The crowd rolled their eyes and sat down again. Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "What I said is to let you understand that this is an inevitable life-and-death struggle. So, ditch your illusions and prepare for battle is the priority. But with our strength, we naturally can't confront them head-on, but don't forget, fighting is a battle with brains, not brute force. Otherwise, how could I win with my two sisters that day? I already have a plan for how to deal with them, but please forgive me for the time being. As long as you unify your thinking and strengthen your determination to fight, I will let it go. I can only tell you that if this plan succeeds, we will completely defeat Zuo Zongdao and Bao Meng's cottage and make them disappear into the Funiu Mountain. Remember what I told you about? The cottage should occupy the two exits of the southeast and southeast of Funiu Mountain, and firmly entrench here, so that all the bandits of Funiu Mountain are frightened. When the time comes, it is not that we are worried about their attacks, but that they are. ”

"What?" Everyone was stunned, and they all felt incredible when they heard the military advisor say that Zuo Zongdao and Bao Meng would be eradicated together this time. In addition to unbelief, of course, I am also full of curiosity. What kind of ploy is that? Is it really possible for a military advisor to do that?

Frankly speaking, except for Gao Muqing and Liang Qi, no one in the audience believed Lin Jue's bold words. But at this moment, they seem to have no other way, the previous words of the military advisor are very right, either eliminate the opponent, or their own side is finished, there is no third way. In this case, any strategy should be tried.

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Luoyan Valley extends from north to south, and after crossing two tall mountain peaks, it is divided into the shape of 'Ya' on the south side, forming two long and narrow valleys facing southeast and southwest. The one on the east side extends to the southeast and becomes a natural boundary between Laojun Mountain and the east peak where Luoyan Valley Dazhai is located. The branch leading to the southwest side has become a boundary between the west peak of Luoyan Valley Dazhai and the mountain under the jurisdiction of Beishan Dazhai.

The Laojun Mountain Cottage and the Luoyan Valley Cottage were originally under the jurisdiction of the Beishan Village, and Gao Muqing and others first captured the Laojun Mountain Cottage, and then chose to capture the Luoyan Valley as a place to stay. How could Bao Meng, the owner of Beishan Dazhai, endure it, but the territory of Laojun Mountain had been handed over to Zuo Zongdao, and Bao Meng could only choose to attack Luoyan Valley first, and sprinkled all his anger on the heads of Gao Muqing's group. However, what they didn't expect was that this group of outsiders was very tenacious and stubbornly resisted the attack of several times their troops. After killing and wounding seven or eight hundred people, Bao Meng didn't dare to make too many mistakes, after all, the strength in this Funiu Mountain is everything. Once the soldiers and horses lost too much, they also risked being coveted by others, so they stopped the attack.

Bao Meng led more than 1,200 people under his command, but he always stayed in the village separated from Luoyan Valley by a valley. Bao Meng hoped that the winter in Funiu Mountain would do him a favor and freeze these outsiders to death in Luoyan Valley, so that he could regain control of Luoyan Valley without abandoning a single soldier. So in the past two months of the truce, he has been paying close attention to the news of the Luoyan Valley cottage all the time.

However, to his disappointment, the Luoyan Valley cottage did not seem to be affected much after a heavy snowfall. Judging from the listening experience, it seems that the people over there are alive and well. And especially in the past month, there seem to be a lot of incredible changes in the cottage over there. The most intuitive thing is that on the opposite side of the valley adjacent to oneself, more than a dozen arrow towers have been erected, and many fortifications have been built. His men used to be able to get close enough to reconnoitre, but recently they had to risk their lives even a hundred steps closer, because the other party actually had bows and arrows. And judging by the outfits of those opponents who are not ostentatious on the hillside, they all seem to be in shiny armor and extremely well equipped.

These situations are simply unacceptable to Bao Meng, before the other party just relied on hand-to-hand combat that was not afraid of death, he had already suffered heavy losses, and now that they have armor and bows and arrows, how can they attack them in the future?

Shall you stop there? That's impossible. His vigorous crusade against this group of outsiders who dared to infringe on him, if he couldn't return like this, it would become the laughing stock of the cottages in Funiu Mountain. His own Beishan village will be swept away, and the small cottages that take refuge in him will also defect to others. This face is absolutely unaffordable. But if you attack hard, if you consume too much strength in Luoyan Valley, you will also face a catastrophe.

Under this ambivalence, Bao Meng decided to do the best of both worlds. Since you are facing this difficult bone, you must let others gnaw it together. Especially the old fox of Zuo Zongdao, in fact, the whole thing started because of him, if this group of people hadn't been taken in by him before, it wouldn't have become a headache for him now. And this old fox has now taken advantage of it, taking the Laojun Mountain territory that originally belonged to him, and now he is still watching from the sidelines, taking advantage of the fisherman, and he will never allow him to stay out of the matter.

So, a few days ago, Bao Meng ordered someone to send a letter to Zuo Zongdao, which stated that either he Zuo Zongdao and himself would send troops to attack Luoyan Valley, and after the matter was completed, Luoyan Valley would be his own, and the territory of Laojun Mountain would not be investigated, and he was willing to admit that it belonged to Shirenshan Dazhai. Either he will return the Laojun Mountain land to himself. If he didn't return it, he would convene a meeting of the Funiu Mountain Villages, and let everyone comment on Zuo Zongdao's actions at the conference. He led the wolf into the room, but now it is absolutely impossible to pretend that nothing happens. If he can't get justice, he will declare war with him Shirenshan Dazhai as an enemy, and he will never die and stand still.

