In the north of Jizhou, in a dense forest, two women who had survived all night and escaped all night hid in and climbed a big tree.

They had to rest for a while, so that they could run day and night, and they would throw their lives into the field without anyone catching up with them.

In order to prevent falling from the tree if they fell asleep, they made cloth ropes out of torn clothes and tied themselves to the trunks of large trees.

They don't dare to sleep on the ground, the trees are big enough to be lush enough that even though it's autumn, the leaves still provide them with perfect shelter.

When a person is calming down and thinking only about how to save his life, the mind becomes extraordinarily useful.

"Sleep during the day and travel at night."

Early Winter looked at Que Nan and said, "You sleep first, I'll star, and I'll sleep after the afternoon, and you will star." ”

Que Nan asked, "Senior sister, are we going back to Saibei?" If Master had found out, he would have scolded us, I'm afraid it would be ..... I'm afraid we won't be able to, six people come out, only two go back, Master he ....."

Chu Dong shook his head and said, "It's not two, it's one." ”

She looked at Qi Nan and said, "You go back to Saibei to see the master and tell him what happened, if he still thinks about the master-apprentice relationship, then he should come to the Central Plains, and the revenge of the senior brother can still be avenged." ”

"If he doesn't come, at least I will be the one who can take revenge......"

Chu Dong slowly exhaled a breath, and said in a very firm tone: "I won't go back to Saibei, I'll go to Yanshan Camp to find that eight masters, I have to tell him that Li Qi already knows that it was the person he arranged to do it." ”

Que Nan immediately understood: "Senior sister, what do you mean, let that eight masters find a way to get rid of Li Qi again?" Because he will also be afraid of Li Qi's revenge, he will inevitably be anxious. ”

Chu Dong nodded: "You and I went all the way to Yanshan, and when you arrived at Yanshan, you continued to walk north, if the master is willing to come, you will lead the way for him, if he is not willing to come..... Senior sister, find a chance to leave, you know that Master never needs useless people around him, and if he doesn't come, he thinks that we are all useless. ”

Que Nan shook his head and said, "I want to stay and kill that Li Qi with you." ”

"Senior sister, you can't actually help me if you stay."

Chu Dong said: "Even if you and I join forces, can we kill him?" If we can, why should you and I run away? Why did they die, brothers? Don't be presumptuous, be sensible. ”

Que Nan bit her lip, then nodded: "Okay, I'll go back!" ”

Chu Dong snorted, leaned against the trunk of the tree and said, "You sleep, I will wake you up in the afternoon." ”

She tied herself up, too, for she was not sure if she would be able to survive until the afternoon, she was wounded, and she was extremely sleepy, and she had fled all night, and her strength and energy were almost exhausted.

Seven days later, Yanshan.

Chu Dong raised her head and glanced at the outline of the majestic mountain in front of her, she was silent for a moment before saying to Que Nan: "You go, if the master refuses to go south, then you don't have to come back." ”

Que Nan's face changed: "Senior sister, you stay here alone......"

Before she could finish her words, Chu Dong interrupted and said: "If I take revenge, I will go back to Saibei to find you, and if I fail to take revenge, you can't wait for me, you should know that I am dead." ”

Que Nan was silent for a moment, and left everything on his body to Chu Dong: "Senior sister, take care." ”

Hatsu nodded, took a deep breath, and walked towards the mountain.

Yanshan Camp.

Yu Chaozong returned to his study and turned around to close the door, he stood at the door and stopped for a moment, making sure that there was nothing unusual outside the door before turning around and walking to the desk.

Zhuang Wushu came out from behind the screen, looked at Yu Chaozong and said, "Big brother, what can you find out?" ”

Yu Chaozong shook his head and said, "Not yet." ”

He sat down behind his desk, looked at Zhuang Wushu and asked:

"Are you sure that the person who sent the letter to Zeng Ling, the envoy of Jizhou Jiedu, came from our Yanshan camp?"

