Chapter seven hundred and ninetieth tacit understanding
Hearing that Baili Ce had taken this matter, Sima Jie looked happy and said: "In a few days, Brother Baili will definitely feel happy for today's wise move."
"Come here, bring me a pen and paper. I will write a letter to Your Majesty together with Marshal Baili."
The soldiers standing aside hurriedly found pens, inks, paper, inkstones, and a thick wooden board for Sima Jie to write on.
Sima Jie wrote hundreds of words eloquently, signed his name on the signature, stamped it with the handsome seal he held, and then handed the document to Bailice.
Bailize hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and signed his name and stamped it.
Then Sima Jie summoned two messengers, sealed the document in a lacquer tube in front of Bailice, and handed it to one of them.
The two messengers bowed and saluted, one person and three horses, and quickly rushed to Chang'an.
Watching the messenger leave, Sima Jie and Bailice had different moods.
The former was slightly excited, as if he had made a great achievement right now, while the latter felt a little uneasy for some reason.
But it had become an established fact, and Bailice never thought of trying to persuade him again, he just thought, let him go.
As soon as the messenger left, Sima Jie suddenly issued an order: "Send an order to the entire army to speed up the march. I will arrive at Chen County before sunset tomorrow."
"If there are any stragglers, they will be dealt with according to military law."
As soon as this order was issued, the Qin army's march speed to attack Liu Ji suddenly increased by 30%, and they arrived at Chen County at Shenshi the next day.
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Chen County, Chen County City, Long Qie and Cao Shen stood on the city wall, looking at the Qin army coming like a tide, with serious faces.
Long Qie said calmly: "Mr. Cao, the Qin State has done a great job this time. A quick glance at the end shows that there are at least 200,000 troops."
"Although its level of eliteness is not yet known, its momentum is clearly stronger than our army."
"With a weak army of 50,000 to resist a strong army of 200,000, I am not the reincarnation of Sun Wu, so I may not be able to handle it."
Cao Shen glanced at Long Qie's indifferent expression, not knowing that the other party wanted to clear up the responsibility in advance, so he smiled and said: "General Long, just try your best. If there is any disharmony, Cao will explain it to the lord."
Long Qie laughed softly and said: "In that case, I would like to thank you sir. Please rest assured, sir, I will never abandon the city and flee if you don't take the last step."
Cao Shen mentally estimated the time for Zhang Liang to leave Peixian and said: "General Long, don't put too much pressure on me. My lord has a backup plan. The general only needs to persist for half a month, and the matter will be reversed."
Long Qie stared at the Qin army outside the city and murmured to himself: "Half a month? It shouldn't be a problem."
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With Chen County in sight, Sima Jie and Bailice had no idea of launching an immediate attack on the city. Instead, they sent 20,000 troops to stand guard and ordered the rest of the troops to cut down trees and set up camp.
Long Qie saw this scene while standing on the city wall, and immediately said to Cao Shen beside him: "The Qin army came from a long way and consumed a lot of physical strength. They should not attack the city today."
"The general wants most of the soldiers to go down to the city wall to rest, leaving only a few elites to guard the city wall. What do you think, sir?"
In Long Qie's view, it was naturally impossible for the generals of the Qin army not to understand the principle that "a tired army cannot fight for a long time."
At the same time, Long Qie felt that it was a pity that he had too few soldiers, which was too bad.
Otherwise, if the Qin army takes advantage of its unstable foothold and leads the troops to attack, there will definitely be unexpected gains.
Hearing this, Cao Shen smiled slightly and said, "General, just give orders and don't need to care about Cao's thoughts."
"My lord arranged for Cao to supervise the army, but he did it in accordance with the military system. It is not that he did not trust the general and sent Cao to supervise."
"In the upcoming battle, Cao will never interfere with the general's command. General, please feel free to rest assured."
When Long Qie heard this, he just smiled and said: "Sir, I have misunderstood. I will ask you for your opinion, not because I am worried about you going to complain to the lord, but because I respect you, a mastermind with extraordinary intelligence."
"Sir, if you don't find it bothersome, you can express your thoughts freely."
"As the saying goes, if you listen to one side, you will be in darkness, and if you listen to both, you will be enlightened. I don't want to be a fool who can't listen to other people's suggestions."
Cao Shen laughed loudly and said: "The general is indeed a cheerful person, but it is Cao who has taken advantage of him. Then you and I have to work together and work together to repel the Qin army."
Long Qie also laughed and said, "Thanks to Mr. Xi's auspicious words, I will definitely live up to my expectations."
After a few words, there was an inexplicable tacit understanding and trust between the two of them, which they had never expected.
The relationship between the supervisor and the general of the first army was so harmonious that they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: sometimes it is easy and relaxing to deal with smart people.
Long Qie's prediction was correct. Sima Jie and Bailice had no intention of attacking the city today.
Even if the number of rebels on the city wall was reduced by half, Sima Jie and Bailice remained unmoved.
Because they had discussed it and couldn't show it, it would be too easy to win.
In the evening, a new military camp suddenly appeared outside Chen County City.
In the evening, some people in Chen County who went out to hunt and collect firewood saw this scene and immediately understood that the Qin army was coming.
The army was overwhelming and the whole city was closed. People who went out to hunt and collect firewood should not think about returning to the city until the war was over.
At this time, a rumor spread in Chen County: The Qin army came to attack. If the Qin army captured Chen County, they would definitely order a massacre of the city. If everyone did not want to die, they would support Peigong in his rebellion against Qin.
After the rumors spread, Long Qie clearly felt that the warlike atmosphere in the city and the morale of the soldiers were much higher.
For this reason, Long Qie had to admire those counselors. Although they were all very thin, he could hit ten with one punch, but in terms of bad intentions, the generals were probably not one-tenth as good as their opponents.
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In the early morning of the second day after setting up camp, Sima Jie handed over the task of guarding the camp to Bailice. He took 50,000 troops to a stone's throw in front of Chen County and ordered people to call for formation.
In ancient times, the soldiers responsible for calling out the formation basically had incredible lung capacity.
Of course, scolding is also a required course for them.
A dozen Qin sergeants who were responsible for calling the formation walked around in front of Chen County, and almost jumped off the city wall without telling the defenders in the city, and fought with them.
Long Qie only said one thing about this: "Staying in the city will result in merit but no fault. If you leave the city without authorization, whether you are fighting for the Lord or doing battle, you must be punished first."
With one sentence, all the strange movements of the soldiers were suppressed.
Cao Shen told Long Qie to hold on for at least half a month and wait for reinforcements to arrive.
Naturally, Long Qie would not go his own way and take the initiative to go out of the city to fight.
After shouting for a long time and getting no response, Sima Jie immediately ordered an attack on the city.
After fighting for half an hour, with dozens of casualties and casualties, Sima Jie ordered the troops to retreat and fight again the next day.
By a strange combination of circumstances, Sima Jie and Long Qie were clearly hostile, but there was actually some tacit understanding between the two basins.