Two days later.

Ziyan City is the closest city to Iihe City.

Cheng Hongzheng frowned and lowered his head to check the information just sent by his subordinates.

This information was sent from Tel City.

Chen Ze, are you back again?

Cheng Hong looked at the names specially marked on the information and remained silent for a long time.

Compared to Zheng Yuanyun or many high-ranking generals in Bo'an City, Cheng Hong was one of the few who would not underestimate Chen Ze.

In fact, he admires Chen Ze very much.

Not only was it because Chen Ze was able to hold on to the four most important cities in Nantes Province after Zheng Yuanyun's defeat, but also because this man was not greedy for merit.

When he came to the province of Nantes, Chen Ze gave him the method he had come up with to restrain Ouyang Lixing without reservation.

What does this mean?

It shows that this person has no ambition.

Whether a general without ambition is a good general is a matter of opinion.

But what Cheng Hong believes is that it is precisely because Chen Ze has no ambitions that he keeps calm at all times and will not take risks because of the benefits that seem to be easily available in front of him.

In other words, Chen Ze is very stable.

Because of his calmness, he can see some opportunities that most people cannot.

Because of this, he was able to analyze Ouyang Lixing's weaknesses and formulate corresponding strategies.

If it were someone else, it is conceivable that the credit for taking over an entire province would be huge, and who would really be able to endure it?

Cheng Hong believed that if he were the real commander-in-chief of the Qingyang Empire, he would never be able to bear the temptation of profit.

Not to mention other generals coming to replace him, it would be fine if he didn't write eighteen letters of flying arrows in a row urging the Qingyang Empire to send more reinforcements so that he could capture Iai City.

Therefore, Cheng Hong will not underestimate Chen Ze.

Another point is that he is very aware of the relationship between Chen Ze and Hua Lao.

As soon as he reported Hua Lao's name, whether it was Chen Ze or General Luo, his doubts disappeared and he readily agreed to switch defenses with him.

It can be seen that the relationship between Chen Ze and Hua Lao is extraordinary.

So when he goes and comes back this time, will there be the shadow of Hua Lao in it?

This is almost certain.

Cheng Hong believed that it was because of Hua Lao that Chen Ze re-entered the province of Nantes!

Then, his purpose is obvious.

Just came to save the hostages!

Otherwise, how to explain that after Wang Gui rejected Chen Ze's request to enter the city, they adopted a strategy of storming and had to enter Tel City?

Although from Cheng Hong's point of view, this move was extremely unwise, but based on the intelligence, he couldn't see why.

No matter how good Cheng Hong was at guessing, he would never have guessed that the violent attack was just because Tang Tianxing saw his son being provoked and couldn't bear to take action.

But no matter what, Chen Ze who stormed Ter City disappeared.

This was the result after the defenders of Ter City had the courage to board the city to search.

The bloody clothes that frightened them were only worn on the corpses, and then they discovered a team of 500 corpses squatting at the corner of the city wall on the other side.

This is obvious.

Chen Ze and the others must have entered the province of Nantes after killing these five hundred people.

This crime is not a small one.

But after all, the guard of Ter City at that time was Wang Gui, and he was dead. Even if others were at fault, they could be forgiven.

The subordinates did not dare to hide it and quickly reported the matter to Cheng Hong.

But even with all the speed, two days had passed since Cheng Hong received the news.

Where have Chen Ze and the others been these past two days?

The number of people in this team is very small, but because of this, in the huge province of Nantes, if they just wander into any corner at will, it will be difficult for the Bailie Empire to find them.

Moreover, Cheng Hong did not have more manpower at this time to conduct a large-scale search of the Nantes province.

What he faced was Ouyang Lixing, a wise general who was almost as famous as Hua Lao in the Zhu Yan Empire.

As long as there is a slight movement on his side, Ouyang Lixing can definitely see the deployment of his troops and find an opportunity to break out.

Having been trapped for so long, but the enemy did not attack, it was impossible for Ouyang Lixing not to be aware of their true intentions. However, it was a pity that he was so trapped that he could not find any time to break out.

Furthermore, judging from the battle situation in Ter City, although Chen Ze's team has a small number of people, they are all experts. According to intelligence, they killed and injured more than two thousand of our own soldiers in this battle, but there was no one.

He was killed and not even injured.

How terrifying is the strength?

However, Cheng Hong didn't think it was strange when he thought there was Mr. Hua behind this, nor did he think that his subordinates chose to exaggerate for fear of being punished.

According to Cheng Hong, if Mr. Hua wants to send people to rescue the hostages, this is a normal configuration.

So, where will this small team that disappeared in the Nantes province end up?

This is what Cheng Hong is considering right now.

Dongping City?

He had blocked the area there, and the purpose was not to give Ouyang Lixing a chance to deliver the news back to Fengqi Province, and he was determined to trap him to death in Ihe City.

Chen Ze's team is very strong. To be honest, if they want to break through his blockade and reach the interior of Fengqi Province, it is not impossible.

But there is a problem here.

Chen Ze and his team also have a small number of people. Although they can break through the blockade, they will never be able to kill everyone he has posted around Dongping City.

Then Cheng Hong will definitely get the news.

When he got the news, it meant that the Bailie Empire got the news.

So how can they save the hostages?

After being prepared, Chen Ze's rescue operation will be even more difficult, not to mention that the Bailie Empire can move the hostages away or send more guards to ensure that Chen Ze cannot save anyone.

If Chen Ze still dared to break through Dongping City's blockade, Cheng Hong would look down on him and think that this person was not as powerful as he thought.

After giving up this possibility, Chen Ze forced his way into the province of Nantes with only one purpose.

Ouyang Lixing.

When Chen Ze explained his plan to Cheng Hong earlier, he mentioned that he had had certain cooperation with Ouyang Lixing.

Of course, at that time, Chen Ze only said that he cooperated with Ouyang Lixing to kill Yan Haomiao, but he did not mention that Zheng Yuanyun's fall was also related to him.

The purpose of explaining that point was to prove that he indeed knew something about Ouyang Lixing, so that Cheng Hong could make a correct judgment.

In Chen Ze's eyes at that time, Cheng Hong was Hua Lao's confidant, and it was nothing to tell him this.

Who would have thought that this would become the basis for Cheng Hong to judge Chen Ze's movements today.
Chapter completed!