In the camp of Imuran in the north of Linzhou City, the lights are bright, and the crowd will gather.

In the middle of the throne sat a young man in white and a golden crown, with a solemn expression, neither happy nor angry, and did not say a word, it was Su You, the lord of Imulan.

On the right hand side of the lower head sat two old men with similar appearances but diametrically opposite temperaments, which were the first powerful minister of Imuran, the great witch god Wen Lan, and his younger brother Wen Wen.

On the left-hand side sat the heads of the three clans: Luo Bu, the King of the Golden Blade, Hunying, the King of Eagle Language, and Qi Lie, the King of Blood Flames.

Almost all of them looked like they were all blue-faced, staring at the soldiers who came to report the military situation, and Qi Lie was so angry that his forehead was bruised, and he felt that he was about to pinch the handle of the seat out of the water.

The returning soldiers came from the camp of the bloody Wodar, who was accidentally stabbed in the ankle by an ice thorn and had difficulty moving, so he had to let the soldiers fly to report first.

The forward cavalry of 13,000 men, four of the Eight Horsemen, now only returned to Wodar and his subordinates of 2,000 men, and the rest either died in the Thousand Caves or their whereabouts are unknown.

Corliham, Beduyan, cut no flowers......

Qi Lie knew that attacking Bihai would definitely lose his troops and generals, but he never imagined that he would lose three horsemen before he could capture Linzhou City! The Thousand Cave Swamp is a land of unobstructed ice fields, and Wen Lan's falling crystal powder also plays a role, why could the ice suddenly break and separate the riding array in half?!

Hunying looked at him with bloody eyes from the sidelines, quite compassionate. It is always the blood clan who charges and dies in front, more than 10,000 soldiers, and they are gone in a blink of an eye, if this is replaced by the Eagle clan...... Hunying lowered her head and didn't dare to think about it again.

Rob's face was very calm, but in fact, he tried to pretend to be very calm, but he couldn't help but snicker in his heart. He secretly thought that before the war, he was gentle and specially came to tell himself not to stumble Qi Lie because of the shortage of military supplies, as if I Luo Bu was making people stumble. But the result? I didn't do anything, didn't this Qi Lie lose badly enough?

Rob cleared his throat, broke the silence, and said, "The Blood Flame King has been fighting hard these days, but unfortunately the results are always a little unsatisfactory...... You must know that the Blood Flame King is the vanguard of his own position this time, and your battle is directly related to the morale of my Imuran army......"

Rob's words were sharp, but they made sense. The vanguard was frustrated, and it was defeated so badly, how could the morale of the whole army not be affected?

Qi Lie knew that he was responsible for this defeat, and when Luo Bu said this, he was full of grief and indignation after losing his soldiers. Everyone present could hear that Rob's words were to hold Qi Lie responsible.

Wen Wen suddenly stood up in front of Wen Lan, pointed at Rob and said sharply, "Rob! Linzhou City has not yet been captured, and the most important thing now is to figure out the reasons for the defeat, and not to repeat the mistakes of the past. And not to blame the striker manager here! If you were the vanguard, would you be able to guarantee that the soldiers of the Blade Clan would not be thrown into the glacier? Qi Lie's cavalry is already advancing and retreating quickly, and his blood clan is suffering for my Imuran army, but what are you going to do? Is it court-martialed? ”

The people did not expect that the gentlemen, who had always lived up to his name, would come forward and rebuke Rob so sharply. Even Qi Lie was stunned, he didn't think he had much friendship with Wenwen.

Wen Lan, who was sitting there, immediately understood what her brother meant.

Gentleness is protecting Rob.

Because Wen Wen knew that if he didn't stand up and stand in front of him at this time, Rob would face ten times his anger.

Rob has committed a big taboo that he mentioned earlier, the enemy can't be united at the moment, and only thinks about suppressing the other party and fueling himself, so it will be a matter of time before it falls apart.

After a gentle reprimand, he glanced back at his brother, and his eyes were meaningful, as if he was pleading.

Wen Lan naturally understood what he meant, and sighed secretly in her heart. Anyway, at the moment, it is not a wise choice to be too strict with Rob.

Rob is a human spirit, at first he was shocked and gentle, how did he come to this nameless fire, and after seeing the expressions of the two Wens, he immediately understood. Although he hated Qi Lie, he had always been a kind and wealthy person, and immediately defended:

"When did you become anxious, and you didn't listen to me. What kind of military law is disposed of, there is no shadow. I want to say what kind of trick is it that even the Blood Flame King can't prevent, and I need to deal with it carefully in order to protect the morale of my army, which is no different from what you mean. Great Witch God, yes or no? ”

Wen Lan neither looked at Rob nor answered his words, and after a moment of silence, she suddenly said two words:

"Gezhi."

Except for Su You, everyone was surprised and asked, "What is Gezhi?" ”

Wen Lan replied slowly: "I have been in the capital of Taiye for all these years, and I once heard of a science called Gezhi. There used to be some masters of Gezhi in Bihai Kingdom, the most famous of which was the Lu family, and the current Ministry of Industry Shangshu Lu Qiusheng was a descendant of the Lu family. It is said that the Ming Emperors of the past dynasties have invited famous teachers of various studies to teach and solve doubts since childhood, including this discipline, and Zhu Yutang should be proficient in this knowledge. This Gezhixue pays attention to a clever word, if you can be proficient in this learning, you can often dial a thousand catties. This defeat should be due to the fact that the people of Bihai have drawn up a strategy with Gezhi. ”

Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, obviously for the first time they had heard of such a magical knowledge.

