Chapter 263: A dilemma
"Xiao Nan, do you think that my hosta is better than Sister Miao Ying and her?" Xun Yue tilted her head in front of her eyes and gently waved the jewelry inserted in her hair twice.
Xiao Nan reached out and grabbed her rosy cheeks and squeezed hard, "Jewelry is not as good as yours." ”
"A few pieces of jewelry, I spent more than 100,000 high-grade spirit stone ...... yesterday. She had no intention of continuing the topic when she said this, her head softened, so she lazily leaned on Xiao Nan's shoulder, and then muttered: "Xiao Nan, let's go to the camp outside the city, it's okay to stay in the city anyway." ”
"Is it okay for you to have nothing to do, didn't you see that Miao Ying and she are both practicing, by the way, how are you practicing the Imperial Arrow?"
"I'm the laziest, I've been out for most of the year, and many times I've been following the Demon Army, and my cultivation has been delayed. ”
"I see that you are not following the Demon Army, but going around with Wei Shuangqi, Dong Guo Jing and Hong Mei all day long. What he said was not all lies, except for the military camp training at the beginning, these people were really involved, and in the past two months, they were the most leisurely.
Xun Yue straightened up, looked at him and said, "Hey, I didn't expect you to still pay attention to me, I thought you had forgotten about me." ”
Xiao Nan pulled her up, and then stopped her thin waist and leaned over.
After a period of silent charm, Xiao Nan said to the woman who was soft in his arms: "Let's go, let's go out of the city, you and I should spend more time on cultivation." ”
"Then I'll go next door and call Sister Miao Ying. ”
There were less than 2,000 men still in the city, and when they arrived at the camp without missing a beat, the sun had not yet risen to three poles.
Xun Yue was also obedient, made an appointment with Wei Shuangqi and Dong Guo Jing, led Hong Mei, and found an open space to practice her divine arrow in the training ground within a radius of more than ten miles.
Xiao Nan also wanted to practice the Xiaotian Sword for a few days with peace of mind, but after only practicing until the next day, Pan Cheng came to report.
"The scout just got the news from Ning Cheng's side, the battle was extremely fierce, there were several fierce battles every day, and the cultivators' side suffered heavy losses. ”
Xiao Nan just nodded, and his expression was indifferent, but in his heart it was not like this.
In the evening, the officers came to Xiao Nan's cave mansion one after another, and they all looked a little dull compared to before.
"I know you want to go to Ningcheng, and I want to go too. Xiao Nan said to everyone.
His words met everyone's attention, but no one spoke.
"Actually, I'm also a little hesitant, the crisis on the side of Ikeda City is solved by us, and the manpower on the Ningcheng side is dozens of times that of us. ”
When Xiao Nan said this, he heard someone sigh.
Xiao Nan suddenly slapped the case, raised his voice and said, "I don't know if you feel it, but the people in Ikeda City trust and appreciate us very much, for fear that we will leave." ”
"Well, what Commander Xiao said is right, when I was in the city two days ago, the people really regarded the people of the Demon Suppression Army as benefactors and relatives. Han Tuanshou said with a thick throat.
Some of the other officers also spoke out the same feelings, while Xiao Nan told him about buying jewelry in the city.
"I don't want to go to Ningcheng, I'm afraid that this Ikeda City will suffer again, everyone think about it, although our demon army can stand alone, but after all, it is still a little thin, if the soldiers are divided into several places, they will definitely suffer a big loss. ”
Everyone nodded, and Xiao Nan continued: "If we go to Ningcheng, we will go out together, and if we fight, we will beat each other down, but this time, the safety of Ikeda City's side cannot be guaranteed." ”
He looked down for a moment, then looked up at everyone again, "It's up to everyone to decide." ”
"Commander Xiao!" Fan Tuanshou suddenly got up and said: "Why don't I and Han Tuan go there to fight first, don't worry, we will flee when we see that the situation is not right, and we will never let the Demon Army suffer too much loss, after all, many of the people guarding the city over there are our fellow disciples, and it is a little unreasonable not to help." ”
Xiao Nan's face darkened when he heard this, which made the head of the Fan Tuan, who spoke, feel uneasy.
