Volume 3 The Valley of Wu Wei Chapter 94 Knowing Yourself and Knowing Your Enemy

Liu Jizu also sighed when he heard this, "Brother Chongyi, do you have any plans in the future? I won't tell you anything, we are indeed on the way to escape, I killed the four evils, the government must be wanted, there are still the pursuers of Wuwei Valley and the Academy in the back, and in front of us is the interception of the prince of Chu, we are indeed unable to protect ourselves! You better think about it before making a decision!"

Bao Chongyi stood up when he heard this, and arched his hand: "Engong, you killed the four evils and one gang, and also killed the white fat man, our Bao family owes you a great favor, and there is nothing to repay, I am willing to follow you before and after the saddle to repay." I don't have anything to worry about now, as long as you don't think I'm a burden, I'll always follow you. ”

Liu Jizu also stood up when he heard this, and arched his hand: "Since this is the case, you are welcome to join us, I don't know what Brother Chongyi will do this year, I will arrange things for you." ”

Bao Chongyi became happy, "Childe can call me Chongyi in the future." I am 20 years old this year, and I have studied hard for ten years. Originally, he was going to continue to go to Beijing to be admitted to the Jinshi as an official, but as soon as his father had an accident, he was delayed. Through my father's affairs, I also saw through the corruption of the officials of the Great Zhou, and decided to abandon literature and martial arts, and practiced for half a year. In addition, after I was promoted, my father also taught me some things such as the official system, the military system, and the court etiquette system of the Great Zhou. ”

Liu Jizu was a little surprised when he heard this, "I didn't expect you to be a lifter! I only gave up the scientific examination after taking the Xiucai exam." My teacher said that the Great Zhou Dynasty was running out and the troubled times were coming, so he didn't let me take the test again. Since you can pass the exam, you can't go wrong with your literary talents, so why don't you come and be our teacher here for the time being! We have eighty-seven children here, many of whom are illiterate, what do you think?"

Bao Chongyi listened and arched his hand and said, "Thank you, son!"

Liu Jizu handed him over to Fan Cheng, asked him to take Bao Chongyi to familiarize himself, and helped him arrange a rest vehicle, but he didn't take the car when he was in a hurry, and insisted on riding the horse he rode back, saying that he had a fate with the horse. Fan Cheng had no choice but to agree, and then took him around to introduce him.

By this time, it was almost noon, and lunch had already been prepared. With Wu Lun's guidance, the quality of the food has improved a lot, and everyone is very happy to eat, and they all say that they want Wu Lun to be the chef.

Wu Lun's mentality has changed greatly since he almost died from that injury. He liked this kind of daily work very much, so he and his wife took over the job together, and Elder Long's family also participated. And the archers that Wu Lun was in charge of before had already left the team, so it had little impact on the entire team.

Liu Jizu decided that in the future, the archers would bring their own, and the members were those children, and now he had fifty-five bows and nearly two thousand arrows in his hands. But it can't meet the requirement of a bow per person, and he has to continue to buy it, and Liu Jizu even wants to spend a lot of money to hire a craftsman who can make bows and arrows. But they are still on the run, and how can they have time to do this, they can only wait for it to stabilize later.

After everyone had eaten and the medicine was ready, several pharmacists were busy giving medicine to the injured people, and then Hou Huaigu came over with a happy face.

Liu Jizu was overjoyed when he saw that the swelling on his face had disappeared, and guessed that there was some good news, but he didn't ask him why he was so happy, but asked: "Senior Hou, what means do you think will be used behind Wuwei Valley?"

Hou Huaigu first asked his subordinates to order them to pack up their things and set off, before he replied: "According to my analysis, next time should be their last resort." If we can get through this level, we will basically get out of the area controlled by Wuwei Valley itself, and their people won't have much to do with us. The main threats behind are those Jianghu sects controlled by Wuwei Valley on the road and the assassins sent by Wuwei Valley, they will sneak to deal with us, but I am more afraid of this?"

Liu Jizu personally experienced the poison and poisonous insects of Wuwei Valley, and he was also afraid, thinking about how he could offend some difficult opponents, each one was more difficult to deal with. He shook his head, thinking that the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and it would be useless to think about these troubles every day, so he simply didn't think about it.

Liu Jizu settled down, "Then do we have any countermeasures?"

Hou Huaigu showed a wicked smile, "I was about to tell you, didn't I send two spies to both sides last night." But who would have thought that Wuwei Valley sent a poisoner who could repel insects, they didn't take the main road, but bypassed the mountains and used poisonous insects to sneak attack us, so we didn't detect the raid last night. But after the poisonous insect attack was launched, a large group of pursuers on the road chased after them.

Our spies tried to run back to deliver a message to us, but were stopped by the fire in the valley. The fire we set off burned most of the trees in the valley, and the road was blocked, so he was afraid that he would be discovered by the pursuers of Wuwei Valley behind, so he had to hide his horse in the depths of the woods outside the valley, and he sneaked back to the valley to hide and observe.

The pursuers of Wuwei Valley soon chased to the valley mouth, they were also blocked by the mountain fire, and a few leaders discussed countermeasures at the valley mouth, which happened to be heard by my men. After discussing the countermeasures, because there were many people, Taniguchi could not be there, these pursuers walked back and found a spacious place to set up camp. My men waited until the second half of the night when the fire went out, and then they secretly took the horses out and hurried back to deliver the letter. He caught up with us when you went to buy medicine and reported the news to me. ”

Liu Jizu was also overjoyed when he heard it, "How are they going to act?"

