The soldiers of the Northern Army marched westward, in the direction of Hanlu City, and threw behind them pieces of tattered clothes and torn weapons.

Looking back, the city of Fishing Valley stood silently in the wilderness, lifeless.

Wu Yan sat on the holly bird and combed its feathers distressedly. The wounds from the injuries of Cang Yu have not healed yet, and the skin in some places is clearly exposed.

According to the military agreement, the Northern Army abandoned Yugu City as planned and marched towards the last acropolis in front of Hanlu City.

Shui Congyue has already taken people away, preparing to harass the advance of the coalition forces. According to the reconnaissance of these two days, after the previous encounter, the coalition army was obviously a lot more stable, and moved forward cautiously, the distance between the front army and the Chinese army was only two miles, and the two wings also divided a lot of covering forces.

In order not to let the other party go too smoothly, Wu Gen prepared to let Shui Congyue, Baoxiang, Niu Ye, and Niu Chao lead the mastiff wolves take turns to harass the march of the coalition army.

Of course, it was no longer like Wu Gan who killed the past in one go, but only attacked and harassed the scattered troops on his two wings, so that the enemy could not live in peace.

Fifteen pieces of Yaoyu have been handed over to the bridge class, and now Wu Qian has completely become a poor egg. Ruthless in his heart, he originally wanted to use the Yihu army to lure out the opponent's masters, gather and annihilate them, and let Shui Congyue and others ambush on the shuttle, but the other party turned a blind eye and did not wait for the opportunity to sneak attack the Yihu army, and finally had to give up.

As for Wu Gan, he was strictly ordered by Shui Congyue to stay in the army, and he was not allowed to go anywhere. In this way, in the midst of the mutual attack and harassment of the two armies, Wu Gen led people to arrive at the city of Qianli.

As soon as he entered the city, Wu Gen asked Sun Hong to quickly count the materials in the city, mobilize the people to move west, and be ready to abandon this fortified city at any time.

Zhesang City to the south had already been ceded before Yugu City changed hands, and now the southern front of the coalition forces had occupied the city. According to the agreement with Wu Gan, Yuan Xin was moving closer to Wu Gan to resist the attack of the coalition army on the southern front to the northern army.

In the city at night, in a clean courtyard left by unknown people, Wu Gen was discussing the march with Hu Jia and others again. In the past two days, the coalition army suddenly stopped, as if it was reorganizing the army, but it also gave Wu Qian some respite.

While discussing, Ha Ying suddenly came to report that Ji Ye was coming.

"Why did he get here, but something happened." Wu Yan looked up in astonishment, Ji Yezheng was leading a southern army to defend Hanlu City, what did he mean by running here.

Ha Ying hesitated, "The second young master didn't say anything, but Ji Yan also came." ”

Wu Yan was even more surprised, since he killed Ji Xin, expelled Huang Jun, and cleaned up Ji Yan's forces in the Dreadnought Army, he gave her to Ji Ye, saving her from being difficult to control in the army.

The two of them arrived here together tonight, and Wu Yan suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Invite them here." Wu Yan commanded, and prepared to take Baoxiang and others to greet Ji Ye and Ji Yan.

"The second young master has arrived." Ha Ying's eyes flickered, and he glanced in the direction of the door.

"So fast." Wu Gan's face was a little not good-looking.

In the main room, the candlelight flickered, Wu Yan and Ji Ye sat side by side in the main seat, and Ji Yan was next to his brother.

On Wu Gan's side, Shui Congyue, Baoxiang, Hu Jia, and Yang Zheng sat in turn.

Looking at Ji Ye beside him, Wu Yan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed in his heart. Ji Ye, who was originally extraordinary, had a scruffy beard at this time, his eye sockets were deep, and he looked tired, obviously not having a good time these days.

Ji Yan opened her eyes wide, looking at Wu Yan and Shui Congyue from time to time, and her expression was also complicated.

"Something's wrong?" Wu Yan took the lead in opening his mouth, and it was definitely not a good thing to let Ji Ye put down the people and come here late at night.

"Well, about you." Ji Ye was also direct, rubbing his eyebrows tiredly, "In the past two days, rumors have spread in the cold land city, saying that you, as a foreigner, support the army and respect yourself, and you don't think about defending the Ji family at all, you just want to collect the military power, and you are good at killing the generals in the clan, and the opposite has been revealed."

Especially when Yugu City is lost, the rumors about you in the city are even more noisy and disturbing, and it is bluntly said that you will definitely lead your troops to escape, regardless of the life or death of Hanlu City.