After pondering for a moment, Xiao Nan spoke: "Since you have such thoughts, I won't stop ......." ”
Before he finished speaking, the head of the rice ball hurriedly said in a panic: "Commander Xiao, I just made a suggestion on a whim, and everything is up to your arrangement." ”
Xiao Nan waved his hand at him, "Fan Tuantou, Mrs. Dongguo, Gu Mengluo, you lead your people to Ningcheng early tomorrow morning, He Xian leads an ambulance team of two hundred and fifty people to follow, Gu Jiao, you don't go, but you send a long-range attack team of 1,500 people to follow." ”
"Commander Xiao, is this appropriate?" Fan Tuantou was a little timid. doctor
"That's it, head Fan, this team of nearly 10,000 people is under your unified command. Xiao Nan saw that he looked extremely uneasy, softened his solemn expression and continued: "Don't be upset, this decision was made by me, it's none of your business, but since you go, you have to do your best, and you have to fight beautifully." ”
Xiao Nan encouraged a few people again, and Fan Tuan and the others returned to the camp to prepare for the next day's expedition.
After a few people left, Han Yusheng, who was sitting on one side, hurriedly asked Xiao Nandao: "Commander Xiao, is this appropriate?
Xiao Nan smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, every soldier of this Demon Legion is very precious, I think you will be reluctant to let them wear out." ”
"Then you're going to let them go? I'm reluctant to do it anyway. Xun Qianhu was trying on her sister's hairpin, and at this time she also opened her mouth.
Xiao Nan's face suddenly became solemn again, "There is no need to train tomorrow, when Fan Tuan and the others leave, you all come to me, I have something to discuss with you." ”
In the early hours of the morning, before dawn, Xiao Nan and others stood in front of the expedition team, which was very neat, like tens of thousands of wooden stakes inserted in the ground.
"Be bold and careful, be flexible in the face of the enemy, and do not fight hard with the enemy...... Xiao Nan told a few people for a long time, and before leaving, Xiao Nan said a word to take care, he originally said this sentence to several officers, but when he spoke, his eyes were very careless to look at Gu Mengluo.
No one noticed this detail, but Gu Mengluo noticed that she, who had always been cheerful, suddenly felt a trace of warmth in her heart.
The team set off in the direction of Ning Cheng, and soon disappeared into the hazy distance.
The rest of the officers who saw them off returned to the cave with Xiao Nan, and Xiao Nan just chatted with everyone casually, which made Xun Qianhu and the others a little confused.
"Didn't you say that you had something to discuss with us?" Xun Qianhu couldn't help but ask.
"Don't worry, let's have tea and we'll talk about it later. ”
It wasn't until more than an hour later that he got up and ordered everyone in the tone of a commander: "Go and get ready, let the soldiers have lunch in advance, and leave on time at noon." ”
"Where are we going?" asked Han Yusheng.
"It's also Ning Cheng, do you think I'll rest assured that they will go on an adventure? There are millions of evil spirits there, and with 10,000 demon armies alone, it is likely that they will be beaten by meat buns and dogs, and they will not return. ”
"Then why don't we set off with them?" Gu Jiao asked puzzled.
"Because accidents can always have unexpected effects, and if we go later, we will give Fan Tuantou and them an accident that suddenly increases their morale, and at the same time, it will also give our enemies an accident that is in chaos. ”
After Xiao Nan finished speaking, they each left the cave to make their own preparations, Wei Shuangling suddenly jumped on Xiao Nan's back, and said with a chuckle: "You have a lot of ghost ideas, I really don't know how much you have in your head." ”
At noon, the procession set off in full order, and before leaving, Xiao Nan looked back in the direction of Ikeda Castle, and everyone knew his thoughts, but they could not find suitable words to comfort him.
In this chaotic world, it's hard to find a perfect way to make things perfect, and that's true in all worlds.
Because of this, Xiao Nan made the decision to reinforce Ningcheng.
And just as they were leaving the camp, in a densely wooded three forests more than twenty miles away from the camp, Jiang Yan and Song Protector opened the secret formation and walked out of the cave mansion.
"Uncle Song, you go back and inform Zhuge An, and ask him to send a team to attack Ikeda City. Compared with when Jiang Yan first came out of the ground, she seems to be a completely different person, much calmer and much more indifferent.
"Miss, what are you?"
"I'll go over and take a look, and see how this demon army fights on the Ningcheng side, and what kind of ability it will have. ”
"I can't let you go out alone, I said it before I came out. ”
"Don't worry, if I don't deliberately cause trouble, I won't be fine, my current cultivation and self-protection ability still exist. ”
"Then young lady, you have to be careful, by the way, how can I find you then?"
"You don't have to look for me, I'll go to you if there's something. ”
Song Protector still wanted to argue, but Jiang Yan didn't wait to speak again, she jumped and disappeared into the dense forest.