"Report to General Zhou, Mr. Shusun asked for a meeting."

After Uncle Zhou ordered the meeting casually, Mr. Sun, whose clothes were wet by the rain, quickly rushed into the tent of the Central Army with a pile of bamboo slips. While saluting Uncle Zhou, he complained and showed off, saying, "Is it leaking this day? It rained heavily before dawn. It has not stopped for a while, so why don't people live? Poor people in their fifties are still in their fifties, and they still have to cover the official documents with their clothes, so they can't take care of themselves."

He glanced at Mr. Sun casually, and saw that his body was indeed wet by the rain, and his bamboo slips were clean and there was no water stain. Uncle Zhou said casually: "Mr. Uncle Sun is here. Take care of his health. I have been sick from the rain. I am also counting on Mr. Sun to help me with military affairs. Come on, please wipe the rain from Mr. Sun."

"It's okay, it's okay." Seeing that Uncle Zhou had indeed noticed his duty and responsibility, Mr. Sun was very happy and said with a hurried smile: "Thank you for your concern, General Zhou, but Xia Guan's body is not that delicate, and it's nothing to get wet in a little rain. Hey, we are all here, Doctor Li, two seniors Shangshan, what are you busy with?"

"I am 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 the official censor, answered Mr. Shusun's question and asked again: "Mr. Shusun, what documents are so important?"

In fact, the documents of the Han army brought by Mr. Shusun are not very important. They are all ordinary affairs within the Han army, and they only require Uncle Zhou to review and approval. So after Mr. Shusun explained the general content of the official document, Uncle Zhou, who was planning a major event, ordered: "Please leave it to my guardian, and I will read it later."

When Mr. Shusun hurriedly agreed, Uncle Zhou re-analyzed the previous issue that had made him alert and said secretly: "In theory, I asked the Yan team to directly enter the hinterland of Qi State to temporarily restrain the main force of the Qi ** team that had already been freed. This will definitely be expected by Han Xin's ordinary man. In other words, deliberately spreading the news of Tian Heng's miserable defeat in Gaomi, it may be that the ordinary man deliberately tried to lure me into doing this. If this is the case, what purpose did he do this?"

This is the gap between the military genius Zhou and the military immortal Han Xin. No matter how talented the Uncle Zhou is, he never thought that Han Xin would be so bold that he would bet on the fortune of his ally Qi to make up for his local military strength. Because of the lack of understanding of the climate and hydrology of the Qi land, he calculated less important objective factors than Han Xin. Naturally, he could not see through Han Xin's true intentions and could not make the enemy's first and make a real right choice.

Because of this, Uncle Zhou could only weigh the pros and cons within his own thinking range and said secretly: "The enemy in Licheng cannot deliberately stimulate us to speed up the advance. The news of Tian Heng's miserable defeat is definitely true. Qi State still has more than 80,000 rear troops. If I do not take action, Qi State can send at least more than 50,000 troops to reinforce the battlefield in Licheng. Because there is a road to connect from Linzi to Licheng, the speed will definitely be very fast and will not give me a chance to get a time difference. To be safe, it is better to let Yan ** team temporarily restrain the main force of Qi ** team."

After thinking about this, Uncle Zhou made up his mind and sat back to his original position and personally wrote a letter to Zang Yan, the general of the Yan Army. He first told Zang Yan about the incident that happened in Qi, and asked him to change his way eastward to Jianchang small city, attack Di County, threaten the capital of Qi Linzi, and force King Tian of Qi to pretend to send his main force to fight. He also asked Zang Yan to temporarily entangle the main force of Qi and create time opportunities for himself to defeat the enemies in Qi.

At this time, something unexpected happened in Han Xin. Seeing Uncle Zhou pick up a pen to write a letter, out of curiosity, Mr. Sun, who had already accumulated merits and promoted to the Han army, came over to watch it. When Uncle Zhou finished writing the letter with a seal, he asked in surprise: "General Zhou, Tian Heng is no longer able to do it? When did this happen? Why has the Xiaguan never heard of it before?"

“The message I just received.”

While signing the autograph, Uncle Zhou casually told Mr. Shusun the detailed investigation report of the Han army. After hearing this, Mr. Shusun realized that although he did not find anything abnormal, he had a broad mind and raised an important question, saying: "General Zhou, will it be dangerous if you let Zang Yan be responsible for restraining the main force of the Qi traitor army? The official clearly remembers our detailed investigation report. There are more than 80,000 troops in Qi, and the Yan ** team only has 30,000 troops. If the Qi ** team takes the opportunity to fight with the main force, we will be in danger of being defeated by the Qi traitor army one by one?"

