The people in Jiyang City evacuated and Xiao Jue took over Jiyang City Army almost at the same time.

The orders issued by the princess himself will not be disobeyed. Even if there are many confusions and doubts, when hearing the turmoil in the city, they will leave temporarily in order to save their lives. Those who do not leave are the elderly, weak, sick and disabled who cannot go far away. They cannot move for various reasons, and they do not want to be displaced on the road and would rather die in their hometown.

The most difficult thing is probably that some aristocratic families in Jiyang City have been unhappy with Mu Hongjin over the years and have secretly had a strange intention. However, Mu Hongjin has always been decisive in his work. Although he is a woman, he has always suppressed all opposition voices. However, the crisis in Jiyang City is coming in full force, and Mu Hongjin is still a bit unable to do anything. These aristocratic families are ready to take this opportunity to make trouble.

Mu Hongjin was unable to leave Jiyang City. Once she left, it not only gave those who secretly opposed her, but also meant that she gave up on this city and the people in this city. As the princess of Jiyang City, she enjoyed the love and respect of the people, and at this time, she should take responsibility.

An inconspicuous carriage in disguise secretly left the door of the royal palace.

Mu Hongjin dressed as a maid stood at the door of the palace, hiding most of her body behind the pillar, looking in the direction where Mu Xiaolou left.

Mu Xiaolou didn't know the crisis in Jiyang City. He naively thought that leaving this time was just to replace his grandmother to attend the birthday of the vassal king. He was very happy when he left, and said that he would bring a gift to Mu Hongjin. When he came back, he was afraid it was summer and he would have to accompany her to make sweet cheese.

It was not until he could no longer see the back of the carriage that Mu Hongjin retracted his gaze and was about to turn around and step into the mansion. When he glanced at him, he seemed to see a man in white standing opposite him, and he couldn't help but stop and look over.

It was a man in white clothes, unable to see his appearance clearly, hiding in the yard of the street opposite, the sun shone down from the roof, casting a large shadow, and he stood in the shadow, unable to see clearly, and could only see clearly that he was wearing a long sword around his waist and a piano on his back.

The wide streets were filled with people. Among the crowds, he looked up slightly, as if he was looking at her through the crowd, but he seemed to be not looking at her.

A carriage pulling the goods slowly drove over.

When Mu Hongjin looked up again, there was only a dazzling sun, and there was no shadow on the street, as if it was just her illusion just now.

She stood quietly for a moment and walked away.

...

At night, the oil lamps in Cui Mansion's study were still bright. Large lanterns were placed in all corners, making the room shiny. Cui Yuezhi's study was more like a weapon trunk than a study. It was deserted and square, and there was no place for elegance and integrity except for the few scrolls piled up on the table and the black wooden shelf with books.

But he was not a scholar.

A map was hung on the wall. The map was large and occupied half of the wall. In the middle, it was painted with a clear water vortex and reef piles near the river.

There were more than ten people sitting in the room, all of whom were like Cui Yuezhi. These were Cui Yuezhi's colleagues and subordinates. If they asked someone to enter the city this time, these people would be the deputy heads of the Jiyang City Army and cooperate with Xiao Jue to act.

He Yan and Xiao Jue sat on one side, while Fei Nu and Chi Wu stood behind their arms. Cui Yuezhi held a charcoal pen and drew a circle in a conspicuous place on the map.

"This place is the most suitable for landing in the canal," Cui Yuezhi pointed out the place he drew. "If we go ashore from here, the two armies will fight here. This place is flat and suitable for the military formation of the Jiyang City Army, but..." He looked at Xiao Jue and felt guilty, "We don't have enough people."

There would not be too many soldiers in Jiyang City, and Emperor Wenxuan would not allow such a thing to happen. In order to protect himself, many generals of the vassal kings were disbanded, and Mu Hongjin was the same. It was already Emperor Wenxuan who left behind the less than 20,000 Jiyang City Army.

For 20,000 soldiers, rebellion is not enough and can't cause any big waves, but equally, for the uuts who are used to resist perhaps tens of thousands of evil soldiers, they are even less confident. Cui Yuezhi also understands this point. It is hard to cook without rice. Even if there is General Feng Yun who uses a wise and brave soldier, you don't even have any soldiers. What should he use to fight with people? Do you use that face?

"It's not that there are not enough people," Xiao Jue's eyes fell on the map and said in a low voice: "It's that there are not enough ships."

"Boat?" One of Cui Yuezhi's subordinates looked at him, a little puzzled.

Don’t blame them. Jiyang City has been peaceful for so many years. Except for those older Cui Yuezhi, I am afraid that those who are a little younger have never even played the real battlefield.

Xiao Jue gently tapped the teacup in front of him and said, "Tell me."

He Yan: "Me?"

Cui Yuezhi and the rest of his subordinates looked at He Yan together.

He Yan has now changed into women's clothing. Today, he has heard of defeating Mu Yi in the martial arts field. But what a female subordinate with outstanding skills can do is to protect the safety of her master, and kill a few more people on the battlefield.

