A moment later.
"Reporting to the General..."
"Linbin City...Linbin City..."
The pale-faced messenger returned to the tent and, looking at Murata sitting upright in a chair, stammered out the latest military intelligence.
"What are you stammering about?!"
"What's wrong? What's the situation now?" Murata put down his teacup and asked with a frown.
Huang Tianwei, who was standing to the side, sighed softly and stood up when he saw the soldier's expression.
"Did you fail to capture it?" He looked at the soldier's pale face.
The soldier said tremblingly:
"I'm afraid... the army has been defeated."
"What?!" Murata Teng stood up from his chair with a look of disbelief.
Huang Tianwei remained silent. After walking to the tent flap, he lifted it and looked outside.
"Explain yourself! How did you get defeated?! Didn't you already capture the city?"
"Where's that little savage? Did you see him lead his troops back?!" Murata's face suddenly flushed red, and he impatiently pressed for answers.
The soldier replied hastily:
"We originally intended to enter the city to investigate the military situation, but strange noises kept coming from the city, and the sounds of fighting grew louder and louder, as if there were many more troops in the city."
"We only have so many people, and we don't have any extra reinforcements to send, so it's naturally those guys' troops."
"Later...later, the city gradually quieted down. I wanted to go in, but from a distance I could see that a thousand soldiers were already stationed at the city gate."
"General Ono and the others...none of them came out. They...must have already lost...otherwise..."
Before he could finish speaking, Murata shoved the chair aside, leaped forward, and grabbed the soldier by the collar, his eyes blazing with fury.
"How could this be?!"
"They've already stormed the city, how could they possibly lose? How come not a single person has come out?!"
The soldier lowered his head, unsure of what to say.
At this moment, Huang Tianwei, standing beside the tent flap, spoke up, his voice calm:
"It seems that Ono and his men encountered a large enemy force after entering the city."
"and......"
He hesitated for a moment, then looked at Murata's face and said:
"Murata-kun, we should withdraw our troops immediately."
Upon hearing the words "withdraw troops," Murata's eyes widened instantly, as if his anger had been ignited. He shoved the soldier aside and shouted at Huang Tianwei:
"Are you kidding me?!"
"Don't you know how important Linbin City is to us?"
"They've already fought their way this far, and now they're withdrawing???"
"And another thing! Tenwei-kun, Ono and the others... could they really have lost like this? I don't believe it! This is impossible!"
"If there were really that many troops inside Linbin City, why would they let us break in!"
Huang Tianwei's face was gloomy, and he said coldly:
"That's why I said... a very strong army has arrived in Linbin City."
"Ono led a large army, and many surrendered generals and soldiers went to help him, but now, not a single one has returned."
"They have probably been captured or completely annihilated... No, there is no possibility of them being captured, only... annihilation."
"And this is enough to show that the number of troops that defeated them was several times that of Ono's allied forces!"
"Do you understand, Murata?"
Murata gritted his teeth and suddenly swung his fist:
"No! Where did all these soldiers come from!"
"That's impossible! Where in the East China Sea are there so many troops now? Even if there were, it wouldn't be possible to annihilate Ono and his men!"
"This is completely illogical!"
Huang Tianwei walked towards Murata, head down, staring intently at Murata's furious face, and said, word by word:
"A few months ago, war broke out in Dagan and Xijing, with the Tuyuan Kingdom's army pressing in on the border."
"Jin Fengluan did not send any troops to Xijing. Xijing only had a small number of militia. Everyone thought that Xijing would inevitably be taken by Tuyuan Kingdom."
"But then, a surprise force inexplicably appeared in Xijing."
"They completely repelled the Tu Yuan army, and so far there has been no news of another Tu Yuan attack from Xijing."
"From what I know, the Tu Yuan Kingdom has many soldiers and brave generals, and its combat strength is extremely strong. Even if they suffer a defeat, they will not retreat."
"The fact that they no longer come to Xijing means that the battle back then... severely weakened the Tuyuan Kingdom."
As he spoke, his voice grew even lower.
"Murata, that surprise force was led by Qin Ze, the Prince of Zhenbei."
"In today's battle at Linbin City, Ono and his entire army were wiped out. In your opinion, who in Dagan today has the ability to defeat them?" Huang Tianwei's face twitched slightly, but his eyes were as cold as ice.
He finished speaking.
"hiss--"
Murata gasped, raising his shocked face to look at Huang Tianwei, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Could it be Qin Ze again?!"
Huang Tianwei took a step back and rubbed his temples.
"It must be him. I can't think of anyone else but him."
"It is true that Jin Fengluan has a large army under her command, but she doesn't seem like the type to send troops to the East China Sea immediately."
"Even if she really comes, she has to defeat Qin Ze first."
"After Qin Ze takes Anyang County, he can either go south to Jinling or retreat to the East China Sea."
"Although we don't know how far he has fought with the imperial army, there is still a possibility that he might be able to withdraw and come to the East China Sea."
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