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"Let me go with you to Dengzhou this time."

.....

The leaders clamored and volunteered.

They all wanted to go to Dengzhou together.

Zhao Yuan has not yet made a decision.

Xu Guanzhong, standing to the side, looked at everyone and said,

There are three routes you can take to get from Liangshan to Dengzhou.

"The first option is what the Ruan brothers mentioned: traveling by water,"

"One can take a boat from the Beiqing River to the sea, and then travel by sea to Dengzhou,"

"The advantage of traveling by water is that it allows us to avoid the soldiers and officers along the way,"

"But there's also a problem with waterways; Liangshan's current vessels are all riverboats and cannot go to sea,"

"If we want to travel to Dengzhou by boat, we will need to recruit a seagoing vessel in Qingzhou."

"The second option is to travel by land,"

"However, there are three or four prefectures between Liangshan and Dengzhou, and there will inevitably be other twists and turns along the way."

"The third route is to first travel by water to Qingzhou,"

"Then we will travel overland from Qingzhou to Dengzhou."

"This way, it's not only the fastest, but it also bypasses several state capitals in between, avoiding a lot of trouble."

"The decision on which route to take is up to the chieftain."

"Now that the salt fortress in Dengzhou has been captured, the matter is urgent, not to be delayed,"

Zhao Yuan made a decision immediately.

"So we chose the third route, which is the fastest."

"If that's the case, then let the three of us brothers lead the navy and escort our brother to Qingzhou,"

The three Ruan brothers were overjoyed.

Now that Liangshan has gained a navy,

It was just the three of them and Zhang Shun, the four leaders.

This trip

Obviously, in any case,

There's no way to avoid the three brothers.

"From Qingzhou to Dengzhou, one must pass through Weizhou and Laizhou in between,"

Lin Chong then interjected,

"The two prefectures have roughly the same number of troops, both consisting of three commands under the Imperial Guard Infantry Division, totaling less than 1,500 men,"

"But in Dengzhou, because we need to be wary of Goryeo, which is across the sea, we need to have more troops there,"

"There are a total of ten commanders, and nearly five thousand soldiers..."

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"Of the ten imperial guards under Dengzhou's command, six were naval commanders."

Lin Chong explained,

"The army in Dengzhou is nothing."

"But the navy is a rare elite force,"

"Brother, if you go to Dengzhou, you must be very careful about this."

"My trip there was only to handle matters in Yanzhai,"

Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment,

"They won't go out to sea, so even if their navy is powerful,"

"You can't exactly come ashore and fight me, can you?"

"That's true,"

Lin Chong nodded.

"If we don't count the navy, then the imperial guards of Dengzhou, or even a thousand Liangshan soldiers, would be enough to deal with them,"

"That's more than enough."

"Okay, let's stick to what we agreed on before."

Zhao Yuan made a decisive statement.

"I'm bringing three hundred cavalry, seven hundred infantry, and two hundred personal guards,"

"With these troops, we can run rampant in Dengzhou."

"As for the leader who came with me..."

As soon as he finished speaking,

Liu Huiniang immediately dragged Chen Liqing and the other woman to stand up.

"Brother Zhao, my cousin and I will go with you!"

As soon as they opened their mouths,

The other female generals in the mountain stronghold,

Gao Liang, Hu Sanniang, Qiong Ying, and Hua Xiaomei also volunteered.

We should go together.

"this....."

Zhao Yuan immediately felt a headache coming on.

It was Xu Guanzhong, who was standing next to him, who spoke up.

"In my opinion, we should let Miss Liu and her cousin have it."

"Let's go to Dengzhou with the chieftain!"

"Ah? Why?"

Qiong Ying immediately retorted,

She and Liu Huiniang were about the same age.

They all addressed Zhao Yuan as their elder brother.

The relationship between the two

I was naturally a little nervous.

It's not exactly bad,

But just like two younger sisters vying for their older brother's affection,

This makes the relationship between the two...

They often bickered.

Always wanting to compete and see who is better.

But when it comes to martial arts,

Qiongying alone could take on ten Liu Huiniangs.

But when it comes to strategizing...

But then it turned out the other way around.

Ten Qiongying,

They can't even compare to a female Zhuge Liang!

"Brother, you can't show favoritism,"

Qiong Ying said with dissatisfaction,

"It's been so long since I went down the mountain with you!"

"This, girl,"

Zhao Yuan said helplessly,

"The female army on the mountain needs your leadership."

"What will happen to the female soldiers if you leave?"

"Aren't there also Sister Gaoliang and Sister Sanniang?"

Qiongying retorted,

"Besides, why is Ah Xiu allowed to go down the mountain with you, brother?"

"this....."

Xu Guanzhong quickly explained,

"Miss Ah Xiu is intelligent and virtuous, and is known as the female Zhuge Liang,"

"Neither Master Zhu nor I can go on this trip to Dengzhou,"

"With Ah Xiu by the village chief's side, she can always offer advice and suggestions."

"hey-hey,"

Liu Huiniang gave Qiongying a smug smile.

He then cupped his hands in greeting to Xu Guanzhong.

"Please rest assured, Military Advisor Xu, with me here, I will definitely help Brother Zhao resolve the problem of the salt village in Dengzhou smoothly."

"Hmph, so what if he's a little smarter?"

Qiong Ying pouted.

Then he asked again.

"What about Ah Xiu's cousin?"

"Why were we able to come down the mountain together?"

"Because I'm too weak to even kill a chicken?"

Liu Huiniang said matter-of-factly.

"My cousin is with me, which will protect my safety,"

"That way, Brother Zhao won't have to bother protecting me anymore."

"Can't I protect you too?"

Qiong Ying said,

"you?"