Gao Ting paused for a moment, then said:

According to Huadao's confession, Jia Feng cast a curse on Marshal Han, and Marshal Han's life was about to end.

Next, he plans to cast a curse on the emperor of the Great Northern Dynasty, causing his death. In this way, the Great Northern Dynasty will become their vassal state.

Upon hearing this, Li Guang couldn't help but sneer.

"You wicked fiend, how dare you boast so arrogantly! Once I capture you, I will tear you to pieces!"

"Marshal, what did Ge Kaishan confess to?" Gao Ting asked.

“I went to the interrogation room, but I didn’t question him directly. Instead, I probed indirectly and managed to extract some important information about the barbarian camp. What he said was pretty much what I expected.”

That sorcerer Jia Feng must have devised some extremely vicious plans, which most people in the barbarian camp may not know.

What we need to do now is strengthen our defenses, monitor any movements within the barbarian camp, and report any problems immediately.

"Yes, sir!" the crowd replied in unison.

As for Yue Heng, he led three thousand men toward Wuling. Although he was unsure whether he could intercept the enemy's supplies on this road, he was determined to carry out the mission given to him by Li Guang.

Li Guang arranged for his soldiers to ambush the enemy on this road, but he did not tell them the exact location of the ambush, so they had to find it themselves.

At dusk, Yue Heng arrived at a place where the surrounding terrain was high and the central terrain was low.

Once a convoy transporting grain reaches this point, it will be difficult to pass quickly. Ambushing them here would be a very easy way to succeed.

The purpose of this ambush on the enemy's vehicles was to burn their provisions, not to loot them, which made things much simpler.

After the army had laid an ambush, they waited quietly for the supply wagons to arrive.

The barbarian camp is running low on supplies, and Yue Heng estimates that the barbarian soldiers escorting the supplies will speed up their march and will not stop even at night.

If the enemy's convoy can arrive here tonight, that would be the best outcome.

Yue Heng told his soldiers to pay close attention to the movements ahead and not to expose themselves.

Around four in the morning, a creaking sound came from afar, clearly the sound of grain carts, indicating that the enemy soldiers' grain carts were approaching.

Yue Heng was overjoyed. He had been preparing to ambush the supply wagons for several days, but he hadn't expected them to arrive so quickly.

The soldiers roused themselves and waited until all the enemy's supply wagons reached a low-lying area before launching an attack and setting the wagons on fire.

The convoy carrying grain and fodder drew closer and closer, and soon it entered this low-lying area.

It's very easy for a vehicle to enter a low-lying area, but it takes some effort to leave it.

More and more vehicles were moving in the low-lying area, but the speed of movement slowed down significantly. Before long, all the grain carts entered the low-lying area.

Seeing that his opportunity had come, Yue Heng immediately ordered his soldiers to rush over and set the carts on fire.

Because it was dark, the barbarian soldiers did not notice that the Northern Dynasty's army was rapidly approaching the supply wagons.

By the time the barbarian soldiers realized what was happening, the soldiers had already lit flammable materials and thrown them at the vehicles.

At that moment, a thousand archers unleashed a hail of arrows at the barbarian soldiers, and in the blink of an eye, most of the barbarian soldiers escorting the grain supplies were killed.

At this moment, all the grain carts had been set on fire, and the remaining barbarian soldiers were terrified and were hacked to death by the soldiers who rushed up.

Chaos erupted at the scene. The barbarian soldiers had no idea how many troops the enemy had brought, and with no will to fight, they fled for their lives.

Looking at the raging fire in front of him, Yue Heng felt a little regretful. If only he could have taken back all that grain.

However, there was no other way. If they were to seize the grain supplies, it would be difficult for their main force to advance quickly. If they encountered a large number of enemy soldiers, their three thousand men would be no match for them.

After burning the grain and fodder, Yue Heng led his team back to Hanyu Pass.

The barbarian soldiers who escaped the disaster fled back to their camp. When Kurituo received the news that the grain supplies had been burned, he was shocked and collapsed into his chair. He knew the consequences of the army running out of food.

"Is the grain transport officer here? Tell him to come see me!" Kurituo roared.

The grain officer was lucky; he escaped last night. He had lost the grain, and he didn't know how the commander-in-chief would deal with him.

"Reporting to the Commander, since the grain and fodder in Wuling are also scarce and need to be raised, we can only send out 1,000 carts of grain and fodder first, and the remaining 500 carts of grain and fodder will be sent out in two days."

I knew the army camp was short of supplies, so I led the soldiers on a journey day and night. Last night, around 4 a.m., the convoy was about 50 miles from the camp when we were ambushed.

The soldiers fought valiantly to protect the supplies, but the enemy outnumbered them greatly. Their powerful crossbows killed many soldiers, and ultimately the supplies were burned. Only a few soldiers managed to escape back to their camp.

"You mean the enemy only burned a thousand carts of grain, and there are still five hundred carts of grain left behind?"

"Yes, the two supply convoys are two days apart. It is estimated that the 500 carts of supplies will arrive at the military camp by the morning after tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Kurituo was overjoyed. This was perhaps a stroke of luck amidst misfortune. Because they could not gather enough 1,500 carts of grain in time, 500 carts of them were delayed, thus escaping disaster.

Since these 500 carts of grain are still on their way, it's not safe. If they get burned again, the enemy camp will be completely cut off from supplies.

Thinking of this, Kurituo said, "The main responsibility for the burning of the grain supplies this time does not lie with you. Get up and go back to camp to rest."

"Thank you, Commander." The grain officer wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and turned to leave.

There were still 500 carts of grain that had to be safely transported to the military camp no matter what. With this in mind, Kurituo immediately arranged for a general to lead 10,000 troops out of the camp to receive the grain.

After arranging this matter, Kurituo looked at Jia Feng and said:

"My lord, with the grain supplies burned this time, have some secrets in the military camp been leaked?"

Jia Feng stroked his beard and said:

"It is possible that two of our generals were captured in yesterday's battle, and the secrets of the military camp should have been revealed by them."

"Has the information about our Iron General cannons also been leaked?" Kurituo immediately became uneasy.

"Don't worry, General. It doesn't matter if the Iron General cannons are leaked. I'm planning to use them as bait to lure them in."

Even if they wanted to cause damage, they could only destroy fakes; they wouldn't be able to detect the real Iron General cannons.

Once the Iron General cannons are built, I will be able to raze Hanyu Pass to the ground.

Upon hearing this, Kurituo was overjoyed and asked, "Immortal, when will the Iron General Cannon be completed?"

After considering for a moment, Jia Feng said, "Within ten days, however, I will personally go to the northern frontier to oversee this matter."

As expected, Han Yuguan will make a move sooner or later; they will send people to the northern frontier to try and sabotage our plans.

Perhaps they didn't realize that I, the immortal, had already laid a large trap there, waiting for them to come to me.