Hearing Yi Ming's words, Peng Wang Ye and Peng Shan were a little embarrassed, after all, they stole other people's things, and they didn't know how to use them yet, and they still needed the Witch God Temple to send someone to help.

Yi Ming was very generous, "Now is not the time to worry so much, if you can't hold on to Xizhou City for enough time, then Miao Jiang is gone, and there will be any Peng's toast and witch temple." ”

Yi Ming's words quickly characterized the problem, that is, it is necessary to unite with the outside world now, and only by temporarily finding a way to hold Xizhou City and delay the advance of the imperial army can the follow-up war mobilization and combat power gathering of Miaojiang be realized, otherwise it will only be broken by each one.

"Lord Witch God, it's a shame to say this, but we Peng's toast don't have any better way, once the city of Xizhou is broken, we can't do it even if we want to burn the jade with the imperial army, so we went to Phoenix Mountain to steal the Nine Palace Spirit Gu, but now we still need your help to unlock the seal of the Spirit Gu." Peng Wangye was also very cooperative with Yi Ming, first admitting his mistakes, and then saying what his side needed.

Yi Ming naturally will not shirk, this is also the most important mission he came to this time, Xizhou is now the main force to resist the 100,000 army of the imperial court, and he can only help, not dismantle the stage.

"Take me to see the Nine Palaces Spirit Gu." Yi Ming said.

"I'll personally take Lord Witch God to go, and you accompany the two little brothers to have a good rest." Prince Peng instructed Peng Shan on the one hand, and walked to the apse with Yi Ming, the witch god of the third hall.

Under the leadership of Peng Shan, Xiao Yao and Yi Feng came to Peng Shan's residence, originally Peng Shan's younger brother also lived here, but now he was transferred outside the city, and Xiao Yao and Yi Feng were arranged in Peng Shan's younger brother's residence, the three of them simply cleaned up, Peng Shan took off his armor, changed his clothes, and entertained Xiao Yao and Yi Feng to his living room.

The decoration here is very simple, but there are many small handicrafts bought from the Central Plains around.

It seems that this guy Peng Shan is still a literary fan, but when he saw him on the battlefield last night, Xiao Yao really couldn't imagine such a literary and artistic teenager, and such a resolute side, as the son of the world, he didn't have to go to the battlefield in person at all, but now he is the first, and he is many times stronger than that Kang Gongzi in this regard.

Xiao Yao didn't ask specifically about the Nine Palaces Spirit Gu, and Peng Shan tacitly didn't mention it, now this issue, Xiao Yao is an outsider, and it is inconvenient to know too specifically. After all, it is a matter of Xizhou City's safety, Xiao Yao is still very close to Dewey, and Peng Shan can't tell Xiao Yao everything.

Peng Shan ordered people to serve fruits, and on the other hand, he began to chat with Xiao Yao and Yi Feng.

But the topic quickly turned to the war, "Brother Xiao, what do you think Taiwei Zhang will do next in this situation?" ”

Xiao Yao knew that Peng Shan had always been a person who humbly sought advice, and he didn't have any shelf at all, but his mind was too complicated, and many times he couldn't see his true thoughts clearly.

Since he opposes the imperial court sending troops to Miao Jiang, Peng Shan and himself are the same on this big issue, which is also the reason why Xiao Yao is willing to help Peng Shan.

And Peng Shan was also very interested in Xiao Yao's lofty views, so he seized the opportunity to ask Xiao Yao about the war, so as to give himself a reference.

"Now Taiwei Zhang, who is in power for the first time, and is also the prince's teacher, and the prince goes out with the army, then he will not rush forward, because this is related to the prestige of the prince, so if the war is lost, the prince will be more embarrassed, his main strategic goal this time is to help the prince prove his ability to martial arts, and the Miaojiang war is just his stage. Therefore, how to benefit the crown prince is what he is most concerned about. Xiao Yao said his judgment.

"You're saying that Taiwei Zhang doesn't want to unify the four provinces of Miaojiang." Peng Shan asked.

"Why don't you want to, but the four provinces of Miaojiang, the territory is thousands of miles, he only has 100,000 troops now, even if he occupies the four provinces, then the division of troops and guards, it will be overstretched, so he will not occupy the entire territory of Miaojiang, he will only advance along the main traffic arteries, and gradually advance, of course, Phoenix Mountain and Phoenix City He will never let go. This is the best chance to prove him and the crown prince. ”

"So will Taiwei Zhang continue to besiege the city and send reinforcements next, or will he attack the city directly?"

"Of course it's a siege, now he has figured out the main forces around him, and basically cut off all possible reinforcements, unless the reinforcements from the four major Miao descendants in the interior of Miao Jiang arrive, otherwise once the Hongyi cannon arrives, he will immediately attack the city. The 100,000 troops of the imperial court are nearly 10,000 taels of silver every day, he is not in a hurry, and the household department of the imperial court is still in a hurry. It's just that now the war has just begun, so no one is urging him, but once the confrontation continues, there will be different voices in the court. ”

"So will Captain Zhang attack?" Peng Shan then asked.

