The Summoning World of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 575 Who Calculated Who?
"Oh? There is such a thing?" Guan Zhong walked over from behind the screen with a puzzled look on his face.

"Yes! I also find it unbelievable. According to common sense, Li Jing Xiaochang is a first-class wise man in the world. If you come to our army for a banquet, wouldn't it be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?" Ji Bu frowned.

Guan Zhong stepped forward, took the letter from Ji Bu, and looked at it. In this letter, Li Jing mainly said that Chu and Shu are now in an alliance, and the relationship between them is like brothers. Form an alliance again, send troops to the Northern Expedition, and conquer the mighty Qin State.

At present, the kings of the two countries are confronting Qin State at Hangu Pass in the north, and as the only general of Shu State (the news that Li Shimin named Han Shizhong as General General has not yet spread), it is naturally necessary to fight with Chu State. The military generals in the army will build a good relationship and eliminate the previous misunderstandings.

In the end, in order to show that he was very sincere, Li Jing asked to come to the Chu army for a banquet, but he only brought 100 entourages to show his determination and goodwill.

"What kind of medicine is sold in Li Jing's gourd?" Ji Bu frowned tightly. Since the Zhu family was beheaded last time, which hunters under Li Jing's command have become extremely arrogant, Chu Jun The scouts here almost didn't dare to get too close to the Shu army's tent.

Later, when Xiang Yu and Li Shimin mixed together, the conflicts between the two armies were eliminated a lot, but earth fortresses were set up on the main roads to prevent the other party from attacking him suddenly, and there were almost no other conflicts. happened before.

As for the scouts on the Chu army's side, in order to preserve their strength, Ji Bu simply gave them up.

The meaning of this is already very clear. If you have the ability to directly mobilize the army to go south to fight our army to the death, relying on one or two scouts, as long as it is not in a decisive battle, will not be of any use at all.

This is mainly because Yingbo's side is fighting a defensive battle, and Sheng is fighting at home, while Li Jing's side is going out to fight, so he is naturally extremely cautious.

Therefore, the Chu army did not know anything about the situation of the Shu army.

Guan Zhongdao: "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Some time ago, I wrote a letter to the king, and told him that I hope the king can find an opportunity to hold a banquet, and then kill Li Shimin at the banquet.

In this way, our dynasty can easily incorporate the vast and fertile land of Shu into our dynasty's territory. "

"Did your majesty reply to the letter?" Ji Bu's expression changed.

Guan Zhong nodded and said: "If you count the time... the king sent back the letter, it should be within a day or two, and we should also make preparations here. Li Jing said in the letter that he will come back for the banquet tomorrow. The general thinks... ..."

"It's best to kill!" Ji Bu said seriously: "Li Jing is Li Shimin's right-hand man, how can such a good opportunity be let go?"

"That's right, rather than teaching us courtiers to bear a bad name, it is absolutely not allowed to make the king bear a bad name. Let us leave this matter to the two of us."

"Xiangguo Gaoyi!" Ji Bu hastily cupped his hands.

Guan Zhong waved his hand and said: "In front of the old man, don't make such a false show. After the five people have eaten and drunk enough, you go and bring them here, and I will ask some questions in person."

"Here!"

Jibu arched his hand.

……

"This one is Mr. Xiangguo of our state of Chu!" Ji Bu introduced on the side.

After hearing this, the head of the corps hurriedly knelt down and said: "The villain pays homage to Mr. Xiangguo!"

Guan Zhong said with a smile on his face, "Get up, it's not that you've seen the king, there's no need to salute."

"Yes!" The corporal stood up quickly, but he bowed his waist and dared not speak.

"Your general Li Jing said in the letter that tomorrow he will come to our Chu army tent as a guest, and contact the relationship between our Shu State and your Chu State." Guan Zhong continued, and then changed the subject: "When you come, Is the tent of the Shu army safe? It’s very cold during the autumn frost.”

How could the corporal know that Guan Zhongren was old and smart, and he was deliberately trying to trick him.

"Isn't it? During this period of time, we have piled up a lot of wood in our military tents, but don't look too much. It only takes one night to burn it all. When we get up the next day, many people will be recruited to cut it. Wood, when I just came out today, I saw brothers in the same army as me, pushing a cart to pull Wood back.”

"Oh! So that's the case." Hearing this, Guan Zhong thought that he had made up his mind, but he didn't know that Li Jing had already plotted against Guan Zhong when he ordered the corporal leader to lead the soldier out of the army tent.

Just imagine, for any person, it is almost impossible for anyone to not doubt this letter of attribute from Li Jing at first.

According to the logic of normal people's thinking, you can only know what you want if you just talk about it from someone you know.

If Li Jing ordered the withdrawal of the army before the warrior left the army camp, then if the warrior slipped his words, it would not be so easy for the Shu army to withdraw intact.

But now... It's obvious that Guan Zhong has fallen for it.

