Returning from the place where the troops were hiding, they found no signs of the Chu people following up, indicating that the withdrawal was fairly secretive.
The hiding place was not far from Zhou Lai's camp. Wu Sheng and Jin Wuhuan were both in the God Refining Realm. They gathered their strength and walked quickly, and they arrived in half an hour. The terrain here is very clear in Wu Sheng's Qi Sea World sandbox. Without exploring around, Wu Sheng went directly to a hill covered with dense forests in the northeast. Although the hill was not high, when observed from the canopy, Zhou Lai Da You can have a clear view of the camp and the Wu Army camp opposite.
It was noon, and there was no one on the scheduled battlefield. The battle did not happen. The Wu camp closed the gate tightly, and the Chu camp did the same, except that all the fires lit at night were put out.
Wu Sheng guessed that maybe the Chu army sent a letter to the Wu army and postponed the war? Or maybe the Chu camp is exempt from fighting?
"What should I do if I don't want to fight? Should I put up the fight-free card?" Wu Sheng murmured.
Jin Wuhuan was at a loss: "What is a war-free card?" Then he said: "Maybe it's a letter?"
Wu Sheng regretted a little. He should have investigated with Yuan Sima. Jin Wuhuan was a complete layman on the art of national warfare, so he could only be brought out as an errand and could not be "prepared for consultation."
The two of them were hiding in the canopy of the trees, quietly observing the movements of the two armies.
There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and several knights rushed from the direction of Sui, Ying, and Lai's military camps and entered Zhou Lai's camp.
Not long after, a cloud of smoke and dust rose in the direction of Bagong Mountain, and a convoy of about thirty military vehicles returned with drooping flags and entered Shen Douke's camp.
Jin Wuhuan asked: "Is this a military vehicle chasing us?"
Wu Sheng said: "That's probably it."
The gate of the Chu camp opened wide, and many mounted scouts rushed out, galloping in all directions around them. Jin Wuhuan was full of curiosity: "Are you looking for us?"
Wu Sheng nodded: "Most likely."
Jin Wuhuan was a little worried: "I'll go take a look and go back to remind Yuan Sima."
Wu Sheng warned: "Be careful..."
After Jin Wuhuan left, Wu Sheng saw batches of scouts scattered in the Chu camp many times. He also saw Wu people visiting by car and entering through their own gates.
In the evening, Jin Wuhuan came back again. He happened to see a car coming out of Zhou Lai Camp and heading towards Wu Camp, so he asked, "What are you doing?"
Wu Sheng answered him: "It's Ambassador Wu. I don't know what they talked about. How is Yuan Sima?"
Jin Wuhuan claimed credit: "Yuan Sima has made careful arrangements... I killed two groups of Chu people's scouts, both going in the opposite direction."
Wu Sheng praised him a few words, and Jin Wuhuan smiled broadly.
At midnight, Wu Sheng suddenly said: "Something's wrong..."
Jin Wuhuan asked: "What's wrong?"
Wu Sheng said: "The Chu people sent out at least a dozen groups of scouts, and only six groups came back. And... no group of scouts has returned to the camp since Youshi."
Jin Wuhuan became a little nervous: "Those scouts... did they find Yuan Sima? Were they killed by Yuan Sima?"
Wu Sheng shook his head: "That's not what I meant... Let's go and have a look!"
The two came out of the dense forest and gradually approached Zhoulai's camp under the cover of night. They saw that the lights on the walls of the camp were still on, but there were no people on duty in the several archery towers.
Jumping up to the arrow tower, I saw no one below, and the whole camp was dead silent.
Jin Wuhuan murmured: "Withdrawal of troops? Withdrawal now?"
Wu Sheng said hello and went straight into the camp with Jin Wuhuan. He rushed to the warehouse and saw that the granaries and warehouses were empty. There were no cars or soldiers in the yard, only some remnants that had been burned by the fire.
