Nie Qingwan paused, and after a short period of surprise, she picked up the chopsticks again and ate a simple breakfast, Nie Yin and Ren Ji next to her heard Yin Xuan's words, and they also raised their surprised expressions to look at him, but the two of them didn't say much, even though they were shocked that such a dangerous thing happened last night, but the prince was fine, this is a great luck.

Nie Yin was serving Nie Qingwan dishes, Ren Ji was waiting for tea and so on, Nie Qingwan took a sip of tea and said to Yin Xuan: "So you came to me to talk about Qu Shang, right?" ”

Yin Xuan said: "I'm not sure if what Huatu said is true or false. ”

Nie Qingwan said: "It's true. ”

Yin Xuan raised her eyebrows and asked her, "How do you know it's true?" ”

Nie Qingwan said: "Huatu wrote to you in the name of the northern kingdom of Suijin and Jin, and asked you to come out to see him, he was ready to become a benevolent if he didn't succeed, he wanted to help Qu Shang win the sword of the Son of Heaven, that is his duty and obligation as a small alliance country, but if the sword of the Son of Heaven is not successful, it will affect his life and the people of the country, and he is unwilling, so he will definitely betray the Qu merchant and sincerely surrender to Da Yin, and what he said to you in the end must be true." ”

Yin Xuan said: "If it is true, then should we send troops to intercept Qu Shang, he is rushing here." ”

Nie Qingwan pondered for a moment, didn't answer, and just hung her head to eat again.

Yin Xuan didn't bother her anymore, just sat on the side and waited for her to finish eating, anyway, what should be said had already been told to her, what to do next, she should have arrangements, at this time, she may also be thinking.

Nie Qingwan is indeed thinking, according to Huatu, Qu Shang is not from Qu or Shang, he is from somewhere else, as for other places, Huatu is not clear, about this, Nie Qingwan believes that Huatu did not hide it.

Qu Shang is a cunning rabbit three holes, and hidden in a small country for many years, he has a lot of nests, Shang is on the surface, Qu is secret, and outside these two places, there should be a state of combat power where he cantoned troops or raised troops or raised troops.

Of course, these warpower states should all be named in the name of small countries, listed in various places, forming strongholds, which have little effect in peacetime, but once a war is launched, it is a continuous line.

The ambushes they encountered when they traveled three years ago should have been caused by the cooperation of these warpower states.

But there are so many small countries, if it is really a warpower state, it must be very hidden, so that people can't find any clues, otherwise, after so many years, why hasn't Da Yin noticed it.

Those places must be controlled by Qu Shang's henchmen, this time to provoke a war, Qu Cheng naturally conspired with those people, but Qu Shang's behavior is extremely secretive, no matter how many people they send, they can't find out where he is, but it must not be in Qu and Shang, and no matter where he is, where he starts, what Huatu said later is very effective.

Huatu said that the Qu Chamber of Commerce bypassed the south and reached the east, and took He Zhen and Yao Zhao with them, and passed through the west to reach the north.

The west has long been divided into the territory of Dayin, and now Xia Qian is still in charge of the overall situation there, and every place in the west has assigned Dayin officials and stationed Dayin soldiers, and it is a difficult thing to go north from the west, especially for Qu Shang, but there are He Zhen and Yao Zhao by his side, these two were the kings of the west, and they are very familiar with every piece of land in the west.

And the country bordering the north and west is the Qimen Craftsman Country.

There is a very dangerous fortress place in the country of Qimen, called Sangui Slope, where almost no one dares to go, and no one pays attention to that place, if it is not to pick the three locust fruits, it is a good pass to the north and west.

The places where Huatu said that the Qu Chamber of Commerce went west are also those.

And after the Qimen craftsman country, it is the Moling north of Suijin, and the Moling south goes south, crossing the Wuyin River, which is the northern country of Suijin, which is what Huatu said later, the detailed trajectory of Qushang.

So, where exactly do you want to intercept the music merchants?

And it is very likely that after what happened last night, Qu Shang changed his course, because he was not sure if Huatu had betrayed him, so with his cautious nature, it was possible to change his course.

If Qu Shang comes, he may or may not bring troops, regardless of whether he leads troops or not, he must have oil rockets on him, and the power of the arrow is too great to let him go west, destroying the peace in the west that Xia Qian has built with great difficulty, so he can only be forced to change his route.

