Chapter 225

That evening, in accordance with his agreement with Zhan Wushuang, Tang Yin took Zhang Chu, Ming Xuan, Du Feng, and Chen Li out of the barracks and loaded them on the carriage.

Not knowing what Tang Yin was going to do, Zhang Chu, who had suffered several arrow wounds and was already dying, immediately woke up, lay in the car, and kept shouting: "Master Tang, I told you everything I know, you can't kill me..."

Lifting up the car curtain, he looked at Zhang Chu who was shouting continuously, and then at the other three people with earthy faces. Tang Yin sneered in his heart. It seemed that the nobles of Ning State were not as good as Feng State. He deliberately frightened Zhang Chu and said slowly: "Don't worry, I will send you on the road!" He also deliberately emphasized the word "on the road".

After Zhang Chu heard this, his head buzzed, then his eyes rolled upward, and he fainted on the spot from fright.

Cursing silently that it was useless, Tang Yin raised his head to Sergeant Feng who was driving the cart and said, "Let's go!"

There were no extra soldiers to accompany them, and there were no generals to drive the carriage. Only a soldier from the Feng Army drove the carriage out of Jinhua City and slowly headed towards the Ning Army's camp.

Before approaching the gate of Ning's army, the gate of Ning's army opened wide after receiving the news. Zhan Wudi led a cavalry of more than a hundred people and ran out quickly. When he arrived at the carriage, Zhan Wudi didn't even say hello to the soldiers. He got off the horse and lifted the curtain of the carriage with the purple electric ghost knife in his hand, and looked inside.

In fact, Zhan Wudi didn't know Zhang Chu or the other four. They live in Lingwu Academy all year round and have few opportunities to come into contact with Zhan Wudi. Even if he joins the army and goes on expeditions with the army, Zhan Wudi does not pay attention to these noble sons and brothers, and he usually does not pay much attention to them.

Zhan Wudi didn't know the four of them, but all four of them knew him. Suddenly seeing Zhan Wudi appearing outside the car, except for Zhang Chu who was unconscious, the other three people thought they were dazzled. They all sat in the car with their eyes wide open and shouted in shock: "Wu... Invincible General, you... Why are you here?"

Zhan Wudi did not answer, but took a quick look around the car, then shook his head to the cavalrymen accompanying him, asking them to confirm the identities of the four people. After receiving Zhan Wudi's instructions, several cavalrymen stepped forward quickly, looked at the four people carefully, and then nodded to Zhan Wudi, indicating that they were right.

Seeing this, Zhan Wudi felt relieved and said to the four of them: "You are all right now. I am here to take you back to the camp!" As he spoke, his eyes fell on Zhang Chu and asked: "This brother……"

"He is Zhang Chu. He suffered multiple arrow wounds and is now unconscious!"

"Oh!" Zhan Wudi frowned. It could be seen that Zhang Chu was seriously injured. He lowered the curtain and walked around to the front of the carriage. He looked up and down at the Feng Bing who was driving the carriage. Without saying anything, he first reached out and grabbed the leather armor on his body, pulled him back with force, pulled him out of the carriage, and then headed towards Jinhua City. The other side pushed hard and shouted: "You can go back."

Feng Bing fell down and managed to stabilize his rolling figure. He glared at Zhan Wudi and asked, "That carriage..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhan Wudi chuckled and said, "I have requisitioned the carriage. If you keep talking nonsense, I want your head!"

Seeing him raise the big knife in his hand, the wind soldier shrank his neck in fear, quickly jumped up from the ground, turned around and ran away.

Zhan Wudi took the four Zhang Chu back to the army camp. Except for the unconscious Zhang Chu, who was handed over to military doctors for treatment, Ming Xuan, Du Feng, and Chen Li were all taken to the Chinese military tent. At this time, the three people from Mingxuan had confirmed that they had indeed returned to their camp, and they all felt like they were surviving a disaster. Seeing the commander Zhan Wushuang, the three of them felt as if they were seeing their family members, and they all knelt down on the ground and burst into tears.

Zhan Wushuang was helpless towards these people, neither blaming nor scolding them. He sighed secretly and comforted him with kind words: "Okay, the three generals are safe now, there is no need to cry anymore!"

After a while, the three of them finally stopped crying. Each of them lowered their heads, while their bodies were still twitching.

Zhan Wushuang first asked someone to prepare some drinks and food for them, and then asked: "You have stayed in Jinhua City for so long, so you must know the approximate strength of the Feng Army, right?"

Ming Xuan, Du Feng, and Chen Li stayed in Jinhua City for several days, but they have been detained in the barracks for these few days. They are guarded by special personnel and cannot get out at all. Who knows how many people there are in the Feng Army? However, none of the three people were embarrassed to say it. Being the prisoner of the enemy was embarrassing enough. If they kept asking questions and didn't know anything, wouldn't they be even more embarrassed to see others?

The three of them looked at each other, and Mingxuan was the first to speak: "General Wushuang, the Feng Army has a lot of troops. According to my observation, there must be at least 50,000 to 60,000 people!"