Arrangements and analysis of war reports are not something that ordinary people can do. Moreover, men are generally naturally superior to women in military affairs, so they have a bit of a slight urge to Xiao Jue's move. Thinking that the rumors are not complete, people in the world say that General Feng Yun is indifferent and ruthless and does not be close to women. They are all fake, but now they are so lustful that they are so stupid that this female subordinate who has "a close relationship" with him is chaotic.

For a moment, everyone looked at Xiao Jue's gaze, as if they were looking at the devastated monarch who was bewitched by the fox spirit's favorite concubine.

He Yan has seen the men's contempt of women for many times over the years. He wanted to teach these people to correct their minds. After thinking about it, he did not refuse. He stood up and walked to the map with a smile.

Cui Yuezhi retreated to his position, and the rest looked at He Yan with a look of "waiting to see what she is talking nonsense".

He Yan didn't look at the map, but only looked at everyone, saying, "Nothing is important."

Everyone doesn't understand.

"There is no other way to fight on the water. Big ships beat small boats, big guns beat small guns, more ships beat small ships, more guns beat small guns."

"You little boats, small guns, and widows. No matter how you look at it, where you get ashore and how your troops are arranged, they are not the most important. In addition to the royal imperial guards, the Great Wei banned muskets, so they only talk about ships. As long as the Uttor has enough ships, they can win."

"If you want to fight a battle with less, you won't be able to do without a ship."

"On the water, there are many boats, on the shore, there are many people, and this map is not used like this."

Although the people here have not fought for wars over the years, they are not fools. He Yan knows whether he is nonsense. She pointed out the key to the problem at the forefront, and for a moment, everyone was despised.

"Miss He," Cui Yuezhi said: "But you know that over the years, Your Majesty has forbidden to raise troops privately, let alone warships. The ships on the canal are used to transport goods, or they are carrying people to travel far away. Jiyang City dare not build a navy in its own city, let alone carry a musket."

He Yan sighed in his heart, and she naturally knew this. After all, there was a rebellion between the vassal kings in the previous dynasty. Since the former emperor ascended the throne, he has paid special attention to reducing the power of the vassal kings. The current major vassal kings are actually like the nobles who have no real power in Shuojing.

"I dare to ask Governor Xiao," Cui Yuezhi's subordinate looked at Xiao Jue and asked carefully, "Conservatively estimate, the utu's troops are roughly geometric."

Xiao Jue: "One hundred thousand, only more or less."

Everyone took a breath.

Such differences in military strength can make people reluctant to create hope.

"The people in the city have now been arranged by His Highness to evacuate and leave behind the city gate." A deputy said in a dry voice, "Let's... just delay for a while."

The meaning of the words is that everyone has prepared to sacrifice. The people evacuated in the city and the little prince are all preserved fire. What they can do is to buy more time for the people. It is only a matter of time before the city is captured.

Xiao Jue's eyes swept across everyone with a faint look, and he sat upright slightly, and was about to speak, suddenly, a crisp voice of the woman sounded.

"It is not a good thing to be depressed in this way. You should know that there are famous generals here. Do you know what a famous general is?"

Everyone was stunned.

"A war that should not be lost will not lose, and a war that cannot be won has a chance to win. This is called a famous general." He Yan Yangmei, "It seems that he will lose without a doubt. Famous generals can find a breakthrough and turn defeat into victory. There are famous generals here who can turn the world with one person's strength. How do you deal with it by doing this?"

She thought to herself that there are more than one famous general here, but one pair. The two famous generals of the Wei Dynasty are here. If you can lose, don’t be a human being if you say it out.

Everyone didn't know her background, so they just looked at Xiao Jue, thinking that Xiao Jue's subordinates spared no effort to praise him. Even such a bad game can firmly believe that Xiao Jue can turn defeat into victory. How much do you admire him in your daily life?

Cui Yuezhi was silent for a moment and asked Xiao Jue: "Then Governor Xiao, how should we turn defeat into victory?"

People do not know that Xiao Jue won the most in the battle of water attack. After all, for outsiders, Xiao Jue brought 100,000 troops from the Nanfu Army to win a great victory in Guocheng. But at that time, he poured water into the city, attacking the city but not defending the city. Moreover, Jiyang and Guocheng had a different environment. Jiyang was a water city. Although both were water attacks, it was actually a world-class difference.

Xiao Jue leaned against the back of the chair, his left hand raised slightly, stroked the tea cover, and looked at He Yan. There were countless deep emotions in his beautiful eyes, and he said, "Tell me."

He Yan frowned slightly.

He said, "You have fought with the Utu and know the Utu's methods better than others."

The utu people's methods are rough and direct, which is related to their own style of conduct. They have been hiding in the dark for so many years, tempting and harassing from time to time, and are both arrogant and inferior. After planning for a long time, they have chosen Jiyang City as their first military merit, which will inevitably make this battle vigorous and powerful.

He Yan said: "Water overcomes fire, but water and fire do not match it. It is better to use fire to attack it."

No one spoke in the study for a while.

"Please trouble Miss He, let me explain it more clearly." Cui Yue's words.

