Chapter 663: Prepare for Both Situations
After sorting out the intelligence I had obtained, the most critical point at the moment was the 7,000 troops that had already been recruited by the other side.
[For me, the best outcome would be that something goes wrong while the other side is recruiting these 7,000 troops. If the other side succeeds in recruiting 7,000 troops, or even launches an offensive against me, then the risk I need to bear will be greater.]
Of course, he could choose to gather a team of skeleton behemoths as he did before, and intimidate the opponent with the strength of the number of armored dragon skeletons.
But this move has been used in previous battles and is no longer a secret.
Under this premise, since the other party has made the decision to assemble an army of 10,000, they must have made the corresponding psychological preparations.
When the army besieges the city, the battle will definitely not end immediately. The garrison in the city is insufficient, and the actual killing efficiency of the skeleton beasts is relatively limited.
The most important thing is that after a large-scale manipulation, his mantra power will be consumed greatly. If the opposing siege army launches a siege for several days, then this Huangsha City will most likely not be able to be defended.
Faced with such a situation, it would be wrong to focus on resisting the siege of an army of 10,000. The key point is to directly kill the opponent's plan at the step of recruiting 7,000 troops and fundamentally solve the problem of an army of 10,000 attacking Huangsha City.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu's eyes determined.
"If he doesn't mess around, then I'll let him mess around!"
As he spoke, Zhou Xu's gaze fell on Li Liancheng.
"Old Jie, since they asked you to perform a reconnaissance mission here, why don't you just stay here for a while? When you find an opportunity, I'll give you a person and you can find a way to bring him back. You don't need to keep him by your side, you just need to throw him into the city. Can you do that?"
In response to this, Xie Liancheng nodded after thinking about it for a while.
"It may not be easy to stay around all the time, but if it's just to throw one person into the city, I don't think it will be a big problem."
"Okay, let's settle this first. This is my plan number one. Now let's talk about plan number two."
Zhou Xu always likes to be prepared for any eventuality. No matter if they will be needed or not, he likes to make as many preparations as possible.
"What's Plan Two?"
"Kill Yan Sheng."
It is indeed possible to cause chaos in the other country without killing Yan Sheng, but it is undeniable that killing Yan Sheng is the most direct way.
"How? I go?"
Xie Liancheng had a headache. From their brief discussion just now, they had obviously realized that killing this guy was not an easy task at all.
Hearing Jie Liancheng's words at this time, Zhou Xu shook his head again.
"Although you are strong, you are not a good choice."
"What do you mean?"
According to Xie Liancheng, if he himself couldn't kill Yan Sheng, who else could do it?
Zhou Xu, who roughly understood Jie Liancheng's thoughts, showed great patience at this moment.
"A person's energy is limited. He cannot be alert to everyone around him at all times. He must have time to relax his mind. To do this, he must distinguish between the people around him."
"You can simply understand it as labeling people around you as 'threatening' or 'not threatening'."
"And you are too strong, so Yan Sheng is suspicious of you. As long as you get close, or even just show up, he will start to be wary of you and be ready to save his life and escape at any time. Do you understand what I mean?"
After hearing Zhou Xu's explanation, Jie Liancheng was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized.
He had thought about finding an opportunity to kill Yan Sheng before, but he never found the chance.
Now it seems that the problem lies with him.
"So we need someone who is suitable, who can gain the trust of the other party, or at least not be suspected by the other party, to do this."
Having said that, Zhou Xu's gaze fell on Jie Liancheng again.
Although he could also arrange people on his side and let Jie Liancheng find an opportunity to bring him back, and then approach Yan Sheng and wait for the opportunity to act.
But this operation is undoubtedly too time-consuming. It would be great if there were some suitable candidates ready to use.
At this moment, Xie Liancheng naturally understood what Zhou Xu meant.
He just wasn't good at thinking about these things, but after Zhou Xu had said this, he was still able to react.
"There seems to be a candidate like this, but I don't know if he can do it."
Taking these requirements into consideration, Xie Liancheng pondered for a while and then spoke slowly, with some hesitation in his tone.
"Tell me about it."
"Beside Yan Sheng, there is a guy named Li Wenjian. He is also a time traveler. Like me, he was summoned by Yan Sheng."
Zhou Xu raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.
Although he didn't want to interrupt Jie Liancheng, he couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked...
"How many time travelers did Yan Sheng summon? Is the summoning altar still there?"
Faced with this problem, Xie Liancheng counted on his fingers.
"Including myself, there are four in total that I know of. The altar seems to be gone."
"Will other travelers be a hindrance to us?"
"Probably not. Everyone basically does their own thing. We don't usually interact with each other. Or we dare not interact with each other. After all, our identities are quite special and we are afraid of being suspected by Yan Sheng."
Hearing this, Zhou Xu nodded. After having a rough idea in his mind, he did not plan to continue asking questions for the time being.
"Let's continue talking about Li Wenjian."
"Well, if we were to say who is closest to Yan Sheng and who wants to kill him the most, it would probably be Li Wenjian."
"There must be a reason for this, right?"
As Zhou Xu asked, he took off the water bag on his waist and drank some water. After chatting for so long, he was thirsty.
During this period, Jie Liancheng didn't think much about it and just told the reason directly.
"Because Yan Sheng castrated him."
"puff--"
The water that I just drank into my mouth was sprayed out on the spot.
“Cough cough cough!!”
Following a violent cough, Zhou Xu wiped the corner of his mouth.
"Let me ask, what happened?"
"After winning the battle and annexing many countries, Yan Sheng proclaimed himself the First Emperor and held a banquet in the palace. He got drunk at the banquet and said, 'With such a small piece of land, you dare to establish a country and call yourself the First Emperor. It's ridiculous!' Anyway, that's what he meant."
Having said that, Xie Liancheng breathed a sigh of relief.
"When Yan Sheng heard this, he was naturally furious. He directly sent the imperial guards to arrest Li Wenjian and question him. Guess what happened?"
"What?"
"When the imperial guards caught him, he was flirting with a concubine in the harem and was about to rape her."
“…”
"Yan Sheng is a man of vengeance. Just based on what he said before, Li Wenjian will never have a good ending, let alone want to touch his woman. In the end, although he didn't chop off his head, he was castrated."
As Xie Liancheng spoke, he used his palm to make a knife-swinging gesture.
"Come to think of it, this is more cruel than just chopping him off."
"After that, I heard that Yan Sheng brought him with him. Whenever he got upset, he would punch and kick Li Wenjian and torture him in various ways. He even had Li Wenjian waiting by his side to humiliate him. I think it's quite perverted. Li Wenjian must hate him to death, but..."
Xie Liancheng changed the subject.
"You'd better not have too high expectations for Li Wenjian. When he was first summoned, I felt that he was full of bullshit. He pretended to know everything and liked to give orders. His words made sense, but in fact they were bullshit."
"After a while, everyone realized that the guy was just a useless keyboard warrior, so Yan Sheng castrated him so easily. At the same time, he was not afraid of him at all. Instead, he kept him by his side and tortured him. After all this, he had been beaten into a slave. Of course, they hated him, but Li Wenjian might not have the courage to do that."
(End of this chapter)
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