Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

"Isn't the earth dragon reversing? Is it another, more terrifying disaster?" Ji Xun was surprised and incredulous, "What other disaster could it be? Let me tell you about it."

"I'm still just guessing right now, I'll have to go to that mountain to see for sure." Shen Yuan said and pointed to the towering mountain in the distance.

"Okay." Ji Xun nodded, "Sun Da, go and bring Yu Yu's horse here." Ji Xun ordered.

"Yes, Your Highness." Ji Xun responded, and led Shen Yuan's horse over.

"Get on the horse." Ji Xun said in a princess hug, and carried Shen Yuan onto the horse's back, "It's not convenient for you to walk, go on a horse." Shen Yuan didn't object either, and sat firmly on the soft saddle, fortunately it was cloudy these days It's a comfortable day, not too hot. "Your Highness, I'll lead the horse." Sun Daodao.

"No, I'll just come." Ji Xun said as he led the horse forward.

Sun Da stood there in a daze for a while, he didn't expect His Royal Highness Ye Wang to be so fond of his wife, and the groom who was willing to be a princess was still enjoying it, which had to be admired.

Along the way, Shen Yuan did not forget to observe the surrounding terrain, but unfortunately there are mountains, forests and thatch everywhere, and there is no clue.

I don't know how far I walked, and walked along the small path covered by bushes to the foot of the mountain, where Shen Yu'an dismounted.

After arriving here, it was also difficult for the horse to go up. At this time, Shen Yuan pointed to a bush and said to Ji Xun, "Ah Xun, can this bush be pulled up?"

"Yes." Ji Xun easily pushed the bushes aside.

"Yuan, what do you want to see?" Ji Xun asked strangely when he saw Shen Yuan inspecting the rocks under the bushes.

"Look at these rocks." Shen Yuan replied, and then she asked the three of them to walk up the mountain for a certain distance, and inspected the various rock materials covered by the soil.

After looking at several places in a row, Shen Yu'an's expression became heavy.

"I'm basically sure." Shen Yuan said and pointed to the top of the mountain, "But Ah Xun, just to be cautious, go and see if the top of the mountain is sunken inward?"

"Okay." Ji Xun responded, and did not leave immediately, but carefully supported Shen Yuan to sit down, "Yuan rest here for a while, I will be right back."

Shen Yuan was indeed tired, and after resting for a while, Ji Xun came back sweating profusely.

"Yuan's guess is really accurate, the top of the mountain is indeed sunken inward." Ji Xun replied.

"In this case, it is absolutely certain." Shen Yuan looked up at the top of the mountain, "There is a crater, and it seems that this volcano is about to erupt soon.

"Volcano?" Ji Xun looked puzzled.

The Great Zhou Kingdom has no records of volcanic eruptions. Perhaps this volcano has been dormant for thousands of years, and no one has ever seen it when it erupted.

So Ji Xun was completely confused when he heard the word 'volcano'.

Shen Yuan didn't know how to explain it to Ji Xun, so she thought for a while and said:
"Have you ever seen how iron melts? When a volcano erupts, countless molten iron-like magma will be ejected from the crater, and the temperature can reach more than 1000 degrees."

"Look here?" Shen Yu'an pointed to the rocks covered by the soil, "The entire mountain here was formed after the magma ejected from the ground cooled."

"At that time, the magma will be violently erupted from the ground, forming countless fireballs and shooting everywhere, causing great fires wherever they go, and the volcanic ash rising into the sky will block out the sky, causing sudden changes in the weather, snowstorms, and failure to grow crops. All sorts of unexpected disasters."

Both Ji Xun and Sun Da were shocked, and they didn't know how to react.

Shen Yu'an quickly continued: "Ah Xun, do you still remember what I said to you, "A misfortune is a blessing, a blessing is a misfortune, a blessing and a misfortune depend on each other?"
"Because of this 'disaster', we may be able to win this battle directly without bloodshed. "

How clever Ji Xun is, he quickly understood Shen Yuan's words.

"Yuan wants to use the 'volcanic eruption' to defeat Prince Wei Yuande's million-strong army?"

"That's right." Shen Yu'an nodded affirmatively, and greeted, "Let's go down the mountain and talk about it later."

When he came to the flat ground below the mountain, Shen Yuan took a stick and pulled it on the muddy ground.

"This is Luozhou, here is the crater, this is Lingzhou, let's lure the enemy into it~~ By the way, where is Wei Yuande's army?"
Ji Xun replied, "His three armies headed east, west, and north, and now except for the 30 soldiers in the north, all others have arrived in Luozhou.

After finishing speaking, he added, "The troops from the north will arrive in another four or five days. Prince Wei Yuande has already returned to Beijing. Niu Zhi will personally command this battle. He is a veteran and harder to deal with than Wei Yuande."

"It's okay, he will still take the hook." Shen Yuan looked determined.

After thinking about it for a while, Ji Xun nodded, "Then I'll go back to the barracks right away and arrange this plan as soon as possible."

"A Xun, I want to go with you." Shen Yuan said with affirmation.

"Okay." Ji Xun pulled Shen Yuan into his arms, leaned over and kissed her on the cheek, and said guiltily, "That's hard work for you."

He couldn't bear to make his wife tired, but he didn't know much about disasters like volcanoes, so he really needed Shen Yu'an's help.

After agreeing, the three left Jiangjia Village.

