Huang Liang's answer was beyond Chen Ze's expectation.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems reasonable.

Under the current situation, the four border cities, which were not important to begin with, are in a position that no one cares about.

Cheng Hong was busy sealing off Ihe City to keep Ouyang Lixing, and had no time to pay attention to these four dispensable cities.

Moreover, he had Ketan City as a basis, and with only the pitiful military strength of the four border cities, it was impossible to cross Ketan City and have an impact on Cheng Hong's plan.

In other words, it is impossible to support Ouyang Lixing.

As for the Bai Lie Empire, it is even more impossible for them to go in the opposite direction, instead of attacking the main city of Fengqi, they would run in the opposite direction and attack the four border cities headed by Dongping City.

There is no point in doing this. Cheng Hong does not need their help. Counterattacking Dongping City will not help at all except giving the main city of Fengqi more breathing time.

This matter may seem complicated at first, but in fact anyone with a little military literacy can basically see this gap.

Just like Huang Liang, he not only saw the flaw, he even had the courage to dominate Dongping City and made up his mind to live a good life as a city lord for a few days.

It is true that Huang Liang was a bandit, but before that, he was also a general.

So he accurately grasped this opportunity and took advantage of it.

Huang Liang can be so bold because he has seen the current situation and acted accordingly. So besides Huang Liang, is there no one else?

His colleagues... are naturally bandits.

Now that Fengqi Province has been invaded on a large scale, the inland areas are definitely not suitable for staying for a long time. It is not impossible that bandit forces like Huangliang will be forced to move to the border areas in large numbers.

After thinking about this, Huang Liang nodded hesitantly at the same time.

"Those guys..."

Huang Liang gritted his teeth and said secretly: "They have crossed the line!"

"These guys are not from this area. When I attacked Dongping City, they didn't show up yet, but then..."

After saying this, Chen Ze understood.

Things were just as he thought, those people must be bandits.

It was precisely because of the crisis in Fengqi Province that they were forced to move here, but they probably just happened to find Huang Liang leading his troops to attack Dongping City.

After thinking about it carefully, they immediately realized that this was profitable, so while taking advantage of Huangliang to attack Dongping City, they also led their troops to raid the other three cities.

This is the reason why Huang Liang secretly hates him.

In fact, when he thought about it, the four border cities were empty of troops, which was a good opportunity for him to take action.

And he took the risk to do so. His purpose is probably not just to build a Dongping city, but to capture all four border cities in one go!

The gap in interests between one city and four cities is huge.

But what I didn't expect was that he, a pioneer, had done a good job, but he was making a wedding dress for others.

As Huang Liang narrated, Chen Ze gradually restored the situation at that time.

The four border cities are integrated into one, and even the backup warehouse is a common one. It is conceivable that when Dongping City was in trouble, how could the other three cities stand by and watch?

So when Huang Liang came to attack Dongping City, the other three cities also sent troops to support them.

So at that time, Huang Liang was under the greatest pressure.

But seeing the huge benefits that would come from winning, Huang Liang could only grit his teeth and endure it.

What he didn't expect was that when he finally captured Dongping City, he was shocked to find that during the time he was attacking Dongping City, the other three cities had been taken advantage of by other forces because of their lack of troops.

When Huang Liang rushed to the three cities, what he saw were three empty cities that had been looted.

Those rogue bandits had no intention of satisfying the city lord, and they also did not want to face Huang Liang head-on, and both sides would lose in the fight.

So they chose the strategy of locusts passing through the border, conquering one city, looting another, and then moving on to the next.

After Huang Liang settled Dongping City, how could he still have a share?

This incident made Huang Liang extremely angry, and he was also extremely unhappy with the bandits who came to intercept him halfway.

It's just a pity that if you don't like it, you won't feel happy anymore. They ran away a long time ago. Huang Liang's stomping here like crazy doesn't help.

"I see……"

While listening to Huang Liang's story, Chen Ze rubbed his chin and kept thinking.

"Then do you know where they went?"

After thinking for a while, Chen Ze asked again.

"this……"

Huang Liang shook his head and said: "After this incident, my subordinates also searched the surrounding area in many places, but no trace of them was found."

"not found?"

This answer made Chen Ze raise his eyebrows, looked at Huang Liang carefully, and said in a deep voice: "Have you not looked for it, or have you not found it?"

Huang Liang's face straightened up, and he immediately said solemnly: "Mr. Chen, I can guarantee that we sent out people to investigate at the beginning, but unfortunately, no trace of them was found!"

This time, he added an accent to the four characters "not found".

Not looking and not discovering are two completely different processes, although the results are the same.

"Looked for it, but couldn't find it."

Chen Ze silently repeated Huang Liang's words while mentally recalling the map he had checked around Dongping City.

This place is on the border, so the place is so big.

As long as those rogue bandits are still in Fengqi Province, Huang Liang will have no reason to find them.

You must know that although these people under Huang Liang are not as good as the regular army in fighting and attacking cities, they are strong in gathering information.

Otherwise, Huang Liang would not have been able to clean up all the hidden outposts around Dongping City.

Under such circumstances, the people he sent out could not find any trace of the rogue bandits. This seems a bit unreasonable, right?

unless……

When he thought of this, he had nothing to say to Huang Liang and immediately told him to retreat first.

But he immediately contacted Chen Ming, Gu Qingfeng and others who were responsible for guarding the outside of Dongping City.

When it comes to the ability to find out information, no matter how strong Huang Liang's men are, they cannot compare with these six masters who were originally scouts.

The message Chen Ze sent was to ask six people to search the area where they were to see if there were any traces of the march of a large number of troops.

But what Chen Ze didn't expect was that as soon as his order was issued, news came from Chen Ming.

It turned out that in the area where Chen Ming was, he happened to find a large number of traces like what Chen Ze said. He was originally planning to report it to Chen Ze, but the two of them bumped into each other.

"Could these traces be left by the troops previously transferred from Dongping City?"

Chen Ze thought for a while and asked.

"It shouldn't be possible!"

Chen Ming also took another look at it, and then gave an affirmative answer.

"Why?"
Chapter completed!