Seeing his hesitation, Commander Li smiled and continued: "I know the worries in my heart, and I will explain them to you one by one."
"First of all, we still have 3,000 soldiers in hand, and the Yuzhou Army doesn't have enough manpower now, right?"
"If we were rich, we wouldn't have sent out only 150,000 troops to attack these two cities."
"We have been assisting in the rear and have no direct enmity with them. Now we are marching over with our entire army of troops."
"I don't think... they will do anything to us. Even if we are not promoted, they will maintain their original official positions and give us some rewards."
After saying that, Commander Li paused, with a wicked smile on his face: "And now...I have a plan."
"Have fun, maybe we can be guaranteed to be high-ranking officials and well-paid after we go there."
"Oh? Brother, please tell me!"
Commander Wang was overjoyed when he heard this, and he admired his old friend even more.
Commander Li waved to the soldier and Commander Wang.
The two of them understood each other and put their heads together in unison.
Commander Li pinched his beard and smiled mischievously: "The young marshal is probably holding back his misfortune in retreating this time."
"After all, it will only take five or six days before the old commander comes back to support us."
"If they just rashly retreat to Yanzhou City, they probably won't be able to keep the commander back."
"So, the young marshal must want to set up an ambush on the road and delay it for a few more days."
"From Shangyun and Pingyang counties back to Yanzhou, the road is steep and rugged, and many places are suitable for setting up ambushes."
"If we send out scouts, follow them quietly, see where they set up an ambush, and tell the news to the person over there."
"Then we two brothers have done a great job. After all, they were the first to be unkind, so we can't blame us for being unjust!"
After saying this, Commander Wang and the soldier looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
"Okay, okay... this is a very good plan!" Commander Wang quickly affirmed: "Then what should we do?"
"We have to act now, otherwise they will run away!"
"Well..." Commander Li pondered for a moment, and then immediately ordered the soldier: "You, take a few reliable old brothers, mount a fast horse, and follow them for me."
"Be careful not to be exposed. Find out where they set up an ambush and report back to me immediately!"
After saying that, he patted him on the shoulder and said: "After you have done this, you can be regarded as a successful young man."
The soldier patted his chest vigorously: "Don't worry, sir. I have been with you for so many years. Have I ever missed an errand?"
"Little man, let's go now!"
After saying that, he turned around and left the handsome tent.
Seeing this, Commander Li nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered Commander Wang: "Old Wang, please gather all the middle and lower-level officers in our team."
"Informing them of this matter and asking them to go back and prepare early will definitely stabilize the morale of the military."
"Okay!" Commander Wang nodded: "What about you?"
Commander Li sighed: "I...naturally went to contact the person on the other side."
"Call a few skilled people to follow me. We'd better meet Xiang Ning'er, and this matter will be settled!"
...
At this time, in the Yuzhou military tent, Xiang Ning'er and a group of generals were facing the sand table, discussing the next military action.
At the current position, almost four-fifths of the entire Pingyang County has been captured by our side.
If we work harder, maybe we can drive Xiang Jiajun out before sunset tomorrow.
A messenger came to report that Yanzhou City had been captured. The next step was to pursue and cooperate with Nan Yanxi from Yanzhou to completely annihilate Xiang Yang.
While everyone was discussing, the guard's voice suddenly came from outside the tent: "Report to...general!"
"Our patrol caught an enemy spy. He kept asking to see you and said he had important information to report."
"Looking at that man's clothes, he should be an officer."
"Oh?" Xiang Ning'er heard this, looked at each other with the generals, and immediately ordered: "Then bring them up."
"Yes!" the guard agreed, turned around and retreated.
It didn't take long, and only the sound of pushing and shoving could be heard outside the tent: "Hurry up!"
"Why are you pushing me! I am the commander of the Pingyang Patrol Battalion. I have important information to see General Xiang!"
As soon as the voice fell, I saw soldiers pushing a middle-aged man tied up outside the tent from left to right.
From Xiang Ning'er's perspective, judging from the armor, he indeed looked like a mid-level officer.
He immediately asked: "You want to see me?"
When Commander Li heard the sound, he looked up and saw that the person in front of him was none other than Xiang Ning'er, the guard general of the Yuzhou Army.
He had naturally seen the two armies before their formation.
This beautiful woman was not at all ambiguous in fighting, and the arrogant Xiang Yang lost his temper after being beaten by her.
He quickly knelt down and said respectfully: "Last General, Commander of the Pingyang Patrol Battalion, Li Guan, see General Xiang!"
"It is really helpless to confront your army. I hope the general will forgive me!"
"Well..." Xiang Ning'er was naturally not interested in these polite words and just agreed casually.
Then he asked: "You said you have important information? Let's hear it."
"Yes!" Li Guan nodded and hurriedly said: "That's right, first of all, the villain and my brother, the two commanders of the garrison, want to surrender to you."
"Now we still have three thousand people under our command. They are all brothers. They are reliable and willing to submit to you and His Highness!"
"The second thing...is that Xiang Yang ran away with his army..."
"What?!" As soon as he said this, everyone was shocked.
Xiang Ning'er frowned: "Is this true? How did you know about it?"
Hearing this, Li Guan hurriedly explained: "Let me tell you the truth, you know the fighting power of the people under Lao Wang and I."
"He Xiang Yang has always asked us to make up for the leaks from behind, and sometimes also do some logistics work."
"Early this morning, they suddenly pushed the three thousand of us to the front, and all their main forces withdrew to the second line."
"I also discovered that starting from the day before yesterday, the main army's logistics department had begun to rush to prepare dry food and collect baggage. I still thought it was strange at the time."
"I didn't expect that tonight, a boy under the villain deserted and ran to the second line to hide, and accidentally saw them."
"Xiang Yang's banners and personal guards have all withdrawn, and the teams are in disarray. It seems that they are retreating."
"The villain finally realized that we were deceived into being sent to the front line as cannon fodder."
After saying that, Li Guan kowtowed to Xiang Ning'er a few more times and said with tears in his eyes: "General Xiang, please have mercy on us."
"We, the local troops, are the ones that grandma doesn't love and uncle doesn't love."
"Now that I've been abandoned again, sandwiched between your two armies, I really have no way to survive!"
"We were all in the logistics department before, and we don't have any deep grudges against your troops. I hope that you, General, will show your favor and accept us!"