What is left is to fight a killing war, and both sides waste not only their combat power, but also the huge consumption of food and grass.
He is confident that if the wasteland outside the decisive victory pass is reclaimed, just the food and grass can solve the problem of the 100,000 troops in the decisive victory pass.
Xiao Longer looked at Li Xiuyuan who was silent and couldn't help but wave his hand in front of his eyes and asked: "Brother, is he hungry? Haven't you already eaten some dried meat?"
Chu Feng also looked at him nervously.
Li Xiuyuan chewed the dried meat and looked at the two men before replying vaguely: "When you two are free, think more about how to help me win this battle."
Chu Feng was stunned, looked at him and smiled: "We are only responsible for executing what you want, how can I have any good ideas?"
Xiao Qing walked in at this time, looked at him and said: "Fat man is right, we only know how to fight and we don't have any ideas. Don't give us problems."
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he couldn't help but reached out and patted Chu Feng.
"Xiao Qing, you seem to be fourteen in two days. You have to take Xiao Longer with you to study, write, and practice swordsmanship. You can't help with the war, so just take care of yourselves, okay? "
I glanced at Xiaoqing and thought, how could that cute little Ying'er grow up and become a little witch?
Shaking his head, he sighed secretly and thought of Nangong Ruyu from Taoyuan. Fortunately, that guy didn't come over.
The man who came thousands of miles away to find her in the back of the academy and insisted on becoming her apprentice actually became more and more at ease. Even she felt that he was her master in the Five Realms.
Even after I went to Taoyuan, I didn't dare to stay one more night.
After thinking about it, I thought that I had already ascended and left the old Taoist priest. All changes in the world are caused by thoughts in the heart.
When one thought arises, thousands of rivers and mountains change; when one thought dies, the world changes.
Perhaps because I have been rejecting others in the academy since I followed the Master, that's why I won't get into some habits that everyone in the world has, such as choices in this world.
However, I have been saying goodbye to those close to me, first the old Taoist priest, then the old man Song Wuxin whom I met by chance on the mountain, and even some friends in the wild land, the master Shenlong, the old man Long Qingfeng...
So much so that in just one thought, the previous state of mind has already changed subtly.
Xiao Qing and Chu Feng didn't know that he was thinking about these things. They each grabbed the melon seeds that Xiao Long'er took out from the table and started eating them.
...
Just after noon, Xiao Qing took Xiao Long'er to bed. Chu Feng and Li Xiu Yuan were making tea and chatting. The two of them talked about trivial things that happened in the academy.
At this moment, Chu Feiyan and General Chu Wudi walked in.
"Two adults, why do you want to come and sit with me today?" Li Xiuyuan took two cups and put them on the table.
Chu Wudi looked at him and shook his head and replied: "Generalissimo, you can endure loneliness in the house, but we can't. We have a lot of things to do. Isn't this coming to you?"
"Looking for me?" Li Xiuyuan was washing the pot and changing the tea. He was stunned for a moment, looked at him and asked, "Haven't my affairs been arranged? Is there anything else that needs my help?"
Chu Feiyan looked at his confused look and said: "We have received news that reinforcements from the Silver Moon Kingdom have arrived in Black Salt City. I would like to ask what you think about this matter? Should we continue to let our army train as planned? "
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while, looked at Chu Feiyan and Chu Wudi and asked, "Both of you, what do you think of the war situation in front of you? When will this war end?"
Chu Feiyan and Chu Wudi were stunned after hearing this, and even Chu Feng was confused.
The three of them looked up at Li Xiuyuan and were all confused by his question.
Li Xiuyuan was also startled. He didn't expect the three people to react like this. He smiled and said, "It's just a casual chat, don't take it seriously."
Chu Feiyan thought for a while and said seriously: "We all have advantages in the current battle. As the defender, we should be 60% sure of winning. As for ending the war, I can't see it yet."
"The princess and I have similar ideas." Chu Wudi smiled.
