The news of the mutiny of the Lingbo standard team could not hide the surrounding students, and the twenty-two standard teams unanimous chose to wait and see, and no one came to serve allegiance, let alone sent troops to quell the rebellion.

Dugu Ying's status is respected, but he has not been explicitly authorized by the king or the crown prince, according to the laws of the Qinghui Empire, launching a mutiny will be severely punished, and if it is someone else's leader, he will be surrounded and eliminated long ago, and the leaders of each battalion will linger and watch, which is actually an attitude, giving the imperial county lord enough face.

With the confessions of Pan Yang and Li Zihui, and referring to the interrogation records of others, a few days later, the standard team was cleaned up and rectified, and the newly appointed team leader firmly controlled the patrols. Mei Ying listened to Hua Yue's suggestion and transferred Meng Yichuan to the position of light infantry patrol, and Lei Ming was still the heavy infantry commander. The reason for the mutiny and the personnel appointment suggestion, Yan Ning wrote a detailed report, and after Mei Ying signed her name, she personally took someone to the standard camp to report.

Reorganized military affairs, Gao Yuan made the tasks assigned by Hua Yue busy, and as soon as the matter was over, he took Li Changgong to meet the standard commander Wen Qinggently, and the guards on guard reported to Yu Wenjie and let him go.

Wen Qing's face was haggard, Mei Ying didn't come to visit, she could understand that the two of them were embarrassed to meet, but Gao Yuan came unexpectedly.

"Mark the reconnaissance and return to the camp, and come back to life. Gao Yuan saluted the report as always, looked at his eyes gently and smiled bitterly: "Resurrection, is this still necessary?"

"Biao Chief, when you reconnoitre, you found something abnormal, the prairie is thousands of miles deep and invincible, and you suspect that there is a secret hidden in it, and you dare to say bluntly, you may be the scapegoat for others to cover their sight. ”

"Invincible in depth?" Wen stood up softly and asked, "How many miles is the width of your and Li Longbow's reconnaissance?"

Gao Yuan briefly reported the reconnaissance route, especially the detailed report on the matter of the righteous bandit Xingxia, Wen sighed softly and sat down, she and her family are both chess pieces discarded by the mastermind behind the scenes.

"The Cuihua Witch Soldiers retreated back into the Mangcang Forest, and the Sunset Mercenaries didn't want to fight a decisive battle in front of Jicui Pass at all, and the assassination of the county lord was unsuccessful, so they chose to avoid the battle, as for the reason, there is some speculation. ”

"Say it quickly. ”

"Chief, there are two questions, if it is not too difficult, please tell us truthfully. Takagaki calmly faced Wen Qing's doubts and asked sincerely, "Did you arrange the herald's affairs?"

"If I say I don't know, do you believe it?"

"If I didn't believe me, I wouldn't have come to ask you. Takagaki nodded without hesitation, and then asked, "Are you aware of the anomaly and deliberately let them succeed in their mutiny?"

Wen Qingrou didn't answer immediately, and only spoke after a while: "There is an abnormality, Yan Ru pretended to reveal the matter of their sworn worship unintentionally, I knew that they were plotting countermeasures, and focused on Hua Yue and Qin Rufeng, I didn't expect that Mei Ying would lead the guards to take the lead in mutiny." ”

"It's a dereliction of duty. ”

"I heard that you removed Mei Ying, don't blame her. Hehe, you are indeed derelict in your duties, first let me put the county lord under house arrest in disguise, and then my subordinates launched a mutiny, and neither of the two objects of protection was saved. Gao Yuan's confession of mistakes, Wen Qing could hear sincerity, he didn't need to please the stammer, his mood was a little better, he pointed to the stool and smiled: "Sit down and say, just like in Changqing Village, I am not the standard commander, just your instructor sister." ”

"Biao Chief, some people want to kill two birds with one stone, not only to let us wash away the shame of the ninth standard, make the county lord come to the border pass into a joke, but also to let the king of Xiangyun County bear the charge of colluding with the enemy country, forcing him to pull up the anti-flag, and directly trap the county lord to death. It is bold to guess that such a layout will only come from the temple, and the main envoy must collude with the enemy country and sell the interests of the empire at the expense of the empire, in order to seize the throne of Mei Ying. ”

Wen Qing's expression was sluggish, if it was really as Gao Yuan expected, not only herself, but even the Wen family was an abandoned son at the beginning, and no matter whether she succeeds or fails, she will never recover.

