Mooney was not in a hurry at this time, there was still a day to go from Abria, and the news of Bailiyan's early arrival soon arrived:

"Commander of the Qiqi Army, 50,000 northerners are stationed more than 50 miles northeast of Abria, and 500 enemy generals have now arrived at Lake Worth." The detective said quickly.

"Keep watching!"

"Yes!"

When the detective departed, Mooney and Norenga said:

"When will Yabuk's men arrive?"

"Because of the detour, it will take at least eight days to get to Montina, and if you count the repair time, it will take ten days."

"Ten days, ten days...... We will hold off the northerners for ten more days, and after ten days, how can their naval army reach the west, and then we will only have three or four days to deal with them. ”

"Maybe the defenders from all over Songdia can block the river and delay the westward advance of the northerners' naval army, the nearest waterway to Casgat is not very wide, and the infantry will have to walk for two days to reach the river, and their 50,000 cavalry with more than 200,000 Central Plains people, as well as horses and baggage, will not be able to walk to the river in two days."

"Well, what you said makes sense, immediately send an order to the defenders everywhere, regardless of whether the northerner fleet passes by or not, block the river as much as possible, and not let them arrive in advance."

"Yes, Your Excellency. In addition, there is another thing that troubles our army, and if it is not contained, I am afraid that it will weaken the combat strength of our army. ”

"What's the matter?"

"The weather has been inexplicably hot lately, unprecedented, and Montina's soldiers have been suffering from fever one after another, and if it continues, it will drag down the army."

"Yes, it's really strange, it's only the beginning of May, and the weather is even hotter than summer, and it is said that the northern sea is very hot, and the northerners come from there, and they are more accustomed to it than us, and it is really not good for our army to go on like this. Otherwise, move Montina's garrison to the west bank of Norlanton, where the river is much more comfortable than the city. ”

"But what if the northerners raid Montina, or misjudge the motives of our army?"

"Montina is already a dead city, the northerners have sent troops to occupy it, and their existing forces will be divided into three, they are not so stupid. As for the miscalculation, I will explain it to Bai Liyan tomorrow, and it will be beneficial for them to move to the river, so I don't think he will be suspicious. ”

With Norenga's detailed instructions, Mooney continued to lead his troops to Abria, and when he was close to fifty miles, he was accompanied by 10,000 elite infantry troops, and Mooney led a fleet of 500 horses to Lake Worth, arriving at the lake early the next morning.

"My lord, Jin Xuedi has arrived." Jiang Jie said.

"Let's keep waiting, let them come."

"I'm afraid it's not polite."

"Lack of knowledge, they have no faith and are unreasonable, you talk to them about etiquette, they only think you are cowardly. Remember, if you come and don't be rude, you have to pay back how others treat you, otherwise you will be cruel to yourself. ”

"My subordinates understand."

After speaking, Bai Liyan continued to fish, ignoring the movement in the distance.

Mooney grabbed the reins of his horse, took out his binoculars and took a closer look, and then found that Bailiyan was fishing by the river early in the morning, and did not pay attention to him at all.

"How dare this uneducated bastard be so lazy!"

"Your Excellency, why don't we ride over and give him a dismount and shake this bastard."

"That's it, let's not meet them in general, let's go."

Urging the horse to continue to hurry, he came to the lakeside in a short time, and the two sides each opened their own posture and vigilance, and the atmosphere was very tense for a while.

Mooney and Norenga turned over and dismounted, and Mooney came a few steps away from Bailiyan and said:

"There are no fish in this lake, so you don't have to bother."

Bailiyan stood up, handed the fishing rod to Jiang Jie, dusted off his body, and said:

"But aren't there still fish on the bait?"

Mooney's cheeks trembled slightly when he heard the news, and he said unhappily:

"There is a proverb in my tribe that 'fish don't eat hooks without bait', and fishing costs money."

Baili Yan smiled:

"Coincidentally, we also have a proverb in the Central Plains called 'the water is clear, then there are no fish', saying that the water is too clear to the bottom, there must be no fish in the water, I will see that the water of this lake is turbid, there must be big fish."

Bailiyan opened her eyes and said nonsense, everyone turned their eyes in confusion, the water was clearly clear, and what was turbid was there.

That's when Mooney said:

"Bailiyan, how does it feel to lose to Ben Jiang once?"

"Hehaha......" Bai Liyan laughed, and then mocked: "The Art of War 'Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers', you and I have fought no less than ten times, and the general should have given it to him, shouldn't he." ”

"Hmph, you have been defeated so far, the commander of this regiment is willing to stop fighting with you and negotiate peace talks on the heavy casualties of the two soldiers, and I don't want you to be so ignorant of current affairs."

"Your Excellency is not right. If it weren't for the heavy number of casualties in your army, how could you ask our army for an armistice. Besides, our army was forced to fight on the land of your state, and it was invited by your state. As the Central Plains proverb goes, 'It is easy to please God, but it is difficult to send God,' and since Your Excellency wants to hold an armistice and peace talks, shouldn't you have some sincerity?

As far as the general knows, under the condition that our army did not agree to the armistice, your army falsely spread the matter of peace talks without authorization, and deceived our army into seeking a truce in the west, and your army took the opportunity to send troops to contain it, this is the integrity of your state, how do you plan to win the trust of this general in the future, and how to win the trust of our Central Plains. ”

"Hmph, your Central Plains Art of War says 'soldiers don't get tired of cheating', Bailiyan won't forget it."

