—The camp of the Jin Army, on the right bank of the Feishui River.
Soldiers lined up on the river bank outside, thousands of warships lined up, thousands of sails floated, the river was surging, and the waves rushed away. Continuous camps rose from the ground and opened to the east. Outside the tents of the Chinese army, the moonlight revealed On the figures of the three people, they stretched their shadows and cast them on the large white tent behind.
The three people in front of them are tall and tall, and they are standing in the moonlight wearing blue robes. If you don't see their faces and look from behind, you must think that they are Taoist priests and Confucian scholars. towards the enemy.
It wasn't until one of them opened his mouth that he realized that there was such a beautiful voice in this world, as gentle as someone from outside the world, "Uncle, brother, do we really want to delay with the enemy like this?"
The moonlight illuminates his face, what a fair and handsome face, with slanted handsome sword eyebrows, starry eyes, clear eyes like water, high nose bridge, narrow and long mandible, and long hair. A leucorrhea was tied up, strands hung down from his temples, his entire face made him look handsome and elegant, but those eyes revealed an invincible determination.
In the Jin Dynasty, there was such a person, only Xie Jiaerlang.
"Yuandu, what do you think? The urgency of this battle is not with our army, and it is not invincible to delay it." The person who said this was Xie Shi, who always liked to have an unclear smile on the corner of his mouth.
The person called Yuan Du is Xie Yan, the son of Xie An, the Taibao of the Jin Dynasty, and now the General of the Fuguo.
Among the sons of the Xie family, Xie Yan is considered to be the most beautiful person. Even the tall and handsome Xie Shi and the white-clothed handsome Xie Lang are not in his eyes, because he has a romantic Laozi who was praised by the prime minister. In the envious eyes of others, he is very proud of his appearance. He spends an hour every day just dressing up and taking a bath three times a day. He is more famous than Huan Chong who loves bathing.
At this moment, I was dissatisfied to hear that my uncle was still adhering to the usual strategy. He only wanted to procrastinate and not take the initiative to attack. He snorted coldly, "Uncle is so procrastinating, are you afraid that your father will blame you? By that time, we will have no one to intercede for you. From my point of view, It is the best policy to take the initiative and fight Qin decisively. Most of what Zhu Xu said is true, didn’t you believe it that day? Otherwise, how could there be Liu Laozhi’s surprise attack on Luojian, and we would be able to garrison the Feishui River.”
Xie Shi frowned, thinking about what he said, it's not that he doesn't want to fight, but he can't bear it... Once the soldiers meet, it will be life and death.
Whoever died was not what he wanted.
"Uncle, Yuandu, since the two sides are deadlocked and unable to fight for a while, from the perspective of young people, it is better to retreat." At this moment, the person standing on Xie Shi's right spoke up.
His voice is not as gentle as Xie Yan's. His voice is deep and slightly magnetic, calm and stable, but the way he turns to the faces of the two of them is enough to shock the world.
The skin is fair and handsome like Xie Yan, but there is a little more evil charm in this handsomeness, he smiled slightly, and there were thousands of cold flashes in his deep eyes, which made his eyes hazy. The mist looks unfathomable and mysterious, but it makes people have to be tempted to stare at those eyes.
Both Xie Shi and Xie Yan looked at him.
"Youdu are joking, retreat?"
"No, it's not us retreating, it's the Qin army." He raised his hand slightly and answered Xie Shi's question concisely.
This person is Xie Xuan, the forward commander of the Jin army and the commander of the Beifu soldiers, and the nephew of Xie An and Xie Shi.
"The Qin army retreated? Youdu is very good at joking, can you influence the will of King Qin Fu Jian?"
"Brother, how do we retreat? Now our two armies are trapped on both sides of this narrow Feishui River. Our army cannot advance and retreat, and neither can the Qin army. If the Qin army is to retreat, then we must make a gentleman's agreement and each retreat and fight again." , but that doesn't seem to make sense."
Xie Xuan smiled, glanced at his uncle Xie Shi and his brother Xie Yan, and sighed quietly, "Hey, uncle and Yuandu, it seems that you still don't understand the deep meaning of uncle."
"Father's deep meaning?" Xie Yan expressed doubts.
But Xie Shi took the opportunity to tease and said, "I'm so stupid, otherwise why would you be the Zhilan Yushu of my Xie family, but we have to spread salt like Lang'er and make a joke?"
