamed the river "Deshui" to symbolize the auspiciousness of Qin's water virtues, everyone called it that weird name on official occasions.

As a native of the Wei state, Li Shiqi had personally seen the scene where the Qin army diverted the water of the great river to pour the girders upside down. Naturally, he would not think that the great river was virtuous, so he only called it by its original name in private.

Fan Kui followed with his horse. He was not interested in Li Shiqi's words, and only asked in dialect: "What did you say to those Huns just now? I think the Great Chanyu was very happy at the end. Please also ask Let's drink and send gifts out of the camp."

Fan Kuai didn't understand the Huns language, so he saw Li Shiqi and the Huns gossip a lot, and then the Huns Chanyu's attitude changed, which made him very curious.

Li Shiqi smiled and said nothing, but pointed to the Hun Zuogudu who led the soldiers to "escort" them away, and Fan Kui understood, knowing that this matter was very important, and even talking in dialect was not safe, so he No more questions.

After half an hour, they came to the bank of the big river.

The boatman of the Qin army who was waiting on the other side immediately came over with his boat.

"The envoy is slow, and please tell the general of the Qin State that this time we must deal sincerely, and don't make any tricks like last time. We Huns will not be fooled a second time. "

Huyan Tiao spoke with a sullen face. He had always been worried about Li Shiqi's lying to him on behalf of him.

Li Shiqi laughed and said: "Brother Huyan, don't worry, I, Daqin, always insist on honesty, and the price is whatever I say, and I won't raise the price like Da Shanyu, which will ruin the business instead, hahaha."

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

Huyan Tiao's face turned ashen.

The Huns only remembered the fact that the Qin people broke the treaty and made a sneak attack at night, but they forgot the deal back then.

"Qin people have always been treacherous, and they just want to take it for nothing. Even if the big order didn't raise the price back then, the Qin people would still choose to attack, just like they now obviously want to evacuate from the south of the river, and they want to blackmail our cattle and sheep before leaving. , This is a clear proof of the treachery of the Qin people, I bah, Qin people who do not speak honesty."

Huyan Tiao scolded a few words, felt that the Qin people were hateful, and urinated on the other side of the river before taking him back.

The waves are rolling and the river is churning.

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

Now that the boat was in the river, surrounded by his own people, Li Shiqi no longer concealed the matter and briefly explained the matter.

"On behalf of the general, you sold them the land south of the big river? The Xiongnu Shanyu didn't agree to it because he thought the price was too high. In the end, he only reached a deal to trade the Huns' captives?"

Fan Kui was dumbfounded, and said: "Didn't we go to investigate the information of the Huns? Why did it turn into a deal? And when did the general say that he would sell the land of Henan to the Huns? There is also the matter of trading the Huns, what do you think?" But it’s the general’s order to fake it!”

Li Shiqi laughed: "Aren't you Fan Kui known as the enemy of a hundred people, who went up to the battle first, and was extremely heroic? In the past, he was able to capture the Marquis of the Yue family from among the thousands of troops and return. Why are you afraid today?"

Fan Kuai rolled his eyes, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, and muttered, "Can this be the same? You have reached a deal with the Huns privately. This is against the law and needs to be dealt with by military law!"

Even though Fan Kui has a rough personality and is not afraid of fighting, but thinking of the punishment in the Qin Army's military law for secretly colluding with the enemy behind his back, his scalp still feels numb.

Li Shiqi wanted to remind him, so he said, "Let me ask you, when you were in Pei County, did you ever fight with someone?"

Fan Kuai nodded: "It must have been beaten."

Li Shiqi asked again: "Then before you got into a fight with someone, did you ever coax the other party into sneak attacking when the other party wasn't paying attention?"

"Sneak attack?"

Fan Kui's eyes widened, and he shook his big fist and said, "Why do you want to sneak attack? When I fight with someone, I hit him with one fist, and the opponent falls down. It's not a problem to hit two or three at a time. Fan Kui fights only with fists. Never engage in any sneak attack."

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

"You, you, you should read more about the art of war."

"It is important for a general to be brave, but to know how to use a soldier, one must be proficient in it. When you meet the general, you will know what the purpose of my deal with the Huns is!"

