"So what are we going to do?"

Looking at the red-painted maps around her, Dong Bai's tone was a little anxious, through the map, she seemed to have seen several troops of thousands of people coming from all directions, surrounding their small cottage.

"Don't worry, things haven't gotten to the worst yet......"

As he spoke, Zhou Ping drew an oblique arc on the map, and that arc was the mountainous area where they were currently located, he raised his eyes to look at everyone, and continued.

"Except for those wealthy clans to the east and north of Pusaka, the only area we really control now is this mountainous area, and this is only bordering Hebei County, and we have just defeated the people from Hebei County, so they should not attack us again for a while. As for the two sides in the northeast, that is, the Xie County side, it is unlikely that the clan over there will intervene in the internal affairs of the Pusaka clan across the territory of the Pusaka clan, so in a short time, we are still safe.

"But it's only a short time, the Puban clan has been attacking Puban City for a long time, maybe it has already attracted the attention of the entire Hedong Wang clan now, if it drags on any longer, Puban City's side is not a so-called internal affair."

"So...... Let's seize this point in time ......and break the game as soon as possible."

Looking at the map, Liu Scar's eyes rubbed his chin thoughtfully, not only her, but everyone else in the hall had a thoughtful look.

"Virtuous teacher, what if we take the first step to sweep away the many clans in the county, and then rely on the strength of Pusaka City to stick to Pusaka? You don't have to hold out for too long, you just need to hold on until the Hedong Wang clan can't withstand the losses, and you can stop fighting with us. ”

"And then?"

Hearing the little leader's suggestion, Zhou Ping did not object or agree, he raised his eyebrows and continued to ask.

And then ...... Then we'll have a chance to breathe, and we'll be ...... when we're done."

As he spoke, the little leader's voice quieted to himself. Obviously, even if the Hedong Wang clan is forced to a truce, they can have a little respite, but at the same time as they breathe, the Hedong Wang clan is also recuperating, and the essential form has not changed, and it is still a county to fight a county.

In fact, Zhou Ping didn't think about it this way, and in comparison, this little boss was quite optimistic, and in Zhou Ping's deduction, it was a question whether they could hold Pusaka City.

According to the battle report that has been transmitted back from Du Yuan's side and the information provided by the captured master, although the Hedong royal family has not been able to stably cultivate a family inheritance of strategists or generals, they are rich. With money, you can invite the entire Hedong County and even the opposition generals outside Hedong County, Zhou Ping's current magic attainments are okay to beat ordinary bandits or mobs, but if he really runs into two brushes, not to mention anything else, as long as two ordinary generals start a wheel war with him, it is enough to consume all the true qi in his body.

"So anyone else has any other ideas?"

Zhou Ping looked around, and this time, no one spoke anymore.

"Is there anyone else?"

Zhou Ping asked again, but this time, it was Qi Laosan who raised his hand tremblingly.

"Mr. Qi, what do you think?"

Naturally, on this occasion, you can't call Qi Laosan this kind of nickname, and Qi Laosan's real name he doesn't remember, so Zhou Ping can only be called Mr. Qi simply.

"My subordinates don't have any special ideas, but my subordinates feel that there seems to be something missing from this map."

"What?"

Zhou Ping asked, could it be that there are still any mysteries hidden in this map?

"For example, Tongguan, although this Tongguan is not within the boundary of Hedong County, but as an important pass, it should have a place on the map."

"Well, what else?"

Zhou Ping found the corresponding position of Tongguan on the map at a glance, and after a few strokes, he marked the location of Tongguan without a millimeter - in fact, it is a bit exaggerated to say that it is not a millimeter, the map itself is a little rough, and Zhou Ping marks it accurately, there is a gap between it and reality.

"And then, the salt lake."

Hearing Qi Laosan say this, many people present had a look of sudden realization, and some people's eyes even lit up a lot all of a sudden.

"Salt Lake? What salt lake? ”

And Dong Bai, who came from Chang'an with Zhou Ping, was a little foggy, she asked left and right, but saved Zhou Ping a lot of unnecessary embarrassment - it's okay to ask some questions in private, but if Zhou Ping, the person in charge of this kind of major military discussion, still asks this and that, it will be somewhat too amateurish.

"Dong Tong doesn't know, the salt lake south is based on Zhongtiao Mountain, the north shore Emei Mountains, the east is close to Anyi, the west is far from Xie County, the east and west are long, the north and south are narrow, the salt produced is made of water brine exposure, the color is white, the quality and taste are pure, and it has a long reputation in the world, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the lifeblood of Hedong."

Xie County, Salt Lake......

When he heard about Xie County Zhou Ping before, he felt familiar, and when he linked the salt lake with Xie County, he finally realized where the previous familiarity came from.

Speaking of which, Guan Yu seems to be a native of Xie County, but he committed an accident when he was young, so he left his hometown and traveled all the way to Zhuo County to form a righteous relationship with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. In the history books, the record of Guan Yu's crimes when he was young uses the word outlaw.

According to the understanding of modern people, this outlaw is nothing more than murder, but for historians, the crime of murder is not worthy of the word outlaw, and it must be a greater sin if it can be matched with the word outlaw - in addition to rebellion, there is only smuggling salt and iron. Guan Yu, who was born in Xie County, sold the illicit salt when he was young, and it must be the salt of this salt lake.

And now that the Han dynasty is in decline, and the princes in various places are in their own ways, the control of the imperial court over salt and iron has naturally gone down a big step, not only the princes in various places control the salt and iron in various places, but even some little-known small forces have also fought boldly. It is foreseeable that the Wang family must have an idea about the salt lake, and nine times out of ten they have already put this idea into practice.

And as the location of the salt lake appeared on the map, Zhou Ping's thinking became clearer, and he finally understood why Qi Laosan wanted to mention the location of Tongguan - Tongguan, Hebei County, Salt Lake, and further away Hedong County Shou'anyi, these four from west to east, as if they were connected in a straight line. And if you talk about it, the distance between Tongguan and Hebei County is much closer than the distance from Puban Cottage.

Gather the army of Tongguan and Shanzhai to capture the county seat of Hebei in one fell swoop, and then use the county seat of Hebei as a springboard, first the salt lake, and then Anyi.

If only the county seat of Hebei is captured, the siege of Puban can be solved, and if the salt lake is then lowered, the economic lifeline of the Wang family will be cut off.