On the second day of the anxious waiting, Mingjue replied: "Abbot Zhao, after being inquired by the shopkeeper Liang, the current subscription situation is, the lord of Rou'an subscribed for forty shares, Gao Yanei subscribed for eighty shares, Yeli Xiaohou subscribed for sixty shares, Gule Xiaohou subscribed for forty shares, Liang shopkeeper subscribed for forty shares, and the little monk subscribed for eighty shares, the situation is very good, and the rest will be issued at the Jinbo auction, and the time is tentatively set for next month." Shopkeeper Liang asked Abbot Zhao to rest assured that if Abbot Zhao still wants to sell shares, he can catch it here. ”

Zhao Ran frowned and revisited the content of this flying talisman over and over again, but unfortunately, he didn't read what he needed from it.

Was it because the words of the shopkeeper Liang did not arrive, or did the county lord of Rou'an not understand his meaning at all? Or did the county lord of Rou'an tell him that the shopkeeper Liang and Mingjue did not tell them the original, but "ate" some words that they thought were insignificant?

Zhao Ran didn't know any of this, but he felt some anxiety, which came from the unknown of the intelligence and the powerlessness of not being able to control the situation.

Just as he was staring out the window in a daze, Mingjue's flying talisman came again: "The county lord said that her subscription shares have not changed, and the silver will be settled within this month." ”

Zhao Ran was stunned, and immediately repaired a letter and sent it to the Governor's Palace: "The enemy army may be dispatched in the near future." Summoned the Nangui Daoist who was resting on the bell tower: "The director of Nangui is invited, 100,000 are urgent, and they will be sent to Governor Xia in person." ”

Zhao Ran returned to the Hongyuan map, carefully searched along the line of the White River, starting from the Chewa River Valley, going south along the river, Jiangqingtang, Jisha Valley, Hetong Pass, Moon Crossing, Anqu Village, Darlang Mountain, Konglongwa, and then south is the icy and snowy Longjia Mountain Range, Longjia Mountain Range and Zhuodeng Mountain Range in the south are longitudinal for dozens of miles, countless dangerous peaks are deep, and they are not human beings can climb, so there is basically no need to consider it. After the Longzhuo Mountains, there is the large and small Jinchuan of Tibet.

Looking at the Baihe River on the map repeatedly, especially the rest of the places except for the three major ferries of the Chewa River Valley, Moon Ferry and Anqu Village, Zhao Ran thought carefully, and didn't know what choice Wu Huawen would make.

At the end of September, the second military meeting was held, and the military conference was arranged in the camp of the Song Fan Wei in the Chewa River Valley, and Du Tenghui and Xia Ji were more eye-catching, and they did not come to attend, and this time it was a pure tactic of using troops, and these two could not play a big role when they came, but they might expose their whereabouts, thus attracting the attention of the White Horse Supervisor Military Division.

On the way to the Chewa River Valley, Zhao Ran saw a scene of a bumper harvest, the endless cultivated land was full of crops that were about to ripen, and the herdsmen on the grassland were driving herds of cattle and sheep, and the herds and sheep were under the blue sky and above the green land, like a blooming snow lotus, blooming in the believers of all the people in the red plain. People have smiles on their faces and expectations for a better life in their eyes.

Who knew that war was coming?

The military meeting was presided over by Commander Cao, who reconfirmed how the various armies should coordinate and cooperate with each other, and at the same time adjusted some problems that had been exposed in the early stage of deployment.

According to the requirements of the military council, Zhao Ran rushed back to Dajun Mountain and called Pei Zhongze and Zhang Baihu to his side: "How is the training?"

Zhang Baihu said: "Abbot Zhao, if it is a flat field battle, it will definitely not work to pull it out like this, but it has only been trained for more than a month, and the most basic array has not been practiced." But if you're just defending the city, you'll probably be able to give it a try. ”

"Give it a try?"

"Yes, give it a try, because I don't know how many soldiers will come from Western Xia. Within 1,000 people, I think it can be defended, and if there are 2,000 people, it will be very reluctant, and even if it is held, the loss will not be small. If it is three thousand, the humble post really does not have the confidence to answer the abbot. ”

"It doesn't matter, it's unlikely that 3,000 people will come from the opposite side, and at most less than 2,000 people. From now on, every evening the flag will be silenced, divided into batches, and stationed in Hongyuan City within five days, and after entering the city, camp in the west of the city, not to wear military armor, not to raise flags, and all the people should rest in the camp, waiting for military orders at any time. ”

After instructing Zhang Baihu, Zhao Ran turned to Pei Zhongze: "Senior Brother Pei, above the city, I have equipped Senior Brother Luo and Toad Palace Fairy for Senior Brother ......"

"Excellent!

“...... There are also Uncle Lin, Senior Sister Song Yuqiao, Senior Sister Zheng Yutong, Senior Sister Cao Yuzhu, Senior Sister Yu Yuqi, Qu Fenghe, and Senior Sister Zhongxi, Butcher and Shen Caizhu, two Taoist friends......"

"Well, one archmage, three mages, four yellow crowns, and three feather warriors, this lineup is almost enough to defend the city. ”

"In addition, they were assigned to the senior brothers Guo Zhiwei and Yang Zhiwen, but they were not fighting on the front line, only taking care of the wounded in the back, helping to take care of the money and food delivery, etc. ”

"Very good. It's just that in this case, do you still have enough people in your family's cave? Senior Brother Wei and Senior Uncle Jiang are sitting in Dajun Mountain, will every helper around them not be suitable?"

Zhao Ran stroked his forehead with his hand and said helplessly: "My teacher went out, and he was able to reply to the flying charm at first, but he didn't even bother to return to us these days." The senior brother was afraid that the teacher would have an accident, so he also went out. Now there is only the Longyang Patriarch in the cave, but it is enough to have the Patriarch in charge, he is alone, and there are more than 100 people such as me. ”

Pei Zhongze nodded: "With the Longyang Patriarch here, there won't be any big problems in the Song Domain." After thinking about it, he asked, "What's wrong with Master Jiang?" Can I help Qingyun Pavilion?"

Zhao Ran was not good at exposing his teacher to Pei Zhongze about the unbearable past of "being forced away by Uncle Zhao", so he just used words to perfunctory the past.

Leaving the training valley, Zhao Ran remembered that he hadn't been in contact with senior brother Wei Zhizhen for a while, so he said, "Senior brother, have you found the teacher?"

Wei Zhizhen replied: "We chased all the way to Banzhou, and we are going to enter Guizhou before that." The one in Beidaotang has a very good temper, saying that the teacher doesn't fight with her, he just looks down on her, and he has to do a life-and-death fight, which makes people speechless. By the way, did you say that the war had started? Can you withstand it? If you can't stand it, I'll go back and preside over it. ”

Zhao Ran said: "You better hurry up and catch up with the teacher, the war on my side is not a big deal, and I can withstand it." I'm afraid that the teacher and the North Daotang will fight a real fire, and if the North Daotang one is disabled or something, then there will be no way to explain. ”

Wei Zhizhen replied: "Don't worry, junior brother, the real fire can't be beaten, I think the teacher has something to do, and it's just an excuse to avoid the one in the North Daotang." ”

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"I don't know this, let's chase it down and see. ”

Zhao Ran shook his head, and Fei Fu advised: "As the master of the Sect Saint Pavilion, the teacher's every move is not a private matter, and now he has something to hide from us, it really shouldn't be." Senior brother, after this matter is clarified, you must admonish!"

"Don't worry, junior brother, I know!"