The Era of Generals

Chapter 459 - Honesty

Zheng Yuanyun has always been a very successful person, this is the point that Ouyang Lixing has been mentioned the most in the information he has collected.

You must know that the person who knows you best is often your enemy. As Nantes Province, which has been fighting with Anluo Province and Zheng Yuanyun for more than ten years, it is simply impossible to collect detailed information about Zheng Yuanyun. It's easy.

And this information also helped Ouyang Lixing take the upper hand in the battle against Zheng Yuanyun. Even Zheng Yuanyun would advance aggressively in Xilong City and Tianyuan City before, which was not beyond the scope of his information.

So when Chen Ming said that he was still in Xilong City, Zheng Yuanyun was already asking for help from the neighboring provinces, so Ouyang Lixing felt incredible.

In fact, it was Chen Ze who learned about this at the beginning, and his reaction would be more flat, because at that time he was already very clear about Zheng Yuanyun's situation. Why did he come up with the idea of ​​ceding benefits early? It was because of Chen Ze, who was also General Luo, the strong pressure on him.

At that time, Zheng Yuanyun's desire for Nantes Province was actually not so great. What he wanted more was a victory and the benefits that a simple victory would bring him.

For example, the rank of national teacher.

For example, the imperial reward he received for a big victory made him in the limelight for a while.

Only when this condition is met, Zheng Yuanyun will have the confidence to stand against Luo Zongbing, and also have the confidence to kill Luo Zongbing first and then fight, and will not be blamed by the empire after killing Luo Zongbing.

For this reason, Zheng Yuanyun is very eager to win the Nantes Province, so that he can implement the follow-up plan instead of slowly advancing and taking the entire Nantes Province in a more secure way.

It was precisely for this reason that he fought extremely aggressively, even disregarding the lives of his soldiers, so at that time, Zheng Yuanyun decisively made the decision to cede his interests in exchange for a large number of reinforcements.

At the beginning, Chen Ze also kept his hand and didn't tell the matter. He only said that he would delay Zheng Yuanyun's follow-up reinforcements. As Ouyang Lixing thought, the follow-up reinforcements would naturally be mobilized by Anluo Province Otherwise, Chen Ze wouldn't have the confidence to hold on if he said hold on.

At this time, Chen Ze saw that the time was right, so he let Chen Ming disappear for a while, and then told Ouyang Lixing the so-called bad news.

From Chen Ming's point of view, this news really shocked Ouyang Lixing, so that the other party didn't speak again for a while.

It was not until a while later that Ouyang Lixing said coldly: "Then, did Zheng Yuanyun ask for this part of the reinforcements?"

Chen Ming pretended to sigh, shook his head and said: "At the beginning, my son deliberately blocked the reinforcements from Anluo province, but how could he have imagined that this guy Zheng Yuanyun would still keep such a trick."

"When he learned about this from Zheng Yuanyun's cronies, he immediately sent people to investigate the rear. As a result, when the people he sent came to the vicinity of Ketan City, they had already bumped into a large number of people who came to support him. Reinforcements!"

He bit down the word "A large amount" very hard, which made Ouyang Lixing raise his brows.

"What is the specific amount?"

Ouyang Lixing asked coldly.

"three million!"

Chen Ming gave the answer without hesitation, shook his head and said, "It was already too late when my son learned about this, and the three million new troops were about to arrive in Ketan City, and they would meet Zheng Yuanyun in Juhe City. It was only time." question."

"And one more thing."

He didn't wait for Ouyang Lixing's ugly face to become even uglier, and then raised his eyes and said: "My son intercepted a total of 500,000 reinforcements, and these 500,000 soldiers were Zheng Yuanyun in Anluoxing A private army that saves time to train, I believe that what a private army means, so I don’t need to explain it to General Ouyang in detail, right?”

Ouyang Lixing didn't speak.

Of course he knows what a private army is. In fact, in the main city of his Fengqi province, there is also a private army that he personally trained, but at that time the pressure on the main city of Fengqi was even greater, so he would The troops stayed in the city, but chose to gather troops from the cities along the way to save Dongping City.

"This private army, my son can hold it back temporarily, but it won't be too long, and once the reinforcements behind catch up, after the two phases converge, there will be a total of 3.5 million troops, my son will be It's impossible to control it any longer."

Ouyang Lixing frowned, looked at Chen Ming, and snorted coldly: "At this time, what is your intention in saying such things to this general?"

"Didn't your son say that he was in charge of the reinforcements at the beginning? Why, now it's over if you can't control it?"

Chen Ming's attitude also became tougher, he straightened his back and said: "General Ouyang, now it's not a question of who is to blame, just imagine, if my son did not come to explain to General Ouyang after receiving the news, it would seem to be more serious. Isn't it right?"

These words made Ouyang Lixing silent.

That's right, if Chen Ze didn't report the news, but turned around and ran away when the reinforcements came, and didn't know anything about him, then it doesn't matter whether he can run away, but one thing is for sure, he, Ouyang Lixing, will be in trouble !

An old-fashioned problem is that although Ouyang Lixing has a large number of troops, the quality of the soldiers is uneven, and they are not as good as Zheng Yuanyun's elite soldiers.

This was also the reason why he didn't dare to confront Zheng Yuanyun head-on when he clearly had more troops.

And when Zheng Yuanyun's reinforcements arrived, firstly, his strength was not superior, and secondly, the quality of his soldiers was also at a disadvantage. A defeat was certain.

Chen Ze told him about this matter at such a time, it can be said that he was not honest, on this point, Ouyang Lixing really had nothing to say, let alone accuse Chen Ze.

But instead, although Ouyang Lixing no longer delved into Chen Ze's ineffectiveness, he began to think about his current situation.

The obvious point is that if it drags on, when Zheng Yuanyun's reinforcements arrive, he will definitely not be able to fight here, and it is very likely that he will be eaten by Zheng Yuanyun in one bite, and there will be no scum left.

Therefore, the best strategy now is to retreat, retreat to Tianyuan City, or the last city, implement the strategy set at the beginning, and defend until the Zhuyan Empire sends people.

But Ouyang Lixing didn't say it clearly, but looked at Chen Ming and asked, "Then, besides asking you to bring back this bad news, does your young master have any good suggestions for this?"

He didn't believe that Chen Ze would aimlessly provide him with such news, and miss his chance to escape.

So Ouyang Lixing was still curious, how would Chen Ze respond to this?

"some!"

Sure enough, Chen Ming immediately interjected: "To tell you the truth, General Ouyang, regarding this matter, my young master does have a suggestion for my subordinates to bring to General Ouyang. As for the choice, it's up to you, General Ouyang!"