"What? Zhou Cheng actually intercepted Zhou Shiying halfway?"
"What?! Zhou Cheng burned down, stole, and looted all the treasuries, granaries, and weapons depots in eight cities near the capital?!"
"What? Over a hundred thousand elite troops surrounded Zhou Cheng from all sides, yet they failed to catch up with Zhou Cheng's group. They've now returned to the border unharmed?"
"Bang—"
"A humiliating disgrace!"
"This is an utter disgrace!"
The generals' eyes blazed with fury; just hearing the news from the capital made them feel like their lungs were about to explode.
How can the word "frustration" possibly describe this?
How many cities does the Yan Kingdom have in total?
In just half a month, they lost all the food, gold, and silver from eight cities!
How are we going to get through this winter?
Did the soldiers in the eight cities starve to death?
Commander Zhang sat in the head seat, his face grim, his chest heaving with anger. He clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the armrest: "That day, Zhou Cheng led a hundred or so men out of Jiangling City and repelled our 20,000-strong army!"
"He didn't go to the capital to rescue the Lin family's daughter?!"
"Several million bushels of grain, supplies from eight cities—how dare he? How dare Zhou Cheng? He only brought a hundred or so men and actually robbed all the wealth and food from eight cities! What a despicable villain!"
"And how did Zhou Cheng know about the news that Marquis Pingyang sent Zhou Shi to the capital as a hostage? How could the news reach Zhou Cheng so quickly from such a long distance?"
"A feint to the east while attacking in the west—treacherous and cunning!"
"Zhou Cheng, I underestimated you!"
Commander Zhang clenched his fists tightly, his heart burning with unvented rage.
He never imagined that Zhou Cheng would take advantage of the Emperor's transfer of the elite troops from the eight cities, and the fact that there were no reserve troops or guards in the city, to launch a surprise attack and steal everything!
Just two weeks ago, he was mocking Zhou Cheng for not being able to live without a woman.
Now it's all right.
Now it's Zhou Chengxiao and his ilk's turn to be so clever, they've become incredibly foolish!
"Where is General Wei?" Commander Zhang suppressed the anger in his heart, raised his head and issued the order: "Immediately mobilize 170,000 troops and launch a full-scale attack to capture Jiangling City!"
General Wei immediately knelt down: "Yes!"
"While Zhou Cheng hasn't returned to the city yet, those starving ghosts in Jiangling City are nothing to fear. They're a bunch of useless people who don't even have winter clothes and blankets. I'm afraid most of them have frozen to death."
"They might be on the verge of death, waiting for Zhou Cheng to bring back food to save them!"
Commander Zhang's confident words reached General Wei's ears.
General Wei opened his mouth...
He had intended to recount what he had witnessed that day, but after thinking about it, he swallowed it back, clinging to a sliver of hope.
All the official roads were blocked, and no food or supplies were entering the city. Zhou Zhenguang and his men... they must be out of food, right?
otherwise,
Why would Zhou Cheng take such a huge risk to rob grain near the capital?
Yes, I must have been overthinking it.
"Also, the young major general you arrested, his name is Yun Hui, right?"
General Wei immediately bowed his head and replied, "Yes, this subordinate has found out everything. Yun Hui saw that Zhou Zhenguang had no food or supplies and was afraid that his soldiers would starve to death, so he led his troops out to find a way to survive."
"Currently, in the military camp, besides Yun Hui, there are more than 10,000 prisoners who escaped from the Zhou family."
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