Chapter 83 Countermeasures
"Hey..."
Accompanied by a clear eagle cry, a black arrow shot straight from Yueyang City into the vast sky at an unparalleled speed.
Soaring in the sky, looking down at the earth below with sharp eyes, the goshawk immediately flapped its wings towards the east.
After flying eastward for more than a hundred miles, the goshawk finally landed in a mansion on the west side of the Wei River near Jincheng.
"Hey..."
Another eagle cry sounded, but a figure immediately appeared in front of the goshawk.
Passing over the shredded meat that had been prepared in his hand, he removed a special bamboo tube from the goshawk's foot, and the man's hand slowly touched the goshawk's soft feathers.
Then, when the goshawk was feasting on the shredded meat in front of him, the figure silently disappeared into the courtyard, as if he had never appeared before.
A few breaths later, in the study room of this mansion, a middle-aged man was reading the news from Qin in his hand, facing the light in front of him.
The lights were swaying with a faint light, and the expression on the middle-aged man's face became more solemn because of the content of the message.
Since a year ago, the middle-aged man has received an order from Anyi, asking him to always pay attention to Qin's every move.
He didn't expect that an extremely important piece of news would appear in his hands today.
Gently putting down the piece of news in his hand, the middle-aged man pondered for a moment, then quickly picked up the ink pen beside the case.
Replaying the news he had received these days one by one in his mind, the brush in the middle-aged man's hand moved quickly over the roll of silk.
After all the information to be reported was written down, the middle-aged man glanced over it quickly, and then he heard him shouting toward the door.
"Someone is coming!"
"exist."
As soon as the middle-aged man's voice fell, a young man appeared in front of him.
After handing out the silk book in his hand, the middle-aged man ordered with great solemnity: "Send it to Anyi immediately without any mistakes."
"Here."
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Wei State, its capital city is Anyi, and its palaces.
Wei Hou Wei Feng was sitting behind several cases in the main hall, concentrating on a memorial in his hand, when suddenly a report sounded in his ears.
"Your Majesty, Sima asks for an audience."
Hearing the report from the palace servant, Wei Feng's brush in his hand immediately stopped, and then his voice appeared in the main hall.
"Please ask Sima to come in quickly."
"Here."
After a few breaths, when Wei Feng finished processing the memorial in his hand, the figure of Sima Gong Sun Qi appeared in his sight.
"My lord, Sun Qi, pays homage to your Majesty."
Putting the brush in his hand aside, Wei Feng quickly stood up from behind a few cases and was in front of Gongsun Qi in a few steps.
"Sima, there is no need to be polite." He stretched out his hand to help Gongsun Qi up. A trace of doubt appeared on Wei Feng's face, "I wonder why Sima asked to see you today?"
"I would like to report to you, your Majesty, and report back with details. The State of Qin has decided to send troops to intervene in the civil strife in the Western Zhou Dynasty."
When the news from Gongsun Qi rang in his ears, the expression on Wei Feng's face immediately changed from confusion to solemnity.
In fact, Wei Feng had already made some assumptions about the fact that the Qin State would send troops to intervene in the civil strife of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Whether it was everything he experienced in his previous life or Gongsun Qi's analysis in this life, Wei Feng had already seen clearly the situation of Qin at this moment.
After Qin Gong Ying Shixi's hard work for nearly twenty years, Qin's national power has been greatly improved.
The Qin State, which had become stronger again, would not sit back and watch Hexi being occupied by the Wei State. A war between the two sides was destined to be just around the corner.
Qin's intervention in the civil strife of the Western Zhou Dynasty was just a prelude to Qin's massive attack on Hexi, just like how the Qin army defeated the Han and Wei coalition forces under Luoyang City in the previous life.
Pulling his thoughts back to his mind, Wei Feng immediately looked back at Gongsun Qi in front of him.
"How many troops did Qin send? Who is the commander in chief?"
Hearing Wei Feng's inquiry, Gongsun Qi took out a silk book from his arms and replied in a deep voice: "According to detailed investigation hidden inside the Qin State, the Qin State sent about 30,000 troops this time, and the generals who led the troops were the common people of the Qin State.
A long chapter."
Just when Wei Feng was about to take the silk book from Gongsun Qi's hand, Zhang Yu suddenly appeared in his ear, causing his hand to pause slightly.
Wei Feng was very familiar with this now unknown Qin general Zhang Xi.
In the previous life, it was under the leadership of this general of the Qin Army that the Qin Army first defeated the Hexi Army of the Wei State in Hexi, and then crossed the river to meet the Wei Army at the foot of Shimen Mountain.
In the Battle of Shimen, the Wei army was severely defeated, and all 60,000 elite troops were lost to the Qin army.
Since then, as the strategic focus gradually shifted to the east, and Qin's offensive became more and more fierce, the Wei army retreated steadily on the battlefield in Hexi, and Wei eventually completely lost control of the land in Hexi.
Scenes from the past life continued to play out in his mind, and the expression on Wei Feng's face gradually became ugly, and he took the silk book from Gongsun Qi's hand.
While his eyes moved slowly over the silk book in front of him, Wei Feng tried hard to calm down the excitement in his heart. After reading all the contents on the silk book, Wei Feng only had one thing left in his eyes.
A calm look.
Gongsun Qi raised his head again and looked at the front, and heard Wei Feng ask in a deep voice: "Why does Sima think Qin sent troops to intervene in the civil strife in the Western Zhou Dynasty?"
"I believe that the Qin State's intention to send troops this time is not really to support the young master to ascend the throne, but to test the details of our three Jin Dynasties." Facing Wei Feng's gaze towards him, Gongsun Qi responded softly.
After listening to Gongsun Qi's words, Wei Feng nodded slightly. His judgment coincided with what he was thinking.
Now that the two of them have reached a consensus on Qin's intention to send troops, there is only one question left before Wei Feng.
How should Wei respond to Qin's temptation this time?
Seeing the doubt in Wei Feng's mind, Gongsun Qi on the side slowly took a step forward and expressed his views on the current situation.
"I report to you, Your Majesty, that I believe that the Qin State today is like a tiger dormant in the darkness, silently waiting for the opportunity to attack."
"Once our Wei State shows strong enough strength, this tiger will voluntarily give up the upcoming offensive because it senses danger, and retreat into the darkness to wait for the next opportunity."
Hearing Gongsun Qi's words, Wei Feng's eyes lit up, "What does Sima mean?"
"I would like to report to you, Your Majesty, that this time our Wei State would rather have a small defeat than a great victory over the Qin Army, causing the Qin State to despise the strength of our Wei Army."
After making this suggestion, he seemed to have thought of something. Gongsun Qi continued to remind: "But the defeat must be done skillfully. We must not let Qin know Wei's intentions."
After Wei Feng listened to Gongsun Qi's words, he walked forward step by step, and the thoughts in his mind started running rapidly.
When he came to the map in the hall, a plan in his mind had gradually taken shape.
"Secret order Gongsun Cuo, this time we fight with the Qin army, we don't have to fight hard, but we can leave three points of leeway."
"In addition, Pang Juan was ordered to lead an army of 20,000 people to march eastward and garrison in Wencheng. If the war situation in the Western Zhou Dynasty changes, he will immediately go south."
"Follow orders."
Chapter completed!