Cangjie looked at Ding Cong, who had a gloomy face, and suddenly was silent for a moment before he spoke: "I don't know, and there are some things that can only be said so much now." Again, do you go with me, or go down on your own, decide for yourself. ”

After saying that, Cangjie got up and walked out of the house, and when he was close to the door, he turned around and said: "I know in my heart what I should and shouldn't do, and I can also give you enough years to think, but you must give me an answer before the big flood." ”

After speaking, Cangjie walked out directly.

After hearing this, Ding Cong was stunned and speechless, and muttered in a low voice: "Great flood?

When was the great flood Ding Cong knew in his heart, it should be said that the Gonggong anger touched the Zhou Mountain, which led to the flooding of the world, during which there was a group of people who controlled the water, and finally only Dayu completed this matter, and also became the founder of a generation of dynasties by virtue of the people's wishes.

But why before the Great Flood? Could it be that Cangjie still wanted to give himself more time to figure out his so-called growth? Ding Cong didn't understand what the situation was, and finally simply stopped thinking about it and meditated intently.

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The breeze of the early autumn afternoon has a hint of coolness, and it is the most comfortable to blow on the body, but Ding Cong lies in the hammock in the courtyard and enjoys the comfortable time in life. At this time, there were many people standing or sitting in the courtyard, but they all had the same mood - heavy.

Jiang Shinian stood silently behind Lao Li, watching the master sit in the chair with an expressionless face, knowing that if he didn't say anything right at this time, he was afraid that he would be beaten again.

Xuanyuan stood opposite Lao Li with several adults in the alliance, all bowing their heads and saying nothing, not even daring to breathe.

Everyone seemed to be waiting for Ding Cong to speak, but he was just dangling in the hammock so leisurely, and he didn't mean to speak at all.

Lao Li couldn't hold it back, and said angrily to Ding Cong: "They are all waiting to listen to your opinion, you can talk about it and see what to do." ”

Ding Cong listened to Lao Li's angry voice, and knew that he was just venting his dissatisfaction on behalf of his lover, and it wasn't really a choice. Still closing his eyes, he shook it again before he said leisurely: "Didn't you say it a long time ago? These are their affairs, you and I don't have to interfere, why can't we sit still now?"

"Fart, why can't you sit still, I'm sitting firm!" Lao Li suddenly raised his voice, but then said angrily: "If I really interfere, how can they still be angry with you here?"

Ding Cong sighed and said pretendedly: "In that case, why did you come here?"

Lao Li said angrily: "Don't you know? What are you pretending? If it weren't for Yan'er's good face, I would have come to you?"

"Still, you shouldn't come, I've said they'll figure it out on their own, and it's not a life-or-death moment. Ding Cong still has a sideline mentality about this matter, and he also knows that no matter how the situation develops, it will not affect the ending, so he naturally won't worry about anything.

Even if Lao Li knows very little about history, the general trend is still clear, but if he cares, he will be chaotic, and seeing that the foundation laid by his apprentices has been eaten away by the Jiuli clan, of course he will not be able to sit still.

Looking at Ding Cong's indifferent appearance, Lao Li wanted to go up and smoke him, but he also knew in his heart that if he really interfered in this matter, I was afraid that the impact would be too great. Now he can only hope that Ding Cong has some good way to let the apprentice tide over the difficulties this morning.

Just when Lao Li was about to break out, a few more people walked in outside the courtyard, looking at their big bags and small bags, naturally they had just returned from hunting, and they were full of joy and excitement.

Weichen was the first to walk into the courtyard, and when he saw a group of people surrounding Ding Cong, he thought something had happened to him, so he hurriedly ran over to check. found that he was lying comfortably in the hammock, so he whispered: "I thought something was wrong, you really have a lot of habits now, and you actually like to let others watch you sleep." Oops~ Senior brother, why did you hit me in the head again, what should I do if I am stupid?"

He shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "Isn't that better, so that you don't have to cause trouble all the time." ”

Ren Sheng, Di Xiuxiu, Xuanyuan Ning, Zhu Xiang, and Gengchen who followed behind all walked into the courtyard at this time, and when they saw that the atmosphere was wrong, they also restrained their voices.

Gengchen walked next to the Dading Cong hammock and asked softly, "My lord, what happened?"

Although she spoke softly, Weichen next to her could also hear it clearly, and pouted: "What else can happen? Didn't you see the presence of the Second Emperor Yan and Huang in person? There are also these civil and military generals or something, one by one, their expressions are like losing their souls, and the war must be tight, and they are retreating one after another." ”

Jiang Shinian and Xuanyuan listened to Weichen's words, and they both subconsciously lowered their heads a little lower, feeling that their faces were hot. The original deployment was all secretly formulated by Ding Cong, and it seemed to be loose, but they were all aimed at possible changes in Jiuli. And the attack line and deployment of the Jiuli clan are indeed as Ding Cong guessed, and the order of action is not bad at all. Originally, it had already taken the lead and could contain it step by step, but I didn't expect that as soon as the two armies faced each other at the beginning of the year, the Huaxia Alliance suffered a loss.

