The two talked for a while about the current situation.
Gao Changshou's eyes gradually brightened, as if he was delighted by the fighting power of Qingfu's army, and said: "Why not set up another ambush in the valley to defeat Duan Shi's pursuers, or possibly rush into Tongya City and retake the city."
"no."
"Why?"
Li Xia said: "The casualties are too great and not worth it. The wealth and food of Tongya City have been drained by the Mongolian army. They cannot defend it for a long time even if they attack it by force. It is a waste of soldiers' lives and has no strategic value."
Gao Changshou was stunned for a moment, his eyes dimmed, and he asked in a low voice: "You said... there is really no possibility of Dali's restoration?"
Li Xia said: "I said this before. Now that I'm here and have seen it, I feel that there is no possibility of Dali's restoration."
Gao Changshou looked even more bitter.
Li Xia said: "I speak frankly, but only if you understand this, will you have new possible goals in life."
Gao Changshou asked: "Then why do you still come?"
"Come to save you, save Mingyue." Li Xia said: "To realize my idea in Sichuan and Yunnan."
"It can't be realized." Gao Changshou shook his head and said: "My cousin must have died. There is no trade route. You asked me to go to Wumeng Luocao to become a bandit. In a remote and remote place, how can I raise a soldier and horse?"
"Gao Qiong is really dead?"
"I don't know." Gao Changshou said: "But I think it's more likely to be bad than good..."
When Li Xia was talking to Gao Changshou, he did not avoid Dong Jingtai.
Maybe it's because I forgot.
But Dong Jingtai gradually understood what they meant, and knew that after hearing these things, he would either be killed by Li Xia, or help him smuggle. These were the only two options.
He understood that Li Xia wanted him to listen on purpose.
"General Li, if you want to do business, I can contact you on your behalf." Dong Jingtai suddenly shouted, interrupting the chat between Li Xia and Gao Changshou.
He quickly glanced around and saw that the Song army who was cleaning the battlefield was almost finished.
"I can also help you get out of trouble, if you let me go. From now on, as long as I don't have to fight openly, I can do whatever you ask me to do."
As Dong Jingtai spoke, he knelt down with all his strength, shook his tied body, and kowtowed in front of Li Xia.
"Really, General Li can give me a clue and force me to serve in the future..."
Li Xia did not answer Dong Jingtai, but asked Gao Changshou: "What does Muru think?"
Gao Changshou closed his eyes and his face became even more depressed.
Gao Qiong was the best candidate for this matter, and Gao Changshou had been urging Gao Qiong to do something, do something, do something... Now we can see the consequences of doing something.
Gao Changshou didn't know how he felt, but after such a defeat, he felt that he was no longer qualified to point fingers at Li Xia's plan, so he sighed.
Over the past few years, countless people have knelt under the iron heel of Mongolia, but he is still fighting against the great Mongolia alone.
How can an earthworm shake a tree?
So, he finally sighed in resignation.
"Is that what Yifeiyu means..."
"Well."
Li Xia uttered these two words, but turned to look at Gao Mingyue.
Then, he suddenly pulled out his sword and stabbed Dong Jingtai in the neck.
"puff."
Dong Jingtai fell softly to the ground, staring to himself as he died.
He thought he had persuaded Li Xia...
"Cut off his head and hang it on a tree." Li Xia said.
For Li Xia, there were reasons to keep Dong Jingtai for use, but there were even more reasons to kill him.
His allies will only be people like Gao Changshou who resolutely resist Mongolia. There are so many things in the world for people who want to be subdued and seek compromise, and they will not be able to find people for trade and smuggling; those who dare to stand up to resist are rare and precious.
Li Xia did not kill Dong Jingtai immediately because he wanted to kill him in front of Gao Changshou. Li Xia wanted Gao Changshou to understand that he did not have to choose the Gao family, but he still chose the Gao family.
He needs Gao Changshou's trust and conviction.spanstyle>Valley/spanstyle>
In this way, the next time he says "Don't act rashly", Gao Changshou will resolutely implement it.
For example, if Gao Changshou had convinced Li Xia this time, he should have dissuaded the relic monk instead of waiting and watching.
Li Xia asked his subordinates and allies to completely obey his decision...
There is another reason to kill Dong Jingtai, which is small but important.
A person who almost killed Gao Mingyue, Li Xia didn't want to give him a chance to survive...
Gao Changshou was still looking blankly at the corpse on the ground. Li Xia wiped the blood on his sword and patted him on the shoulder.
"Let's go up the mountain..."
Everyone packed up and climbed to Dajianshan.
Asha followed Li Xia expressionlessly.
Gao Mingyue originally felt embarrassed to be watched by her. But this time she took the initiative to walk to Li Xia's side, stretched out her hand, and let Li Xia hold it.
She could actually feel Li Xia's intention to protect her and love her. For this reason, this feeling of being loved finally made her bolder.
Just like this, we held hands and walked up to the top of Dajian Mountain.
When Li Xia arrived at the mountain village, Xu Tulao ran up to apologize.
"County Lieutenant, the villain did not complete the errand assigned by the County Lieutenant... Bai Nongchuan is dead... Wuwu..."
He didn't cry much yesterday, but when he mentioned this matter today, he cried inexplicably.
Ashayao didn't know what to think, maybe she was attracted by Xu Tuduo's bright forehead, maybe she wanted to comfort him, so she suddenly reached out and patted his forehead.
Xu Tuduo was stunned for a moment, then raised his head with a confused look on his face.
Li Xia said: "Let's return to the team first. The military judge will remember it and calculate it after we return to Qingfu."
"yes……"
Xu Tudiao felt a cold feeling on his head and led his group of people to find Xiongshan.
"General Bai, I'm back to the team."
"Come back to the team." Xiong Shan responded, thought for a while, and then asked: "Do you feel any discomfort?"
"No! The little one can still fight!"
Xu Tudiao responded loudly and led the people to line up next to Hong Ahliu. When he turned around and saw Yang Ben, he loudly said: "Okay, Old Liu, you have taken away the most capable soldier."
He just wanted to reach out to Yang Ben to show his closeness, but Yang Ben suddenly shrank back, looking very frightened.
"What are you afraid of?" Xu Tulao asked curiously, "This is the first time I've seen you like this."
"He's afraid that there's a poison in you." Hong Ah Liu whispered, "You don't even know how afraid he is of that female general."
"Really? I thought he was fearless..."
"Looks like there's not much food left?"
"Yes, with these nearly 800 people, the food storage on the mountain is less than two days." Gao Changshou said: "What's even more troublesome is that the rebels at the bottom of the mountain are surrounding us again."
"Don't worry about them. Let my people rest for a day or two and recover. It shouldn't be difficult to break through."
Li Xia once again put out the simple map in his arms and said, "We need to find a place to replenish food and grass."
He just took out the map, and Gao Mingyue had already found pen and ink tacitly.
Gao Changshou said: "You can first go south to avoid this section of solid soldiers and horses, and then turn east. There is a small city here called Shaque City."
Gao Mingyue picked up a pen and marked it for Li Xia, saying: "But Shaque City is too close to Weichu City, and Weichu City is afraid that there will be heavy troops."
Li Xia looked at the brush strokes in her hand and asked: "After leaving the mountains, is there an east-west official road here?"