"If the Generalissimo has any great ideas, please share them to make everyone happy." Chu Feng joined in the fun.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the different expressions of the three people and couldn't help but chuckle.
Said: "My personal idea is to drive the Silver Moon army back to Black Salt City before autumn comes and end this war this winter. I don't have much energy to spend with them here."
Are you kidding me? I have to rush back to the academy to practice and comprehend the elusive flaming sword intention.
Then I was thinking about whether to leave early, go to the wilderness to see Teacher Guiguzi, and go to Ding'an City to see my own shop. How could I have the time to play hide-and-seek and attack games with the Silver Moon Army?
If you want to play, go and do it yourself.
Chu Feiyan glanced at Chu Wudi and asked Li Xiuyuan in a solemn voice: "What good plan does the Grand Marshal have?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and replied calmly: "I don't have any good ideas, but I will fight if I can't defeat them. If they are frightened, they will naturally withdraw to Black Salt City."
"As long as they withdraw, we will have won half of the war. The rest is for us to pursue the victory and drive them back to the Silver Moon Kingdom."
"But what does this have to do with the Silver Moon Army's reinforcement of Black Salt City?" Chu Feng, who was getting dumber as he listened, couldn't help but ask.
Li Xiuyuan glanced at him and said with a wry smile: "They have nearly 300,000 troops gathered in Yancheng. They consume a lot every day. Their supply line is longer than ours. The way I think about it is..."
"It is said that the Silver Moon Army is like a wild wolf, invincible... The reason is because they are conquering the territory outside. Now I have thought of a way to put this wolf in a cage. You think they will do it in the future?" What will it become?”
Li Xiuyuan looked at the three people and asked quietly.
"What did it become?" Chu Wuyan asked.
"What has it become? Generalissimo, please finish your sentence and don't tantalize us!" Chu Wudi said.
Li Xiuyuan paused, looked at the three of them and asked, "I want to turn them into sick cats that don't have enough to eat... How can they fight with us if they don't even have enough to eat?"
"You have a good idea. Once hundreds of thousands of troops enter the city, it will take a lot of effort to rush out suddenly. It makes sense when you think about it." Chu Wudi glanced at Chu Feiyan and said with a smile.
Li Xiuyuan nodded when he heard this, looked at Chu Feiyan and said: "My personal opinion is that we should not take the initiative. As long as the rations we sow are harvested, we can feed the army until the beginning of next spring..."
"In this way, the army can be self-sufficient in food, reducing the burden on the dynasty and the people. Once it snows, their supply lines will be stretched, which will be even more detrimental to them."
Li Xiuyuan added tea to the three of them and said calmly.
"Are you going to fight for so long?" Chu Feiyan was startled and almost dropped the teacup in his hand to the ground. Looking at Li Xiuyuan in surprise, he asked, "I thought it would be over soon."
Li Xiuyuan turned to look at her and said in a solemn voice: "What's wrong? Can't Dachu afford it? Do you have more men and horses than the Silver Moon Army, or are you more ferocious than them?"
Chu Feiyan shook his head, and then nodded again. After being stunned for a long time, he said: "I'm afraid that guy Qingyue didn't expect you to play a protracted war with her, right?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at Chu Feiyan and Chu Wudi and sighed softly: "I just want to win this war with the least casualties. Can you understand?"
Chu Wudi looked at the two of them, thought for a long time, and then said quietly: "I think the Generalissimo said it well. While we are training the physical and psychological qualities of the army, we will not be able to fight a protracted war with them until we can hold on."
Chu Feng also nodded heavily. He was also scared and knew what it felt like to be hungry.
"Since you two agree, then the matter is settled. Some of the soldiers will be left to take turns responsible for the production of the three thousand acres of land while training. Excavation of the Blackwater River is the most important task, and there can be no mistakes!"
Li Xiuyuan spoke slowly, with a kind of majesty in his words that only a general could have.
Chu Wudi suddenly realized: "Only when we have enough food and grass can we be sure to win this war in winter. So this is the truth?"
