When Jiang Yao came up with the second plan to kill someone with a borrowed knife, the five ministers were silent.
It turned out that Jiang Yao's suggestion was to withdraw the three thousand navy from Mohu Pass in the name of resisting the Meng clan.
Mo Lake is a water area with a special space. You cannot enter the lake or go ashore from the lakeside, nor can you fly against the wind. You can only enter and exit through several rivers.
Several martial clans guarded the rivers leading in and out of Mo Lake, sealing the lake to thousands of miles of water.
Mohu Pass is in the hands of the Qing clan, and the three thousand Qing Navy navy can block the tens of thousands of water thieves in Mohu Pass.
If the Qing Army abandons Mohu Pass, it will be equivalent to lifting the blockade against the Lake Pirates.
The Mohu water thieves have been blocked for many years and will never give up this opportunity. They will definitely follow Mohu Pass and pass through the Luofeng River to attack Kuaiwei County, which originally belonged to the Qing clan, and rob several spiritual mines in Kuaiwei County.
The problem is that Kuowei County is now under the control of the Meng Army!
This is simply a conspiracy.
It is impossible for the Lake Pirates to give up this opportunity. In order to supply resources, it is inevitable for them to attack Kuowei County. The Meng army must either withdraw from the newly occupied Kuowei County or have to fight with the Lake Pirates.
There is no possibility of compromise between the two parties.
This dispersed the strength of the Meng army and borrowed the swords of the Lake Pirates, making the entire grand plan more likely to win.
But the question is, does this count as colluding with the Lake Pirates?
This is a big taboo among martial artists.
Although Lan Sheng didn't like Jiang Yao because of Lan Lan, he agreed with Jiang Yao's suggestion. He first broke the silence and said:
"My lord, Jiang Yaoling's suggestion is excellent. The Meng army invaded our Qing clan, and our Qing clan lacks cavalry. Isn't it normal to mobilize the navy for support?"
"As for the opening of the Mo Lake blockade, the water thieves came out of the lake to attack Kuaiwei County. They also attacked the Kuaiwei County of my Qing clan. My Qing clan was also a victim. How can it be considered as colluding with the water thieves?"
"Also, when both the Meng army and the water pirates are defeated, I, Da Qing, will just destroy the water pirates. No one else has anything to say about the other martial arts clans."
The other four people thought about it and felt that it was indeed feasible, and it did not count as colluding with the rebels. At worst, they would find an opportunity to destroy the lake pirates and give the other martial arts an explanation.
Master Qing nodded, "Zhongda has a third plan."
Jiang Yao shook his feather fan, with an expression that was very sophisticated for his age: "The third step is to show weakness to the enemy and pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger. The lord can send people to ask for peace from Lord Meng and cede territory and pay compensation to confuse people.
Lord Meng."
"When the Lake bandits attacked the Meng army, they concentrated their main force, attacked from the east to the west, and stormed Zhangtai County, the Zheng clan. Even if the Meng army defeated the Mohu bandits, our army also captured Zhangtai County, then incorporated the Zheng army, and turned back to fight the Meng army.
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Although Jiang Yao proposed a whole set of strategies, he knew very well that Qingzhu himself also had a set of strategies. The two strategies were fused together, and he didn't know what effect they would have.
But judging from Qing Zhu's expression, he is very satisfied with his strategy.
Sure enough, Master Qing smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Zhongda is not only a second-class pharmacist, but also quite knowledgeable in military strategy. This is really gratifying to me."
The five ministers also nodded together. They also looked at Jiang Yao more highly. Although this Jiang Zhongda has a low cultivation level and is still young, he is worthy of being a disciple of the Medicine Saint and is by no means a mediocre person.
Master Qing said to Jiang Yao: "With these three strategies of yours, I am at least 80% sure of my plan. Zhongda needs to be more careful about this method of cracking the poison domain."
"If this achievement is successful, I will reward you according to my merits. The person who makes the first contribution will be rewarded with a fiefdom and spiritual jade. If he does not have a fiefdom, he will be rewarded with a fiefdom of thousands of miles and a hundred thousand households of slaves."
The land was thousands of miles away and there were hundreds of thousands of slaves. When Jiang Yao heard this, his heart suddenly became hot.
He could feel that Master Qing's trust in him had reached another level.
It is not easy for a suspicious and guessing lord.
Jiang Yao was familiar with Chinese history, and he realized a truth.
Successful powerful traitors in history were all "loyal ministers" or meritorious officials in the beginning.
If you are a traitor from the beginning, then you have no chance of being a traitor in power.
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"Zhongda..." The two women in the cave who had told Jiang Yao to stay away from each other saw Jiang Yao coming back and came up to greet him.
The two women are laughing and chatting sweetly, and are charming and picturesque. They are also full of autumn waves. They are really spring flowers and autumn chrysanthemums, which is refreshing and pleasing to the eye.
Jiang Yao said: "How did you learn the medicine book I gave you?"
In order to prevent the two women from constantly staring at him, Jiang Yao simply bought two introductory books on medicine for them to study.