Cutting off his westward journey, so that he can only choose to go north around the east or go north directly from the south, and the east is now entrenched in the east with more than one million Dayin soldiers under the command of the four generals of Da Yin, Qu Shang will not be stupid enough to venture eastward, before he did not hesitate to risk going east, because he wants to pass through the west and destroy the peace established by Da Yin, but if the west can't go, then he won't take so much danger again, then, he will definitely choose to go north from his strongest south.

Nie Qingwan took a bite in silence, thinking for a while, and when she was full, she basically came up with all the battle plans.

After putting down the dishes and chopsticks, she took out a handkerchief and wiped her hands, Ren Ji served mouthwash tea, she drank it, then got up, called Yin Xuan to the temporary study, and told him the battle strategy.

The first step was to write a letter to inform Xia Qian that he should guard every pass in the west, strictly control every person entering and leaving, and not allow Qu Shang to enter the western territory.

The second step was to send Yin Xuan and Feng Chang to lead troops to destroy the Qimen Craftsman Kingdom, raze the Three Ghost Slopes, cut off Qushang's route around the west to the north, and force him to go south and north.

Of course, it is possible that Qu Shang will not go north, but Nie Qingwan sent Feng Chang and Yin Xuan out, and she is left with a weak little queen mother in the entire north, how could Qu Shang let go of such a good opportunity?

He will definitely come, and he will come quickly, after learning that Yin Xuan and Feng Chang led the troops to set off for the Qimen Craftsman Country, he will definitely speed up the pace of the northward advance.

And in order to be fast, he will not go around the east, then, the east will soon fall under the conquest of Nie Xifeng and Chen Wen, as well as Nie Buwei and Yin Tianye, and become the territory of the Great Yin.

And the east is occupied, most of the territory in the south is also occupied, and the northern country is also occupied, no matter where Qu Shang is, there is no land left, and he is not far from death.

Of course, he is not afraid of death, and he may burn her jade before he dies, so he has to guard against a third move, that is, a stand-in.

But there is no rush to find a stand-in, you can find it slowly.

Nie Qingwan told Yin Xuan all the plans, but there was only one thing that Yin Xuan did, that is, to go with Feng Chang to break through the Qimen Craftsman Kingdom and cut off Qu Shang's way around the northwest.

As for the first and third steps, she will send someone to do it.

Yin Xuan stood there silently listening to what she said, and when he heard her say that Qu Shang might burn with her jade, Yin Xuan's hands tightened, his eyes tightened, and his thin lips were pursed, and he said in a deep voice: "I won't let him have any chance to get close to you again." ”

Nie Qingwan said: "This is just speculation, it may not happen, and if it happens, it will be in the back, what we have to do now is to raze the Qimen Craftsman Kingdom, you go back and tell Feng Chang the plan, and I also asked Ren Ji to send someone to pass the message, and tell Chen Wen all the plans below to kill them. ”

Yin Xuan frowned: "I left with Feng Chang to lead the troops, what should I do if the northern countries send troops to attack you?" ”

Nie Qingwan said: "I have 500,000 soldiers, which is enough, although Ren Ji and Nie Yin are not generals, but they have the ability not to lose to generals, you can rest assured, with me sitting in the north, Qu Shang will come where he wants, and besides, didn't we already get an alliance of the strongest fighting power in the north last night?" ”

Yin Xuan knew who she was talking about as the alliance of the strongest fighting power country in the northern country, it was the northern country of Suijin, but at present, the people of this country could not use it.

Yin Xuan knew that she was lenient for him, and she was right, she had 500,000 Great Yin Elite soldiers in her hands, as well as Ren Ji and Nie Yin, so he really didn't need to worry.

But reason told him that he didn't need to worry, but emotionally, he still couldn't restrain his worry.

Yin Xuan looked at her, and after a long time, lowered his eyes and said, "Then I'll go." ”

Nie Qingwan said, "Well, go ahead." ”

Yin Xuan paused for a moment, then turned around and left.

After he went back, he went directly to Feng Chang, conveyed the instructions of the Queen Mother to Feng Chang, and then quickly gathered the soldiers.

Gan Cheng was injured and stayed in the camp to recuperate, with Nie Zong taking care of him, Yin Xuan was very relieved.

