Chapter 616: Repay the kindness! Bai Yan asks Bei Ji to go to Qi State
In the study room.
Jiu, Guan Shou and other generals, after learning that the Chu army had captured Wu Yi and was greatly prospered, they all came to the study room of the mansion and stood in front of Bai Yan, waiting for Bai Yan's order.
Pu You, who had originally left, was now standing in the study.
"General, do you want to have a decisive battle with the Chu army?"
You were the first to ask Bai Yandao.
More than a dozen generals were all looking at Bai Yan at this moment, waiting for Bai Yan's decision. After all, the Chu army captured Wu Yi and prospered. If they went north again, they would directly surround Hongcheng.
Under the gaze of everyone, Bai Yan looked at the bamboo slips on the wooden table and thought for a long time.
"Why did the Chu army attack Wu Yi and Daxing? When did the Chu army go south? Knowing that tens of thousands of Qin troops had returned to Pengcheng, Daliang and other places, Xiang Yan didn't care?"
Bai Yan spoke softly.
His words stunned everyone present, and they finally understood why Bai Yan had been hesitant for so long after receiving the news.
Indeed, Xiang Yanming knew that the Qin army that had been in Suiyang City had returned to Pengcheng and the former Wei land, so why didn't he defend it?
It would be fine if they had not fought before. A group of surrendered soldiers, and they were all from Wei, might not be enough to fear. After besieging Hongcheng, taking advantage of the situation to attack the Qin army would be the top priority. But before that, Xiang Yan was in Suiyang City.
This Qin army fought against, and it was this Qin army that prevented the 200,000 Chu army from entering Suiyang city outside Suiyang city.
Xiang Yan did not guard against such a large Qin army, but instead led his troops south?
"General, is it possible that Xiang Yan was also sure that the general would guess so, so he went south?"
At this time, a general looked thoughtful, and then decided to stand up.
Bai Yan looked at the general, who was Cong's previous general. If Bai Yan remembered correctly, this man was called Cai Yu.
"Definitely not!"
Bai Yan shook his head and looked at the generals in front of him.
"Xiang Yan will not gamble with the state of Chu. Not only you, but also Bai Yan, in Xiang Yan's eyes, it is not worth the price! Although Chu rarely fights, Xiang Yan leads the army and often drills, and the military formation is the leader
, Such a general, with a steady mind, will not only be able to keenly grasp the flaws revealed by the enemy in an instant, but will also always pay attention to his own flaws, and must not expose them. "
Bai Yan sighed and analyzed slowly, his face full of thoughts.
Whether it was in later history books that Wang Jian and Xiang Yan led troops to fight for a year, or Bai Yan's current understanding of Xiang Yan, Bai Yan had a hunch that Xiang Yan would not go south.
The Chu State seldom fought, but Xiang Yan never dared to slack off in leading the troops. He often trained his troops. However, because the Chu State rarely fought, the generals had to prepare military formations. This resulted in almost all the generals of the Chu State.
Those who oppose famous generals all have the advantage of military formation.
According to later history books, Wang Jian was afraid of Xiang Yan's military formation, so he could only confront Xiang Yan and did not fight for a year. When the Chu State could no longer support it, he found a good opportunity and defeated it in one fell swoop.
Therefore, Bai Yan has always avoided Xiang Yan's strengths and never fought a decisive battle with Xiang Yan. Even the deployment of troops was mainly based on city defense and wheel battles.
"But general, the battle report does say that there are more than 100,000 generals in the Chu army. There is no way this is false!"
Cai Yu thought for a while and looked at Bai Yan with a frown.
After participating in the killing of Chu generals Jingqi and Changwenjun, in the eyes of everyone, it seemed that nothing happened in the past. Now they only need to obey Bai Yan's orders and be loyal to Qin.
Following Cai Yu's words, everyone sighed. It was the first time for Puyou to experience decision-making. Puyou, who had no experience and little knowledge, could not make any suggestions at the moment and could only listen quietly.
.
However, even though he has no ability, when it comes to Bai Yan's affairs, as Bai Yan's relative, Su You cares about Bai Yan no less than anyone else, even if it's just a matter of time.
Next to wooden table.
Bai Yan saw Shi You's eyes, and then saw Bei Ji who was waiting quietly at the side. Hearing Cai Yu's doubts, he looked at Cai Yu.
"Why can't people have lies? Even grass and trees are soldiers! What's more..."