Zhuang Wudi thought about it, and it seemed that he was not sure, everything was still just a doubt.

When Zeng Ling and Li Qi said this, they speculated that the person who wrote the letter should be from Yanshan Ying, because no one in the city who knew Li Qi's identity should go to Zeng Ling's informant.

"The evidence is not certain, but I am sure."

Zhuang Wushu said: "Big brother, I doubt it's the new eight-master in the cottage?" Only he doesn't know what to do. ”

Yu Chaozong said: "I also thought about it, but it doesn't make sense, he has never seen the third child, and he is not from Jizhou, and he doesn't seem to have any intersection with the third child." ”

He looked at Zhuang Wushu and said, "But I have already sent someone to the eighth child's house to investigate, and it will take at least twenty days to come and go." ”

Zhuang Wushu snorted, he wasn't sure who it was, but he believed that it must be someone in the cottage who wanted to kill the third child.

"Except for the eighth child, the other masters have no contradiction with Li Qi."

Yu Chaozong sighed and said, "I'm a little skeptical now, could it be Zeng Ling who is sowing discord?" ”

Zhuang Wushu paused for a moment, and he suddenly felt that what Brother Yu said was not unreasonable.

The letter was handed over to Li Qi, and he couldn't deduce anything from the handwriting, and he also showed the letter to Yu Chaozong, who couldn't recognize it.

Of course, even if someone in the Yanshan camp wrote this letter, they would deliberately change the handwriting, such as writing with their left hand.

Yu Chaozong said: "If Zeng Ling already knows the identity of the third child, he is afraid of our Yanshan camp, if he can provoke it, it will be beneficial to him and no harm." ”

Zhuang Wushu nodded, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense.

Zeng Ling should also want to kill Li Qi, but he didn't dare to do it directly, for fear that it would cause Brother Yu's anger.

Now that Jizhou has internal and external troubles, it is already surrounded by strong enemies, plus a Yanshan battalion, Zeng Ling can't keep Jizhou even if he is an immortal.

But if it is to sow discord and let Li Qi die in infighting, or if Li Qi does not die, and because of Li Qi and dies in other masters, then it is a good thing for Zeng Ling.

"Let's check in two directions."

Zeng Ling said: "Since I already know about this matter, I won't fail to investigate, and there is nothing you can help if you stay in the cottage, you rush back to Jizhou to protect the third child, and let him check whether Zeng Ling is an obstacle." ”

"In addition, tell the third child about the plans of our Yanshan camp, Luo Geng has invited me to Youzhou to discuss matters, I didn't go, but I found out that Cui Yanlai and Liu Li went."

Yu Chaozong said: "No accident, even if the Yanshan battalion does not send troops, it is a foregone conclusion that Luo Geng will send troops, so I plan to send people to Jizhou after Luo Geng sends troops, and you rush back to ask the third child if it is feasible." ”

Zhuang Wushu knew that this was a big deal, although he wanted to stay in the Yanshan camp to find out who that person was, but the big thing couldn't be delayed.

He firmly believed that the eldest brother would find out that person, and he also firmly believed that the eldest brother had feelings for Li Qi, so he immediately nodded.

"Okay, I'll prepare and go back to Jizhou early tomorrow morning."

Yu Chaozong said: "We have been waiting for the opportunity for a long time, when I decided to gain a foothold in Yanshan, it was to stabilize the strength, first seek self-preservation, and then seek to forge ahead, now the Yanshan battalion has nearly 150,000 troops, and the people love and support, the time has come." ”

Zhuang Wushu said: "Big brother, you should still wait for Li Qi's news." ”

Yu Chaozong said: "I will try my best to wait, but the situation is changing rapidly, if Jizhou can't wait for the news of the third child, I can only send troops." ”

Zhuang Wushu persuaded: "Big brother, didn't Li Qi write a letter to talk about this before?" ”

Yu Chaozong said helplessly: "The pattern of the world is not static, when the third child wrote the letter, Luo Geng did not plan to send troops, and now it is different from before." ”