"Sir, don't worry, Zang Yan is not a fool." Uncle Zhou said while using his seal himself: "No need to remind me, as long as he sees the Qi traitor army fight back, he will definitely retreat immediately and will never take a decisive battle with the main force of the Qi traitor army. Moreover, he entered Di County, and there was a Ji River between the Qi traitor army and Linzi, the capital of Qi traitor army, which had natural dangers to defend. The possibility of being surrounded by Qi traitor army using its military advantage is extremely small."

After looking at the map of Qi land hanging in the central army's tent, he saw that there was indeed an insurmountable Jishui River between Di County and Linzi. Mr. Shusun felt a little relieved. However, after thinking about it, Mr. Shusun thought of another question and said hurriedly: "General Zhou, will the Qi traitor army see through our intentions and use only part of the army to restrain the Yan ** team. Or will the main force come to Licheng to help the thief army there?"

Uncle Zhou's heart moved, and his hand holding the seal was immediately fixed. 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 more than a hundred miles away from Linzi. Tian Jiao, the fake Qi king, had the courage to ignore the safety of his capital and continue to send his main force to Li County."

"But Doctor Li, is there a Jishui River to the south of Di County?" Mr. Shusun retorted dissatisfied: "It is already the hinterland of Qi. When it was found that Yan ** team entered Di County, Qi's traitor army would definitely confiscate the ships immediately. Yan ** team had no boats or ships, so they could only cross the river by rafts. If Qi's traitor army only wanted to defend, how many troops could it use to prevent Yan ** team?"

Li Shiqi was a little speechless and then said, "That depends on whether Tianfu Puppet has the courage. I will not do it anymore. Tianfu Puppetet will bet on the security of his capital, leaving only some troops to guard the river, and send the main force to Licheng to fight us."

Mr. Shusun has never been a stubborn man. He found that if he was in Tianyou's position, it was impossible to bet on his lair to safely send the main force to come to Licheng, so he shut up his mouth. However, what surprised Mr. Shusun was that after a moment of calculation, Uncle Zhou, who could really make a decision, actually stood on his side and said: "The Tianyou man may not have the courage. If he can't defend Licheng here, no matter how many troops he left to defend the capital, he still couldn't stop us and the Yan** team from attacking Linzi! As long as he understood this truth, he would probably really dare to take a gamble like this, leaving only some troops to guard the Jishui defense line and send the main force to come to Licheng to participate in the war!"

When Li Shiqi, Zhou Shu and Cui Guang were present, they were inevitably a little surprised. The uncle Sun, who first raised this possibility, was even more shocked and said hurriedly: "General Zhou, the subordinates do not know how to march and fight. They just talk nonsense based on their own feelings. Don't take it seriously."

"Mr. Shusun doesn't have to be modest. You are not talking nonsense. You reminded me in turn." Uncle Zhou shook his head and said, "I sent Yan army to the hinterland of Qi. This will definitely be within the enemy's expectations. The enemy will also understand that Yan ** team is just a feint attack to restrain the attack. It is impossible to really expect Yan ** team to take Linzi. As long as they have great courage, they will definitely dare to use the partial division to prevent Yan ** team, so that the main force comes to Licheng to reinforce and make up for their military strength disadvantage on the battlefield of Licheng."

After saying this, Uncle Zhou quickly kneaded the letter he had just written into a ball, threw it into the stove in the central army's tent and burned it, and said decisively: "The Yan** team has 30,000 people. We cannot let them stay idle in the battlefield of Dixian, where there is no hope of success. Let them continue to go south. Come to the battlefield of Licheng to meet us!"

Unexpectedly, his nonsense was adopted by Uncle Zhou again. Mr. Shusun's old face was of course smiling like a chrysanthemum again. Li Shiqi, Zhou Shu and Cui Guang next to him quit, and they all said: "General Zhou, if we don't let the Yan ** team feint attack Qi, the Qi traitor army will definitely send all the troops that can be sent."

"This is nothing to do." Uncle Zhou replied helplessly: "If we insist on letting the Yan ** team enter the hinterland of Qi, it is amazing that we will restrain the 20,000 Qi traitor army. At the same time, we have to consider the food and grass supply issues of Yan ** team and increase our logistics burden. After all, it is more cost-effective to let the Yan ** team come directly to Licheng to help us."

