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"Xiaobao..." Wei Qiqi dismounted and grabbed Li Yuan's arm.

She looked at Li Yuan, frowning, "Why did you come to Jiguan Mountain?"

There are several places with better terrain and territory than Jiguanshan. If Li Yuan also wants to start as a bandit, Jiguanshan would be the worst option.

"Qiniang, you have guessed it, so why bother asking me?"

Li Yuan looked into Wei Qiqi's eyes and said that he had always been frank with her.

"You want to take back Chenzhou?"

Wei Qiqi's voice was a little hoarse when she said this, and she lowered her voice, but it still didn't escape the ears of Dai Jiangong, Cheng Feiyue and others.

"Are you crazy?"

Seeing that Li Yuan did not deny it, she said angrily.

Cheng Feiyue and others thought they had heard it wrong at first, until they heard Wei Qiqi say, "Are you crazy?", then they believed it.

They couldn't help but look at Li Yuan with their eyes wide open.

This is no longer a wild idea. Not to mention that they can't even gather a hundred people now, even if they take Jiguanshan, they can't defeat Chenzhou.

That's a state, and the population of the cities there is beyond their reach.

Li Yuan held Wei Qiqi's shoulders and whispered, "Qiniang, it won't be a short time. Don't worry, I'm not what you call an adventurer."

"I won't gamble."

Wei Qiqi's eyelids trembled slightly. She knew that Li Yuan never did useless things, and she also knew that once Li Yuan wanted to do something, he would basically not change it easily.

She loosened her hand slightly, and her eyes changed slightly as she looked at Li Yuan.

The changes in Li Yuan became concrete and she could understand them clearly.

Perhaps Li Yuan's ambition is greater than he imagined.

…………

In the evening, everyone sat together, and the bonfire shone on Li Yuan's face.

As he spoke, his dark eyes swept across everyone, causing an unknown fear to arise in people's hearts.

"You can rest from tonight until noon. In the afternoon, except for some people who stay here to guard, everyone else will come with me."

"I won't hide what I want to do from you. You will know it anyway."

He had a cold expression, and when he tilted his head to look at people, the people he was staring at couldn't help but hold their breath even more.

"But for now, the focus is on taking over Jiguan Mountain."

When people who are not in the know hear this, they can't help but exclaim that this is simply impossible.

There were also people in the crowd who made disdainful voices: "I heard that even tens of thousands of people couldn't capture Jiguan Mountain. I wonder how powerful they are, but they just treat us like non-humans and force us to fight in the front."

Wei Qiqi followed Li Yuan's gaze and saw a burly man with a dark face, looking very unconvinced.

At a glance, the people sitting around him seemed to be more or less dissatisfied.

Li Yuan looked over calmly. These people had followed Dai Jiangong before and had not seen how ruthlessly Li Yuan killed them with one blow. Naturally, they thought that these airborne centurions were just fancy moves based on connections.

He is especially dissatisfied with the person who speaks the first word.

"In all operations, I will lead you from the front. If I live, there is hope. If I die, you can escape."

"how?"

These two light sentences silently weighed on everyone's heart.

This means that Li Yuan will take the lead in all actions, and as long as Li Yuan is alive, they will have to obey Li Yuan's orders.

Those who were originally dissatisfied with Li Yuan and had some opinions about him all kept silent, with confused expressions on their faces, as if they did not expect Li Yuan to be so strong-willed.

No one responded to Li Yuan's question. He chuckled and said to the person who had just spoken without any fluctuation in his tone: "You can follow the team..."

The man seemed to have heard what was not yet finished.

You can follow the team, and as long as he dies, you can escape.

The man's pupils dilated and his face turned red. He thought to himself, this is a blatant humiliation.

He wanted to say something, but Li Yuan had already looked away, as if he didn't want to hear what he said at all.

Wei Qiqi watched all of this with great interest. It was only when Li Yuan left the center and sat in front of her that she realized what Li Yuan meant.

"You're not going to take me with you tomorrow."

Li Yuan nodded and spoke carefully: "I will be uneasy if you are here. I am worried that something will happen to you, which will be dangerous."

Wei Qiqi didn't emphasize anything to him. She knew her situation and was undoubtedly a burden. She also knew that Li Yuan was determined to leave, so she could only ask for some details to reassure herself.

"What do you want to do tomorrow?"

“Qiniang, I remember when I first started reading the Art of War, it was you who gave me the book.

The first sentence is "Warfare is the art of deception." Li Yuan still remembers how he felt after reading the book.

Wei Qiqi would never know that his ambition arose because of her and grew because of her.

"Leading troops in battle requires speed, accuracy and ruthlessness. Jiguan Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are many bandits in the mountains, but there are still some gaps."

"Every seven days, farmers at the foot of the mountain bring them food, and at the same time they send people out to buy things."

"That day has the most people coming in and out, so we can take advantage of that time to sneak in."

"It's tomorrow."

Li Yuan told Wei Qiqi all his plans in detail. When she first heard it, she thought it was too thrilling and inappropriate, but after listening, she changed her mind.

Every place is the best time.

"Because of the turmoil in the imperial court, it was useless even if the governors of the surrounding areas reported it to the emperor. In the past two years, as long as Jiguanshan did not confront the government head-on, it basically meant keeping out of each other's way.

This time, we are attacking them by surprise."

The people of Jiguanshan had lived a comfortable life for too long, and never imagined that such a group of daring people would target them.

After a night, on the next morning, Li Yuan divided his men into two groups.

He asked Cheng Feiyue to take thirty people and stay to find a secluded place to hide.

The remaining forty-odd people plus Jian Feng, Jian Yu, Dai Jiangong and others, a total of fifty people.

After the people separated, those who were left behind were still in disbelief. Not only them, but everyone had not expected that Li Yuan would take Jiguanshan without taking everyone away.

Li Yuan explained this matter to Wei Qiqi last night. This time they would sneak in in batches. The fewer people the better, but not too few.

His actions suddenly reminded Wei Qiqi of something.

Maybe when Li Yuan comes back, she can bring up this idea.

After having a quick bite at noon, Li Yuan took his men away.

Cheng Feiyue and others who were left behind looked at Cheng Feiyue and asked him to make a decision.

Wei Qiqi sighed as she looked at Cheng Feiyue who didn't know what to do. Li Yuan did not know everything.

At least he knows Cheng Feiyue well.

I know Cheng Feiyue is smart, but he is not good at employing people.

Li Yuan was training Cheng Feiyue intentionally or unintentionally.

She suggested: "You can send two people out to find a secluded place, a jungle cave will do, not too far away so that we can receive notifications from Li Yuan and others.

You can also have people patrolling in pairs."

Cheng Feiyue jumped up and reacted quickly after being reminded.

As for Li Yuan, he had already arrived at the foot of Jiguan Mountain in the afternoon.

Li Yuan's guess was correct, the farmers really delivered the vegetables to his door in the afternoon.

Farmers make a living by farming, so they have to work in the fields in the morning. They only have some free time in the afternoon when it’s almost dark.