"Even if your analysis is correct, what can we do? The enemy deliberately retreated to avoid the battle, and tens of thousands of students could not capture the Sunset Border Fortress, and suffered heavy casualties and still did not have any combat achievements. ”

"Biao Chief, we have no way back, we still have life if we fight hard. Gao Yuan took out the map drawn all the way from his bosom, pointed to the grassland and said: "Killing people is only a means, opening up territory is the goal, they avoid war, then we will occupy the grassland, surrender the army without a fight, and include this land in the imperial territory." ”

Wen Qing's eyes lit up, if he really wanted to include the steppe within a radius of thousands of miles into the empire's territory, this military exploit was comparable to that of the founding prince, Gao Yuan was not a reckless person, since he said it, he must be a little sure, how can he choose now, and he has to fight desperately for a trace of vitality.

"Yes, they retreated, we took advantage of the void to occupy the grassland, unknowingly built a city and set up a wall, and when they reacted, it would take half a year for the troops to arrive at the earliest, at that time we had already stabilized our position, relying on the defense of the city, and the supply of the sunset iron cavalry had to pass through the desert, and we would consume them to death with leisure. ”

After Li Changgong entered the door, he shut up and watched, and shouted excitedly at this time.

This plan seems to be empty talk, but the implementation is quite simple, the regular armies of the two countries do not know what to scruple about, and generally do not go deep into the grassland desert, but now the sunset mercenaries and Cuihua witch soldiers take the initiative to retreat, and the great opportunity should not be missed. The graduates of the apprentices are all junior officers, and some of the prairie are tribes that are good at riding and archery, and the soldiers do not have to worry, with a strong city, they are not afraid of mercenaries and witch soldiers to fight back, even if the two countries dispatch regular armies, the apprentices can also stick to and wait for help, and the regular army of the Qinghui Empire is not vegetarian, but it is only due to the lack of cavalry that it passively defends the border.

"You be louder and let everyone share the credit. Wen reprimanded softly and angrily, turned his head to look at Gao Yuan and asked seriously, "Why do you want to tell me?"

"You didn't secretly kill Mei Ying when you held the military power, he didn't think he would stab him in the back in the future, am I guessing right?" Li Changgong lowered his voice, and Gao Yuan scolded embarrassedly: "You can't speak elegantly and nicely." ”

Wen stood up gently, and the haggard look on her pretty face was swept away.

"Tell me directly, what should I do with my sister?"

Gao Yuan pointed to the map and whispered, the two couldn't help but nod, half an hour later, Li Longbow walked out of the tent, and soon Mei Ying came quietly, and the four of them muttered for a while, gently holding the hidden dragon order, and walked away under the protection of Gao Yuan and Li Longbow.

When Hua Yue and a few people rushed over when they heard the news, Mei Ying chuckled and said, "Eldest sister, I don't think the old house arrest instructor is very good, so let Gao Yuan escort her back to the standard camp." Hehe, you have to send someone to hunt him down, but he will be implicated. ”

Hua Yue was so angry that he really wanted to beat her, and he said it justifiably when he let the tiger return to the mountain, this county lord's sister is too a headache, and after calming down, he always felt that something was wrong, so he pulled Mei Ying over, squinted and asked: "You removed him from the position of captain and deliberately did not join the guard, just to let him protect Wen Qingrou and prevent a few of us from secretly doing things, right?"

