In Shouyang City, in this important military town by Changhuai in the north, Feishui in the east, and Juze Shaopi in the south, the Qin army held a decisive military meeting here from the commander to the generals.
Fu Jian was the decision maker, and the discussants included his younger brother and all the generals and civil officials in the vanguard army, a total of more than ten people.
Fu Jian was the first to bring up the topic, "I have gathered you here today to discuss Xie Xuan's letter. You have also seen it. Xie Xuan came to my Qin camp in person, and he came to send me a special letter. The letter reads: The content, I am here to announce to you that Jun's lonely army penetrated into our territory and lined up in front of Feishui. Obviously, it is a long-term strategy, and I dare not fight quickly. Please retreat a little bit. After our army crosses the river, let the soldiers of both sides circle around. It will be a decisive battle. Isn’t it a beautiful thing for me to ride horses and watch the battle with Your Excellency? To sum it up, Xie Xuan asked our army to retreat a few miles, let the Jin army go ashore, and hold another decisive battle. What do you think?"
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.
Zhang Hao stood up first and said, "Your Majesty, there is no such reason, we cannot retreat." He has the most say, because so far he is the only one who has fought against Xie Shi of the Jin army.
"Your Majesty, from the point of view of the general, this is just Xie Xuan's trick. The general once fought with Xie Shi, the governor of the other side. Xie Shi has 10,000 sailors. He dare not have a big conflict with our army. But Xie Shi When they retreated to the shore, there were 70,000 Beifu soldiers led by Xie Xuan, Xie Yan, and Huan Yi. These 70,000 soldiers were all funded by the Xie family themselves. The Han generals who could not escape from Wubao, they went south to Jingkou because they couldn’t live in the north. The Xie family recruited soldiers in Jingkou, specially recruiting these people who had hated us for a long time. Trained to become a Xiejiafu soldier. This army is very mobile. It is comparable to land tigers and wolves in terms of weapons and equipment and superb riding and shooting skills. The last general encountered the fierce force of this army when he landed before. The attack was only withdrawn. At this time, our army lined up in Feishui to block it on the opposite bank. This is a foolproof approach. If His Majesty agrees to Xie Xuan's request to retreat, once this army lands, our chances of winning are very slim. , I hope Your Majesty will think twice."
Fu Jian was silent.
"The last general was ordered to block the enemy's army on the right bank of the Fei River, so that the enemy's 80,000 waterways could not go ashore. As long as His Majesty gives an order, our army can cross the water to attack the enemy again, with more enemies and fewer enemies. This is a good opportunity and must not be lost. " Zhang Hao said again heavily.
When Zhang Hao's words fell, several generals also echoed in unison, "Your Majesty, General Hussars is right. The battle between the two armies is strange and indistinguishable. The Jin army is already in a weak position. One enemy is ten. Overthinking our own strength, but these days, our army and the Jin army have stood firm and not fought. This is not because the Jin army is strong and our army has come a long distance. It is precisely because they are weak that they cannot cross the river, and now they are asking us to retreat Make room for them and let them attack us, this is to create opportunities for the enemy, absolutely not."
Fu Jian was silent for a while, thinking about what everyone said, after a while he turned to the civil servant standing below, and asked Quan Yi, "Zi Liang, what do you think?"
This was the first time Fu Jian called a foreigner so affectionately.
Quan Yi was named, so he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I agree with General Hussar's statement that the Jin army should not be allowed to cross the river."
"You also think I should reject Xie Xuan?"
"Your Majesty, Xie Xuan has always used soldiers well and is good at strategy. There is an old saying in the Han people that soldiers are cunning. Xie Xuan came to my Qin camp this time. It is not just as simple as sending a letter. The so-called knowing the enemy and the confidant can win a hundred battles. They are here to spy on the real situation of our army, Your Majesty must not fall for it."
"A trick? You mean Xie Xuan's tricks and tricks against Sima, who I hate?"
"Your Majesty must guard against it."