Feng Chang was very surprised when he knew that the Queen Mother was going to let them send troops to raze the land of the Qimen Craftsman Country, and he said to Yin Xuan: "This time, there are no soldiers from the Qimen Craftsman Country in the army of the small country. ”

Yin Xuan squinted his eyes and said, "Well, this may be Qu Shang's plan for a long time, Qimen didn't come out in order to pick him up and go north." ”

Feng Chang touched his chin and said: "The Queen Mother can think of destroying the Qimen Craftsman Country, it is really powerful, at this time Qu Shang may have already traveled halfway, as soon as we send troops like this, Qu Shang will definitely change the route, and if he goes to the east, it will be very difficult to change the route, but with his ability, no matter how difficult it is, he can succeed, but it will take some time, what the Queen Mother wants, is this?" Regardless of whether he changes his route or not, whether he goes north or not, or whether he returns to his old home, he has to stay on the road for some time, and these days are enough for the Queen Mother to make all preparations. ”

Yin Xuan pressed one hand on the saber on his waist, looked at the slowly rising sun, squinted and said: "The sun is coming out soon, it is best to rush to the Qimen Craftsman Country before the sun rises, the march at noon is too hot." ”

Feng Chang also felt the same, so he stepped up the speed of integrating the army, and the two of them brought 400,000 soldiers together, leaving about 100,000 to be stationed in place to deal with the sudden attack.

After Yin Xuan and Feng Chang set off with their troops to the Qimen Craftsman Country, Nie Qingwan also personally wrote a few letters and asked Ren Ji to send someone to pass them on, which were sent to Xia Qian, Nie Xifeng, Chen Wenqi, Nie Buwei and Yin Tianye.

After receiving the letter, Xia Qian immediately called the officials stationed in the west and the officials, and gave them a death order to do a good job in the prevention and control of the city gate and ensure the safety of the people in the west.

On the other side, Nie Xifeng, Chen Wen, Nie Buwei, and Yin Tianye quickly adjusted their strategy after receiving the letter, and the four of them led the troops to converge and storm every small country in the east.

The four generals did not forget to search for the traces of Qu Shang when they were attacking the city.

Qu Shang had indeed traveled to the east at this time, but he did not go very deep, and he could still withdraw if he wanted to, but he was very unwilling to withdraw, but he didn't withdraw, and it took a lot of effort to break through from the east, but he may not be able to get through the west, especially Yin Xuan and Feng Chang jointly led the troops to destroy the Qimen Craftsman Country, so don't want to keep the Qimen Craftsman Country.

So, the mouth of the westward march to the north is occupied, what is the use of him going?

Of course, he understands the principle of doing the opposite, the main thing is that it works only if it works, and if it doesn't work, then it is not called going the other way, then it is lifting a stone and shooting yourself in the foot.

Such a stupid thing, Qu Shang would not do it.

Qu Shang changed his costume and changed his appearance, the left wing and the right wing also changed their clothes and changed their appearance, and He Zhen and Yao Zhao also changed their clothes and changed their appearance.

Qu Shang didn't bring too many soldiers, because it was too eye-catching, and there were many small countries in the north, and there were many soldiers, as long as he went to the north, were he afraid that there would be no soldiers? Therefore, what soldiers did they bring, but they did not bring them, but the few men who accompanied them were all on horseback, and there was nothing in the horse box, like a merchant who walked on the road, or like a traveler.

When the news came that Feng Chang and Yin Xuan led their troops to raze the Qimen Craftsman Kingdom, Huatu and Wang Qizhi's late-night secret meeting Yin Xuan was severely injured by Yin Xuan, and when the news came that Wang Qizhi, the head of the Wang family's swordsmanship, had also been abolished by Yin Xuan, Qu Shang was sitting in the tea shed with several people drinking tea.

After hearing these two news, he didn't think about it, glanced at a few people, and then got up and left.

When he got to a place where no one was, Qu Shang said, "Go back the way you came." ”

The left asked, "Don't go to the North?" ”

Hezhen said, "We have already traveled here, and when we return, why not waste a lot of time?" ”

Yao Zhao said: "If you want to return, you have to hurry up, I'm afraid that if it's too late, you won't even be able to go out of the east." ”

The right wing said: "Go back the way you came, do you go back to the south, or do you continue north?" ”

Qu Shang said: "To the north." ”

He glanced up in the direction of the north, and thought to himself, no matter how much time he wasted, he must go, he must slaughter the woman with his own hands.

