Chapter 95: Bet

"bet?"

A hint of vigilance immediately appeared in Yan Changkong's eyes, and he said sternly, "What bet? Are you delaying time?"

"Procrastinate time?" Meng Hu sneered, "What are you doing to delay time? Delay time sets an ambush on your way back to the camp and then capture you alive? You are too proud of me. It is not easy for people from the wilderness to capture a master like you, not to mention that this lonely peak is high, and there is no movement around you under your nose?"

Yan Changkong felt relieved when he thought about it, and said coldly: "Then what exactly do you want to do?"

Meng Hu smiled slightly and said calmly: "I don't want to do anything, I just want to make a bet with you."

"Hmph." Yan Changkong groaned and shouted, "If you want to make a bet, you can surrender as long as you are willing!"

"Don't you just want to capture me alive?" Meng Hu smiled, "Okay, as long as you can beat me, let alone capture me alive, I am willing to work hard for the Mingyue Empire, how about it?"

"Oh?" Yan Changkong said in a low voice, "Is there such a good thing?"

Meng Hu said again: "But if you lose the bet, you have to work hard for me."

Yan Changkong frowned and meditated for a moment, always thinking that it would be okay to listen to the conditions of the bet. Anyway, the decision on whether to bet or not is lies with him. Even if he doesn't gamble, it wouldn't be too late to fight Meng Hu again. He said immediately: "Tell me, how can you bet?"

Meng Hu smiled and said, "Just bet on how the outcome of the Battle of Xiling?"

"Huh?" Yan Changkong said in surprise, "Betting on the victory or defeat of the Battle of Xiling?"

"good."

Meng Hu said loudly, "If your army wins the Battle of Xiling, then I will lose. Capture me alive, kill me or let me fight the Mingyue Empire. It is up to you to decide, but if your army does not win, then you will lose. You have to work hard for me. How about this bet? Isn't this bet fair?"

Yan Changkong thought of the sound of the lightning and said coldly: "This bet is indeed fair, but why should I believe you? What if you lose the bet but betray you?"

Meng Hu said in a slutty manner: "A man is a real man who promises a fortune. Do you think I am like a villain who has no faith?"

Yan Changkong looked up at the sky and saw that the mist in the fields was heavy, and there were only faint dark shadows left in the mountains in the distance. If you spend time with Meng Hu here, you may not be able to get benefits. As Meng Hu said, even if you continue to fight until dawn tomorrow, you may not be able to decide the outcome. It would be better to stop when you see it.

Besides, although Meng Hu is cunning and difficult to deal with, Yan Changkong has absolute confidence in Situ Rui. Situ Rui has experienced many battles and has never been defeated for decades. Of course, he will not fail this time. It is a matter of time to conquer Xiling, so it can be said that he will win or lose by making this bet with Meng Hu.

Thinking of this, Yan Changkong did not hesitate anymore and said aloud: "Okay, I will agree to this bet!"

Meng Hu smiled, clasped his fists to Yan Changkong and bowed, "General Changkong, then I will lose my companion."

After saying that, Meng Hu brought Qi Diaozi, Leopard and more than a dozen tiger and wolf veterans turned around and went down to the Gufeng. Yan Changkong had no intention of stopping him. In fact, he couldn't stop him. Seeing that it was dark, he couldn't see the situation in the mountains on the top of the Gufeng. Yan Changkong did not stay at the top of the mountain anymore, and he took the guards back to the camp outside the mountain without mentioning it.

While going down the mountain, Qi Diaozi approached Meng Hu and asked, "General, do you really want to make this bet with Yan Changkong?"

Meng Hu laughed twice and asked back: "Why not bets that only win but not lose?"

"Only win but not lose?" Qi Diaozi said in surprise, "Is the general saying that the Mingyue Empire Army will be defeated in the battle of Xiling?"

Meng Hu shook his head and said, "It is hard to say what the final result of the Battle of Xiling is, but Yan Changkong will definitely lose this bet."

"This..." Qi Diaozi said in confusion, "I don't understand why Yan Changkong will definitely lose this bet?"

"Betting with me, Yan Changkong is still tender, hehe." Meng Hu laughed and said, "Old Qi, if the Mingyue Empire Army fails in the Battle of Xiling, the entire army will inevitably withdraw. By then, there will be no war in the western provinces. If the Mingyue Empire Army is defeated, then no one can deny the fact that it is a battle, right?"

Qi Diaozi nodded and said, "That's it."

Meng Hu then said, "But if the Western Legion fails, it's hard to say. I am the commander of the Fifth Division of the Western Legion? The soldiers under my command are soldiers of the Fifth Division, right? As long as there are soldiers of the Western Legion resisting, this battle cannot be considered as the Mingyue Empire Army winning the victory. Do you think this is the case?"

Qi Diaozi understood it clearly. Meng Hu was clearly playing a word game.

Meng Hu's meaning is very obvious. As long as there is a soldier in the Western Legion resisting, it cannot be considered that the Mingyue Empire Army will win, and Meng Hu will not have to fulfill this bet. When the Western Legion is destroyed, Meng Hu will probably die in battle, so naturally there is no need to fulfill the bet. Therefore, Meng Hu only wins and not loses in this bet. It turns out that this is the statement.

Qi Diaozi shook his head and sighed, "Yan Changkong meets the general, he can only be considered unlucky."

