On this day, hundreds of homeless people came to join him, Wen Daya placed these people down, first took care of a porridge to eat, and then went to the back of the village alone to find the New Year. Chen Nian was meditating on the edge of the cliff, Wen Daya silently waited in the distance for the sun to set, then stepped forward and squatted down beside Chen Nian, hung his head for a long time, and said: "Big boss, this person can't accept it anymore, and if we accept it again, we won't be able to raise it." ”

Chen Nian turned his head to look at him, and asked him with a wry smile: "What if you don't accept it, Jizhou doesn't accept it, we don't accept it either, and the military towns are only willing to accept those young and strong laborers who can be used, who is willing to ask these old and young women and children who can only eat and drink, no one wants it, watching them wait for death,"

Wen Daya is a soft-hearted person, otherwise he would not have taken in Cui Xi's brothers and sisters when he was in Niutouzhai before, he couldn't watch those homeless people starve to death at the bottom of the mountain, he scratched his head in worry, and said: "But the food is not enough, the grain in Jiangnan can't be bought, we are already famous for poverty here, where can we support these people who eat white rice." ”

Chen Nian pursed his lips and was silent, looking at the mountain for a long time, but suddenly said: "If the food is not enough, then go and count, go and rob, go and grab, and you have to think about keeping everyone alive." ”

She got up and left the cliff, went back to the village to find Cui Xi, and asked straight to the point: "The soldiers you trained from the outside village can be used,"

Cui Xi already has more than 2,000 soldiers from the outside village in his hands, all of whom are young and strong selected from the homeless people, and are divided into four battalions according to the system of the army. Cui Xi didn't know why Chen Nian suddenly asked this, thought about it for a while, and replied, "It's barely usable." ”

Chen Nian said: "That's just right, you have to borrow one from me." ”

Cui Xi raised his eyes to look at her and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Chen Nian didn't answer, turned around and took the map of Jiangbei states that Cui Xi had found from the cabinet, and spread it out on the table to look at it carefully. Cui Xi's heartbeat increased a little, leaned over, used his fingers to row from Hukouling to Jizhou, and said in a deep voice: "If you want to find a place to start an incident, Jizhou is the best." ”

Chen Nian looked at it for a moment, but shook his head slightly, stretched out his hand and nodded at Yiping at the southern end of Taihang Mountain, and said, "This is the best." ”

Cui Xi was puzzled, "Yiping, Yiping of the He family,"

Chen Nian was silent, just looking at the map in a daze. Cui Xi thought that she was thinking about things, and didn't dare to bother again. After about a cup of tea, Chen Nian looked up at him, but asked, "What did you just say?"

Cui Xi said: "Why don't you take Jizhou, but instead take an isolated Yiping,"

Chen Nian smiled and asked him rhetorically, "Do you win Xia Jizhou now?"

Jizhou Gaocheng is a deep pool, easy to defend and difficult to attack, thinking that Xue Shengying's tens of thousands of troops could not take this city from his own brothers, Cui Xi's soldiers made up of these homeless people, unless Xue Shengxian has a problem with his brain and is willing to open the city gate to welcome them in, otherwise, the siege of the city is to hit the stone with eggs.

Cui Xi also understood this, was silent for a long time, and said: "Now the time has not come, wait a little longer, wait for more of our people, wait for more of us to flock to Jizhou, and wait for more displaced people to flock to Jizhou. ”

Chen Nian shook his head, "Most of the dead and injured like that are homeless, and they can't move Xue Shengxian's foundation." ”

"Ke Yiping is also difficult to take, and what's the use of taking it," Cui Xi asked.

