After thinking about it, Chen Ze shook his head.

Even if he knew that Xilong City had a general with strong intelligence and scheming like Ning Zhenggang, the final result should not change.

After Xilong City, which had been insignificant for many years, was conquered by the three main cities of Nantes, its geographical advantages were undoubtedly highlighted.

If careful planning can be carried out to block Zheng Yuanyun's troops outside Xilong City, it may not be a better choice for Nantes Province.

But the problem is, that's only for the province of Nantes.

What about Chen Ze?

Xilong City could not be captured, so Zheng Yuanyun had no choice but to give up and return to Ketan City. This was by no means good news for Chen Ze.

Zheng Yuanyun wanted to seize Xilong City and even occupy as much territory as possible in the Nantes Province. Firstly, he needed to make up for the delay caused by his late arrival, and secondly, he wanted to catch up with the Zhu Yan Empire's reinforcements.

Before arriving, the province of Nantes was defeated and there was no possibility of regaining it. As for San Lai, he wanted to take advantage of the arrival of his own reinforcements, so that he would have more chips in his hand, so that he could take more in the final distribution of benefits.

But what if the troops sent out are frustrated?

Being able to accept the loss of nearly 300,000 sword and shield hand troops was almost Zheng Yuanyun's limit.

Putting aside issues such as morale, if he loses too much force, he may not be able to take advantage in the next battle, and may even lose his most fundamental advantage, that is, the advantage in quantity and quality of his troops.

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You must know that Ouyang Lixing's number of troops is not less than his, or even more. However, the opponent's troops are tired troops and improvised troops, which are far inferior to those he sent to Nantes after careful deployment.

The province’s elite soldiers and generals.

This is the reason why Ouyang Lixing will eventually listen to Chen Ze's advice, and even though he has a lot of troops, he is still unwilling to touch Zheng Yuanyun at this time.

In fact, if he could prepare for the loss of troops, send his troops to Xilong City for defense, and fight Zheng Yuanyun head-on, it would definitely be a situation where both sides would be seriously injured.

Ouyang Lixing did not want this situation. After all, he was not a general in Nantes Province, his duty was still in Fengqi Province.

He can support the province of Nantes, and even sacrifice his soldiers for the benefit of the empire when necessary, but this does not mean that he is willing to selflessly do it for the province of Nantes when there is a backup plan.

Dedication.

The same goes for Zheng Yuanyun.

He can give up part of his troops for a quick attack, but if he finds that nothing can be done, he will definitely give up without hesitation.

Every soldier is his bargaining chip. Since it is a bargaining chip, of course he must get benefits after paying for it. Otherwise, when his chips become less and less, he will be in the process of dividing the big cake of Nantes Province.

, divided into smaller and smaller parts.

This is something Zheng Yuanyun cannot bear.

Therefore, he will decisively withdraw his troops. After all, he has even made the decision to ask neighboring provinces for reinforcements, so why should he be in a hurry?

Chen Ze didn't want him to come back.

If he comes back, there will inevitably be another intrigue. Even if Zheng Yuanyun loses the war again, the heavy troops he holds are far from what Chen Ze can match now. Chen Ze is still at an absolute disadvantage.

Therefore, this is good, let Zheng Yuanyun taste some sweetness, the further into Nantes Province, the further away from the city of Ketan, the better!

He, Ouyang Lixing, and Zheng Yuanyun all had different thoughts, and Xilong City became the victim of such thoughts, which ultimately created this situation.

It's a pity that Ning Zhenggang has become a tragic character. He obviously had strength, but due to the situation, he eventually fell into defeat.

It's a pity and it's deplorable.

Chen Ze sighed, but it’s no wonder he

It is said that a dead Taoist friend will not die but a poor Taoist. If Ning Zhenggang did not die, then he would be the one who turned around and died. The situation forced it, and it was not a crime of war!

After cutting off the video call with Zhang Hualin, Chen Ze turned his attention to the situation at Qi Gu Qingfeng.

The situation in Xilong City has been stabilized, and Zheng Yuanyun has achieved his wish and achieved the goal of conquering the city through the exchange of troops. Then the reinforcements he always thought would come will become a key.

The battle in Xilong City lasted for a day and a night, and during this time, Gu Qingfeng's side never relaxed. The four people except Zhang Hualin have been doing their best to hunt down the scouts sent to the rear.

So far, their results have not been great. They have hunted down 175 of Zheng Yuanyun's scouts, accounting for almost half of the total.

From these people, they found seven documents that could prove their identities and had petitions for aid written by Zheng Yuanyun.

In other words, if the information they obtained at the beginning was correct, they would still only have three documents missing.

But actually this is not important.

With Wang Ping's military skills continuing to play a role, Chen Ze's order to Gu Qingfeng and others was not just to seize all the request documents at the minimum. What he wanted was not to let anyone go!

And this is actually not difficult to do.

Under the guidance of the map, although Gu Qingfeng and the others only had four people, they were able to reasonably plan the pursuit route, dividing all the scouts into four areas, and each person was responsible for one area.

With their own superior force and Chen Ze's general support at any time, the four of them were extremely efficient and did not give these scouts any chance at all. The pursuit even became more complicated among them.

It became a competition between each other.

They are competing to see who can hunt down more scouts!

It was clearly a disadvantageous game with less people chasing more, but it was turned into a hunting game by the four of them, and the atmosphere was actually very lively.

Chen Ze could only smile bitterly at this.

It seems that people in the Xuanjia Empire all have the ability to enjoy hardships, and are open-minded and cheerful by nature. Meng Yangguozi and others were like this before, and so are Gu Qingfeng and others now. It seems that they will never feel despair.

, I never feel discouraged, I am always so positive and optimistic.

This emotion is also subtly changing Chen Ze himself.

He even thought that if he hadn't gathered around him such a group of subordinates who would never give up and always follow him firmly, or in those difficult days, he might not be able to resolve the crisis time and time again.

Having such a group of people here is actually... pretty good!

The pursuit battle continued, and even many of the opponent's scouts realized their own dangers and began to consciously avoid unknown dangers.

Everyone is in the scouting profession, and having six senses is a basic skill. Even if they are scattered and sneaking, when there are more than 300 people with the same destination, it is impossible for everyone to take a different path, and some nodes will intersect.

It is also inevitable.
Chapter completed!