Square inch by Kyushu

The news of Qianping's fall was quickly spread to the capital of Jin.

Helpless at this time, the old king of the Jin Kingdom is lingering on the sick bed and dying, all the ministers in the court are in danger, and the princes are fighting for power. lose.What's more, the report was only a barbarian riot, which made those in power feel insignificant. After the dust of the overall situation settled, it would not be too late to regain the lost ground.

However, in the battle of the state of Jin to seize the heir apparent, the state of Xi has been secretly contributing to the flames.

There are Shui Furong instigating left and right inside, and spies spreading rumors outside.

In particular, they actually sent back Prince Yu, the crown prince captured earlier, intact.Not only sent it back, but also provided him with gold and silver foil and a personal guard.And this private guard was selected from Li Muge's world-famous Faceless Army.

Of course, in normal times, Wang Ziyu would never dare to use this guard.But special times always require special treatment. He just returned to his country with weak armed forces. If he wants to compete with other princes, this guard is indispensable!So this time, he would rather play with firecrackers than sit still.

Of course, all these arrangements were made by Luo Qiuli, but Li Muge confessed.

This was the second thing he told him that day after showing his fox-like cunning... After the war, Gu Yanxi immediately asked Peng Yun to bring the main force to Qianping, completely cutting off the thoughts of the barbarians outside the city.

At the same time, he sent someone to quickly rescue and return the daughter of King Miaojiang, and then took advantage of this "all happy" occasion to teach the benefits to the barbarian leaders, and to tell them the disadvantages of the Jin Kingdom. The water is not easy to wade through, so let them return to their respective positions as soon as possible.

Although those southern barbarians were greedy before they came, they did not have the courage to confront the Central Plains army head-on.Therefore, after getting some money and food benefits, they immediately withdrew their troops without any further entanglement.

It's just that Wei Chijin, the patriarch of the Wuyi tribe, didn't want to separate from his old friend immediately after meeting, but Gu Yanxi sent him away after a long time.

Luo Qiuli was rather displeased when he saw this, but he didn't say anything more when he saw that the other party had already left.

At this time, he saw that Gu Yanxi's complexion didn't seem very good, and his feet were a little vain when he walked.Xin Dao must be caused by his arbitrariness on the battlefield just now.

Thinking of this, an unknown fire arose in his heart: he is such a big man, why is he still so self-willed?Unknowingly making fun of your own life?

Three steps in parallel, he walked towards him ferociously, just about to "blame", but saw that the other party didn't take a break at this time, but arranged the follow-up affairs non-stop.

He commanded Ruoding to order all the Xi troops to immediately change into barbarian uniforms, and only a few half of the troops were left in the city, and the rest of the army was stationed outside the city first, waiting to be dispatched.

Luo Qiuli knew that he was trying to plan ahead and confuse the public—blaming the fall of Qianping on the barbarians, so as to reduce the attention of the Jin court to this battle, so as to reduce the subsequent attrition of the Xi army.

The raised hand was slowly lowered, and the words that were about to be spoken were swallowed back quietly.

Isn't this the most satisfactory result they want to see?

And now, seeing that, what did he have to complain about?

When Gu Yanxi turned his head, he saw Luo Qiuli all of a sudden. He watched him "sneaking" behind him with puzzled eyes, so he asked, "My lord, what's your business?"

Luo Qiuli rolled his eyes and smiled: "It's okay, I'll come and see you."

After that, he shook his head and walked away.Looking at his back, Gu Yanxi's eyes darkened, but they returned to normal in an instant.Don't overdo it and continue with post-war arrangements.

After the Xi army rested for a period of time in Qianping, there was no news of any suppression from the capital of the Jin Kingdom. It seemed that the fire inside the wall was too large, and "if you want to fight against the outside, you must first settle inside."

So Gu Yanxi, Peng Yun and Luo Qiuli decided to continue northward and capture the second city - Yuping.

"Yuping is no better than Qianyang. There are no famous generals guarding it, but civil servants are in charge. But because it is closer to Lucheng, another important border town, once foreign enemies invade, Qi Zhen, a famous general in Lucheng, can come to support immediately. At that time, together with the reinforcements from Wangcheng to wipe out the enemy, the danger of Yuping will be solved." Gu Yanxi pointed to the two cities not far from each other on the map, and analyzed the soldiers under his seat.

Now it is different from the first time we met, due to Gu Yanxi's surprise attack and decisive attack in this war, all the soldiers no longer sneered at him as before and doubted him, some indescribable admiration and admiration had already quietly crept in their hearts grow.This kind of admiration and admiration is somewhat similar to when Li Muge led them as a general.

