"My king, forgive me?" Fan Sui immediately realized his gaffe and hurriedly bowed slightly to apologize. Of course, Fan Sui also knew that King Qin would not care about this at all, especially in such an urgent situation.
Without any more words, Fan Sui immediately devoted himself to the silk book. Obviously, Fan Sui's plan was to be like the King of Qin who had just received the silk book, trying to find out the possibility of forgery in the silk book from clues.
King Qin looked at Fan Sui with a serious look on his face, but did not interrupt him. Perhaps in King Qin's heart, he still held on to the hope of eventuality.
Fan Sui is indeed Bai Qi's mortal enemy. His research on Bai Qi has reached an outrageous level, and he even knows himself better than Bai Qi himself. This is also the reason why Fan Sui was finally able to bring down Qin's Jade Pillar alive with his sharp tongue.
The material of the silk book, the use of ink, the shape and brushwork of the handwriting, the style of writing and even the missing corners of the seal... Fan Sui rigorously checked them one by one with the appearance in his impression.
It's a pity that Fan Sui's meticulous behavior is destined to be in vain, and King Qin's hopes are destined to be disappointed.
After a while, Fan Sui finally raised his head. And King Qin had already understood Fan Sui's meaning from his disappointed eyes.
Sighing lightly, King Qin said slowly: "Tell me what to do!"
When Fan Sui heard this, he fell into deep thought again. In fact, as the inspection was halfway through, Fan Sui was able to confirm the authenticity of the silk book. As for the remaining half of the time, Fan Sui actually fought for it to think about it.
Sure enough, King Qin asked questions immediately after checking the silk book. In the flash of lightning, Fan Sui already had an immature idea in his mind.
However, before coming up with this method, Fan Sui still needs to do another operation.
Fan Sui immediately organized his speech and said: "Wei Chen believes that the changes in Shangdang are not the fault of Lord Wu An."
The question was clearly about what to do, but Fan Sui was asking about the responsibility, and even spoke for Bai Qi?
King Qin was stunned when he heard this. He was not only surprised that Fan Sui's answer was wrong. He was even more surprised that Fan Sui actually defended Bai Qi. You know, these two people are like fire and water!
Also because he was surprised by Fan Sui's attitude, King Qin did not interrupt Fan Sui's answer.
Fan Sui then continued: "In the Battle of Shangdang, it is already known that hundreds of thousands of Wei troops have joined the battlefield, and this is when our army and the Zhao army have been fighting for more than a month, and their combat strength is in danger. , it is not easy for Lord Wu An to deal with it calmly and to surround more than 100,000 Wei troops."
Fan Sui paused for a moment and saw that King Qin's expression was normal, and he even nodded slightly unconsciously. Fan Sui knew that he had more than half succeeded.
Then Fan Sui said again: "Now, more troops have joined the battlefield. They took advantage of our army to encircle the Wei army to seize the Guanglang City defense line and other places. According to Lord Wu'an's estimation, their strength is more than 100,000. As the saying goes, "A clever woman can't make a meal without rice. The force in Lord Wu'an's hands has reached its limit against the combined forces of Zhao and Wei. Now that more than 100,000 troops have entered the battlefield, no one can predict and take precautions."
"If there must be a mistake, the fault lies with Wei Chen." Fan Sui immediately bowed to admit his mistake and said: "As the prime minister, Wei Chen not only misjudged the mentality of various countries now, but also remained indifferent after the warning of Wei State sending troops. The countries' diplomatic strategies failed to adjust in time, and they did not send envoys to keep abreast of the developments in each country. As a result, this new force of unknown origin suddenly appeared on the battlefield. This is all the fault of the humble officials."
Is Fan Sui wrong?
Maybe, as the Prime Minister, the failure of a big battle always has to share the blame. But it is obvious that Fan Sui is by no means "guilty in every way" as he said.
If Fan Sui is mainly responsible for not reminding him to adjust foreign policy in time, then what responsibility should the King of Qin, as the sole decision-maker of the Qin State, bear? However, Hei Bingtai, who was responsible for battlefield and enemy intelligence, did not discover any changes in the Wei state and did not even know where the other army came from. What kind of responsibility should he bear? And Bai Qi, as the commander-in-chief of the army...
What's more, Wei Jun's arrival only took three or two days, and Fan Sui learned that Wei Jun's arrival only took two days. Even if he had to adjust, even if
An envoy was immediately sent to find out. I am afraid that the envoy has not left the country at this time.
Fan Sui's words seemed to be attributing the blame to himself, thereby exonerating Lord Wu An. If you carefully examine his words, it is not difficult to find that there is something strange about Fan Sui's words. Although the words said that it was his own fault and that he was not alert enough when Wei Jun appeared, but if he thought about it carefully, would it be more appropriate to put this problem on Lord Wu An on the front line?
In other words, Mr. Wu An, you clearly knew that the Wei army had arrived, why didn't you think that there might be other countries that wanted to join the war? !
Of course, Bai Qi would not have thought of it, because anyone who knows a little about military affairs can understand if he puts himself in his shoes: if there are more than 200,000 troops, the opponent can launch a siege on his own army in one go. There is no need to do this. Taking the trouble to mobilize yourself, such a division of troops will only give the opponent opportunities to defeat each other.
But not everyone understands military affairs, and those who understand military affairs may not put themselves in Bai Qi's shoes and consider issues from Bai Qi's perspective. People are better at deriving the process from the results, and thus figuring out the problems in the process.
Obviously, judging from the final result, Bai Qi's command was not very clever.
Therefore, Fan Sui's words are not taking responsibility at all, nor are they excusing Bai Qi.
At the same time, Fan Sui certainly knew that what King Qin wanted from him was a solution, not other issues such as the division of responsibilities.
But Fan Sui must say this. There is only one purpose in saying this - to express his attitude and establish his own image, so as to pave the way for his future actions.
Sure enough, King Qin looked at Fan Sui's self-blaming look and immediately shook his head and interrupted: "This is not the fault of the Prime Minister. If it is wrong, it is my fault and the fault of Heibingtai."
Fan Sui immediately wanted to excuse King Qin again, but King Qin waved his hand to stop him: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to think too much. The most urgent task is to find a way to turn defeat into victory!"
It has to be said that the pride of the Qin people is simply innate. Even in the face of such a situation, what the King of Qin wanted was not to safely withdraw the remaining troops and end the battle honorably. Instead, he wanted to turn defeat into victory.
Of course, this may also have something to do with the fact that Qin has been going too smoothly in recent years. Since Ying Ji came to power, except for Yan and Yu, who suffered a loss in the battle, the rest of the battles have been almost endless. Especially when Bai Qi takes charge, he has never been defeated.
Qin has not tasted failure for so long that it no longer knows how to face failure correctly...
