After a whole night of cleaning up the battlefield and resting, Dajue's army began to withdraw from camp and retreat northward.
It would take them about half a month to withdraw from the Tianshan Mountains and reach the border of Ji Kingdom.
Of course, Dajue and Ji Guo are no longer allies, so the latter will definitely deploy layers of defenses on the border. It is estimated that the two sides will fight again.
As for whether Ji Guo, who lost 200,000 elite soldiers in one fell swoop, could withstand it, and whether Dajue could smoothly take Ji Guo into his pocket...this was not something Wei Changtian had to consider.
For him, the war in Liangzhou was a foregone conclusion, so if he had time to care about it, he might as well learn more about the situation at Xu Suisui's side.
It has been more than half a month since the war started. Judging from the current situation, Xinfeng, whose military strength is extremely inferior, has performed quite well. The land of ten states has only lost three states.
Obviously, being able to achieve this is inseparable from the full help of Buddhism.
From three months ago until now, countless monks from various Buddhist holy places have poured into Xinfeng every day, and they have continuously entered the battlefield.
Facing 1.2 million enemy troops, although the number of these monks is still insufficient, their average combat power is much stronger than that of ordinary soldiers.
In addition, Xu Suisui also holds ten second-level masters including Qin Zhengqiu, as well as two sons of heaven, Xu Quan and Shen Ran...
Such a combination actually prevented Xinfeng from completely collapsing half a month after the war began.
This situation is certainly a good thing for Wei Changtian.
But on the other hand, he really couldn't understand what benefits Xu Suisui had given to Buddhist monks, who was actually willing to work so hard to help her.
"..."
The air in the study is fresh, and the morning sunlight shines in through the open window, with a slight earthy smell.
Wei Changtian held the battle report sent back from Xinfeng in his hand. He frowned and thought for a long time but couldn't figure out the reason, so he didn't bother to think about it anymore.
Put down the secret message and stand up.
He was just about to go out to the state government office to discuss with Liang Zhen and others about taking over the teleportation array.
But Liang Qin suddenly walked in at this moment.
"Brother Changtian, Miss Li is here."
"..."
...
After a stick of incense.
Under the leadership of a little maid, Li Zimu quickly arrived at the study.
"Sir, madam."
She bowed politely to the two of them. Liang Qin nodded with a smile and whispered to Wei Changtian:
"Ms. sir, I'm going out first."
"Well, remember to ask someone to prepare the car for me. I will go to the state government office later."
"Okay, I'll go right away and you guys can talk."
Liang Qin responded, opened the door and walked out, closing the door gently.
Only then did Wei Changtian look up at Li Zimu and asked casually:
"Are you sober?"
"Back to the young master..."
There was no look of surprise on Li Zimu's face, he just shook his head and replied: "I was not drunk last night."
"My guess is..."
Wei Changtian curled his lips and asked again: "How did you go about what you were told? When can you ask?"
"anytime."
Li Zimu answered seriously: "It's just that I haven't asked yet."
"Um?"
Wei Changtian glanced at her: "Why don't you ask?"
"Because I think Tang Chen's value is far more than this."
Li Zimu did not hide anything, and said calmly and truthfully: "If the young master agrees, I can let him take the initiative to stay with the young master and serve him."
"Serve me?"
After hearing Li Zimu's words, Wei Changtian looked at her very delicate features and muttered in his heart that this appearance was too deceiving.
Who would have thought that such a pure-looking little girl would trick a man without any hesitation...
Wait a minute.
Could it be that Li Zimu really fell in love with Tang Chen?
"Are you true or false about Tang Chen?"
After thinking for a moment, Wei Changtian asked directly: "You don't really plan to get yourself involved, do you?"
"If that's the case, then you don't have to wrong yourself."
"Tang Chen is indeed of some use to me, but it's not too important. You have to think about this clearly."
"Thank you for your concern, sir, but I knew it well."
Li Zimu answered quickly, and his tone did not change: "As for Tang Chen, this is naturally a lie."
"Is it......"
Wei Changtian stood up slowly and walked close to Li Zimu.
"What about your opinion of Chu Xianping? Is it also a lie?"
"this......"
Suddenly raising his head, Li Zimu's expression changed significantly for the first time.
A little struggling and a little shy at the same time.
She opened her mouth, but could not give an answer immediately.
Wei Changtian looked at him coldly and said slowly:
"Okay, if you haven't thought about this clearly yet, think about it again."
"If you are really interested in Chu Xianping, and he is indeed interested in you, then I will not care about the two of you, and I have nothing to do with it."
"But if you are playing with Chu Xianping like you played with Tang Chen..."
"Miss Li, I can save you, but I can also kill you."
"Chu Xianping is the person I trust most, so I don't want you to die because of him."
"That's it, you go back."
"..."
The morning breeze blew through the window, and Wei Changtian's suddenly cold tone made Li Zimu stunned for a moment.
She stared blankly at Wei Changtian, who was no longer looking at her, and wanted to say something, but after hesitating for a while, she still said one sentence.
"yes......"
"Squeak."
As the door opened and closed, Li Zimu quickly left the study and walked toward the courtyard door with his head lowered.
Judging from her performance just now, it is obvious that her feelings towards Chu Xianping are not pure.
Maybe it's not "complete deception and use" like the treatment of Tang Chen, but I guess it must have some purpose beyond the "love between men and women".
Wei Changtian knew that he couldn't ask anything, so he simply gave Li Zimu a "vaccination" and told her clearly that he would never tolerate Chu Xianping being played by a scumbag again.
He didn't care what Li Zimu thought about this and what he would do.
He wasn't kidding anyway.
Wei Changtian could really do it to kill Li Zimu for Chu Xianping.
And this undoubtedly shows that Chu Xianping is far more important in his heart than Li Zimu.
In fact, it’s not just plum wood.
Regardless of gender, Chu Xianping's importance is even on the same level as that of Comrade Xiao Xu, and he is one of the people Wei Changtian cares about most.
He talks about "brotherly loyalty" like this. If Chu Xianping knew about it, he would probably be secretly moved.
Of course, Chu Xianping is still in Dajue now, and it will take at least ten days to come back, so naturally he cannot feel Wei Changtian's "brotherly love".
As for what he is doing now...
"Master Chu..."
In the Dajue Palace, in a heavily guarded private courtyard, an old man was sitting opposite Chu Xianping and earnestly advised:
"Don't worry, we don't want to be enemies with Mr. Wei. We just want you to reveal some information to us in advance if you feel it is necessary."
"If you agree, then I will be very grateful and will never let you suffer the slightest loss."
"Mr. Chu, I know that you are upright and upright. Now you have won the trust of Mr. Wei, and you are not short of money and power."
"But you have to know that life can never always be smooth sailing."
"Hey, let me say something offensive."
"If one day Mr. Wei no longer believes in you, and even turns against you...Has Mr. Wei ever thought about what he would do then?"
"Mr. Chu, there is nothing wrong with leaving more escape routes for yourself."