Xie Xuan was not angry at his teasing, Xie Xuan was the only one who could really call it Xie Jia Zhi Lan Yu Shu.
"Uncle, what Yuandu said is right. As the governor of our Jin army this time, you have been entrusted with a heavy responsibility. You shouldn't have the mentality of fearing the enemy. We have already broken through Luojian, and the soldiers in Chen Feishui are facing off against the Qin army across the bank. The two armies were blocked, and the troops were divided into different places. Now there is no disparity in our strength. Don't be intimidated by the momentum of the Qin army. While you are afraid of the enemy, Fu Jian is also afraid of the Jin Dynasty. After my uncle decided to fight with Fu Jian During the First World War, there was no retreat. Of course, this retreat did not refer to our Jin army, but to Fu Jian. Uncle knew that Fu Jian had no intention of fighting this battle. He only wanted to have a conquest without a fight, and forced my Jin family to surrender. False and real are confusing, stretching the battle line, and confusing the public, but my uncle is only focused on fighting against each other, so in this battle, what we want is for the Qin army to retreat."
After Xie Xuan's words fell down, Xie Shi and Xie Yan looked at each other with admiration in their eyes, but each was confused.
"I know, what you want to ask is how to make the Qin army retreat, right? I have my own plan."
"You want to retreat?"
Xie Xuan shook his head.
"You want to feign surrender?"
Xie Xuan denied it.
"..."
Xie Shi became more and more dazed, staring at his nephew with a calm face.
Xie Yan pondered for a while and said, "I think brother already has a plan in mind, why don't you let it out and listen to it."
Xie Xuan raised his index finger and waved in front of the two, "No, this strategy is only for Fu Jian."
"Does father know?"
Xie Xuan paused, and said bluntly, "I won't tell uncle."
"When I go to Qinying, Fu Jian will know that my sincerity is comparable to gold and stone, and it is precisely to break his iron-blooded ambition."
"Youdu is going to the Qin camp? No." Xie Shi heard Xie Xuan's intention to go to the Qin army's position in person, and quickly stopped him, "You are going alone, there are many dangers, you must not."
"It seems that uncle still doesn't know enough about your enemy."
"Brother, if you go to Qinying, I am willing to follow you every step of the way."
"No," Xie Xuan put his hand on Xie Yan's shoulder and patted it lightly, "Don't worry, I will come back safe and sound."
The moonlight sprinkled on his firm eyebrows, magnifying the calmness in his eyes, like a green pine standing on a high mountain and bright moon, Xie Yan's beautiful eyes met his gaze, quietly watching the light in his brother's eyes , the next moment, he finally broke down first, and finally smiled, "Okay, I'll stay here."
"Youdu, have you thought about it, do you really want to go to Qinying in person? If you have made up your mind, I will let someone accompany you there."
"Uncle, no need, I'll go alone."
Xie Shi wanted to say something more.
"Uncle, the person next to you should not be too ostentatious, be careful that you will be punished."
Xie Xuan's words were mixed with a thorn and shot at Xie Shi, which made Xie Shi dare not say anything anymore. He had good intentions, but he didn't want his nephew to be stronger than a rock.
Xie Xuan raised his hand, "Okay, it's been cold outside for most of the night, let's go, go back to sleep."
He turned around first, but paused for a while, as if he was waiting for someone, and finally walked towards the tent by himself, leaving behind Xie Shi and Xie Yan confused in the faint moonlight.
"Uncle, who is brother talking about, what was punished, by whom? By father?"
Well… …
There was a black line on his forehead, Xie Shi was tongue-tied, facing his nephew, his face finally turned red.
Xie Yan smiled loudly, and grabbed his arm, "Let's go, let's go, listen to brother, go back to sleep."
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Just ten days after the Qin army was stationed by the Feishui River, in mid-December, the arrival of an uninvited guest broke the tranquility.
Xuancheng himself would not have thought that the Jin army would send someone here, let alone that the person he sent would be someone he had always thought about but was afraid of all his life.
On this day, Xuancheng and Fu Jian came to the bank of the Feishui River to check on the enemy's situation as usual, and suddenly came a horse not far away. The Jin envoy came to deliver the letter."