Seeing that the Jiuli tribe failed in the first attack, and the left flank was not properly coordinated when attacking again, Da Hong, who was overjoyed, actually forgot his primary duty and boldly led the crowd to attack. Unexpectedly, first of all, the lethality of one's own melee weapons was insufficient, and it was impossible to break through the armor of the Jiuli tribe, and then there was a loss of harmony between attack and defense, no assistance in attack, and no defense, and a battle was a complete rout on the Qiulin front. The army of the six beasts guarding on both sides is still fighting with the second division of the rain division Fengbo, the central army has been completely defeated, the army of the six beasts has suffered heavy losses by the two phases, and even Xiao Hei, who commanded the six beasts, was wounded and returned.

Now the frontier is completely occupied by the Jiuli tribe, and even Shangqiu, the land where the bear country made its fortune, is besieged. The tight front is only one aspect, although the battle situation in the northwest has long been predicted, it is also unexpected that Lishan, who is guarding the outer mountain, will be suppressed by Xingtian and retreat. Originally, Jiang Shinian discussed countermeasures with Ding Cong and Xuanyuan after receiving Zhu Xiang's report, and then personally went to comfort his subordinates, and by the way, redeployed prevention and control according to Ding Cong's wishes.

In the early stage, as Ding Cong said, Xingtian encroached on the northwest by dividing troops, and Jiang Shinian deployed the clansmen to set up ambushes and build fortifications on the main roads they must pass, so as to strengthen them a little and use procrastination to drag down the rhythm of Xingtian's attack. It's just that Jiang Shinian hurried back to Xuanyuan Hill after the deployment and temporarily handed over the command to Lishan. After analyzing the news, Lishan believed that since Xingtian dared to divide his troops, the main force naturally did not attack enough, so he took the initiative to attack. But he didn't want to be attacked by Li Ju and Li Fu's reinforcements first, and then he was copied by Xingtian, so that the troops led by Lishan suffered heavy losses and could no longer play a role in blocking the enemy.

Lishan had no choice but to flee in embarrassment, regrouping the tribe at the entrance to the outer mountain pass, barely resisting for three days, and fleeing again. He fled through the mountain to the eastern foothills of the outer mountain before joining up with the clans led by Chang Xiansuo and blocking the Xingtian army in the outer mountain. But as a result, the reserve troops that originally belonged to the support were also dragged to the front line, and the Huaxia Alliance no longer had any support clans.

Now the situation is embarrassing, from Shangqiu to Xuanyuan Hill, the fifteen large and small cities in the middle of Xuanyuan Hill are all under-defended, and some small tribes are even more wavering, if there is no way to stabilize, I am afraid that the Huaxia Alliance will really fall apart.

Jiang Shinian and Xuanyuan knew that the reason for the defeat was that the emperor was not strict and misemployed, if Lao Li hadn't brought them to see Ding Cong today, I am afraid that even if they died in battle, they would not have the face to come to see the high priest.

Weichen figured out the cause and effect, and originally wanted to say a few witty words to ease the atmosphere, but before he could speak, Ding Cong's voice came to his ears. "It's okay, don't talk nonsense, this is a rare opportunity, we must let them learn some lessons. Otherwise, how will they persevere in the next few defeats?"

Of course, Weichen clearly knows what the ending will be this time, but he will be guided by subjective consciousness in the game. After hearing Ding Cong's transmission, Weichen had no choice but to keep his mouth shut, gave Jiang Shinian and Xuanyuan a sympathetic look, and then turned around and pulled the other people next to him, and ran out of the courtyard after beckoning the others.

Originally, Zhu Xiang didn't want to leave, but when Weichen passed by her, he dragged him out.

Gengchen saw that they were running so happily, but he was standing next to Ding Cong, and if he also left, it seemed too deliberate, and when he hadn't made up his mind, Ding Cong said to her: "Chen'er, you go to Shangqiu to pick up Wei He, this kid is injured again, alas, it's really uneasy." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Shinian and Xuanyuan glanced at each other with some relief, knowing that the high priest seemed to ignore them, but in fact, he secretly sent Wei He out. However, when he heard him say that Wei He was injured again, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, knowing that the high priest asked people to pick him up, and the injury must not be light, just like the last time at the Xishan outpost, it took more than half a year to fully recover.

Gengchen turned around and disappeared after answering, and disappeared in front of everyone. Everyone except Lao Li was shocked that this delicate and delicate little girl was so hidden. Jiang Shinian and Xuanyuan were even more surprised than the others as cultivators, even the high priest could not suddenly disappear without a trace.

