After resting at night, the 70,000-strong army under the command of Zuolan Jiangnan had already started the journey again.

"General Jiang! There's a fork in the road ahead. Zuo Lan was in the middle of the group, sitting leisurely on horseback.

Jiang Nan slowly opened his squinted eyes and looked at the surrounding environment, and Chen Lin reported to him the road conditions an hour ago.

"Changling really lives up to its name!" Jiang Nan sighed, at this time they were between several high mountains, and the Changling Mountain in front of them was impressively dividing the road into two.

Everyone says that the area around Changling Mountain is steep, but it is not in vain, this towering mountain suddenly stands on the smooth road, its mountain is smooth and steep, as if someone deliberately cut it.

"This will never be able to climb up if it is manpower!" Jiang Nan shielded the main sun with his hand and looked at the top of the mountain, ignoring Zuo Lan's meaning at all.

"General Breaker!" Zuo Lan's face was already much gloomy, and he already spoke with a lot of anger.

But Jiang Nan seemed to be fine, waved his hand lightly and asked Ling Pressure behind him, "Old pressure, if you go up?" ”

"The lord laughed, I'm afraid that even General Pingbei can't climb such a high mountain!"

"You!" Zuo Lan was furious, and even an unknown pawn under Jiangnan came to laugh at him.

"General Zuo, don't be angry, it's just a joke!" Saying this, the milky white light on Ling Quan's body suddenly lit up, and he was in a-for-tat confrontation with Zuo Lan for a moment.

As soon as Zuo Lan saw that this pawn who laughed at him was actually a late stage of the treasure general, his momentum weakened a lot in an instant.

His teeth were tight, and he knew that this time was not suitable for conflict with Jiangnan. Never mind! If you suffer a loss on the same level, you will suffer a loss!

But this scene was seen by Bai Wei, who had been riding with Jiangnan, and when she saw that Zuolan was repeatedly deflated, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Now Zuo Lan will stop doing it, saying that Jiangnan is sophistry, Ling is brave and brave, and he has nothing to do, and now even a little woman has to laugh at herself!

"General Po is really busy, and he even takes a woman with him on a major event like going to Anzhou, it's really Yaxing!"

Jiang Nan smiled and looked at Ling Quan teasing Zuo Lan, and when Zuo Lan said this, he shook his head again and again: "General Pingbei's words are different!" This woman is not only my woman, but also a brave master, right? ”

"Huh! General Po Yu is really good at telling jokes..."Before Zuo Lanhua finished speaking, Bai Wei had already ridden to the left column, and the strength of the late stage of the Bao General exploded, and the dagger wrapped in this milky white Daoguang was already attached to Zuo Lan's neck.

And there is no heavenly reason! This is Zuolan's idea at this moment! Is the treasure general all over the place in the later stage? It took more than 30 years of cultivation to barely break through to such strength, and a random person in the Jiangnan army, oh no! Even women are on par with themselves!

"You're dead!" Bai Wei coldly spit out a few words, and at the same level, the killing Dao was almost restrained by the Qi Dao general. Of course, there are a few exceptions, such as the fierce and extremely oppressive.

"Okay Wei'er, don't be rude to our General Pingbei!" Jiang Nan smiled, my biggest hobby in this march is probably to play tricks on this simple-minded Zuo Lan.

Bai Wei had withdrawn, and the coldness on her face disappeared immediately, and she was riding with Jiang Nan more like a little girl next door.

"General Pingbei."

"Ahem...... General Pingbei! Jiang Nan laughed and screamed twice in a row, and finally pulled Zuo Lan back to reality from the horror, but there was obviously still a lot of cold sweat on his forehead.

"What was General Pingbei going to say to Nan just now?"

Zuo Lan wiped his forehead, put away his terrifying posture at a lightning speed, and said slowly: "I just told General Po about parting ways!" ”

"After this long ridge, there are two roads in front of us"

"This first road goes south, and most of the enemies along the way are mainly Taibai thieves, among which Xiaochi, Yangqiao and other Taibai thieves gather here."

"Go on!"

Although Zuo Lan was dissatisfied with Jiangnan's attitude, he was not good at it, and continued: "This second one is to the north, and the first two counties that pass by are the strength of the Taibai thief, as for these two counties..."

"It's the three counties of Longquan, Xiangyu, and Wancheng, all of which are territories occupied by Qingguo!"

Zuo Lan finished speaking in one breath, and he had already weighed it in his heart, no matter which path Jiangnan chose, he had a countermeasure.

If Jiangnan chooses the first one, then Jiangnan is facing the 200,000 troops of the Taibai Sect, although Jiangnan said in the main hall that day, but if you really want to fight, the 20,000 troops in Jiangnan may not be enough to stuff people's teeth.

As for his second way, although it is not difficult to conquer the first two counties, if he faces the army of Qingguo, he still has no confidence.

But fortunately, the task this time is only to exterminate the Taibai thief, as long as he stops his troops appropriately and does not conflict with Qingguo, then when Jiangnan is destroyed, he can go south to grab the credit in one fell swoop.

