The format of the Xia Jiajun's military information letters was inherited from Daqian Military Aircraft. It was extremely simple, with a total of thirty characters in the letter, but it already stated the number of the opponent, their types of troops, their formations, and their advance and retreat directions.
Xia Zhaoyi read it at a glance, handed it to Jian Jun, then looked at the two soldiers and ordered them to carry the map from behind.
"Shen Lie," Xia Zhaoyi turned to Shen Lie, "You still have tomorrow..."
"I want to stay." Shen Lie interrupted her gently, knowing what she was going to say.
Xia Zhaoyi frowned: "But..."
"I have 100,000 soldiers and horses in Qiuyan Village three miles away. I also need to defend against the Youzhou army moving south."
"I know."
"It doesn't matter." Shen Lie said.
Xia Zhaoyi pursed her lips, stopped talking, and just looked at him displeased.
Shen Lie: "..."
Because of the height difference, her eyes when she looked up were particularly large, black and white, as clear as water, and the light from the lamp fell in her eyes.
There was no fierceness, resentment, or anger, just a dull displeasure, but it made Shen Lie suddenly feel at a loss.
There was a hint of discomfort on his cold, white and handsome face. He was clearly a cold and aloof person, and he couldn't catch her gaze at this moment.
"...I'm not sleepy now. If I get really sleepy later, will I sleep here?" Shen Lie said in a roundabout way.
"This... ha!" Jian Jun came out and said, "Second Miss, General Shen wants to fight side by side with us. This kind of loyalty and chivalry is rare, so let General Shen stay. If he is sleepy, there are so many yamen. There’s a place to sleep!”
Saying that, Jian Jun glanced at Zhao Ya.
Zhao Ya immediately said: "Yes, Miss Second! General Shen is also worried about the 100,000 soldiers and horses in Qiuyan Village."
Seeing this, other people started to speak one after another.
"General Shen is brave, resourceful and resourceful. With one more General Shen, we will be even more powerful!"
"Yes, Yan Jun is the main force this time!"
At this time, two soldiers carried up the vertical board screen with the map nailed on it.
"Come on, let's look at the map together!" Jian Jun said quickly, "Second Miss, finish the discussion early, and you and Mr. Shen should go back to bed early!"
"That's right, you can go to bed together then!" Zhao Ya said.
After saying that, he felt that the words were a bit strange and scratched his head, feeling very embarrassed.
However, the two parties involved did not react at all, and seemed not to find any ambiguity in this sentence at all.
Ah, the reaction is so slow.
Everyone spoke, and Xia Zhaoyi felt helpless.
She originally felt that Shen Lie was working too hard, so she wanted him to take a rest early, but now everyone started talking, as if she was extremely unreasonable and very strong.
Xia Zhaoyi took a deep breath and looked at Tian Ye at the door: "Tian Ye, go pour two cups of warm water. No need to put tea leaves."
"yes!"
As she came to the map, everyone gathered around her.
Xia Zhaoyi took out a charcoal ink pen and began to mark the map.
Rather than saying that whether the other party takes action or not depends on their attitude, it is better to say that the other party is pressuring.
Forcing them to choose between peace and war, there is no option of "not interfering with each other".
Changing positions, Xia Zhaoyi could completely understand the other party. After all, no one would allow an uncontrollable force to exist in the rear of the war.
Therefore, either we must form an alliance with the other party and sign a treaty, or the other party may give up the fight in Mouye and get rid of them first.
Jian Jun said solemnly: "Second Miss, Tian Dayao has been planning for the Mouye war for so long, and there was a Bafang Alliance in Youzhou at the beginning of the year. Lu Dun really dares not to go to Mouye and seize Hengxiang first?"
"He dares," Xia Zhaoyi said calmly, focusing on Tao'an Mountain on the map, "Tian Dayao's soldiers and horses are very fierce."
For such a tiger army, once it becomes an enemy, the opponent will fight to the death.
Therefore, Xia Zhaoyi did not send anyone out to deal with the vanguard they showed.
It's not that I'm afraid, I just feel that there is no need to make this enemy for the time being.
But she doesn't even want to make a covenant.
"Second Miss, what should we do now?" Zhao Ya asked.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled faintly and turned to look at Shen Lie: "Shen Lie, what do you think we should do?"
"Counterattack," Shen Lie looked at the map and said in a deep voice, "We don't have to pay attention to the options they throw out. We give them choices."
"Give them a choice?" Zhao Ya was curious.
"Yes," Xia Zhaoyi laughed, "They attacked Hengxiang and left no money to pay for the passage. They dared to force us. They showed their vanguard, so we also showed our swords."
"Let them know that we have 100,000 troops?" Zhao Ya said.
"Stupid!" Jian Jun shouted, "I don't know if they already know it. If they don't know, how can they take the initiative to reveal their wealth? Moreover, if the other party is really anxious, how many troops will they need to mobilize to fight a hundred thousand troops?
People come? How many casualties will we suffer by then?"
"Yes," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile, "As I said, Tian Dayao's people are very aggressive. Do they know it's the same thing? If we take the initiative to tell them, they will think that we are challenging them."
"That's right," Jian Jun said, "Second Miss said she doesn't want to form an alliance, nor does she want to be an enemy."
"Okay!" Zhao Ya patted his forehead, "Me too, I'm very tigerish."
Everyone laughed, and Shen Lie also raised his lips.
The crow of the cock breaks through the long night, and all things come to life.
After Xia Zhaoyi finalized the final plan, Zhao Ya immediately left the city, while Jian Jun went to the Du Wei Mansion in the south of the city to mobilize troops. Other soldiers in the yamen and the newly appointed yamen guards also began to be busy.
Xia Zhaoyi was writing behind a book. Because she was too sleepy, she lay on the book as she wrote.
Shen Lie came in holding a stack of books. He looked up and saw her face leaning against her own arm. Under the dim morning light, her eyelashes were like two rows of lightly fluttering wings. They were not thick, but long and curly.
It's winding and winding, quiet and peaceful.
Shen Lie put down the book in his hand and said softly: "Ali?"
She fell asleep like this in front of him more than once, and every time, it was difficult to wake her up just as she fell asleep.
Shen Lie lowered his waist slightly and said softly beside her: "Ali, we are going back."
Tian Ye came in with tea. Seeing Xia Zhaoyi sleeping on her stomach like this, he said, "General Shen."
Shen Lie looked at him.
"Since the second lady said that she will go back with you after finishing her work, why don't I just go prepare the carriage and help you take care of the second lady on the way?"
"Okay." Shen Lie nodded.
After Tian Ye put down the tea, he turned around and ran away quickly.
Shen Lie lowered his head and looked back at the sleeping girl, and suddenly gave a helpless chuckle, fresh and free.
She even asked him to go back because he was afraid he would be sleepy...
Shen Lie gently picked up the pen in the girl's hand and placed it on the Ziyue jade inkstone next to her. He then took out the handkerchief in his arms and wiped her white cheeks that were accidentally stained by ink when she fell asleep. Then he hugged her sideways.
