The mountains and rivers are quiet and broad

——Should I fight or should I fight?

Chen Yikai frowned when he heard that, why did he feel that King Ren was so careless?Even though the strategies that King Ren made in the past few times were very correct, perhaps because of the negative rumors about King Ren and his behavior of bringing his "male favourite" to the battlefield, Chen Yikai harbored distrust towards King Ren.

But the most important thing in the army is unity, so Chen Yikai has not been very obvious, and the soldiers who are not familiar with King Ren in the army do not know the identity of Mr. Xu.

On the contrary, he trusted King Ren very much, and Cao Dingkun and Chen Yiyun also became a great help for King Ren to establish his prestige.

But at this moment, Chen Yikai couldn't bear it anymore, especially when he went looking for Mr. Xu with such fanfare yesterday, in Chen Yikai's view, it was simply nonsense!It's making war a joke!

""What should be fought is still to be fought"..." Chen Yikai's face darkened, "Does the prince think that war is just a simple game? "

"Why did General Chen say that?" Chen Ke gathered his palms together and held the Stone of Life and Death in his hands.

Chen Yiyun winked at Chen Yikai, but Chen Yikai pretended not to see it.The two cousins ​​have opposite personalities. Chen Yikai is an aggressive brother, thoughtful but bold, and aggressive.

On the other hand, Chen Yiyun was more restrained, conservative, and much more careless than he seemed.

Chen Yikai said bluntly: "Dare to ask the lord, now that the war is imminent, the enemy army is overwhelming, the lord is so confident, but he has a clever plan, you might as well tell it, so as to give you a reassurance."

Although Chen Ke never liked Chen Yikai's character, at this moment he also found it interesting and bold enough.

"It is a fact that the enemy army is pressing down on the border, but this morning they approached three kilometers, but they stopped advancing. Do you know why?"

"It's for the attack..." Chen Yikai said: "Three kilometers is no more, no less. If there is a sudden attack at night, the war will break out tonight." From Chen Yikai's point of view, the situation is already very serious.

Cao Dingkun thought more, he himself is a person who thinks a lot, thinks a lot and worries a lot, and when he is connected with the current situation, he is a little bit overwhelmed.

Chen Ke shook his head, "It makes sense, but not entirely."

Chen Yikai's face turned even darker, but he still cupped his hands, "Please enlighten me, my lord."

Chen Ke stood up, walked to the map, pointed to the territory above and said: "Look carefully, this is our current position, this is the position of the enemy army, the frontier is behind us, the enemy army consists of two major tribes plus many The tribes are composed of small tribes, and the tribes are independent. From here to the west, it is their territory. They seem to be powerful, but they are scattered. War is also politics.

But the small tribes only want a piece of the pie, but whether the pie is Da Chen or others in this picture is uncertain. "

Chen Yikai listened quietly, and the three followed Chen Ke's narration, temporarily imagining the map of the battle situation as a political map.

Chen Ke continued: "We are fighting against their alliance army, but how can the so-called alliance be so simple? A group of people who gather for their own interests will naturally scatter for their own interests. When it comes to strategies, they are the most applicable right now. It's the plan of separation."

Chen Ke glanced at the expressions of the three people, "Although they are advancing this morning, they may not be able to act." Chen Ke picked up a red marker and pasted it on the southwest corner of the map: "This place is called "Xiaoyao Township" , is the settlement of the Demon Cult. "

"Evil Cult?" Chen Yikai raised his eyebrows. He remembered that the emperor ordered Ren Wang to investigate the Demon Cult. At that time, he still lamented what kind of drama this was. Now, listening to Ren Wang's tone, is there any origin behind it?Chen Yikai glanced at Chen Yiyun and Cao Dingkun, who also looked puzzled.

"Starting from the capital, I headed west all the way to investigate the Demon Cult. The reasons were complicated. Outside Songjiang Town, not far from the capital, I encountered an assassination. On the assassin's body, I found a tattoo of Chiwu."