Fu Jian pondered for a while and said, "What you said is not impossible."
"Emperor brother, what do you think?"
Xuancheng was lost in thought, but unexpectedly he mentioned it, and when he raised his eyes, he met his expectant gaze, and there was no way to retreat for a while, and finally he was no longer silent.
"Brother Huang, I thought Xie Xuan's proposal could be considered."
When the words fell to the ground, everyone refuted them in unison, "Think twice, Your Majesty, you must not retreat."
"Let's listen to what the emperor thinks."
Xuancheng said slowly, "Brother Emperor spent thousands of miles conquering the Jin Dynasty, exhausting all his efforts and efforts. On the other hand, Sima Yao, the lord of Jin Dynasty, is a foolish child, drunk and dreaming of death. All the officials are debauched and comfortable, empty talk harms the country, harms the people and leaves their homes. Going south to cross the water, and now the Jin army is blocking the Feishui River, each of them insists on not fighting. We will fall into a deadlock, neither can we go south to Jingkou, nor can we help our Shouyang Central Army to restrain the main force of the Jin army from retreating to the east, and Huan Chong has blocked our Daqin navy to Jiangling so far. We can only quickly fight with the main force of Jin Only one war can resolve the current stalemate."
Everyone thought about his words. It was not unreasonable. Delay would only be detrimental to Qin, but if there was a battle, only one side could cross the water and go ashore. The Jin army refused to back down, and only the Qin army retreated.
"Our army must not retreat and let the Jin army go ashore. What if this is a conspiracy by the Jin army? If we rush to kill our army halfway, our army will retreat and be defeated."
Xuan Cheng retorted, "Our army cannot retreat, so can you guys have a way to make the Jin army retreat and allow our army to cross the river?"
Everyone was silent immediately, and each other was speechless.
That's right, no one can break the deadlock, Xie Xuan's method can only become the only one that Xuancheng doesn't want to see.
"Strike halfway."
"Xie Xuan wants our army to retreat and give him a chance to sit on the shore to watch the battle. I also have the same intention, but he wants to win from it. This is absolutely impossible. Brother Huang, if we give up one side of the world and let the Jin army cross the river Going ashore, our army attacked halfway across the river, and I think there is still a slight chance of winning by using our cavalry superiority to attack a division that intends to cross the river."
Xuancheng used abbreviated words, he was not sure, because this was Xie Xuan's conspiracy, but he couldn't disagree, even without Xie Xuan's persuasion plan, Qin Jun was caught in a dilemma in Shouyang. His own people fought back.
Zhang Hao opened his eyes angrily, "Your Majesty, what is the reason for this? It is clear that our army has the upper hand, why should we give in to the enemy? Does Your Majesty know Song Xianggong's benevolence?"
Fu Jian replied solemnly, "I don't know."
Quan Yi answered, "Since your majesty doesn't know, let me tell your majesty. Song Xianggong was the twentieth monarch of the Song State in the Spring and Autumn Period. His surname was Song's, and his name was Zifu. He attacked Zheng in 638 BC. The Chu army was strong, and the ministers persuaded Song Xianggong to attack the Chu army halfway across the river, but Song Xianggong paid attention to benevolence and righteousness, and he wanted to fight after the Chu army crossed the river. As a result, he was defeated and injured, and died of serious injuries the next year, and was buried in Xiangling."
"The battle of Hongshui was the first time that the Chu army did not keep their promises. Why did later generations blame Song Xianggong?"
