In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

In the lobby of the Linqiu official office, Xia Yu was looking through accounts such as grain, grass, household registration, etc., when Tian Shu, who was wearing a chain armor, rushed in from outside holding a sword, and said: "The Jin army in the city has been arrested, and I have ordered strict punishment. Take care."

Xia Yu looked carefully at the bamboo slips on the table in his hand, and said, "It seems that what we expected was right. All the food and grass of Kong Wei's army are stored in Linqiu."

Tian Shu was overjoyed when he heard that, and said: "Haha, that's great. It seems that the Jin army is doomed. I will send a letter to my father, asking him to go out of the city and attack the Jin army with us."

Xia Yu looked up at Tian Shu, who was smiling happily, and said, "You want your father to go out of the city, can you rest assured that your father will lead the army?"

Tian Shu heard the words, thinking of his old father fainting at every turn (half a year ago, you were not much better than your father, and you shed tears when you saw people), the corner of his mouth twitched, and said: "Then what should I do?"

Xia Yu said: "Nothing to do! Let the Jin army go!"

Tian Shu's eyes widened in an instant, and he said, "Let them go! We have already cut off the food and grass of the Jin army, and the army will be defeated sooner or later. At this moment, we are sure of victory, how can we let them go!?"

Tian Shu was glaring at Xia Yu angrily at first, but the anger slowly shrank under Xia Yu's gaze full of teasing, and finally became a little guilty, which is a bit ridiculous to say, In front of this young man who was many years younger than himself, he always felt a sense of timidity that he only had when facing his teacher.

Xia Yu pouted her chin and looked at Tian Shu with disdainful eyes for a grass bird who just entered the game and said, "We have a chance to win? You really don't know your back hurts when you're standing and talking. Tell me yourself." How long will it be before the land of Qilu will have continuous autumn rains."

Tian Shuwei thought about it: "At least half a month, as long as one month."

Xia Yu said: "We have to let the Jin army go. There are three reasons: First, although Kong Wei's food and grass have been copied by us, according to common sense, we can wait for the Jin army to run out of food, but if Kong Wei is desperate and does not give up building Dam lead the canal, kill horses for food, endure for a month, divert water to irrigate the city, and attack Pingyin fiercely. If we can't break our arms and make up our minds to abandon Pingyin, we will have to go out of the city and fight the Jin army. Even if we can win in the end, Casualties are also bound to be heavy, and this requires your father not to lose the chain when he defends Pingyin or abandons Pingyin."

Tian Shu thought about his father, and was a little embarrassed. Knowing his father, Mo Ruozi, his father was not in charge of politics, but it would be too difficult for him to let his father defend the city or engage in military retreat. Besides, Pingyin City is really There are no outstanding generals, the only ones who can be counted as two on the table, Tian Shu looks at Xia Yu and then at himself, and he is here at this time - in the official office of Linqiu.

Xia Yu didn't care about Tian Shu's reaction, and said: "This time Jin sent the Chinese army—the Han-Zhao coalition army. The upper and lower troops didn't even move, and they retreated ten thousand steps. If I sneak back to Pingyin, You stationed in Linqiu, you and I worked together to break Kong Wei's army, which was tantamount to slapping the state of Jin in the face, and losing face because of this, you can't act when they are their top and bottom troops ?"

Tian Shuwei pondered for a while, Zhao Zhifu, who is in power in the state of Jin at this time, is an extremely staunch person. He fought north and south all his life. Qing is the Four Ministers. After he became in power, he worked hard to maintain the hegemony of Jin. In this era of "scholars work for their families, and Qing works for their clan", he never forgets to plan for the state. Zhao Zhifu is the king of Jin. After taking power, he not only competed with Qi State, but also successively competed with Wu King Fuchayue King Gou, suppressing these two newly rising southern princes, and struggling to maintain the hegemony of Jin State.