The two women did not doubt Jiang Yao's "good intentions" and began to learn medicine. They had no time to monitor Jiang Yao all the time.
As long as Jiang Yao's whereabouts did not arouse their suspicion, they would be happy and at ease.
Mingxi replied: "We are now identifying various herbs and learning pharmacology."
Jiang Yao nodded and said perfunctorily: "Study hard. If you learn medicine, even if you can't be a pharmacist, you can understand your mind and see your nature, which will be useful for life. In half a month, I will take a test on you."
The two women were a little depressed.
We are here to be Taoist companions and assistants, not your disciples.
With your tone, do you actually think of us as your disciples?
However, Jiang Yao is the master of the cave, and they are already members of the Yaoling Mansion, so they cannot speak out against it.
Jiang Yao deliberately asked two questions, but neither woman could answer any of them.
"You still have some talents in medicine, don't give up. You should go to the medicine garden more and understand the spirit of herbal medicine. Oh, go ahead, I will need you as assistants in the future. How can you succeed in medicine if you don't know?"
Jiang Yao said "I have high expectations for you" and dismissed the two annoying eyeliners.
Then, Jiang Yao entered the Yaoxiang Hall.
Yu Yan was sitting on the main seat, dealing with some small fish and shrimps as if no one else was around.
"Three-year-old children should eat more small fish and shrimps, and eat them in their shells. Only in this way can they grow faster." Yu Kuan said, making excuses for his greedy mouth.
"Don't pierce your mouth, don't get stuck by the fish bones again." Jiang Yao warned, sitting at the bottom of the mouth leaning on the snake staff.
In the eyes of outsiders, it is very unruly for the younger sister to sit at the head of the table and the older brother to sit at the head of the table.
"You've already returned home, why are you still holding a feather fan? Are you afraid of the heat?" Yu Yan really couldn't understand why Jiang Yao would hold a feather fan when he went to Jun's house.
Holding a snake staff in one hand and a feather fan in the other, isn't this really weird?
It is true that dressing up like this does add some unique aura to this young man, but it is really a bit weird.
How could she possibly understand Jiang Yao's dullness?
"Master Qing, he has increased his trust in me. But he still has doubts about me." Jiang Yao felt relieved that there was no one else around.
"I expressed my loyalty to him today, but he still didn't tell me his plan."
Yu Yan said: "What do you think his plan will be?"
Jiang Yao thought for a while, "I can't think of it, but it is a conspiracy against the Meng clan. I prefer to call it strategic deception. The Meng clan seems to be on the offensive like a tiger, winning consecutive battles, and even occupied Kuaiwei County, but I
I feel that Meng clan may suffer a big loss."
Yu Kuan nodded, "The Qing Lord must have planned everything. Jiang Yao, this person is very deep and tolerant. As his retainer, at least on the surface you should be considerate of the Qing Lord and don't let him think you have second thoughts.
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"Such a master is difficult to serve, but in fact it is easy to serve him. You don't need to do what he likes, just do things in a down-to-earth manner."
Jiang Yao explained the strategy he proposed. Yu Kuan squinted his crescent-shaped eyes, looked Jiang Yao up and down, and said as if he wanted to re-examine:
"Hey, I can't tell. You also know how to plan. Not bad, not bad. You are becoming more and more like me..."
Before she could brag, Jiang Yao quickly changed the subject and said, "If you were to offer advice, what would you do?"
"Me?" Yu Yan's little head shook, her cute face raised, she thought seriously for a while, and then suddenly said:
"If I were Master Qing, I would secretly set up a triggering formation in advance at an important place where the Meng army must attack. Then abandon the defense after a hard fight, and then trigger the formation after the Meng army captured this important city and settled in."
"This strategy requires the Meng army to be careless. But at this time, the Meng army has been fighting and winning, and it is true that they have underestimated the enemy."
Jiang Yao pondered for a while, "What you said is a feasible method. But at most it is only a part of his plan. I feel that his plan is very big. He wants to wipe out the Meng clan and the Dushan clan in one fell swoop and become a second-class martial clan.
He's playing a big game of chess."
"This is also an opportunity for me. If I'm lucky, it's not difficult to get a fiefdom."
Yu Yan showed a playful expression, "Your lord is quite interesting. I want to see if he has such ability."
Jiang Yao stood up and said, "I don't care about this right now. Cultivation is the top priority. It's time for me to make a breakthrough. Set a small goal first and become a warrior."
Yu Kuan nodded, "Now that you have the perfect foundation, it will be easy to become a warrior. But you need to remember two words."
"Which two words?"
"There is a lack. This is the two-word Taoist thought that must be had when every state reaches perfection. You have to understand that perfection is not true perfection, but a new beginning with a lack. Only when there is a lack can there be perfection. Yao'er, I am a teacher.
Do you understand?"
"Okay Master Yan, you continue to eat small fish, I'm going to the quiet room to practice."
PS: The second update is here. Thank you for your great support. It’s the end of the month again, and the monthly ticket list is even more intense. For me who never swipe votes, the only thing I can rely on is everyone! Good night, Crab!