Furthermore, the Ye Kingdom not only appointed a woman as its adjutant, but she was also a complete novice who knew nothing about warfare. What could she possibly know?
The more Shen Tangzhong analyzed the situation, the more he felt that the Ye Kingdom had truly brought about its own destruction. Since Yuwen Sheng's death, no one in the Ye Kingdom had been able to safeguard its vast foundation. However, their self-destructive behavior allowed him to profit from it, so he was naturally happy to enjoy it.
"These adobe walls are built so smoothly, just like bricks."
The walls were still warm to the touch, and their surfaces looked as if they had been scorched by fire. These walls were not connected as one, but rather like a maze, with gaps between them about the width of a person's shoulder, allowing people to pass through.
It's unclear whether the people of Ye were cutting corners or had ulterior motives in building the walls.
These adobe walls not only had an outer layer, but when they crawled inside, they found there was another layer inside, with layers overlapping to form a visual barrier. There were obvious gaps, but they could not be seen or understood at a glance.
Strange and eccentric.
Chen Tangzhong felt uneasy about the walls and immediately ordered his men to pass through without lingering. They continued on their way, but the Ye Kingdom's people did not come to attack or stop them. In fact, they could not hear a sound from within the Ye Kingdom's camp.
Chen waved his hand in the hall: "Wait a moment."
"Commander?"
"Send someone to scout ahead."
"yes."
A leader led a dozen soldiers inside, and soon came running out again: "Commander, it is indeed the Ye Kingdom's camp inside, but we didn't see any Ye soldiers. Judging from the distribution of the footprints, they were very messy and hurried. They must have all run to the shore of Bailu Lake."
Upon hearing this, Chen Tangzhong, fearing they might escape, waved his hand and said, "Go!"
Rushing hastily into the Ye Kingdom's camp, they saw two long rows of tents pitched on the flat grassland ahead, with smoldering campfires all around, leftover soup from the previous night in the earthen stoves, and pots and pans scattered all over the ground...
Upon seeing this situation, Hong Shengguo knew that they had already advanced into the "heart" of the Ye Kingdom's camp. With them holding off the enemy and pushing forward, the Ye Kingdom would have no choice but to flee to the shores of Bailu Lake in the rear.
The vegetation along the shore of Egret Lake is so lush and abundant that if a person were to hide among it, it would be difficult to discern their exact location.
Chen Tangzhong was certain they couldn't pull any more tricks, so he shouted, "Zheng Quchi, stop playing tricks and come out now!"
While shouting, he waved for the troops to continue moving forward: "If you don't want to die a horrible death, come out and surrender. Perhaps I will take pity on you and spare your life."
At this moment, the person who had been hiding suddenly shouted back in a fit of rage, "It's not certain who will let whom go."
"So it was hidden over there." Chen Tangzhong's eyes lit up.
"Commander, what should we do with them?"
Chen Tangzhong snorted coldly: "Kill everyone except Zheng Quchi!"
Upon hearing this, the soldiers of Hongsheng Kingdom were all shocked: "But, but this trial of military affairs by the six kingdoms was declared beforehand to be mainly a demonstration of combat, with the aim of minimizing casualties..."
However, Chen Tangzhong's face turned cold and stern: "Can't you hear what I'm saying?"
The soldiers were immediately struck by a jolt: "Yes!"
Chen Tang coldly glared at him. What difference would it make if he killed these people now? Even if he killed Yuan Xingzhou as well, Ye Kingdom wouldn't dare to do anything to him. Moreover, Empress Ye probably wished for Yuan Xingzhou to suffer in this Six Kingdoms Military Trial.
Chen ordered his soldiers to surround and advance, and then he continued to entice Zheng Quchi to speak.
"Tsk tsk tsk, you're really pitiful. Yuan Xingzhou must have taken the main force away, leaving only a few hundred or a thousand people here. He doesn't care about your life at all."
As expected, Zheng Quchi, who was hiding in the shadows, was not provoked and jumped out angrily: "Bullshit! In the hall, I thought Mu Jin would be the first to arrive today, but I didn't expect that you would be the most anxious one."
"Haha, the early bird catches the worm, you don't understand this principle, do you?"
At this moment, Zheng Quchi looked at Chen Tangzhong, who was laughing wildly, and her angry expression slowly calmed down. She said, "Of course I know. I also know that the early bird catches the worm."
Chen Tangzhong saw that she had changed her angry expression from before, and her expression was relaxed and calm. Even though she clearly saw a large number of Hongsheng troops surrounding her, she did not feel nervous or panicked at all.
Chen Tangzhong immediately looked around but saw nothing suspicious. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Zheng Quchi, you don't need to be so quick-witted. Do you think that the six states have a verbal agreement not to kill defectors and defeated soldiers, and that this is just for the purpose of exercises? Let me tell you, this is a hunting ground, and the purpose is to hunt. I am the hunter, and you are the prey. Don't expect me to be merciful."
"You don't intend to abide by the agreement of the six states to test their military prowess, and not to kill defecting generals and defeated soldiers, is that right?"
"Rules are made for the weak, why should I, the commander, abide by such a pointless treaty?"
Zheng Quchi said, "Very well, since you break your promise and break your commitment, then I will not hold back."
When Chen Tangzhong heard her say such things, he felt an uncontrollable surge of absurd laughter welling up in his chest. Just as he was about to burst into laughter, he suddenly felt something strange under his feet.
He was startled but didn't realize what was happening. However, a series of exclamations came from ahead like waves, dust flew up, and amidst the chaos and noise, the ground suddenly collapsed, engulfing Hong Shengjun like a cascading flood.
"What's this?!"
Chen Tangzhong and his entourage rushed over, only to find a deep pit, several meters deep and over a hundred meters wide, dug in the camp. Most of the troops who had gone to ambush them had slid down and fallen into the pit!
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