At noon, in the same pavilion in the middle of the river, Wei Changtian saw Han Zhao again.
"General Han, what do you say?"
Looking at Han Zhao who seemed to be a little happy, Wei Changtian asked with a smile: "Ning Yongnian has decided?"
"yes!"
Han Zhaoyi cupped his hand and said with great admiration: "Young master, this plan is really clever! Ning Yongnian has ordered me to capture Shuzhou City within half a month!"
"Last night before Mr. Wei left, he suddenly shot an arrow from his bow..."
"..."
Soon, Han Zhao told him everything that happened last night.
Although it is still unknown what Wei Xianzhi and Ning Yongnian talked about on the city wall, it is not important now.
Yes, the words Wei Xianzhi heard from Wang Er before he left last night were the messages Wei Changtian sent back as soon as he learned that he led people to surround the palace.
There are only five words in total——
Angered Ning Yongnian.
It was obvious that Wei Changtian was not just looking for trouble for Wei Xianzhi.
His purpose was to make Ning Yongnian so angry that he would make an irrational and unsound decision to "continue the attack".
The Niutoushan ambush is not only related to the outcome of the war in Shuzhou, but will also affect or even subvert the entire situation in Daning.
Therefore, the imperial army must go to Niutoushan.
For this reason, Wei Changtian not only sent a message to Wei Xianzhi in time, but also used the piece of Zimu Jade he lost to send wrong information to Ning Yongnian in advance.
The master who "killed three thousand soldiers with one sword" was not from the Shu army.
Of course, this information cannot be completely false. After all, Qin Zhengqiu's current situation does seem a bit strange.
But no matter what, such "intercepted" information undoubtedly relaxed Ning Yongnian's vigilance, which led him to finally make this somewhat risky choice...
Tsk tsk tsk.
So what if you are the emperor? Have you still been fooled by me?
Impulse is the devil! Comrade Xiao Ning!
Wei Changtian shook his head happily, and then began to regret that Wei Xianzhi had taken away the opportunity to show off.
In front of so many people, an arrow shot over Ning Yongnian's head. What a shocking scene it was!
How come this kind of thing doesn't happen to me?
Alas, it is obvious that I am now the "protagonist"...
Speaking of which, Ning Yongnian was the same. Wasn't he quite cautious before? Why was he so impulsive this time?
Could it be that the villain’s halo of wisdom has finally arrived?
That’s not right. If there really was a halo of wisdom, the three million people in Yuanzhou City would not die...
After thinking wildly in his mind for a while, Wei Changtian stopped worrying about it and prepared to ask Han Zhao about his next plan.
But what he didn't know was that Ning Yongnian actually didn't make the decision to "continue the attack" just out of anger.
Because just before Wei Xianzhi surrounded the palace, the latter also received a secret letter from Wu Ding.
In the letter, Wu Ding told Li Wutong's story exactly.
Although Ning Yongnian regretted not being able to deceive Li Wutong, he noticed a detail mentioned in the letter——
"We are here on the orders of Mr. Wei, but we are not here to serve Mr. Wei."
This was the answer the latter gave casually when Wu Ding asked the old man in gray robe why he worked for Wei Changtian.
Regarding this sentence, Wu Ding did not think about it in detail and just wrote it down in the secret report truthfully.
However, Ning Yongnian immediately used this to draw a conclusion that was basically equivalent to the truth——
These seven masters helped Wei Changtian pick up Li Wutong because of some kind of deal. Other than that, they would not interfere in anything.
And this means that they will not appear on the battlefield in Shuzhou...
In fact, if Ning Yongnian was "stupid", or if Wu Ding's secret report came later, maybe he wouldn't have made that decision last night.
But precisely because the emperor was too smart and Wu Ding's secret report was too timely, Ning Yongnian acted "impulsively" due to Wei Changtian's calculations and various coincidences, and unexpectedly allowed Wei Changtian to successfully achieve his goal.
It’s hard to say whether this can be considered a “protagonist halo”, but it can definitely be called Wei Changtian’s “luck”.
One day in the future, when Wei Changtian fully understands the reasons behind this, he may sigh that "times have finally turned around" for him.
In addition, he may also have a little worry.
Just like how Xiao Feng "accidentally" obtained the Qingjue jade pendant that was originally outside the plot in Houqiu Village.
Sudden "good luck" or "bad luck"...maybe they are just means for the wheel of fortune to correct itself.
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"General Han, when are you going to lead the troops in pursuit?"
In the dazzling sunshine, Wei Changtian certainly didn't know that the Wheel of Fortune was trying its best to pull him back to the "right track", and his expression was very relaxed at this time.
"Since Ning Yongnian has given the order, it is better to send troops as soon as possible to avoid changes caused by delay."
"Yes, I understand."
Han Zhaogong cupped his hands and answered truthfully: "Sir, I plan to send out troops at Xu time today, and then only 20,000 new soldiers will be left to garrison Guanghan City."
"Twenty thousand recruits... okay."
After pondering for a moment, Wei Changtian nodded and approved such an arrangement.
According to the original plan, after Han Zhao led the army to leave, the Tengu Army would suddenly come out to retake Guanghan City, thereby cutting off the logistical supplies of the imperial army.
Although the Tengu Army only has 10,000 people, it is a "mixed human-male" special force after all. If it can't even defeat 20,000 new recruits, it would be too much.
Besides, Han Zhao couldn't deliberately keep too few people, otherwise it would easily arouse suspicion.
So this is a more appropriate arrangement.
"Just do it."
Looking at the big sun above his head, Wei Changtian said casually: "When the time comes, tell Chu Xianping about the layout of Guanghan City, and he will make arrangements."
"yes."
Han Zhao responded, and then asked: "Sir, are you going to go to Niutoushan with the army, or are you going to go there first?"
"I'll go first, I'm not too worried about that."
Wei Changtian replied: "I will go and arrange it again."
"Okay, then I wonder when the young master plans to set off?"
Han Zhao asked again: "Do you need me to arrange for someone to take you out of the city?"
"Well, please make arrangements."
Wei Changtian thought for a moment, then pointed at his feet: "Ask your people to come here and wait for me in an hour. I still have some things to do."
"I see."
Han Zhao nodded again, indicating that he had remembered it.
He didn't ask what Wei Changtian was going to do, and the latter didn't mean to say anything. He just asked one more question casually before leaving.
"Is there anything else important? If not, I'll leave first."
"For now...oh yeah."
Han Zhao suddenly said: "Sir, the situation in Dafeng has changed this morning."
Um?
Wei Changtian suddenly turned his head and frowned slightly: "What's wrong? Has the fight started again?"
"no."
Han Zhao didn't know the "tiddy news" between Wei Changtian and Li Wutong, so at this moment he just answered truthfully in a tone of broadcasting "international news":
"The battle report was just sent back two hours ago."
"At Mao hour this morning, Feng Yuan suddenly opened the east city gate, and hundreds of court officials escorted Li Qi out of the city to ask for surrender."