Chapter 782
Liu Ren could sense Zhang Tong's anger through his tone, and he replied cautiously: "With a powerful enemy at hand, don't be anxious and sleepless at night..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Tong interrupted him sarcastically: "General Liu is really a loyal man who cares about the country and the people! However, you have to rest when you need to rest, and you have to rest when you need to rest, otherwise you will not be able to do anything when you are really needed."
I don't know whether he said this to praise or criticize, Liu Ren smiled bitterly and said: "Thank you for your teachings, General. I will remember it." That's what he said, but Liu Ren didn't have any intention of leaving.
Let's talk about Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan. The two of them took 3,000 Ning soldiers and quietly left Liangzhou, all the way to the back of Fengying. As they walked, they also looked around and inspected the movements in Fengying.
Fengying was quiet, there was no sound, no lights, as if it was an empty camp with no one.
On the surface, Fengying seemed to be really careless about defense, but Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan knew that there might not be a single Fengjun in Fengying sleeping now, and they were all waiting to charge into the city with wide eyes!
As Zhang Tong said, there was a forest two miles behind Fengying. It was not very big, but it was more than enough to hide 3,000 people.
In fact, it was not so troublesome to deal with the 3,000 Ningjun. Zhang Tong could let Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan lead them all into Fengying and let the Fengjun inside kill them all. However, Zhang Tong betrayed Yan Chu, not Ningguo. He also valued the lives of Ningjun soldiers and did not want them to die.
For this reason, he placed them in the woods to avoid the war.
In the woods, after settling the soldiers, Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan called three captains and told them that they would leave temporarily. They also told them to keep an eye on the soldiers. No matter what happened outside, no matter what kind of chaos or fighting, they were not allowed to leave the woods until they came back.
The three captains nodded as they listened. When they finished, they were stunned. Wasn't this trip to attack Fengying? How did they hide in the woods?
A captain asked puzzledly, "Generals, are we not going to attack Fengying?"
You fools, three thousand people, how can we attack Fengying? Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan didn't explain much, but just said, "The atmosphere in Fengying is weird. Let's go find out the situation first and make a decision after we come back!"
"Oh!" The three captains nodded repeatedly, secretly praising Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan for being good people. They acted cautiously and would not take risks with their brothers' lives easily.
After everything was arranged, Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan came back from the forest, went around to the front of Fengying, and quietly approached the camp gate.
Now, there was no guard at the camp gate, and the camp gate was not closed, with a completely "my door is always open, welcome everyone to come" attitude.
Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan looked at each other, swallowed subconsciously, and walked more carefully.
When they got close to the camp gate, they could observe the situation in the camp. It was empty inside, and not even a shadow could be seen. When the two were hesitating whether to go in, they suddenly heard someone behind them say: "You two, sign up!"
This sudden voice was too weird. Not only did it come suddenly, but it was also very close to the two of them, as if someone was standing behind them and talking close to their ears.
The two of them shuddered at the same time, their faces changed, their bodies stiffened, and they slowly turned around. There were three men in black standing only one step behind them, staring at them with deep and bright eyes.
They had no idea when the other party appeared behind them. They felt that the other party was not like a human, but more like a ghost.
Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan stood there in shock, and it took a long time for them to come back to their senses. They stammered, "My name is Cui Pei (Zhang Xuan), it was... General Zhang Tong who sent us to pick you up..."
Before they could finish, the three of them had walked past them, and said as they walked into the military camp, "Come with us!"
Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan looked at each other and raised their hands to wipe the cold sweat from their foreheads. No wonder people say that the Feng Army is terrible. What they saw today is not only terrible, but also weird and incredible.
Following the three men in black into the Feng camp, countless Feng troops suddenly emerged from the empty camp. Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan only felt a flash in front of their eyes, and the surroundings were full of Feng soldiers and generals. They had no idea where these people came from.
At this time, a group of people dressed in Ning army uniforms wearing steel helmets and armor walked out of the Feng army. The three men in black walked up to them, whispered a few words, and then quickly retreated to the outside of the camp.
Before Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan figured out what was going on, the group of people dressed in Ning army uniforms had already walked towards them. The leader was a young man who looked less than 30 years old, with ordinary looks, but bright eyes.
The man took the initiative to speak and said with a smile: "General Cui, General Zhang, I have heard of you for a long time. We followed you two into Liangzhou!"
The other party could call out their names, but they didn't know who the other party was. Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan asked cautiously: "Your Excellency is..."
"I am Gu Yue!" The young man told the truth.
Oh! It turns out that this is the commander of the direct army of Feng State, Gu Yue! Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan were certainly not unfamiliar with Gu Yue's name. Perhaps the generals of the Ning Army would not be too unfamiliar with the names of the senior generals in the Feng Army, just as the Feng Army was also familiar with the senior generals in the Ning Army.