"Hehe, eldest sister, if you don't chase it, they just left, and they can catch up, and with your and senior's kung fu, you can stop it. Mei Ying kept laughing, and several people felt that there was something hidden in it, so Ling Huqing tried to say something: "Third sister, you must have something to hide from Gao Yuan, needless to say, you can't mess around with business." ”

Mei Ying scolded in shame: "What is messing around, you can make it clear." ”

"Okay, Qing'er's meaning is very clear, you have to be serious about business, private feelings, whatever you want. Yan Ning knew that she couldn't ask why, so she took the opportunity to make fun of Mei Ying, she had been sullen for the past few days, so as to make her feel more relaxed.

"Big sister. Thinking through people, Mei Ying buried her head in Hua Yue's chest and explained in a low voice: "They really have something important to do, and they can solve our predicament." ”

"Xiao Yuanzi's idea, hmph, slap a sweet date, my stupid junior brother will let you train you to become a dead soldier sooner or later. ”

Hua Yue noticed that Gao Yuan's refining qi seemed to have made a breakthrough, and he wanted to teach him a good lesson, sneak out to hide, and leave the people in the remnant military academy dizzy, but he was so busy these days that he didn't care about asking, how could he have time to discipline, and then let him slip away alone. With a clever plan, he actually told Mei Ying first, it is unbearable to hide the senior sister in the dark, and you will be bedridden for a few days to recuperate after you come back. She didn't even notice it, and there was a faint jealousy in what she said.

Yan Ning snickered on the side, this eldest sister's cultivation and war are incomparable, but emotionally she is actually as ignorant as Gao Yuan, and the degree of care has long exceeded that of her senior sister and brother, she still takes it for granted, probably because she is not bothered by love, the two of them have only entered the realm quickly, and they usually get along more harmoniously, secretly reminding themselves that love is in love, and cultivation cannot be delayed, otherwise the distance will only get farther and farther, if you can't be with each other for a long time, why bother to be cocooned.

Mei Ying raised her head after a while and whispered to everyone: "Let's hold our troops first and continue to rectify the standard team." Their affairs are a little troublesome, it is estimated that it will take more than half a month to prepare, during this time Coach Qiu and the senior are responsible for the whole army, he didn't say, but our sisters can't be idle, take the guards to the standard teams to inspect, act according to the original plan, and start to form the cadet corps, I think it shouldn't be too difficult, everyone wants to make contributions, and everyone has no way out if they don't unite. ”

"What the hell is Takagaki planning, you two need to be mysterious. Yu Wenjie muttered dissatisfiedly, but she didn't ask any more questions, the military plane should not be leaked lightly, she understood the stakes.

"Are you and Qing'er noble women, how come you have only been in the standard camp for a few months, and you are more scoundrels than you are a soldier. Mei Ying was so angry that she went to screw her face, and Yu Wenjie ran away with a smile: "You said that let you put down your body and get along with the apprentices on an equal footing, this will blame us scoundrels again." ”

"Seriously, you've been unhappy these days, and they're deliberately making you laugh. Hua Yue protected Yu Wenjie and smiled at Mei Ying: "If the position of power makes people unhappy all the time, don't do it, wouldn't it be better for our sisters to concentrate on cultivation, maybe they will soar to the immortal class in the daytime." ”

"Eldest sister, you're also teasing me. Mei Ying really had no choice but to quickly change the topic with the four sisters: "Gao Yuan's reconnaissance found that there was no trace of the enemy in the grassland, and combined with the reports of other standard teams, it can be confirmed that there is no enemy in these hundreds of miles. ”

"Then how to fight this battle?" Yu Wenjie immediately found that the situation was not good, there would be no war merits without the enemy, and the consequences of mastering the military power would be even more serious, and he had to directly bear the responsibility for working hard but not succeeding.

