There was no word all night, and the two rested quietly. In normal times, even in his own room, Qi Diaoling will be on high alert when he sleeps. After all, she wanders alone in the rivers and lakes, often walking in the shadow of swords and swords, and she can't help but relax at all. But now lying in Lin Yue's arms is surprisingly stable, like a happy little woman.

The father's matter is over, although the result is not satisfactory, the brother's injury is cured, although he will be extinct in the future. But in any case, Qi Diaoling no longer has any burden on him, he lost his pursuit for a while, and in the future, he may become a lone traveler who wanders the rivers and lakes and is hired by others.

In the end, Kong Chen told her that she could still go to Lin Yue, she was just a little shy and expectant before she came, but now she finally experienced stability and warmth, she has been walking the rivers and lakes for almost twenty years, and Qi Diaoling feels that she is really tired.

When he arrived in the capital, Lin Yue immediately returned to Yuanzhou with lacquer carving.

At first, when she lived in Anlinghou Manor, Ah Yun and other girls were also very curious about Qi Diaoling, but they still warmly entertained her. Qi Diaoling, who had keen senses, noticed Ah Yun's complicated feelings about herself, but she didn't show anything, and the second daughter didn't get acquainted with each other as quickly as ordinary girls. After all, Qi Diaoling used to be hired by others and acted quietly in secret. He is not good at getting along with people, nor is he a person who talks a lot. She only has Lin Yue in her eyes now, and she doesn't know the others, so of course her attitude doesn't matter.

Lin Yue's disciples are a fool when it comes to emotional matters, and I have to say that their master is the same, as soon as he returned to Yuanzhou, he found Wu Yan and told him most of the information about the capital. Since the Marquis of Shu gave this face, then they are ready to go straight to the north next, and the chaotic war in the Central Plains will not be mixed.

Knowing that the war between the Shu army and the alliance of the princes outside the Cloud Pass had begun, the people in Wulonggou felt that the opportunity had come. Taking advantage of the emptiness of Changzhou's defense, the village moved westward, and on the side of the Yunzhong Military Region, Huang Ping and the people also stabilized their position, and Chang Xiu would lead 5,000 men and horses to respond.

During this time, Wulonggou had already been ready to migrate, except for thirty war horses handed over to Huangfu Yan to form a ranger, all the remaining cattle and horses had to be used to pull carts, after all, Wulonggou had also accumulated some family funds these days. Chickens and ducks are caged, pigs and sheep are slaughtered, and meat that cannot be eaten is marinated.

As for the entire cottage, after deliberation, it was decided to set it on fire, after all, the terrain here is too good, if there are strongmen who continue to occupy it after they leave, it will also be bad for the surrounding people, after all, not all robbers can have absolute strength like them, only harass the state capital and do not harm the people.

In addition, the Wulonggou area is limited, and the fertility of the fertile land has been greatly discounted after several generations of planting, and it may be better to raise it after this fire. As for the problem of the mountain fire, it is easy to solve, after all, Ji Ya is a fire spirit body cultivator, and she can fly in the air, find a time to turn back, and only rely on the fire to solve the trouble. If it weren't for her, everyone wouldn't dare to talk about the proposal to set fire.

Originally, everything was ready, but the leaders of Wulonggou had a disagreement because of another issue. Although half of Changzhou's Ma family troops were transferred away because of this battle of Chuanyun Pass, there were still 5,000 men and horses stationed near Wulonggou under the leadership of Ma Juncai. Once there is a big move in Wulonggou, they will definitely take action. Now there are two plans for dealing with this matter, and the two sides are deadlocked, and Ji Ya also frowned.

The first plan is to concentrate superior forces to defeat this threat before everyone migrates. Although Ma Jun only has 5,000 men and horses, and Wulonggou can only send 3,000 at most, but there are a few generals, and they may not lose if they are tough, and the Ma family, as an outsider, wants to subdue the local noble forces in Changzhou, and 5,000 people and horses will not be concentrated in one place, and Ma Juncai's main force may only be two or three thousand. There is basically no suspense in this battle, and those who support this proposal include Ruan Yu, Jian Tu, Xiong Yi, Xiong Ying, Geng Chang and even 'Yiji' Ai Qing.

