Li Qitian and Qin Huaiyuan discussed countermeasures, but in the end they did not come to a result.

In the end, I can only write articles on the national letter, which can not show that I am afraid of Tatar and lose my national prestige, but also want to clear up the relationship between Ana's daily affairs.

The letter of state was delivered to Tatar, which naturally caused the anger of Tatar officials.

Everyone asked for battle, and Siqin finally got his wish and began to order people to allocate grain and grass, and began to prepare for the war.

Within ten days, the grain and grass were ready. Siqin did not publicize it with great fanfare, but arranged a team of 100 people to disguise themselves as merchants and transport a large amount of grain and grass to the front line.

Jinghuwei, who was sent out to find Qin Yining, had not yet found Qin Yining's whereabouts, but first got the news that Tatar had secretly dispatched grain and grass.

After receiving the news, he went to see Qin Huaiyuan with a solemn face.

"Father-in-law, my people have received this news, and I am not sure if the Holy One also knows."

Qin Huaiyuan frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "Are you not sure if you should inform the Holy Lord of this?" ”

If Li Qitian told Li Qitian about this, wouldn't it be equivalent to telling Li Qitian that he had sent people to Tatar?

But if you don't say that, as a Great Zhou person, you obviously detected the abnormality of Tatar but didn't tell Li Qitian, if you lose the opportunity to fight because of insufficient preparation, then you will lose the lives of the soldiers.

Xiao Xiao thought about it, and said, "It's nothing to tell the Holy Lord about this. My stinky temper has always been known to the Holy Lord. Even if he didn't test my actions now, I would send someone to find Sister Yi'er, I'm afraid it was also expected by him. ”

Qin Huaiyuan smiled: "So you plan to tell the Holy Lord directly?" ”

"What does my father-in-law think? I don't want to harm the people and soldiers at the border gates, and they lost their lives in vain. ”

When Qin Huaiyuan heard this, he patted Xiao Xiao's shoulder.

"You can see through it. Actually, none of this matters. If we worry too much about the ups and downs of the sea, it will be easy to lose our hearts. At the beginning, in order to oppose the tyranny of Northern Hebei, it was not because of how he became famous, right? ”

Xiao Xiao was moved when he heard this, and said with a smile, "What my father-in-law said is that my father-in-law sees things thoroughly. ”

Qin Huaiyuan smiled: "You have done well enough. Now the saint is most entangled in the matter of silver, and what he cares about most is that the silver will not be enough if there is a war, not whether there will be a war, so this news is told to the saint, and we have done our duty as courtiers. ”

Where can you not understand the ridicule in Qin Huaiyuan's words?

He is mocking Li Qitian's words in a high-sounding manner, what he feels sorry for the people is, what he really worries about is money!

Xiao Xiao decided not to worry so much, and his mood suddenly brightened.

That's what the father-in-law said. I don't want to look ahead anymore. Once the war starts, I believe that the Holy Lord will definitely order me to go on the expedition. Presumably, the Holy One will reuse me, and he will not be too harsh on whether he has sent someone to Tartary. ”

"Oh?" Qin Huaiyuan said with interest: "How can you be so sure that the Holy Lord will definitely arrange for you to go on an expedition?" ”

Xiao Xiao smiled and said: "Because the Holy Lord now trusts Ah Lan very much, and the Tiger Ben Army that Ah Lan now controls is surrounded and guarded around Gyeonggi, the safety of his side will not be assured by anyone, and it can only be assured by Ah Lan." ”

Li Qitian no longer trusts Xiao Xiao, and after Xiao Xiao resisted more than 30 holy decrees for Qin Yining, that kind of distrust has reached its peak. How could Li Qitian, who knew him, let someone he doubted guard his safety?

Qin Huai said from afar: "Don't think too much. The Holy Lord will definitely not take the initiative to provoke a war, but Utkin Khan is very likely to do so, these days, you first think about how to run in with the Long Xiang army once the war starts, and in terms of tactics, Siqin is an extremely cunning person, and it is not so easy to get benefits from him. ”

"That's what my father-in-law said. I'll think about it. So I'll put the news to the saint first? "I respectfully reconfirm.

Qin Huai said: "Don't be too nervous, trust your own judgment." ”

Qin Huaiyuan nodded, he also had more confidence in his heart, and after informing Li Qitian that the border pass had found that Tatar had begun to collect and dispatch grain and grass, Li Qitian looked at him with a complicated face for a long time before waving his hand to let him retreat.

At this time, Qin Yining's team of 800 people was cautiously bypassing the two checkpoints set up by Tatar, and finally approached the border of the Great Zhou.

The crowd rejoiced.

However, just when everyone happily thought that they were one step closer to success, the scout suddenly rushed to report.

"A hundred-man squad was found in front of it, escorting a lot of wagons."

Arhan asked, "Who are they?" ”

"They look like merchants, but when I look at their bodies and habits, I don't think of merchants, but like ...... It's like a bunch of soldiers! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone became nervous.

If it is really a soldier, it means that Siqin is likely to use a knife!

Qin Yining couldn't help but be shocked when she heard Lu Heng explain it to her.

"It's not a trivial matter." Qin Yining twisted his eyebrows and said: "When Siqin did that, I already doubted his ambition, but I didn't expect it to be really guessed by me, and what he did seemed to be moving in that direction step by step." ”

Qin Yining didn't tell Siqin about killing Anari.

But others may not understand, but Lu Heng does.

"The soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, if it is really Utkin Khan who has dispatched the grain and grass, I am afraid that the Tatars and the Great Zhou are going to war. ”

As the two discussed in a low voice, the rest of the Minoan tribe cheered.

"So much baggage, what does he Utkin Khan do, we just don't have enough food to eat, not enough clothes to wear, not enough tents, robbed him and said!"

"Grab him! Grab him! ”

The people were excited.

Lu Heng understood, and couldn't help but feel funny, covered his mouth and coughed twice, and then turned to Qin Yining: "It seems that I really think so much, it's all too much." ”

"What's wrong?" Qin Yining could also see that the emotions of the clansmen were high, but he didn't understand what they said.

Siqin said: "The truth is often the simplest and most straightforward. Just like the clansmen said, it doesn't matter what he wants to do, anyway, we lack food and clothing, so let's grab it first. You must know that there are still so many clansmen waiting for us to feed in the rear! ”

Uncle Arhan on the side couldn't help but laugh when he heard Siqin and Qin Yining's words, and turned around and told all the clansmen the news.

Chaganbala and Harbara were extremely excited, and took the initiative to ask Ying to rob this batch of grain and grass.

Seeing that the clansmen were so aggressive, Qin Yining couldn't help but say: "If those are really the grain, grass and baggage that Utkin Khan prepared for the war, if we rob them, I'm afraid we will face a harsh pursuit." We must be cautious. ”