After the banquet was dispersed, everyone arranged to repair the city wall, treat the wounded, and then go back to rest. Ling Xue'er didn't see Luo Tianchu for a day, so she came to his house to chat. During the day, she and He Yuelian were responsible for protecting Zhao Huanhuan's safety, but they were always worried about the war ahead, and they were afraid that something would happen to their intended people.

Every time Luo Tianchu and Ling Xue'er were alone, most of them were Luo Tianchu who practiced with his eyes closed, and Ling Xue'er watched quietly and hardly spoke, but Ling Xue'er, who was active by nature, was not impatient at all. At this moment, he suddenly heard Lu Fei say outside the door: "Has Xiao Luo rested?" Luo Tianchu opened his eyes and saw Ling Xue'er looking for a place to hide with a panicked face, so he whispered: "You don't have to hide, the master must have heard that you are in the house." Ling Xue'er's face turned red, and she snorted: "If you know, you know." Luo Tianchu opened the door and saw Gongsun Mingyue accompanying him, Lu Fei pretended to be surprised and said, "It turns out that the eldest lady is also here, what a coincidence." Ling Xue'er squeezed out the door and said, "Let's talk, I'll go." Lu Fei smiled and said, "Miss, walk slowly." ”

After the three of them entered the house and sat down, Luo Tianchu said: "The two masters visit late at night, there must be something important, and the disciples will listen to them." Lu Fei said with a smile: "The matter is really urgent, otherwise I wouldn't dare to disturb you and the eldest lady's Yaxing." Luo Tianchu said embarrassedly: "You misunderstood, things are not like that. Lu Fei laughed. Gongsun Mingyue cut to the chase and said: "We just repelled the Jin soldiers, and the momentum is flourishing, I wonder if we can take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle?" Luo Tianchu said: "The military advisor means that he wants to take the initiative to attack and take the opportunity to divide one side?" Gongsun Mingyue nodded and said: "We have been planning for many years, and we have been waiting for this moment, and now that the time has come, how can we miss it." Luo Tianchu said: "When we defeat the army of Yan Wushu, the main force of the western front of the Jin Kingdom will be exhausted. Yue Fei's Northern Expedition will inevitably attract Jin Guotou to rush to the Eastern Front, and then we will have a chance to take advantage of it. Gongsun Mingyue said with a smile: "Well said, do you remember the plan you said last winter to send troops?" Luo Tianchu said: "Of course remember, first take Jingzhao Mansion to settle down, and then take Fengxiang, Baoji, Xianyang, Deshun, and Lintao as the foundation, and the important towns west of Shaanxi are all owned by us, and the remaining counties can be broken without attack, and the hegemony can be achieved." Gongsun Mingyue said: "Now that we have the right time, place and people, we must grasp it well, but before that, we have to prepare two things." Luo Tianchu said: "What are the two things?" Gongsun Mingyue said: "One is ordnance, and the other is grain and grass." Among the trophies were 40,000 pairs of armor and weapons, as well as many siege equipment. These things are very important to us, and we have to explain to Wu Jing that although we are not officials, we still want the spoils of war. In addition, we also need a large amount of grain and grass, at least enough for half a year, and only Wu Jie can help with this matter. Luo Tianchu said: "What can he help?" Gongsun Mingyue said with a smile: "Think about it, after he reports this merit, he will definitely be crowned as a festival envoy, responsible for the military affairs of Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces." Hanzhong and Chengdu have a lot of grain, and it is not a matter of words for him to call it. Luo Tianchu said: "If he gives us food, the court will definitely condemn him, isn't he afraid?" Gongsun Mingyue said: "He is a righteous person, and he owes us such a great favor this time, and he will definitely find a way to repay him." After he became the envoy of the festival, he was the official of the feudal territory, and even if the court knew about it, it would not be easily held accountable, and it would just turn a blind eye. Luo Tianchu nodded and said, "That makes sense." Gongsun Mingyue said: "When the time is ripe, it is better for you to bring up these things, he respects you very much, and what you say carries more weight than us." Luo Tianchu said: "I understand, I will tell him then." ”