Xuancheng glanced at Fu Jian, looking a little confused, "A Jin envoy again?"
"Again? Have they come many times?" Fu Jian noticed his words and asked suspiciously.
Xuan Cheng said, "Hua Lan has been here, just once."
Fu Jian nodded thoughtfully, "Oh, Xie Shi sent him here?"
Xuancheng didn't reply to him directly, but said to the man, "Let him leave the letter and let him go back."
"But the man said that he must hand it over to His Majesty."
"For me?"
Fu Jian became more and more confused, he stared at Xuancheng for a while, "What do you think? Should I see you?"
Xuancheng shook his head, not to say he didn't see him, but he was also lost.
Fu Jian turned to look at the other side of the Fei River. He squinted his eyes and couldn't see the specific formation of the opponent's troops. There were several blank flashes in his eyes, and finally he turned his head to the man and said, "Bring him back to the city, I want to see him .”
"yes."
After the man got the order, he quickly retreated to execute it. Xuancheng glanced at the foggy riverside, and returned to the city with Fu Jian. The visitor had already been brought into Shouyang City. Xuancheng let Zhang Tianxi and Murong Qu Coming together, Zhang Hao still led the army and stood firm by the Feishui River.
The two walked into the mansion slowly, Xuancheng's eyes had already fallen on the person standing on the side in front of him, Xuancheng glanced at him, only to see that he was hanging his head, he didn't see clearly, thinking he was just A messenger didn't dare to be too reckless in the opponent's camp, so he passed by his side and stepped up the steps, a burst of light fragrance came to his nostrils, Xuan Cheng frowned, "This incense?" He couldn't help but lock his eyes on the door again. on that person.
How could an ordinary soldier have such a pleasant aroma
The fragrance on his body is strong but not brilliant. When I smell it for the first time, it is the elegant fragrance of bluegrass, but when I taste it again, it has a different kind of smell. There is a kind of deep woody fragrance. It is indescribable, suddenly there is an illusion that Xun Lingjun is sitting on the three-day incense.
Fu Jian signaled him to come forward, and the man stood up, slightly bowed and cupped his hands, counting it as a ceremonial bow.
"Are you the messenger sent by Xie Shi?"
"Yes." The man didn't raise his head, but the voice came over, with an indescribable silence.
"What does your chief governor want you to bring me?"
The man took out a letter from his pocket and presented it. Fu Jian motioned to Nan An to take it. Fu Jian held the letter without opening it, and said with a smile, "Could it be your big brother?" The governor wants to lead an army to surrender, if so, I would like to see it."
"Your Majesty the King of Qin will know just by looking at it?"
After hearing this, Fu Jian thought it was reasonable, so he opened the letter and opened it. It said, "Jun's lonely army penetrated into our territory and formed an array in front of Feishui. Back off a little bit, after our army crosses the river, let the soldiers of both sides circle around and decide the outcome. Wouldn't it be a good thing for me to ride horses and watch the battle with Your Excellency?"
Xuancheng looked at the turmoil gradually appearing on Fu Jian's face. He seemed unhappy, thinking that there must be something strange about the letter, so he walked up to him and motioned to read the contents of the letter. Handed it to him.
Xuancheng glanced at it, and at the beginning felt that this letter must be written by Xie's family. The words touched Fu Jian's bottom line. Who is dragging whom? It stands to reason that Fu Jian went south in this war, and Fu Jian was in a hurry, but now it's the other way around. Every sentence in the letter is full of Fu Jian's pain, which is quite ironic. Since there is a war, why did he go to other people's land? But stopped? You put Feishui densely packed on the soldiers, so how can the Jin army fight without being able to deploy
"This is the letter your chief governor asked you to send to me? Since you want to give me something, why don't you return my old things?" Fu Jian said to the man in a loud voice.
The man finally raised his head, suddenly there seemed to be a ray of light falling from the sky in the arena, Xuancheng felt that his eyes were stabbed so hard that he couldn't open his eyes, but at that moment he saw clearly the Jin man who was wearing aromatherapy .
His brows were drawn into his temples, his eyes were burning, his nose was as sharp as a knife, and the corners of his mouth were silent. There was an elegance and nobility in his bones. He looked calm and composed from beginning to end.
"you,,"
Xuancheng couldn't speak a complete sentence, he was tongue-tied for a while, and came up with such a word.