Five days later, millions of troops were assembled on the border between Luozhou and Tongzhou of the Great Zhou Kingdom. The rugs stationed there stood like huge white flowers on the flat ground south of Luozhou. On the high flag was a big black The word 'Zhou' indicates that this is the national army of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

This million-strong army almost mobilized most of the troops of the Great Zhou Kingdom, just to crush the "rebel" Night King Wei Chenyi.

There are people fleeing the war everywhere, everyone dragging their families with them, frowning, who wants the flames of war to burn down their homes? Make them homeless?
"How could the Night King rebel? This battle was provoked by His Royal Highness for no reason." Everyone would occasionally discuss in low voices on the way to escape.

"Isn't it? The second princess of Daqi never returned to Dazhou with the prince. She was sent back to Lingzhou by the king of Daqi and the prince to recombine with the Night King."

"That's right, so why did the Night King snatch Princess Daqi and assassinate the prince? This is simply a play designed by people with ulterior motives, a lame play that deliberately provokes a war."

"It seems that His Highness the Crown Prince sincerely wants to put His Royal Highness the King of the Night to death. Otherwise, how could he mobilize millions of troops to prepare for the attack?" The eyes of the crowd were sharp, and the reason for the Prince's provocation was clear to the people all over the world.

But the people are insignificant after all, who can stop the court from fighting?
In the Luozhou military camp, General Niu Zhizheng called several lieutenants to discuss the war.

"Vice General Wu, Vice General Zheng, and Vice General Wang." Niu Zhi took a sip of tea, "Do you have good ideas and strategies for this war?"

It has to be said that Niu Zhi is a cautious person, he does not act arbitrarily, nor does he underestimate his opponent at all, and sincerely asks several lieutenants.

Deputy General Wu was the first to stand up and said, "General, I heard that there are sudden phenomena in Tongzhou and Lingzhou, and it is very likely that the earth dragon will turn around. This battle will be of great benefit to us.

Vice Admiral Zheng nodded, "That's right, there was indeed a disaster like an earth dragon turning over in Lingzhou and Tongzhou hundreds of years ago, so the current vision should probably be due to this reason, since even God is helping us, this battle will undoubtedly be won. '
Vice General Wang stroked his chin, looking thoughtful.

"That being the case, the main battlefield should be in Luozhou, otherwise our troops will also be affected by the disaster?"

After listening to the discussion of the three, Niu Zhi nodded silently.

"The three generals are all right, and they all make sense. This battle is at the right time and place, and we will win the battle without a doubt."

"However, the embarrassment at the moment is that if the battlefield is placed in Luozhou, if the Night King is stationed in Tongzhou and does not take the initiative to attack, then we will not be passive?"
"Not taking the initiative to attack? Impossible." Deputy General Wu said in a rough voice, "Tongzhou is about to have a catastrophe, can they not find a place to hide? Maybe they have long wanted to attack Luozhou.

"That's not necessarily true." Deputy General Zheng said, "If the King of the Night is so anxious to attack, why didn't he attack when the Northern Army didn't come? The King of the Night is full of thoughts, so don't misunderstand his thoughts. against his plan."

"Yes." General Niu nodded in agreement, thought for a while, and said, "How about this, our army will stand still first, and then attack Tongzhou in one fell swoop when the earth dragon turns over in Tongzhou, and take the opportunity to wipe out the Night King.

"That's right, it's very good." The other three lieutenants all bowed their heads and said yes.

Niu Zhi's 'stand still' means ten days have passed, and there has been no news of the disaster in these ten days, nor has there been any news of the night camp, and it seems that he is not in a hurry at all.

"What's going on here?" Niu Zhi couldn't hold his breath, and called the three lieutenants to a meeting again, "The disaster didn't happen, and the Night King was also stationed at the junction of Tongzhou and Luozhou. Like no one else, he is really not afraid of earth dragons." Turn over'? It's also strange."

The three lieutenants didn't know what to say and looked at each other.

Sitting silently drinking tea for a while, a subordinate hurried in to report.

"General, General, according to the news sent back by the scouts, the enemy army suddenly moved south and retreated."

"What? Retreat?" General Niu and the three lieutenants were all on the spot holding teacups in a daze.

After a long while, Niu Zhi asked his subordinates, "Are you sure you have retreated? Where have you retreated?"
"It is determined to retreat, and we need to wait for the exact news of where to retreat."

Niu Zhi waved his hand, "Then you go down first, and report as soon as you have any news."

"Yes." The subordinate hastily left.

"Three lieutenants, can you express your opinion?" Niu Zhi looked at the three lieutenants Wu, Zheng, and Wang with puzzlement on his face.

After thinking about it for a while, Vice-General Wu said, "Could it be that the Night King wants to lure us into Tongzhou on purpose?"

"It's possible." Vice-General Zheng nodded, "The Night King is cunning, and his retreat has left us with a difficult problem. Should we enter Tongzhou or not? If we don't enter, the dignified national army actually abandoned the lost Tongzhou. It will definitely arouse public outrage. If it enters, won't the army suffer if the "earth dragon turns over"?

Niu Zhi and Deputy General Wang nodded together.

"Since it's the Night King's plan, you must not go in." Deputy General Wang said.

"No, I'm going." General Niu pondered for a moment, then said in a firm tone, "As Vice General Zheng said, if you don't go, you will inevitably lose popular support, and if you go, it may not be too dangerous.

"Tongzhou is so big, and the earth dragon's turnaround will not be affected everywhere. According to my investigation, except for the one on the "Dragon's Back", other places will be fine."

"It's settled like this. If the Night King withdraws to Lingzhou, then we will regain Tongzhou."