"It's useful, it's useful." Chen Nian stretched out his hand to point to the map and said, "You see, taking Yiping is equivalent to opening up our road to Jiangnan." The war is in the west of Taihang, and the people are fleeing to the east, since Jizhou refuses to accept it, then we will lead the victims to the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Cui Xi's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this, but he quickly calmed down again, and said, "Jiangnan is also at war. Although Feng Junyang captured the capital, the remnants of the vassal kings in various places are still there, and they are still not peaceful. ”

The map only depicted the Qing, Hebei, Xiang, Lu and other prefectures in the north of the Yangtze River, and did not mark the south of the Yangtze River, but Chen Nian's eyes went down the Taihang Mountain, looked at the blank space on the south side of the Wanjiang River, was silent for a moment, and said: "Feng Junyang will soon be able to pacify the south of the Yangtze River, he is ambitious, and he will never be as short-sighted as Xue Shengxian, so he will keep the displaced people out in order to be stable for a while." is only for the hearts of the people in the world, Feng Junyang will also accept the displaced people and properly resettle. The land south of the Yangtze River is already rich, although it has experienced some wars, it has not hurt the roots, and it is not difficult to feed those displaced people. ”

Cui Xi was a little surprised, looked at Chen Nian's eyes, and stopped talking.

Chen Nian said: "If you have something to say, just say it, with the friendship between the two of us, there shouldn't be anything that can't be said." ”

The two have known each other for nearly two years, and although they are not confidants, they are also friends of life and death. Cui Xi thought about it for a while, and then asked, "Do you really want to follow that Feng Junyang,"

Chen Nian raised his eyebrows unconsciously, "Why do you say this?"

Cui Xi replied: "Although the homeless people are a burden for a while, if they are used properly, they are a sharp sword for the world. Xue Shengxian is a fool to turn away these people, and if you send them all to Jiangnan, isn't it to strengthen the momentum of the king and help him seize the world,"

Chen Nian smiled when he heard this, and said: "I don't care who takes over the world, I just want these people to live and have a place to live a peaceful life." If it is Feng Jun Yang Neng, it doesn't matter if he helps him. ”

Cui Xi really didn't understand Chen Nian's thoughts, so he only looked at her silently, his eyes full of inquiry.

Chen Nian saw his doubts and explained: "They go to fight for their world, and I will live my life, not seeking results, and doing my best." ”

Cui Xi hesitated for a moment and said, "But people in the world will misunderstand." If you can marry Feng Junyang in the future, this will naturally be a good story, but if you can't, you will be laughed at for marrying others. ”

"Jokes are jokes." Chen Nian's expression was relaxed, and he didn't care, and said: "My heart is in my chest, and only I know best." Others follow what he says, and I go my own way. A hundred years from now, I'm just a dry skeleton, and I don't care what reputation it leaves behind. ”

Cui Xi saw that he couldn't persuade him to return to Chennian, so he gave up, smiled faintly, and said, "Since you don't care, then I have nothing to say." It's just that now it's just as difficult to win Yiping. Although He Ze led his troops to confront Zhang Huaimin outside, there was a general Chen Xiao in Yiping City, and with our thousands of people, we couldn't take it. ”

Chen Nian said with a smile: "Arrange the troops, I am not as good as you, but if you are calculating, you are not as good as me." We can't capture Yiping now, it's just a lack of troops, and the reason why we have insufficient troops is just a lack of materials, food and grass needed to raise troops. Since we know what is missing, let's do the math and see where we can calculate these things. ”

"From where," Cui Xi couldn't help but ask.

"Here, Jizhou Xue Shengxian," Chen Nian pointed his finger at the circle representing Jizhou on the map, raised his eyes to look at Cui Xi, and asked, "What kind of person do you say he is?"

Cui Xi replied: "More than calm, not enough enterprising." I see that he has no ambition to fight for the world, but he just wants to hold Jizhou and live a stable life. ”

Chen Nian asked again: "In that case, have you figured out his thoughts?"

"What's in mind," Cui Xi was surprised.

Chen Nian didn't answer, but asked: "Let me ask you first, where are Zhang Huaimin, He Ze and Xue Shengying at the moment, and what is the situation?"

