In the imperial study, Mu Qianmei sat at the desk and read the music in her hand carefully, and from time to time she picked up a pen and wrote a few sentences, looking focused and solemn.

Liu Tingfeng sat at another small desk next to her, flipping through the pieces that Mu Qianmei had reviewed.

When the two are alone, they don't feel embarrassed when they don't speak, because they have formed a tacit understanding after living together for a long time, and they are the people who are most familiar with each other in this world.

After a while, someone sent Mu Qianmei a secret report, which was about the news on the front line of the battlefield.

Mu Qianmei stopped what she was doing, opened the secret report, and looked at it for a while, and the expression on her face suddenly relaxed.

Liu Tingfeng also stopped to read the music in his hand, and when he saw Mu Qianmei's expression, he understood that it was good news, and immediately asked curiously:

"Senior sister, there is good news from the front line, the troops we sent behind us should not have arrived yet, why is there good news?"

Mu Qianmei said with a smile in her eyes:

"Although the war has not yet begun, the other side has proposed three chapters of the law on war for our army."

Liu Tingfeng suddenly felt puzzled and said:

"The war still needs to propose three chapters of the law, this is the first time I have heard of it, how did they agree?"

Mu Qianmei replied with a smile:

"It is not without precedent to put forward an agreement before the war, for example, some wars explicitly stated before the war that it is not allowed to use poisons that are too lethal, such as poisoning rivers or water, or using indiscriminate poisonous smoke, because if both sides are so unscrupulous, they will lose their humanity."

"After a long time, in fact, it has become some customary rules, such as not using fire in the big forest, when there are a large number of people in the low-lying areas, it is not allowed to use the method of opening the gate and releasing water to cause innocent casualties, etc., which will be observed in normal war."

However, this time, the three chapters of the covenant proposed by the other party are more unique, first, it is not allowed to hurt the people, and the place where there are no people should be chosen as the battlefield; The second is that no human life is allowed in the battle, and as long as the opponent is unable to resist, the attack will be stopped immediately; The third is that the losing side should unconditionally accept a reasonable request from the other party. ”

Liu Tingfeng said in surprise:

"Is such an agreement still a war? Wouldn't this be the same as our military exercises in the Ugu Continent! ”

Mu Qianmei said with a smile:

"I think this agreement is very good, after all, this war can only be regarded as an internal war, the greater the casualties, the greater the internal friction, with this agreement, both sides can be more restrained, only better than winning or losing, not better than life and death, and it is beneficial to both sides."

Liu Tingfeng said puzzledly:

"If it's just a win or a loss, then what's the point of this war?"

Mu Qianmei immediately replied:

"The significance lies in the third clause, the losing party must unconditionally accept a reasonable request from the other party."

Liu Tingfeng thought for a moment and said:

"This is a reasonable requirement, and the activity space is too large, what kind of requirement is a reasonable requirement?"

Mu Qianmei explained with a smile:

"This is to have a negotiation, as long as you can convince the other party, it is a reasonable request, in fact, to put it bluntly, after a debate-style negotiation, who can convince the other party, who is the final winner, of course, the winning side of the war is the party that makes the demand, so it has the initiative."

"Therefore, the outcome of this battle is also very important."

Liu Tingfeng couldn't help but smile and said:

"This hundred miles and wind are really different, what kind of goal does he want to achieve?"

Mu Qianmei thought about it, then analyzed and said:

"In fact, this is like you playing chess, you have to fight for the initiative first, he doesn't know us, naturally he will not surrender unconditionally, so he uses such a war and a negotiation to have an in-depth understanding of us."

"The purpose of war is to see clearly our combat strength in actual combat, and the purpose of negotiation is to further find out our strategic direction and ultimate goal.

"People like him are naturally unwilling to serve a mediocre court, if we can't even win against him, what can we talk about defending the family and the country? If we all say that we are not convinced at the negotiation table, who are we to accept him? ”

"Therefore, he is a strategy that can be attacked and defended, if we win against him, and we can indeed convince him, then he can work for us, and if through such an investigation, it is found that we are not worthy of service, he can put forward a demand for non-interference, and with the people of the world as proof, we dare not break our trust in him."

Liu Tingfeng said with relief:

"I see, that is, whether or not to belong to us depends on our force and negotiation ability, right? He is to take the initiative. ”

Mu Qianmei nodded and replied:

"Yes, what he wants is this initiative, with these three agreements, it is up to him to decide and choose whether to go or stay."

Liu Tingfeng said curiously:

How could he have concluded that we would accept the three chapters of his covenant? What if I don't follow this rule and defeat him by an absolute margin? ”

Mu Qianmei shook her head and replied:

"If we don't even accept the three chapters of this covenant, it will be completely unworthy of his refuge, and he will attract more people to fight with us to the end, or just give up on us, and then choose a force that is more worthy of his refuge to serve."