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"What a good Mr. Gaoyang Li, he played with the Xiongnu Shanyu with a single tongue. From my point of view, even if compared with Su Qin and Zhang Yi in the past, the master's tongue and debate skills are not inferior. "

In the commander's tent of the Qin army on the south bank of the great river, the general Zhao Tuo clapped his hands and praised, and couldn't stop nodding.

Li Shiqi smiled and said: "This is all because of the trust of the general. If there is no general, how can I travel freely in that Hun camp."

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

People like Fan Kui and the others vaguely knew that Li Shiqi had made a contribution in this mission, but the specific situation was not very clear.

Zhao Tuo took a glance and understood.

Although Fan Kuai has the potential of a general, but after all his days in the army are short, the dog slaughterer in the past has more than enough bravery, but lacks strategy. For a sudden general, it is considered good to be able to memorize the rules of general law. Naturally, I haven't read many books on military tactics, so it is normal to have some deficiencies.

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

Cao Shen's current title credit is not as good as that of Fan Kui, but he is from a wealthy family, can read and write, understand the law and reason, and is quite motivated after joining the army.

I heard from Xiao He that Cao Shen often read military books. Now that he has a pensive look on his face, he might be able to see a little deeper.

Zhao Tuo wanted to take the exam, so he named Cao Can and asked, "General Cao, does he know that Mr. Li's entry into the Huns' camp this time will help the future battle?"

Cao Shen was called by the general, and when he saw all the generals and counselors in the tent, they all looked at him, his heart skipped a beat, and he became a little excited.

He knew that this was the general's examination, so after a little thought, he said, "General, according to what Cao Can saw, Mr. Li's transaction with the Huns this time is exactly in line with what Sun Tzu Wu said: soldiers are deceitful." also."

"Our army is gathered on the south side of the river. If we want to attack the Xiongnu in the north, the Huns will definitely be prepared to make it difficult for our army to cross the river."

"However, Mr. Li's trip made the Huns think that our Qin army didn't mean to cross the river, but came here to chase the Yuezhi, and used the excuse of a deal to make them think that they relaxed their guard."

"When our army suddenly crosses the river and launches an attack, the Huns will be unprepared and will be at a loss. In this way, our army will be able to take advantage of the first attack."

"This is exactly what the Art of War says: Show what you can do when you can, show what you can't do when you use it, show what's not in use when you're close, show what's far when you're close, and show what's near when you're far. Use it to lure it, take it when you're chaotic... attacking the unprepared, taking it by surprise. also!"

Cao Shen's voice was clear and bright, and he expressed his opinion, which made all the generals in the tent nod repeatedly.

Even Fan Kui suddenly realized, and murmured: "It turned out that they lied to the Huns, no wonder they told me about a sneak attack on the boat."

Zhao Tuo glanced at Cao Shen with satisfaction.

Xin Dao said that this person is really good, this time he fought against the Huns, he can be given more chances to make meritorious service, and when he grows up in the future, he will also be a good general of the Great Qin.

However, Cao Shen's answer did not exhaust Zhao Tuo's thoughts. He turned to look at Chen Ping again, and said with a smile, "Chen Sheng has something to add."

Chen Ping thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "What General Cao Bai said just now is very true. Mr. Li's move can paralyze the Huns. If they want to attack them, they will show them that they will not attack. This will give our army an advantage in crossing the river first."

"In addition, when Mr. Li entered the Huns camp, he also confirmed the information of the Yuezhi people such as Su Jiasha, and confirmed that the other party was accepted by the Huns and did not betray our army, so that our army can rest assured that the war will be smooth, so that the plan of cooperation between the inside and the outside will go smoothly. implement."

"In addition, the information of people such as Zuogu Li Wang Wuluxu and others are also very important, and may be used in the future."

"Well, what Chen Sheng said is good."

Zhao Tuo nodded.

Cao Shen looked at it from the perspective of combat, while Chen Ping looked at it from the perspective of intelligence information.

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

This mission not only probed the internal intelligence of the Xiongnu, but also used Henan and the Xiongnu captives as bait, successfully fascinated the Xiongnu, the prairie wolf, and lowered its defenses against the Qin army.

"If you can successfully defeat the Xiongnu this time, Mr. Li will be a great success."

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 the Great Chanyu. I think he is still happy about the fact that our army is about to withdraw, hehe."

Zhao Tuo smiled and turned to look outside the tent.

In the north, there is a big river flowing.

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

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