Zhao Cheng frowned and said, "These flies are really annoying. With them around, Yang Qingzhi will know everything we do as soon as we leave the pass."
Zhao Hu said, "How about we send a vanguard to attack?"
Zhao Cheng shook his head and said, "It's no use. They split into ten groups, and when they saw our people coming, they ran in different directions. It's not difficult for them to gather information about us, but it's very difficult for us to catch them."
Zhou Nuo said, "I'll go, one arrow, one kill!"
Zhao Cheng said, "Ten thousand men, can you shoot them all?"
Zhou Nuo pouted and fell into deep thought.
“Hehe…” Cheng Xu suddenly chuckled twice.
Zhao Cheng asked, "Why is the strategist laughing?"
Cheng Xu lightly waved his feather fan and said, "General, it's not difficult to defeat these scouts."
"oh?"
"Xu has a plan that can blind Yang Qingzhi in one eye."
"Strategist, please tell me quickly!"
Cheng Xu took a deep breath. This was the first time he had offered a strategy during this southern expedition, so he was not just speaking casually in a hurry to gain merit. Instead, he carefully considered the matter in his mind before daring to speak.
"The Zhennan Border Army suffered a major defeat, and Feng Jing is still missing. We can take this opportunity to make a fuss about him."
Zhao Cheng didn't quite follow Cheng Xu's train of thought and quickly asked, "How do we do it?"
"Have President Yuan instruct the people outside the pass to spread the word that the General has made contact with Feng Jing, and that Feng Jing's troops number in the hundreds of thousands, and they have agreed to meet at Jiangxia Pass."
"Such important news will certainly not be readily believed by the Southern Zhou army scouts, but they dare not ignore it either. They have been divided into ten groups, each with its own commander, and each commander has a different idea. Some will go back first to ask Yang Qingzhi to make a decision personally, while others, eager for credit, will approach Jiangxia Pass to investigate in detail. At that time, we only need to set up an ambush outside Jiangxia Pass to wipe out these scouts who approach the pass in one fell swoop, while those scouts who went back will have already gone back, leaving a gap between Jiangxia Pass and Nantong. We can take advantage of this and march towards Nantong at full speed, and they simply won't be able to react."
Cheng Xu waved his feather fan and said loudly, "If they're too difficult to capture, then let them walk right into our trap!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Cheng's eyes lit up, and he grinned, saying, "Strategist, you're so cunning! I love it!!"
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