Before the time came, the three Otogi Wind Shuttles had already taken advantage of the night to slowly leave Siguo Mountain and head for the direction of Beilie Mountain. Because of the bloated bottom of the ship, they were extremely slow, and their constant screeching and squeaking pierced through the quiet night, and could be heard for more than ten miles. Rao is like three old men in their twilight years, chattering about showing off their great martial arts in the past when they fought in the open sea.

This kind of thing, after encountering the enemy, can not catch up and escape, used in the Baishan battle is undoubtedly self-defeating, but not long after the end of the war in the open sea, Chu Qinmen in addition to these three ships that have experienced the wartime overload of modified products, two by the Baishan people described as thin skin and big stuffing of the open sea-shaped shuttle, only one South Chumen delivered not long after the new Yimu wind shuttle can be used.

In the second-order beast boat, the number of silver-backed humpfish is also down compared to before the war, and it is about half to half of the Black Wind Valley's special nine-winged eagle, although the speed of this nine-winged eagle is fast, but the manned load is very average, and the food is large and the temperament is vicious, and the cost of raising it is far greater than that of camel rays. There are still some purple-crowned spirit cranes of the Qi Yunchu family, which are even more pitiful, they eat well, and the royal hands are slightly unsatisfactory, and they dare to disobey orders even if they have high intelligence.

The same is true of the second-order pack beasts, most of the crocodile spirit turtles were disposed of after the war, and the rest brought back to Baishan are all sick because there is no sea to live in.

These were the consequences of the Great War in the open sea, not to mention the decline in the number of monks due to casualties and migration.

The vitality has not recovered, which refers to the current situation.

The three shuttles went around the north and suddenly returned south, posing in a zigzag shape at the northern foot of Siguo Mountain, and more than 100 Chu Qin monks flew down on it, and under the command of Qi Mo'an, they began to set up a formation and prepare for a long time.

At the right time, the main forces of the five thousand Chu Qin and Southern Chu coalition forces lined up, and slowly walked out of the mountain gate with the baggage beasts, they entered the formation arranged by Qi Mo'an, and stood in position according to the [Chaos Golden Shadow Array] that had been rehearsed, and put on a posture of marching at any time.

So much for.

Yes, Qi Xiu, who had just mobilized the vassals, actually didn't plan to go to Beilie Mountain so early, so there were not a few people in the shuttle at all, but with a false shot, the main force of the coalition army would not make any moves in a short time.

After all, he not only wanted to buy time for the monks of the Qiyun Chu family to go south, but he didn't want the vassals of the family to be so forward-looking all the time, so he went out of the mountain as soon as possible to determine the general direction, saving everyone from having to fight their own small calculations. There is another advantage to doing this, that is, it will cause concern to the army of the Lihuo Alliance, which has surrounded the Beilie Mountain, otherwise they will free up their hands to divide their troops and loot the entire northern part of Chu and Qin, which will be even more harmful.

Again and again, and again and again, Qi Xiu can only choose to bear the loss of morale caused by this.

The lesser of two evils.

Not only this one, but almost all the issues, Qi Xiu had to face all kinds of similar choices, and he was extremely troubled.

Gu Si was captured, and in the remaining Chu and Qin Zhu Jindan, Qin Changfeng was too affected by Nangong Yanran, Xiong Fourteen could not be completely loyal, and Dorosen and Mingzhen had never been involved in specific mundane things, so Qi Xiu arranged for Zhan Jianfeng to take over the late Meng Jun as a law enforcement officer, and actually took charge of the defense of the mountains.

In this way, the monks of the initial family, such as Yu Qing'er and Kan Xuan, who were in charge of Si Guoshan and the important affairs in the workshop, would definitely be able to unite around the exhibition.

As Gu Xi's wife, she will definitely not oppose the future peace with the Lihuo Alliance, and without the support of the initial family, she can just serve as a nominal Si Guoshan garrison, stay in the mountain, and supervise and rely on each other with Zhan.

But in this way, the coalition army will lose an incomparably excellent forward commander, and in order to remove the Ming and Zhan constraints, Qi Xiu will bring Nangong Yanran and the disciples of the Qin family, as well as Nangong Xiang, Yu Bao Lu Man, and his wife with him. In the future, when they understand the deep meaning, they will inevitably bury unhappiness in their hearts, which is also what Qi Xiu has to bear.

For Qin Changfeng and Nangong Yanran, Qi Xiu said that he would fight to the death in the Fire Alliance.

To Ming Zhen, he will tell the truth about war to promote peace.

To Xiong Fourteen, he also said that he would never sit idly by and watch the fall of Beilie Mountain.

For the vassal families, he kept agitating to prevent people's minds from changing.

For the monks from all walks of life who were stranded in Siguofang, he said on the one hand that he could let them go as they pleased, try to reduce the pressure on the internal defense of Siguo Mountain, and through them released the news that Chu Qin's entire army had gone north, and on the other hand, he vigorously recruited them, not letting go of any possibility of increasing combat strength.

He drove away Zhong Xingmei, who was close to the inside, because the other party's position was inevitably contrary to his general policy of promoting peace by war, and for He Huanzong, Chu Qin had better fight to the death with Lihuo, and would never sit idly by and watch the two sides negotiate peace. In the Chu Qin array, the Zhongxing Mei people will inevitably move up and down, bribing Xiong 14 and other vassals to fight for the interests of He Huanzong, and at the same time, they can suddenly use ruthless hands at a critical moment to kidnap the Chu Qin League into He Huanzong's chariot.

At the same time, he frequently asked He Huanzong and Qingdanmen for help, and naturally the more external help, the better.