"Light Rider Patrol. Bandits have been rampant on the steppe for many years, and various tribes have suffered greatly, so we inspected a standard team and arranged for them to go to a certain direction, bring enough supplies, and establish trade relations with those tribes. ”

"Draw wages from the bottom of the kettle, do not fight the soldiers, and have a clever strategic policy. Yan Ning understood it at a glance, and after a little thought, he had a plan of action: "In terms of military strength, the empire is actually weaker than the sunset, everyone is a soldier, and the cost of war is much lower than ours, we won the war a few decades ago, but the price paid is far greater than the enemy." When it comes to economic strength, Sunset and Cuihua together are not comparable to our Qinghui Empire, and use the economy to befriend the various tribes of the grassland first, and when they are inseparable from food, clothing, housing and transportation, they will stand on the same front as us at that time. Without the steppe tribes to respond, the sunset mercenaries dared to run from afar, and we just met the head-on attack. ”

Mei Ying continued: "At the end of the Changshan Mountain Range and the Mangcang Forest, Gao Yuan reconnaissance accidentally found that the forest there should have a road to connect with Cuihua, if we build a strong city and hold it, and at the same time send envoys to Cuihua to convey goodwill, suggest that the two countries trade with each other and trade fairly, and they can deliberately suffer some losses in the early stage, and dare not hope to form an alliance, at least they can prevent the union of the two countries." In this way, withstanding the impact of several sunsets, this grassland belongs to the territory of the empire, and this merit is enough to tear the earth and seal the marquis. ”

"The regular army doesn't dare to enter easily, the time to turn defeat into victory is just right, Xiao Yuanzi has a good plan, even we are calculating, hum, no wonder I took the opportunity to slip away, and pushed the problem over, this time Yan Ning wants to sing the leading role. Hua Yue was still angry, and scolded viciously: "A big man hides behind several women and engages in conspiracy, and he will settle the account when he comes back." ”

"County Lord, with all due respect, where will this grassland belong in the future?"

Yan Ning looked at Mei Ying intently, and the timing of controlling the grassland was well grasped, but the grassland was close to Xiangyun Bian County, if the empire was assigned to the center, it would undoubtedly be equivalent to blocking the main financial route of the king of Xiangyun County, and he would definitely oppose it vigorously, and without the backing of the Xiangyun defenders, even if there were strong city soldiers, they would not be able to hold it for long.

"So the eldest sister said that this time you sang the leading role, and after you went back, you would discuss with the old marquis first, and then go to the king of Xiangyun County. My sister is not stingy, but she is not confused, this grassland empire will not be directly under its jurisdiction, let alone to the king of Xiangyun County, and he can't hold it by relying on the power of a county alone. ”

"Who is it for? Yu Wenjie asked puzzled.

Mei Ying blinked and chuckled: "Your second sister sings the leading role, hehehehe, give her as a dowry, the first strange woman in the Qinghui Empire to rip the soil and seal the marquis, I am generous enough." ”

At this time, even Hua Yue and Yan Ning were dumbfounded, and after thinking about it, Ling Huqing clapped his hands and applauded: "Yes, for the second sister, opening up the territory is enough to seal the marquis, don't they say that it is difficult for women to be the country, let's put up the signboard of the second sister first, and then the third sister's resistance will be much smaller, and she will not suffer at all." ”

"The second sister's fiefdom, the king of Xiangyun County will not have too much heart, the best of both worlds. "Yu Wenjie agrees, this grassland belongs to Yan Ning, she and Ning Zehou are connected by blood, and the king of Xiangyun County can accept it, and it is just a favor.

"You have a good calculation, hum, say okay, it's mine, and I have the final say on who I pass it on to in the future. "Yan Ning saw that Mei Ying didn't seem to be joking, and after thinking about it, she understood it, it turned out that she wanted to wait for me to marry Gao Yuan, this land is not directly under the jurisdiction of your Dugu Royal Palace, don't think about it, my sisters settle accounts, and some words must be made clear first.

"I know that you won't be fooled, and when the occupation is stabilized, I will let my grandfather personally canonize you as a hereditary prince, which can only be inherited by your bloodline, hehehehe, now rest assured. ”

"Then thank you, Your Highness. Yan Ning's face turned red, and she hurriedly bowed down to cover it up, she was really afraid that Mei Ying would be bad when the time came, and let the fief be inherited by Dugu's bloodline.

Poor Takagaki didn't know that these sisters had not agreed on the ownership of the stolen goods before they had done so, and they didn't seem to have anything to do with him, and it was difficult to distinguish who was calculating and who was wrong.