The south of Fengzhou is Ningzhou and Fenzhou of Dayan, but there are mountains in the middle, and there is a fortress of the Great Wall, it is very difficult to go south to Dayan through Fengzhou, and the north wind in Fengzhou is the vast grassland, a wasteland in the north of the grassland, this is also a way out of the way, the only way to live is that Ji Qingchen wants to go east from Fengzhou, to the junction of Fengzhou and Beirong, and return to Beirong over Yinshan.

But Yin Mountain is so big, and it is covered with snow all year round, how can it be easy to read.

Therefore, at the same time as being targeted by the 10,000 troops leaving the country, the scout brought back another message to Ji Qingchen, that is, there was also a 10,000-strong cavalry waiting for him to the east.

In this way, there is a strong enemy in front and a chasing soldier in the back, Ji Qingchen's direction can only be changed, and the horse team has to walk north, enter the vast grassland, and then enter the wasteland.

Empress Dowager Xiao, Xiao Wangsun and Li Honglie are like trapping him!

"Brother Jiu, how should we march?" Just as the army was camping, Li Changzheng asked.

In addition to him, there are also Li Ke, the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry, Huang Taiji and Zuo Zongquan, these four people are already Ji Qingchen's most relied on henchmen and generals now, even if Li Ke was not very interested in Ji Qingchen at the beginning, but as the two sides were in contact for a long time, he also understood Ji Qingchen's personality and army, and admired Ji Qingchen very much.

Of course, in addition to these people in the big tent, there is also Princess Anle Shu'er.

But Shu'er is very busy now, is she cooking for Ji Qingchen?

Actually, Ji Qingchen didn't let her do it, and asked her not to be tired, just eat it briefly, but Shu'er had to say that she had learned a way to cook noodles for Ji Qingchen, saying that she had learned a way to make noodles, and the noodles she made were delicious, and she wanted Ji Qingchen to taste them, Ji Qingchen saw that Shu'er's interest was so high, so she was embarrassed to refuse her, so she agreed with Shu'er's opinion.

"Now we only have 600 people, and the other side has more than 10,000 people, we can't break through their defenses! Now we can only avoid the edge for the time being! Ji Qingchen sighed and said, once upon a time he was so angry, when he was on the front line of Caozhou and Liaozhou, facing the Beirong army, he was not facing each other head-to-head in that big battle, and he didn't leave a piece of armor on the other side, how could he have been so angry as now.

But now he can't help it, one is that there is too much gap between him and the enemy, it seems that his enemy is only 10,000 people, but he is not stupid, he knows that there will be several 10,000 people behind this 10,000 people, because he knows that Empress Dowager Xiao has the courage to take out tens of thousands of people to hunt him down.

As for another reason, that is, when he was at war with Beirong, he had nothing to fear and no worries, but now he has Shu'er, no matter what he does, he must take Shu'er's safety as the premise.

And when they heard Ji Qingchen say this, Li Changzheng, Zuo Zongquan, Huang Taiji and others turned gloomy, how could they not hear the helplessness in Ji Qingchen's words.

But that's the truth, and they can't help but accept it.

Because in the face of absolute strength, individual heroism has only a dead end, they are not stupid, they know this truth very well. No matter how brave he was when he was in Dayan, how he was against a hundred, but this was because they had elite cavalry and powerful cavalry around them, and now they didn't have such strength around them, only a pitiful six hundred cavalry.

"For this southward trip to Dayan, does Your Highness have any good solutions?" Seeing that Li Changzheng and Zuo Zongquan and the other three were silent, Li Ke opened his mouth and asked, because he had been in contact with Ji Qingchen for a long time, he also changed his name to call Ji Qingchen His Royal Highness, but he was not like Huang Taiji and Li Changzheng who obeyed Ji Qingchen's words, and he had to ask Ji Qingchen directly face to face about anything, so he would ask such a question at this time.

"Does Captain Li have any good suggestions?" Ji Qingchen asked rhetorically, Li Ke is a person who has left the country, and he is very familiar with the territory of the country, he thinks that maybe Li Ke will give him a good suggestion, and he will investigate Li Ke's ability to see what kind of person the captain of the guard that Li Changchuan gave to Princess Shu'er is.

"Now we have 10,000 pursuers behind us, and 10,000 to the east of us, but that's just the number they have sold, and I'm sure there are tens of thousands of troops waiting behind them, and if we engage any of these 20,000 men, they will immediately surround us." Li Ke said in a calm tone, "However, even with such a powerful force, they still don't act, they just keep an eye on us, the intention is obvious, they want to force us into the grasslands in the north, and then force us into the wasteland, so that we can fend for ourselves, because after we left the country, no one has survived after entering the wasteland, let alone an army that lacks supplies." ”

Speaking of this, Li Ke paused, glanced at Ji Qingchen, Li Changzheng, Zuo Zongquan and Huang Taiji, who were quietly listening to his narration, took a deep breath, and continued, "Therefore, if we really want to enter the wasteland, we will really fall for their plan, with their strategy to force us into the wasteland, as long as we enter the wasteland, it will be difficult to escape." The only way is to do what they want, but not to follow their wishes. ”

"You can do what you want, but you can't follow their wishes?" Zuo Zongquan asked.

