I'm a bully in troubled times

People from Linzi came very quickly, but the messengers were the first to arrive.

The next day, there was continuous rain outside the tent, and there was an eerie silence inside the tent.Jiang Yu looked coldly at the emissary who was smiling kindly in front of him, feeling a little wary in his heart.The person in front of him is not arrogant, he doesn't have the arrogance of the big country of Qi, and he doesn't have the timidity of repeated defeats. This is definitely not a person to be provoked.

"General, this is a letter from General Nangong of the Bi Kingdom. Please take a look at it." The messenger lowered his head slightly and took out a letter from his pocket.

Gongsun Ke took the letter from him and handed it to Jiang Yu. Jiang Yu opened the letter and looked at it for a while, raised his eyebrows slightly, looked up and down the envoy, and said: "This is the meaning of General Nangong. Or is it the meaning of the monarch of your country?"

General Nangong's full name is Nangong Chuo. He has only passed his thirties, but he is already a general of the Qi State.In terms of military reputation alone, Jiang Yu may not be able to match him.

The new king of Qi is Jiang Gu, the former second son, and his mother is from Jin.

The messenger said softly: "General Nangong means the meaning of the monarch."

Jiang Yu snorted lightly, folded the letter paper neatly in his hand, and said slowly: "I think it was written by General Nangong, but Qihou didn't know about it, right?"

Nangong Chuo wrote in the letter that he hoped that Jiang Yu would withdraw his troops, and that the State of Qi would offer 300 taels of gold to the State of Yan, a hundred heads of fat cattle and other property.This battle hasn't started yet, so such a "peace talk letter" is sent in a false and genuine way.Jiang Gucai came to power and wanted to gain some prestige by relying on this battle. If he knew that there was this letter, he would definitely not allow it.

The envoy said: "General Nangong was ordered by the emperor to go to war, so his meaning naturally represents the meaning of the monarch."

Jiang Yu: "General Nangong wants me to withdraw from Qi State and return to Gaoyang, but he just wants to send me away with some gold, jade and silk?"

No matter from which angle you look at it, Nangong Chuo's peace talks are extremely strange.Not to mention that the war has not yet started, and a military commander talks about peace, even the content of the peace talks, and it seems very dishonest.The Yan army went down to the three cities of the Qi State and defeated the Laiyang army. How could it be possible to spend this little property?

The envoy said: "The king has not been on the throne for a long time, and the mourning period for the first king has not yet passed. General Nangong does not want the war to continue to expand and cause unreasonable killings. If the general is willing to stop here and withdraw from our country of Qi, the people of our country will be grateful for the general and the Marquis of Yan. benevolent heart.”

Jiang Yu now understood what Nangong Chuo was up to.

This time Yan State crusade against Qi State, there is the righteousness of revenge first, even the king of Zhou can't say anything.But Nangong Chuo made such a move, first of all, to show sincerity, obviously our military strength is stronger than that of Yan, but we don't want to fight with our allies, and we don't want the people to suffer from war, so we negotiated peace, but Yan didn't agree.

This put Qi State on the moral high ground, and made Yan State's appointment as a teacher less righteous.

In this way, the morale of the Yan army will be hit. One is that the division is unknown, and the other is that in fact, ordinary people do not want to fight. They can end the war by accepting the other party's peace talks. If Jiang Yu insists on fighting, his subordinates will be afraid It is inevitable that there will be doubts, and the morale of the army will be confused.

On the contrary, Qi's morale will be unprecedentedly high.Originally, the army of Qi State was stronger, but it was defeated in successive battles, which made the reinforcements quite upset.Now that the Qi army is taking the initiative to negotiate peace, Yan Guo still doesn't know what to do with it, and the reinforcements are even more dissatisfied with the Yan army.

Jiang Yu smiled lightly: "Cangcheng used to be the territory of my country of Yan, isn't General Nangong planning to return Cangcheng to us?"