Yuncheng, the capital of the northwest province of the Glorious Empire.

When Du Yuan, the chief of staff of the Northwest Army, walked into the Governor General's headquarters, the Governor General and the commander of the Northwest Army, solemnly looked at the map on the table with a serious expression. When he heard the footsteps, Zheng Chongguang couldn't help but look up at Du Yuan and said in a heavy tone: "Du Yuan, are you here?"

Du Yuan couldn't help but feel sank. He knew something was wrong when he heard this tone.

"Governor General." Du Yuan walked up two steps to the table and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Solemnly, he pointed to the lacquered letter on the table and said, "You can see it yourself. This is what His Highness, the King of Qin, just delivered in a hurry to 800 miles."

Du Yuan hurriedly read the letter, and his face changed drastically: "Governor General, how can this be done? Didn't he agree to gather at Yanmen Pass first and then rush to Xiling to help? This is a strategy set by the King of Yan. Why did he suddenly change the division and join forces? His Highness the King of Qin did not say the reason in the letter. What was going on?"

"Who knows what's going on?" said solemn Chongguang, "He is a commander, of course he can change his strategy temporarily!"

"Hey." Du Yuan lowly said, and sighed, "Governor General, I'm afraid I'm going to have a big trouble now."

Zheng Chongguang's expression moved and asked, "What does it mean?"

Du Yuan lowered his voice and said, "Who is Situ Rui? He is a famous general in the Middle Earth world. How could he be compared to the young man who just left the academy and was praised by others for being praised by others? This time the Guards Army will inevitably fall into Situ Rui's plan. The western provinces are probably going to permanently escape from the empire territory."

"What do you mean is that the Qin King's split and joining attack will not work?"

"It's just a piece of paper!"

Du Yuan said bluntly, "The so-called split-advance and joint attack is the key to a combination of the word "combination". Once the combined attack cannot be formed, it will be easily defeated by the enemy one by one! How far are the Yanmen Pass, Yuncheng and the capital of the southwest province, Nanzhong? The roads to Xiling from three directions are different, and the road conditions are even more different. How do the three armies cooperate? How easy is it to form a combined attack? It's simply a whim!"

Zheng Chongguang nodded repeatedly. The attack of Meng Yan's split and joint seemed to be like that, but Du Yuan's analysis was really full of loopholes. He asked again: "What should we do now in the Northwest Legion? Keep holding the troops, or go straight to Xiling?"

Du Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "It is not appropriate to continue to hold the troops. Once the King of Qin and the Guards have something to do, the Governor will be afraid that he will not be able to escape the crime of not saving the death. Once the King of Yan pursues the matter, he is afraid that even the eldest prince will not be able to protect the Lord. But if he really goes to Xiling, he will not be able to fall into Situ Rui's plan. If he is not careful, he will be the end of the destruction of the entire army."

Zheng Chongguang frowned and said, "You said nothing."

"Don't worry, Governor," Du Yuan smiled, "The humble meaning is that the main force of the Northwest Legion can reach the junction of the Northwest Province and the Western Province, and then send two corpses to rush to Xiling with great fanfare."

When Zheng Chongguang heard this, his eyes lit up and exclaimed: "Okay, this method is good, just do it!"

Outside Xiling City, the bright moon camp.

Tuoba Ye and Situ Yue reported to Situ Rui the authentic excavation process.

Tuoba Ye was Tuoba Tao's younger brother. After Tuoba Tao was killed, Tuoba Ye became the commander of the Third Division. However, most of the 3rd Division are new recruits and their combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning. Situ Yue's first division is also similar. Most of the veterans of the First Division died in battle with Situ Biao in Tianlang Pass.

These two divisions have weak combat power, so Situ Rui could only treat them as coolies and dig out the authentic tunnels with the civilians.

At this time, Situ Yue and Tuoba Ye were complaining to Situ Rui: "Governor General, this area is full of sand. Although it is easy to dig, it is easy to collapse. It often collapses when it is digging in front and behind. It has collapsed more than a dozen times since it was excavated. Hundreds of soldiers were buried alive, and they were exhausted when they were dug out."

Situ Rui said coldly: "Don't you think of a way to collapse the tunnel easily? I don't want to hear your complaints. I just want to know how many days it will take to dig the walls of Xiling City?"

Situ Yue and Tuoba Ye looked at each other, not daring to answer.

"how?"

Situ Rui frowned and said, "The authenticity is the first, the third division is digging. As the division commanders, you two don't even know when they can dig the city wall?"

Situ Yue gritted his teeth and stepped forward to respond, "Report to the Governor, it will take at least forty days to dig the city wall."

Situ Rui groaned and shouted coldly: "No, forty days is too long, I can only give you twenty days at most!"

As he was talking, Geng Zhong, the new chief of staff of the Qingzhou Legion, suddenly hurried into Situ Rui's central army tent. Speaking of which, the chief of staff of the Qingzhou Legion is really a high-risk profession. Since the Mingyue Imperial Army's eastern expedition, Du Yu and Yan Ting have killed two chiefs of staff in a row. Geng Zhong, the successor, was also very frightened and did not know how long he could live.

As soon as he entered the tent, Geng Zhong said anxiously: "Governor, the situation of the war has changed!"
Chapter completed!