"So Yuping appears to be very easy to conquer, but in fact there is a hidden crisis." The chief general Peng Yun frowned deeply, thinking that such a military trap that is easily overlooked is really terrifying.

Gu Yanxi nodded, turned her gaze to Luo Qiuli, and motioned for the other party to announce the news she got this morning.

After receiving the other party's gaze, Luo Qiuli cleared his throat, and said loudly: "There was news from Sheng Le this morning that the Jin Kingdom is currently busy fighting for succession, and has no time to deal with us barbarians who harass the border towns." ’, so no soldiers were sent over to suppress it!”

At this point, the generals suddenly realized why they put on barbarian clothes and stationed in the city, and why they reduced their troops in the city. It turned out that all this was to paralyze the authorities in Jin and make them think that Qianping would not be able to fall. It's barbarian harassment.

After thinking of this, all the soldiers couldn't help admiring the decision makers who led them, and they became even more confident about this battle to destroy Jin.

"Although the trouble is half resolved now, I don't want to confront Qi Zhen head-on and lose troops needlessly." Gu Yanxi's calm and indifferent voice sounded again, pulling the minds of the soldiers back again.

After pondering for a while, he suddenly asked the people present an irrelevant question: "I wonder if you have ever played a game of cat and mouse?"

Seeing that the generals were confused after hearing this, he continued to add: "This time, how about we play this game with Yuping? Let's play the mouse first, and then the cat." Hook, a playful cunning flashed from his glass-like black pupils.

Luo Qiuli turned his eyes slightly, and squinted at him, with an imperceptible smile on his face.

Except for the main generals who had a meeting in the account that day, no one knew about Gu Yanxi's deployment.

So when half of the soldiers were asked to march into Yuping wearing barbarian clothes, while the other half were asked to go to Lucheng wearing Xi's armor, they were all at a loss.And when everyone received the order "only provoke and not attack, if the enemy chases us, we will retreat", they became even more confused.

When chatting with others, a centurion in the camp said: "Even if we gather all the troops to attack one city, we may not have a chance of winning, let alone splitting our forces to attack two cities?"

The listener echoed: "That's right, and retreating before a battle really affects morale, a big taboo for military strategists. I don't know what the head coach thinks?"

At this time, the centurion suddenly whispered: "Actually, I heard that the people leading this time are General Peng and Prime Minister Luo on the surface, but they are actually someone else."

Hearing that there was someone else, the other party also became interested, "Who is it? So mysterious?"

The centurion smiled triumphantly, and said in a low voice, "It's the man who always wears a black cloak and hood. It is said that he joined the army to participate in politics, but in fact he is the military adviser of this war. All the strategies were formulated by him."

"Speaking of which, this person is really full of wit and tricks, and you can see that it is very easy to win Qianping this time. I just don't know what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd this time?"

"I don't think so. It is said that this person is male and female, and he is even more beautiful than that peerless beauty. It is said that his status was obtained by serving the king with sex, so it is all his credit for the victory, and the loss It’s just that we are not brave enough. I don’t think this battle of Qianping may be entirely his idea.”

"Then his plan this time is not to send our brother to a dead end?"

At this time, a heavy cough suddenly sounded from behind, and the two of them immediately turned around in shock, and suddenly saw Luo Qiuli standing in front of them in a brocade robe, and the kind smile that had always been on his face was gone at this moment.Instead, there are two eyes that are as cold as ice and snow, sharp as sharp swords.

"Before the war, talk about the commander indiscriminately, question orders, spread rumors, cholera the morale of the army, remove the two of them from all positions, and deal with them by military law!"

As soon as the order came out, the two were dragged out before they could argue.Seeing this, the second lieutenant at his side persuaded softly: "Master Prime Minister, the two of them also made an unintentional mistake, and now it's before the battle again, isn't your punishment a bit heavy?"

Luo Qiuli smiled coldly when he heard the words: "Heavy? Go find their battalion commander and punish him for lax command of the army, or fifty sticks or two months' pay, let him choose."

Seeing that the always kind prime minister suddenly became so ruthless, the school lieutenant didn't dare to say a word, and immediately took orders to leave.He just said in his heart: It seems that this old military adviser is really of great status, not only protected by King Xi, but also protected by the prime minister, it seems that I should respect him more in the future.

After this matter reached Gu Yanxi's ears, he didn't care about the gossip among the sergeants, but was surprised by Luo Qiuli's firm defense.Thinking about it later, maybe he wasn't angry at what the soldiers said about him, but angry at their slander against Li Muge.So, without thinking about it, I started to prepare for the battle.

