Chapter 678: All Kills

"They're back! The generals are back!"

Watching from afar the cavalry team led by Jie Liancheng returning to Black Stone City, the soldiers on duty on the wall suddenly shouted, one by one, with great excitement.

Although many of the cavalrymen who returned this time were injured, they all looked heroic and high-spirited, as if they had won a victory.

Yan Sheng was delighted upon seeing this and quickly called Jie Liancheng over for questioning.

"The general won the battle?!"

"Of course!"

Xie Liancheng looked down on him, as if it was a matter of course.

"That centaur leader was quite powerful. He fought me for 20 to 30 rounds, but I beat him and he fled in panic! If it weren't for the weak horse he was riding, I would have killed him here today!"

To others, it seemed that Xie Liancheng was just complaining about the poor quality of his mount, but in fact, he was just explaining in advance the fact that he failed to kill the Centaur mercenaries, thus avoiding subsequent questioning from Yan Sheng and others.

The two sides were just acting and had already become a team. It was naturally impossible for Jie Liancheng to kill those centaurs.

But it seems unreasonable that the two sides failed to kill the enemy in the confrontation.

So Xie Liancheng changed his mind and simply put the blame on his mount.

Actually, to be honest, this is not really blaming others.

If the cavalry of both sides really fight, the inferior horses with poor quality will indeed be a drag.

If the enemy sees that the situation is not good and wants to run away, even if you break the whip, the inferior horse can't catch up, what can you do? From this point of view, what Xie Liancheng said is the truth.

There were no fools present. From Jie Liancheng's complaints and rants, they already had a general understanding of the battle situation.

It was not the first time that Yan Sheng knew that the war horses in their country were not good, so he was not too surprised.

This also makes Xie Liancheng's remarks very reasonable and convincing.

Thinking of this, Yan Sheng casually said a few words to comfort Liancheng, motioning him to go down and rest first, then turned around and called the officer of the cavalry unit over for questioning.

Facing Yan Sheng, the small officer naturally did not dare to lie, but if he said that they were suppressed by the Centaur mercenaries the whole time and were beaten dizzy, it would make them seem too useless. If the emperor was displeased and wanted to punish them, they would really have no place to cry.

Thinking of this, the officer told the truth about the fight between Xie Liancheng and the Centaur leader, but when it came to their side, he changed his words...

"At that time, the general and the Centaur leader were fighting fiercely, and our troops were also fighting desperately with the Centaur mercenaries. When the general defeated the leader and fought back, the morale of the remaining Centaur mercenaries dropped greatly and they fled in defeat."

The phrase 'fighting to the death' greatly beautified their performance. At first glance, one could not help but imagine a back-and-forth fight.

After listening to the report, Yan Sheng nodded. This situation was in line with his expectations and he did not doubt it.

From the perspective of casualties, they were not able to kill the Centaurs on the opposite side at all, and many soldiers on their side were injured. It could not be considered a victory at all.

But considering the gap in strength between the Centaurs and them, the fact that they were able to repel the Centaur mercenaries was already a big surprise for Yan Sheng.

In this way, with a mentality of boosting morale, Yan Sheng was not stingy with the reward at all. He waved his hand and gave the reward.

At the same time, Drogo, who had obtained the intelligence information, directly handed the task of communication to Joseph, who had the fastest legs.

Joseph, who took on the task, did not dare to slack off. He ran all the way back to Huangsha City as quickly as possible and brought the latest news from the opposite side to Zhou Xu.

After listening to the report, Zhou Xu was very happy.

He had thought about causing chaos on the other side, and even triggering a civil uprising.

However, he never expected that the other side would be so powerful that they would directly occupy the city and declare independence.

To some extent, he also underestimated the hidden dangers that Yan Sheng had created for himself after forcibly annexing the surrounding countries by force.

His appearance now only detonated all these hidden dangers in advance.

[It seems that I have to take this as a warning in the future. The ancients always insisted on having a legitimate reason for fighting a war. It was all reasonable to occupy a righteous cause! ]

At this time, Zhou Xu leaned back in his chair, rubbing his chin and thinking about this matter.

"Any news about Kong Daqian?"

"No."

Joseph shook his head.

"According to the information sent by the other party, after bringing Kong Daqian into the city, in order to avoid being noticed by others, they quickly let him blend into the city. Now the other party doesn't know where Kong Daqian has gone."

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"Okay, I understand. You can go down and rest first."

Joseph was exhausted after the long journey. Now that he had been given permission, he naturally left quickly.

Zhou Xu, leaning back in his chair, fell into deep thought.

Kong Daqian has lost contact now, so Zhou Xu simply stopped thinking about it. It's no use thinking about it anyway.

The most important thing right now is the current situation.

[Yan Sheng only has 1,000 troops stationed on the other three borders. This amount of troops is enough to garrison the border cities, but once civil unrest breaks out, this amount of troops will not be enough to defend the cities and quell the unrest.]

[As for the current situation, the people in the country are complaining. The previous conscription orders have been shelved. If we want to conscript again, it is highly likely that there will not be much effect. ]

[The only city with sufficient troops is Black Stone City. Yan Sheng still has more than 3,000 troops, which will be the key to suppressing the rebellion.]

Zhou Xu was thinking and organizing his thoughts at this moment.

[I will now send the Centaur troops to wander around Blackrock City. When Yan Sheng sees this, if he has any brains, he should be able to understand the interests involved.]

[For now, I don't need to take any action. I can just let them continue to fight among themselves.]

[In the future, if Yan Sheng is determined to send troops to quell the rebellion, I will still be able to send troops in time by then.]

Sometimes it is not difficult to simply win a battle, but the difficult part is to gain the greatest victory at the lowest cost!

Otherwise, a battle that will end in loss of results for both sides is sometimes better not to be fought.

After all, if you have one breath left, swallowing up the other party's territory may not be a good thing.

On this battlefield, temporary gains and losses are nothing. The key is who can stand to the end! Whoever stands to the end will be the winner!

(End of this chapter)