At night, a group of people from the Qu family arrived here, and Qu Yuan brought a large amount of spiritual wine and food to reward everyone.

"Fellow Taoist Tang, I've heard about what happened today. It's really a big help to you to be able to repel the rebels this time. If it hadn't been for fellow Taoist to turn the tide, the elixirs that have been cultivated in this spiritual vein in our house for so many years would have been looted. I can't thank you enough."

Thank you, Taoist friend, if you have any use for our house in the future, just ask." In the room, the two of them sat opposite each other, Qu Yuan raised his wine glass and said.

The two of them had a drink, and Tang Ning said slowly, "There is something I am about to discuss with fellow Taoist."

"If Fellow Taoist Tang gives you any instructions, Qu will do his best to the best of his ability."

Tang Ning said: "Today, I exchanged views with the brothers from our headquarters who came to support us. They all agreed that our troops are too spread out, which is not conducive to preventing rebel attacks."

"Since fellow Taoist friends already know what happened today, I won't repeat it again. The four-man team from our headquarters that was the fastest to support us took nearly an hour, and the last support team to arrive was already two and a half hours before the war ended."

"In accordance with the requirements of fellow Taoists, we have stationed personnel in the six resource jurisdictions of your mansion. There are only three to four Yuanying monks in each resource jurisdiction. This greatly weakens our strength. If we encounter a rebel team again

With this attack, it is difficult to guarantee that we can hold the formation with just this small number of manpower."

"If our own strength is not enough to defend the territory under your jurisdiction and we wait for reinforcements, I'm afraid the day lilies will be cold. By then, the rebels will have already broken through the formation, wantonly destroyed and fled."

"The reason we were able to repel the rebels this time was that we caught them off guard. The rebel detachment did not know that we had already entered our pavilion, so they did not

Defense and manpower are insufficient. The two rely on the lives of a few brothers in the headquarters who dare to fight the rebels to death."

"But not all the brothers stationed in your government's resource office are willing to fight so hard. To put it bluntly, this has nothing to do with us. We fought hard against the rebels and won by luck. What we defended was your government's property.

If you lose, you will lose your own life."

"Under such circumstances, if the rebels want to attack again and the garrison strength is insufficient, they will naturally abandon their formation and flee. This is human nature."

"Fellow Daoist Qu, do you think this is true?"

Qu Yuan pondered: "Then according to Taoist friend Tang's wishes, how should we deploy it?"

"Your mansion has six resource areas. We will only focus on the three most valuable areas for defense. The remaining three areas will be guarded by your monks. What do you think?"

"What if the rebels get the news and know that the defenses of the three resource areas are weak and launch an attack?"

"The rebels now know that we are stationed in your mansion. If they come back, they will definitely be more well-prepared. Our small manpower alone is simply not enough to resist them. Only by concentrating our troops can we possibly fight against them. Spread our troops over six areas.

If a small branch of the rebel army attacks any place, it will be difficult for us to resist. Instead of this, we should concentrate our forces to guard a few important places."

Seeing that he was still hesitating, Tang Ning continued: "Friend Qu, to be honest, when I talked about this matter with the brothers in this department, they all had this worry. If there is another rebel attack, we will be outnumbered and outnumbered.

Under such circumstances, I cannot guarantee whether they will abandon their formation and flee."

…

"Okay! Since fellow Taoist Tang has considered everything, let's follow your instructions

That's right, I have no objection. We are very grateful that your department can help us defend the resource area. I won't get too involved in the specific deployment plan. I leave everything to your department."

…

With Qu Yuan's consent, Tang Ning sent people to contact the troops stationed in various resource jurisdictions the next day to shrink back the troops.

…

The days were uneventful. Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. The rebels had indeed not launched attacks since their failed attack on the spirit mine. On the other hand, the search team organized by the column also achieved good results and successfully captured several rebels.

The army infiltrated the monks into the city.

According to the intelligence information provided by the arrested persons, the rebels sent two small teams to each city in Yuanxian County, led by Huashen monks, to specifically attack the resource areas of the weaker cultivating families in the coalition.

Except for a few captured monks, the rest of the team that has infiltrated Qianyuan City have fled back to the rebel camp.

Despite this, everyone was still ordered to garrison within the resource areas of each Tingcheng to prevent unexpected small groups of rebels from attacking. Everyone was happy with this. There was no miscellaneous business here and it was very relaxing.

…

On this day, Tang Ning was sitting cross-legged in the room and practicing meditation with his eyes closed. He heard footsteps outside. He opened his eyes and heard a knock on the door.

"Enter."

A man with a high nose came in from the outside and saluted: "Senior, I have seen you. There is a man from Yun Plateau outside. He came from Xuantang City and said that he has something to ask for and wants to see you."

