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Chapter 287 Convince
After talking with Li Xia about the current situation for a while, Gao Changshou's eyes gradually brightened, as if he was delighted by the strength of the Qingfu Army.

He couldn't help but suggested: "Why not set up another ambush in the valley to defeat Duan Shi's pursuers? Maybe they may break into Tongshi City and occupy the city again."

"No."

"Why?"

Li Xia said: "The casualties are too great, and it's not worth it. Tongshi City's wealth and food have been drained by the Mongolian army, and it won't last long after a strong attack. It will waste the lives of soldiers, but it has no strategic value."

Gao Changshou was stunned for a moment, his eyes dimmed, and he asked in a low voice: "You said... Dali really has no possibility of returning to the country?"

Li Xia said: "That's what I said before. Now that I've come and seen it, I feel that Dali has no chance of returning to the country."

Gao Changshou's face became even more bitter.

Li Xia said: "I speak straight, but only when you understand this, will you have new possible goals in life."

Gao Changshou asked: "Then why do you still come?"

"I'm here to save you and Mingyue." Li Xia said, "It's also to realize my vision in Sichuan and Yunnan."

"It can't be realized." Gao Changshou shook his head, and said: "My cousin should be dead, there is no trade route, and you let me go to Wumeng to become a bandit, in a poor village, how can I support a soldier."

"Gao Qiong is really dead?"

"I don't know." Gao Changshou said: "But I think it's more ominous..."

~~
When Li Xia talked to Gao Changshou, he didn't 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, and there were only two options.

He understood that Li Xia had made him listen on purpose.

"General Li, if you want to do business, I can contact you for you." Dong Jingtai suddenly shouted, interrupting the chat between Li Xia and Gao Changshou.

He quickly glanced around, and saw that the Song army cleaning the battlefield was almost done.

"I can also help you out of trouble, if you let me go. In the future, as long as you don't want me to fight against you in the open, you can tell me to do whatever you want."

As Dong Jingtai said, he knelt down hard, shook his bound body, and kowtowed in front of Li Xia.

"Really, General Li can leave me with a trick to drive me to serve later..."

Li Xia did not answer Dong Jingtai, but asked Gao Changshou: "What does Mu Ru think?"

Gao Changshou closed his eyes, his face even more gloomy.

For this matter, Gao Qiong was originally the best candidate, but Gao Changshou has been persuading Gao Qiong to make a move, to make a move, to make a move... Now he has seen the consequences of the act.

Gao Changshou didn't know what state of mind he was in, but after such a defeat, he felt that he was no longer qualified to dictate Li Xia's plan, so he let out a long sigh.

Over the past few years, countless people have already knelt under the iron heel of Mongolia, but he is still fighting against the Great Mongolia alone.

How can a mayfly shake a tree?
So, he finally let out a sigh of resignation.

"Yi Feiyu meant..."

"Well."

Li Xia spit out these two words, but turned to look at Gao Mingyue.

Then, he suddenly pulled out his sword and stabbed Dong Jingtai's neck with it.

"puff."

Dong Jingtai fell limply on the ground, staring at himself when he died.

He thought he had already convinced Li Xia...

~~
"Chop off his head and hang it on a tree," Li Xia said.

For Li Xia, there is a reason to keep Dong Jingtai for use.There are more reasons to kill.

His allies will only be people like Gao Changshou who resolutely resist Mongolia.There are a lot of people in the world who make compromises, and they can't find people to trade and smuggle; those who dare to stand up and resist are rare and precious.

Li Xia didn't kill Dong Jingtai immediately, Li Xia did it just to kill Gao Changshou.Li Xia wanted Gao Changshou to understand that he didn't have to choose the Gao family, but he still chose the Gao family.

He needs Gao Changshou's trust and conviction.

In this way, the next time he says "don't act rashly", Gao Changshou will resolutely carry it out.

For example, if Gao Changshou is convinced of Li Xia this time, Gao Qiong will not hide the matter of the relic monk from him, so they should dissuade the relic monk instead of waiting and watching.

Li Xia asked his subordinates and allies to completely obey his decision...

There is another reason for killing 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 live...

~~
Gao Changshou was still staring blankly at the corpse on the ground, Li Xia wiped the blood on the sword and patted him on the shoulder.

"Go up the mountain..."

Everyone packed up and climbed to Dajian Mountain.

Asha always followed behind Li Xia expressionlessly.

Gao Mingyue felt embarrassed to be watched by her all the time.But this time, he took the initiative to walk to Li Xia's side, stretched out his hand, and let Li Xia hold it.

In fact, she could also feel Li Xia's intention to protect her and love her. For this reason, this feeling of being loved finally made her bolder.

Holding hands like this, we walked up to the top of Dajian Mountain.

~~
As soon as Li Xia arrived at the village on the top of the mountain, Xu Tupiao ran up to plead guilty.

"County Lieutenant, the villain did not complete the errand assigned by the County Lieutenant... Bai Nongchuan is dead... Woohoo..."

He didn't cry much yesterday, but today he brought up this matter and cried inexplicably.

Ashahim didn't know what to think, maybe she was attracted by Xu Tuopiao's bright forehead, or maybe she wanted to comfort him, so she suddenly reached out and patted his forehead.

Xu Tuopiao was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head with a dazed expression.

Li Xia said: "Return to the team first, the military judge will remember the merits and demerits, and count them after returning to the celebration."

"Yes……"

Xu Tupiao felt a chill in his head, and led his fellows to find Xiongshan.

"General Bai, I have returned to the team."

"Let's go back to the team." Xiong Shan replied, thought for a while, and then asked: "Do you feel uncomfortable?"

"No! Small ones can still fight!"

Xu Tupiao responded loudly, and led the people to line up beside Hong Ah Liu. When he turned his head and saw Yang Ben, he said loudly: "Okay, Lao Liu, the most capable soldier was dragged away by you."

He just wanted to reach out to hug Yang Ben to show his closeness, but Yang Ben shrank suddenly, looking very frightened.

"What are you afraid of?" Xu Tupiao wondered, "It's the first time I've seen you like this."

"He's afraid that you have Gu." Hong Aliu said in a low voice, "You don't even know how afraid he is of that female commander."

"Really? I still think that he is not afraid of anything..."

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"Looks like there's not much food left?"

"Yes, with the addition of nearly 800 people, the food stored on the mountain is not enough for two days." Gao Changshou said: "What's more troublesome is that the rebels at the bottom of the mountain have surrounded them again."

"Don't worry about them. Let my people rest for a day or two to recover their strength. It shouldn't be difficult to break through."

Li Xia put out the crude map in his arms again, and said, "We need to find a place where we can replenish food and grass."

He just took out the map, Gao Mingyue had already found a pen and ink tacitly.

Gao Changshou said: "You can go south first to avoid the solid soldiers and horses, and then turn to the east. There is a small city here called Shaque City."

Gao Mingyue marked Li Xia with a pen, and said, "But Shaque City is too close to Weichu City, and Weichu City may have heavy troops."

Li Xia looked at the brushstrokes in her hand and asked, "After leaving the deep mountains, is there an official road here that goes from east to west?"

"Yes, to the east is Wei Chu City."

"Where's going to the west?"

"Yunnan City, Pindian City, Dali City..."

(End of this chapter)