The snow was covered and the war was urgent, and the people of the Northland were terrified, looking at the wounded soldiers returning, they knew that the battle of Mingcheng must have been difficult, but they did not feel ashamed of their defeat, but enthusiastically helped many wounded soldiers.

Li Hanming burst into tears, his heart was low, watching the people busy with them, he was a little ashamed of them, the oath at that time became empty words, thinking that Mingcheng's failure was all the result of improper command, so he wanted to kill himself with hatred.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, I am ashamed of the leader, of you, of those dead soldiers!"

Just as he was about to finish himself, the general on the side immediately stopped the blade with his hand, and said: "General, you are the pride of our northland, and it is common to suffer defeats, how can you give up your life easily!" ”

Li Hanming put down the knife in his hand and sighed: "I think I have been fighting with the Tang family for several years, and I have never suffered defeat like today, I feel uncomfortable, maybe it is my real decline that led to today's results, how can I have the face to see the leader!" ”

"General, you are the god of war in our northern land, if you leave like this, then there will be one less person in our northern land who can fight against the Tang family, at that time we will be attacked by the enemy, the Tang family and the demon clan will inevitably all be dispatched, does the general want to see the foundation of the northern land destroyed in one fell swoop?"

Li Hanming frowned slightly, although the general's words accommodated him, but there were also many things that he understood instantly, and the idea also sprouted in his heart, the people of the Northland regard me as the god of war, and all the generals also regard me as the god of war, but I also have an old day, I can't protect them forever, so I can't die, I want to find someone who can protect the Northland, someone who can be invincible, so that he can replace me and unify the continent with the new leader.

"General?"

Li Hanming came back to his senses instantly, then patted the general's shoulder and said, "Let's go back."

The atmosphere in Zhou's mansion was very serious, all the patriarchs were thinking about countermeasures, Zhou Zhitong also stayed awake all night, his eyes were bloodshot, obviously this defeat gave Beidi a big blow.

"The Tang family occupied Mingcheng in the name of our clan colluding with the demon clan, which is a great threat to my northern land, but the Gao family is eyeing the sidelines, and there are variables at any time, you say, what should we do now?"

Zhou Zhitong said very seriously, and his heart was full of thoughts, now there are enemies on all sides, if the Tang family fights the Gao family, the Gao family will definitely take action, and the demon clan behind is not a good person, when the time comes, both will lose, and the fisherman will benefit, this kind of thing that makes the dead clan in the north cannot happen.

The patriarchs also frowned, Li Hanminggui was defeated by the Tang family for the god of war in the north, and it would definitely not be good if he continued to fight.

A patriarch stood up at this time and said: "Chief, now that Mingcheng is lost, it is a fact, the Tang army has always been domineering, and there is only two defeats in the fight, in my opinion, this situation must be seen by the Gao family, we and the Gao family have always been good, it is better to send envoys to win over the Gao family, tell the Tang family the benefits of attacking my northern land, and let him send troops to help." ”

Everyone listened and fell into deep thought, if the Gao family really sent troops, it must be a good thing, first, they can repel the Tang army, and secondly, they have more interests with the Gao family, but the mountains are full of tigers, everyone wants to be the king, the Gao family was precious to peace before the war, and now it must be very difficult for the Gao family to send troops.

At this time, a patriarch stood up and said: "Chief, I don't agree with Patriarch Li's proposal, although we are very close to the Gao family, but we also have to guard against the Gao family's wolf ambitions, if you send an envoy at this time, you will definitely run into ashes, not only will you not get the help of the Gao family, but you will also be blasted out of the door by the Gao family." ”

Zhou Zhitong said: "Then what good countermeasures do you have?" ”

Everyone looked at this patriarch, there are three patriarchs in the north who have a very high status, namely Li He, Wang Yang, and Lin Si, all of whom are Zhou Zhitong's think tank, and even Li Hanming, the general of the Zhou family, has to be respectful to them.

And the one who spoke was Wang Yang, but seeing long eyebrows, Yang Qifan, a beard that is annoying, eyes like mirrors, a mouth that is fine, wearing a big cotton jacket, and a fat and thin body, he was originally a great hero of the Zhou family, and now he is also very heavy.

Wang Yang saw that everyone was waiting for countermeasures, and he was not in a hurry, he casually took out the map of the northern land, pointed to Mingcheng and said: "Chief, according to the current situation, we have lost Mingcheng and let the Tang family be in the limelight, but we are still in a favorable situation, even if the Tang family is domineering, I expect that they will not march at will." ”

"How can you be so sure?"

"Yes, I, Li Hanming, have been fighting with the Tang family for many years, so Hu Jun is a famous general, how could he miss this opportunity and not come to make a mistake?"

Wang Yang listened to everyone's discussions, but laughed out loud.

Zhou Zhitong was also confused, Wang Yang was still laughing in such a serious situation, and he was a little angry in his heart, if he couldn't say why today, then you would be comfortable.

Qi said: "Wang Yang, there is a problem in the north, how can you still laugh, if you have a countermeasure, say it quickly, otherwise you will be involved in military law." ”

Wang Yang accepted the criticism, and then said: "Chief, although we have lost Mingcheng, but we have not lost the hearts of the people, it is true that Tang will occupy Mingcheng, but it is very troublesome to take care of, coupled with the severe cold in the north, it is not a good thing for Tang generals, they can't stand the weather here after staying in Dongdi for a long time, they must be in dire straits, and they will not enter for a while." ”

"And what do you mean?"

"Chief, this is our opportunity, the Tang family framed us for entanglement with the demon clan, in order to restore the innocence of our clan, we should send an envoy to the Tang family to explain the misunderstanding, Tang Can must have considered it, but we can't be idle, we should catch a few goblins and dedicate them to the Tang family, this misunderstanding will be solved, and the Tang family will definitely retreat."

"Chief, Patriarch Wang, this is clearly for us to bow down to the Tang family, this will damage the face of our north, I, Li Hanming, would rather die in battle with the Tang army than bow down to the Tang family, and hope that the leader is giving me a chance to repel the Tang army."

Zhou Zhitong felt very uncomfortable, he had never been as bad as he is today for many years, maybe I am really old!

He said: "That's it, there is a huge disparity between the enemy and me, just do what Wang Yang said, if the Tang army retreats, it's fine, if you don't retreat, it's in the discussion!" Don't forget, I did all this for the future of my Zhou family, his son Tang Can is a waste, but my son is not, the person who will unify the mainland in the future will definitely be my son Zhou Yaxuan. ”

"May my Zhou family prosper and prosper."

Everyone pinned their hopes on Zhou Yaxuan, and today's shame can only be reported in the future, believing that the mainland will eventually be unified in the future.

"I'm tired today, let's go down!" Zhou Zhitong slowly walked out of the court, his face was not good-looking at all, this may be the first time since the Tang and Zhou disputes to make such a helpless choice, but he believes that the person who unified the mainland is Zhou Yaxuan.