"The State of Qi sent an envoy, and he also brought a letter from Da Sima?"
Hearing this, Zhao Tuo and the generals in the tent were all stunned.
Then, there was laughter.
Zhao Tuo couldn't help but laugh, things in this world are really such coincidences.
He was just about to write a letter to Da Sima, but the letter from Da Sima had already been delivered.
"Invite the envoy of Qi State to come in."
Zhao Tuo stopped smiling and gave instructions.
"only."
The short soldiers were ordered to retreat and ask the envoys to enter the account.
After a moment, a middle-aged man in white dark clothes and a high crown walked in.
This man has a fair complexion, narrow eyes, and a long beard fluttering under his chin. He has the temperament of a scholar.
After he entered the tent, he glanced at the generals in the tent, and then looked at the young general on the main seat with slight surprise. Although he had heard about Zhao Tuo's youth, he was still shocked by his age when he saw it in person.
After being surprised, the envoy bowed, saluted Zhao Tuo, and said, "The envoy of Qi State, Xiang Fuji, has met General Zhao."
Husband is ill?
Zhao Tuo raised his eyebrows slightly, this name has some origins.
He asked calmly: "Why did the envoy come to our east county of Qin State this time?"
Xiangfuji replied: "Xiangfuji came here on the orders of the Grand Sima of our country. I have a letter to hand over to General Zhao."
Zhao Tuo nodded, and Li Shang immediately stepped forward, took Da Sima's letter from Xiang Fuji, and forwarded it to General Zhao.
Opening the silk book, the beautiful calligraphy of Da Sima Juan came into Zhao Tuo's eyes.
In the letter, Tian Chong first greeted Zhao Tuo according to aristocratic etiquette.
Then the book returned to the topic, mentioning the method of controlling the Hu that Zhao Tuo had asked when writing a letter before.
Tian Chong said in a silk book that the Hu people were in a barbaric land, where they lived on hair and drank blood. The land was poor and few people had enough land to support themselves, so they went south to plunder the Xia. There is no benefit in dealing with these barbarians. Fighting with them will be a waste of one's own national strength regardless of winning or losing.
The best way is to build a city for self-defense, such as the Great Wall method, which is very good. Keeping the barbarians outside the Great Wall not only saves money on military supplies, but also ensures the security of the territory.
But if Zhu Xia and the Hu people had to fight, Tian Chong thought that the Hu people were all good horse people, coming and going like the wind, making it very difficult to attack. If you want to annihilate them, you may use a strategy to lure them into a dangerous place in the south and use the terrain to annihilate them.
If the battle takes place in the vast grasslands of the north, then the armies of the Xia Dynasties will be dominated by chariots and cavalry, supplemented by infantry. They will fight quickly and capture the enemy's leader, the king.
Tian Chong said that the Hu people have always been untrustworthy. The so-called country of the Hu people is a combination of many barbarians. As long as the leader of the Hu people can be defeated first, he can use strategists to divide him from the inside and let the Hu people fight among themselves. Massacre.
By using Hu to control Hu, the people of Xia can reap the benefits of being a fisherman.
"Da Sima is a gentleman."
Zhao Tuo sighed.
In the letter, Tian Chong not only summarized the strategies of resisting the Hu, defeating the Hu, and subduing the Hu, but also quoted various scriptures and cited many examples of battles such as King Zhou's attack on the Hu, Qi and Jin's fight against the barbarians, and Li Mu and Qin Kai's defeat of the Hu.
This allowed Zhao Tuo to feel through the letters that Tian Chong looked through the books and thought carefully when thinking about these strategies.
Of course, the silk book is very long, and this is just the first part.
Tian Chong changed the subject in the second half of the letter.
He began to accuse the Qin State of why it summoned a large army to gather in Dongjun and threaten the border of Qi State. He angrily accused the Qin people of wanting to destroy the good relations between the two countries and being good at causing disasters with weapons.
In the letter, Tian Chong called the actions of the Qin people as treachery and the greatest injustice in the world.
