Xiangling led the way, and the group soon arrived at the abandoned salt mine cave.

Chu Lizheng, Ge Changlin and others had already arrived first with the villagers.

The villagers thought very thoughtfully, and brought a lot of quilts and pillows, pots and pans, grain, meat and eggs, and had the posture of living in the mountains for a long time.

It is really the greatest humiliation to let the common people hide in the salt cave, and he, the vanguard officer guarding the pass, cannot catch anyone.

Yang Zhongguo said angrily: "Hu people deceive people too much! Now I'm going to track down Yu Da, and I'm sure I'll find the secret passage of the Hu people! ”

King An said with a deep look in his eyes: "Don't be impulsive first. The old khan's idea was very simple, he just wanted to take Miss Chu back and exterminate the locusts; But Yu Da is different, he wants to abandon the people of Dahu, take all the Northern Hu Zhuangding into the territory of Daqi, disrupt the defense of Daqi, and even drive directly to the capital. ”

Yang Zhongguo's face became heavy, in the past, the Beihu people only sent one or two detachments into the territory of Daqi to grab things, if the entire Dahu soldiers entered the territory, it would be a great disaster for Daqi.

King An looked at Chu Xiangling and said, "Miss Chu, you are the main target of the Hu people this time, you can go back to Lingyuguan with us." ”

Xiangling looked at Chujia Village's hopeful eyes, shook her head decisively and said, "Thank you for your concern, the location here is hidden, and safety is not a problem for the time being." ”

Seeing that Chu Xiangling insisted on being with the villagers of Chujia Village, King An no longer insisted, and said to Ling Qingyue: "General Ling, you bring two hundred soldiers to protect Mrs. Ling's safety." ”

Ling Qingyue immediately hugged her fists and received the order, and the worry in her heart finally fell, this King An still understands people's hearts, so he stayed by Xiangling's side.

King An, Yang Zhongguo and others returned to Lingyu Pass.

Ling Qingyue took the soldiers around the salt mine to make a big circle, eliminate the traces of beads, and set up sentry posts.

Because of the addition of more than 100 people such as Ling Qingyue, the remaining more than 20,000 catties of grain sold in Xiangling's warehouse have not yet been taken out, so eating is the primary problem.

Chu Xiangling and Chu Lizheng discussed it and decided to put away all the food of the villagers and distribute it uniformly, so as to improve the efficiency of eating.

When the wind is more relaxed, Xiangling will take people back to the village and transport all the remaining grain in the warehouse up the mountain, and at that time, eating will not be a problem.

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At night, the night was like water, Xiangling walked out of the cave with a clip quilt and found Ling Qingyue on a big rock.

Xiangling draped the quilt over Ling Qingyue's body and sat beside him.

Ling Qingyue hurriedly took off the quilt, stuffed it back to Xiangling and said, "I'm not cold, you cover it." ”

Xiangling shook her head and said, "It's all covered." I asked the villagers to squeeze as much as they could, and evenly out a lot of quilts for the soldiers, this is your quilt. ”

Ling Qingyue smelled the familiar smell of soaphorn on the quilt, and said with a smile: "This is your quilt?" ”

Xiangling's face turned red, and the corners of her mouth rose: "This is our quilt." ”

Ling Qingyue suddenly felt her heart melt, hugged Xiangling's shoulder tightly, and murmured, "This is our life." ”

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After a long time, Xiangling groaned: "Yue, if there is anything, don't hold it in your heart, say it, I will find a way with you." ”

Ling Qingyue had been sitting here for at least an hour, not moving, there must be something on her mind.

Ling Qingyue didn't want to say it to increase Xiangling's troubles, but if she didn't say it, if something really happened, Xiangling was not prepared at all, and it was not a good thing.

After pondering for a long time, Ling Qingyue grabbed Xiangling's shoulders tightly, sighed and said: "At dusk, the spies reported that the team of Hu people who captured you returned to Chujia Village to take revenge, and when they saw that the whole village had fled, they were very angry and slaughtered the entire village of Lingnan Village, killing more than 200 people. ”

Xiangling's body stiffened, her hands and feet were cold, and her eyes were red.

Ling Qingyue shook Xiangling's hand and comforted: "I asked the spies to release the news, and all the villagers in the nearby mountains should have fled to the city." I'm worried about something else. ”

"What's the matter?" Xiangling asked in a trembling voice.