Li Xiuyuan raised his head and glanced at him, and said with a wry smile: "We have to work together on this matter, it is not a war for me alone."
Chu Feiyan nodded and said seriously: "In order for the people of the dynasty to have a peaceful life, we have no choice but to fight."
"Leave it to the princess and the general to arrange the land cultivation, canal digging, and training tasks for the army." Li Xiuyuan said calmly.
...
Demon Realm Tianhuang City, in the royal palace.
After receiving the information about the war between Da Chu and the Silver Moon Kingdom, Hua Donglai immediately called the brothers Hua Tianyu and Hua Chenyu, and Queen Song Ruyan also sat quietly in the flower hall.
Hua Donglai watched the brothers and sisters sit down in a hurry, and after drinking another cup of tea, he said: "It's true that God is not as good as man. Princess Qingyue thought she was very smart, but she didn't expect your brother to be more ruthless. She was dumbfounded this time." Already?
Hua Chenyu was shocked, looked at her mother and asked, "That guy's behavior really surprised me. If I think about it carefully, it's really unbelievable."
"No wonder he drove me back early and didn't allow me to find him after hearing the news... It turns out that he was afraid of causing trouble to the Demon Realm, this guy."
Hua Tianyu looked at his father and queen and murmured.
"In this case, Princess Yinyue Qingyue will have to suffer a lot. That guy is not a light-saving lamp." Hua Chenyu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he thought of Li Xiuyuan's strange methods.
Hua Donglai shook his head, sighed, and said: "Looking at the war between Da Chu and the Silver Moon Kingdom, don't you two brothers and sisters have a sense of crisis?"
"Is there any sense of crisis?...Father said that the Demon Realm will one day be like Princess Qingyue of the Silver Moon Kingdom and raise a butcher's knife against us? Jun Buyu is my brother, how can he do it? Such a thing?"
Although Hua Tianyu was speechless about Li Xiuyuan's decision, he couldn't help but secretly admired that he couldn't do it just with this courage.
Song Ruyan looked at him and said mysteriously: "You two, brother and sister, came back too early and missed the miracle that boy created in Silver Moon King City..."
After that, he told the brother and sister what happened in the Thousand Buddha Temple.
"We have experienced it once, it's time to be content!" Hua Tianyu murmured and sighed.
"That's right, after all, he won't let us follow! We have already enjoyed ourselves once in the Taoist temple..." Hua Chenyu looked at his mother and said softly.
"From now on, we in the Demon Realm must keep our spirits up. Even if we are not harmful to people's hearts, we must also pay close attention to the training of the army... Otherwise, when Li Xiuyuan leaves the Shura Heaven Realm, what will you do against Jun Wu in the Demon Realm? Worried about fighting?"
Hua Donglai shook his head and said with a wry smile.
"Also, there is news from Da Chu that Li Xiuyuan has transformed from a handyman in the academy to the general marshal of Da Chu. Shen Yu, you girl didn't seize the opportunity, and now that guy has become the general marshal. What will you do next?"
In Song Ruyan's opinion, Li Xiuyuan is the best candidate to be the son-in-law of the Demon Realm.
The perfect match was placed in front of her, but this girl easily missed it.
"Mother, what are you talking about?" Hua Chenyu looked at her with a red face and said, "Do you know that after that guy came back from the land of death, he suddenly rejuvenated and became twelve years old... ..."
"What are you talking about? That guy disappeared for two years and not only did he not grow up, but he also returned to his youthful state? How is this possible? At least in the Shura Realm, there has never been such a thing as rejuvenation."
Song Ruyan looked at Hua Chenyu and then at Hua Tianyu, and asked in a solemn voice, with a look of shock on her face.
"Forget it, let everything be left to fate." Hua Donglai said with a smile: "From what I can see, the boy must have left the Shura Heaven Realm and gone to some mysterious place in the two years since he disappeared."
Hua Tianyu smiled and said: "Wherever he went, he is still my brother... According to what father said, we must pay close attention to the training of the army..."
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