When Li Shiqi, Zhou Shu and others were disappointed, Mr. Shusun made a high argument again and suddenly said, "General Zhou, why don't we consider persuading the false man from the Tian Dynasty? If we succeed, we will not only no longer have to worry about the threat of the Qi traitor army, but also immediately add an assistance to the east, so that we can take down Jibei and eliminate the Western Chu traitor army's partial army, and it is easy to get back to the back?"

"Please surrender Tian's fake man?" Uncle Zhou laughed and said, "Mr. Shusun, you are joking. You don't know. Before that, we tried this, but the messenger was driven back before he even saw Tian's fake man. Now we have met Tian's fake man again, and have formed a deep hatred with him because of Tian Heng's affairs. How could he surrender to us?"

"What's the point of trying again?" Mr. Shusun said casually: "In the past, Tianfu Mu Man refused to pay attention to our envoy because we couldn't take action to launch an Eastern Expedition at that time. Tianfu Mu Man did not have to be afraid of our threats, and of course he refused to see our envoys. But now the situation is different. Our army has launched an Eastern Expedition and has quickly broken through the river defense line of the Qiji bandit army, which has really threatened the security of Qi. Tianfu Mu Man is afraid that he can't stop us, so he may not consider accepting our persuasion."

"As for Tian Heng's affairs, it is easier to handle." Mr. Shusun said more easily: "We can promise Tian Feifu, and just say that as long as he accepts our persuasion, we will order Tian Heng to leave Qi State with his army. Tian Heng's affairs do not listen to us, and we can also send troops to help him attack Tian Feifu. The Tian Feifu will not only not care about Tian Heng's affairs, but also thank us."

"But Mr. Shusun, Tian Heng has already suffered a crushing defeat in Gaomi, and there is no way to threaten the rear of Qi again. There is no need for Tian Fu to bow to us for Tian Heng's affairs?" Cui Guang quickly reminded.

"But Tian Heng's wife is not dead?" Mr. Uncle Sun spread his hands and said with a smile: "Tian Heng's wife, Uncle and Nephew, is in Qidi, and they may make a comeback at any time. As long as they are still alive, they will still be a hidden danger for Tian's wife. Besides, Tian Heng's wife's wife was defeated in Gaomi because it was released by the bandit army in Licheng. Who can guarantee whether this news is true or false?"

When Cui Guang was speechless by Mr. Shusun, Li Shiqi suddenly sneezes again and said, "General Zhou, Mr. Shusun's words make sense. Now we have directly threatened the life and death of Qi. Tian Heng, who was designed to force the rebellion, can be used as a bargaining chip for Hotan's fake man trade. Why not send envoys to try their luck? If it is really successful, the situation will be too beneficial to us."

After saying that, Li Shiqi volunteered again: "General Zhou, if you decide to act like this, I would rather take the risk of going to Qi State for you to try to lobby for Tian Fei's surrender."

Hearing Li Shiqi's words, Mr. Shusun of course laughed in his heart and said to himself: "I know that you, an old man, will definitely volunteer, otherwise, how dare I come up with such an idea?"

Uncle Zhou hesitated and said, "It's OK to give it a try, but it's enough to send an ordinary envoy. There is no need to let Doctor Li go to the enemy country in person. You are so old and in poor health. If that man Tian Fu refused to listen to your advice, he would detain you like Xiang Yu, or even kill you, then the younger generation would be dead."

I believe there is no need to talk about what kind of person Li Shiqi is like in this regard, so Li Shiqi immediately said: "General Zhou, I can only go there personally. If I send an ordinary envoy, it would seem that we are too insincere. Only the censor who is only under the prime minister can go there to let Tianfu understand the sincerity of our Han army. Then as long as he meets me, things will be easier. Even if I can't convince him to surrender directly, it will at least shake his heart and make it easier for us to continue to do it."

Seeing that Li Shiqi was determined, Mr. Shusun quickly spoke cheap words and said hypocritically: "Mr. Li, you are in poor health. Let the lower officials go. Although the lower officials are not in the position of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, they are also the deputy ministers of the Nine Ministers. They are barely considered to be the important minister of our Han Kingdom. Although their hope is very small, they may have hope to see Tianfu Man."

"Mr. Shusun doesn't have to argue with me." Li Shiqi really shook his head and waved his hand, saying, "I'm more confident when I go."