Guan Zhong said with a smile: "It's already dark now, but General Li is still in the army waiting for the strong men to go back and report the news. Come and give me the fur coat!"

When Wu Zhang heard this, his eyes straightened, and he quickly got up to thank him.

After the corporal leader had left, Ji Bu asked, "Xiangguo thinks that Li Jing's letter is probably true?"

Guan Zhong nodded and said: "After reading this letter before, the old man felt that it was fake, but now hearing what this corporal commander said, it does not seem to be fake. The situation in our army is almost the same. The staff went to cut down the trees and came back to keep warm. What I said just now, the corporal leader didn't hesitate, and the answer was smooth, which shows that it wasn't a deliberate lie before."

"That's good, the last general will make arrangements. When Li Jing arrives in the army, he will take down Li Jing in one fell swoop and kill him on the spot!"

Guan Zhong stared at the north side: "I hope that the king can successfully kill Li Shimin at the banquet. If this is the case, we can take the land of Shu in one fell swoop."

When Ji Bu heard this, the light in his eyes flickered a few times, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

In other words, in the middle of the night, a group of messengers rushed to the outside of the Chu army's army center and shouted loudly: "We are soldiers under General Wu Rui's command, and we have the king's order on us. Brothers, please report that the military situation is urgent!"

The general guarding the gate was already dozing off. Hearing the yelling, he made a smart move and stood up immediately: "Wait! I'll report to the general now!"

Ji Bu hadn't slept yet, since the leader of the army was stationed at the Duanjiangkou, he had very little sleep time.

"General! Someone from the north said that the king's order is on him, and it is urgent!"

When Ji Bu heard this, he remembered that during the day, Guan Zhong mentioned that he wrote to King Xiang, suggesting that King Xiang hold a banquet for the King of Shu, and then kill the King of Shu at the banquet.

"Successful or failed?" Yingbu was startled, and hurriedly said: "Quickly pass it in!"

"Here!"

The general saw the anxious look on Ji Bu's face, and he couldn't help but speed up his walking back.

"Go and invite Lord Xiangguo here." Ji Bu paced in the military tent, turned his head and said.

"Well—"

Outside the military tent, the guard's tired voice came in.

The yawning Guan Zhong arrived first, after all, Guan Zhong's military tent was next to Ji Bu.

"What happened?" Guan Zhong came in, looking at Ji Bu with red eyes.

Just as Ji Bu was about to speak, a voice came from outside the military tent: "General, you have already arrived!"

"Bring it in quickly!" Ji Bu said, and the military tent was lifted immediately, and two panting warriors hurried in, clasped their hands and said, "General, there is an edict from the king here, please also general Take a look!"

After finishing speaking, one of the warriors quickly took out an edict from his body and handed it to Ji Bu.

Ji Bu took it respectfully, and when he opened it, his expression changed drastically.

"Master Xiangguo!" Ji Bu stepped forward in twos and threes, and handed the letter to Guan Zhong.

Guan Zhong looked at it, and said angrily, "Li Jing, I'm afraid he has received the news long ago, so he said that he will come to the banquet tomorrow. He is obviously worried that our army will send scouts to the north, and see him withdraw, Ji Bu!"

"The end is here!"

Ji Bu hastily cupped his hands.

"From now on, raise troops to chase and kill Li Jing..." Halfway through the words, the anger on Guan Zhong's face disappeared completely.

"Wait! No!" Guan Zhong said calmly: "You think, even if Li Shimin sent a message to Li Jing from outside the Hangu Pass, it would be faster, but at most it would take half a day at most. Sooner or later our army will know the news , Li Jing did this, wouldn't it be a little unnecessary?"

Ji Bu was surprised and said, "Master Xiangguo means...that Li Jing deliberately provoked our army and wanted to tell our army to go north quickly, but Li Jing has already set up an ambush?"

"Hiss—" Guan Zhong gasped, and said in surprise, "Since the confrontation with Li Jing, the old man has been very cautious. Today, he almost fell for the trick. From now on, we should take it as a warning."

"Then what should we do now?" Ji Bu was anxious: "The king's edict is here, so we must obey the king's order?"

"What are you afraid of? The old man decides everything for you?" Guan Zhong rolled his eyes and looked at Ji Bu.

Ji Bu smiled awkwardly and didn't speak.

Guan Zhong read the edict carefully, and then said: "Generals are outside, and military orders are not accepted! This means that the generals of an army can make appropriate adjustments to the king's orders according to the actual situation of fighting abroad. , the current situation is that Li Jing has clearly dug a hole, waiting for us to jump in, if we really do it, wouldn't we be extremely stupid?"

"Xiangguo means that I will stand still?" Ji Bu asked following this meaning.

"It's okay to stand still. What if Li Jing takes the opportunity to attack our army? So our army should be prepared, but we can send a team to the north to find out the truth." Guan Zhong pondered.

"Roar--"

Suddenly, a roar of a tiger came from outside the army camp...

(End of this chapter)