Bai Yan said to Cai Yu, and then looked at the others, "Near Wu Yi, they are all Chu people. Below Wu Yi, there is Baiyue! If you let the people dress up and follow the army with 30,000 people, as long as these 30,000 people conquer
In the two cities of Wu Yi, what is the difference between 30,000 and more than 100,000?"
As soon as Bai Yan's words came out, almost everyone in the study looked at Bai Yan with wide eyes and surprise.
It turns out that Bai Yan suspected that most of the Chu troops in the south were fake!
Thinking of this, in a daze, someone suddenly shrank his pupils and looked at Bai Yan in shock. At this time, he remembered that Bai Yan seemed to have used this method to deceive the Huns when they were in Yanmen, and then he
The Xiongnu fell into the trap and entered the clouds.
No wonder Bai Yan would be suspicious!
"General, what should we do now?"
At this time, Mang also woke up and looked at Bai Yan.
Bai Yan thought for a while and closed his eyes. Even if Hongcheng was besieged, the Chu army would never be able to break through it in a short time. If Xiang Yan was willing to pay the price of the Chu army's attack, then Bai Yan had nothing to say.
At the moment, Bai Yan was sure that those in the south should be a small number of Chu troops or people from Baiyue, although he didn't know how Chu persuaded Baiyue.
"Since Xiang Yan wants us to reinforce Hongcheng, then we will show reinforcements to Xiang Yan!"
Bai Yan said.
After saying that, Bai Yan opened his eyes and looked sideways at Jiu amid everyone's surprised gazes.
"Send me an order to order all the people in the city. Without an order, from now on, they are not allowed to approach the city gate without authorization. No one is allowed to enter or exit the city gate without authorization. In addition, gather thirty thousand men in the city!"
When Bai Yan said this, he looked at Pu You.
"Go and invite Zhongli Hao, Zhongli Chuan, and the elders of the Zhongli clan. The Zhongli clan is a well-known local family, and ask them to promise with those men that the first person to arrive in Hongcheng will be rewarded with a hundred gold, and the second person will be rewarded with a hundred gold.
Ten gold, and one gold for the third person. If all men can reach Hongcheng within three days, all men will be rewarded with a hundred gold."
Bai Yan ordered.
"promise!"
"promise!!"
Jiu and Xieyou heard this and quickly accepted the order.
"General, I'm going to order the officers and soldiers of the Qin army to take off their clothes and armor and give them to those men!"
He said to Bai Yan.
As a person who had participated in the battle with the Xiongnu in Yanmen, almost as soon as he heard Bai Yan's instructions, he thought of Bai Yan's previous arrangements in Yanmen, so he thought of letting those men wear the same clothes as he did last time.
Qin Jia deceived Xiang Yan.
"No! We don't need to give you any armor this time. We just need to put the captured Changge and sharp sword in the wooden trailer, hide them, and send them to Hongcheng in batches! In the past two days, tell the soldiers that they can be more relaxed in the city.
, stand guard and reduce the number of pawns in half!"
Bai Yan said.
"promise!"
Hearing Bai Yan's words, Mo was a little confused, but he still nodded.
Mang, who was born as a butcher, had never read military books. However, for Cai Yu and other generals, they were shocked when they heard Bai Yan's words, and they kept gasping in their hearts and taking a breath of cold air.
It was all a conspiracy. After Bai Yan's simple words, it was all a conspiracy with Xiang Yan. Only then did they understand what the thoughts of the person who had wanted to betray him before were.
at this time.
Among the many generals, those former subordinates of Cong did not dare to have any dissatisfaction with Bai Yan in their hearts.
For such people who are good at calculating, they should cherish their lives now that they are still alive. Besides, is it not good to follow Bai Yan to achieve meritorious service and be promoted? Is it not good to make immortal contributions and achieve eternal fame? You have to do it with such a person
right?
All the generals warned themselves once again, and were glad that such a person was their commander-in-chief, not their enemy.
"Generals! From now on, we must order people to guard the city gate strictly. No one is allowed to leave. All soldiers are ordered to prepare for war."
Bai Yan looked at the other generals and gave instructions.
"promise!"
"promise!!"
After hearing Bai Yan's words, all the generals of the Qin Army came to their senses and saluted Bai Yan.
In this scene, let alone his cousin Po You, he looked at Bai Yan with a look of amazement and a daze on his face. He couldn't believe that the general in front of him was Yan who had grown up with him. It was the Monument Lady beside him who was watching what happened.
All of this, and the gaze he looked at Bai Yan, shone slightly, full of color.
Until this moment.
The Monument Princess finally saw in this young man the famous general of Qin known to the world, Bai Yan!