Before Zhan Wushuang could speak, Du Feng immediately shook his head and said: "No, no! I think the Feng Army is no less than one hundred thousand. The Feng Army's camp is set up close to the city wall. In such a large circle, there must be at least one hundred thousand people." !”

One said 50,000 or 60,000, the other said more than 100,000, and the gap in between was more than double. How could he believe what he was saying? Zhan Wushuang frowned and looked at the three people, speechless for a long time.

After a long pause, he asked again: "Then where are you being detained in the city?"

"The North Camp of the Feng Army!" The three of them were quite sure this time and answered in unison. "The barracks where we were held was very close to the northern city wall, less than fifty meters away."

Zhan Wushuang's eyes lit up and he immediately became energetic. He leaned forward and asked, "Is Miss Youling also being detained with you?"

"Yes! General Wushuang, Feng Jun did not imprison us separately."

"Oh!" Zhan Wushuang responded slowly, his eyes rolling, thinking for a moment, he immediately asked someone to find paper and pen, and asked the three to draw the exact location of the barracks where they were imprisoned. After the three picked up the pen, they drew a rough sketch on the paper. Of course, the three did not know the specific structure of the city, but they knew the approximate location of the place where they were imprisoned, and marked it.

Taking the sketch drawn by the three, Zhan Wushuang looked at it carefully for a while, and then handed it to the other Ning generals in the central army tent for circulation.

He said: "Tonight, I will set up camp and withdraw from Jinguang County as agreed. Of course, this is not to really retreat, but to confuse the Feng army. I plan to send a surprise force to sneak into Jinhua North City and rescue Miss Youling and the other four while my army is withdrawing. I wonder which general is willing to take on this important task?"

After he finished asking, the Ning generals in the tent looked at each other, and no one stood up to answer.

The small city of Jinhua has so many Feng troops, possibly more than 100,000 people. Even if you are not careful, it is difficult to rescue people successfully when the enemy is so dense. If you are not careful, you may even lose your life. No one is not afraid of death, and no one is willing to die in vain.

After Zhan Wushuang asked the question, the big tent was unusually quiet. People didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that Zhan Wushuang would notice them and assign this task to them.

Zhan Wushuang had expected the reactions of the generals, but fortunately he had already had a suitable candidate in mind. He swept his eyes across everyone's faces one by one, and finally fell on Ling Peng. He said slowly: "I think this matter should be handed over to General Ling Pengling!"

Puff! Ling Peng almost vomited blood when he heard this, and greeted all the ancestors of Zhan Wushuang in his heart.

Since he joined the army, he has been working under Zhan Wushuang, but Zhan Wushuang has never assigned him a real position, nor has he given him a soldier. He has nothing to do with him when he asks for merit from the higher-ups. Now, he has been asked to die.

Ling Peng secretly grinned and cursed, but he dared not show it on the surface. He hurriedly stood up from the generals, bowed to Zhan Wushuang, and said respectfully: "General Wushuang can value his subordinates so much, which really makes his subordinates feel honored. However, this matter is of great importance, and my subordinates have limited abilities. I am afraid that I can't take on this important task!"

Others did not speak, Zhan Wudi first glared, snorted heavily, and said: "General Ling, don't you always complain that the Marshal doesn't give you work to do? Now that you have something to do, why are you so picky? Do you want to disobey orders?"

After hearing this, Ling Peng's knees softened and he knelt directly on the ground, saying repeatedly: "No, no, no! General Wudi misunderstood, and I absolutely did not mean to disobey orders, I just feel that I am not capable enough and I am afraid that I will miss the general's important task!"

"Haha!" Zhan Wushuang smiled leisurely, waved his hand to stop Zhan Wudi, and said to Ling Peng: "General Ling, get up! I have always valued your ability. This time, I think no one is more suitable than you to sneak into Jinhua City. Don't worry, I will arrange for Generals Long Xing and Deng Nan to meet you outside the north city. When the time comes, you just need to rescue the people outside the city, and you don't have to worry about other things. After you come back, I will count it as a great achievement for you. Not only will I ask for a reward from the king, but I will also hand over the three corps to you to command!"

The promise made by Zhan Wushuang is generous, but Ling Peng is not a fool. If his own people are dead, it will be useless even if he is given a mountain of gold! However, Zhan Wushuang had said so much that he had no room to refuse. He could only accept the order and said, "I obey your command!"

"Okay!" Zhan Wushuang smiled and said, "At the fourth watch, we will start on time. In addition, Generals Long Xing and Deng Nan, you two will each bring 10,000 elite soldiers and ambush in the grass outside the north city. Once General Ling succeeds, you two must stop the pursuit of the Feng army even if you risk your lives!"

"Yes! General!" Long Xing and Deng Nan are both old subordinates of Zhan Wushuang. Unlike Ling Peng, they don't talk a lot of nonsense. As long as there is a military order, they will not hesitate and accept it immediately.

"Yes!" Zhan Wushuang nodded and waved his hand, saying, "You go back and prepare first!"

"Yes! I'll take my leave!"

Ling Peng, Long Xing, and Deng Nan agreed and turned to walk out of the central military tent.

Looking at Ling Peng's leaving back, the smile on Zhan Wushuang's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a face full of contemplation.