Ling Qingyue said quietly: "Yu Da wants to abandon Beihu and drive directly to the capital; I am afraid that King An will follow Yu Da's example in order to protect the capital, give up Lingyu Pass, retreat to Lingqing Pass, and when the boundary comes, Lin'an County and other five county towns in Linshan will be exposed to the hands of Hu Renhu. ”

This is politics, this is the ruler's weighing pros and cons and choices, and it is always the people who suffer.

Xiangling knew that if he was in power, he might make the same choice, the five counties in the mountains, for the Hu people with secret roads, are equivalent to Happy Valley, when and when to come in for a walk, you can't put the whole country in Daqi for the five counties.

However, as a member of the abandoned group, the complexity and disappointment of my feelings are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Xiangling said with a straight face: "Yue, do you believe me?" ”

Ling Qingyue said inexplicably: "I naturally believe you, what's wrong?" ”

Xiangling groaned: "This secret passage is like a thorn piercing Daqi's throat, making Lingyu Pass useless, and if it is not removed for a day, it will be a lifelong disaster." You go and plead with King An, give us some time, don't withdraw the defenders of Lingyu Pass, and don't abandon the people of the five counties. When the passage is found and destroyed, Yu Da can be captured alive and made immortal feats. ”

Ling Qingyue said with a wry smile: "Xiangling, I have been looking for this passage for more than 20 years, but I have never found it, how can we find it?" ”

Xiangling said: "As long as there is a passage, there must be a trace of beads, how can you know if you don't try it?" These county towns are all fiefdoms of King An, please King An give us a chance, give the people a chance, and give himself a chance. ”

"Okay, I'll report to King An, and ask for an order, find a secret path with you to cut off Beihu's retreat." Ling Qingyue was categorical about the railway, and her eyes were firm and trusting.

As he expected, King An and the old general Yang Wei at this time were fighting for the red face because they could not retreat.

Ling Qingyue's arrival eased some of the tense atmosphere.

"Are you sure you've found the secret way?" King An was surprised.

Ling Qingyue shook her head and said, "The last general is not completely sure, but the last general is willing to establish an army......

Old General Yang hurriedly interrupted Ling Qingyue's words and said, "Qingyue, don't be reckless, we have been looking for this passage for more than 20 years but have not found it, how can you find it?" It is not as practical as going all out to kill Hu Bing. ”

Ling Qingyue said bitterly: "Father-in-law, as a soldier, you will protect your family and defend the country, and you would rather die than give in, so you want to stick to Lingyu Pass; But as the prince, King An, in addition to the people of the five counties of Shuangyang County, Lin'an County, Qing'an County, Yanghe County, and Zhoukou County, as well as the entire Daqi behind him, it is not wrong for the prince to choose to retreat. ”

General Yang replied sonorously: "It's okay to let Lao Tzu retreat, but you must bring the people of the five counties into the pass together!" ”

Ling Qingyue smiled bitterly: "Father-in-law, it's too late. According to Yu Da, there are not a few Hu people who have mixed into the territory of Daqi now, and the Lingqing Pass must be closed immediately to prevent the Hu people from mixing into the common people and threatening the capital. I just begged, I gave me a period of time, during which the soldiers of Lingyu Pass should not be withdrawn, to prevent the Hu people from entering the pass from the front. When I destroy its secret pass, Yu Da and other Hu people will not be able to return to Hudi, and Lingqing Pass and Lingyu Pass will catch turtles in the urn, and the crisis of Daqi can be lifted. ”

Ling Qingyue analyzed the gains and losses very thoroughly, and Anwang Yang Wei was silent.

These five counties were the fiefs of King An; These people are the subjects of King An, and he is not willing to lose an acre of land or a person until he is absolutely impossible.

After a long time, King An made up his mind and said, "General Ling, Gu will give you ten days at most." In the past ten days, the old general continued to guard Lingyu Pass; Lone personally guarded the mausoleum and cleared the customs. If you can't find a secret way in ten days, the old general must retreat, otherwise Lingyuguan will suffer from the enemy on his back, and Lingqingguan will also face a lack of troops, and Daqi is in danger. ”

"Ordered !!" Ling Qingyue won the battle with high morale and immediately returned to the salt mine.