Ziyan silently shut her mouth, suppressing her shock and pretending that she hadn't seen anything.
When Black Rat and the others were in the Rock City Vault, they had witnessed the gold and silver treasures disappear into thin air. They all knew that Zhou Cheng possessed mysterious abilities, and they all accepted the submachine guns without changing their expressions.
Loading the bullet,
Everyone lay in ambush in the shadows.
Wait patiently for the imperial army to come into view.
soon.
Yang Shisan and his men had planted grenades, and the sound of horses' hooves grew closer as a mighty army of 120,000 charged toward them.
Surrounded by layers of troops in the center, Commander Zhang's face was gloomy. Even now, he could not accept the tragic situation of today's battle, nor could he accept the fact that he was suppressed from the very beginning.
"Zhou Zhenguang! Zhou Cheng! One day I will skin you alive!"
"Where did those weapons come from? How come Zhou Zhenguang has so many, as if he can't use them all? This is completely illogical!"
"And what about the siege strategy! What about exhausting the Zhou family's army! The granaries in Jiangling City were burned to the ground by Fan Wei long ago, not to mention the winter supplies. But what actually happened?"
"They eat well, use good things, and their faces are glowing. Where did all that stuff come from?!"
Damn it!
"Damn it!!"
Commander Zhang gripped the horse reins tightly, venting his anger and frustration.
General Wei, who was following closely beside him, kept his head down the whole time, his face covered in cold sweat.
When they surrounded and killed Zhou Cheng half a month ago, General Wei saw that Zhou Cheng and his men were fully equipped and did not look like they had been starving. However, he had been hoping for the best and was unwilling to think too much about it.
Now that the bubble has burst, General Wei is no less shocked than Commander Zhang.
He didn't understand...
I don't understand how Zhou Cheng did it?
Where will the food and winter supplies for nearly 100,000 troops come from? This is unrealistic!
"Commander-in-Chief." General Wei raised his head and carefully changed the subject: "The surrounding towns are indeed not lacking in food and supplies. The appearance of those grains and supplies is too strange."
"The Zhou family said that Zhou Cheng was responsible, but we'll probably only find out what really happened if we catch Zhou Cheng."
Commander Zhang, burning with rage, said, "How could I not know we need to arrest Zhou Cheng? The problem is, how? The imperial court has ambushed him so many times, but they haven't been able to nip him in the bud!"
"I might have a solution."
Commander Zhang turned his head and asked in a deep voice, "What method?"
"Isn't Zhou Cheng on his way back to Jiangling City? He led a hundred of his Zhou family confidants and robbed so much gold and silver near the capital. He must have used up a lot of weapons."
"Think about it, how many weapons can a hundred people carry? They were used up twice on the way. Most importantly, Zhou Cheng left such a large number of them to Zhou Zhenguang."
"Our imperial army still has 120,000 men left."
"The other side only has about a hundred people."
"If we can intercept Zhou Cheng midway, what does it matter if we lose half our troops? As long as we can capture Zhou Cheng alive, all the crises will be resolved! Don't you think so?"
General Wei's suggestion resonated with Commander Zhang.
At first, Commander Zhang didn't take it seriously, but after thinking about it carefully, his expression became serious...
Zhou Cheng led more than a hundred trusted men from Jiangling City to the capital, but they were intercepted by an army of 20,000 men on the way, which consumed a lot of their weapons!
Then Zhou Cheng robbed the grain and gold treasuries of eight cities—not just one, but eight—which must have consumed a lot of weapons.
But there are only a little over a hundred of them in total. Even if they fill all the bags to the brim, how much can they carry?
They're probably almost all used up by now!
"Whoosh!" The more Commander Zhang thought about it, the more he felt there was an opportunity. He immediately raised his head, his eyes sharp, and said in a deep voice, "General Wei, you are right. How could I not have thought of this?"
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