"Chiwu?!" Cao Dingkun exclaimed: "Yang people? Could it be "Chiwu marching in a hurry"? "

Chen Ke shook his head, "It's undoubtedly the Yang people, but it's not the Chiwu who marched in a hurry." Chen Ke clicked on the location of Xiaoyao Township on the map: "The so-called Demon Cult was originally the displaced Yang people. The tribe reached an agreement, the specific content of which I can only guess at one or two, and the Houyang people got a refuge——

This is the place originally called "Zehe", now Xiaoyao Township.In order to grow stronger, the central people absorbed the fugitives who were exiled from the Central Plains to the frontiers, and only then did the current Demon Cult come into being. "

"Then, what does this have to do with the war? Could it be..." Chen Yikai suddenly understood, "The Demon Cult can be regarded as another support army? They have been wreaking havoc on the Central Plains for a while, right?!"

Chen Ke nodded, and wrote lightly: "That's exactly the case. It was also found that someone in the court colluded with this, and the Blue and White Society in Zhuozhou City should have provided weapons and food for the Demon Cult and the enemy."

Chen Yikai was shocked beyond words, Cao Dingkun and Chen Yiyun were also dumbfounded.The caravans going to and from the border have been inspected a lot. Did they send food and grass to the enemy's hands under their noses?

Thinking about it this way, I feel unspeakably depressed.No wonder before the war broke out, there were faint rumors that the trade route would be closed, but why was there no specific order afterwards?

Chen Ke didn't want to say more about this aspect, but said: "It is also possible that the devil's religion is responsible for transporting the food and grass, so there is no reason not to doubt that the enemy's reserve resources are more abundant than our current ones.

In addition, most of the devil's religion is for people who do evil, causing chaos in the rivers and lakes, and endangering the people, but such actions of the devil's religion should be authorized by someone. "

"Who?" Chen Yikai asked subconsciously.

Chen Ke glanced at him coolly, didn't say who it was, but continued: "The current situation is not just as simple as a few red dots marked on this map, they restrain each other, the composition of the Demon Cult's personnel is complex, and the entire enemy army The alliance is not necessarily strong, we have been standing still, waiting for food and grass, the opponent has more troops than us, has many opportunities to attack, but has been hesitant, do you really think the opponent is afraid of us?"

Cao Dingkun wanted to refute, but he didn't know how to refute. Chen Yikai was thoughtful, and Chen Yiyun was straight-headed, still digesting the twists and turns that Chen Ke just said.

"From this, there are two guesses..." Chen Ke walked back to his seat and motioned for Grandpa Quan to bring him a cup of tea. "First, they are waiting for something, but they are ready to attack. Second, there is something inside them. Disagreement creates an illusion of "a large army pressing the border" for us. On the one hand, we test our reactions, and on the other hand, we observe our allies and estimate the possibility of regrouping. "

"Will someone surrender to us?" Chen Yikai quickly grasped the point.

Chen Ke appreciated it, but didn't show it, just nodded lightly, "So what should be fought is still to be fought. The enemy army that is going forward is probably the weakest tribe, so they won't go forward, but we must take action, and we must not show weakness."

Chen Ke sat on the seat. His body seems to have become weak recently, and sometimes he feels weak.

But no one noticed that something was wrong with Chen Ke, and they all listened carefully to Chen Ke's deployment: "At night, attack quickly, allow the opponent to surrender, if they surrender, capture them all, don't kill a single person, if they resist, slaughter them all, don't be soft-hearted !"

"Yes!" The three of them bowed their hands in unison to accept the order. Chen Ke's words really boosted their self-confidence, and the excitement of the upcoming attack welled up in their hearts, and the eyes of the three suddenly brightened a little.

After defending Xili City for several days, it is finally time to attack!

Chen Yikai couldn't help rubbing his fists, and suddenly thought of Xu Qingfeng, "My lord, Mr. Xu has not returned, is it possible that he was kidnapped?"

