Chapter 1436: Taking the Hook

Two days later.

Puwang had just enjoyed his wine when he received news from the camp ahead.

There were unusual movements under Zeng Guang's command in Xiping.

Nearly 10,000 Jiaolu soldiers and horses left the city and were heading towards their outpost camp.

Upon hearing this news, Puwang's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

Zeng Guang!

This bastard, he really dares to move?

Damn Zeng Guang!

Puwang's eyes flashed coldly, and he shouted angrily: "Someone come!"

Soon, a personal soldier ran in.

Puwang shouted, "Order Chilejie to immediately prepare his troops and be ready to be dispatched by me at any time! Order Gongbaza to come to see me immediately!"

"Yes!"

The messenger immediately went down to deliver the order.

Soon, Gongbaza, who received the order, came to see Puwang.

Gongbaza was Puwang's eldest son and joined the army at the age of sixteen.

After seven or eight years of training, he became Puwang's right-hand man.

Puwang made it short and told Gongbaza the current situation.

"Damn Zeng Guang, he simply doesn't take us seriously!"

Gong Baza was furious. "We didn't even see a single person. Where did the rebel leader come from? Or was he the person specifically requested by the Emperor of Daqian?"

"Zeng Guang is just borrowing Daqian's power!"

Puwang disagreed, "He wants to scare us with Daqian!"

To scare them?

Gong Baza frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "Why does Zeng Guang want this person so much? He even threatened us with sending troops?"

Puwang shook his head slightly. "I'm not sure about that for now! I have to go to the outpost camp and take a look myself!"

Gongbaza was surprised: "Father is going there in person?"

"Ah."

Puwang nodded gently: "The king has long issued strict orders not to start a war without authorization. Now Daqian is strong, and our enemy is Daqian! If we can avoid a war with Jiaolu, we should try our best to avoid it!"

Although Puwang likes to drink, he is not stupid.

Going to war with Jiao Lu will not bring any benefit to Xiqu at the moment.

Although he did not take Zeng Guang seriously, it would be best if he did not develop the relationship.

Of course, there is one thing he didn't say.

He also wanted to have a face-to-face talk with Zeng Guang to find out what was going on.

If the rebel leader was really the person specifically requested by Emperor Daqian, they still had to explain.

There is no need to anger Daqian because of a misunderstanding.

"Should we report this to the king?"

Gongbaza asked again.

Puwang thought for a moment and asked again: "Do you think it is better to report now, or wait until I go to the outpost camp to find out the situation?"

They hurriedly reported the slightest movement of the enemy, which was a bit of an exaggeration.

The outpost camp is not far from here, and it won’t be too late to report to the king once he has figured out the general situation.

However, if Zeng Guang really wanted to attack, it would be unreasonable not to report it!

Gong Baza thought for a moment and said, "Let's report it now! Although the matter is not clear yet, if something goes wrong, my father will be accused of hiding the truth!"

Puwang pondered for a moment and nodded, "Okay! Then you report the truth to the king! In addition, you must tell the king that we have never taken in the leader of the Xiqu rebels!"

"Yes!"

Gongbaza obeyed the order.

Afterwards, Puwang instructed Gongbaza some things and ordered him to guard Ganci for him.

An hour later, Puwang led Chi Lejie's 10,000 troops to the outpost camp.

Among these ten thousand troops, there are six thousand elite soldiers, and the rest are slave soldiers.

Along the way, Puwang was also wondering what Zeng Guang wanted to do.

Is there another rebellion in Nanlu?

……

Flat.

Yun Zheng arrived in Xiping yesterday.

Their scouts had already been sent out.

Now it all depends on how many troops Ganci will send to provide support.

If we only send two or three thousand people, that would be a bit of a pain.

Yun Zheng and Miao Yin stood on the top of the city wall of Xiping and looked into the distance.

Miaoyin followed Yun Zheng's gaze and saw only a hill blocking her view.

"I say, what are you looking at?"

Miaoyin asked in confusion.

He can't see anything, but he's still watching with such interest?

Yun Zheng retracted his gaze and said with a smile: "I'm looking to see if there are any scouts coming back to report the news!"

"what?"

Miaoyin was surprised and joked, "You're making me a little nervous!"

She is the person who has been with Yun Zheng the longest.

She accompanied Yun Zheng through countless battles, big and small.

Except for a few limited times, she had never seen Yun Zheng waiting so eagerly for the scouts to bring back news.

"Don't be nervous, I just want to get the job quickly."

Yun Zheng smiled and said, "Only by taking over Ganci can we open the door to Xiqu! Since we want to attack Xiqu, we can't give Xiqu time to react..."

Their strategy was not flawless.

If the enemy general is smart enough, he might suspect that they are the ones manipulating all this behind the scenes.

If Puwang reported all this to Xiqu Royal City, Suzan, with his intelligence, would probably be able to guess it.

Even if Xiqu sent troops to support now, it would definitely be too late.

But as long as Chinpu sent someone to quickly convey the order to Chinpu, asking him to give up all chances of launching an attack and hold on to the end, it would be troublesome for them.

In a sense, they are also racing against time!

"Even if our plan fails, it shouldn't be that difficult to take over Ganci, right?"

Miaoyin smiled, "Didn't we bring some explosives with us?"

"It will definitely not be difficult to take down Ganci."

Yun Zheng said seriously: "I don't want those who have never seen blood on the battlefield to fight a tough battle right away! I want to let them pick on the weak first, so that they can adapt to the battlefield."

It will definitely not be difficult to take over Ganci.

With these tens of thousands of troops pushing forward, they could capture Ganci City even without explosives.

The only difference is the size of the casualties.

Those soldiers worshipped him as a god and all wanted to capture Ganci at a very low cost.

With too many casualties, the morale of the troops who have not experienced the baptism of battlefield will drop rapidly. When they find that they are not as powerful as they thought, their morale will drop further.

In the end, the entire army had no morale, and he had to find a way to boost it.

"Aren't you thinking too much?"

Miaoyin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "After all, they are well-trained elite soldiers. How can their morale drop so easily?"

"It's not what you think."

Yun Zheng shook his head: "Think about it, if you thought someone was going to give you 10,000 taels of silver, but in the end they only gave you 100 taels of silver, would you feel disappointed?"

Those soldiers had too high expectations of him!

Everyone thought that following him to fight was like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

In every battle, we were able to inflict heavy damage on the enemy with minimal casualties.

If you have too high expectations, you will easily be disappointed!

After disappointment, morale drops!

"This……"

Miaoyin was silent.

Just as the two were talking, a horse galloping appeared in Yun Zheng's sight.

The moment he saw the fast horse, Yun Zheng suddenly became excited.

Soon, fast horses entered the city.

Soon, the Royal Guards came to report and the scouts brought back the news.

Yun Zheng immediately ordered someone to bring the scouts.