Feng Jiuer turned her head and looked at Zhao Yusheng beside her.
"There are probably thousands of people in the valley."
Zhao Yusheng took a sip of porridge and placed the bowl on the grass.
"The opponent's general wants to surrender, but the war in Beicheng is approaching, so I don't recommend taking risks."
"If we wait for the prince's troops to arrive, how can these people be willing to surrender?"
Feng Jiuer nodded, held the meat in her arms, cut it into small pieces, poured it into the porridge, and turned around to serve it to Jianyi.
"Starting today, let's eat some meat. Eat it with porridge. It will be easier to digest."
"good."
Jianyi took the bowl from Feng Jiuer's hand.
Feng Jiuer picked up another plate, cut a piece of meat at random, sat upright, and continued to cut the meat on the plate into pieces.
Occasionally putting a piece of meat into her mouth, she would continue to cut off a piece of meat.
Even though her eating method was different from her brothers, everyone was just curious and didn't ask any questions.
"What do you mean?"
Feng Jiuer raised her eyes and glanced at Zhao Yusheng and asked.
"Continue the attack."
Zhao Yusheng responded softly.
"If the troops are surrendered, we will still attack, which is a bit unkind."
Huo Baixue joined the conversation between the two.
"I have also considered this."
Zhao Yusheng nodded, "But waiting like this now is not good for us."
"If the prince's soldiers really attack and they get help, they attack our army again. Wouldn't we lose both my wife and our troops?"
"This..." Huo Baixue restrained herself, unable to refute.
After a moment of silence, she leaned forward, looked past Zhao Yusheng and looked at Feng Jiu'er on the other side of him.
"Jiu'er, what do you think about this?"
"If we continue to fight, we will lose part of our troops and delay the pace of support going north."
"But if we don't fight, they are not our people anyway, and it will definitely not be easy for them to obey."
Feng Jiuer nodded thoughtfully and put a piece of meat into her mouth.
After swallowing the meat, she looked at Zhao Yusheng and asked, "How have their troops treated the people of Crowwood City along the way?"
"Fortunately, apart from the ruthless robbery, there was no indiscriminate killing of innocent people."
Zhao Yusheng responded softly.
"I heard that the prince has always been kind. I can see this in the way the army treats the innocent people in our city."
"But Jiu'er, you have to know that there is no father and son on the battlefield. Once the war starts, who will put kindness first?"
"My brothers suffered many casualties, and I will never forget this grudge."
Excited, Zhao Yusheng sighed lightly.
Feng Jiuer gently patted Zhao Yusheng's shoulder and gave him a plate of chopped meat.
"I understand your feelings very well. I also want to avenge your brother, as well as the brothers and people who died in Crowwood City."
Zhao Yusheng looked at the meat handed over by Feng Jiuer and was slightly stunned.
Feng Jiuer put the plate directly into his hand and pursed her lips.
"Eat, I've really worked hard on you during this time."
Zhao Yusheng took the plate, picked up the chopsticks on it, picked up a mouthful of meat, and put it in his mouth.
"Zhao Yusheng, actually you and I are the same. We are both leading troops into battle for the first time, and we are both unwilling to let our brothers get injured or even lose their lives."
"But the battle is so cruel. Since it cannot be avoided, we can only face it bravely, right?"
Zhao Yusheng looked at Feng Jiuer for a moment, not knowing how to respond.
After a while, he took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.
"Jiu'er, I'm sorry! I shouldn't be too excited."
"No need to apologize to me."
At this moment, Feng Jiuer cut another piece of meat and put it on a plate.
"I'm not sure what to do about this matter, so I plan to ask Bai Xue or Ye Zhou for advice."
When Huo Baixue heard Jiu'er calling her name, she stuck her head out from the other side of Zhao Yusheng.
"Jiu'er, we should listen to Zhao Yusheng on this matter. After all, it is his troops who have been fighting against the enemy for the longest time."
Feng Jiuer looked at her and nodded.
Like Huo Baixue, her eyes fell on Zhao Yusheng.
"Baixue is right. I will listen to you on this matter. If you say you want to fight, we will have no complaints. You should think about it carefully."
"right."
A brother's sonorous and powerful voice sounded, "As long as it is decided by Master Zhao, we will all obey it."
"Yes, Master Zhao, just give the order."
Another brother also said.
The other brothers nodded in agreement.
My generals all agreed, who would disagree?
What's more, everyone could see how Zhao Yusheng felt sorry for his brother.
As a member of the army, it is a blessing for everyone to follow a general who puts the lives of his brothers first.
After giving everyone a grateful look, Zhao Yusheng's eyes returned to Feng Jiu'er.
"Jiu'er, take a step to speak."
Feng Jiuer met his gaze and nodded.
"good."
Zhao Yusheng nodded and stood up. Feng Jiuer also put the things in her hands and stood up.
"Brothers, continue, we will come back as soon as we go."
Looking around at everyone, Feng Jiuer looked at Jian Yi who was about to stand up.
"You stay, I'll be back soon."
Jianyi ignored it and stood up anyway.
Feng Jiuer was a little helpless, but she didn't refuse.
The three of them walked into the tent together. Zhao Yusheng put down the curtain of the tent and followed them inside.
"Jiu'er, do you have the best of both worlds?"
"Continuing to attack at this time will waste manpower and material resources, and will also delay the support from the north. In total, the gains outweigh the losses."
"But if we let them go arbitrarily, not only me, but also my brothers, and Nanmen Zhuo and his brothers will not be able to accept it."
"I do have a method, but I don't know if the other party is willing to cooperate."
Feng Jiuer sat down next to Jian Yi, then picked up his palm and placed it on her body.
During this period, whenever she had the chance, she would give Jian a pulse, for fear of something unexpected happening.
Seeing Feng Jiu'er put down Jian Yi's palm, Zhao Yusheng asked softly: "Jiu'er, is Jian Yi's condition okay?"
"It's okay for the time being, but it still needs treatment for a while."
Feng Jiuer stood up, went to find her black cloth bag, and took out a packet of medicinal powder from it.
She took the medicinal powder, came to Zhao Yusheng, and handed it out.
"The effect of this medicinal powder is similar to that of cartilage powder, but its effect is very long-lasting."
"If a person who has inhaled the powder does not have an antidote, his whole body will be limp within a month and he will be unable to use force."
Zhao Yusheng took the powder as if he were holding some powerful weapon.
"What Jiu'er means is that we should check and balance them first and then make a decision?"
Zhao Yusheng looked at Feng Jiuer with excitement.
"Um."
Feng Jiuer nodded, "In this way, we don't need to waste manpower and material resources, and we won't delay our journey north."
"Besides, we have people in our hands. When the time comes to negotiate with the prince again, we won't be too passive."