"No, that kind of casualties are too heavy, judging from the current style of Taiwei Zhang's troops, he is a very cautious and accurate person in combat calculations, he is not greedy for any temporary results, but gradually breaks through military intentions, so he will definitely use Hongyi cannons to bombard indiscriminately outside the city, so that if it lasts for a few days, there will be chaos in the city, and then it is the best time for him to attack the city, you need a strong Xizhou City, but he doesn't need it." Xiao Yao returned.

"So in other words, Taiwei Zhang wants to gradually encroach on Miao Jiang?"

"Actually, no, the imperial court is not trying to directly rule the Miao people in Miao territory, so what Zhang Taiwei has to do is to sweep away the main forces that oppose the change of land and return to the stream, that is, the four major Tusi, and then divide the various small tribes and Tusi, so that the rest of the things can be won without a fight. After all, Miaojiang is very dependent on inland grain, so many toasts will compromise. Xiao Yao explained.

"What if one of the four major toasts stands up to support the change of land and return to the stream?" Peng Shan said what he was most worried about.

Now that Miao Jiang is surrounded on all sides, King Yao and King Dong believe that they have also felt great pressure, but there is no war breaking out there yet, but their power is not as strong as Xizhou. Once someone takes the lead in throwing themselves on the side of the imperial court, then Miao Jiang will be divided, and then Peng's Tusi will be really dangerous.

"Your worries are reasonable, but you Peng Tusi can't throw yourself into the imperial court, because Peng's Tusi has the largest military power in Miao Jiang, and the imperial court will never allow you to continue to save zài, either repel the imperial army, or be annihilated by the imperial army, you have no other choice. And Taiwei Zhang chose to attack Xizhou, just to show all the Tusi that Xizhou can't be defended, and there is still some place in Miaojiang to defend. ”

"Then once the imperial court's army breaks through Xizhou, what should we do?"

"In fact, if Xizhou can hold on for two months, it will be enough, then you can retreat to the interior of Miaojiang, the Hongyi cannon is very cumbersome, Xizhou is on the riverside, so the imperial court can transport it by water, but once it retreats to the mountainous area, it will basically not be transported in, and there will be no threat, so Xizhou will hold on, on the one hand, it will consume the offensive momentum of the imperial army, and on the other hand, it will also win time for other tribes to prepare for war, but this must require the various tribes in Miaojiang to unite with each other, otherwise it is really dangerous."

Xiao Yao brought out his biggest worry, the split of Miao Jiang would be more terrible than the Hongyi cannon of the imperial court, so that Miao Jiang would really fall.

Peng Shan and Xiao Yao continued to discuss various possible military changes, Yi Feng listened quietly on one side, and on the other side, Peng Wang Ye took Yi Ming to an independent small courtyard in the Tusi Mansion, where a young man was waiting.

The two walked in, and after making a brief introduction, the man named Li Zhen took Yi Ming and Peng Wangye to a room, only to see that there was an oil lamp lit inside, and nine black boxes were placed on a long table in turn.

"The sealing technique of our ghost waiting vein is now lost, and we can't open the seal inside this totem at all, nor can we summon the spirit Gu in it." Li Zhen said to Yi Ming.

Yi Ming came to the front of the long table, and then carefully looked at the nine boxes, and from time to time a blue true qi leaked out of his fingertips, and when this true qi appeared, the boxes obviously began to tremble.

Yi Feng casually came to the front of a box, and a ball of blue true qi wrapped the box in his left hand, and the surface of the box actually glowed with a faint blue halo, and the black on its surface slowly receded, gradually revealing a jade box body, and this jade was somewhat transparent, and the surface was engraved with the totem logo of one of the Jiuli tribes back then, and inside was a blue crystal.

As Yi Ming's true qi continued to enter, a hole seemed to open on the surface of the jade box, and the blue halo from the blue crystals inside began to shine through it.

Li Zhen and Peng Wangye on the side were very shocked by the scene in front of them.

But Yi Ming stopped here, and the blue light on the surface of the box continued to leak out.

"Today, we can only untie the seal of this first box, and then untie one every night in the future, and then we need another night to fuse it together, and make an antidote before we can arrange the big array, so we need ten days, and Xizhou City must hold on to these ten days. Otherwise, this Nine Palace Spirit Gu Array will be meaningless, once the big array is successfully arranged, it can buy us a month's time, in that case, it will be much easier to do with one qiē. Yi Ming briefly introduced the situation of the big array.

Li Zhen and Peng Shan are both happy and worried, they can unlock the seal and arrange a large array, which is already very lucky, but it takes Xizhou to hold on for ten days, it seems that a bloody battle is still inevitable, and I don't know when all the Hongyi cannons of the imperial court will arrive.

Ten days does not seem to be a long time, but for the Xizhou war in this matter, many things are changing rapidly, and it is impossible to make an overly optimistic estimate, so stick to ten days and prepare now.