When He Zhijing, the prefect of Yuping, received the news that an army was attacking the city, he panicked immediately.Think of him as a civil servant, how to deal with fighting and killing?So he immediately sent a letter to Qi Zhenxiu, the imperial court and the guard of Lucheng, asking for reinforcements.

At this time, a master under his curtain immediately pressed his pen-holding hand and stopped him: "My lord, you haven't gone to the top of the city to see where the army is, what is its size, and what is the battle situation at this time?" How? It’s probably not appropriate to write a book for the imperial court and Master Qi in such a hasty way, right?”

When Eunuch He heard what he said, he also felt that it was quite reasonable, so he turned his head and asked, "Then according to Master's opinion, what should I do?"

The master stroked the two beards under his nose, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Master, please go to the city to have a look first, and we will discuss it later after we find out the truth."

Prefect He did as he said, and when he went up to the city, he saw a barbarian army standing darkly at the bottom of the city. It seemed that the morale was not high.At this time, he looked at the master next to him, wondering: "Looking at the situation, it's just barbarians causing trouble, but if I don't report it, I can't bear it if something serious happens."

"Adults don't have to make trouble. According to the students, we can send a team first to see how strong they are. The number is equal to them. Let's see if they will fight or retreat?"

Prefect He thought for a while, nodded and said, "You can try the method you mentioned."

So it didn't take long, a large group of people rushed out of the city of Yuping and rushed to the "barbarians" outside the city. Unexpectedly, those "barbarians" only resisted a few times and then started to run back.

This Jin army was originally going to test, so it didn't chase much and came back flattering the horse.

At this time, the master said to Prefect He: "My lord, there is nothing to be afraid of the mob. I guess I will show them some color, and they will withdraw in a few days. The imperial court and Lord Qi should postpone the revision of the book."

Prefect He looked at it and felt that it was not a big deal, so he left the matter to the master to handle it at his discretion, and went home and continued to have sex with Xinna's concubine.

In the next few days, as long as the Xi army dressed as barbarians harassed the city, the Jin army would go out of the city to pursue them.But no matter how slowly the Xi army withdrew and appeared to be in a mess, the Jin army chasing them just stopped and did not chase them hard.

Gu Yanxi hides in the army, looking up at Yuping.But seeing a tall middle-aged man dressed as a scholar above the tower, Nian Xu looked at the retreating enemy below the tower with a smile, his eyes shining brightly.

Gu Yanxi raised her brows calmly, knowing in her heart that there might be a master in Yuping, it seems that the trick of "the cat chases the mouse, please enter the urn" cannot be easily succeeded.

That night, he stopped Luo Qiuli who was about to leave for Lucheng to sit in town.

"My lord prime minister, the half of Lucheng's troops are fighting against it, and they are using the delaying technique of fighting and retreating. If you don't meet the enemy head-on, you won't lose anything. So for the time being, it's not a big problem. You don't have to rush. "

Luo Qiuli rolled his eyes quickly when he heard this, and whispered: "What? There are still things in this world that make you, the famous military god, feel troublesome?" His ending sound was deliberately elongated, bringing out a hint of banter.

Seeing his teasing smile, Gu Yanxi was not annoyed at all, but smiled lazily: "Gu is also a human being, and as a human being, he will encounter difficulties, so the difficulties I encounter will not be worse than There are few others, so it is not surprising that some troublesome things happen to me."

"Since that's the case, why don't Brother Gu hurry up and solve his own difficulties, why are you chatting with me here?" Luo Qiuli spread his hands, expressing his confusion.

Gu Yanxi raised her eyelashes lightly, glanced at the exaggerated expression of the other party, and said helplessly: "If it's just my own trouble, of course I don't bother the Prime Minister, but the problem is that this is your Xi country's own trouble, I think there is still a problem." I need to tell you."

Seeing that the other party seemed to have nothing to do with him, Luo Qiuli couldn't help but snorted coldly: "The relationship between you and King Xi can be said to be close to each other, why pretend to be outside the box?"

Gu Yanxi shook her head amusedly: "It is precisely because I can't stay out of the world that I came here to help the Prime Minister solve the problem."

After talking in a circle and then returning to the original point, Luo Qiuli stared at her big clear and bright eyes, not knowing what to answer for a moment.

Gu Yanxi probably also felt that it was meaningless to keep bickering like this, so he cut to the chase: "Our original plan was to lure Yuping's army outside the city and wipe it out in one fell swoop, but now this method may come to nothing."

