It was still early in the morning, and it was raining, and the camp was much quieter than usual. Yu Mojin paused, and saw Yuan Yizhi walking out of a tent, and stepped forward to greet her, "Back?" ”

Yu Moji wiped a handful of rain stains on his face, and nodded, "General Yuan is early." ”

"Come in and say." Yuan Yizhi turned around, lifted the curtain and put it aside, and let her in.

Yu Moji said as he walked, "Qu Shuai can be in the camp?" Or is it in the line of fire? "Since the Xuannu Sect had previously attacked at night, it is not impossible for the Xuannu Sect to catch fire at this time.

"Last night, the sergeant still couldn't wear the miasma, but he didn't let the Xuannu Sect attack him. The two sides are still facing off at this time. Qu Shuai had returned to the camp, but he had other things to attend to. "On weekdays, Yuan Pingzhi always likes to say a few more words of gossip before talking about business, which invisibly closes the distance with people, which is quite amiable. At this moment, his tone was a little cold for some reason, not as gentle as usual. "It's the same with me."

Yu Moji was a little confused, but he also knew that he shouldn't care about these details. It was only then that she realized that this place should be a partial account for the generals' deliberations. Since he has not received the fire for the time being, Yan Zheng should have been on standby here. However, there was no one else here except Yuan Yizhi and a few patrol sergeants passing by at the door.

Yu Moji couldn't help asking, "What about Yan Zheng?" ”

"He's not here." Yuan replied quickly, and said, "What's going on with the Cardinal?" ”

Seeing that he cared so much about business, Yu Moji stopped talking about idleness. He told Yuan Zhizhi about the resolutions of the court one by one.

"By the way," Yu Mojin said a little embarrassed, "I was worried that the Zhennan Army would not be able to support it, so I took it upon myself to ask the ordnance supervisor to transfer crossbow arrows and long-range weapons." The time was really tight, so I didn't report to the Zhennan Army in advance. But has it been delivered smoothly? ”

Yuan Pingzhi's eyes wandered slightly, but he also nodded, and said, "Qu Shuai originally had this plan, and he had already sent a battle report to ask the Jiangbei Army for reinforcements. I didn't mention this to you before, on the one hand, because I think you already have a lot to worry about on this trip, and it will be more difficult for you to ask for one more thing than the Ordnance Warden; On the other hand, it is more reliable for people to come with weapons than to just send weapons. ”

Yu Moji's face turned redder, "I understand, I'm still too reliant on weapons. "Most of the Yan Shi of the Cardinal have this problem, and the ink marks are not exempt from vulgarity.

Yuan Pingzhi waved his hand, "I didn't mean to blame you. It's not bad that you did this, the reinforcements of the Jiangbei Army have not yet arrived, but the arrows from the imperial capital have been sent first, which can be regarded as solving the urgent needs of the Zhennan Army. Since the imperial capital is willing to provide support, the military will also be determined. He paused, then added, "Besides, your plan for an air raid does work." In the past few days, we have determined the location of the base camp of the Xuannu Sect, which is under the statue tower you explored earlier. ”

Yu Moji was stunned. She and Yan Zheng had stumbled into the Statue Tower by mistake before, only to think that the main significance of that place to the Xuannu Sect was to provide a high-altitude vision; Even though she sensed that there might be something wrong with the foundation underneath, she only thought that it might be some kind of reinforcement treatment, and did not think deeply. She didn't expect that the Xuannu Sect would be so bold and directly build the base camp under the Idol Tower. This is good, as long as Yu Moji can drive the Xuantian blazing sun past, he can serve the Xuannu Sect in a pot.

Yu Mojian thought about it together, and asked like a cannonball, "How many people are there?" Are there any other locations? Has all this information been identified? ”

"The other strongholds haven't been identified yet, but as long as we can capture the Idol Tower, it won't be difficult to solve the next one. As for the number of people, "the way of the yuan, at least six thousand, and at most ten thousand." ”

Yu Moji was shocked, "In the wilderness, how can there be so many members of the Xuannu Sect?" "The six villages of Aige, before they were conquered by the Qi people, had a population of only 30,000. That is already a relatively concentrated tribe west of Chilu Mountain, and the surrounding tribes can't reach this number.

Even though the Xuannu Sect originally had many followers in the southwest, the more barren the people, the more they relocated to the land, and these people would not easily abandon their homeland and run to this barren mountain; Moreover, it took a lot of effort for the imperial court to find a way to get here. The Xuannu Sect did not have the heavy machinery support of the Qi people, so how did this group of people migrate?

Yuan said, "According to the scouts, among these people, there are people who can speak official language, but all of them are women; Men can't communicate, and if you're there, you might be able to tell the language the other person is speaking. Judging by age, it is not impossible for people to be elderly, but most of them look like they are in their early twenties. He recounted the information briefly, then concluded, "So I have a conjecture." Perhaps more than twenty years ago, the Xuannu Sect had already made plans to take this place for itself, and directly created a group of believers through the simplest way of childbearing. ”

Yu Mochen was stunned when he heard it, and after thinking about it, he also felt that it was not unreasonable. Among the Tusu people, there were many families who believed in the old gods. Most of these families are very closed, and the children are inculcated from birth with the beliefs that have been passed down from their ancestors, because they have little contact with outside information and never even have any doubts about their beliefs. When the Qi people forcibly destroyed the old faith of the Tusu people, the resistance from these families was also the strongest.

If the Xuannu Sect wants to have an unconditional and loyal army, there is naturally no better way than this.

