Qu Jingyun immediately understood what was going on, nodded, and told Chen Song about Zhang Hu's scheme.

Finally, he said helplessly, "Luckily, he doesn't know you're also in the military camp, otherwise he would definitely cause you trouble. But you'd better avoid him."

Shen Song clenched his fists silently and gritted his teeth as he said, "This Zhang Hu really has a lot of nerve. He actually dared to attack his commander on the battlefield. Didn't he consider that we might lose if something went wrong?"

Qu Jingyun responded with a cold laugh: "Who knows? I think he just hates your father to the core."

“Your father wasn’t hurt this time, but he definitely won’t let this go. He’ll probably do something else in secret. I need to check on him as soon as possible.”

Shen Song nodded in agreement and quickly said, "Mother, please let me know if anything happens. I've been here for a long time and I know a bit about the border."

"Of course, how could your mother be so polite with you?" Qu Jingyun chuckled, watching as more and more soldiers came and went.

Then he said, "Alright, I'm leaving now. Take good care of yourself."

Shen Song nodded, then watched Qu Jingyun leave.

Watching the other person's departing figure, his eyes grew increasingly gloomy.

Zhang Hu? He'll definitely find something on this guy.

The Xiongnu suffered heavy losses in this battle and did not attack again for a long time.

But Shen Yunting did not relax at all, and discussed countermeasures with his soldiers in the camp.

Unexpectedly, Di Jingyuan walked in at that moment, his expression very solemn.

He leaned close to Shen Yunting's ear and whispered a few words, then handed him a letter.

Shen Yunting's expression changed slightly. He glanced at everyone present and carefully put the letter away.

Di Jingyuan responded and left.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Hu couldn't help but remark, "General Shen seems quite busy. He's about to go into battle, but it feels like he still has other matters to attend to."

"You're not as good as Deputy General Zhang." Shen Yunting snorted coldly and said nothing more.

A sense of unease arose in his mind: why was Qu Jingyun sending him a letter at this time?

Could something have happened?

He had a thousand questions in his mind, but he suppressed them.

We're about to go into battle, so we'll have to wait until we get back to discuss things.

Their plan today is to lure the Xiongnu troops into the valley and then wipe them out in one fell swoop.

And the bait was Shen Yunting.

Shen Yunting had been fighting the Xiongnu for many years, so his presence would surely attract Xiongnu troops and would not easily arouse suspicion.

Everything went according to plan, perfectly, until the Xiongnu army followed Shen Yunting into the canyon.

On the mountain peak, Zhang Hu coldly watched the scene unfold before him, a faint smile slowly curving his lips.

This time, he wanted to see how Shen Yunting would extricate himself.

"Deputy General Zhang, aren't we supposed to be going to support General Shen now?"

A voice came from behind him, and Zhang Hu slapped it without thinking.

He coldly reminded him, "Call me General Zhang."

The other party was stunned by the blow, but quickly recovered, suppressed his anger, and whispered, "Should we go and support General Shen now?"

"Support what?" Zhang Hu sneered.

He said dismissively, "General Shen acted rashly in his pursuit of military merit, leading the Xiongnu army into the canyon, but he could not withstand the attack and died in the canyon, his body left without a complete corpse."

"After my repeated attempts to persuade them failed, I devised a plan to turn the tide. Upon arrival, I annihilated the entire Xiongnu army and achieved great merit."

Upon hearing this, the young officer who came to report changed his expression.

He stammered, "General Zhang, what do you mean by that? Didn't we agree that General Shen would lure the Xiongnu army into the canyon, and you would go to their aid?"

"Who said it was alright? I tried my best to persuade him to no avail and could only try to solve the problem left by General Shen. It's a pity that I couldn't save General Shen in the end and he died tragically among the Xiongnu soldiers."

Zhang Hu's smug smile grew even wider, and he finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time.

He wanted to see how Shen Yunting, with his five hundred soldiers, would fight against the nearly five thousand Xiongnu soldiers.

He was already prepared to go and collect Shen Yunting's body.

The young general immediately realized what was happening and looked at Zhang Hu in astonishment: "General Zhang, are you not planning to rescue General Chen? He only brought five hundred men to lure the enemy deep into our territory. If you don't go, he will definitely..."

He realized something was wrong and pointed his index finger at Zhang Hu.

"Are you perhaps planning to use this opportunity to assassinate General Shen? General Zhang, are you playing with the lives of the entire army?"

"What are you worried about? General Shen is a war god. Taking on ten people at once is nothing to him. You are far too distrustful of our General Shen."

Zhang Hu chuckled and then said, "Besides, it was you who failed to deliver the message to this general in time, not me who wanted to harm General Shen."

Ignoring the other party's reaction, he shouted sternly, "Hurry up and take him down! After General Shen dies, I will personally oversee his execution to avenge him."

The young man wanted to yell at Zhang Hu, but the other party didn't give him the chance.

They immediately covered his mouth and dragged him away.

He could only glare at Zhang Hu with resentment in his eyes, his heart filled with sorrow.

At the same time, Zhang Hu glanced at the sky, his smile widening.

"It's about time; we should go collect General Shen's body."

After saying this, Zhang Hu prepared to lead his troops there.

He couldn't wait to see Shen Yunting's corpse.

But just then, a soldier came running up in a panic.

He scrambled to his knees before Zhang Hu, shouting, "General Zhang, something terrible has happened!"

Zhang Hu frowned deeply: "What's wrong? What could possibly make you so flustered? You've been with me for so long, haven't you even learned to remain calm in the face of adversity?"

Seeing that the other person was still too anxious to speak, Zhang Hu got angry and slapped him across the face.

"Explain to me clearly what happened."

"It's the Xiongnu army! The Xiongnu army is coming this way."

"What?" Even Zhang Hu couldn't stay calm now.

He stepped forward, grabbed the soldier by the collar, and demanded sharply, "Did they come from the other side of the canyon? They've already captured Shen Yunting? That's incredibly fast."

A deep unease welled up inside him, but reason prevented him from believing the thoughts that were surfacing in his mind.

But the soldier shattered his illusions in an instant.

He spoke tremblingly, "The Xiongnu army didn't go to the canyon, but came straight this way. We should run! They have 5,000 men, and we only have 2,000. That might not be enough."

Zhang Hu's body trembled involuntarily, his face filled with disbelief.

"How is this possible? We clearly agreed on this."