Three days later, in the evening, Xizhen changed into men's clothes for the first time, and asked Xiang'er and Agui to get ready to go out.

As soon as he had finished his order, someone outside the door asked to see him.

Xi Zhen hurriedly asked the housekeeper to invite him in, while instructing Chen's mother to prepare tea and fruits.

"Captain Liu has returned to the capital, saying that there is something important, and it is inconvenient to say in the letter that he wants you to go over immediately." The visitor saw Xizhen in the living room and went straight to the point.

"Okay, let's go right away." Xi Zhen said hello to Du Qi Niang, and went out with Xiang'er, Ah Gui, and Lairen, and went straight to the post station of the Dragon Caravan in the capital.

As soon as she got out of the carriage, Liu Xianchen invited her into the living room.

"The situation is exactly as Miss Shen expected, they are ready to act." Liu Xianchen said softly, looking slightly nervous.

"When will it act?" Shen Xizhen asked with a calm face.

"From the 20th to the 25th of this month. Divide the land and water routes, and attack simultaneously from the north and south ends of northern Xinjiang and on the river. At that time, it was the peak of the north wind, and they wanted to take advantage of the north wind to cross the river. ”

"Uh-huh, how many of them are there?" Xi Zhen asked while calculating, today is already the seventh day of January, which means that there are still ten days left.

"60,000 by land and 40,000 by water."

"Understood, Captain Liu, we're going to get started."

Xi Zhen immediately took up the pen and wrote a letter, put it into an envelope along with the one she had written earlier, and sent the meteor horse to the northern frontier urgently.

"This matter is a matter of importance, don't you report it to the court?" Liu Xianchen was a little worried.

"No, all the soldiers of Xi Kingdom add up to a little more than 160,000, even if there are non-governmental organizations to join, at most there are only about 200,000 people, due to the scattered distribution, it is difficult to organize and dispatch in place in a short time, and we only have twelve days to prepare. Moreover, if this news is announced, it will certainly alarm the whole country, which is equivalent to moving the whole body by pulling a trace, and it is even more likely to cause other countries to take advantage of the situation. ”

"So, what do you mean ......."

"The enemy's 100,000 army is obviously prepared, so we can't be brutal this time, we can only fight outwitted, I have my own clever plan, you just have to cooperate with me."

"Don't you need to let the imperial court send troops?"

"No, just the soldiers in the northern frontier and its nearby areas cooperate."

"Miss Shen, how can you take on such a big matter alone?"

"Don't worry, I only do what I am sure of." Shen Xizhen smiled slightly, and continued to deploy calmly: "You immediately prepare a large sum of silver taels, and we will sweep away the stone flow yellow and earth nitrate in the Mao Kingdom market as much as possible." ”

"Okay, those two things are cheap in the country." Liu Xianchen immediately agreed.

"So you calculate how many silver taels you need, and try to prepare as much as possible."

"Okay."

"Because we need to transport a large number of goods this time, we need twice as many people as usual to go with them, and all of them must be able to do martial arts and have flexible and credible brains." Xi Zhen commanded, and Liu Xianchen nodded hurriedly in agreement.

"I'll go home and explain to my mother and come back, tonight we need to leave for Mao Guo overnight, please Captain Liu here to prepare."

Liu Xianchen nodded again and sent her out.

When she learned that Xizhen was going to Maoguo, Du Qiniang was surprised and hurriedly dissuaded: "Zhen'er, do you know what kind of place it is?" If you go, you'll be sending sheep into the tiger's mouth, you know? As he spoke, his body trembled involuntarily.

"Mother, do you remember what you once said to me? You said that there will be many hurdles to overcome in life, and this is one hurdle in my life, and I have to cross it, so I have no reason not to go. ”

"But it's so dangerous." Du Qi Niang's face changed.

"Mother, sometimes I will ask myself whether I have to take those roads that seem so difficult, whether I can take a detour or retreat, but in the end I found that there are some roads that I must walk, I can't escape, and only after walking past can I see hope and the future." At that moment, there was a rising light in Xi Zhen's eyes, and that kind of light made Du Qiniang believe that her decision would not change.