Kong Wei was originally a disciple of the Zhao family, and at this time the Central Army of the Jin State led by the Han and Zhao Allied Army, that is, the private soldiers of the Han and Zhao families, if these people died in the Qi State, with Zhao Zhifu's personality, it is likely Jiuhui sent all the soldiers of the whole country to fight against the Qi State. Thinking about it this way, Tian Shu shuddered, and a single Chinese army had already defeated the Qi State. If the Jin State poured out its troops, the Qi State would be over. , not to mention that Qi State is still fighting Yan State and Yue State.

Xia Yu said: "You don't need to tell me the last point. We are still fighting against the Yan State and the Yue State at the same time. The Yan State violated the border, and the Yue people are still surrounding Linzi. We can't delay it, and we can't afford to lose it. .”

Tian Shu had been persuaded by Xia Yu at this time, pondered for a while, and said, "Since we can't really fight, what should we do?"

Xia Yu thought for a while, and said, "You send someone back to Pingyin City, and ask your father to write a letter to the government in the name of Dr. Pingyin, asking the government to send people to Jin to discuss peace."

Tian Shudao: "It will take a long time to go back and forth, let's just wait like this? What if Kong Wei jumps over the wall in a hurry?"

Xia Yu said: "I wrote a letter to Kong Wei to discuss the peace negotiation with him first, and then we will start the withdrawal of the Jin army. After the peace negotiation between the government and the Jin country is completed, we should also send Kong Wei's army out of the country. In this way, both sides can advance in parallel, which can also save time and avoid hesitation and change.”

After saying that, Xia Yu opened a blank bamboo slip and wrote a letter. While writing, she was still thinking, fortunately, bamboo slips are used in this era, and paper has not yet been invented. Writing on bamboo slips should follow the grain of bamboo. It is so convenient to use a knife to engrave characters along the ink marks, so it doesn’t matter whether the characters are good or bad. If the Civilization Protection Committee threw itself into the Tang and Song Dynasties, it would be shameful for me to write with a broken brush, and I’m afraid I would be excluded from the upper class. Besides, just read a shit book, don't try to pass the level at all.

On the one hand, Tian Shu sent people back to Pingyin to inform Tian Zhishang to write to the Qi State Government to understand the interests and persuade the State Government to negotiate peace with the Jin State. They took the hidden path discovered during the suppression of robbers. Tian Shu frowned when he sent people, I thought: when Ayu sent people to suppress the bandits, wasn't it just for the purpose of training soldiers, but also for the purpose of familiarizing themselves with the terrain?Did he know at that time that we would use the dark mountain road between Linqiu and Pingyin later?To be honest, although Tian Shu has been with his father in Pingyin City for many years, if not for this robbery, he would not have known that there are many hidden paths in the cliffs, rivers and dark valleys in the mountains. A little more awe.

On the other hand, Xia Yu wrote a letter to Kong Wei and sent envoys to the camp of the Jin army stationed outside Pingyin City to persuade Kong Wei to withdraw his troops. According to Xia Yu's guess, the news of Linqiu's fall must have reached Kong Wei's ears The Jin army has no way to fight this battle, and will definitely agree to withdraw, but who knows that the person sent to deliver the letter came back and reported that Kong Wei had a request. If he did not meet this request, he would definitely fight to the death. Never withdraw troops.

Xia Yu was sitting behind the chief seat of the Linqiu official office. At this time, he was very grateful to the people of Qi for their developed textile industry, which made them like to take off their clothes and sleeves, because under the cover of those wide sleeves, Xia Yu was rubbing her legs in a very inconspicuous way—— Come on, in this day and age, people sit on their knees, with their buttocks on their heels. If they sit for a long time, their legs will hurt, okay?

Rubbing her legs in private, and listening to the messenger's report, Xia Yu raised her eyebrows and said, "You said Kong Wei wants to see me? If he doesn't see me, he won't withdraw his troops?"

The messenger nodded yes.

Xia Yu smiled and said, "This Kong Wei is quite interesting. Since he wants to meet, then let's meet. However," Xia Yu paused, his expression sharpened, and said, "Tell Kong Wei that he wants to meet. Bring Tian Hui here, otherwise you don’t need to see him, and you can wait for the Jin government’s military order to withdraw troops with peace of mind.”