Gongsun Mingyue nodded, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "There is one more thing I can't rest assured about. Lu Fei and Luo Tianchu both asked, "What's the matter?" Gongsun Mingyue said: "I wrote two letters to urge the Iron Hall Master to urge the army, but they were all lost in the sea, and I am most worried about something happening in the fort." Lu Fei said with a smile: "The military advisor is too worried, what is there to worry about with the Iron Hall Master in charge." Gongsun Mingyue muttered: "It is precisely because the Iron Hall Master is in charge that I am not at ease. Lu Fei and Luo Tianchu were both taken aback, and Lu Fei said, "Why did the military advisor say this." Gongsun Mingyue said: "I hope I guessed wrong." Luo Tianchu understood Gongsun Mingyue's character, and if he didn't have a little certainty, he wouldn't spit out easily, so he said: "Why is the military advisor worried about the Iron Hall Master?" Gongsun Mingyue paused and said: "My Fort City Mansion is the deepest, and the one with the greatest ambition is the Iron Hall Master. His martial arts and intelligence are higher than those of the previous castle lord, and he thought that he was the best candidate for the heir, but the old castle lord passed the throne to the lord of Lingbao. You all know about the past, but you don't know what happened next. That year, the castle owner was sixteen years old, and the iron hall master was forty years old, of course he was not convinced by this milky young man, and he gathered to make trouble several times, and the participants were Gao and Yang, the two village owners, who were also Tie Han's cronies. The young lord of the castle is young and promising, and he can calm down the situation every time, and he has never punished the three people, because they are all elders in the castle, and they have many cronies, and if they deal with it, they are afraid that it will cause the castle to fall apart. However, the three of them did not give up, and they also plotted or poisoned many times, but they were all discovered by the castle owner, just because the castle owner had a pair of eyes that saw through people's hearts, and he couldn't hide anything from him. The magnanimity of the castle lord finally moved them, and there was no more trouble. As our castle grows stronger and stronger, you Lu Fei, Jiang Feiyan, and Gu Yao have entered the castle one after another and become the cronies of the castle owner, and the three of them will not dare to make trouble. My fear is that now that we're all outside, it's just the three of them in the fort, and I'm afraid that I'm going to want to move again. ”

Lu Fei said: "Since the castle lord knows that the iron hall master has a bad heart, why don't you start early to get rid of future troubles?" Gongsun Mingyue said: "When my castle is employing people, those three people have extraordinary abilities and have indeed done a lot of great things for my castle. The castle lord has supreme martial arts and a good skill, so he is not afraid that they will be dishonest. Lu Fei groaned: "Listening to what the military advisor said, I remembered an incident, I remember that Xiao Luo was injured by Yang Zaixing in Tianshui City, and afterwards Dong Guo asked the knife and said that Yang Zaixing was sent by Li Cheng to rob our silver car, and only the castle owner knew that my fort had business in Tianshui City, and the military advisor and the four hall masters knew, Dong Guo asked the knife and said that Li Cheng's news came from within us, that is, there were their inner lines in my fort, and it was the iron hall master who was responsible for escorting the silver car that day, if it wasn't for Xiao Luo to hit it, my castle would have suffered a big loss." Luo Tianchu said: "Could it be that the Iron Hall Master is the internal response of the Qi Kingdom." Although Lu Fei did not answer, his gloomy face showed that he had acquiesced. Gongsun Mingyue frowned and said, "If they had hooked up with Qi Guo earlier, it would have been a long-planned conspiracy, and I am afraid that things will be more complicated." Lu Fei said: "It's better to wait for the castle lord to come back and then make a decision, now that the enemy has not retreated, focus on dealing with the Jin soldiers first, don't startle the snake." The three of them talked for a while, and then went to rest.

The next day, there was no trace of the Jin soldiers, and during dinner, Wu Jie said: "The Jin soldiers missed the last opportunity to attack, and now our city walls have been blocked with stones, and the tools to defend the city have been prepared, even if they come to attack tomorrow, they are not afraid." At this time, the scouts came back and reported that at dusk a group of 200 men had arrived at the camp with a carriage at the head of a tall and lanky man. Luo Tianchu and Zhao Huanhuan's faces changed, guessing that the old way might be Lin Lingsu, I don't know why he came here, and what kind of mystery was hidden in the carriage. What can be determined is that Lin Lingsu is an enemy rather than a friend, which is very detrimental to his own side. (To be continued.) )