This sternly worded letter received a reply from Zuo Zongdao shortly after. This old fox is still a sensible person, and in his reply letter agreed to his own conditions, agreeing to send troops with him to attack the Luoyan Valley cottage next spring. Of course, he asked himself to write a contract in black and white, agreeing to cede the territory of Laojun Mountain to Shirenshan Dazhai. Although he has lost Laojun Mountain after all, if Zuo Zongdao is willing to send troops, the strength of the two families will definitely be able to sweep through Luoyan Valley. Recovering Luoyan Valley can also be regarded as making up for the loss. What's more, this avoids a great loss of his own strength, and avoids his embarrassing situation, overall, this deal is still worth it.

On this morning, Bao Meng was drinking tea with a group of brothers in the cottage hall. While discussing when to sign a formal agreement with Zuo Zongdao to send troops to prevent the old fox from changing his fortunes, a leader in charge of guarding Luoyan Valley under the mountain hurriedly entered.

"Li Gui, what's wrong? What's wrong? Bao Meng asked.

"Qiqi Dazhai Lord, nothing happened, but the people in Luoyan Valley on the opposite side shot a letter with a bow and arrow, and asked to hand it over to the Dazhai Lord. I didn't send it up to the lord of the village. ”

"Oh? The letter on the other side? It's weird. I'll take a look. Bao Meng was a little surprised.

Everyone around also felt strange, and when they talked about the group of people on the opposite mountain, everyone felt a little frightened in their hearts. A few months ago, I fought with them for more than a month, and there were no less than 100 fierce battles, and both sides suffered heavy losses. But the fierceness and fear of death of the gang on the other side also left a lot of psychological shadows on their side. That group of people is really like beasts, as if their lives are not their own, which actually won a little respect from the bottom of their hearts. Now that there has been a truce for almost two months, and someone from the other side is sending a letter, what does this mean? Do you want to write a war book?

Li Gui handed over the letter with the words "Bao Dazhai Master Personally Qi" to Bao Meng, who didn't know a single big character, so he asked the literate master to help read it. This kind of letter was sent by the enemy, and Bao Meng did not shy away from reading it in front of everyone, squinting and leaning back in his chair to listen.

The gray-bearded master was taken captive from Shannan County, and he didn't suffer any crime in the cottage, still wearing a black melon skin hat, a black satin robe, and a neatly combed beard. It was just that when I went up the mountain at that time, I had a few more mouths, and a few teeth were knocked out, and I saw a gap in my mouth and red gums, which conflicted with his neat and clean image.

"Bao Dazhai Lord's Foot: I waited for me to come to Funiu Mountain, and I have fought hundreds of battles with Dazhai Lord in the past few months, and I am not clear. Now you and I are deadlocked, looking at each other, fighting and not fighting, retreating and not retreating, what are you waiting for? Bao Dazhai lord wants to fight, my two villages will make an appointment to decide a male and female, the winner wins, and the loser does not disturb. The lord of Dazhai wants not to fight, and I am willing to discuss with the lord of Dazhai in Luoyan Valley, eliminate the feud, and turn the war into a jade silk. In the long run, they are hostile and harassing each other, which consumes the strength of both sides in vain, and is taken advantage of by outsiders. The owner of Bao Dazhai should think twice. Gao Muqing, the lord of the big village in Luoyan Valley, shook his head! ”

It's not a long letter, but it's quite literate. It's been a long time since I've seen such a text on the mountain, and what I'm reading at the moment is a subdued tone and a frustration, shaking my head, which is quite charming.

Bao Meng, who had squinted his eyes, sat up violently, and he still understood the content of the letter.

"Damn, those girls in Luoyan Valley are bold and thieves, is this a war letter for us? Darn! Who gave her guts? Bao said angrily.

"That's it, this thief girl is so loud, saying that we won't fight or retreat. Want to make an appointment with us? This is mocking us. ”

"Damn it, are these guys crazy? Actually took the initiative to come to the battle? ”

The surrounding leaders also shouted and cursed.

"Lord of the village, kings, this letter is not intended to be a war." The teacher said on the side.

Bao Meng patted the arm of the chair and asked the master, "Master, you said that this letter does not mean to make an appointment?" ”

The master shook his head and said: "This letter, this sentence of 'this battle will not retreat or retreat' is the mouth of Zhang Fei, the general of the Shu Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms, I think that back then, Zhang Yide, a Yan man, was single-handedly guarding the Changsaka bridge......"

"Shut up! Who likes to hear you say these things? Lao Tzu is asking you if this letter means to make an appointment. Bao Meng interrupted mercilessly.

The teacher nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes." There is indeed a covenant in this letter, but the meaning behind it is not a covenant. Indeed, we confronted the two armies with them, and it was not the end of the game that was eyeing them, saying that Dazhai mainly wanted to continue to attack them, so they fought happily and divided the winners and losers. But this is the scene, and the last sentence is the point of the letter. ”

"Oh? What does the last sentence say? Bao Meng asked with a frown.

The master shook his head and read: "I, the lord of the big village in Luoyan Valley, am willing to discuss with the lord of the big village, eliminate the feud, and turn the conflict into a jade silk." In the long run, they are hostile and harassing each other, which consumes the strength of both sides in vain, and is taken advantage of by outsiders. The owner of Bao Dazhai should think twice. ”

Bao Meng frowned and thought: "That means, you want to ask me for peace?" ”

The master nodded and said, "This is exactly what I mean, although I didn't say anything about peace, but this is exactly what I mean by asking for a meeting." ”

Bao Meng thought about it, and suddenly laughed.