The envoy said: "This matter needs to be reported to the Ming monarch, and it is not up to General Nangong to decide."

Jiang Yu clicked his chin, and with a "hiss", he tore the letter in half and stacked them together again. After tearing, he tossed it lightly to the side, and the scraps of paper fell to the ground.

Messenger: "Is the general not going to accept the terms of the peace talks?"

"Go back and tell Nangong Chuo that if he wants to fight, I will fight. If he doesn't fight, he can pack up and go back to Linzi to retire as soon as possible." Jiang Yu said word by word, "But if you want to use this little thing to get rid of me, Jiang Yu, there is absolutely no way. possible!"

Jiang Yu's refusal of the peace talks was not beyond the envoy's expectation, so he was still very calm, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "Jun Suiyang is famous all over the world, who doesn't know? Since the general has such ambitions, General Nangong will naturally accompany him to the end. It's just... ..."

The messenger raised his eyes and glanced at the generals in the tent.

"The Yan army has traveled a long distance and has been fighting for many days. I don't know how much combat power is left?"

After the envoy finished speaking, he smiled slightly, straightened his sleeves, and bowed calmly to Jiang Yu: "Since the general has made a decision, I will truthfully tell General Nangong what the general said."

After the envoy left, Jiang Yu looked around at his subordinates and asked, "Do you want me to accept the peace talks?"

For a moment, no one dared to speak, only Ning Jian stood up and said: "General, I am a warrior, and I only know how to pursue victory. Nangong Chuo's negotiating terms are so insincere, it is obvious that we have no intention of accepting them. If we accept them, Isn’t it ridiculous and generous to mobilize teachers and mobilize people, but only have such a result?”

"What about the others, what do you think?" Jiang Yu asked.

Liu Wudao: "The last general thinks what General Ning said is very true."

"Otherwise," Dong Ying said with a frown, "the envoy's last words just now are not unreasonable. Our army caught the enemy by surprise first, took advantage of the opportunity, and then took down three cities in a row. And because the Laiyang army underestimated the enemy's carelessness, we were able to make a big move." Defeated the Laiyang army. But the next battle is not as easy as before."

"Now the Qi army has fully reacted. We have insufficient reserves and no reinforcements. As long as the Qi army surrounds our city and fights for a long time, our army will undoubtedly be defeated. In the end, we may have to withdraw from Qi in panic. Therefore, the general thinks that he should accept the peace talks just now."

Wei Boyong immediately retorted: "Dong Ying, why are you destroying your own ambitions and making others more powerful like last time? If you don't want to fight, you can pack up and go home to retire!"

This borrowed Jiang Yu's words just now, Dong Ying did not have the same knowledge as Wei Boyong, just bowed his head and cupped his hands and said: "But since the general has refused the peace talks, the last general should follow the general and fight to the last soldier."

Jiang Yu smiled and waved his hands: "Fight to the last one soldier? No way."

Qi Ranming interjected at this time: "But the current situation is indeed not good for our army, how do you plan to deal with it?"

Jiang Yu smiled at him: "The Mountain Man has his own tricks."

Not long after, the lord general came out of Jiang Yu's camp and passed on two military orders.

First, Jiang Yu intends to reorganize the army of soldiers.

The descendants of the fallen generals, those eager to avenge their fathers and brothers, those who are angry and dissatisfied because of poverty, those who want to be rewarded for meritorious service, those who have been exonerated from prison, those who have been captured by the enemy, and those who want to be famous and cover up their ugliness, form a team and name them as "Dare to Die". The vanguard of the army.

Those who used to be nobles who want to rebuild their meritorious deeds will be organized into a team of young and brave people who are not afraid of sacrifice. They will be brave men and guard the city gate alternately day and night without any slack.

Second, Jiang Yu promulgated a reward and punishment system. Those who bravely killed the enemy on the battlefield will be rewarded with military merits. After returning to the capital, Jiang Yu will ask the monarch to fulfill his orders.And those who dare to flee before the battle will be killed without mercy.