The other plan is that everyone will go in groups, and the rangers will always pay attention to the movements around them, and if the Ma family's troops are coming, several generals in the field outside will be sure to annihilate the opponent. The Ma family came to Changzhou to expand their territory, and the battle of Chuanyun Pass began, and the Ma family transferred troops to leave. The rest of the people are huddled in the fortress, if we don't provoke, they may not dare to come out and rob and kill, if there is a way to leave safely, why bother to fight? It is Chun Yu Wuji, Huangfu Yan, Wanli Zhengxiong, Qi Diaoyan, Ding Xiaoxiao, and Liu Ming who support this proposal.

This is interesting, on the one hand, the twelve people of the thirteen leaders of Wulonggou have reached a voting balance except for Ji Ya, on the other hand, although there are few literati in Wulonggou, but counting the internal affairs logistics, according to the distribution of civil and military, there is a very special scene, the military generals are in charge of peace, and the civil ministers are in charge.

Although Ji Ya is the master of the cottage, it is the first time that she really has an idea for the actions of tens of thousands of people. Unlike the previous decision to move to the northwest, the result was predictable and inevitable, and everyone was trapped in Wulonggou and had no future at all. But today is different, Ji Ya can't see the final result of the two options, and it seems that what everyone says makes sense.

"The Ma family's army is there, once we leave, what will they do if they bite us?"

"Now the whole world is paying attention to the battle of Chuanyun Pass, the main force of the Ma family is not there, and the rest of the people are shrinking into defense, they may not dare to come out to fight with us. ”

"Others may not, but who is right about this Ma Juncai? According to the intelligence, he himself is a very impulsive person, the last time he burned Crouching Tiger Mountain, he suffered our secret loss, what if his brain is hot and kills?"

"It's better if he dares to kill, on the great plains of Changzhou, he will definitely not be able to beat us, and I promise that no one will be injured." ”

"It's easy to say, you have no problem fighting a war, but the Ma family has monsters in their hands, if they bring flying and fire-breathing monsters over, who of you can guarantee the safety of everyone?"

Ji Ya saw that no one could convince anyone, they all looked at herself, she knew that as the leader, she had to make a decision: "What you said is not unreasonable, it seems hasty to decide immediately, I want to think about one night, tomorrow morning No matter what, I will give you an explanation." ”

Seeing this, everyone stopped asking questions, and went about their own business.

In the evening, Jian Tu and Huangfu Yan came to find Ji Ya together, these two themselves are from different camps, and Ji Ya also wants to hear the opinions of the two: "What do you two think about today's events?"

Huangfu Yan said first: "In fact, where to fight is not much different for us, but the fortress where Ma Juncai is stationed is also strong, and it is inevitable that there will be some casualties if we want to fight, and as I said before, the people of the Ma family may not dare to do it, and if we want to do it, we need to detour on the original westward migration route, and the strategic significance of this kind of operation is not great, so we oppose the challenge first, and take a step back and say that even if this battle is inevitable, we also hope that they can come out to pursue, and it is more beneficial for us to fight outside." ”

Ji Ya nodded, because there was a certainty of absolute victory, so several generals thought more about how to reduce losses in a favorable situation, take the initiative to provoke, both to make a detour and attack the fortress, of course, it is better to sit and wait for the enemy to attack.

Jian Tu also nodded on the side and said, "What General Huangfu said is good, in fact, I think so too." ”

Ji Ya was puzzled: "Then why do you still want to fight?"

