Grand Tutor Cheng immediately stopped worrying and rushed to his daughter's side. He fussed over her well-being, asking how much she had suffered along the way, and tears streamed down his face with heartache.
He said that his daughter was too weak to even kill a chicken, and must have suffered a lot.
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Compared to the smooth sailing in Jiangling City.
On the other side.
The military camp was located in Dongdaoguankou.
General Wei, along with the prisoner Yun Hui and others, finally arrived at Dongdaoguankou. After reporting Zhou Cheng's incident, all the generals in the camp were dumbfounded, their faces filled with disbelief.
Before the leading deputy general Zhang could even feel shocked and angry, he received an imperial edict from the capital.
The imperial edict reads: "Promote Deputy General Zhang to Commander-in-Chief of the Army."
He officially took command of the 170,000-strong border army.
"A weapon of mass destruction?"
"This imperial edict even specifies the weapon of mass destruction?"
"His Majesty has ordered us to take Jiangling City at all costs. If Zhou Cheng has not yet joined forces with Zhou Zhenguang, we will capture Zhou Zhenguang alive as a hostage. If they have joined forces... then we will hold back."
"Vice Chairman Zhang... Commander Zhang!"
From this moment on, all the generals should address Commander Zhang as: "Now that Zhou Cheng and Zhou Zhenguang have joined forces, are we really going to hold back?"
Commander Zhang's face was grim and solemn. He glanced at the defeated General Wei and asked, "How is the situation on Zhou Zhenguang's side? Has the Beidaoguan Pass really been captured?"
General Wei lowered his head and replied angrily, "Commander, that little thief Zhou Cheng destroyed our watchtower."
"We had 40,000 troops wait all night without receiving any news. The official post was stolen by that traitor Zhou Zhenguang!"
"Fortunately, I immediately ordered men to guard the town entrance and kill Zhou Zhenguang and his men as soon as they were discovered transporting grain."
"The army inside Jiangling City is probably starving and freezing, and has no fighting strength at all."
"We also have the lives of Yun Hui and more than 10,000 soldiers from the Zhou family at our disposal. Zhou Zhenguang is a man of great loyalty and righteousness, so he will definitely be hesitant to act. Now is the best time to attack the city!"
"Coach, shall we attack?"
Commander Zhang also knew that this was the best time to attack the city. Now, one of the official passes had been occupied by Zhou Zhenguang and his men. If the situation dragged on any longer, Zhou Zhenguang would inevitably find a way to turn the tide.
The army in Jiangling City has been starving for days and nights.
Let alone fighting a war, those people probably would have trouble even holding a gun.
But His Majesty ordered them to remain still, saying that Zhou Cheng's weapons were extremely powerful and there was no need to cause a large number of casualties.
So what kind of deadly weapon does Zhou Cheng possess?
What could possibly make His Majesty so wary?
"Has that letter from the capital reached Zhou Cheng yet?" Commander Zhang frowned, considering the next steps.
General Wei nodded: "We're already on our way to Jiangling City. We'll definitely get to Zhou Cheng today."
"Good!" Commander Zhang looked up: "His Majesty said in the letter that although Zhou Cheng has a weapon in hand, he has a fatal weakness, which is that he is completely devoted to Lin Jiaoyun."
"He has already given the order to betroth Lin Jiaoyun to the young master of the Qin family."
"If Zhou Cheng learns of this, he will surely rush to the capital to abduct the bride overnight."
"Zhou Cheng is willing to risk his life for Lin Jiaoyun. He can't possibly remain indifferent, so... we can ambush him on the way and steal his weapon!"
After listening to his commander-in-chief's words, General Wei felt that things wouldn't go so smoothly.
It's clear the commander spoke with such certainty that it seemed Zhou Cheng would lose his mind and reason the moment he heard news of Lin Jiaoyun's wedding, and rush to the capital to abduct her...
That's enough.
His Majesty must have already investigated this; Lin Jiaoyun is definitely Zhou Cheng's lifeline and Achilles' heel!
Let's set up the scheme like this for now!
They simply couldn't believe that Zhou Cheng, that fool whose mind was filled with women, could possibly outmaneuver His Majesty and the court!
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