Zhuang Wushu knew that he was stupid, and he shouldn't be able to persuade his eldest brother, so he thought about it and said: "

I'm going to pack my things and I'll leave today. ”

Yu Chaozong was stunned: "There's no need to be in such a hurry." ”

Zhuang Wushu said: "The big thing is important, I will rush back as soon as possible and ask Li Qi what to do, so that he can prepare for the big brother to attack the city." ”

Yu Chaozong was silent for a moment and then said: "Then you go back and tell the third child that if Jizhou is besieged, you all have to protect yourself, and if the third child feels that Jizhou is not safe, come back immediately." ”

Zhuang Wushu answered, turned around and went to pack his things.

Yu Chaozong sat behind his desk, thinking about what Lao Ba had just said to him.

Zheng Gongru, the eighth master, said...... Luo Geng sent troops, and there was a combination of Luo Jing and outside, if there was no accident, he would definitely seize the city at night and take the lead.

After the Youzhou army enters the city, it will never easily let the Qingzhou army and the Yuzhou army enter the city, and the three parties will definitely fight, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

If Luo Geng finally takes Jizhou and owns the two places of Jizhou and Youzhou, Luo Geng can be called the king of the north and fight against the imperial court.

Yu Chaozong thinks about these things, if he wants to achieve great things, he must have a serious foundation.

Who will admit a man whose roots are in the mountains?

When a soldier is in the mountains, he has always been a mountain bandit, and he has always been the leader of the mountain bandits, and in the eyes of those people, he has always been a big thief.

After Yu Chaozong was a famous family, his thinking was different from that of ordinary people.

Even today, in his heart, he actually prefers to get the support and assistance of those famous families as soon as possible.

This king of the northern realm fell into the hands of Luo Geng, and he was not easy to rob.

This king of the northern realm, falling into his hands, Luo Geng is also not easy to rob, and it is not easy for anyone to rob.

With this reputation, if you want to go further, you can go south with your back to Jizhou, and if you want to keep it, you can stand on your own feet in the land of Jizhou, and then slowly draw it.

In fact, what Yu Chaozong wanted to do the most in his heart, he didn't want to tell anyone, but the more things that no one could tell, the more eager he wanted to do.

He wanted to be emperor.

The most unfortunate is also the emperor of the north......

For this reason, he even thought of many, many strategies, various possibilities.

The most perfect, of course, is that he personally led a large army to break through the capital of Chu, Daxing, and snatched the emperor's throne from the hands of the Chu royal family.

The emperor position obtained in this way is the most stable.

If you really can't go south immediately, then establish a country in the north, it won't take too long, as long as the country is established for five years, the people will adapt to this situation, and more people will recognize his status as an emperor.

He can work hard in the north, and with the assistance of those famous families, he firmly believes that within five years, he will be able to raise troops to the south.

Even if Chu had been destroyed by others at that time, he was still sure to attack Daxing City and enter the Central Plains.

These are the two strategies that Yu Chaozong set for himself, if he can't become the emperor of the entire Central Plains in one go, then he will become the emperor of the north first, and then the entire Central Plains.

In fact, with his current identity and current strength, it is not wrong to think this way.

But he can't make it clear to his subordinates, the people under him are all ordinary people, and ordinary people can follow him to fight the world, but they can't help him build a country.

If these words were to be said to those of his subordinates, would they not be utterly unpopular?

The more chaotic the situation in Jizhou, the more urgent Yu Chaozong's desire to be the emperor becomes, and every time there are heroes in troubled times, who can guarantee that he must be the ultimate winner?

Li Qi's strategy is to wait and wait until the best time.

But in this world, I am afraid of waiting and waiting, and when others have already been proclaimed emperor, he Yu Chaozong is still a big master of mountain bandits.

Yu Chaozong let out a long breath.

He looked at Zhuang Wuving, who was packing up his things, and thought in his heart that the third child's long-term plan was the only choice?