Gao Yuan, why is he here? Could it be that something happened to Yuan Ya and Chen Xiaofan in Xuantang City? Tang Ning immediately thought about the rescue of Shao Hui. Could it be that the Xing Yue Sect found out about them and dealt with them?

Have you started?

"Invite him quickly." Tang Ning was a little worried. He had been worried about this matter since the Xingyue Sect came to visit him. The Xingyue Sect didn't dare to do anything to him, but if they wanted to deal with Gu Yuanya, they would have a lot of trouble.

method, and she doesn't have that much scruple, after all, she is just recruiting monks.

If the Xingyue Sect only uses her as a breakthrough point to find out themselves, that would be a little better. At least there is room for manipulation. I am afraid that the Xingyue Sect will do irrational behavior in order to retaliate against themselves. If so,

In that case, it would be difficult for the moon to be full when it is waning.

After the man left in response to the call, he returned here not long after, followed by Gao Yuan.

"Disciple pays homage to Master." Gao Yuan bowed and saluted.

"Did something happen to Yuan Ya?" Tang Ning asked immediately.

Gao Yuan was slightly startled: "Senior Sister Gu is fine, what happened to Uncle Senior?"

Hearing this, Tang Ning felt a stone fall from her heart. She waved her hand to signal the man beside her to step back: "I thought you came from Xuantang City in a hurry and said you had something important to see me about. It was about Yuan Ya.

What’s going on!”

"This disciple is indeed entrusted by Senior Sister Gu to see Senior Uncle."

"She asked you to come? Why?"

"Senior Sister Gu has a letter here. Uncle Senior will know it as soon as he reads it." Gao Yuan turned his hand over and handed over the letter.

Tangning took it and unfolded it, and then she understood the whole story.

It turned out that Yan Min was transferred to Xuantang City as a manager. She went to Gu Yuanya and sent a message to her, saying that Bai Jintang had something to do and asked her to go back.

…

Gu Yuanya did not dare to leave the Tianniu Mountains for the time being because of the Xingyue Sect's affairs, so she asked Gao Yuan to make a trip for her.

Bai Jintang must have something important to find him.

Is it about career?

What about the appointment of personnel? It is very possible that Gu Yuanya has taken up the post of manager of the fifth wing, which means that the appointment at the wing level has ended, and then naturally there will be personnel transfers at the brigade level.

The large-scale personnel replenishment and adjustment of the legion this time is from top to bottom, first at the legion level, then at the column level, then the regiment level, the brigade level, and the squad level.

Because the sect's job appointment and dismissal procedures are determined by superiors, for example, the position of the alliance steward is determined by the column. Naturally, the appointment of the alliance must be made after the column steward, deputy captain, supervisor, and captain have all confirmed the candidate.

Tang Ning put away the letter and left the valley with Gao Yuan. After taking a leave of absence from Ye Yuan, she returned to Qianyuan City and booked a boat ticket to Xuantang City.

…

At night, with a bright moon and few stars, a ray of light fell in front of the majestic cave in the Tianniu Mountains, revealing Tang Ning's figure.

Not long after, a woman emerged from inside. She was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with early stage Jindan cultivation. She had a ponytail, a solemn face, a serious smile, and she looked fresh and capable.

"Disciple Ai Yutong, I would like to pay my respects to Master Tang. Master, please come in." The woman bowed and saluted.

After hearing this, Tang Ning couldn't help but take a closer look at her. She never expected that this girl was actually Yan Minyi's disciple. Her dignified and capable appearance was very different from Yan Minyi's eccentric personality.

How could Yan Minyi's temperament teach such a disciple?

He couldn't help but remember that Liu Ruhan mentioned in her letter that she had accepted a disciple named Zhuang Qing and was teaching him how to practice. He didn't know what he looked like.

The two walked inside, and Tang Ning asked, "When was Senior Sister Yan officially transferred to the headquarters?"

"The tutor is

I was officially transferred to the Fifth Regiment on June 17th." The woman replied expressionlessly.

"What about you?"

"This disciple originally served in the Supervisory Department. This time he came to Xuantang City with his master. He has not officially taken up the position yet."

"Will you stay in Xuantang City in the future?"

"It depends on how the tutor arranges it."

"Has your honorable master mentioned me to you?"

"Disciple knows that you are Uncle Liu's husband."

"Did you meet your wife's new disciple Zhuang Qing when you were at the mountain gate?"

"Disciple has seen it."

"How is he?"

"Junior Brother Zhuang is talented, intelligent, and behaves in a measured manner, which is beyond the reach of my disciples."

"Really? When did you become a disciple of our respected master?"

…

While the two of them were talking, they came to a house, where an old man named Yan Min was sitting on the main seat.

"Master, Uncle Tang is here." Ai Yutong bowed respectfully.

"Greetings to Senior Sister Yan." Tang Ning also bowed.
To be continued...