Ding Cong waited for Gengchen to leave before saying to Lao Li: "What should you do, why should you go, don't dangle in front of my eyes." Then he said to Xuanyuan: "Jiang Shinian and Xuanyuan stay, and the others will disperse." ”

The others withdrew from the courtyard after saluting Ding Cong, and Lao Li also smiled, patted Jiang Shinian, turned around and disappeared.

Ding Cong rolled over and got out of the hammock, and squirted fiercely at the place where Lao Li disappeared: "You know that you are showing off blindly in front of me!"

After speaking, he said to Jiang Shinian and Xuanyuan: "Do you know what you are wrong?"

The two bowed down and said in unison, "I know." ”

Ding Cong was very satisfied with the attitude of the two at this time, so he took them out of the courtyard, came to the battlement of the city gate, pointed to the tall city gate that had been closed, and said: "I am going out of the city now, let people open the door and lower the drawbridge." ”

The two did not hesitate at all, and shouted at the battlement at the same time, Jiang Shinian shouted: "Get off the bridge", and Xuanyuan shouted: "Open the door." ”

But after finishing speaking, he found that several guards at the battlement paused for a while before running to the city wall to open the heavy city gate, and then ran up the city wall to lower the drawbridge.

Ding Cong waited until he was completely passable before walking out of the city towards the lonely mountain, Jiang Shinian and Xuanyuan followed closely, and did not dare to say a word on the way.

Coming to the top of the mountain, Ding Cong pointed to the guards on the city and said, "Did they do it right just now?"

Jiang Shinian thought for a while and said, "There was a mistake in the process, and some effort was delayed. It would have saved some effort if they had gone down and down the bridge before they came down and opened the gates. ”

Xuanyuan also nodded in agreement, "Yes, then they won't have to run that trip to the city wall again." ”

Ding Cong shook his head and said, "No, I think they did a good job." ”

Jiang Shinian and Xuanyuan didn't understand what it meant, and looked at Ding Cong waiting for his explanation.

Ding Cong asked again: "Who shouted to open the door just now, and who shouted to go down the bridge?"

Xuanyuan said: "I shouted to open the door, and the eldest brother shouted to go down the bridge." ”

Ding Cong smiled after hearing this: "Then what's wrong with them following your order to open the door first?"

After hearing this, Jiang Shinian suddenly said: "What the high priest said is not bad, it should indeed be so. Then he turned his head to look at Xuanyuan, bowed to him and said, "You are the leader, I am the subordinate, and I should not contradict your order just now." ”

Xuanyuan hurriedly picked up Jiang Shinian and said: "Big brother, get up, you are my eldest brother, what you say is the same as what I said, this is a trivial matter." ”

As soon as Xuanyuan finished speaking, Ding Cong was beaten on the back of his head, and tears flowed out of his eyes.

Ding Cong said with an angry face: "It's not a trivial matter, it's a big thing." As the leader of the Huaxia Alliance, you should understand that everything must be unified, and the two cannot coexist. Now it's okay for the two of you to be on the same page, but what if you disagree one day? Although it is feasible to discuss, there must be a process, and if this happens in the war, and in the front war, do you still have time to discuss?"

Xuanyuan's face was flushed and he bowed his head to be taught, and for a moment he couldn't understand why the high priest would talk about it.

Ding Cong continued: "If the two of you have a disagreement on the same matter, and neither of you can convince each other, then who will the people below listen to?"

Xuanyuan and Jiang Shinian shook their heads after thinking for a while, indicating that they didn't know.

"They will choose between your opinions what they think is the easiest thing to do. So what are the consequences of this in the long run? The consequences are that they will waver from side to side, they will make wrong judgments, they will ignore orders and make decisions for themselves. This is one of the direct reasons for the laxity of the royal majesty. ”

Hearing this, Xuanyuan and Jiang Shinian understood what Ding Cong was going to say when he called them out this time.

Then Ding Cong made a detailed analysis of the pros and cons of personal feelings in command, and originally wanted to say all the things like the heart makes the arm, the arm makes the hand, and the hand makes the finger, but after thinking about it carefully, he still decided to give up, after all, many things need to be constantly explored to achieve better results, and they can be firmly remembered.

Since then, Jiang Shinian has decided to take Xuanyuan's decision as the subject regardless of whether he is in front of or after people, and the management of his subordinates must also be reconsidered, and he must not put too many personal feelings into it.

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A group of sturdy young men walked through the forest by the faint light of the moonlit night, except for the constant sound of rubbing grass blades, the team of more than a dozen people was silent. At this time, the person in the front raised his hand to signal to stop moving forward, and the person behind saw that he was like a nail in the same place, and only after the front made a forward movement before he stepped forward again.