Fearing that he would say cheap words, he really hated the most dangerous man, Mr. Sun quickly stopped when he saw it, shut up and asked Uncle Zhou to make a decision. As a result, Uncle Zhou thought about it, because the Qi ** team would indeed cause big trouble to the Han Army's Northern Line Corps, and the Han army repeatedly succeeded in recruiting surrender and instigating rebellions, with many successful precedents in front of them, and even princes such as Zang Tu, Shen Yang and Ying Bu could successfully instigate rebellion. So Uncle Zhou finally nodded and said, "Well, let's try your luck. Fortunately, Tian Feifu still talks about some rules. He used to drive away our envoys and never hurt them. So I would bother Dr. Lao Li to go to Linzi in person."

When he heard this, Li Shiqi was very happy and quickly discussed the specific details of the rebellion and persuading Tian Fu. Mr. Sun next to him also kept asking for help and gave Li Shiqi, who was preparing to go to Qi State. However, because it was raining heavily outside, Mr. Sun did not notice that two strange blush gradually appeared on Li Shiqi's thin old face...

The heavy rain outside the tent continued until the evening before it gradually stopped. However, when it was time to fall asleep, the spring rain started to rise in the gloomy sky. Fortunately, Mr. Shusun had successfully avoided his most hated mission. In a happy mood, Mr. Shusun still slept more fragrantly in the sound of the rain than anyone else. He slept until dawn the next day. When he woke up, he saw that the rain was still raining outside the tent, Mr. Shusun muttered proudly, "Fortunately, it was Li Shiqi's old man who went there, otherwise I would have suffered any offense."

Mr. Shusun quickly became unhappy. When he was still serving as a military Chinese document at noon, a guard of Uncle Zhou suddenly came to his tent and said, "Mr. Shusun, General Zhou has an order. Please go to Doctor Li's tent immediately."

"Doctor Li's tent?" Mr. Shusun was stunned and asked in confusion: "Why did you go to Doctor Li's tent?"

"Doctor Li is sick." Uncle Zhou's guard's answer made Mr. Shusun feel like he was struck by lightning, and said, "I started having a high fever in the first half of the night yesterday, and I only barely retreated this morning. However, not long after, the condition of the disease recurred again. General Zhou and Mr. Luli are all visiting Doctor Li, saying that there is an important matter and please go over immediately."

With a thud, the bamboo slips in Mr. Shusun’s hand fell to the ground. After a while, he suddenly shouted in great sorrow, “Doctor Li, you are too sick!”

No matter how frightened he was, it was useless. With the orders of Uncle Zhou and being an important official of the Han army like Li Shiqi, Mr. Shusun finally came to Li Shiqi's tent with fear. As a result, what made Mr. Shusun despair was that at this moment, Li Shiqi was still lying on the simple sickbed, and his whole body was trembling with a red face, and his mouth was occasionally whispering that didn't know what the meaning was...

"Mr. Shusun, I know you don't like being an envoy, but there is no way. Doctor Li suddenly fell ill and was so seriously ill. Mr. Luli and Mr. Xia Huang are not only older, but also not good at socializing, so I really have no choice but to ask you to work hard."

"General Zhou, it's not that the officials are greedy and afraid of death and are unwilling to go, but that the officials are not sure. Otherwise, let's discuss the matter of persuading the land to pretend to be a man?"

"Mr. Shusun must not be humble. Even King Han who was leading troops north to attack our flanks, you could persuade him to turn against us, King Han, and not to mention the Tianfu, which is still in Linzi? Also, in the current situation, no matter how small the hope is, we must give it a try?"

"Why have to give it a try?"

"Because of the flood season of Jishui." Uncle Zhou replied with a wry smile: "Yesterday and today's rain reminded me, reminding me of the spring news of Jishui. This morning I had carefully learned about the flood season in Jishui. The spring flood season of Jishui has begun to come. It is not as easy as we imagined to cross the Jishui River. If the main force of the Qi traitor army arrives in Licheng, we will have no hope of crossing the Jishui River and annihilate the enemies of Licheng. So no matter how we hope to go, we must try it as much as possible. If the time is delayed for a long time, when the Western Chu thief army sends reinforcements north to Licheng, we will have to go home."

"Then let's go home! Why do we have to use my head to try this luck?"

When Mr. Shusun was roaring in his heart, Li Shiqi, who had fallen ill, suddenly regained some consciousness and grabbed Mr. Shusun's left hand with difficulty. He said in a weak voice: "Mr. Shusun, I am incompetent and suddenly became like this. I can only ask you for your affairs in Qi. Please remember that no matter how small your hope is, please try your best."

Looking at Li Shiqi's difficult appearance of struggle and advice, a sentence suddenly appeared in Mr. Shusun's mind, "It's really a stone that hit me in the foot."
Chapter completed!