Prime Minister Miao Cheng led the kingdom army to fight Gucheng again did not achieve the expected effect, victory and defeat are a common thing for soldiers, and Prime Minister Miao Cheng was not discouraged after retreating ten miles after the defeat and re-establishing the army. Prime Minister Miao Cheng is very clear about the comparison of the war strength of the two sides, the Cuizhu Kingdom is currently competing with the combined army of the Scholar King and the Beast King in the river valley, and it is all by relying on his own skillful use of the art of war from time to time to achieve the current situation, basically keeping the Xuantan River Valley, the only thing that has been lost is that the border town of the royal government, Gucheng, is currently in the hands of the enemy. The alliance between the Scholar King and the Beast King has been planning for a long time, and the results achieved so far are still far from their expected goals. Because they not only want to capture the Xuantan River Valley, but also after completely defeating the Cuizhu Kingdom, they will plunder the Queen Mother of the Cuizhu Kingdom for the Beast King to enjoy. This is almost to wipe out the Bamboo Kingdom, or to make the country collapse and become a vassal state at their mercy. It is precisely because of Prime Minister Miao Wen's tireless efforts that the prospects for them to achieve their goals are very slim. This made the scholar king feel that he still had a long way to go to realize his so-called ambition.

When the year comes to an end, the snowflakes fluttering in the river valley do not stop. At this time, the two sides that are caught in the war have no intention of fighting again. Because it is almost very difficult for Prime Minister Miao Cheng to recapture Gucheng under the current situation, the scholar king and the beast king left Marshal Tian Long to garrison Gucheng, and Su Claw still confronted Miao Chengxiang's army outside Gucheng. After the arrangements were made, the scholar king and the beast king both returned to their kingdom courts, preparing to find a breakthrough and make progress according to the development of the situation after the end of the year. After a long period of war, the soldiers and generals of the Cuizhu Kingdom also needed to recuperate and recuperate, and Prime Minister Miao asked the imperial court to send enough supplies to the troops stationed in the river valley to let the soldiers rest and recuperate.

During this temporary period of strife, Prime Minister Miao did not dare to slack off for a moment because of his heavy burden. Prime Minister Miao Cheng knew very well that the current situation in front of the royal government was that it was necessary to use all means to recapture Gucheng and adopt effective methods in defense, so that the enemy with ill intentions would have no chance to take advantage of it. The current situation is that the enemy coalition forces have almost used all their strength to occupy the valley city, and the troops in their own kingdom army are slightly inferior, and there is basically no possibility of winning the hard fight, although it is currently found that the scholar king and the beast king have left the valley city, but once the war is tight, they will come again when they need the strength most, because the enemy army must use the valley city that has been captured as a springboard in order to expand to the depth of the valley and achieve the ultimate goal. Prime Minister Miao Cheng felt that if he wanted to cause the enemy to be defeated and leave, he had to break the conventional thinking of conquest, and because of his own lack of strength, he had to achieve the effect of surrendering without a fight.

Because no one is perfect, everyone stands on the limits of their conventional thinking, and there are always places where they do not consider everything and deal with it inadequately. When there is no way out of doubt, asking for advice from a person of insight who is a bystander is not a good way to reverse the decline. When he sent troops to fight in the river valley, Prime Minister Miao had already heard that there was an abbot in the temple on the top of Cuibai Mountain in the north of the river valley, and this abbot had been entrenched on the top of Cuibai Mountain for decades, and he took his disciples to concentrate on cultivation, and generally did not ask about the affairs of the world. Prime Minister Miao Cheng clearly remembered that when the old king was still alive, he told him that the old abbot was knowledgeable, proficient in astronomy and geography, and would skillfully use the art of war, because the Cuizhu Kingdom had funded the old abbot in the renovation of the temple, and the old abbot was friendly to the Cuizhu Kingdom. Prime Minister Miao Cheng really couldn't find an effective way to recover Gucheng, so he decided to lead his entourage to climb to the top of Cuibai Mountain in person when both sides were in a truce, and asked the abbot for advice.

Continuous snowfall, Cuibai Mountain was shrouded in white snow, and Prime Minister Miao braved the biting cold, arranged for Guan Xiong to defend the military camp, and climbed to the top of the mountain with his entourage at dawn. The sheep intestine path leading to the top of the mountain is covered with snow, it is very difficult to walk, Miao Cheng and his entourage overcome difficulties, climb the steep path, and finally climb to the top of the mountain when they are almost exhausted, only to see that this temple is in the verdant cypress forest, it seems to be wide and magnificent, the monks in the temple rhythmically hit the aftermath of the big bell in the mountains around, the pious monks chant and worship the Buddha in the main hall, its artistic conception makes people forget the troubles of the world, and enter a state of open mind.

Prime Minister Miao and his entourage did not dare to make a rash time, let the doorman of the temple report to the abbot, the prime minister of the Cuizhu Kingdom had something to see, the doorman folded his hands, and religiously led the Prime Minister Miao to wait in the reception hall, and after a while, the temple abbot came from the hall, only to see the abbot wearing a robe, white beard and long floating, red light, and two eyes. After the abbot sat down, without waiting for Prime Minister Miao to greet politely, the abbot spoke first: The donor is suffering from the occupation of the valley city, why don't you go to the top of the back hill of the valley city to see, the donor can only create deterrence, but it cannot be used to harm all living beings in the valley city, and the monks are merciful and sinful! Sin! The donor greets the Queen Mother of the Kingdom on my behalf! After saying that, the abbot ordered the boy to send off the guests, and then turned and walked out of the main hall. The entourage felt confused when they heard the abbot's words, and they didn't know what to do. The clever Prime Minister Miao Cheng understood the abbot's guidance, and led his entourage back to the barracks in the evening with joy.