Luo Qiuli looked at the other party suspiciously, and asked back: "Although the army didn't pursue and fight fiercely today, it was just enough, but it may not be like this every time in the future. And our original intention was to retreat and not attack the first few times. Arouse the fighting spirit, send a large army and then wipe them all out?"

"It's too shallow. Today they chased too shallowly. It's not enough to stop at all, but to stop. And I saw a person on the tower today, and my instinct told me that this person is not simple."

"You don't even think it's a simple person, so what's the use of me staying?"

Hearing this, Gu Yanxi's eyes shone with a mysterious brilliance: "It's useful, and it's also very useful."

Although Luo Qiuli looked at him suspiciously, he still put down the rein in his hand.

Early the next morning, Luo Qiuli knew his usefulness.

That is to sneak into the city, use his unparalleled skills of disguise and charm to seduce the wives and concubines of the prefect He Zhijing's family, and blame them on the middle-aged scholar who sits in the city.

Seeing the embarrassment on Luo Qiuli's face, Gu Yanxi couldn't help raising her eyebrows and said: "I asked you to play in the flowers and do what you usually like and do best, why do you have such a mournful face?"

Luo Qiuli gritted his teeth and sneered, unable to deny it.

Seeing this, Gu Yanxi seemed to realize something: "Could it be that you dislike that the prefect's family is all vulgar fans to spoil your interest?" He patted him on the shoulder, and immediately put on a earnest expression and continued to persuade: " It's all for the family, the country, and for your Lord Xi. It's just a sacrifice of appearance, why do you care?"

Luo Qiuli was still unhappy when he heard the words, and stared at the other party with drooping eyes.Obviously saying: Since you said it so easily, why don't you go?

However, the person concerned ignored this meaningful gaze and unconsciously urged Luo Qiuli to leave quickly.

Before Luo Qiuli got on his horse, he suddenly asked Gu Yanxi: "I don't understand, as you said yesterday, this is our trouble and not yours, why do you work so hard? Besides, you only agreed to help King Xi conquer The state of Jin did not agree to help him control the losses and casualties. Take a step back and say that such mishaps in the middle are opportunities for you to weaken the strength of Xi's army, so why did you abandon them?"

Gu Yanxi didn't seem to have heard Luo Qiuli's doubts, but said another thing with some regret: "Prime Minister Luo was born under a criminal background, and the world knows that you are frank and straightforward, just and fair, and you are always close to the people and kind, how many people would love you?" Was you deceived by your harmless smile? But you have forgotten that you need to be careful when you are discerning, and you need to be buried deep in the city when you deal with criminals, so how can you be treated with contempt?"

Hearing this, Luo Qiuli's eyes moved slightly, and in an instant he hid all his emotions behind those dark pupils.

"So, you should understand that, as you said last night, I have already been threatened to death by Li Muge, so how could I not try my best?" Looking at Luo Qiuli's expressionless face, he said coldly: " And since he sent you to follow me, how can he allow me to not do my best? So those temptations with ulterior motives should be avoided between you and me. "

Now that some things have been said, Luo Qiuli is also a knowledgeable person, so he will no longer play tricks on him.Simply in front of him, he immediately ordered to the surroundings: "Listen to me, the prime minister has important things to do now, you help me take care of Gu Junshi, don't let him play tricks!"

When he was talking, there was no one around, but the light swaying between the treetops, which seemed to be blown by the mountain wind, seemed to be an appropriate response to him.

"It's getting late, I should go now. Next, please ask Brother Gu to sit in the army and cooperate with me inside and out."

After Luo Qiu left, Gu Yanxi began to carry out military deployment step by step, no different from the past.

On the third day, the middle-aged scholar standing on the city wall suddenly disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by He Zhijing, the eunuch who had been the hands-off shopkeeper from the beginning.

Gu Yanxi raised her eyebrows calmly, predicting in her heart that the Battle of Yuping would start within three days.

He Zhijing originally wanted to revise the book again with General Qi Zhen of Lucheng and the court, but then he thought about it, his master, who was a promiscuous and lustful master, could handle it in his own seat, how could he not be able to handle it?If he bothered the court with such a trivial matter, he might make his superiors question his ability.Coupled with the pent-up anger of the master hooking up with his wife and concubine in his heart, an air of fighting for victory suddenly surged from the bottom of his heart.

Thinking of this, he immediately went to the city himself to direct the battle.

He Zhijing, who was a little apprehensive in the past, is completely confident now, because every time he sends troops to attack, the opponent can be chased to the ground.