Yuan Pingzhi said again, "Do you remember that some missing sergeants were somehow taken away from their minds and attacked the Zhennan Army in turn?" ”

Yu Moji nodded. This thing is too weird, and she naturally won't forget it.

"The military doctor has examined the corpses on the battlefield," Yuan Pingzhi sighed, "The Xuannu Sect not only wiped out those sergeants' ability to think, but also castrated them. Maybe they don't want the blood of the men of the Great Qi Empire to mix into their sect. The most extreme religions have always been xenophobic. ”

Yu Mojian's eyes widened when he heard this, "But the Qi women in their sect...... Don't they all have a father of Qi Kingdom? ”

"It doesn't matter." Yuan Pingzhi smiled, "If I'm not mistaken, your father is from Tusu. But you never thought of yourself as a Tusu. ”

Yu Moji: "......"

She put herself in her shoes and finally understood the logic of the Xuannu Sect. She didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her rejection of identity, but she didn't want to put herself in the same category as the Xuannu Sect.

At this moment, it is not the time to argue about this matter anyway, Yu Mochen thought about it, then pulled the topic back to the Xuannu Sect, and then asked, "Didn't you say that twenty years ago, when General Lao Yuan's group of people came to the southwest to explore, they were stopped by miasma, so they had to make a detour to Juping Mountain?" …… Wait a minute? Yu Moji said, and he sensed the problem.

Yuan Zhizhi glanced at her and continued, "I originally thought that my father was hindered by the natural environment. But we now know that the Xuannu Sect even has the ability to create miasma. Even if the Xuannu Sect's technology twenty years ago was not as advanced as it is now, there should be a way to stop the Great Qi sergeants who came to explore. "After all, if you can't stop it, the iron hooves of the Yanjia army will break through the Chilu Mountain, and you will have to attack all the way to the south." With the strength of the Xuannu Sect at that time, if it weren't for these divine eyebrows and ghost dao pretense, it would definitely not be possible to survive to this day. ”

"In this way, what the Xuannu Sect considers is really long-term." The ink marks were amazing.

"Don't forget, Mrs. Ling was also a member of the Xuannu Sect." Yuan Zhizhi reminded, "These people have always colluded with the figures in the DPRK and China. It is not difficult to find out the movements of the Great Qi army. He thought for a moment and said, "The previous incident of the eldest princess being wronged was that someone framed her for having an affair with another force that tried to overthrow the rule of the Great Qi Empire many years ago. I think that the Xuannu Sect is probably the remnant fire that was not extinguished back then. ”

Yu Mochen didn't expect that so many things could be involved behind him, and he couldn't help but be big, "It's really not easy for the eldest princess to get rid of grievances." ”

"The eldest princess's style of acting, after all, is very different from the Xuannu Sect. She herself is a handsome and outstanding character, and she has never criticized the traditional lifestyle of the noblewomen of the imperial capital, but with her own words and deeds, she has shown another possibility of life for the women of the Great Qi Empire. If he had not touched the interests of the royal family, he would not have caused trouble. Yuan Pingzhi commented on the elegance of the eldest princess, and it was all praise.

"What about the Xuannu Sect?" Yu Mochen said curiously, "Actually, I always thought that since you were so interested in folk rumors and stories, you were interested in things like gods and ghosts...... At least I should be more tolerant than I am. ”

Yuan Pingzhi thought about it for a while, and said, "You are a child who has come to this point on your own, and you don't need to talk to the gods and Buddhas; But there are still many people in the world who need to find answers through religion. I don't feel like it's something that needs to be suppressed. Because in the process of asking questions to the gods and Buddhas, the believers' own wisdom and independent souls are still speaking. But the Xuannu Sect is different. ”

"I see what you mean." Yu Mochen nodded, "The Xuannu Sect is not allowed to question. We have also seen it in Chenglin, and what it requires is the absolute obedience of the congregation; For those who did not believe in the Xuannu religion, they used violence and killing to deter them. The Xuannu Cult claims to save the women of the world, but in fact it is nothing more than turning the believers into their own slaves. ”

"Exactly." Yuan Zhizhi, "The more foolish and blindly obedient the congregation, the easier the development of the Xuannu Sect will naturally be; But when these bigoted congregations get together, they do a lot of crazy things to people who don't believe in them. ”

Yu Moji felt the same way. She has never figured out where the Xuannu Sect got the courage to dare to confront the Zhennan Army head-on with her miasma body. Now she grasped the source of this madness. Ling Jingcheng had told her earlier that the stubbornness of the Xuannu Sect had probably surpassed all the enemies that the Great Qi Empire had encountered. This kind of attachment naturally helps to make things happen, but the success of the Xuannu Sect is based on the casualties of many innocent people.

"So for the sake of today......" Before Yu Moji could finish his sentence, a sergeant suddenly came from outside the tent and saluted straight to Yuan Pingzhi. Yu Mojin flickered his head and felt that this sergeant was quite familiar. She frowned and thought about it, and vaguely remembered that she had seen it when she came over with Yuan Pingzhi and Yan Zheng on the Pan-Sun Kite, and this person seemed to be Yan Zheng's general.

The sergeant saluted Yuan Pingzhi and was about to speak, but Yuan Pingzhi waved his hand and said, "I remember the hour." You can't go wrong. ”

And the sergeant retired.

Yu Mozhen stood aside and watched, and was about to continue the conversation, when he suddenly felt that something was wrong. She glanced hurriedly at the sergeant's distant back, and finally found the wrong source.

The sergeant, who was much taller than her, had a snow-white tassel on his helmet.