Whether it is the regent's explanation or the task of going out, it can be easily completed. Even if there is sudden news from the family's side, it can still be flexible.

If Jiang Nan chose the second way without knowing whether to live or die, then his plan seemed to be more successful, and he simply omitted the link of stopping the army.

Zuo Lan here is brewing his own plan, and Jiangnan over there is also making small calculations.

Jiang Nanna's thoughts gradually returned to this morning, just like Guo Chen and the others said to themselves, Zuo Lan really used a strategy to divide the troops, which is probably also the masterpiece of Zhu Justice and Li Cheng by the side of the regent.

But Jiang Nan did not answer the questions of the two strategists around him, and he has been making choices all morning.

The first road is definitely simpler than the second, as long as you use your troops properly and take the way to break through, even if it is extremely dangerous, I am afraid that you can get through the danger.

Then the second way seems to have no advantage for him, plus in the intelligence, I heard that there is a general named Niu Fen in the Taibai Righteous Army who is a general in Koike County, although he knows that it can't be a brother in his previous life, but he always has a glimmer of hope.

Even if this glimmer of hope was not told to anyone, even the closest Bai Wei did not say a word.

"According to what General Zuo said, I'm afraid General Zuo has already chosen the road, right?" Jiang Nan's thoughts were carried out between lightning and flint, at least on the surface, no one could see that he had just thought a lot.

"General Jiang said with a smile, the general's soldiers and horses have a disadvantage, of course, the general chooses first!"

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate!" Jiang Nan rarely bowed to Zuo Lan and said, "I choose the second one!" ”

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To the north, the first to face is Xinwei County, the territory of the Taibai Righteous Army, and the road to Xinwei continues the steepness of Changling, and the road along the way is very bumpy.

Whenever they wanted to cross the mountain road, many cavalry chose to dismount and approach on foot, and now Guo Zhun and others had led their treasure horses to Jiangnan in front of him.

"Lord, the road ahead is bumpy, you and the master mother should get off the horse and move forward!" Chen Lin stepped forward and said respectfully.

Bai Wei was blushing by the word "mother", and she buried her head vigorously and didn't dare to speak.

And Jiang Nan said with a smile: "Lao Chen is not in the way, so I have the right to practice riding!" ”

"Okay, the Ming people don't say dark words, but you want to ask me why I chose the path of the Northern Expedition?"

I saw Chen Lin frowning and said: "Lin really doesn't understand, I don't know how many times more difficult the road to the north is than the southern expedition, let's not talk about the rugged road, let's just say that we will face the Qingguo army in the future, how should we resist?" ”

"Lao Chen, Lao Chen!" Jiang Nan shook his head and smiled, "I understand your loyalty very well, but sometimes you only stand on our interests!" ”

"In fact, this expedition we represent not only Yanyuzhuang, but also the entire Zhiguo!"

Jiang Nan looked at the four people who followed him first and said, "If I choose the first path, what should you do if you are Zuolan!" ”

"If I were Zuo Lan, I would definitely stop my troops and wait for the information from the lord's side after capturing Xinwei and Caidian County!" Du Yang poked his head out and opened his mouth to speak.

"What the old man said is a tact, I'm afraid that if Zuolan lets me choose the first way, he will definitely wait for the news of my death after capturing the second county, and then go south in one fell swoop!

When the time comes, we will be destroyed, and he will naturally be able to gain both fame and fortune! ”

When Guo Zhun heard this, he said: "Since you also know the lord, why do you have to make this decision?" ”

"Hey!" Jiang Nan sighed deeply, "The four of you are probably used to being free and easy, and your heart has long been disobedient to the Liu family's dynasty." ”

"If Zuo Lan is allowed to do this, then this expedition can only stop at the level of exterminating the Taibai Sect."

"The Taibai Sect is just a knife for Qingguo to contain us, if we return to the dynasty after we destroy Taibai, then what about Qingguo?

I think I can't wait to annex the eight counties of Anhui City!

The land we have just recovered has fallen again, so what is the point of our expedition?

The Taibai Sect is like a pack of wolves, and Qingguo is a real tiger! I know you don't like the Liu Dynasty, but this is no longer the thing to help the Liu Dynasty. I have fallen into the hands of the enemy army for a hundred years, are you willing? ”

"Are you willing?" The five words deeply impacted the hearts of this group of talented people in Yanyuzhuang, even if they don't have a good impression of the Liu family, but the country is the country that gave birth to itself and raised itself after all!

Jiang Nan smiled, he knew that everyone, including Bai Wei, was not a difficult villain, but some were blinded by hatred, and some resented the injustice of the country, but the unchanging essence was that hot-blooded youth!

Dare to ask who can be called a hot-blooded youth, which one is not patriotic? Which is unfaithful?

"Actually, these roads are not difficult to walk!" Jiang Nan looked at a group of subordinates who were still thinking, patted the horse's back and stepped forward.

"There was once a great writer who said that there is no road on this earth, and if you walk more, it will become a road!"

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