If the Qin State really dares to attack Qi, Tian Chong will definitely make the Qin Army unable to come back and so on.
Zhao Tuo smiled, put the letter on the case, and looked at the messenger in the tent.
"I have received Da Sima's letter. I will send you a reply later and ask the envoy to deliver it to Da Sima."
The husband quickly agreed, but soon he raised his head again, his eyes shining.
"I will deliver the general's reply myself. But my husband has a question today. Can I ask the general to clarify his doubts?"
Zhao Tuo said calmly: "Envoy, please speak."
Prime Minister Ji immediately said: "I have always heard that Qin is a country ruled by law. If the people of Qin steal mulberry leaves that are not worth a single penny, they will be fined for thirty days; those who steal more than one penny and are not worth more than two hundred penny will be moved. Those who go further up will be punished with tattoos and tattoos, and will be reduced to Chengdan. If five people steal one coin, their left foot will be amputated and they will be tattooed as Chengdan. Such a strict law makes people respect it. This is also the reason why Qin can become as powerful as it is today."
These words made all the Qin people in the tent nod. This is indeed the law of Qin. If you steal a mulberry leaf from others, you will be severely punished if you find it.
Only the corners of Li Shiqi's mouth curled up slightly, and he already knew what the man in front of him wanted to say.
Xiang Fuji's voice became louder: "The laws of Qin are very strict. If one leaf is stolen or five people are stolen, they will be punished according to the strict law. But now there is a person who robbed hundreds of thousands of people. The person he stole is also Not a leaf, nor an ox nor a horse, but one who wants to steal the neighbor's city, steal the neighbor's country, wants to seize people's dogs, pigs, cattle and horses, kills the people, and takes over people's ancestral temples and lands..."
Before Xiang Fuji finished speaking, many Qin generals in the tent had already changed their expressions, and they all started to slap the case and reprimanded angrily on the spot.
"Be bold!"
Tu Sui's anger was like thunder.
The generals shouted: "Qi people are so brave, come to my tent to seek death!"
Facing the Qin generals in the tent, they were furious.
However, Xiang Fuji didn't change his expression. He only smiled at Zhao Tuo who was sitting on the throne and asked: "General Zhao, I don't know if someone who commits such a crime of stealing the country according to the law, the master of the thief and the 200,000 people under his command will How should a group of thieves be punished?"
"Damn it, Naigong will split your mouth!"
Black Butt cursed and was about to draw his sword, but was held tightly by Lu Wan beside him.
The entire Qin army commander's tent was in a tense state for a while.
As long as Zhao Tuo gives an order, the husband will be chopped into a ball of rotten flesh in the blink of an eye.
"Hahaha, I have always heard that Dongfang Mo is a good talker and good storyteller, and he likes to compete for words. Today I saw Mr. Xiangfu's words. He really deserves his reputation."
Zhao Tuo raised his hand to stop the anger of the generals in the tent, and looked at Xiang Fuji in front of him with amusement.
The man in front of him reminded him of Western Mo who fought with the Qin army and was responsible for the construction of various equipment.
He also thought of the Southern Mo who used the Mohist method to defend the city to the death when he was conquering the Chu Kingdom in the past, outside Yangxia City, and perished with Chu.
This Xiangfuji is the Eastern Mohist who lives in the Qi State after the third third of the Mohist family. He likes to debate, studies the logic of name and reality, and pays attention to making the opponent submit with verbal arguments. This is the so-called Qi Moh.
Knowing the origin of the other party, it is normal for Xiang Fuji to say what he just said.
Tian Chong used this descendant of Qi Mo as his envoy just to gain the upper hand in speaking and condemning Qin's move to station troops in Dongjun.
Seeing Zhao Tuo reveal his origins, Xiang Fuji pretended to be innocent and said: "What General Zhao said is wrong. I ask you how the hundreds of thousands of thieves should be punished if they follow the Qin law. This is a sincere question. I want to ask you. How can knowledge be used to gain the advantage of words?"