After reorganizing the army, Jiang Yu asked the city defenders to strengthen their guard against surprise attacks by the Qi army.

"The Qi army will definitely launch an attack in the next few days. Now our army is a tired army, but the Qi army is the opposite of me, with high fighting spirit. We must not compete with them now, otherwise we will definitely lose." After everyone left , Qi Ranming frowned, and sat opposite Jiang Yu in the tent, thinking of the current situation, he felt a little headache.

"You're right." Jiang Yu drew on the sand table with a sword in his hand, "The Qi army has at least [-] to [-] reinforcements this time, and there may be more in the future. We are undoubtedly asking for trouble if we want to fight them head-on. Eat. So now I have no plan to go out of the city to fight like last time."

"Are you going to stick to it?" Qi Ranming was surprised.

"Yes, stick to it," Jiang Yu said.

Looking at the situation on the sand table, Qi Ranming frowned and said, "It's definitely not the best policy to stick to it. What Dong Ying said just now is quite right. If the Qi army sends a large number of troops to surround us in the city, our army will be in danger."

"There are only two ways, either defend or attack." Jiang Yu said, "Attacking is absolutely impossible now, and the entire army will be wiped out in a few days. We can only defend. Even if the Qi army surrounds us, we will not be able to attack." Can you still break through?"

"Difficult." Qi Ranming said.

Jiang Yu looked up at him and said, "The more difficult it is, the more it is at the moment of life and death, the more it can inspire the fighting spirit of our soldiers. Who can stop the bravery of fighting with one's back and breaking the boat?"

"What's more, the protracted offensive and defensive battles are very hard for our army. Isn't it hard for the Qi army? After waiting for a month, two months, can the Qi army's morale be as stable as it was at the beginning? It is inevitable for the soldiers to return home. of."

"Fight back at that time?" Qi Ranming said, "This would be a good way. I heard that you have a lot of experience in how to use cavalry. When the Qi army is exhausted, it is possible to break through with flexible cavalry."

Jiang Yu smiled: "Yes. As the days go by, even if Nangong Chuo still wants to fight, Qihou doesn't want to spend it here all the time. After all, he has only ascended the throne not long ago, and there must be a lot of opposition from the court."

"Besides, I still have a plan." Jiang Yu said.

Qi Ranming asked strangely: "What's the last move? Our flaw is the lack of soldiers and horses. Can you borrow soldiers and horses from other places?"

Jiang Yu said: "The country of Yan can't borrow it. Compared with the country of Qi, the country of Yan is far behind. But borrowing from other countries is still possible."

Qi Ranming heard the words, and immediately turned his head to look at the map hanging on the wall. He saw that the west of Yan and Qi was Jin, the southwest was Wei, and the south of Qi and Wei was Chu.

Weiguo is a small country, so there is no need to think about it.The state of Jin has been on good terms with the state of Qi for a long time. Although the relationship between the two countries has become cold because of Jiang Zhi’s incident, they don’t want to think about who the grandfather of Qihou is today. Due to the relationship between the state of Jin and the state of Yan, the state of Jin will not send troops to help the state of Qi It's not bad, it's impossible to help Yan Guo.

Since then...

Qi Ranming's eyes fell on the southernmost state of Chu.The mother of Jiang Ping, the third son of Qi State, was from Chu State, and the third son was defeated in the battle for succession. Although Chu State has never been recognized by the Central Plains countries, everyone can see their ambition in recent years.If it is said that Chu Hou does not want to hold Qi in his hands through the third son, no ghost will believe it.

"Chu State..." Qi Ranming turned to look at Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "Is he a good helper?"

"Yes." Qi Ranming also smiled, "If Chu State is willing to join forces with us, he will attack Qi State from the south, and I will attack from the north, from north to south, why worry about Qi State being undefeated?"