Quan Yi said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty's words are exactly the same as Song Xianggong's words that day. After the Song army was defeated, they suffered heavy losses. The generals complained that Song Xianggong didn't listen to his son Muyi's opinion, but Song Xianggong taught others that he was benevolent. A gentleman with a heart of hearts does not attack an injured enemy, nor an old man with gray hair. Especially when the ancients fought, they did not rely on fortifications to win. Although the Song State was about to perish, Still can't bear to attack the enemy who has not formed a good formation. Ziyu refuted that the purpose of fighting is to win, and what is the way of a gentleman! If you really do what you said, just serve as a slave, why bother? What about fighting? Your Majesty, now you are showing benevolence and righteousness to retreat and want the Jin army to cross the river to fight our army. How is this different from what Song Xianggong did back then? What's more, when the Chu army was strong and the Song army was weak, Song Xianggong died because of the failure of benevolence and righteousness. I was criticized by the people of later generations, but now it is the opposite. My Qin army is strong and the Jin army is weak, but Your Majesty wants to let the Jin army cross the river. If this battle is unfortunately defeated, it will become a laughing stock for future generations, or become a mystery through the ages. May Your Majesty think twice."
Fu Jian nodded and said, "You're right," the voice changed, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he said, "Then what if our army wins?"
Quan Yi replied calmly, "If our army wins, it will be Yang Pinggong's proposal to attack him halfway, but in this way, won't your majesty become the unrighteous person that Song Xianggong said? I The Qin army won but became an unrighteous army."
Fu Jian said, "You just said that the ancients said that the purpose of war is to win, and you are talking about the way of a gentleman! If you really do what Duke Xiang said, you can just serve as a slave. Why bother to fight? How to explain?"
"this…"
sophistry.
Xuancheng defined Fu Jian in his mind, even if you are unparalleled in eloquence, and have refuted your sons, friends and ministers one by one, it will still be an eternal joke.
Seeing that they couldn't talk about Fu Jian anymore, everyone decided so, and Fu Jian agreed with Xie Xuan's proposal to let the Qin army retreat five li on the left bank of Feishui River, so as to make room for a decisive battle with the Jin army crossing the river.
It was night, and the crowd dispersed, and the Shouyang City was quiet. Just like in the past, the two of them paced around the city tower as if they were admiring the moon, but the moon only showed half of its brows. On the shy.
Xuancheng looked at the enemy camp on the other side of the river below the city, and asked Fu Jian the question in his heart, "What did you talk to Xie Xuan about? It won't be as simple as asking you to retreat."
"You finally asked."
Fu Jian broke his shoulders and made him look at him, "As long as you tell me, the outcome of this battle."
"You will not die." This is Xuancheng's answer to him, concise and to the point.
"And you?"
Xuancheng was speechless.
I will die, but your brother will wake up.
"If I die…"
"If you die, I will wait for you by the Feishui River." Fu Jian looked into his eyes affectionately.
"I'll wait for your return by the Feishui River."
There is no need to make it clear, Xuancheng already knows it well, Fu Jian doesn't care about the success or failure of this war, he just needs his precious brother to return to his side.
"I let Xie Xuan deal with those people." Fu Jian said.
Xuancheng was stunned for a moment, opened his eyes wide and opened his mouth, but was too trembling to speak, no matter what he couldn't believe what Fu Jian said.
"you you,…"
"If I win, I will treat the Sima clan and everyone in the Jin Dynasty like those people. If I lose, I will let Xie Xuan deal with those people, because the Sima clan needs the Northern Expedition and needs to recover their so-called land, the royal family Return to the north."
"He accepted you?"
"The condition is that I agree to retreat this time."
"You believe what he said?"
"I believe in thanking my family."
Xuancheng's heart felt as if a hot stream passed through his intestines. He was so hot that his whole body was in pain. He tremblingly stroked Fu Jian's face, "Brother Wenyu, you, you..."
You wait.
Just as you said, you are waiting for my return by the Feishui River.
No matter how long it has been.
Ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years...
Xuancheng said, "If God gives me another chance, I will never fall in love with you again."
Because of falling in love with you, I have to pay the price, a bloody price.
Fu Jian said, "If there is an afterlife, no matter where you are, I will definitely find you."
No, Xuancheng called from the bottom of his heart, Fu Jian, this life is enough, for loving you, I will give up my life, don't have another life, I don't want my soul to be scattered, not even a ray of soul can find peace.
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