So on the third day, he decided to send ten times the strength of the opponent to wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop.But what I didn't expect was that although the army was chasing after the victory all the way, it was chasing farther and farther, and it had already chased to the edge of the dense forest.

Although he is a civil servant, he still understands that the situation where the enemy is in the dark and we are in the open cannot be allowed to happen in war.So the red flag was raised on the city wall, demanding that the army retreat immediately and not enter the dense forest.

But at this moment, shouts of killing suddenly surged from all directions, and a large group of enemy troops surged out of the dense forest, rushing towards the Jin army in a dense mass.

At this time, the battlefield situation immediately reversed.The Jin army began to be chased by the Xi army behind it, and it was beaten into pieces.In the end, the small number of troops who managed to rush back to the city were turned away by the prefect who was afraid that the city gate would be broken.

The fear of death made them miserable and desperate, so they could only huddle under the city gate in a dilemma.

Although the city gate was never opened from the inside, it was eventually breached by the powerful Xi Jun from the outside.

However, the Xi army who invaded the city still did not burn, kill and loot everywhere, but took over Yuping step by step under strict military orders.

This move calmed down the panic-stricken people in the city, and did not initiate any riots.

Sitting in Yuping's government office, Gu Yanxi looked coldly at the eunuch He Zhijing and his subordinates who were lying on the ground shaking like chaff, and did not issue an order to execute them, but ordered them to be locked up.

Luo Qiuli didn't refute it face to face, but expressed deep dissatisfaction in private.

"The wild fire is endless, and the spring breeze blows again. Brother Gu, aren't you afraid of endless troubles if you keep them, the enemy's courtiers?"

"I have my reasons for keeping them." Gu Yanxi glanced lightly at the middle-aged scholar behind Luo Qiuli, "Just like you have your reasons for keeping him."

"I kept him because I thought he was quite talented, so it would be a pity to kill him. The people you keep are all harms and no benefits."

"I keep them to persuade Qi Zhen to surrender."

Hearing this, Luo Qiuli frowned slightly, but at the same time, the corners of his mouth raised a clear arc: "You want to tell Qi Zhen that only by surrender can there be a way out."

Gu Yanxi nodded: "That's one, and the second is that we're all leading generals this time. If it's just to defend the city, it's definitely not a problem, but if it's to rule the city, we still have to rely on these old troops."

At this time, the middle-aged scholar stepped forward and said with a smile: "Although the success or failure of a war is determined by a moment, the success or failure of a country is determined by long-term governance. The long-term development of the country is really a blessing for the country of Xi."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yanxi shook her head and smiled, "I didn't see your talent, but you can see your sycophant temperament at a glance."

The middle-aged scholar gave a sassy smile and didn't mind, he just said: "Student Liu Tong, I have met Mr. Gu."

Gu Yanxi looked at Liu Tong, and just nodded slightly, without expressing too much.

Liu Tong didn't care at all, stroked his beard resentfully, and then retreated behind Luo Qiuli.

At this time Luo Qiuli waved his hand, motioning for him to back down, and he backed away after bowing and saluting.

At this time, Luo Qiuli just asked: "Yuping has been occupied, next, brother Gu, do you have any plans?"

"The news of this siege has spread to the capital of the Jin Kingdom, and it will definitely attract the attention of the court, so now we must make a quick decision." Gu Yanxi stood with his hands behind his back at this time, and the silent night wind passed through the hall, which lifted him into silence Clothes that have lasted too long.

Wu Si raised her hair lightly, and the tip of his hair brushed past Luo Qiuli's bright and bright eyes.

"You still look better in white." Some words were blurted out uncontrollably, and when Luo Qiuli realized it, he met Gu Yanxi's eyes full of doubts.

Smiling slightly, he said with a smile: "I'm just helping King Xi with a message."

Gu Yanxi withdrew his gaze suspiciously, and sighed for a long time: "I'm afraid there is no one in this world who treats him better than you. I hope you can treat him like this forever."

Luo Qiuli couldn't help but laugh when he heard the words: "Although he and I are masters and servants, we are also monarchs and ministers, but we are also close friends with the same goals, brothers who are friends of life and death, if I don't treat him well, who can I treat better? Presumably you should not be qualified to entrust this I."

Gu Yanxi didn't refute him, but said apologetically, "Of course I'm not qualified, I'm overstepping the rules."

After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave, obviously not wanting to continue this topic.

"Since you owe him something, can't you make it up to him?" Luo Qiuli stepped forward, blocking his way.A little anger danced in the bottom of his eyes.

"You won't understand, what I owe him will never be repaid!" After saying that, he walked around him without any hesitation or waves.