What shocked Liu Chengfeng and his group even more was that Lu Shiyan was actually the one in charge of the conversation between Lu Shiyan and Zhang Kui.
She completely revered Lu Shiyan and listened to his every word.
What the group didn't realize was that the situation in Puzhou was extremely dire. The imperial court hadn't sent any reinforcements yet, seemingly indicating its intention to abandon Puzhou.
But Zhang Kui was unwilling to abandon Puzhou and flee.
Besides worldly reasons such as whether he could escape or not being accepted by other forces after escaping, his relatives were also here. He had served as an official in Puzhou for many years and had a special feeling for the place.
Now that the imperial court is not sending reinforcements and he is unwilling to abandon the city and flee, he has no choice but to save himself.
At this point, he would be willing to listen to Lu Shiyan, let alone give up the position of prefect to Lu Shiyan.
As long as Puzhou can be defended.
Although Zhang Kui thought so, in the eyes of various forces in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Puzhou could not be defended.
Firstly, Prefect Zhang Kui didn't have many troops at his disposal, and the Four Garrison Generals were under the command of Prince Duan. Prince Duan was worried that a major battle with the Western Rong would weaken his own forces and allow Prince Rui to benefit.
When they first started dealing with the Western Rong, the four generals only made a show of it, and later they even withdrew their troops.
The imperial court did not send troops to rescue them. The princes schemed against each other, unwilling to lose their troops, and firmly held onto their power, deploying defenses within their own territories, preparing for the possibility of Puzhou being occupied by the Western Rong.
Puzhou has too few troops; if it were to engage the Western Rong in a head-on confrontation, Puzhou would certainly be no match.
Zhang Kui understood this principle, so he wanted to take advantage of the terrain to launch a surprise attack on the Western Rong soldiers.
After learning about the situation in Puzhou, Lu Shiyan agreed with his strategic policy and immediately devised a plan to launch a surprise attack. He personally led the team to ambush the Western Rong leader.
He didn't select many men; besides a few he brought from the valley, he only chose about fifty skilled fighters. His plan was to have them disguise themselves and take a detour to attack the Western Rong camp's supplies.
He hid the clothes he had stolen when he killed the Western Rong people, as well as the jade accessories he had taken from Magistrate Guo, and other valuables that he did not need for the time being, in the cave.
After making the decision, he immediately set off for the cave.
The old clothes taken from the Western Rong soldiers were hidden in a relatively secluded side cave of the karst cave, while jade artifacts and the like were hidden even deeper.
After taking the clothes, Lu Shiyan looked at the road back to the valley. He touched the newly carved jade pendant in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and then decided to go back to the valley.
Jiang Tangtang came to the entrance and exit of the valley again today, wanting to review her drawings to avoid any oversights.
Upon seeing Lu Shiyan return, she exclaimed with delight, "Why are you back?"
Lu Shiyan was a little awkward. "I was just... afraid you'd worry, so I came back to let you know I'm safe."
As he spoke, he handed the jade pendant to Jiang Tangtang, saying, "Take this with you."
Compared to wood, jade has better load-bearing capacity, contains stronger sword intent, and provides better protection.
"Made especially for me?" Jiang Tangtang looked at the intricately patterned jade pendant in her hand, a sense of joy welling up inside her.
"No, I just went to the cave to get something and saw some jade, so I just carved it on the spot." As soon as he said it, Lu Shiyan realized he had lied.
Jiang Tangtang knew that they had hidden something in the cave. She wasn't surprised, but asked curiously, "What are you taking?"
"Old clothes of Western Rong soldiers."
Jiang Tangtang hung the jade pendant around her neck. "What are you doing with the old clothes of the Western Rong soldiers?"
Meeting those bright, large eyes, Lu Shiyan somehow blurted out his plan to disguise himself as a Western Rong soldier and attack the enemy's granary.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Tangtang's eyes lit up. "What are you planning to do with their supplies?"
"Of course, burn it!"
“It would be such a waste to burn it,” Jiang Tangtang said, clinging to him. “Husband, I want to go too. Take me with you.”
Lu Shiyan's heart skipped a beat, but he forced himself to remain calm and said, "What are you going to do? The battlefield is ever-changing, and even I am not confident that I can completely protect you."
"Husband, please take me there!" In order to persuade Lu Shiyan, Jiang Tangtang decided not to hide it anymore.
She looked around to make sure that only Lu Shiyan and she were there, then took out a bunch of strawberries from her spatial storage.
These were wild strawberries that Luo Taohua picked from the woods after being persuaded by her last time. She originally intended to make strawberry jam, but she got busy later, so she temporarily put them in her space.
As a result, I never had the time to do so, and the strawberries just stayed in the space.
Although so much time has passed, the space's functionality is amazing; even after all this time, the strawberries I took out still looked as fresh as if they had just been picked.
Jiang Tangtang popped a strawberry into his mouth and then put it back into her spatial storage.
Lu Shiyan watched as the strawberry appeared out of thin air in her hand and then disappeared just as suddenly.
"See? Husband, take me there. I can bring all that grain back. There's no need to burn it."
"Mustard seed space?" In the Upper Realm, things like Qiankun bags and mustard seed spaces are not considered magical.
He had long realized that Jiang Tangtang was no ordinary person, and even suspected that he had some connection with her in his past life, so he had long suspected that she, like him, was someone from the upper realm.
The only thing that puzzled him was that Jiang Tangtang didn't have any medium. In his memory, the mustard seed space could be made into necklaces, rings, or other kinds of jewelry.
But Jiang Tangtang had no other jewelry on her except for the jade pendant he had given her.
"More or less!" Jiang Tangtang knew he wouldn't be too shocked, and smiled, "So, can you take me there now?"
Lu Shiyan didn't ask about the space anymore, but said, "Okay, but you can't call me husband outside, and you can't jump on me like this."
“No problem.” Jiang Tangtang immediately got off him, smiled playfully, and gave an awkward military salute. “Yes, sir.”
Looking at her charming appearance, Lu Shiyan suddenly regretted agreeing to her request.
"Let's go, my husband, let's hurry." Jiang Tangtang was full of anticipation for the trip ahead. And she generously exchanged all the career points she had just earned for storage space.
Seeing her excited smile, Lu Shiyan couldn't bring himself to go back on his word, so he could only add, "The soldiers are all rough men, you need to dress up a bit."
"I get it, it's a woman disguised as a man!" Jiang Tangtang said excitedly, thinking about the period dramas she used to watch. "Should I put on some beard? That way I'll look more like a man."
"No need for a beard." Lu Shiyan sighed inwardly. "I'll go back and tell my family first!"
Thinking of her increasingly clingy little one, Jiang Tangtang immediately nodded, "Yes, we should go back and tell Xiaoyan. We're all leaving; will the little rascal cry?"
Thinking of the little one crying, she suddenly wasn't so excited anymore.
Sigh, kids are such a hassle!
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