Zhao Tuo shook his head and smiled.
Who is he, how can he argue with a little messenger? With just a glance, Li Shiqi, who could no longer hold back, stood up.
Li Shiqi said loudly: "Mr. Xiangfu just mentioned the group of thieves who want to steal the neighbor's country. May I ask who their name is and where they are?"
Seeing a scribe standing up in the Qin army's tent, Xiang Fuji's eyes suddenly shrank.
Based on Xiang Fuji's experience of arguing with people hundreds of times in Jixia Academy, and from the amount of spitting by the scribes in front of him when speaking, it can be seen that he has encountered a strong enemy this time.
Xiangfuji's heart was moved, and he took retreat as an opportunity to advance: "This gentleman's question is very good, but actually I don't know where those thieves are? What I asked just now is just a lie, you don't need to take it seriously. The reason why I came here is actually I would like to ask for Da Sima, this time General Zhao led the Qin army of more than 200,000 to Dongjun, what is his intention?"
The generals looked very unhappy.
This envoy from Qi State was so good at sarcastic remarks and pretending to be dumbfounded that people like them in the army could not even talk back.
It’s hard to say, but we are here just to destroy your Qi State and seize your Qi State’s country.
In that case, wouldn't it be possible to fall into Xiang Fuji's trap and face the two hundred thousand thieves he mentioned?
Fortunately, in Qin's camp, although the generals are slow-talking, there are some who are sharp-tongued.
Li Shiqi laughed loudly and said, "Mr. Xiangfu, that's a good question. We are here to deal with a murder case on the orders of my king, and to capture the murderer, to eradicate evil through righteous law, and to raise awareness of the evil." The right way of heaven and earth.”
Murder?
Capture the murderer?
Xiang Fuji was stunned. This answer was something he didn't expect.
But he reacted very quickly and immediately sneered: "What kind of murder case requires your Qin State to send more than 200,000 troops here? Are you joking here, sir?"
Li Shiqi glanced at General Zhao, saw him nodding, and said with a smile: "This is the case of the former Qi State's prime minister and later victory."
"A case where the prime minister was defeated later?"
Xiang Fuji blinked, hadn't Hou Sheng been dead for a long time?
On the main seat, Zhao Tuo thought for a while and believed that the Qin army's forces were basically in place and the strategy of destroying Qi had been decided, so there was no need to hide his intentions.
It happened to take this opportunity to announce the royal edict, and the battle against Qi officially kicked off.
"Li Shang, take the king's edict and declare it."
Zhao Tuo opened his mouth and gave instructions.
Soon, Li Shang read aloud the imperial edict specially prepared for the Qin Dynasty's war against Qi.
"Therefore, the prime minister of Qi later won, and he was my friend. He went to Qin several times and made peace between the two countries. I loved him very much, so I took him as his wife from Qin. He gave birth to a son named You, and he became a native of Qin."
"Those who are traveling today, cry out and appeal to me, thinking of my father's kindness, saying that he was killed by the people of Qi who pretended to collude with the rebels of the four countries. Please remember the old good, kill the thieves, enforce the rule of law in the world, and show the power of heaven. Virtue is common to few people."
"Now the Qin Dynasty is the master of the world, and it has the responsibility to enforce the law all over the world. I specially order the Supreme Commander to make Tuo, come to Qi to report to Qi, and ask Qi to hand over the evil Tianjia, the leader of the conspiracy, and the other thieves."
"Using righteous methods to eradicate evil, and use evil to eliminate traitors, can also bring the good of Qi and Qin together again, so that the two countries can live in harmony."
"If we protect the evil and resist the law, it will go against the will of heaven and the people's will, so that the law will not be implemented in the world and filial piety will not spread in the world. This is a great injustice..."
"Han Feizi·Xianxue": Since the death of Mozi, there has been the ink of the Xiangli family, the ink of the Xiangfu family, and the ink of the Deng Ling family.
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