It had been almost two days since Zhou Ping occupied this Hebei City, and although Zhou Ping wanted to quickly continue his attack on Salt Lake after taking Hebei City, it was much more difficult to operate this kind of thing than Zhou Ping thought.

Despite the help of the lord of the Wang family, there are still too many things that Zhou Ping needs to do himself. It's not that Zhou Ping doesn't know how to delegate power, but his subordinates are really tight, Diao Chan and Qi Laosan, who are developing in the direction of internal affairs, are staying in the cottage, and Liu Dunton, who has very limited literacy, still has a long way to go before he can take charge alone, and these things can only be done by himself.

"Virtuous teacher, this is information sent by Commander Dong!"

"Put it there......"

Without looking up, Zhou Ping casually pointed to his hand, he was writing a letter at this time, there were not so many Taiping troops needed to guard Puban City, he planned to send some people over, but who these people were, or need to think carefully.

clicked in his mind for a long time, and in the end, Zhou Ping still turned his pen and erased a lot of the words he had written before.

Ordered someone to send the letter to Pusaka, Zhou Ping picked up the information sent by Dong Bai and looked at it, he didn't focus on maintaining order in Hebei County in the past two days, as early as the day of the capture of Hebei City, Zhou Ping sent scouts to the salt lake, and this information was the return there.

First a quick glance, and then a careful look, Zhou Ping slowly put down the briefing, he sighed, rubbed his temples, and said to the herald guarding the door.

"Go and gather everyone together, and in half an hour, the military will be discussed!"

……

"What do you think about this...... Or rather, what do you think about it? ”

After everyone finished reading the information, Zhou Ping held the case with both hands and leaned over slightly to look at the people below. Everyone looks at me and I look at you, but they are all silent, and they can't come out for a reason.

I really can't say anything, according to the intelligence, an extremely violent conflict broke out on the side of the salt lake last night, not to mention the victory or defeat, even the two warring sides don't know who they are, and according to the situation described by the intelligence, this conflict is completely at the level of cultivators, and most of the people here are ordinary people, a level apart, I can't guess it.

The silence lasted for a long time in Zhou Ping's glances, but in the end, it was Zhou Ping himself who broke the silence, he sighed, and asked the old man of the Wang family who was present for the first time.

"Master Wang, do you have anything to share with you about this salt lake?"

Although he has been attached to Zhou Ping, Master Wang still has a little bit of a desire to watch the play, but now Zhou Ping asked himself by name, this play is naturally unbearable, he nodded tremblingly, and then slowly spoke.

In fact, Old Man Wang's intelligence is not much different from what Zhou Ping currently knows, it is nothing more than salt produced in the salt lake, which can be regarded as the money bag of the entire Hedong County; Moreover, there is still Chi You Blood in this salt lake, although it is sealed by the ancient magic circle, but it is still coveted by mountain spirits and wild monsters.

"Nothing more?"

"No, the salt lake used to be the property of the official family first, and then it was occupied by that Zhang Yan, even now it is the business of the Hedong family, and we dare not do too much snooping."

"That's ......"

Zhou Ping was a little disappointed, he originally thought that this old man Wang could help him open his mind, but it seemed that he was thinking too much. If it was an ordinary person-level conflict that broke out in Salt Lake, he wouldn't have such a headache, and he deliberately held a military meeting to brainstorm and directly take advantage of the chaos to suppress the soldiers; But the conflict that broke out right now was at the level of a cultivator, which had to make him more cautious.

After all, for him now, there are too few soldiers at hand, and one less can make him feel distressed for half a night.

And at this moment, it was a herald who hurriedly walked in, he first looked around, and then walked up to Zhou Ping and whispered.

"Good teacher, there is a deer and a clump of vines outside the city asking to see you."

Deer? And vine?!

Zhou Ping was stunned for a moment, and then reacted to what the herald was talking about, he looked at the herald, the herald's expression was a little nervous, but he was still determined.

"Take me to see it...... Come here, too! ”

casually greeted everyone in the hall, Zhou Ping hurriedly pulled the herald out of the hall door, and everyone in the hall was stunned for a moment and hurriedly followed.

Under the city of Hebei, which had not been baptized by war, an old deer carried a large lump of vines, as if to prevent himself from falling, and the vines also stretched out several pieces and wrapped themselves around the old deer's horns. The old deer was covered in fine scars, and the leaves on the vines were mostly withered, and it looked like it had escaped.

It was indeed a refugee, and it was from the salt lake that this deer and one vine escaped, and it turned out that it was indeed not a wise choice for the two of them to watch the excitement last night.

The city gate slowly opened, and Zhou Ping came to this deer and vine surrounded by all his subordinates, and he didn't have to be too guarded, the other party's scarred appearance looked like he was here to ask for help.

"I've seen ......"

