"grown ups!"

On the other side, where Yan Haomiao was stationing his troops, the scouts galloped towards him. They dismounted from their horses and knelt on one knee in front of Yan Haomiao.

"How's it going?"

Yan Haomiao, who had just had a drink with Xu Guiliang and others, looked slightly drunk and waved his hands carelessly.

Chen Ze was working hard to capture Xifeng City, but Yan Haomiao was leisurely and at ease here, without any sense of urgency that a war was imminent.

For him, his more than one million troops are just chess pieces used to pull the opponent's troops. The main combat power is still in Mohe Province, so of course he is happy to have some leisure time.

After hearing the report from his subordinates, this leisure began to become a little serious.

"Sir, the Qingyang Empire army...successfully captured Xifeng City!"

The scout reported to Yan Haomiao in an extremely amazed tone.

Even though he saw it with his own eyes, he had an unreal feeling at this moment, as if he was still in a dream.

"What did you say?"

Yan Haomiao's body suddenly straightened up, and the drunkenness in his eyes disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Yes, Chen Ze said he wanted to attack Xifeng City, and Yan Haomiao agreed, but he didn't think Chen Ze had the strength to attack Xifeng City. After all, it was a four-city joint defense!

He didn't think it was the same thing, but he still needed to pay the necessary attention, so Yan Haomiao sent scouts to hang far behind Chen Ze's troops, so that every move of the other party could not escape his sight.

The reason why he did this was not only to hope to control Chen Ze's movements, but also to make adjustments early if the other party died under Xifeng City. Or, Chen Ze knew that he had fallen into a trap and wanted to take him with him.

The army fled in a roundabout way, and Yan Haomiao would never let him go.

He imagined various situations after Chen Ze led his troops and left, but he never thought that the other party would actually capture Xifeng City!

Are all the soldiers and generals of the Zhu Yan Empire idiots?

A city with more than 100,000 defenders cannot defend a city with 100,000 siege troops?

For a moment, Yan Haomiao felt that he was an idiot. Facing an enemy like Fengqi Province, he had not defeated it for decades.

He has always known about Chen Ze's movements, and the scouts sent out have always sent news back to him.

So he knew that just last night, Chen Ze's troops were still resting near the border, but after just one short night, Xifeng City was lost?

This is also the reason why the scouts stayed far away for fear of being discovered by Chen Zejun. Of course, even if they were close, with the lurking methods of Chen Ming and Gu Qingfeng, they might not be able to discover what Chen Ze was doing at the border.

Therefore, when Yan Haomiao was here, he didn't know that Chen Ze was clearing the sentry posts. He just assumed that the other party thought it was getting late and wanted to let the army rest first.

We were still at the border yesterday, but today we captured Xifeng City. What kind of crazy speed is this?

"What happened? How did he defeat it?"

After being surprised, Yan Haomiao asked quickly.

"Just...that's how it was done!"

The scout himself was also confused. He was so far away, so what he could see was just what he had laid down?

The only thing he could see was that Chen Ze's troops charged so fast. They rushed to the city before the defenders of Xifeng City could react. As for what happened next...

Isn't it just a normal siege?

The range of Zhang Fei's angry roar was not that wide. What the scouts who dared to look at from a distance could see was that Chen Ze ordered people to attack the city, and then they left, and then they did not know what they were doing at the top of Xifeng City.

Without causing any resistance to Chen Zejun, he allowed him to break through the city gate and finally entered the city in one fell swoop.

The situation was like this, and the scout told the truth about what he saw and heard without reservation. But the more he did it, the more confused Yan Haomiao became.

"That's how it was captured?"

"Without a battering ram, the city gate was broken down by just relying on people to pile it up?"

"The gate of Xifeng City is made of paper!"

He was asking the scout, but he was also asking himself. The more he asked, the more angry he became. He strongly suspected that the scout was lying to him, but there was no evidence.

"This...this..."

The scout himself was also at a loss. How could he answer Yan Haomiao's question? He could only kneel on one knee on the ground, with cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

As a scout, he knew that his investigation was a failure. Although the other party was right under his nose and his every move was so clear, he was at a loss amidst this clarity and could not find any clues at all.

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Yan Haomiao glared at him coldly, knowing that he would not be able to get anything out of him if he asked again. He thought for a moment and then asked, "What was the reaction from the other three cities?"

The scout knew this, and said quickly: "The Qingyang Army should have cleaned up their informants before attacking Xifeng City. The entire Xifeng City was also blocked by them. It is estimated that the other three cities have not received news yet."

Yan Haomiao pondered, this was not beyond his expectation.

Since Chen Ze dared to take the city, he must have thought of this. Otherwise, if he rashly captured Xifeng City, wouldn't he become a living target for the other three cities?

"Pass the order..."

Yan Haomiao thought for a while, then sneered suddenly and said: "Send scouts to contact the other three cities outside Fengcheng on New Year's Eve, and spread the news that Xifeng City has fallen as soon as possible!"

As soon as these words came out, even the scout was stunned. He raised his head blankly and glanced at Yan Haomiao, wondering if he had heard correctly.

"What are you still doing?"

It wasn't until Yan Haomiao glared at him again that he woke up as if from a dream, quickly responded, and went down to convey Yan Haomiao's order.

"This must be done quickly!"

When he turned around and retreated, Yan Haomiao emphasized again.

"Sir, are you trying to..."

It wasn't until the scouts retreated that Xu Guiliang came up to him and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Don't you want Chen Ze to occupy the city?"

Yan Haomiao glanced at him and suddenly asked: "If I give you 100,000 troops, can you take Xifeng City overnight?"

"this……"

Xu Guiliang was stunned, then thought seriously for a while, shook his head and said: "No, even if my subordinates can capture Xifeng City, it won't be so fast. And then considering the opponent's support issue, if they only have 100,000 troops...

"

"I think I can't take down Xifeng City!"

As he spoke, Xu Guiliang's face gradually showed wonder, "How did he do it?"

Xu Guiliang was not an ordinary follower. He himself was a high-ranking general with a military rank as high as the commander-in-chief level. Even he thought he could not do things that he couldn't do. He really couldn't figure out how Chen Ze did it.

“We don’t need to delve into this yet!”

Yan Haomiao also shook his head, but there was a murderous look in his eyes, "It doesn't matter how he did it, the problem is that this son is not from our Bai Lie Empire!"
Chapter completed!