Not the young man from yesterday who had an easy-going face, looked and spoke just like the boy next door, and was harmless to both humans and animals.
Study door.
As the generals of the Qin army left one by one, they quickly looked into the room and saw that only Bai Yan and Bei Ji were left.
"Girl, let's go, Bai Yan will send the girl away from Zhongwu City!"
Bai Yan looked at Monument Princess and said.
Hearing this, after seeing the scene just now, Bei Ji, who thought she could no longer leave, looked at Bai Yan with a surprised look on her face.
"The general is not afraid of Lady Stele. Tell Xiang Yan what happened just now?"
Monument Ji asked curiously. At this moment, she still couldn't understand what the young man in front of her was thinking. She had clearly seen everything just now and knew all Bai Yan's arrangements. If she left, she would tell Xiang Yan about this.
, Xiang Yan will definitely not fall into the trap.
But Bai Yan in front of her still asked her to leave!
"It's better if you go and tell Xiang Yan, so as not to cause more war! Bai Yan doesn't want to fight with Xiang Yan at this time! It's freezing cold, wouldn't it be nice to warm up in the study?"
Bai Yan said with a smile, then raised his hand to signal Monument Lady to leave.
This is not Bai Yan's lie. The colder the weather, the more Bai Yan wants to delay the war. As the Chu army's camp in the north is broken, Bai Yan knows that the Chu Kingdom is determined, even if he has not received the news.
Will recruit more Chu troops.
But no matter how many Chu troops there were, Bai Yan was not afraid. There were not many good soldiers. Moreover, as a defender of the city, Bai Yan would rather defend the city than fight Xiang Yan in formation.
Wang Jian and Xiang Yan are all veteran generals who have led armies for decades. If there is still a chance to lead the army in planning and attacking and defending, then the two armies will confront each other and set up battle formations. With Wang Jian and Xiang Yan alone, dozens of
With three years of experience, he could completely crush Bai Yan. The opportunity in that battle was fleeting. For Bai Yan, who had little experience, he might have been caught by Wang Jian and Xiang Yan before he realized the crisis. In such a situation, Bai Yan would naturally
I won't commit it.
Depleting the Chu State's national power is Bai Yan's purpose. This was true at the beginning, and it is also true now. When the Chu State's army increases, the Chu State's court and the Chu State's nobles cannot hold on, then Bai Yan will
Opportunity.
"..."
Monument Ji looked at Bai Yan, staring straight at her for a long time before she spoke.
"If the general is in the Chu State, perhaps the Qin State is in danger of being destroyed at this time!"
Monument Ji commented to Bai Yan.
People all over the world have so many comments about Bai Yan, and this sentence is the highest praise that Lady Stele has received for Bai Yan from Chu people and scholars from other countries in the Chu Kingdom. It is also the most favorable comment that Lady Stele has received after meeting Bai Yan.
A sentence inspired by emotion.
"Bai Yan is not that capable!"
Bai Yan shook his head with a wry smile, and then left the study with Bei Ji.
Inside the streets of Zhongwu City.
Under Bingdong, the cold wind is still there, but because of Bai Yan's order, Qin soldiers can be seen everywhere on the streets issuing orders.
Inside the carriage.
Monument Princess looked at Bai Yan who was standing aside with some curiosity. Last night's experience was revealed by Bai Yan and she was let go. In shock, she realized that Bai Yan really let her go. After thinking for a long time, she decided to let revenge stay.
The next glimmer of hope went to see Bai Yan.
Unexpectedly, when he saw Bai Yan, Bai Yan not only did not kill her, but instead left her to spend the night in the mansion. Today, she saw with her own eyes Bai Yan's deployment of the Qin army.
"What kind of person is he?"
Beiji looked at Bai Yan beside her, her mind filled with questions. This was the first time she had been so curious about a person since she was a child.
What made her even more confused was that she didn't know whether Bai Yan believed her words last night, but now Bai Yan personally sent her out of the city and was willing to give her this carriage.
Just as the monument queen was thinking about it.
Suddenly, there was a huge movement outside.
"kill!"
"kill!!!"
Listening to the shouts of killing outside, Bei Ji was shocked. She didn't know where this was, but this was another assassin who wanted to assassinate Bai Yan. But judging from the number, the number of people who came to assassinate this time was probably more than any before.
need more.
"Protect the general, kill!!"
"kill!!"
The cavalry soldiers who protected Bai Yan were naturally fierce soldiers who had experienced the battlefield. When they saw the assassin, they drew their swords to fight.
