Hearing him say this, Zheng Quchi could not fully comprehend the noble sentiment behind his loyalty. Since she could not dissuade him, she could only respect his choice to take it as his mission.

Yuwen Sheng thought for a moment and said, "He has his own ideas, so you don't need to worry too much. Let's go then."

——

After Fu Rong and Zheng Quchi parted ways, he disguised himself as a soldier from the Julu Kingdom. In order to make the act real, he even deliberately injured himself, rolling on the ground and making himself look as miserable and disheveled as possible.

His goal was singular: to gain the trust of the Julu Kingdom's army that had come to Huxiao Pass.

Once Fu Rong impersonates someone, he becomes completely immersed in the role. Moreover, the people he chooses to impersonate are those he has observed and understood beforehand, so very few people have been able to uncover his true identity so far.

He stumbled and fell all the way to the army, his face covered in sweat and blood, panting heavily. Anyone who saw him would know that he had desperately escaped.

"Who goes there?!"

A sharp shout came from ahead.

Fu Rong squinted and, through the blurred background of swirling dust, saw a red-clad army of iron cavalry roaring towards them. But when he saw who the leader was, he was dumbfounded.

That person, seemingly enveloped in crimson flames and recklessly devouring everything, was none other than Julu Moye, a man with a rebellious streak and a rebellious spirit!

Fu Rong nervously licked his lips, inwardly cursing, "Damn it, how could it be him?"

Although alarms were blaring all over Fu Rong's body, he quickly replied in order not to give himself away: "Sir, it's me! I'm Wu Da, the garrison commander of Huxiao Pass. Our Huxiao Pass has been occupied by Yuwen Sheng, and he's still chasing Gongshu Dajia!"

Sigh~

Mo Ye reined in his horse and stared at Fu Rong with an extremely imposing gaze: "Is there a garrison commander named Wu Da at Huxiao Pass?"

At this moment, a soldier behind him replied: "Reporting to the commander, there is indeed a man named Wu Da. I have seen him once, and he looks just like this man."

As for why Fu Rong chose this person named "Wu Da," firstly, he was a garrison commander, unlike ordinary soldiers who were unknown and would only arouse suspicion; secondly, it was more convincing for a garrison commander to escape than for an ordinary soldier to escape.

"Which direction did they go?" he asked again, this time addressing Fu Rong.

Fu Rong gasped for breath, pointing in a direction as he said anxiously, "They're heading that way, to the north, right? The Gongshu family fell into Yuwen Sheng's trap and were ambushed. They could only try to flee towards Beiyuan Kingdom with the survivors, but Yuwen Sheng's men have been chasing them all the way!"

Mo Ye didn't care whether Gongshu Jiruo was dead or alive, but for the sake of stable relations between the two countries, he couldn't let him die on their territory. Of course, more importantly, he was anxious to meet Yuwen Sheng, his long-lost enemy.

How many of them are there?

While Fu Rong was speaking, Mo Ye was also observing and scrutinizing the flaws in Fu Rong's character.

But Fu Rong was no novice spy. He had long since mastered the skill of speaking to people in a way that was both human and ghostly, mixing truth and falsehood together so that it was difficult for anyone to detect anything amiss in a short time.

"Not too much, but not too little either. After we were drugged by their poisonous smoke, we were locked in the camp. I barely managed to escape. If their attention hadn't been focused on the Gongshu family, I'm afraid I would have been killed by Yuwen Sheng like the other brothers."

"Take him with you, and go after them!"

It seems that Mo Ye still doesn't fully trust Fu Rong as the "guardian," which is why he brought Fu Rong along.

Fu Rong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In order to buy the general and his wife more time to escape, he was willing to go into the tiger's den even though he knew there was a tiger in the mountain!

——

Having found the dragon-drawn carriage, and speaking of which, the three fine horses harnessed to it were donated free of charge by Gongshu Jiruo, Zheng Quchi thought of this and... Ouch... Yuwen Sheng threw her into the carriage and tumbled her over.

"You get in, I'll drive." Yuwen Sheng turned over and got in.

Just as she was about to get up, he whipped the horse and propelled it forward, sending her tumbling back onto her back.

"..."

Yuwen Sheng rode to meet the Ye army who had gone to scout ahead. He saw that all ten or so people had gathered together and boarded the dragon-drawn carriage, which was full. Among them was Runtu, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, whom Zheng Quchi was relatively familiar with.

"General, Madam." After giving a perfunctory greeting to Zheng Quchi, he reported the results of the reconnaissance to Yuwen Sheng.

After listening for a while, Zheng Quchi said seriously, "Yuwen Sheng, we can't take the Tianqian Pass route anymore. They will definitely focus their guard on that side. If we go there, we'll be like lambs to the slaughter."

Yuwen Sheng looked at her: "I know, that's why we won't take the land route."

If you're not going by land, then... you're planning to go by water?

Zheng Quchi blinked, understanding his meaning. It turned out that he had sent Runtu and the others to scout the way, not only to scout, but also to prepare.

——

Heading straight north, Mo Ye felt increasingly uneasy as he went, and he raised his arm to stop the army from advancing.

"Are you sure they came this way?" Mo Ye stared at Fu Rong with sharp, suspicious eyes.

Fu Rong saw the murderous intent in his eyes. If he were to reveal any suspicious behavior, he would be beheaded in the next second.

He turned his head, feigning confusion, looking left and right, then at the ground, and suddenly exclaimed, "Wait a minute, if they came this way, why didn't they leave any footprints or tire tracks? Could this be a diversionary tactic?!"

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