Cui Xi has been very concerned about this matter, and when he heard this, he stretched out his hand to draw the circle of Qingdao and Xiangzhou on the map, and replied: "He Ze occupies Wu'an, forcing Zhang Huaimin to retreat to the northwest step by step, and it seems that he has arrived in Xinye at this time. Zheng Lun took tens of thousands of Qingzhou troops to guerrilla attacks, and also bit Zhang Huaimin a few times. Since the Zhang family sent troops, Zhang Huaimin has completely transformed from an offensive to a defensive position. As long as He Ze and Zheng Lun are pressed harder, I am afraid that they will have to return to the old nest in Jingyang and Sushui. ”

Chen Nian's eyes were shining, and there was a sly smile in them, "Oh, so He Ze and Zheng Lun should have taken a lot of territory from the Zhang family." ”

"Yes." Cui Xi nodded, "Although He Ze and Zheng Lun are not one family, the two of them cooperate tacitly, and they have won more than they lost in battles with Zhang Huaimin, and now Xiangzhou is all under He Ze's control, and Zheng Lun has also seized many places in Yongzhou to Xue Shengying." ”

Chen Nian smiled and asked again: "He Ze and Xue Shengying's strength has increased greatly, you said that Xue Shengxian behind them will be happy for the two of them,"

Zhang Huaimin led the army to attack, but He Ze and Qingzhou Xue Shengying blocked the front, and Jizhou was far behind, although it did not suffer from the war, but it did not get any benefits. Cui Xi pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid I can't." ”

"Yes, Xue Shengxian will not only not be happy for them, but I am afraid that there will be hidden worries. In case these two allies carve up the territory of the Zhang family, they still don't feel good, and then come back to seize Jizhou, how can it be good," Chen Nian took the pen, connecting Qingzhou, Jizhou and Yiping together, and said with a smile: "You see, these three places were originally a three-legged trend, but now the other two feet are strong, how can the remaining one sleep peacefully,"

Cui Xi's heart moved when he heard this, "You want to unite the weak and resist the strong, and unite Jizhou to take Yiping,"

Chen Nian smiled: "Yes and no. ”

She said so ambiguously, even if Cui Xi was smart, she was also a little confused, and when she was confused, she heard Chen Nian explain: "Right now, Xue Shengxian doesn't look down on us, not to mention that if he wants to unite with us, he will fall into the name of treachery, so he won't." However, if we can take Yiping, and He Ze wants to go east, he will either recapture Yiping from us, or he can only pass through the Flying Dragon, and through the Flying Dragon, he will not be able to bypass Qingzhou, and Xue Shengying will not allow him to attack behind him even if it is for himself,"

Speaking of this, Cui Xi already understood what Chen Nian meant, and couldn't help but continue: "Therefore, if we can occupy Yiping, it will be regarded as removing a big trouble for Xue Shengxian,"

"That's right, so, although Xue Shengxian is not good at uniting with us openly, he can secretly feed us up, and I wish we could develop in the south, take in Nantaihang, and go to find trouble in Yiping,"

Cui Xi nodded, thought about it again, and said, "I have to ask someone to go to Jizhou,"

Chen Nian raised his eyes to look at him and said in a deep voice, "I'll go,"

Cui Xi was slightly stunned, and subconsciously objected: "No,"

Chen Nian smiled and asked, "Then who goes, can you go, or Wen Daya can go, or Zhu Zhenneng can go, you may trust him,"

There are not enough people who can be used in the village, credible, limited ability, capable, but not fully trusted, Cui Xi is also a little worried, silent for a long time, but still shook his head, and said: "No matter who goes, it can't be you who goes,"

"It's most appropriate for me to go, I'm a woman, they are not easy to look at, but it is easier to act," Chen Nian rolled up the map on the table, put it back on the bookcase, and said lightly: "Besides, there is Feng Junyang there, Xue Shengying may not dare to do anything to me,"

Cui Xi frowned when he heard this, and asked, "You want to borrow the power of Feng Junyang,"

"Why not," Chen Nian looked back at him and raised his eyebrows slightly, "He can calculate my name, why can't I borrow his power,"