However, seeing Gu Yue's outfit, both of them were shocked. Could it be that Gu Yue wanted to enter the city among three thousand people in person?
Seemingly sensing the doubts of the two men, Gu Yue smiled and said: "No need to doubt, I also want to follow the two generals into the city. Is there any problem?"
On their own territory, how could Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan dare to say no? The two men shook their heads like rattles and said hurriedly: "No problem, no problem!"
Gu Yue said with a smile: "Then, two generals, please lead the way!"
You didn't do any more checks and just left with yourself? Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan thought it would take a lot of talking! The two asked: "General Guyue, what about...the other Fengjun brothers who are going to enter the city?"
Guyue raised his hand and clapped his hands hard. The surrounding Fengjun soldiers dispersed, and thousands of Fengjun soldiers wearing Ningjun armors gradually walked out from behind the crowd.
"Can we go now?" Gu Yue asked patiently, not understanding why the two of them were just leading the way and talking so much nonsense.
"Okay, okay!" Hearing the impatience of the other party, Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan didn't dare to say more. They raised their hands and saluted: "General Guyue, please!"
Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan led three thousand Feng troops led by Guyue out of Feng camp and headed straight for Liangzhou.
The distance of about five miles passed by in the blink of an eye.
Thirty meters away from the Liangzhou moat, Ning Jun on the city began to shout loudly and asked: "Stop! Don't leave anymore. Who is coming?"
"It's me! Cui Pei!" Cui Pei stretched his neck and shouted.
"It turns out to be General Cui. Why did General Cui come back so soon?" Ning Jun in the city asked curiously. Didn't he say he was going to attack Feng Camp? I didn’t hear any fighting outside the city!
Cui Pei waved his hand and said, "Don't mention it. The intelligence is wrong and Feng Camp is heavily guarded. We can only return without success."
"So that's it..."
While talking, Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan also walked forward, and soon approached the moat.
At this time, the Ning army in the city, under Zhang Tong's instruction, had begun to lower the suspension bridge, open the city gate, and let Cui Pei, Zhang Xuan and others into the city.
All this was nothing, but Liu Ren in the city felt something was wrong the more he thought about it.
It was weird that Zhang Tong suddenly sent Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan to attack Fengying, and the two of them came back weird. The whole thing was full of weirdness, but he couldn't really tell what the problem was for a while.
He looked at Zhang Tong, who was standing next to him with an expressionless face and hands behind his back, and wanted to ask a question, but after thinking about it, he swallowed his words.
Then he walked towards the Ning soldier who had just shouted to the outside of the city and asked, "Did you see clearly? It is indeed General Cui Pei and General Zhang Xuan who came back from outside the city?"
Because the distance was too far and the sky was too dark, the appearance of the other party could not be clearly seen, but the voices of the people speaking could still be distinguished.
The Ning Bing nodded and said affirmatively: "Yes, it is indeed General Cui Pei and General Zhang Xuan. General Liu, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Liu Ren knocked on his forehead, pondered for a moment, turned around and walked quickly towards the city.
When he walked down the city wall and quickly arrived at the city gate, the city gate just opened. Cui Pei and Zhang Xuan were the first to approach from the outside.
Liu Ren looked past the two of them and looked behind him. He saw that his own soldiers were all the same, and there was no shortage at all. How many had gone out and how many had come back.
He frowned and stepped forward, asking, "General Cui, General Zhang, you two stole the camp really 'quickly'!"
Cui Pei smiled, walked up to Liu Ren, shrugged helplessly, and said: "There is no way, Fengying's guards are too tight, I don't have a chance to make a move."
"Since Fengying's guards are so tight, didn't they notice the approach of many of you?"
"General Liu, we are not three-year-olds. We know how to send people to investigate before stealing a camp."
When Liu Ren asked a question, Cui Pei responded fluently without any hesitation. Even though Liu Ren was full of doubts, he still couldn't find the problem.
Not long after, three thousand Feng troops dressed as Ning troops began to file in.
The people in front of them passed by without attracting Liu Ren's attention. However, Liu Ren's attention was attracted when the hidden arrow personnel led by Cheng Jin passed by. It was not that the hidden arrow personnel showed obvious flaws, but the sinister aura naturally revealed on their bodies made Liu Ren suspicious. They couldn't help but shiver.
Even without the use of insight, Liu Ren could sense that this aura was definitely not ordinary.
He frowned secretly and subconsciously released his insight. It didn't matter that this detection surprised him. He couldn't find out how high the other party's cultivation level was, but he could find out that the other party was a dark spiritual cultivator.
In the Ning Kingdom, light spiritual martial arts are absolutely orthodox, while dark spiritual cultivators are highly discriminated against and have no room for survival. It is even impossible to tolerate them in the army, even as ordinary soldiers. Now, he used his insight to detect no less than twenty dark spiritual cultivators, and their cultivation was so deep that he couldn't even detect them. What was going on?