That night, just as the two were about to go to bed.
Two voices came from outside the tent, speaking in unison.
"General, Zhao Xianghai and Lu Shi have returned to report."
The two people inside the tent exchanged a glance, and then Meng Zhengxi said, "Xiao Qing, you go to sleep first, I'll be right back."
Ning Qing: "Okay, go ahead."
Inside the council tent, Meng Zhengxi sat in the main seat, looking at the two people standing in front of him.
"So, tell me, how did you two do on this mission?"
Zhao Xianghai and Lu Shi looked at each other and read the same message in each other's eyes: You come!
In the end, Zhao Xianghai was defeated. "General, I...I failed to complete the task assigned by you. Please punish me."
As they spoke, the two of them lowered their heads.
Meng Zhengxi's eyes revealed no emotion; he simply spoke slowly.
"Oh...you failed to complete the mission."
Upon hearing this gentle sound, the two men felt a tightness in their buttocks; there was no way around it, it was a sensitive aftereffect left by the military beatings they had received before.
Because the general's tone and expression in the past... were the prelude to ordering someone to be flogged.
They knew it all too well!
Zhao Xianghai quickly spoke again, "General, although the two of us couldn't complete the mission this time, we made other discoveries."
Meng Zhengxi glanced at them coldly and spoke slowly.
".explain".
Zhao Xianghai's expression turned serious and cautious. "General, although we cannot 'transport' the grain back, we have seen more than a dozen carts of weapons following closely behind the grain carts."
"Moreover, we also secretly investigated and found that the military camps in Daqing Kingdom have been training very diligently these past few days."
Upon hearing this, Meng Zhengxi frowned and asked seriously.
"Is this news true?"
Zhao Xianghai replied cautiously.
"I've been secretly observing Lu City for about 20 days, there's no mistake."
Meng Zhengxi spoke to the soldiers guarding outside the tent.
"Pass on my order: summon the strategist and all the generals and officers in the army to come here immediately for a meeting."
The soldiers guarding outside the tent obeyed the order and left.
That night, the council tent was brightly lit...
The next morning, when Ning woke up, she reached out and grabbed at the spot next to her, only to find nothing.
He opened his eyes and looked around, but there wasn't a soul in sight.
He was still wondering: Honey, why are you up so early today?
After she got up and dressed, she saw Meng Zhengxi carrying breakfast as he walked in from outside the tent.
Ning Qing: "General, why are you up so early today?"
Looking up, I saw the person gradually approaching, whose eyes betrayed a hint of weariness.
"You...didn't come home to sleep last night?"
Meng Zhengxi's lips twitched slightly. "Okay, come and have breakfast first."
As he spoke, he placed the breakfast he was holding on the table and arranged it neatly.
In fact, the main purpose of breakfast in the military is simply to make you feel full.
A bowl of coarse wheat porridge, a coarse flour bun, and a few wild vegetables make up a breakfast.
Meat is something we only eat every few days, and this meat was obtained by Meng Zhengxi and his soldiers hunting in the mountains.
There's no way around it; military spending is limited, and the army is vast—100,000 soldiers, 100,000 mouths to feed, how much food must they consume every day!
After washing up, the two sat down together for breakfast.
Ning Qing took a bite of the coarse flour steamed bun and looked at Meng Zhengxi.
"After you finish breakfast, go back to bed and rest."
Meng Zhengxi nodded, knowing full well that he needed to be well-rested to better prepare for and handle what was to come.
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