Wu Sheng immediately entered the yard first, dug under a pile of ashes, and soon dug out a chariot. He ordered Jin Wuhuan: "Go and report to Yuan Sima quickly, twenty people are here, and they will arrive before the Wu people can respond." Move your stuff before you come here!”
Jin Wuhuan didn't dare to delay. He left the fashion and wondered why the Chu people withdrew their troops. Even if the allied forces of Yong, Kui, and Lu escape, and including the damage from the battle three days ago, the total is less than ninety times. It is not a big deal for the Chu people. How can they abandon the state for this? Coming?
Could it be that the fire caused huge losses to the Chu people?
Wu Sheng didn't have time to think about it, so he dug out the chariot one after another. After more than ten chariots were dug out, Yong Zhi, Lu Kuang and others had arrived with Jin Wuhuan. Under Wu Sheng's guidance, they dug out the remaining chariots. All the cars were dug out.
In addition to the chariots, of course there were also a large number of spiritual materials, magic weapons, elixirs and other good things hidden underground in the warehouse. They were all loaded onto the chariots, and twenty chariots filed out of the opened Nanying Gate.
The Chu people had withdrawn their troops, indicating that they had given up the state, and this land therefore belonged to the Wu people. Without the Chu people, Wu Sheng would have no use value in front of the Wu people. He didn't dare to bet on whether the Wu people would still open their arms to him, maybe they would be more ruthless than the Chu people?
After returning to the hiding place before dawn and rendezvousing with Yuan Sima, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms immediately set off and headed southwest. Everyone was very anxious and worried that the Chu people had already attacked the country, so they were eager to return.
In five or six days, the coalition forces entered Yangzhou, which was only more than fifty miles away. After resting for two days, he suddenly rushed into Lumingze in the north of Yangzhou City in the evening.
Lumingze is the largest fiefdom of Shendouke. It has large areas of high-quality mountains, forests, swamps, fields and pastures, fertile water and soil, and rich products. It was a gift given by the King of Chu in recognition of his merits.
After two days of investigation, the coalition forces found out the details of Lu Mingze, dispersed more than 80 chariots, and surrounded various settlement points to arrest people and search for food.
Yuan Sima and Wu Sheng personally led troops to attack Yizhuang. How could the small Yizhuang stop these wolf-like guys? Several Shen Douke disciples and dozens of villagers climbed up the wall to protect them, but they were overwhelmed by one of them. , large groups of coalition forces swarmed in.
While searching for property and arresting people, Wu Sheng asked Dong Da to enter Yangzhou and contact Cui Ming.
After doing such an earth-shattering thing, how could Cui Ming stay here? He came to Lumingze overnight, and after meeting Wu Sheng, he sighed and lamented the impermanence of the world.
Seeing that he didn't make a fuss, Wu Sheng asked, "Do you know why I hit Lu Mingze?"
Cui Ming nodded.
Wu Sheng said: "Are they a family?"
Cui Ming had no choice but to continue nodding.
Wu Sheng said: "Tell me about it."
Cui Mingdao: "After receiving an urgent message from the state, Huyi has already moved. It should be three days ago. Yangzhou is also gathering troops to prepare for the response."
Huyi is a military town set up by the Chu State in the north of Huyi Mountain. It has hundreds of military vehicles stationed there to monitor the Four Kingdoms and Baiyue. If Huyi moves, it means that they will attack the Four Kingdoms directly.
Cui Ming added: "I have sent people to Mangdang Mountain, and I have no intention of hiding it from you."
Wu Sheng patted him on the shoulder: "That's interesting."
Cui Mingdao: "After doing this, you should run away quickly. Mangdang Mountain is not safe either. You have to go south."
Wu Sheng asked back: "Did you know that the Chu army abandoned the state and came?"
Cui Ming nodded: "A letter came from the day before yesterday, saying that Yin was seriously ill and the army retreated to Jifu."
