Xu Tianchang smiled slightly: "Little princess, this is an adult's business, and when the little princess is older, she will naturally understand." Speaking of this, he resolutely said: "Mu Sheng, you will take the guards around me to escort the little princess back to the imperial city." ”

Ruan Chong was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "General, this must not be, the guards are specially designed to protect your people, what if the other party's people sneak in and it is not good for the general?"

Xu Tianchang laughed arrogantly and said, "Could it be that I am a crippled person, and I don't even have the ability to protect myself? Even if someone from the Zhou clan sneaks in, I am not a wooden man waiting to be killed!"

Xi Ling'er hurriedly shook her head and said, "Uncle Xu, I'd rather stay here for a while than let you be hurt because of my affairs, this guard can't be given to me, otherwise you can send someone to inform my father first?"

Xu Tianchang arched his hand and said: "Thank you for your forgiveness, but if you want to go all the way out from Dazhai and reach the imperial city, you must pass through a section of the border with the Zhou people, that section of the road is about three or four miles long, and it happens to be a 'U' shaped valley bottom, once the enemy is ambushed there, when we reach the valley bottom, the other party will be in trouble when they occupy the top of the slope on both sides." Therefore, there is no way to send someone to inform, and if you want to pass, you have to have a team of at least 20 people or more. ”

Xi Ling'er couldn't help frowning, and pouted: "What can I do about this, Daddy must be worried about death." ”

Fang Ling thought slightly, and suddenly turned his gaze to a table on the side of the big house, only to see that there was a sand table on the table.

The sand table shows all the situation at the bottom of the valley, the whole valley floor is roughly distributed in a rectangle, the city of the royal family is located at the top, and the lower part is the place where the three tribes are intertwined, because the terrain is meandering, so the three tribes have a junction with each other, Xu Tianchang said that the slope that must be passed through to the imperial city is also shown on the top, one side of the slope is the land of the Zhou people, and in the distance is the Zhu department, on one side is a long stream and river, and on the other side is the dense forest area, once the other party takes the lead, it is indeed a difficult place to pass.

He looked at it carefully, and gradually had an idea in his heart, so he said: "General Xu, I have an idea, that is, I can let the little princess reach the imperial city safely without your guards." ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone looked at him, although Fang Ling was the benefactor who brought the little princess back to the valley, but everyone didn't regard this outsider as very important in their hearts, especially this kind of war, how could it be a place where outsiders could interject?

However, Fang Ling was the benefactor of the little princess after all, so Xu Tianchang still asked politely: "I don't know what method this prince said?"

Fang Ling smiled slightly and said, "I heard Brother Ge say that the men and horses and troops of the Zhou Department are about the same as those of the Xu Department, with a population of more than 1,500 and a strength of about 600. ”

Xu Tianchang nodded and said, "Yes, it's true." ”

Fang Ling pointed to the sand table in the distance and said: "On the border of the Zhou and Xu clans, the Zhou people have a total of four villages, and the Xu people have a total of six villages, and then compared with other villages in the territory, the Zhou people are less in the number of villages, which means that the troops in each village are more, and the troops are more concentrated than the Xu people, so they can attack unscrupulously, because they often need to invest more troops to attack." ”