"Just call me the old deer, it's a vine monster......"

Zhou Ping choked up as soon as he opened his mouth, he could still call a Taoist friend to people, but he really didn't know what to call this spirit. But fortunately, the old deer could observe the words and quickly introduced himself.

"It's Fujisen......"

Even though he was scarred, Fuji Xian did not forget to correct his name.

"I've seen two Taoist friends, Lao Lu and Fuji Immortal."

Zhou Ping controlled the weirdness on his face, the name of the vine fairy is okay, but this old deer is really a little too casual.

"I have seen a good teacher......

The old deer bowed slightly, although it looked scarred, but seeing that it was so heavy, it should not be seriously injured.

“…… We came from the salt lake. ”

After reporting to his home, Zhou Ping really showed a somewhat surprised expression on his face, he was thinking about the salt lake, and someone came from there.

"So, you're ...... wounded"

"That's right, I got it at that salt lake."

……

The military discussion was held again, and this time, there were two more human figures: the old deer knelt quietly in the corner, with a faint light in his eyes; The vine fairy was placed on the table, and someone even brought it a pot full of earth, but it didn't seem interested.

"Tell us a little bit about the situation at the Salt Lake."

Zhou Ping saluted slightly to the two spirits, and Zhou Ping's treatment of them made them a little surprised—regardless of ordinary people, their spirits had the lowest status among cultivators, and Zhou Ping not only greeted them with courtesy outside the city, but also had the same respectful attitude in the council hall, which was really a bit unexpected for them.

And what happened in the salt lake last night was also slowly presented in front of everyone in the narration of a deer and a vine.

Last night, the Chiyou Blood Array opened, although there was only a slit, and there were many strange people in the countryside guarding it, but the spirits still ran wild. After the initial raid, the human side that had been on guard quickly reorganized the formation, while the spirit side did not know how to cooperate and fought separately, so although the overall strength of the human being was inferior to the spirit, the situation was still deadlocked.

But soon, the stalemate was broken, and it was no one else who broke the situation, but the Crane Dao people who had been watching the battle.

Although the crane Dao people are spirits, they choose to fight side by side with humans, and as a condition, the one pound of Chiyou blood that should have been given to it has become two catties, although there is a suspicion of taking advantage of the fire to rob, but the situation is urgent, and the second young master of the Wang family still agreed to its request.

With the Crane Dao people on board, the stalemate began to tilt on the side of the humans, and after a few spirits paid for their lives, they finally surrendered in pieces.

And at the moment when the spirit surrendered and the human race relaxed, the crane people who retreated to the rear of the formation moved at some point. It took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness and burst out in an instant, directly snatching a large amount of Chiyou blood in the first few seconds before the magic circle repaired itself, and when Chiyou blood entered the body, its strength instantly multiplied several times.

Neither humans nor spirits present are opponents of the Crane Dao people, even if they are united, not to mention that the humans and spirits who have just fought together have no possibility of uniting at all. I saw that the Hedao people were devastated for a while, and soon drove the Wang family out of the salt lake, and many spirits, including the old deer and the vine immortals, were also dead, wounded, and fled.

"Then why did the Crane Dao people beat you, aren't you all spirits?"

Hearing Yilu and Yiten's narration here, Dong Bai finally couldn't help but interject.

"Alas......"

A deer and a vine glanced at each other, and the vine fairy waved his vine branch like a human waving his hand.

"Don't mention it, don't you humans have a saying, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different, in fact, among our spirits, this sentence also works."

“……”

Zhou Ping nodded silently, this was something he didn't know, he thought that the spirits were a very united group, just like the monsters in Journey to the West, pulling relatives from each other, but in fact, the infighting seemed to be not much different from humans.

"Then how did you two choose to come to me?"

This time it was Zhou Ping who asked.

"Actually, it's not that we haven't tried to find the Wang family, but the Wang family has already blocked the road to the salt lake, and all the spirits are regarded as enemies by them."

After the old deer explained, the vine fairy on the other side added.

"And you defeated a goddess with my magic weapon on the battlefield of Pusaka, I think you should have the ability, instead of putting your hope in the Wang family, which has no cultivators of its own at all, it is better to find someone who really has some strength."

"Hmmm......"

Zhou Ping nodded, their explanations were quite reasonable, and they were worth believing for the time being.

"Then do you know what the strength of the Crane Dao people is now?"

"Strength, ......"

The old deer groaned for a moment, remembered for a moment, and then spoke.

“…… After all, Chi You Blood is a foreign object, and it can make the strength grow rapidly at the beginning, but in the future, it is still itself that should really be relied on, so the strength of the Crane Dao people should be at the level of your human generals at this time, and it will not increase in a short period of time. ”

"That's ......"

Zhou Ping nodded, and then fell into deep thought.