The sun slowly sets, and the more winter comes, the more intense the sun on Qishan becomes, and the brilliant light dyes Qishan and Huifeng Town into a red patch.

Ji Lie and Yin Yong were playing chess outside the courtyard.

Yin Yong's chess skills are very sophisticated, with needles hidden in the cotton, and there are many changes, and he will kill Ji Lie in a short time. Ji Lie was absent-minded, holding the chess pieces in his hand, but his eyes were looking at the gate of the courtyard, looking like he was sitting on a needle carpet.

What would she say to Lu Jian?

If it is unhappily dispersed, then all the work has been wasted.

Now, I owe her enough, and if I owe this one more, when will it be paid?

Ji Lie's heart was in turmoil.

It's been a tough afternoon.

The big firebird is heartless, it likes to fly to the sky when it is full, it soars in the sky, chasing those clouds that are scattered around, and after a while, it plunges down from the sky, folds its wings and walks behind Ji Lie, stretches its head to look at the chessboard, and screams towards Ji Lie, as if laughing at Ji Lie's stinky chess.

Ji Lie didn't bother to pay attention to it.

Time passed for a long time, and just as Ji Yeol was about to stand up and walk in for the eighth time, the negotiations finally ended. Lu Jian walked out of the courtyard, saluted Ji Lie, and then didn't say a word, waved his sleeves and turned to leave, looking angry. Ji Lie noticed that the face of the king was very bad, his forehead was covered with a layer of dead ash, but his eyes were bloodshot, and the whole person looked like a defeated rooster.

Ji Lie's heart sank.

"Smack."

The crisp sound of falling pieces sounded, Yin Yong pressed the last chess piece on the chessboard, then stood up slowly, shook his head at Ji Lie, turned to leave, and didn't say a word.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the big firebird flew up and flew towards the mountain with a puff of smoke. They all left, leaving Ji Lie standing alone outside the courtyard. The last rays of the setting sun flickered on the courtyard wall and disappeared.

"Alas......"

Ji Lie let out a long sigh.

"Sigh what?"

At this moment, Jiang Li walked out of the courtyard, without a helmet, his hair was not tied up, his hair was scattered behind his back, and a strand hung down in front of the gorgeous cuirass, and the autumn wind blew down from the Qi Mountain, blowing his long and smooth hair.

I wonder what she's going to look like in a dress? Ji Lie suddenly thought.

"I'm asking you, why are you sighing?"

Jiang Li walked up to Ji Lie's side and frowned. Maybe it's because she took off her helmet, now she is a little less masculine, but a little more feminine, and this softness is dazzling and suffocating.

Ji Lie couldn't help but take a step back, avoiding her gaze, and looked at the big firebird in the sky, but said in his mouth: "If you fail, you will fail, and there is no certainty in the world." You can rest assured, as I recall, the term of the debt is two years. ”

"Who said I failed?"

Jiang Li's voice was raised by a point, like a pearl and jade hitting a plate, which was particularly good.

"Really?" Ji Lie turned his head, his gaze was pressing, and his face was full of hope.

"Hmm."

Jiang Li nodded, and a fine sweat condensed on his upturned nose: "Zhao Fat is fat, but he is not stupid, he wants to delay until the fifteenth day of the first month, but Chen Hou will not give him such an opportunity, before Lu Jian came to see you, Sang Hou had promised Chen Hou to send troops to fight against Zhaoguo together." Although Sang is a small country with less than 10,000 troops, this is a signal that I believe that those small princes who are still hesitating will make a choice soon. ”

Ji Lie touched his nose and said: "So, in order to delay it until the fifteenth day of the first month, the marquis had to ask for assistance from all directions, but he has lost the opportunity, and those princes are not fools, who would be willing to gamble on a war with a lot of negatives?" Therefore, the opportunity to return to the town of the wind has come. ”

"You're not too stupid."

Jiang Li glanced at him and tilted his chin: "Chen Guo and Zhaoguo have a long-standing grudge, Chen Hou is determined to destroy Zhao Fat, he failed to make the trip because of Song Guo's interference before, and this time, if there is no accident, Zhaofu is in a catastrophe." Unless ......"

"Unless someone is willing to help him." Ji Lie's smooth interface.

"Who would want to help him? Are you? With the power of Huifeng Town, what can it do? Even if you are in an excellent position to stab Chen Hou in the back, so what? I know, you want to take Jingcheng, deter Scorpion Pass, and cut off Chen Hou's grain route. But as long as Chen Hou and all the princes capture Qingfeng Pass and capture Yancheng, he can squeeze you, the rat that burrowed into his stomach, to death with his backhand! You, you, this is a world of great contention, either survive or die! This is a game between countries, not a simple war. You only know what you can do, but you don't see the response and response of others. If this continues, how will you pay my debts? ”

Jiang Li's voice rose higher and higher, as if a fluttering pearl and jade crackled on the plate, she had long known Ji Lie's plan, Huifeng Town happened to be located in the easternmost dividing line between Chen Guo and Zhaoguo, and it was not far from Chen Guo's Jingcheng, only two hundred miles away, walking around Qishan, you could avoid the Scorpion Pass, although Jingcheng also had more than a thousand defenders, but because the Scorpion Pass was in front, and Jingcheng was a gate with dense caravans, so, it has always been negligent in guarding, in the surprise, and under the combination of inside and outside, Ji Lie's chances of capturing Jingcheng are still very good.