"So......" Du Qiniang covered her mouth and tried her best to control her worries. What a risk it would take for my daughter to run away to an enemy country.

Hee Zhen immediately hugged her tightly, and tears welled up in her eyes. Of course she understood her mother's feelings, but she still had to go.

Du Qiniang finally agreed, and prepared enough coiling for her.

So, Xizhen left the capital overnight with Liu Xianchen's caravan and went straight to Maoguo.

But it was said that the meteor horse was in a hurry, and after three and a half days, he arrived in northern Xinjiang and handed Xizhen's letter to Shen Xibin, who immediately opened the letter, but saw that there were two letters inside. He immediately opened the one on it and looked at it, but saw that it read: "Brother, from the 20th to the 25th of this month, 60,000 by land and 40,000 by water will attack from the north and south ends of northern Xinjiang and from the river, and the strategy has been deployed, please open the second letter."

Shen Xibin immediately opened the second letter, and there were three sheets of paper, two of which were drawings of the making of weapons, one called gunpowder arrows and the other called gunpowder packets, with detailed methods of making them.

The other sheet of paper looked blank at first glance, but it smelled faintly vinegary. Shen Xibin picked it up and observed it carefully a few times, and then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately lit a lamp, and smoked the letter paper close to the candle flame, and soon, the handwriting on it was revealed. But see the above read: "The enemy has a large army, and we are far from enough men, so we can only start with weapons and strategies, you can immediately consult your superiors, and mobilize manpower and material resources to produce these two weapons, which are not only powerful in lethality, but also can deter the enemy, and thus can greatly increase our combat effectiveness." In addition, Connecticut was prolific in charcoal and stone flow, so he could write to the barracks steward there, asking for immediate purchase from the whole state and help to make it urgently, and strive to make 30,000 within five days, and the remaining charcoal was seconded together with 500 halberds, 10,000 arrows, 1,000 swords, and 300 shields in their barracks, and 10,000 arrows and 2,000 halberds were seconded from Jingzhou and Linzhou, together with all the soldiers. These must be in place by January 18.

You don't have to worry about the materials, in the next few days, there will be a large number of stone flow yellow and earth nitrate to your side one after another, you just need to find someone to make zuò, and strive to make more than 100,000 before the war, the more the merrier.

In addition, before January 18, please use terracotta to build a three-story altar with a height of nine feet and a width of 24 zhang on Chiling Mountain, and make seven green flags, soap flags, white flags, and red flags, and sixty-four yellow flags.

Also, from the 15th of January until the beginning of the war, two trustworthy men will be sent to the border pass at noon every day, and then our men will meet them on the side of the neighboring countries, and inform you of the situation here at any time, and the code for answering will be xxx. ”

After reading this letter, Shen Xibin was taken aback, and when he read it again, he knew that the war would definitely happen.

Because his sister had asked him to send back the topographic map of northern Xinjiang to her, so my sister had a clear understanding of the terrain of northern Xinjiang, and she said that she was going to build an altar on Chiling Mountain, which showed that she was going to cast a spell to seize the world. Reading between the lines, he already knew that his sister had made arrangements and preparations in advance for this matter, and he was both relieved and worried, after all, this is a major matter related to the safety of the country.

He didn't dare to slack off, and immediately called his younger brother Shen Xicong to come in to discuss secretly, and sent Xizuo to the country to investigate.

"Obviously, my sister has expected that it is not wise to mobilize the troops of the whole country, so she advocates the use of new weapons to make up for the lack of our troops and material resources, and personally does the way to seize the world and create the world, and also inserts a detailed internal response in the country, and the three-pronged approach, there are also wins." Shen Xicong read the two letters and said repeatedly.

When they were young, neither brother understood why his sister wanted to learn spells, but now it seems to have come in handy.

"Well, I also agree with her approach, then without further ado, let's hurry up and ask King Qingping for instructions." Shen Xibin said. King Qingping had returned from the capital last night, and it was fitting to go to him now.

"Okay." Shen Xicong immediately got up.

Shen Xibin then put the letter in his pocket and went to the Houwang Mansion with his younger brother to find Chu Zihou.