Chen Yikai thought of those small tribes, which were the most likely to do something, but how could it be so coincidental that they kidnapped King Ren's people?Is it a coincidence?But many soldiers saw that Mr. Xu and the little girl ran out by themselves...

Chen Ke put down the teacup, "It should have been taken away."

"what?"

"Xu Qingfeng's martial arts are not bad, and he has a feud with the Devil's Cult. It must be the people from the Devil's Cult who lured him out. Now that the battle is raging and the central government is weak, if it is not to regain the territory, there must be some unknown purpose."

"My lord, then send someone to Xiaoyao Township!" Eunuch Quan had been very quiet, but he couldn't help but speak now.

"I want it." Chen Ke said, but his expression was not very anxious, "Send someone to look for it."

Eunuch Quan didn't know why King Ren was so calm.In his opinion, if something happened to Mr. Xu, the prince would be the most unacceptable.The three of Cao Dingkun couldn't say anything in this regard, so they retreated after receiving the order.

The three of them came out in a single file, and there was no sound in the tent for a while. Eunuch Quan stood with his head bowed for a while, but he couldn't hear any movement. He couldn't help but look up at Chen Ke, and saw King Ren leaning on the chair, stroking Mr. Xu's piece in his hand. stone of life and death.

"Xu Gongzi is an auspicious person, so don't worry about it, my lord." Eunuch Quan persuaded in a low voice.

"Yeah." Chen Ke nodded, "I don't know where he is now..."

Xu Qingfeng is actually not too far from Lixili City.

Tasiya and several Demon Cults took him to the southwest, and Xu Qingfeng reckoned that he was going to take him to Xiaoyao Township.

"How many days do we have to go?" Xu Qingfeng asked Tasiya. Among these people, only Tasiya's Chinese is the best. Fortunately, he called Tasiya's Chinese very seriously before, but this girl is just pretending. Yes, the so-called needle in the bottom of a woman's heart, but it's useless to think about it now, who told him to fall into their hands?

"Four or five days." Tasiya's attitude was not bad, and she looked at Xu Qingfeng's butt teasingly: "Can't go? Can I call you a carriage?"

Can you reach Xiaoyao Township in four or five days?Xu Qingfeng was puzzled, but he didn't ask, but asked seriously: "Can I get a carriage?"

"Good idea!" Tasiya snorted, "It's my mother's kindness to drag you away without a horse."

"Yes, yes, great kindness." Xu Qingfeng continued.

Tasiya looked up at him: "Why do I feel that your personality is different from before?"

Shouldn't Mr. Xu be very elegant?Although she can be seen to have a lively personality on weekdays, she is also stable, why is she so frivolous and exaggerated now?

"I also think your personality is different from before." Xu Qingfeng responded lightly, with an intentionally light expression.

Tasiya twitched the corners of her mouth and couldn't help but ask, "Does the lord know that you have this personality?"

Xu Qingfeng couldn't help laughing, "I like all kinds of princes."

What Xu Qingfeng said was the truth, he was originally a somewhat casual person, but he was extraordinarily steady when he was carrying the mission of the Zhou family.

But at the beginning of the two getting along, Xu Qingfeng was a fool, and after waking up, he was a little depressed. During the time he spent with Chen Ke, his personality did change a lot, but Chen Ke seemed to accept every aspect of him.

Tasiya couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth again, looking at Xu Qingfeng's expression, she couldn't help but want to hit him: "Oh, I don't see anything about your appearance that attracts the prince."

Xu Qingfeng has struggled with the issue of appearance for a long time since meeting Xiaobie, and when he heard this, he said "Tsk", "Superficial. You don't understand our affairs."

Tasiya was still in high spirits: "It doesn't matter, anyway, Nioh will not live long."

Xu Qingfeng froze, and Tasiya smiled: "But it's not impossible."