Chapter 407 A greater danger

Shengze and his party went to the outside of the pass as planned. They expected to see the Tuoyu army not far from the border between the two countries, but when they arrived at the scheduled location, they only saw a mess on the ground.

"What's going on?" Ling Yun clicked his tongue twice when he saw this.

One of the members of the beheading team also wondered: "Did they retreat to the grassland?"

"You shouldn't. You just burned our granary. You shouldn't go back anyway, right?" Another person also frowned.

The other people exchanged a few words and then looked at Shengze.

There are eight people in the beheading team, and Shengze is the captain.

Shengze raised his eyes and looked into the distance. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Follow the original plan."

Regardless of the reason why the Tuoyu tribe retreated, this beheading operation must have a result.

"But... we don't have enough dry food." A team member whispered.

Everyone: "..."

This is indeed a big problem.

Originally, they wanted to make a quick decision and take action tonight, so they only brought two days' worth of dry food, which was a lot.

Unexpectedly, the plan could not keep up with the change, and the Tuoyu people retreated.

As the saying goes, "the soldiers and horses should go ahead with food and grass before they move". Since the beheading team did not bring any dry food, they had to turn back and discuss it with Liang Cheng and Zheng Shicheng while getting the dry food.

Naturally, the Northern Hubei Army had scouts, and Liang Cheng knew about this matter two-quarters of an hour before Shengze and others.

"Go deep into the grassland?" Liang Cheng frowned and blurted out, "Then Cheng San will stay and Cheng Yun will lead the way."

Except for Zheng Shicheng and Ling Yun, everyone else was confused and didn't understand why Cheng San couldn't go deep into the grassland.

Liang Cheng realized that he had lost his composure, and calmly spoke out to make amends, "Cheng San has been injured before. Going deep into the grassland is very dangerous, and we can't leave behind anyone who is very skilled in the army."

This powerful skill refers to the lightness kung fu of Sheng Ze and Ling Yun. Ordinary soldiers have no way to learn such advanced lightness kung fu.

"I don't think Cheng San needs to stay," Zheng Shicheng said. "He and Cheng Yun have a tacit understanding of cooperation. The two of them are most likely to achieve the plan if they go together."

Zheng Shicheng's eyes looked directly at Liang Cheng, his eyes showing disapproval of what he just said.

His Highness needs to win the hearts of the people and establish authority in the army. Only by performing more meritorious deeds and making great achievements will he be the best.

As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cubs? There has never been any merit that fell from the sky in this world.

Liang Cheng turned his eyes away and did not object again.

He also knew that this should be the case, but the empress was kind to him. Now that the empress is gone, the safety of His Highness is naturally the most important thing.

Sheng Ze knew exactly why Liang Cheng had such a reaction. He slightly curled up the corners of his lower lips, feeling a hint of warmth in his heart.

He accepted the kindness, but he knew that there were some things that he had to do personally.

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The Tuoyu tribe's retreat was a happy event for the Northern Hubei Army to tell each other about.

Shen Qingqian and others heard the news when they came to the army the next day.

"Great, now everyone is not so panicked."

"Yes, if we don't have food and grass, and we have to be prepared for them to attack at any time, we don't know how many days we can last."

"It's really God's blessing..."

Xiao Sun loaded the tools he was going to take to the fields onto the carriage and said in a slightly excited tone: "What a surprise! I didn't expect them to retreat!"

Shen Qingqian gave a forced smile, she was not so optimistic.

Such unexpected events are usually accompanied by greater dangers.