On this day, braving the cold at the end of the year to trek Cuibai Mountain, it was very hard, but Prime Minister Miao's mood was very happy! Prime Minister Miao carefully savored the words of the old abbot, and Prime Minister Miao felt that it was now another village. The old abbot told Prime Minister Miao Cheng to say hello to the Queen Mother on his behalf, Prime Minister Miao Cheng, who was the best of the people, knew the old abbot's point, and he made suggestions in line with the kindness of the old king, and what he said was not very clear, but the old abbot knew that the intelligent Prime Minister Miao Cheng could definitely fully appreciate the essence of it. The old abbot pointed out a vicious strategy, as long as it can create a deterrent momentum, the enemy army will know the time to completely withdraw its troops, so that the important town of Gucheng can be regained, and from now on, the Xuantan River valley can be under the protective barrier for a long time.

On the third day, the snowflakes were still drifting, and the river valley was white and white, and everywhere was deathly quiet, only the sound of snowflakes falling was still mixed with a hint of life. Regardless of the fatigue of yesterday's travel, Prime Minister Miao and General Guan Xiong, who were very familiar with the status and conditions of Gucheng, took only two followers, and quietly avoided the sight of the enemy army in Gucheng, bypassed the river valley, and climbed the trail to the top of the mountain behind Gucheng. Prime Minister Miao, who was proficient in the art of war and had always been good at using soldiers, found that on the top of the back hill close to Gucheng, there was a depression, the depression was flat, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the mountains were all green trees, and although the woods were pressed by the snow for several days, they did not show the appearance of being subdued. Prime Minister Miao Cheng knew at a glance that what the old abbot pointed out was to build fortifications in this place, and build a dam on the depression facing the valley city without mountains, which formed a reservoir for storing water. If the reservoir filled with water is opened on the top of the valley castle to release water, the valley castle will be flooded and cause a catastrophe. The enemy troops stationed in Gucheng were overhead in the river, and when they discovered the crisis, they naturally retreated, so they made good use of the unique conditions of nature to achieve the goal of surrendering the army without a fight.

Without further ado, Prime Minister Miao Cheng thought that he should seize the opportunity of the truce in the cold winter, conceal the enemy soldiers stationed in Gucheng, seize the time, quietly organize soldiers, and build a dam on the top of Gucheng Mountain without knowing it. In the coming year, the weather will be warmer, and the melting snow will be enough to store enough water in the newly built reservoir, and then find the right time in the next year, before the two sides are about to fight, let the enemy army in Gucheng discover the existing threat, and the scholar king will definitely be afraid of what Prime Minister Miao Cheng will accomplish if the dog jumps over the wall. If once generated, the combined army of the scholar king and the beast king will be flooded in the valley city, and the one who knows the times is the one who is handsome, and the enemy army that is scattered will inevitably retreat obediently, and even give up the plan to get involved in the war in the valley.

It is really heaven to help Miao Wen, originally the scholar king after returning to the court, ready to seize the time to deal with the important state affairs, and rushed back to Gucheng, although the two sides are truce due to seasonal reasons, but the scholar king is really not worried about the Miao Wen prime minister who has always acted strangely, he knows that the Miao prime minister who is struggling to recover the valley city and is currently helpless will definitely not stop there, the soldiers will recuperate, he will definitely hollow out his mind to make a moth during this time, so that the next year's battle will be at a disadvantage. But just two days after King Scholar returned to the dynasty, King Niuling had a miscarriage due to fetal gas, and the imperial doctor was unable to save his life! This queen was deeply loved by the scholar king, and the queen suddenly returned to the west, and the scholar king, who was very affectionate, was almost in pain, and his body, which was not very solid, suddenly became weak and weak, lying on the bed, and was confused all day long, making the whole palace messy. Some people speculate that the queen's sudden death was due to the fact that after returning to the palace, the scholar king, who had been away for a long time, acted too violently due to a long drought and nectar, so that the queen, who was pregnant in October, died of a miscarriage due to unbearable strength.

After the king of the beasts returned to the palace, he had passed due to his eye injury, and there was no warning from the imperial doctor. Marshal Tian Long was here, and in the name of going out to inspect the military situation, he spent almost all day in Jianshui Nunnery, chatting with Master Panlang and me, and he was also very happy, forgetting the instructions of the scholar king to the clouds.

The army stationed in Gucheng thought that it was sheltered by the unique advantages of Gucheng, and the generals had nothing to do all day, and the army of the Cuizhu Kingdom, which was stationed outside, also pretended to behave in military discipline under the arrangement of Prime Minister Miao Wen, and pretended to be fragrant with wine and meat all day long. Secretly, Prime Minister Miao personally commanded the elite soldiers to brave the severe cold and seize the opportunity to build the embankment on the top of Gucheng Mountain. The hard work paid off, and just after the traditional Spring Festival, Prime Minister Miao's fortifications were successfully built. In order to prevent accidents, Prime Minister Miao arranged for Yang Shi to lead hundreds of elite soldiers to hide in the green woods after Yang Gate, defending the newly built embankment for the coming year.