Bai Yan looked helpless. At this time, he also guessed that the news that the whole city was under martial law and that they were not allowed to leave the city made these assassins aware of the change. Although they had just made a desperate move, they were afraid of losing the opportunity to assassinate him, Bai Yan.
"Bai Yan, suffer death!"
Suddenly, a man opened the curtain and was a little dazed when he saw the monument goddess. But when he saw Bai Yan, he suddenly became excited and jumped into the carriage with a ferocious expression, wanting to kill Bai Yan.
Just when Monument Lady was concentrating her eyes, thinking about killing the assassin, suddenly, there was a breeze around her, and then a black shadow flashed past. When Monument Lady came to her senses, she saw Bai Yan holding a sharp weapon.
Almost as soon as he blocked the sword, he turned his back to the man and pierced the man's abdomen with his backhand sword.
"This carriage is stained with blood. There is something wrong with it. Bai Yan went out to kill a few people. The girl is waiting here!"
Bai Yan looked at the Monument Lady, then with a little force, he pushed the man from behind and left the carriage.
Monument Princess looked stunned and a little confused, because for some unknown reason, Bai Yan's swordsmanship made her feel familiar, and it was somewhat similar to her Yin family's swordsmanship.
what happened?
How could Bai Yan's swordsmanship be similar to her Yin family's swordsmanship? The Yin family's swordsmanship was passed down from generation to generation and reached its peak by her father's time. Her grandfather had never said that there was any other family in the world whose swordsmanship was similar to that of the Yin family.
But Bai Yan's swordsmanship just now is indeed somewhat familiar!
With doubts, Stele Lady stepped forward, raised her slender hand, and gently opened the curtain, wanting to take a look at Bai Yan's swordsmanship.
However, the cavalrymen who were guarding Bai Yan were all brave and good at fighting. The assassins had just surprised Bai Yan, which had already made the cavalry angry and aroused the bloodshed of the cavalrymen. The desperate killing method on the battlefield could only be done with three punches and two punches.
Legs, men who show martial arts can compare.
When Monument Queen opened the curtain, excluding the more than twenty corpses around the carriage, two or three of the people who had just assassinated Bai Yan escaped, and the rest all fled away. Those who were injured and could not escape, all the cavalry soldiers
He stepped forward and wiped his throat with his sword.
On the carriage.
Watching Bai Yan turn around and come back, Monument Lady could only retreat and let Bai Yan return to the carriage.
After a few breaths, seeing that Bai Yan seemed to have become accustomed to assassination, she put Zhan Lu back into the scabbard with a nonchalant expression. Stele Lady was full of doubts and looked at Bai Yan curiously.
"Who does the general follow?"
Monument Ji thought for a while and asked again.
"Girl, are you curious about Bai Yan's martial arts?"
Bai Yan turned to look at Bei Ji and asked with a smile, but his eyes were fixed on Bei Ji.
When Bei Ji saw Bai Yan looking at her, she felt a little guilty. Because her late father Yin Bei was a knight, and last night she said her late father Yin Bei was a merchant, so she was afraid that Bai Yan would become suspicious. Bei Ji smiled and shook her head, signaling to her
Just a random question.
It was very quiet in the carriage.
After arriving all the way outside the gate of Zhongwu City, the carriage stopped. When Bai Yan heard the words of the soldiers outside, he looked at the Monument Lady.
"Girl, if there is a chance in the future, Bai Yan will avenge the girl!"
Bai Yan said softly.
With these words, Bei Ji, who had already left Zhongwu City and looked calm at this moment, suddenly opened her beautiful eyes and looked at Bai Yan with shock on her pretty face.
He seemed to doubt what Bai Yan said just now, and also seemed to doubt whether what he heard was an illusion...
What did Bai Yan say?
Help her take revenge???
How is this possible? Last night, she only wanted to leave a trace of hope. She was afraid that after despair, she would be confused and unable to take revenge, and would live in pain or even die. She never thought that Bai Yan would help her.
She had no relationship with Bai Yan, and even when she saw Bai Yan pouring wine for Bai Yan at a banquet, she did it because she wanted to assassinate Bai Yan.
Bai Yan actually said now that he wanted to help her take revenge. How is this possible!!!
"The general is comforting Monument Princess?"
Beiji's eyes were a little red. They say that what people fear most is despair, but there is also hope. A trace of hope will give Beiji the courage to persevere. However, when there is really hope, Beiji feels more sad than ever.
She was anxious and worried, worried that Bai Yan had deceived her.