"Of course, the general will not forget, but Your Excellency should not know, there should be a premise before the soldiers are not tired of cheating."

"What do you mean?"

"The so-called soldiers are not tired of deception, they must be true to their word, and soldiers are not tired of deceit. Under the guise of an armistice between the two armies, Your Excellency is not tired of deceit, so it should be called filthy and indecent. ”

"You!" Mooney was angry, gritted his teeth and said: "The set of your Central Plains, in front of my clan is just pedantic and stereotypical dung, worthless. ”

"Don't say it so ugly, it's worthless, you still stole our art of war, our books, and even the craftsmen who didn't make it into the stream, and you didn't let go of any of them, and they were taken back here to serve you. Your Excellency also said it yourself just now, soldiers are not tired of deceit, why, worthless dung is also worth your mouth, worthless dung, you still want to mobilize the army to occupy our land, don't you think it's ridiculous!

Of course, I am sure that Your Excellency will not admit that you are God's people, and it is your own reason to say it. ”

"Don't deceive people too much, today is to talk about an armistice, not to debate who is right and who is wrong!"

"Well, it's still the original condition, you provide grain and grass and unicorn horses, get out of the way and let our army return to the north, and our army will stop all hostile activities."

"Grain, grass and unicorns can be given to you, but the people of the Central Plains are not among them."

"What are you kidding, didn't you receive 3.5 million grain and grass and 300,000 unicorns before!"

"Of course I did, but you didn't say who left and who didn't, did you?" Mooney quibbled.

"Oh, I don't say it, you can treat it as if it doesn't exist, then according to Your Excellency, you just need to let the corpses of our army go north, and leave your life behind, right!"

"How to understand it is your business. But those traitors must be punished as they deserve. ”

"Then what else is there to talk about, you just go back, since there is no sincerity, our army has its own hands, there will always be a way."

"Bailiyan, you have plundered our countless gold and silver treasures and killed so many of us, since it is a peace negotiation, I should always give an explanation to my people. These traitors should be punished. ”

"Don't even think about it, you think Ben will not know, let Ben betray them, what the result is very clear to you and me, there is no room for negotiation. In addition, all the losses caused are the price you should pay for the success of this battle, and it has nothing to do with us. ”

"There is no such thing as the best of both worlds in the world, there are too many of you, and the longer you drag on outside the customs, the more people there are, and the greater the consumption. There will only be fewer supplies to loot outside the pass, and from Songdia to Qianyue Mountain, let alone seven or eight thousand miles, more than one million men, women, and children will not be able to walk in a year. I advise you, don't get an inch, the commander of this army must also explain to the clansmen, it's too ugly, and no one has good fruit to eat. ”

"Are you threatening me, I'll forget it, that's all for today. Jiang Jie, let's go! ”

"Yes, sir."

Bailiyan turned to leave, and Mooney said in a deep voice:

"Bailiyan, I have moved all of Montina's garrison to the west bank of Norlanton, sixty miles to the east, to escape the summer, I hope it will not cause you to misunderstand. This news should be sincere enough. ”

Bai Liyan said disdainfully:

"That's your business, but I advise you not to try to play tricks. Let's go! ”

When the words fell, Bailiyan fell and turned on his horse and returned to the Hubei camp.

At this time, Norenga said angrily:

"Your Excellency, Baili Yan is too rampant!"

"Hmph, it's not a day or two. Let's go and find a place to camp. ”

On the way back to the camp, Jiang Jie said:

"My lord, Mooney moved to the Dolandon River in the name of summer vacation, so won't Montina be empty?"

"It's empty, but our army can't take it and divide it. In addition to the naval army, although our army nominally has 220,000 men, not counting the 50,000 cavalry of Sikong Nan and Baihe, Kelownas has only 170,000 men.

Among the 170,000 people, the elite are the 30,000 veterans and 20,000 new subordinate soldiers in Posong Province, and most of the rest of the soldiers are third, fourth, or even fifth generations of people in Songdia Province.

Although Mooney's forces are relatively scattered, their overall combat strength is still stronger than our army, and the division of our troops to capture Montina is not worth the loss, and logistics and transportation are also huge problems. He didn't expect that I would go to occupy Montina, so he moved his army to the river to escape the heat. ”

"So what do we do now?"

"I wonder if Mooney must be bringing troops from the Eastern Front, so my army will have to fight a tough battle in Kelownas and bring them down."

"But what if Mooney besieges and doesn't attack?"

"No, he wants a quick fix. Our navy is heading west, and if he can't inflict heavy damage on the main force of our army, Sikong Nan and Baihe only need to take away the old and weak women and children and some of the baggage, and then they can let go of their hands and feet.

If Mooney cannot defeat our main force in one battle, he will not have enough time to mobilize troops to the west to defeat Sikong Nan and Baihe. So he's going to do it quickly, but we can't give them that chance. At that time, the enemy will attack and defend us, and he will be dragged to death. ”

Sikong Nan and Baihe have gathered many people from the Central Plains, and their destructive power is huge. When Bailiyan divided his troops to the west, there were two places to contain and echo each other. No matter where Mooney concentrates his forces, it won't go his way.