Speaking of external help, he missed Yan Guimen and Songhai Gate among the objects of his help, after all, he couldn't make it difficult for Yan Muyun and Sang Jia, the two door masters who were still under the protection of the three generations. Everyone knew that it was impossible for these two families to participate in a fight of this magnitude, and making rash demands would only increase embarrassment, but might ruin the relationship between the two sides.

Governing a large country is like cooking a small fresh, Qi Xiu carefully uses various seemingly contradictory strategies to move firmly towards the goal he wants.

Behind him is Chu Qin, who has just experienced 20 years of overseas warfare and has strong strength, this is his hard work, his confidence, and the fruitful fruits of his painstaking management over the past 200 years.

Those who want to leave have moved to Haichu, and those who want to rebel have been launched with Qin Guangyao and Luo Zi, just like the evil pus on scabies, once squeezed out, people's bodies will be stronger.

In today's Chu Qin, there is absolutely no doubt about the loyalty and governing ability of the upper, middle, and lower class monks. Qin Changfeng ignored Qin Guangyao's incitement, Ming Zhen was still able to endure in the face of Nangong Yanran's provocation and put the overall situation of Chu and Qin first, Gu Si's intelligence system was able to abandon the view of the portal, and quickly turned to Qin Changfeng to provide a steady stream of information, Meng Jun, Yu Zicheng, Yao Qing, Yu Qing'er and others had a brilliant performance.

Song Zhongqian of Shuanglian Mountain has adhered to it to this day, such as the monks who have the status of mainstay in the vassal families such as Xiongfuting in Beilie Mountain and Qi Mo'an in Kongqu Mountain, and when it comes to the critical moment, I am afraid that they will also stand on the side of Chu Qinmen, instead of blindly supporting the family. Even Guo Ze and other loose cultivators who were far away in Baisha Mountain and whose combined strength faintly overshadowed the master's family could stand firm at this time and not betray them.

The rest of the low-level monks followed the banner of Chu Qin from Baishan to the open sea, and then from the open sea back to Baishan, working hard and resentful, and they were extremely proud to be a member of Chu Qin.

"If you have this door, what more can you ask for?"

In the formation outside the mountain, Qi Xiu looked at the vivid faces in the formation from afar, and his mood became more and more peaceful and calm.

He recalled all the interactions with Gu Rong from his first acquaintance to the present.

"He can't be my match. ”

Qi Xiu is now worried about the Lingmu Alliance, the soul contract is signed with Chai Yi, if the other party dies violently at this time, the Fire Alliance will suddenly attack from the south, I am afraid that the situation will be difficult to support.

He didn't know Chai Yi's plans, but he could see that there was a delicate balance in this, the sooner Chu Qin exposed his intention to make peace, the more unfavorable it would be to He Huanzong, so it was very likely that they would not contain Lingmu and acquiesce to Chu Qin, and lead the troubled waters north first. In that case, Chu Qin would seek peace but not be able to get it, but it would cause a catastrophe.

And the longer Chu Qin fights with Lihuo, the more unfavorable it will be to the Five Elements Alliance, or the Four Elements Alliance, and dragging it in the north for a long time is something they never want to see, and when the time comes, they will definitely jump over the wall in a hurry and kill them, even if they can't destroy Chu Qin, they will have to lose both, and no one can think about it.

Whether it is war or peace, when it is war and when it is peace, this degree, Qi Xiu must be careful to grasp.

In an ideal state, that is, Qi Xiu, Chai Yi, Gu Rong, Zhongxing Jun, Yingbo and others are all top political players, this degree should not exist now. Since you have chosen to tear your face and fight, in such a short period of time, it is impossible to have an acceptable balance point, the two sides have just set up a position, and the victory or defeat is unpredictable, who will easily make peace?

Qi Xiuhe, He Huanzong, Qingdanmen and even the Phantom Sword Sect couldn't accept it, this was not the time for Chu Qin to meet left and right during the Baishan melee last time, the Baishan Sword Sect reversed, the strength and weakness changed the situation, He Huanzong would never let go of Chu Qin's life-saving straw. If you want to be alone, I will pull you together with bad luck, although Bank of China Jun will not say so, but he will definitely do it, Qi Xiu does not dare to bet.

Qi truce, the Four Elements Alliance will definitely not let Chu Qin drag its main force in the north all the time, but ......

This 'but' is completely based on Qi Xiu's understanding of Gu Rong, he doesn't know Chai Yi's evaluation of Gu Rong, but he also accurately peeks into the weakness of Gu Rong's character, because of this weakness, the word 'degree' mentioned earlier, there is room to move.

"What!?"

In the outer tent of Beilie Mountain, Lang Jigao, who got the tip, was taken aback, "Qi Xiu has appeared, and the Chu-Qin coalition army has moved so fast?"

"Yes. ”

The messenger disciple said: "The Chu Qin army has set up a position in the northern part of Siguo Mountain, ready to march at any time, and for the safety of the rear, they took the initiative to send away the passing monks who stayed in Siguo Fang, and this information was obtained from them. ”

"Probe!"

Lang Jigao hurriedly ordered, "Send the order out, withdraw all the men and horses that have swept everywhere, assemble, and set up a formation!" Send a message to Qifu City, and tell Gu Rong that I will organize the army at the southern foot of Beilie Mountain to wait for Qi to rest, and order him to ...... No, please lead the rear army to reinforce as planned and prepare for a decisive battle! Lingmu also sent news. ”

"Yes!"

"Report!"

Everyone here was just about to act according to the order, and suddenly someone came to report in a panic, "Outside, outside......" Pointing to the northern sky outside the tent, he spoke incoherently.