Su You was not surprised, Uncle You had taught him some about Gezhi Xue early, and gave him a set of books called "Gezhi Theory", this book has a total of five volumes, the first four volumes are all Wen Lan's mention of how to use four or two to move a thousand pounds of ingenuity, but the last volume is a record of some unique local characters of little importance, the book is called "Unique Things".

He was not interested in Gezhixue at that time, but felt that the last volume of "Unique Things" was very novel, and he couldn't put it down when he flipped it, so that Uncle You also laughed at him for buying and returning pearls and not knowing gold and jade. Now that I think about it, I really regret it.

Wen Lan continued: "Gezhi is profound and profound, but it is obscure, and those who can learn this technique can do things that ordinary people cannot. For example, if you cut the ice into a circle and bear the shadow to the sun, you can make a fire, which is called 'yang sui'. ”

The crowd became more and more incredulous, and Rob asked, "Use ice...... Can you make a fire? "But I thought in my heart, if ice can be used to make a fire, how much fire money can be saved in the entire Baodi City in a winter.

Wen Lan ignored him and continued: "According to legend, when the first Ming Emperor of the Bihai Kingdom built Taiye City, there were many huge beams and logs needed for the palace that were difficult to move, and they were also used for Gezhixue. With water power to float, and ropes and rollers to lift, you can easily lift the giant beam to the top of the temple. Therefore, I heard the soldier Fang Cai say that the Linzhou defenders used a military band to shake the collapsed ice, which must have come from Gezhixue. I didn't expect ...... This knowledge is so powerful that it is even better than my falling crystal powder. There was some reluctance in his words.

Wen Lan turned to Su You and saluted, and said: "The responsibility for Qi Lie's defeat this time is not his, but I didn't expect Zhu Yutang to use his skillful skills in military strategy, and I hope that the lord of the country will not blame Qi Lie, everything is my responsibility for negligence, and I, Wen Lan, am willing to accept the guilt." ”

Su You smiled slightly and replied: "There are thousands of changes on the battlefield, how can you expect everything, the Great Witch God is really exaggerated." Although the Blood Flame King lost, but when he divided his troops to fight, he was still in the north of Linzhou City, dozens of miles away, and everything could only be entrusted to the Blood Smoke Four Cavalry at his own discretion, on the contrary, I think he was very safe in the battle to lure the enemy in the north, and there was no difference. Therefore, the defeat should be caused by the lack of caution of the four cavalry, but at present, two of the four generals are dead and one wounded, and the whereabouts of the remaining one are unknown, it is also unfair to attribute all the blame to Wodar. I think it will be good for him to recuperate from his injuries, and then he will wear his sins and make meritorious contributions after he recovers. ”

Qi Lie saw that Su You was very protective of the blood clan and refused to be held responsible, so he was very relieved, and immediately knelt down and bowed: "The first battle failed to take Linzhou City for the lord of the country, although the lord of the country did not pursue it, but Qi Lie is ashamed, and he will definitely make up for his mistakes in the future to repay the lord of the country's forgiveness!" ”

Su You looked at Qi Lie in a daze for a while, then suddenly turned his head and asked Wen Lan, "What did he say?" ”

Wen Lan translated Qi Lie's words, and Su You smiled at this time: "Hurry up." By the way, I heard that this time it was Alihai under your command who made outstanding achievements in battle, and almost burned down the city gate in the north of the city, making Hu Ying so anxious. Reward him well this time! ”

Wen Lan laughed beside him: "Yes, I have also seen Alihai, he is a great general, and his iron rope riding array is also a must." ”

When Su You heard this, his interest immediately increased, and he said, "What kind of absolute method is it?" Can I go to the formation and see what kind of iron rope it is? ”

Wen Lan frowned when she heard this, thinking that this lord of the country was really still a child, and as soon as she heard the iron rope riding formation, she became stubborn, and said with a smile: "If the lord wants to see it, you can watch it at any time, but now you have to carefully consider how to deal with Linzhou City." ”

As soon as the words fell, a soldier hurriedly stepped into the tent to report: "Report to the lord of the country, report ahead, Linzhou City suddenly changed the flag on the city!" ”

Wen Lan hurriedly asked, "What flag did you change to?" ”

"It's all apricot-yellow seven-pointed orchid flags!"

Wen Lan's heart tightened, and she asked:

"Can the flag be trimmed?"

"Boundless!"

Seeing that Wen Lan was still there and asking if the flag had any edges, Rob didn't understand what it meant, and asked, "The Great Witch God asked so carefully, how about the edges?" What about Boundless? ”

Wen Lan said with a solemn face: "It's Zhu Yutang who has arrived." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Ming really drove the expedition in person, and he had already entered Linzhou City.

Su You didn't have much surprise in his heart.

In his opinion, Emperor Ming's personal expedition is the best choice for the Bihai Kingdom.

On the surface, it can not only greatly boost morale, but also make it clear that it will have a long-term tug-of-war with the Imuran army. In winter, the city was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and a protracted war was not beneficial to the Imulan kingdom.

But the deeper reason is not difficult to understand at all.

Because where the army of the Golden Feather Battalion is, it is the safest place. At the moment, even if it is Taiye City, it is not as safe as Linzhou City.