"Xie Xuan, come to pay a visit to His Majesty King Qin."
"Xie Xuan?" Everyone in the field chanted the name for a while, chewed for a while, and finally heard the sound of drawing a sword. Immediately afterwards, they pointed the sword at the forward commander of the Jin army who entered the Qin camp alone.
"Your Majesty, if you detain this man, we will have a bargaining chip to force the Jin army." Someone suggested.
"Your Majesty, kill him."
Xuancheng watched Fu Jian's eyes fall on Xie Xuan, as sharp as a hunter staring at his prey, his brows were slightly furrowed, and there was an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth.
He slowly stepped down from the top, waved his hand to push back the people who surrounded Xie Xuan with swords, and approached Xie Xuan, his eyes were solemn at first, and then he stared at them with a playful look, "You are Xie Xuan? It seems that you shouldn't come here Here."
Xie Xuan smiled, "Really? But I am standing right in front of His Majesty."
"Good courage, good bearing, and good character." Fu Jian praised in three words.
"Is this letter from you?"
"How did you see that?"
Fu Jian raised his head and raised his eyebrows and said, "Your uncle has always been afraid of Qin, how can he miss the opportunity to delay? Not everyone can afford the Zhilanyushu of Xie's family."
Xie Xuan sneered, "It seems that His Majesty the King of Qin loves me very much, then please stand back and discuss important matters with the King of Qin."
Fu Jian thought for a while, then waved his hands and said, "You all step back."
Xuancheng walked up to him, saw the faint smile on Xie Xuan's mouth, and became more and more unpredictable, Fu Jian didn't intend to keep him, Xuancheng paused for a moment, and walked out of the arena.
Standing outside the house, people around surrounded him, "Master, you should persuade His Majesty to kill that Xie Xuan." Murong Qu said.
Xuancheng's eyes looked into the distance, but a heavy heart stayed in the room, holding on to the two people who were talking in secret.
"If the two countries are at war, the envoy will not be beheaded, not to mention that he is a front-line general of the Jin army."
"Precisely because he is the main general of the enemy army, we should kill him without regard to trivial matters. If he is released back to the camp, there will be endless troubles for our army."
"Victory or defeat on the battlefield depends on the ability to kill with real swords and guns. How can we do such conspiracy things, needless to say."
Zhang Tianxi, who was standing beside him, didn't make a sound at all, Xuancheng looked at him and said, "I don't know what Gui Yihou thinks about this matter? Do you also think Xie Xuan should be killed?"
Zhang Tianxi said calmly, "Your Majesty is right. The two armies do not fight each other. After all, Xie Xuan is the former general of the Jin army. He came to deliver the letter in person. We should treat each other with courtesy. If we kill him indiscriminately, even if we win by luck." , I am afraid that future generations will be infamous."
"You are a set of benevolence, righteousness and etiquette."
Xuancheng said something.
"Don't worry, I won't kill him. Our Majesty is not willing to kill an enemy, let alone a friend of an old friend?"
"Old friend?"
Xuancheng scoffed, "Don't you know he is Xie An's nephew?"
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After a long time, the tightly closed door finally opened, and two people slowly stepped out from inside, Fu Jian in front and Xie Xuan beside him.
Xuancheng went up to meet him, stared at Xie Xuan but said to Fu Jian, "What did you talk about?"
A treacherous smile flashed in Fu Jian's eyes, "Good thing."
"Come here, escort the envoy of Jin to the bank of Feishui River, and send him safely to the Jin camp."
Xie Xuan cupped his hands and bowed slightly, "Then, I will take my leave."
Fu Jian smiled and nodded, "Remember to say hello to An Shi for me."
Xie Xuan smiled and left, followed by the guards sent by Fu Jian.
Seeing him walking away steadily, Xuancheng felt uneasy in his heart. What exactly did he and Fu Jian talk about inside, why such a friendly atmosphere, the letter was clearly a provocative letter
Obviously it was the Jin army who couldn't stand it first, but it shouldn't be, this is the land of the Jin Dynasty in the south, no matter how you look at it, it was Fu Jian who couldn't sit still first.
"Everyone, let's go in, let's discuss." Fu Jianlang smiled and invited all the generals to come in to discuss matters, and he also specially invited Zhang Hao who was stationed by the river.