Liu Tingfeng said with a little dissatisfaction:

"Why do we have to be led by the nose when we have an absolute advantage? It stands to reason that we should test him, but now it is the other way around, and it is for us to accept his test, which shows that he is also a very conceited person. ”

Mu Qianmei said with a serious expression:

"The strong have the pride of the strong, we can rely on the ability to conquer him, but we can't force him by force, such a person is a handsome talent, if he is given enough space, he can even become a generation of kings, therefore, we must also be prepared for him, if we can conquer nature, it is the best, if we can't conquer, we must not let him leave alive."

"If such a person can't be used by us, as long as he is alive, he will definitely become our biggest hidden danger."

Liu Tingfeng immediately asked:

"Then what will Senior Sister do?"

Mu Qianmei thought for a long time before she said slowly:

"First of all, we naturally want to agree to the three chapters of his covenant, let's fight first, there are Xiaobai, Tiger King, Bing Lan and Li Yun, plus a military advisor Zhuge Cong, if such a lineup can't win this war, it means that our strength is indeed not strong enough."

"As for the negotiation, in fact, what he wants is just an attitude, if he thinks in his heart that we are worthy of service, he will naturally choose to join our camp, if he thinks that we are not enough to convince him, he will definitely choose to join others or set up his own door, then, we must do our best to get rid of him."

"I will send Tong Ziyu to go to the senior secretly, if you can't do anything, you can only forcibly get rid of it."

Liu Tingfeng said with feeling:

"It seems that this talent is also a double-sided blade, if you use it well, you can hurt the enemy, and if you don't use it well, you will hurt yourself!"

Mu Qianmei said with a solemn expression:

"Yes, therefore, as a coach, you must be decisive and ruthless enough, for people like Baili and Feng, when he wants to test others, he is also being tested by others."

"We will cherish talents, but we will not let a big hidden danger continue to lurk and grow in the dark, in fact, when he tested us, he already had only two choices, that is, the choice of life and death."

Liu Tingfeng smiled bitterly:

"Why is he bothered? You say, would someone as smart as him know his current situation? ”

Mu Qianmei thought for a while and replied:

"He should know, although he can't fully understand us, but he must have done a careful investigation of us, and he must also have a certain understanding of our strength, and the choice between life and death is between his thoughts."

Talking about this, Liu Tingfeng no longer continued to ask, but thought alone.

Mu Qianmei didn't say much anymore, but began to draw up the content of the reply, and transmitted her orders to the front line as soon as possible.

That night, Tong Ziyu personally took Mu Qianmei's instructions and secretly went to the front line of the war.

In the past two days, Liu Tingfeng has accompanied Mu Qianmei in the palace, lived in the Tianwang Palace at night, and has been following Mu Qianmei in the imperial study to review the chapters during the day.

It was not until Chinese New Year's Eve that they returned to the Plum Blossom Mountain Villa and had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with Bai Qianqian, Jade, Wenlan Gongzi, Ling Mimi and Rabbit Tin, because it was a special period, all work was very busy, and the next day they all returned to their posts and continued to devote themselves to busy affairs.

This Chinese New Year's Eve, Magnolia City and Cuiyun City do not have much taste of the year, because there are not many families who can reunite, so there is a lot less joy.

However, there was a festive event in Yong'an City on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, that is, Wu Changkong actually married the original sect master of the Liesun Sect, that is, Su Wanru, the peach blossom fairy, and directly named her the emperor, making her suddenly a person above ten thousand people under one person.

This news surprised many people, but Mu Qianmei didn't seem surprised, with her understanding of the Peach Blossom Fairy, she would definitely not miss such an opportunity.

Compared with this news, Mu Qianmei was more interested in the news on the other side, that is, the showdown between Xiaobai and Baili and the wind.

Li Yun, who went to support, led the army to the place where Xiaobai was stationed on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and joined the army of the Tiger King.

Xiaobai accepted the three chapters of the covenant of Baili and Feng according to Mu Qianmei's instructions, and they avoided the places where all the people lived, choosing to fight in the barren mountains outside the city of Gyeongju County.

Sure enough, as Mu Qianmei expected, the total number of troops in Baili Hefeng was actually only more than 1.5 million, and most of them were recruits.

The two troops on Xiaobai's side combined with a total of 1.6 million troops, which was slightly superior in terms of strength, and there were also soldiers trained by Jianghu people and Liu Tingfeng himself, so their combat effectiveness was also stronger than that of Baili Hefeng's army.

However, after the start of the war, it was discovered that the advantage was not obvious.