Zheng Yuanyun is making preparations in full swing.

This did not escape Chen Ze's ears.

In fact, as soon as Ouyang Lixing sent out troops from Tianyuan City, Chen Ze asked Zhang Hualin to send a warning to Zheng Yuanyun's outpost, just for fear that the other party would not notice.

Afterwards, Zhang Hualin hurried back to Iihe City. With his ability, there was no problem in sneaking into Iihe City secretly.

However, in order not to alert the enemy, Zhang Hualin did not go any further and sneaked into Zheng Yuanyun's tent as before to find out first-hand information.

In fact, it doesn't have to be this way.

It was enough that he was just in Iihe City. By observing the behavior of Zheng Yuanyun's soldiers in Iihe City, it was not difficult to guess the choice Zheng Yuanyun made at this time.

From the beginning, the soldiers were trying their best to load supplies and looked like they were ready to leave.

But later, Zhang Hualin observed that when the messenger troops arrived at Zheng Yuanyun's temporary residence, everything was completely different.

The loaded supplies were put aside, and the soldiers who had descended from the city came back to the city again. They even deployed a large number of troops and looked like they wanted to defend to the death again.

This change can fully explain the decision Zheng Yuanyun has made now.

Zhang Hualin then heard another important piece of information.

That was the sounding arrow Zheng Yuanyun fired towards Ma Hui.

Ma Hui had already given the signal book to Chen Ze, so Chen Ze could understand the contents of the sounding arrow without any pressure. It was Zheng Yuanyun who asked Ma Hui and other fictitious reinforcements to rush to Juhe City to respond.

It seems that Zheng Yuanyun has already fallen into the trap.

Chen Ze was not surprised by this result. He even made a detailed analysis of Zheng Yuanyun's psychology at this moment. This was also his purpose in asking Ma Hui to fire the arrow.

From Ma Hui's firing of the sounding arrow, to Ouyang Lixing's dispatch of the troops, the chain of events did not give Zheng Yuanyun any more time to think, so he decided to stay in Ihe City.

But this may not be enough.

After Chen Ze received the news from Zhang Hualin, he thought about it carefully.

Based on the current situation, Zheng Yuanyun is certainly left in Iihe City, but as time goes by, he will eventually have doubts, so he should do more things.

While he was thinking about it, there was another report from Zhang Hualin, and this news made Chen Ze frown.

Yes.

Although Zheng Yuanyun believed 70% to 80% of the news about the large number of reinforcements, he still did not believe it completely after all.

Especially now, he really wanted to regain his disadvantage and restore his prestige in the military, but at the same time, Zheng Yuanyun certainly knew that he could no longer afford to lose.

If he loses another battle, not to mention whether his soldiers will rebel, his own life will probably remain in the province of Nantes, so this battle is really crucial to him.

Therefore, although Zheng Yuanyun sent out the second sounding arrow message in succession after sending the first sounding arrow to order Ma Hui to rush over, this time Zheng Yuanyun was still preparing to intervene with Ma Hui for the sake of stability.

Who is the general from the neighboring province who came here?

In fact, Chen Ze had already prepared for this.

He had considered this when he ordered Gu Qingfeng and others to intercept the scouts, but unfortunately, the documents found on the scouts did not mention the names of specific generals.

But later Chen Ze asked Guo Zi to return to Anluo Province. On the one hand, he asked Hua Lao for reinforcements. On the other hand, he also considered the current situation and first asked Hua Lao for the names of several more famous generals in neighboring provinces.

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Hua Lao is a wise general of Qingyang. When he was in control of the empire, who would dare not give him face? Not to mention Anluo Province and its neighboring provinces, he also knew a lot of famous generals in the entire Qingyang Empire.

And there is Commander Luo beside Chen Ze.

General Luo is also a man with a wide circle of friends. He probably knows about the famous generals in neighboring provinces. After corroborating the information provided by Hua Lao with General Luo, General Luo and Chen Ze analyzed and found out

If the neighboring province sends troops, who will be sent as the commander.

Pei Yuan, Ling Feng.

These two are both high-ranking generals at the general military level, and are now also famous generals in the Qingyang Empire. It is very likely that these two will lead the team.

And what if it’s not?

Zheng Yuanyun's request for help did not mention in detail who needed to be designated for support. Chen Ze only needed to tell him a name.

This point was actually overlooked by Zheng Yuanyun.

No, it's not so much an oversight as it is that at a time when he was so anxious, Zheng Yuanyun had no time to pay attention to Chen Ze, who was blocked in Ketan City by him.

He never thought that all the consequences were caused by this little co-leader who had never left Ketan City.

Just because he ignored Chen Ze, he also indirectly ignored General Luo. He only thought that Ma Hui could not know the high-ranking generals of neighboring provinces, but he forgot, how could General Luo not know?

Firing arrows to confirm the identity of the reinforcements to Ma Hui was actually of no use at all.

However, to be on the safe side, Zheng Yuanyun, besides sending out a second shot of arrows, also did another thing, which was to send people to check in the direction of Xilongcheng to see if there were reinforcements on the way.

The last piece of information that Zhang Hualin tracked was the discovery of the spy who left through the rear city gate.

This is just right.

Chen Ze smiled and took advantage of Zheng Yuanyun's desire for stability to let Huang Shi play some role.

Although Huang Shi had never spoken directly to Chen Ze, Guo Zi had sent messages more than once, saying that Huang Shi could no longer suppress him.

No matter how Huang Shi tried to explain it with military secrets, the result was that he was still leading the army around, without meeting a single person.

If this continues, there will definitely be a mutiny in his army.

So Chen Ze sent a message to Guo Zi, asking him to tell Huang Shi that he could come back.

In fact, Huang Shi's troops were not far from Xilongcheng at this time, but they were leaning towards the border line in the high mountains, running counter to Zheng Yuanyun's main march route.

Once given the opportunity, he could still lead the army back to Xilong City in a very short period of time.

And this is the reassurance Chen Ze prepared for Zheng Yuanyun.

Didn't he want to send someone to see the reinforcements arriving with his own eyes?

Then show him that there are indeed a large number of reinforcements coming from Xilongcheng.

This time, he will no longer let Huang Shi hide his whereabouts, but will swagger. After picking up Ma Hui, who has rushed to Xilong City, he will swagger all the way to Juhe City under everyone's noses.

With Ma Hui here, this elite army of 500,000 is no longer the one that disappeared after being led by Huang Shi. After secretly changing the concept, this army is the one that Ma Hui led from Ketan City.
Chapter completed!