"Yes." Li Ke confidently affirmed.

Seeing that Ji Qingchen motioned for him to continue, Li Ke continued, "We can pretend to be forced into the northern grassland by them, but when we get to the grassland, we have to find a way to get rid of them, and then rush south to Fengzhou, and then detour back to Yinshan, with the help of the complex terrain of Yinshan, their army will lose the opportunity to pass through Yinshan and return to Beirong, this is the safest way." ”

After Li Ke finished speaking, he moved his gaze to Ji Qingchen and waited for Ji Qingchen's answer.

And Ji Qingchen nodded slightly after listening to Li Ke's suggestion, which was also his idea, but now Li Ke coincides with him, which is enough to show Li Ke's talent, at least he does not belong to Ji Qingchen in terms of how to return to Dayan.

"What are we going to do when we enter the northern steppes?" Ji Qingchen asked again, he thought that since Li Ke made such a suggestion, he would inevitably have a back hand, which was the least he should know as a general.

"The terrain of the northern grassland is flat and very vast, not to mention tens of thousands of troops, even tens of thousands of troops, and when they reach the northern grassland, they will only be submerged in it, and as long as we enter the northern grassland with the enemy, with the riding skills of the elite horsemen around us and the sense of smell on the battlefield and the ability to fight at night, it is not difficult to get rid of the enemy, which depends on the environment and then can make a decision." Li Ke thought about it and replied.

"En-" Ji Qingchen nodded slightly, relatively satisfied with Li Ke's answer, he saw him ponder for a moment, and said to Li Ke, "Captain Li's method is feasible in this king, but since this is proposed by Captain Li, this king asks Captain Li to lead the army until we reach Beirong safely, I wonder if Captain Li can agree?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, this-" Rao is Li Ke is no matter how calm he is, he was also moved at this moment, because Ji Qingchen did this, which was equivalent to handing over the lives of himself, Princess Anle and six hundred people, this is a heavy trust, and it is also an affirmation of his ability, how can he not be moved.

"Does Captain Li have any other requirements?" Ji Qingchen said with a smile, "As long as it is reasonable, this king will definitely promise you." ”

Seeing that Ji Qingchen still wanted to give himself more power, this made Li Ke even more moved, he secretly glanced at Princess Anle on the side, and saw that Shu'er didn't say anything, just nodded to him, he knelt down on one knee and said loudly, "Li Ke takes the order!" ”

"Captain Li, please get up!" Ji Qingchen enthusiastically helped Li Ke up, and he was very happy in his heart.

At this time, the meal time had come, and the four of them were about to leave, wanting to eat dried beef and raw water with the soldiers, but Ji Qingchen repeatedly kept them and let them eat noodles with him, Li Changzheng, Zuo Zongquan and Huang Taiji and the other three followed Ji Qingchen for a long time, so they naturally stayed, and as soon as the three stayed, Li Ke had no possibility of leaving, so he could only stay and eat Princess Anle's noodles.

Suddenly, there was a sound of harmony in the big tent.

Li Changzheng took out a bag of wine and put a wine glass, Zuo Zongquan put dried meat on it, and Huang Taiji had already cleaned up the seats, Ji Qingchen invited the four of them to sit down one by one and began to raise their glasses and drink.

After three rounds of wine, half of the beef was eaten, and the noodles were not yet on the table.

The four of them are not in a hurry, the four of them are flattered, and it is a great honor to be able to eat the food cooked by the princess herself!

But Ji Qingchen was already a little anxious, he was afraid that Princess Anle wouldn't be able to make it, or she wouldn't be able to make edible noodles! But he didn't speak, but continued to wait.

After another moment, I saw Princess Anle come over and say, let them wait, and the meeting will be fine.

Huang Taiji and the other four were ecstatic.

But after a long time, Princess Anle's noodles have not yet been served, which makes Ji Qingchen a little unable to sit still. Just as he was about to go to see what Shu'er was doing, Princess Anle walked up to everyone and said, let them wait, the noodles will be fine, and the four of them pretended to be ecstatic when they heard it, but they didn't have much hope in their hearts.

After another moment, the noodles were not on the table, and then Ji Qingchen couldn't sit still, he got up and was about to go to find Princess Anle, when he saw Shu'er smiling and walking into the big tent, saying that it was okay to eat, and let the five of them go to serve the meal by themselves. Ji Qingchen and the five of them were in a good mood all of a sudden, and immediately walked out of the big tent and followed Shu'er to the stove, and Shu'er also gave each of them a bowl, but let them wait, she herself walked to the panel and began to make noodles, and the five people who were happily holding the bowl to eat saw this scene of Shu'er, and instantly collapsed.

However, Ji Qingchen didn't speak, Li Changzheng and Huang Taiji didn't dare to say anything, so they could only stay in the stove with a bowl and follow Ji Qingchen.

In this way, there was a very magical scene in the stove of the camp, the king of Northern Liao, Ji Qingchen, and the generals were waiting to eat noodles with bowls, and the princess Shu'er was working hard in front of the panel.