Someone suggested to the eldest brother that he transfer you to Hanlu City to defend the city, and took the opportunity to seize your military power. It has been suggested that you should be removed from your post altogether in order to cure the crime of losing your land and losing your army. ”

Hearing this, Wu Yan put his heart down a bit. Ji Ye was able to bring a few people here, instead of summoning himself to his camp, he trusted himself. As for this rumor, hehe, Wu Yan glanced up at Ji Yan.

Sensing the unkind gaze of Wu Yan and the surrounding people, Ji Yan's eyes drooped, "It's not me." ”

Well? Wu Yan was stunned.

"It wasn't my sister who did it, I checked, someone deliberately did it, and the rumors could be known to the whole city overnight, who has such a great ability." Ji Ye waved his hand at Wu Yan helplessly, "My sister's subordinates were just used by someone to get involved in this turmoil. ”

Wu Yan rolled his eyes, since it wasn't Ji Yan, who wanted to make himself unlucky now, he turned his head to look at Yang Zheng, "Hehe, someone is robbing your business, who do you say it might be." ”

Yang Zheng lifted his stomach up, revealing his belt, "Gu Yang Sibei, playing this trick, it seems that he is really a peer." ”

Ji Ye raised his eyebrows slightly, he didn't expect Wu Gen to guess it so quickly, which is good, so he doesn't have to spend a lot of time explaining.

"Wu Gan, let's have a fight in the city of Yuanli." Ji Ye suddenly spoke.

Wu Yan was stunned for a moment, and his body turned to Ji Ye's side, "Didn't we say okay, retreat all the way west, let the enemy divide the troops and then choose a decisive battle, the city of Huli was about to give up." ”

Ji Ye's face was a little embarrassed, she looked at her sister, and said thoughtfully: "Big brother wants you to fight here to wash away the slander against you from those rumors." ”

Wu Yan looked sideways at the huge candle in the corner, and said after a while: "This is my exchange for continuing to serve as a calmer, right?" ”

A trace of guilt flashed in Ji Ye's eyes, and his hand was placed on Wu Gan's arm resting on the table, "I tried my best, and my eldest brother insisted on his own opinion, so I put my sister here, also to prove to others that the Ji family still trusts you." ”

"There will be a lot of deaths, the strength of the coalition army has not been completely pulled apart, if we give up the city of Qianli, we can reduce the opponent's strength by nearly 10,000, our strength may be equal to it, and the chance of victory will be greater." Wu Gen looked at the door, as if he was talking to himself, "If you fight a decisive battle here directly, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold out with only the more than 20,000 men and horses of the Northern Army." ”

"I know, I also agree with giving up Yuanli City, but if you give up without fighting, I'm afraid you won't even have the opportunity to lead the troops." Ji Ye withdrew his hand, "Of course, if you can't hold it after the fight, you can retreat, let's choose a decisive point as soon as possible."

I originally wanted to rely on Hanlu City for a decisive battle, but my father sent back the news that the Ji family has been the dominant iron hand for so many years, and there has never been a siege of the main city, and it is not allowed to happen to him, and he has strictly ordered the enemy to be outside. He...... He wanted to bring the heads of the families back to the city after the great victory of the coalition army, and he didn't want to see a dilapidated cold land city. The old man is getting older, and he can't help but be stubborn. ”

Wu Gen blinked, "Okay, then let's fight." Except for Yuan Xin's men to resist the enemy on the southern front, your men and horses should be slowly transferred to this side first, and don't pounce all at once. The decisive battle cannot be advanced, otherwise the odds of victory are too small.

I took the Northern Army to try to consume as many coalition troops and horses here as possible, and said that if this battle could be won, I would need more prisoners from the coalition army, and besides, their territory would be attacked by me. But you don't have to worry, I won't occupy their territory, it's still your Ji family. ”

"Yes, I will definitely show your request to my father and eldest brother, and you don't blame the eldest brother, in fact, the Southern Army can be transferred, and he has also borne a lot of pressure. Without the southern army outside the city, Hanlu City can only be a lonely city, and it is all up to him to lead people to defend it. Seeing Wu Gan's promise, Ji Ye's expression relaxed a little, and explained a few words for his brother.

"Give me some money, I've already put my coffin in it." Wu Yan stretched out his hand to Ji Ye.

"Is there more, due to the delay in the payment of taxes in various places, the family no longer has much money." Ji Ye spread his hands helplessly.

"One hundred Yao jade coins." Wu Yan stretched out five fingers and shook them back and forth.

