Chapter 724 ??????

Chapter 724 - Bandits

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

But thinking about it carefully, it seems to be reasonable.

Under the current situation, the four border cities, which are not important at all, are in a position where no one cares about them.

Cheng Hong was too busy blocking Juhe City to keep Ouyang Lixing, so he didn't have time to pay attention to the dispensable four cities.

What's more, he has Ketan City as a basis, and with the poor strength of the four border cities, he can't go beyond Ketan City and affect Cheng Hong's plan.

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

As for the Bailie Empire, it is even more impossible for them to do the opposite. Instead of attacking the main city of Fengqi, they ran in the opposite direction to attack the four border cities headed by Dongping City.

It is meaningless to do so, Cheng Hong does not need their help, and if they counterattack Dongping City, it will not help at all except to give the main city of Fengqi more breathing time.

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

Just like Huang Liang, not only did he see the flaw, he even had the courage to do his best in Dongping City, making up his mind to live a good life as a city lord for a few days.

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

So he seized this opportunity very accurately, and then took advantage of it.

Huang Liang was so daring because he saw the current situation and did it. 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 area is definitely not suitable for staying for a long time, so it is not impossible for bandit forces like Huangliang to be forced to move to the border area in large numbers.

Having figured this out, Huang Liang nodded hesitantly at the same time.

"Those guys..."

Huang Liang gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "They have stepped over the boundary!"

"These guys don't belong to this land. When I attacked Dongping City, they didn't show up, but later..."

After saying this, Chen Ze understood.

Things are the same as he thought, those people should be rogues.

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

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

This is why Huang Liang secretly hates.

In fact, in his mind, the four border cities are empty of troops, which is a good opportunity for him to attack.

And he took the risk to do so, probably not only for Dongping City, but also to wipe out the four border cities!

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

But what I didn't expect was that he, the pioneer, did a good job, but he made a wedding dress for others.

Following Huang Liang's narration, Chen Ze gradually restored the situation at that time.

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

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 for the sake of huge benefits after winning, Huang Liang had no choice but to grit his teeth and bear it.

Unexpectedly, when he finally captured Dongping City, he was surprised to find that during the time he was attacking Dongping City, the other three cities had already 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 the three empty cities that had been looted.

Those rogues didn't have any intention of being a city lord, and they didn't want to face Huang Liang head-on.

So they chose the strategy of locusts crossing the border, taking down a city and looting a city, and then going to the next city.

After Huang Liang settles down Dongping City, how can he still have his share?

This incident made Huang Liang very angry, and he was also extremely upset with those rogues who came halfway to intercept him.

It's just a pity, it's not a good time to be unhappy, he ran away long ago, and Huang Liang stomped his feet frantically here to no avail.

"I see……"

While listening to Huang Liang's narration, Chen Ze rubbed his chin in deep thought.

"Then do you know where they went?"

After thinking about it, Chen Ze asked again.

"this……"

Huang Liang shook his head and said, "After this incident, my subordinates also searched in many places around the area, but they were not found."

"not found?"

This answer made Chen Ze raise his brows, looked at Huang Liang carefully, and said in a deep voice, "Did you not look for it, or did you not find it?"

Huang Liang's face straightened, and he immediately said solemnly: "Master Chen, I can assure you that I sent people to investigate, but it's a pity that no trace of them was found!"

This time, he added an accent to the missing four.

Not looking for it and not finding it are two completely different processes, although the results are the same.

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

Chen Ze repeated Huang Liang's words silently, and at the same time recalled in his heart the map around Dongping City that he had checked.

It's on the border, and it's just that big of a place.

As long as those rogues are still in Fengqi Province, there is absolutely no reason for Huang Liang not to find them.

You must know that Huang Liang's subordinates are no better than the regular army in terms of fighting and siege, but they are strong in inquiring about news.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Huang Liang to clean up all the hidden posts around Dongping City.

Under such circumstances, it seems unreasonable that the people he sent out could not find any trace of those rogues, right?

unless……

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

However, I immediately contacted Chen Ming, Gu Qingfeng and others who were in charge of guarding the periphery of Dongping City.

When it comes to scouting skills, no matter how strong Huang Liang's subordinates are, they can't compare with these six scouts.

The message Chen Ze sent was to ask the six people to search the situation in their area to see if there were any traces left by a large number of troops marching.

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

It turned out that in the area where Chen Ming was located, he happened to find a large number of traces as Chen Ze said, and he was about to report to Chen Ze, but the two bumped into each other.

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

Chen Ze thought for a while and asked.

"It should be impossible!"

Chen Ming also looked at it a few more times before giving an affirmative answer.

"Why?"

Chen Ze asked.