After driving for most of the day, there was a fork in the road ahead. The three thousand elite soldiers led by Huo Baixue, along with Feng Jiuer and Jian Yi, chose a route with more flat ground.
Dugu Yezhou led two thousand elite soldiers and embarked on a route with more mountain roads.
After driving for a whole day, everyone camped on a plain to rest.
After Feng Jiuer gave Jian Yi acupuncture, Jian Yi sat in the tub and took a bath again.
The winter night was getting colder and colder, so Feng Jiuer put a small blanket on Jian Yi's shoulders.
"Jianyi, please go out for a while and have a good rest."
Jian glanced sideways and reminded softly: "It's colder outside, so wear more clothes."
"Yes." Feng Jiuer nodded, put on his robe, tied the rope, opened the curtain, and walked out.
The calmness along the way made her heart uneasy.
With such a large team setting off, the other party should receive the news soon.
Sure enough, it was very quiet along the way, not even a killer was seen.
As Feng Jiuer approached Huo Baixue's tent, a smart little bird chirped a few times and landed on her shoulder.
Feng Jiuer quickly picked it up and took off the note from its feet.
Before she had time to read the message above, she walked into Huo Baixue's tent with the little bird on her shoulder.
"Jiu'er." Huo Baixue stood up after seeing him come in.
Feng Jiuer nodded and went to sit opposite her.
"This is..." Huo Baixue looked at the little thing on her shoulder and frowned slightly.
"This is our communication bird." While speaking, Feng Jiuer opened the note.
Seeing the change between her eyebrows, Huo Baixue asked: "What happened?"
"The prince's troops in Crowwood City are concentrated to fight to the west. My people can't hold on anymore." Feng Jiuer sighed lightly and said.
"What should we do?" Huo Baixue's voice sounded again.
"The span between the east and west sides of Crowwood City is not very wide. I asked my people to retreat to the south if they really can't hold it."
Feng Jiuer raised her eyes and glanced at Huo Baixue, then turned the note in her palm into ashes.
Then, she took out paper and pen from the bag.
"When the prince's troops approached, I asked the people to flee to the south as much as possible."
"I think the prince made such a change in his troops in the east because he knew we were approaching the west gate."
"Even if there are thousands of people trying to surround me, they should know that our current team is not something they can handle."
"I guess that the reason why it was so quiet along the way was not because the enemy troops were all on the road Ye Zhou was taking. They should have retreated to the west gate."
"Do they want to cooperate with the approaching army from the east?" Huo Baixue frowned slightly.
"Yes." Feng Jiuer nodded and stuffed the written note into the short tube on the bird's foot, "If it were me, I would do the same."
"It turned out that the troops in the east were attacking south, but now they suddenly changed direction and headed west. It must be as I guessed."
Feng Jiuer stood up, hugged the bird on the table, turned and walked outside.
After opening the curtain and throwing the bird up, Feng Jiuer turned around and sat down where he was just now.
"Jiu'er, where did this communication bird come from? I've never seen it before, and is this bird really reliable?" Huo Baixue sat down and looked at the person opposite.
"Black Canyon, have you heard of it?" Feng Jiuer took the map, spread it out, and laid it flat on the table in front of her.
"Yeah." Huo Baixue nodded, "That's further south of Phoenix City. I heard the terrain is very bad and is infested with bandits."
"Yes." Feng Jiuer nodded and said, "This bird comes from the Black Canyon."
"The person who is leading the troops to compete with the Crown Prince's troops in Crowwood City is the young master of Zhao's village in Black Canyon."
"By chance, I met the young master of Zhaojiazhai, and he led troops to support me in regaining Crowwood City."
"He raised the bird. He is trustworthy. If the bird falls into the hands of the enemy, we will not receive a reply from the other party, so we will know that it is very useful for the time being."
Huo Baixue nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
That's not the key now. Since you can trust it, that's all.
"Baixue, we have to speed up our progress." Feng Jiuer's voice sounded again.
"Even if we are unable to prevent the two enemy armies from joining together, we must rush to support them when they join forces to attack our army."
"If the north of the city is lost, the people of Crowwood City will suffer heavy casualties."
"By then, even our army's main grain warehouse will be occupied by the enemy, which will be detrimental to our main force in attacking the Prince in the future."
"Okay." Huo Baixue stood up, "Jiu'er, when should we set off? I'll go out and give the order."
"We will set off at Yinshi. If everything goes well, we can arrive at the west gate before nightfall tomorrow." Feng Jiuer said softly.
"Okay." Huo Baixue opened the chair and walked out.
Soon, she came to the tent.
"You take a rest for a while." Feng Jiuer's voice came out.
"Jiu'er, you should rest too." Huo Baixue did not refuse, sat down beside his bed, lowered his head and took off his boots.
"No problem." Feng Jiuer stood up, rolled up the map and held it in his hand.
Looking back at Huo Baixue, she said softly: "You have a good rest. Jianyi and I will ride in the carriage. I can still rest on the road."
Huo Baixue nodded and lay down.
Feng Jiuer looked at her again and walked out.
Returning to Jian Yi's tent, Feng Jiuer found that Jian Yi was already asleep. She sat at the desk, carefully opened the map, and took a pen and paper in her hand.
After looking at the map for a while, Feng Jiuer took the military book from the side and lay down quietly on the bench, holding the military book and reading through it.
From time to time she would take a pen to make marks on the military book, and from time to time she would pick up her own paper and draw on it.
When encountering an important idea, Feng Jiuer will sit up, lie on the table, and record it carefully.
She looks like a girl who looks like a high school student, but she doesn't expect that the things she has to face are hundreds of times more severe than the college entrance examination.
Feng Jiuer was really worried. One of her mistakes not only harmed her brother, but also delayed the entire people of Crowwood City.
Even if it was just talk on paper now, she didn't want to miss any opportunity to learn.
I don't know how long it took, but the girl lying on the bench hugged the book of war and gradually closed her eyes.
She seemed to be dreaming about something. She raised the corners of her mouth slightly and called softly: "Uncle Nine Emperors."
In a blink of an eye, he fell asleep again.
Jianyi, who had closed his eyes to rest, slowly opened his eyes. He carefully got out of the tub and pulled his clothes on.
Glancing at the woman on the bench, whose entire body was almost blocked by the desk, Jian Yi took the blanket from the bed and silently came to her side.
Slowly squatting down, he gently covered Feng Jiuer with the blanket in his hand.