"Not so much, the Yao jade coins are the foundation of the clan, and they are all in the hands of my father and eldest brother, I can only find a way to help you raise fifty pieces." Ji Ye was a little angry, and Wu Gan's asking price was too ruthless.

"Okay, fifty is fifty." Knowing that his brother was embarrassed, Wu Gen didn't insist, and calculated the comparison of enemy and enemy forces in his heart, "When can your father come out, you must know that as soon as he shows up, he can at least be worth 10,000 elite soldiers." ”

"My father can't get out, and he has to look at those family heads. Now the edict is delivered to various families, and most of them have ambiguous attitudes. If these family heads are released, the variables are too great, and the situation will not be out of control. Ji Ye naturally knew Wu Gan's thoughts, and patiently explained: "Only if we win this battle, can we deter all families, and then release the heads of each family, and the reform can be smoothly promoted." ”

"Okay, I get it. Since I am going to fight in the city of Suli, I still need to make some preparations, you should return to the camp early, and I will let Soji send you back. Anyway, there is no support around the city, so it's really hard to guard, so I'll tell you in advance. Wu Gan saw that it was getting late, so he did not hesitate to give the order to evict the guests. Anyway, it's your own brother, so there's no need to worry too much.

"Besides, the third young master should go back to Cold Land City. The war is about to start, the army is chaotic, and there is really no spare strength to protect the safety of the three young masters. Wu Yan arched his hand at Ji Yan on the side.

"I won't meddle in a matter in the army this time, with me here, my eldest brother can rest assured of you." Ji Yan straightened up, not afraid to meet Wu Yan's gaze.

"Let my sister stay, she can tell the weight." Ji Ye also persuaded in a low voice, but his eyes glanced at Shui Congyue intentionally or unintentionally, "Knowing that you are scratching your head at the Lu family's personal soldiers, I have fifty Yan Shi here, each of whom can control five flying thunders, which can help you fight against the Lu family." ”

Wu Yan looked at Ji Yan, but he didn't dare to look at Shui Congyue, and nodded, "It's okay to stay, you have to stay with me in the Chinese army, and when you have nothing to do, you can join the law enforcement team and clean up military discipline." ”

The reason why Ji Yan was placed in the law enforcement team was also to deter Ai Kai, Ji Dai, Chi Huahe and others, lest these people disobey the command, besides, Ji Huan was still in the law enforcement team as a quail.

After explaining everything, Ji Ye prepared to rush back to the southern army camp overnight, and Wu Yan personally sent him off. When he got out of the courtyard gate, Ji Ye pulled Wu Gan's sleeve, and the two walked to a no-man's land.

Ji Ye whispered a few words to Wu Gan, and after listening, Wu Gan raised his head sharply and said with a look of surprise: "Is it reliable?" ”

"Unreliable." Ji Ye replied calmly.

Wu Yan was a little crying and laughing, "It's all in such a situation, it's about to start a war, it's unreliable, you tell me what to do." ”

Ji Ye smiled slightly, "Whether this is reliable or not depends on what you and I do, if you and I fight well here, people will push the boat with the water." If you don't play well, it's naturally unreliable. ”

"Alas, it's another wallgrass, okay, I've made a note of it." Wu Yan shook his head helplessly.

After Ji Ye finished speaking, he turned his head and was about to leave, but after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped again, and looked at Wu Yan for a long time without saying a word.

Wu Yan was a little hairy by it, and unconsciously took a step back, "What do you want to do, let me tell you, I like women." ”

"Please, Wu Gan." Ji Ye was not moved by Wu Gan's words, and bowed down and gave a deep salute, which was unbearable for a long time.

Wu Yan sighed, stretched out his hand to help Ji Ye up, and said with a soft face: "My own brother, what nonsense, don't worry, as long as the Ji family has you, I will fight this battle with all my might." When the time comes, when your father or your eldest brother wants to touch me, I hope I can save it. ”

Ji Ye's expression was a little gloomy, and he suddenly raised his head, "Don't worry, I won't let this happen." With that, he strode out.

Wu Gen took Shui Congyue and the others, looked at the danghu bird in the night sky, was silent for a moment, turned his head to Yang Zheng and ordered: "Bring Ye Ziming and Bu Qiyin here, he Bu Kuan wants to play a two-headed bet, don't think about this good thing." ”

After speaking, he gave an order to Ha Ying, who rushed to hear the news, "Call all the thousands of households here, and I will assign tasks." From tonight, the whole army began to prepare to defend the city. ”

Some people died, but not completely......