Jiaodong Road front line, Long Army headquarters

Duguxin, who was frowning, was crossing his arms, staring at the map, and was still muttering:

"It's weird, weird, why is there no news at all?"

Xu Zhichen said with confusion:

"Since seven or eight days ago, our scouts have been unable to penetrate into the hinterland of Tianning Road. Whenever they cross the border, they will be intercepted and killed, and not even a single person will be left alive.

It stands to reason that this action is a prelude to the war, but there is clearly no movement in the cities on the opposite side. We have been waiting for this for so long, and it seems that all our efforts have been in vain.

My lord, I always feel that the Yan army does not want to start a war with us."

At the beginning, the atmosphere between Jiaodong Road and Tianning Road was tense and cloudy.

Duguxin and the others did conclude that the Yan army was going to war with the Long Dynasty, but after such a long stalemate, the Yan army made no movement, and it didn't look like they were going to fight.

Especially in the past few days, the news on Tianning Road has been completely cut off, and I have no idea what happened there.

This depressing feeling makes people very uncomfortable.

"You think so too?"

Duguxin obviously agreed with Xu Zhichen's inference, but then asked a question:

"If the Yan family doesn't want to start a war, then why did they mobilize their troops a few days ago?

It doesn’t make sense at all~”

The two of them were completely confused. After fighting for so many years, it was the first time they encountered such a strange situation.

Fight or not, retreat or not.

What kind of fascination array are Yan Jun and Yan Zhang setting up?

At this moment, a personal guard walked into the commander's tent lightly and said respectfully:

"Sir, there are two mysterious men outside the military camp asking to see them. Their origins are unknown."

Xu Zhichen frowned slightly:

"How can I be brought to see you if you haven't verified your identity? Ask for your identity and then report back!"

"Uh~"

The soldier said cautiously: "The two are tall and tall, and they look like soldiers. My subordinates asked them again and again about their origins and names. They only said that their surname was Yan, and they said that your Excellency would definitely meet them."

"Surname Yan?"

Dugu Xin raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then an interesting smile flashed across his face: "It's interesting, bring it in and I'll see you!"

"promise!"

Duguxin muttered to himself:

"Your surname is Yan? Could it be~"

…

After a while, two middle-aged men were brought into Dugu Xin's handsome tent. Before entering the tent, the two men were searched back and forth several times to make sure there were no sharp weapons hidden on their bodies.

Xu Zhichen looked up and down. Both of them were wearing simple gray cloth clothes, common people's clothes, but when they came to this station, there was a fierce aura lingering around their bodies.

Xu Zhichen was very familiar with this kind of momentum. He must be a soldier, the kind of character who kills people like crazy!

Duguxin narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the leading man and asked:

"Who are you? I heard that you asked to see me?"

The man did not answer, but glanced at the knife-wielding guards on both sides, who were eager to speak, and hesitated to speak.

"Haha~"

Duguxin smiled and waved his hand gently: "Everyone, please go out, Zhichen will stay."

"promise!"

Several guards filed out, and the tent suddenly became empty.

Duguxin spread his hands: "How about it, can we talk now?"

These two guys were so mysterious that they didn't want to speak, they just wanted to keep it a secret, so Dugu Xin fulfilled their wish. Anyway, with Xu Zhichen here, they could never threaten their own safety.

The middle-aged man took half a step forward and said word by word:

"My surname is Yan and my given name is Zhang. This is my clan brother Yan Zheng. As for our origins and identities, I guess there is no need to introduce us to Uncle Guo, right?"

Xu Zhichen's pupils shrank slightly, and there was a flash of shock in his eyes. Unexpectedly, these two mysterious men turned out to be Yan Zhang and Yan Zheng, the two most powerful people in the Yan family army.

Hey, isn't this their enemy? Why did he suddenly come to see Dugu Xin?

"As expected~"

Dugu Xin's expression was obviously much calmer, and he asked with his hands folded:

"I'm very curious, what do you two come to see me for, and what is your message?

Even if a gauntlet is issued, General Yan will not come in person."

Just now, Dugu Xin had an intuition that this guy should be a high-ranking person in the Yan family. Even though Yan Zhang was wearing ordinary clothes, he had the aura of a superior person that could not be concealed.

"My lord is joking."

Yan Zhang said calmly: "I am here to take refuge with you on this trip.

From now on, I, Yan Zhang, will be your pawn."

Although Yan Zhang's tone was calm, he was extremely sad and angry in his heart.

He was once an extremely proud man, but with his entire army wiped out and his foundation completely lost, he had no way out.

After narrowly escaping from the battlefield in Ningzhou City, Yan Zhang fled all the way. He wanted to go to the border to gather his own soldiers to counterattack the Liang army, but when he arrived at the border, the so-called Yan family army had been neatly dealt with by the Liang army.

In other words, the Yan family's army, which was said to number 100,000, had been wiped out.

Tianning Road was captured by the Liang army, and Pinghan Road could not be returned. Yan Zhang, who was at the end of his rope, thought about it and decided that returning to the Long Dynasty was his only way.

"Trust me?"

Now even Dugu Xin became confused:

"General Yan wants to join me? Aren't you gathering troops at the border to prepare for war with Long Chao?

That’s not the joke~”

Dugu Xin's mind was racing, thinking about Yan Zhang's real purpose. Could it be that Yan Zhang wanted to betray the Yan army and defect to the Long Dynasty? If this was the case, it would be a great joy.

But why did Yan Zhang do this?

Yan Zhang glanced at Dugu Xin, pointed to the chair next to him and asked calmly:

"I traveled hundreds of miles here, can I sit here?"

"Of course~" Duguxin waved his hand: "General Yan, do it yourself."

Dugu Xin always felt that there was a sense of sadness in Yan Zhang's body, like the feeling of encountering a catastrophe.

The two of them sat down calmly, and Yan Zhang, who was sitting upright, said:

"Master Dugu must be thinking, why is it that my Yan family has been continuously gathering troops to the front line, but has never launched an attack on you?"

"Hmm~"

Dugu Xin and Xu Zhichen nodded in unison.

"Ten days ago, Yan had the same idea as yourselves. Why did your Long army keep moving troops to the front line but didn't start a war?" Yan Zhang said methodically:

"I, Yan Zhang, can swear to God that my Yan family army or Yan army has never thought of sending troops to the front line of Jiaodong Road.

At the beginning, the interception and killing of your scouts was definitely not caused by our soldiers.

I believe you have never taken the initiative to intercept and kill our scouts before."

Dugu Xin and Xu Zhichen looked at each other in surprise. Seeing that Yan Zhang's expression didn't look like he was telling lies at all, the situation became a bit confusing.

If it wasn't Yan Jiajun who did it, then who was it?

Yan Zhang seemed to be able to see through Dugu's thoughts and continued:

"I can answer your doubts. All of this was done by the Liang Army. They secretly sneaked into the hinterland, sent people to intercept and kill the scouts on both sides, and deliberately created the feeling of an imminent war on the border.

The two sides of us were kept in the dark. Each thought that the other side was going to attack, so they kept increasing their troops on the front line.

We have all been lied to."
Chapter completed!