Chapter 786 War Begins

Later, after thinking about it carefully, I realized that the reason Yao Chengjie cooperated so readily was mainly because Pu Weichao had such a great influence on him.

Before the Delta region was completely stable, Pu Weichao was always helping him. In particular, when Yao Chengjie's men were almost wiped out by Central Town, it was Pu Weichao who helped him revive. Later, when they launched a surprise attack on Central Town and resolved the troubles in Central Town, it was all Pu Weichao who came up with the ideas.

If Pu Weichao wanted to be the leader here, Yao Chengjie would probably agree with just one word.

Yao Chengjie has now agreed to the collaboration, and all that's left is to wait.

The troops I brought have already joined Yao Chengjie's troops, but we probably won't be operating together. Pu Weichao has already arranged the next steps of the operation.

As for now, everyone is waiting for news. Yao Chengjie has planted a traitor in the central town, so the current situation there is basically clear.

The traitor's message says that the troops have already gathered in the central town, and now all we need to do is wait.

As for Jiangbei, since there is no traitor within the country, I don't know what the current situation is. However, I estimate that the situation is similar. Everyone is in the same boat now, doing the same things, all preparing for the upcoming big battle.

I wonder if Wu Shuang has returned to Hangzhou yet. If she has, she will probably bring people with her.

Around four o'clock in the afternoon, Pu Weichao said, "That's about it, let's go."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Yao Chengjie asked, "Leave now? Isn't that a bit too early?"

Pu Weichao said, "It's not too early. This is the perfect time. If it were any later, it might be too late."

"What do you mean? Why is it too late?" I asked, puzzled.

Instead of answering directly, Pu Weichao asked me, "How much do you know about Su Mu?"

I was taken aback. "Su Mu? All I know is that this person doesn't play by the rules."

Pu Weichao smiled and said, "That makes sense. Since he doesn't play by the rules, he certainly won't wait until night to launch an attack. The default time is night because of the consensus you reached in the meeting. But this is a war. Who would be stupid enough to stick to this agreed-upon time? I reckon Su Mu has already set off."

Yao Chengjie said, "Should we go and stop them now?"

Pu Weichao shook his head and said, "No, we're going directly to Central Town now. Based on the strength of the three of you, you are the weakest and the furthest away. If Su Mu brings people here, it will definitely be a loss for him. So he will definitely deal with the stronger Central Town first."

I paused, puzzled, and said, "But that doesn't make sense. Since the central town is stronger, why would Su Mu go and fight it head-on? Shouldn't he deal with the weaker ones first?"

Pu Weichao said, "Because Su Mu has the strength. I don't know how powerful Jiangbei is now, but it's obvious that Jiangbei is already stronger than Central Town and Yaojia Community combined. Do you think such a behemoth would care about who is stronger or weaker? So, we can only go to Central Town now. As long as we get out, we will have a way to restrain Jiangbei. At least, Central Town won't lose too badly."

Why do I always feel that Central Town is a miserable place?

Next, they'll basically be taken down no matter what. We can ignore Su Mu, but we also need to get involved.

I just hope that Central Town won't suffer a crushing defeat. The meaning behind Pu Weichao's words was all too clear. He was there to win people's hearts. As long as he appeared in front of Central Town when they were about to be wiped out, and said to them, "I'm here to save you, so hurry up and follow me. I guarantee you'll survive."

I don't know if this will work. What if the central town doesn't accept this approach?

After much deliberation, we still couldn't reach a conclusion, so we finally set off anyway.

With so many people going together, it's impossible for everyone to take a bus. Basically, everyone who could get on the bus is already on it. As for the rest, they followed behind. Yaojia Community is about half an hour away from the central town.

We arrived near the central town around 4:30 pm.

The town center remained quiet at this moment, with no movement whatsoever.

Yao Chengjie's walkie-talkie rang at that moment. It was a message from the mole: "Breaking news, people from Jiajiang have appeared. We don't know what their purpose is, but they seem to be up to no good and are very dangerous."

We all looked at Pu Weichao, thinking he was incredibly insightful. We never expected Su Mu to actually bring people over.

It's just that we don't know which direction things will take next.

Is it really letting go, or...?

Bang!

While I was still lost in thought, a commotion suddenly came from the central town, leaving us somewhat bewildered. A thick plume of smoke suddenly billowed out from the central town, clearly indicating that the people from Jiangbei had taken immediate action against the central town as soon as they arrived.

Yao Chengjie asked, "They've started making their move, what do we do?"

Pu Weichao said with a solemn expression, "Wait, notify your mole and tell others that if they want to live, they should run this way to us immediately."

Yao Chengjie hurriedly informed the traitor within the central town of this news.

Not long after, we saw people running towards us from the center of town.

Pu Weichao led his men out to greet them. Fearing that the other side would suspect us, Pu Weichao ordered everyone to put down their guns. As a result, not long after, they ran into our midst to avoid the fighting.

The people from Jiangbei are very direct; they take action as soon as they arrive, giving the people in the central town no chance to resist.

Pu Weichao grabbed a person who ran over and asked, "How is things in the central town now?"

"I don't know, so many people, so many people are dead, all of them are dead..." This person was terrified and completely lost.

More and more people were running this way, and the people from Jiangbei seemed to have noticed it as well. They bypassed the central town and began shooting at the fleeing people.

Su Mu really went too far. He said he wouldn't kill civilians, but he still did it anyway.

Pu Weichao gave the order directly, "Aim at them and fire! Kill them one by one!"

Upon receiving the order, the Jiangbei troops who had detoured were immediately blocked by our men. Before they could react, many of them died.

Once they realized what was happening, they hurriedly retreated.

"Our location has been exposed, there's no point in staying here," Pu Weichao said. "Charge!"

In an instant, everyone came out and headed straight for the central town.