Ji Lie listened coldly, but he was a stubborn person, and he would not easily bow his head and admit defeat, and this moment was no exception, so he said coldly: "Although my strength is not enough to speak, as long as I seize the front of Chen Hou to capture Qingfeng Pass, capture Jingcheng, and defend it to the death." Then, those hesitant princes will change their minds and choose to support the summoning of the marquis. Chen Hou's 30,000-strong army hung outside the pass, looking full of vigor, however, no matter how sharp the army was, it was difficult to sustain the campaign for more than half a year. ”

Jiang Li said angrily: "If I were Chen Hou, I would abandon Qingfeng Pass, turn around and blow back, and strangle you, the mouse, to death first, so as to inform the people of the world that the principle of the world of great contention is that the strong will always be strong, and the weak will always be weak." ”

Ji Lie said: "He didn't dare to turn back, the two armies fought each other, and when they arrived at the pass, as long as Chen Hou turned back, the army's heart would be lost." Lu Mo has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he can fight well, how can he not see the fighters? At that time, he swung his army down from Qingfeng Pass and gave Shang Chen Hou the most powerful blow in the back, and the war was over. ”

As soon as he heard this, Jiang Li became even angrier, and his eyes narrowed more and more: "You only know that Lu Mo is a general who can fight well, but you don't know what kind of person Lu Fat Man is, I bet that now, the death order he gave to Lu Mo is not to defeat Chen Hou, but to protect himself, and drag it until the fifteenth day of the first month!" O Ji Lie, jump out of your world and take a look, you are not a tiger in a cage, but a mouse hiding in a hole and playing a small abacus! ”

The words landed, and the audience was silent.

Ji Lie's face sank like water, the scars at the corners of his eyes were beating gently, and the cold sweat on his vest trickled down, soaking the inner lining of the armor and soaking every green tendon on his back. Jiang Li stood in front of him, the hem of his long hair swaying in the wind, and he lowered his head at some point. The big firebird flew down from the sky, flew halfway, saw that the momentum of the two was not right, turned around and ran again.

"Ugh."

I don't know how long it took, Jiang Li sighed lightly, and his sharp gaze gradually eased, because Ji Lie lowered his head, the two of them were just the same size, she saw the sweat on Ji Lie's neck, her eyes became more and more gentle, she stretched out her hand and patted Ji Lie's shoulder armor.

Ji Lie raised his head, looked at her, and did not speak.

Jiang Li smiled slightly, trying to make his smile look very gentle, like coaxing a child: "You didn't lose, it's not wrong, it's just that this world is too big, and different thoughts are breeding every moment, if you want to live, you have to look farther." The human heart is dark, but you can't observe it in the dark, you have to stand where you can see it. ”

Ji Lie blushed, blushing for the first time in his life because of shame.

"Let's be happy, Lu Jian has already agreed, as long as you capture Jingcheng, you will be the owner of Jingcheng in the future! And if thou shalt take another city, it shall be yours, and the covenant shall be laid on thy case. Jiang Li smiled, the corners of his eyes were slightly raised, and his two eyes smiled like crescent moons.

Ji Lie turned his head and avoided her gaze: "You're right, I only know how to look at war as a war, but I don't know that war varies from person to person. If I am transposed, I will choose to stick to it just like the summoner. Jingcheng ......"

"I'm not right."

Jiang Li interrupted him, and reached out to hold his hand, and the moment the four hands touched, the face of the female son-in-law who claimed to be a man turned red. Ji Lie was also shocked, the tentacles were so soft, with a hint of coolness, as smooth as jade. At this time, he suddenly remembered the great doctor Wei, and shame and guilt suddenly attacked, and he involuntarily took a step back, wanting to pull his hand out. Who knows, Jiang Li pulled him tighter, his clear eyes firmly locked his shadow, and said gently: "You are going to Jingcheng." As you said, after you take Jingcheng, the princes will change their minds and support Zhaohou. ”

"If it's Chen Hou's blow?"

"He won't, he and his army of 30,000 will be stuck in the quagmire, and the enemy will attack from his flank, endlessly, even if the fat man is really a fool who is greedy for life and afraid of death, he will order Lu Mo to pour out. At that time, you have to defend Jingcheng to the death, cut off Chen Hou's grain route, and let him die outside the Scorpion Pass. If you have enough strength, you will take advantage of the emptiness within the Chen Kingdom and sweep in all directions. In the end, the war will end before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the biggest winner will not be the Zhao Hou or the other princes, but you, Ji Lie. ”

Jiang Li looked at Ji Lie fixedly, and threw his shadow into his eyes.

Ji Lie gasped heavily, the hand in his palm became softer and softer, but he became more and more nervous, and blurted out a sentence: "Why do you want to help me?" ”

"Fool, for I am your creditor."

Jiang Li glanced at him, but in a blink of an eye, he saw that he was holding his hand, his face turned even redder, he threw Ji Lie's hand, raised his head, and looked at the big firebird in the sky.