Jian Tu replied: "First of all, what General Huangfu said just now is to infer according to common sense, and not moving is the best strategy for the Ma family troops at this time, after all, their primary purpose is to occupy Changzhou rather than eliminate us. But the leader is Ma Juncai, this person's temperament is not easy to say, there is a great possibility of coming to pursue, although we believe in the strength of the generals, but after all, we still have to worry about the people. ”

Ji Ya nodded, if you attack first, no matter what the casualties are, it is the military's business after all, but if you wait for the opponent to pursue, even if our side will win, then the army and the people will have to bear the risk of their lives, so there are many logistics and civil affairs people who support the army to fight first and clear a passage for the people.

Ji Ya thought for a while and said, "What if the army attacks, but does not attack the Ma family, but just confronts them, and waits until the people reach a safe area, and then the army withdraws?"

"No!" this time Jian Tu and Huangfu Yan objected at the same time, they knew that Ji Ya was planning to send the people away without the need for the army to sacrifice.

Jian Tu smiled bitterly: "The owner of the village, do you know, there is a third force in Changzhou, that is, the local nobles, Wulonggou used to offend a lot of people because of looting, this time we moved to the village, I am afraid they are also grass and trees, once we find that we and the Ma family are restrained by each other, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no revenge thoughts, if they attack the people, our troops are coming back, then the originally stalemate Ma family will also take the opportunity to kill, and then we will have a chaser after the blockade." ”

The Ma family, Shanzhai, Xungui, these three forces have reached a delicate balance in Changzhou, no matter which one wants the other two to be finished, to some extent, Wulonggou is the weakest party, after all, the other two are official identities can join forces, but Wulonggou is a bandit can only be beaten. If the main force follows the people, Xungui may not dare to move, after all, they are all their own subordinates, and they will not take them out to make wedding dresses for others. If the main force attacks and defeats the Ma family, the nobles will only strictly guard each dock fort before they have a victory, and in the end, they will also watch the people of Wulonggou leave. Then clean up the remaining pieces of the Ma family.

Therefore, Jian Tu proposed to take the initiative, not only to protect the people, but also to deter the nobles of Changzhou. Ji Ya couldn't help but rub her head, it seems that there is no third way to choose, otherwise everyone will go together to meet the possible pursuit of the field, or defeat Ma Juncai first, ensure the safety of the westbound road, and then completely offend the Ma family.

After thinking about it again, Ji Ya said: "I have decided, defeat the main force of the Ma family first." ”

"The owner of the village......" Huangfu Yan was about to say something more, but Ji Ya stretched out his hand to interrupt him.

"General Huangfu, last time you said that on Crouching Tiger Mountain, the Ma family released war eagles, although you shot down two, but three escaped, no one can be sure whether these three war eagles are still here, I ask you now, can you guarantee that when the three war eagles attack, you can shoot them all without hurting one person?"

This time it was Huangfu Yan's turn to be dumbfounded, although the war eagle is powerful, but it is not impossible to deal with it, there are many masters in Wulonggou, maybe he can really kill the three war eagles without being injured. But even so, he didn't dare to make this guarantee. The war eagle came in the air, and the range of implication caused by the incendiary objects was widespread, even the elite holy warriors had casualties last time, and ordinary civilians were only afraid that the attack would be more serious.

Ji Ya said: "What was our original intention? to change the world and let everyone live a good life, no matter how difficult it is, we must face it, even if there is a little possibility." It doesn't matter if you are too careful a thousand times, and it is too much to be reckless to send you to death once. ”

Huangfu Yan thought about it, sighed and said, "I understand the owner of the village, I will go and explain it to them...... But I still have one thing to say, these warriors are also flesh and blood raised by their fathers and mothers, and we are not afraid of sacrifice, but we also ask the owner of the village to be cautious. ”

Ji Ya knew that among these generals, only Huangfu Yan would say to him, Chun Yu Wuji or Geng Chang, they were thinking about reducing losses, but if there was a military order to attack, they would also fight hard, how could there be immortals in a war?

Ji Ya nodded and said, "General Huangfu, don't worry, I understand." I will never sit in the rear and command with blindness and arrogance, and when the war starts, I will lead the charge. ”

Huangfu clenched his fists heavily and bowed.