Hou Huaigu replied, "This time the team is led out by Qi Tianlin, the deputy valley master of Wuwei Valley, who is the head of the guard at the exit of Nature Valley, and I guess this is the biggest force that Fluttershy can send." If more powerful people are sent out, her own safety may be threatened. My subordinates listened to what they said, Wuwei Valley's plan last time was originally to let poisonous insects sneak up on us first, reduce our combat effectiveness, and then send the main force of the brigade to attack.

But after coming to the valley mouth and seeing the forest fire, they thought that the poisonous insect sneak attack must not have been fully effective, and the road was blocked, so Qi Tianlin canceled the attack, but changed to a backup plan, and set up an ambush in a canyon in front to surround us.

I knew there, there were two mountains and a ravine, and on either side there were cliffs that could not be climbed, and in the middle was the road to the east. If you don't go there, you can only take a detour to Xiangzhou City or enter Henan Road and then go east. They saw that we didn't dare to go to Xiangzhou and would not go to Henan Province, so they set it as the location of the action for the backup plan. After they had made a plan, they sent someone to make a detour overnight to contact the Taishou of Xiangzhou, and spent a lot of money asking him to send two hundred soldiers to seal the exit of the canyon.

As long as we enter that canyon, we will be blocked from behind by the people of Wuwei Valley. They are afraid of the bows and arrows of the Four Demons and Childe, and they don't want to face us face to face at all, but they still want to use poisonous insects to deal with us. However, you have also seen poisonous insect attacks, which are extremely demanding on the terrain, and can only be fully exerted in relatively closed environments such as valleys and woodlands. ”

Liu Jizu thought to himself when he heard this, this idea is really vicious, it seems that Wuwei Gu understands his side quite thoroughly. Wuwei Gu knew that they had offended the academy and did not dare to go to Henan Province, and Xiangzhou was an important military town in Jiangbei Province, and they did not dare to go because of the heavy guards, so there was only one choice. Liu Jizu felt a little tricky when he heard it, but when he saw Hou Huaigu, he was still smiling, knowing that he must have a way, and asked with a smile: "Seeing that your face is full of joy, there must be a good way?"

Hou Huaigu was even happier, and laughed, "Of course, who is familiar with me in this area! You still want to play this game with me, even if I don't get this news by accident, I can't let everyone be in danger." And according to their next plan of action, I don't think they will do anything to us until we reach that valley. For this reason, I took the time to formulate three countermeasures to deal with them, and I delayed reporting to you for a while.

Let's talk about the next strategy first, the next strategy is that we bypass them, we can go south, then west, and then south to bypass Xiangzhou, and bypass the south of Xiangzhou. In this way, the distance will increase by about ten days, although it can bypass the pursuers of Wuwei Valley, but there are more cities and garrisons on this route, so many of us will definitely be discovered. Therefore, it is certain that if you go that way, you will definitely encounter a large number of troops to intercept it. In addition, there are more rivers to the south, and ferries are required in some places, which increases the uncertainty. In the unlikely event that the dock is closed or there are robbers while crossing the river, we will be very passive because we have no boat and no water. Therefore, this strategy seems to be the safest, but it is also full of uncertainties, and it can only be the next policy. ”

The middle strategy is to go north into Henan Road, and rush from Henan Road to Jiangxi Road in one go. Of course, if you go there, you will encounter the interception of the academy forces, but the Jianghu sect in Henan Province only knows that we are now in Jiangbei Dao, and they don't know that we will suddenly go to Henan Dao, so you can be taken by surprise, and maybe you can enter Jiangxi Dao without being blocked! Even if you do encounter obstacles, most of the Jianghu sects in Henan Dao come from academies and are good at martial arts. Listening to Senior Brother Long, Childe's current martial arts skills are already a rare opponent, I have studied with Senior Brother Long, and I admire Senior Brother Long's martial arts level and knowledge. Even if he said that, it must not be wrong. With this confidence, what do we have to be afraid of, it should be that they are afraid of us! Besides, there is no army of the king of Chu in the north, and it is all by land, so there is no need to cross the river, so it is relatively safer. It's just that it will delay a lot of time, and there are also the uncertainties of the academy's forces intercepting and the four evils family, so it is the middle policy.

As for the best policy, we have to take some risks, that is, we take the initiative to attack and turn passive into active. We can divide the troops into two ways, one is for Gongzi to take the four demons to sneak attack the pursuers of Wuwei Valley, kill a few more of them, and extinguish their sharpness. The people of Wuwei Valley are very afraid of death, so naturally they don't dare to chase us anymore. The other route is led by me, and I will set off now, and take the people to occupy the valley mouth in the evening. In this way, the officers and soldiers can only return in vain, and if they preempt them, they will be killed directly, so that the road will not be blocked, and we can continue to go east along this road. This strategy is difficult, mainly in whether Childe can solve the pursuers of Wuwei Valley here. But this strategy can be done once and for all, it can completely solve the problem of chasing troops in Wuwei Valley, and we can also leave Jiangbei Province in the shortest possible time, and make full use of the advantages of the Four Demons and Gongzi's archery, so it is the best policy. ”