He doesn't have any deep hatred for this woman, it's no wonder that she is the Empress Dowager of Dayin, carrying the sustenance of the first emperor of Dayin, and enlightening the future emperor of Dayin, her existence, connecting the past and the next, is very important, so he must kill her.

Even if you can't destroy Da Yin, killing the Empress Dowager Da Yin can make Da Yin lose a layer of bones.

Qu Shang's eyes were cold, and he turned over and got on the horse.

When the others saw him mounted, they followed him and went back in the direction they had come.

After Nie Qingwan finished writing the letter, after Ren Ji sent someone to send it back, Nie Qingwan asked him to notify the 500,000 army and set up camp.

After Ren Ji left, Nie Qingwan took Nie Yin and walked out of the camp.

The day in July was very hot, and as soon as she came out, her face was hot, and Nie Yin immediately took an umbrella and came over to support her.

Seeing that she was going outside, Nie Yingui persuaded: "It's hot, just go for a walk around, don't go too far." ”

Nie Qingwan said: "Take a look at the sky in the north, I heard that there are a lot of strange flowers and plants in the north, and when I meet them later, my aunt can remember to help me collect them, these strange flowers and plants will probably be extinct in the world after this war, and I will not let them exist anymore if they are things in the old country, whether they are people or things, those who survive must be sincerely surrendered to Dayin." ”

Nie Yin sighed slightly and said, "Auntie will remember to help you collect it." ”

Nie Qingwan smiled and said, "Thank you, aunt." ”

Nie Yin said, "Do you want to personally lead the troops to attack the city?" ”

Nie Qingwan said: "I won't lead the troops, but Ren Ji and my aunt will, and besides, excluding the northern kingdom of Suijin, other small countries are not worried, especially last night Huatu and Wang Qizhi were injured, then, even if I add the northern kingdom of Suijin now, I have nothing to fear, at this moment Qu Shang must have reversed the route, I want to divide this place as his own territory before he rushes to the north, so that he can come, he can't go." ”

But it's easier said than done.

Even if the strength of small countries is not strong, when combined, it is not to be underestimated.

Yin Xuan and Feng Chang led the troops to the Qimen Craftsman Country, marched for half a day, rested first after arriving, and launched a siege battle against the Qimen Craftsman Country that night.

Although the Qimen Craftsman Country is small, its national strength is not weak, especially in their country, there is a special place that is the Three Ghost Slopes.

Sanguipo has the famous three locust fruit in the north, the three locust fruit is a black, a red and a white, the black fruit and the red fruit are the best tools to kill people, the monarch of the country does not allow the people to pick this fruit, this fruit is basically harvested by the state, used to develop it as a poison, used on the battlefield.

Of course, there are policies and countermeasures, although the monarch ordered that the people were not allowed to pick this fruit, but there were also some merchants who took risks for profit, so this fruit was not only owned by the royal family, but also privately owned by the people.

Yin Xuan and Feng Chang led the troops to attack the Qimen Craftsman Country, and the weapons brought by the Qimen Craftsmen were all quenched poison, whether it was the knives, swords, or arrows used by the soldiers for long-range attacks, the blades were poisonous, and almost those who were hit by the sword and arrows could die on the spot, so this war, Yin Xuan and Feng Chang's plan was originally ended in seven days, but it dragged on for half a month.

Entering August, the north is getting hotter and hotter, but Yin Xuan and Feng Chang did not dare to delay, because in half a month, Qu Shang is likely to have successfully entered the north, the two sent some soldiers to be stationed in the Qimen craftsman country, and sent soldiers to the west, asking Xia Qian to enter the ground to pacify the people.

After doing all this, Feng Chang and Yin Xuan took the remaining more than 200,000 soldiers and rushed back to the north to join Nie Qingwan.

At this time, Nie Qingwan had already invaded the hinterland of the small country.

Gan Cheng was in good health when he recuperated for more than ten days, and he took the 100,000 soldiers stationed in the station and joined Nie Qingwan's team.

And at this time, Nie Xifeng, Chen Wen, Nie Buwei, and Yin Tianye also finished up in the eastern region, and then prepared to march north and attack Nie Qingwan inside and out.

And just as these people were all rushing to the north, Qu Shang suddenly turned around and returned to the south.