They simply stood there quietly, yet they exuded a devastating aura capable of splitting mountains and shattering peaks.
"No wonder...no wonder..."
He muttered to himself, the last trace of color draining from his face.
Their own elite Jiannan troops, which they were so proud of, were indeed like clay chickens and earthen dogs in front of such an army.
Zhao Muyun walked to the prison cart, looked Yang Chao over for a moment, and suddenly smiled:
"General Yang, how have you been?"
Yang Chao gritted his teeth: "The victor is king, the loser is villain. Kill me if you want!"
"Kill you?" Zhao Muyun shook his head. "Not only will I not kill you, I'll thank you."
Yang Chao was stunned.
"If you hadn't led your troops in a surprise attack on Xijing, why would Zhang Tao and Gao Min have remained inactive? How could I have easily returned to Xijing and annihilated your forces?"
Zhao Muyun's tone was calm, but every word was piercing: "Speaking of which, you were the key to helping me a lot."
"you……!"
"You're killing me by breaking my spirit!" Yang Chao trembled with rage.
“Furthermore,” Zhao Muyun continued, “your uncle Yang Yan, whom you regard as your own father, did he send a single soldier to your aid after learning of your defeat?”
"He has already taken the 30,000 troops you painstakingly recruited and trained in Jiannan and returned to Jiannan via the Ziwu Road."
"You are nothing more than a pawn he threw out to draw fire."
"Impossible!" Yang Chao roared. "My uncle would never abandon me!"
Zhao Muyun clapped his hands.
Three captured Jiannan Army scouts stepped forward—the very men Yang Chao had sent to contact Yang Yan.
One of them bowed his head and said, “General… when we arrived in Wannian, we found the camp empty. The commander-in-chief had already broken camp and retreated south three days ago… We came back to report the news, but we were captured on the way…”
Yang Chao was struck dumb, standing there stunned.
He recalled handing over the capital he had accumulated in Jiannan to Yang Yan, and how he had volunteered to launch a surprise attack on Xijing.
It turns out it was all a scheme.
"Haha...hahaha..."
Yang Chao suddenly threw his head back and burst into laughter, tears welling in his eyes. "What a fine uncle! What a fine Yang Yan!"
After laughing, he looked at Zhao Muyun with empty eyes: "Grand Commander Zhao, give me a quick death!"
Zhao Muyun replied, "Why would I kill you? If Yang Yan hadn't interfered, you would have gone to Henan. We could have been allies."
Yang Chao looked completely bewildered: "What...what do you mean?"
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