He treated He Yan more and more respectfully, feeling that this girl was very different from other women and was also very different from other subordinates of Xiao Jue. For example, Feinu and Chiwu were also subordinates of Xiao Jue, but they only followed Xiao Jue's instructions to do things. Xiao Jue would not let them express their opinions as they are now. Although He Yan always seemed to be very respectful to Xiao Jue, if he looked closely, it was not like a relationship between superiors and subordinates. Cui Yue was so worried that he could not tell whether he loved him or not, but he could feel that He Yan regarded himself and Xiao Jue as the same status.

If she was a man, she would probably be more like a brother and friend than a master and servant with Xiao Jue.

"The UTU can be very big. At least it is not like the small boats that carry goods or carry people in the Jiyang City Army. The UTU country is far away from land and has no sea around. It seems that it is not as good as the people in Jiyang City. I think the greatest possibility is that they will take a big boat to the edge of Jiyang City. They will go ashore from the place that Cui Zhongqi pointed just now," she pointed to the place that Cui Yuezhi marked, "If... if... if their ships are very close to each other, they can attack with fire. Once the fire spreads, the small boats in Jiyang can leave quickly, but the large boats of UTU can't. We can take the opportunity to eliminate the main force of UTU."

No one tried this method in the past when he attacked the water. No one spoke for a while, but He Yan's words made everyone suddenly enlightened, and he felt a little excited, thinking about the feasible point of this plan.

"The Utuans have defeated us a lot. I also know that Jiyang has been peaceful for many years and is not a match for Utuans. I must be proud in my heart. The arrogant soldiers are short-sighted. This is their shortcomings and our strengths."

When she spoke, her voice was soft and firm, clear and organized. Word by word, it seemed to give people endless confidence. The people who thought that this battle would be defeated just by listening to her a few words, then they felt that perhaps they could create a battle in history books that won the more with less and can be admired by the world.

But... Cui Yuezhi looked at He Yan in confusion. In such a short time, he came up with a solution to deal with it. Although it was not without loopholes, he took a unique approach and pointed out the key to victory and defeat incisively. Can ordinary women really do this? Not to mention a woman, even a man, even a general who has been in the army for many years may not be able to react so quickly. After all, what a general needs is not only experience, but also a little talent and unique vision. But how old does He Yan look? I heard that a girl who is only seventeen or seventeen years old is already so powerful?

Xiao Jue's subordinates are all so powerful. Isn't it a crouching tiger and hidden dragon in the Nine Flag Camp? Cui Yuezhi's heart is faintly cold.

"I just put forward this idea," He Yan said: "It is difficult for me to grasp whether it can be implemented and how it can be implemented." He Yan knew that he had said a little more, so he consciously handed the words to Xiao Jue, "Whether this plan is feasible depends on the governor's decision."

She could not say this, but taking every battle seriously is the responsibility of every general. Moreover, Jiyang City is very good and the people are also very enthusiastic and simple. She is unwilling to let this beautiful place like a paradise be destroyed in the hands of the UTU. You must know that the UTU will only go north to occupy Jiyang, and the entire Wei people will suffer.

She will fight to the end.

Everyone looked at Xiao Jue, and Xiao Jue's eyes flew over He Yan, stood up, and walked to He Yan's side.

He Yan lowered his head, avoided his thoughtful gaze, and returned to his position.

He picked up the charcoal pen that was put aside by Cui Yuezhi, circled it out again in front of the mark that Cui Yuezhi had just made, and made a brand new mark.

The new mark is in front of the old mark, that is, in front of the shore of Jiyang City, and there is a narrow exit. This is the place where the canal interfaces with the rivers in Jiyang City, like a gourd mouth, pointed and thin. Only after passing through this gourd mouth can the real canal be reached.

"Fire attack can be feasible, and an ambush can be set up here. This path is narrow, and large ships cannot enter, and small boats can pass through it."

Cui Yuezhi's eyes lit up, Xiao Jue's eyes were very poisonous, and this place was very suitable for ambushing troops.

"As for the fire attack," Xiao Jue said: "It depends on the wind direction and terrain."

"There are people in the city who are responsible for watching the wind and wind directions in the sky!" A soldier from Jiyang said: "It is easy to arrange sowing for farm paddy fields on weekdays."

Another person hesitated and asked: "But what if the wind direction is opposite that day?"

"Then you can't attack fire." Xiao Jue said: "After all, war is about the right time, place, and people."

He Yan thought, this is true, and it is indispensable. Of course, Xiao Jue did not finish his words. If the wind direction was the opposite, there would naturally be other solutions.

However, war is just a little bit of luck. If God doesn't let you win, there are many examples of success in history books. And what they have to do is to minimize these uncertain possibilities.

This discussion on water attack continued until midnight when the crowd dispersed. From the beginning, everyone was listless, pessimistic and disappointed to the later spirit and spirit, it was just because of a "absurd" idea proposed by He Yan.

When Lin Shuanghe saw that the group came out, he looked very different from the beginning. He asked them in surprise: "What's going on? What did you do in it? Why are they so happy?"
To be continued...