"Does Bai Yan gain anything by deceiving the girl? If he deceives the girl, Bai Yan will not send the girl out of Zhongwu City!"
Bai Yan said with a smile, then took out a wooden plate from the side and opened the lid.
"Here is fifty gold, girl, take it, but I also beg her to agree to Bai Yan!"
Bai Yan placed the wooden plate containing gold in front of the Monument Lady. Looking at the Monument Lady with trembling shoulders and tears in her eyes, what appeared in Bai Yan's mind was the man who taught him swordsmanship in the night outside Linzi City.
The appearance of his mentor, his every word and every word, carefully cultivated him, sometimes praising, sometimes shaking his head.
In the blink of an eye, the past five years have passed. In the past five years, if it had not been for the teachings of his mentor, Bai Yan would not be where he is today. He was almost alive and dead many times.
Fortunately, Bai Yan was able to meet his mentor’s daughter!
"What's the matter?"
Monument Girl looked at Bai Yan with blurred eyes, wondering what Bai Yan asked her to do.
"Go to Linzi City in the State of Qi to pay homage to an old friend of Bai Yan! Bai Yan has already written down the specific location."
Bai Yan took out a piece of cloth from his large sleeve pocket and handed it to Bei Ji. On it was the grave of his mentor Yin Bei.
"Old friend?"
Stele Princess took the cloth and murmured softly. She didn't understand why Bai Yan asked her to go to worship. You know, let alone giving the fifty gold to anyone, anyone is willing to go. Even if Bai Yan opens his mouth, there will be countless nobles competing for it.
They rushed to worship Bai Yan.
And why did Bai Yan let her go again?
besides……
"Why did the general help Monument Lady?"
Monument Lady lowered her head and asked.
Bei Ji knew that if she didn't ask now, she would still be confused even if she left, so even though she didn't know if Bai Yan would tell her, she wanted to ask Bai Yan herself.
Why did Bai Yan want to help her? Help her, a woman he only met yesterday!
For the sake of a woman who was not a relative and had only met for a day, he agreed to kill the eldest son of the Prime Minister of Qi in the future. No one would believe it if he told it.
I saw that the wind outside the city was stronger, causing the curtains on the small windows to sway slightly.
After listening to Bei Ji's words, Bai Yan turned around and looked at Bei Ji who looked confused.
"The person who killed the girl's father should not only be Hou Yao, Hou Yao's father, Hou Sheng is the one!"
Bai Yan said.
In an instant, the tablet girl holding the cloth raised her head and looked at Bai Yan in disbelief. Her pretty face full of tears was full of horror, and her eyes were full of shock.
Monument Ji couldn't believe it, how did Bai Yan know?
"No matter what the girl thinks or guesses, whether she thinks Bai Yan is coveting the girl's beauty, I still ask the girl to remember two things, one is to stay alive, and the other is that Bai Yan goes to Qi State to pay homage to his old friend!"
Bai Yan said softly.
What Bai Yan is most afraid of right now is that after Bei Ji leaves Zhongwu City, if she does something bad, she will have other thoughts of revenge, or if she goes to Qi State, if she can't hold it back, she will take revenge on her own.
"If the girl wants to kill Prime Minister Qi and then win, only Bai Yan in the world can help the girl. Please remember, if the girl dies, Bai Yan will not even get her beauty, so Bai Yan will not have the desire to avenge the girl!"
Bai Yan sighed, stood up slowly, and walked out of the carriage.
Listening to Bai Yan's words, Bei Ji felt confused and doubtful in her heart. However, seeing that Bai Yan had already taken Zhan Lu and was about to stand up and leave, Bei Ji quickly raised her delicate hands and grabbed the corner of Bai Yan's clothes tightly.
"Remember, go to Linzi, Qi State, and help Bai Yan pay homage to that old friend!"
Bai Yan turned his head and glanced at Monument Lady, then walked out of the carriage.
Outside the carriage.
Bai Yan looked at the two maids who were frightened just now, one of them and the trembling old groom, and ordered the old groom to control the horse. Fortunately, the old groom was not killed by the assassin, who wanted to kill him.
Looking at the small window of the carriage that was opened, Bei Ji's beautiful eyes filled with tears looked at him in confusion, Bai Yan said nothing more.
Wait for the carriage to gradually leave.
Bai Yan just looked towards the direction of the Qi State. Under the gaze of all the cavalry officers around him, Bai Yan held Zhanlu and raised his hand towards the direction of the Qi State, with nostalgia in his eyes, and then he slowly bent down to salute.