The Era of Generals

Chapter 493   Strange tacit understanding

At this time, what Chen Ze needs is time.

It would give him time to quickly rush to the vicinity of Juhe City and contact half a million elite soldiers.

So this was the reason why Chen Ze let Chen Ming sneak away when no one was prepared.

Chen Ze knew that he had given Ouyang Lixing too many excuses, and it was hard to say whether Ouyang Lixing would still believe what he said.

Moreover, the situation is already like this, it is really difficult for Chen Ze to make Ouyang Lixing truly believe in him despite Chen Ze's rhetoric.

It would be better to give Ouyang Lixing a trick to leave, and let Chen Ming simply leave without even saying hello.

So, will this make Ouyang Lixing think too much?

If he doesn't want to, then he is not Ouyang Lixing!

What Chen Ze wanted was for Ouyang Lixing to think a few more times, so that he would be cautious and dare not act rashly at this time.

In fact, Ouyang Lixing really thought too much.

Ouyang Lixing thought a lot about Chen Ming's leaving, but in fact, Chen Ze didn't make so many arrangements at all, he just let Chen Ming leave.

Because of Chen Ming's departure, Ouyang Lixing thought that Chen Ze probably thought of the third floor, so in order to check and balance Chen Ze, he could only think deeper, thinking of the fourth floor, or even the fifth floor.

However, in fact, Chen Ze just stayed on the first floor. In today's words, that is, I predicted your prediction.

In the end, Chen Ze, who was only on the first floor, got the result he most hoped for. After the 500,000 elite soldiers penetrated into the opponent's hinterland, they actually stayed there safely without receiving any attack from the enemy.

Ouyang Lixing probably never thought of this.

He believed that Chen Ze had a plan and would not give up this army so easily, so there must be a conspiracy to put the army there blatantly.

You must know that he had just solved Zheng Yuanyun, and it was time to breathe a sigh of relief. If there were no accidents, the crisis in Nantes Province should have been resolved by himself.

Then in the face of the unknown of Chen Ze, Ouyang Lixing's approach had to be more prudent. When the troops were not strong enough to pose a threat to the entire Nantes province, it was naturally not the best choice to send troops rashly at this moment.

Everything is just in case.

What if the other party has arrangements?

What if this is a trick of the other party?

What if in addition to the 500,000 reinforcements, there are actually more troops hidden in the dark?

After seeing Chen Ming's magic as a scout, to be honest, Ouyang Lixing didn't trust his scouts too much. What if his subordinates rushed to report to him without investigating clearly?

Everything, there are countless what-ifs waiting for him.

In this case, it is better to stay in Juhe City safely.

In Ouyang Lixing's mind, the entire Nantes province has been divided into two parts, or in other words, two halves.

Half is in his hands, and half is in Chen Ze's hands.

The center line of these two halves is Juhe City.

He only needs to firmly grasp the city of residence, and then he has recovered half of the province of Nantes, which is countless times better than the last three cities on the border.

As for the other half of the territory in Chen Ze's hands, Ouyang Lixing's idea was to wait until the empire sent reinforcements before making a decision.

After all, he came to support Nantes Province not just because he wanted to make up for Zhang Chengwang's mistakes and take back this province that originally belonged to the Zhu Yan Empire, but because he had made an overall consideration for the interests of the entire empire.

Now, because of the fall of Nantes Province, it has attracted much attention in the whole continent, and I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are secretly watching the development of the situation, and Ouyang Lixing is very clear. The Yan royal family had even prepared for the worst.

That is, give up the province of Nantes!

Naturally, to give up the province of Nantes is like cutting a knife on a person. Although the necrotic skin is cut off, it is inevitable that a lot of blood will be shed and the good flesh next to the necrotic skin will be injured.

Fengqi Province is too close to Nantes Province!

If the Qingyang Empire wins Nantes Province, after a series of developments, the situation of Fengqi Province will be very bad.

The opponent of Fengqi Province has always been the Mohe Province of the Bailie Empire, but they have never paid much attention to the Nantes Province in the rear.

But that's because Nantes Province has always been the territory of the Zhu Yan Empire. As a neighboring province of the same empire, Ouyang Lixing can certainly rest assured.

However, the fall of Nantes Province and the transfer of the territory to the Qingyang Empire meant that Fengqi Province would have another enemy.

There was Bai Lie in the front, Qingyang in the back, Fengqi Province was caught in the middle, one can imagine the dire situation.

Therefore, Ouyang Lixing sent troops to help, for the Nantes province, for the Zhuyan Empire, and more for himself.

Only by keeping Nantes Province will there be a future for Fengqi Province, which Ouyang Lixing sees very clearly.

That's why he would rather be safe and conservative, and only fight battles that can be won, rather than touch those unknown areas, and wait until the empire has breathed a sigh of relief before coming to this recovery battle .

It is enough to take back half of the territory of Nantes Province, which is enough to achieve Ouyang Lixing's goal!

In his mind, if he lost this time, he was wrong. Naturally, he had to pay the price, but the price had to be paid by the Nantes province itself, and it couldn't drag down the safety of his Fengqi province.

This price is most likely to return the three main cities that originally belonged to the territory of the Qingyang Empire and have been occupied by the Zhuyan Empire for many years.

Just return it!

People who have grown up in the province of Nantes for generations may not accept it, but as an outsider, Ouyang Lixing doesn't care at all.

Therefore, under the circumstances that one party was conservative and the other party also wanted to be safe, a strange tacit understanding was reached between Ouyang Lixing and Chen Ze.

Zheng Yuanyun is the only condition for such a tacit agreement to be reached.

As soon as he died, under the deliberate decision of the supreme commander, the two sides in the battle died down, dragging the battle situation into infinite calm.

This delay is five days.

On Ma Hui's side, five days was enough time for the large number of people sent out to send back information. However, after all the information was aggregated, what was brought to the army was a gloomy cloud.

Master Zheng is dead!

This news could not be more clear. The reason is that after Ouyang Lixing solved the problem of the prisoners of war on the third day, he sent people to send the bodies of Zheng Yuanyun and the nine loyalists to a distance from Ma Hui's army station. Ten miles away, it can be regarded as returning the body of the opponent's coach.

At the same time, this is also a warning given by Ouyang Lixing. As for the content of the warning, everyone from Ma Hui down is very clear.