Chapter 664: Beginning to Plan
After a conversation, after further understanding each other's situation and confirming some subsequent plans, Xie Liancheng hurriedly rode away, and then gathered his own scouts who had fled in all directions due to the previous attack by the centaurs, and withdrew directly to his own garrison camp in the middle of the night.
The noise in the camp woke up the deputy general who had just fallen asleep after dark. His first reaction was...
[The general rebelled?! ]
As this thought flashed through his mind, the deputy general hurriedly called for his personal soldiers guarding outside his tent.
"What's going on? What happened outside?"
"Reporting to the general, the general has returned. It seems that they were ambushed by the enemy forces, and many soldiers were injured."
The reconnaissance team just came back, and many things are not particularly clear. The personal soldiers guarding outside can only give a general idea at this moment.
Hearing this, the deputy general's heart skipped a beat, but he also felt relieved.
In his opinion, as long as they didn't come back to rebel, it would be fine.
As his thoughts raced, the deputy general took a deep breath.
"Quick, come in and put on armor for this general!"
The sudden situation in the camp basically dispelled the deputy general's sleepiness. After putting on his armor as quickly as possible, he walked out of the tent quickly.
At this moment, the garrison camp under the cover of night has become extremely busy.
Many of the soldiers who came back with Jie Liancheng were injured and are now treating their wounds.
The deputy general's eyes swept across and finally fell on General Xie Liancheng.
"General, what happened?"
The deputy general asked this question even though he knew the answer.
Xie Liancheng glanced at him sideways, then said something to him unhappily...
"You exposed your whereabouts during the day. After nightfall, as soon as we took action, we were attacked by the Centaur mercenaries from the opposite side!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the deputy general who came towards him suddenly froze in expression and stood there in an awkward position.
The blame came out of nowhere and hit him directly on the head, but he was powerless to refute it and could only take it.
After standing there for a while, the deputy general thought that this was not a solution, so he spoke cautiously...
"Then General, should we withdraw first?"
"Withdraw? Withdraw right after you arrive?"
Xie Liancheng glared at him fiercely.
"Are you not clear about His Majesty's temper or what? If you want to die, don't drag me along with you."
Hearing this, the deputy general couldn't help but let out a dry laugh.
"The general is right. The general is right. I am the one who has lost my mind!"
His identity was that he was their Majesty's confidant, and he was here to keep an eye on General Jie Liancheng. However, the deputy general knew a little about their Majesty's temper, and he could turn against his Majesty at any time without showing any mercy.
Recently, the front line has suffered a major defeat and their Majesty is in a bad mood. If he messes up things here at this time, he will most likely end up losing his head.
"Then, General, what should we do next? I will follow your lead!"
Xie Liancheng was a great general after all, and was not someone a small deputy general like him could afford to offend. Moreover, he had indeed caused trouble during the day and had tricked the other party in disguise. In order to avoid being taken out on, the deputy general kept a low profile at this moment.
Xie Liancheng glanced at him and then said unhappily...
"What else can we do? We should keep our distance and make the safety of the reconnaissance team our top priority. Anyway, our mission here is to keep an eye on the other side, so let's just keep an eye on them. We don't have to do anything else. The more we do, the more mistakes we make. If we don't do anything, we won't make any mistakes. Do you understand what I mean?"
The deputy general was stunned by Xie Liancheng's words.
You know, in his heart, Jie Liancheng has always been a big scoundrel with no clue, and he really didn't expect that the other party could actually say such a thing.
After hearing this, the deputy general nodded quickly.
"The general is right!"
These words at this time were naturally not thought out by Xie Liancheng himself, but were some remarks prepared by Zhou Xu in advance for Xie Liancheng in order to increase the persuasiveness, so that Xie Liancheng could apply them according to the circumstances.
Now it seems that the situation is going smoothly.
The next morning, the deputy general, who had been woken up once at night, did not have a good rest in the second half of the night, which directly affected his condition the next day, but he still forced himself to carry out the reconnaissance mission.
Compared with the previous day, they kept a further safe distance. At least it would be enough as long as they could catch a glimpse of the outline of Huangsha City from afar.
To put it bluntly, the main task of their reconnaissance team is to keep an eye on any major movements of the enemy forces in Huangsha City.
For example, entering the city and marching into it.
Apart from that, they don't need to do too much extra.
With this mentality, you can put yourself in the right position and the pressure on yourself will be reduced.
This also meant that, except for the first day, there were no battles between the reconnaissance and patrol teams on both sides in the following days.
Just like that, four days passed quietly...
In the operation on the first day, the captured prisoners were taken back directly for hard labor. At the same time, one person from their Great Zhou territory came to Huangsha City again with the support troops.
"Your subordinate Kong Daqian pays homage to His Majesty!"
"No need to be polite."
Now Kong Daqian has become a minor official in the farming branch of the Agricultural Department of their Great Zhou Dynasty. His status is almost equivalent to that of a farming team leader. With such an identity, there is nothing wrong with him calling himself a subordinate in front of Zhou Xu.
"You've been in Da Zhou for quite some time. Are you doing well?"
"Thank you for your concern, my king. I am doing well."
"How does it compare to before?"
This question made Kong Daqian confused. For a moment, he didn't know what the king's purpose was in asking him this question, and he really didn't dare to open his mouth easily.
Seeing Kong Daqian's hesitation, Zhou Xu smiled.
"I just want to use you to get a brief understanding of what you immigrants think. Just tell me the truth."
After Zhou Xu gave some clues, Kong Daqian, who had an idea in his mind, spoke slowly.
"Compared to the past, life today is like heaven and earth."
“That’s an exaggeration.”
Zhou Xu said lightly.
From what he currently understands, although the development levels in various fields on both sides vary, overall, the development gap is not that big.
However, even after Zhou Xu said this, Kong Daqian shook his head.
"It's not an exaggeration, my king. Before we joined the Great Zhou, we had a simple life every day. Sometimes we couldn't even get enough food. The officials also oppressed the people. In addition, there were frequent wars. When a war started, they would conscript men from every household. We lived in fear every day and couldn't live in peace at all."
"After joining the Great Zhou, we had vegetables and meat every day, and we lived a stable and peaceful life. As long as we did our own work, we didn't have to worry about anything else. For us, such a life was just like a dream. It's not an exaggeration to say that it was a world of difference."
(End of this chapter)
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