The Era of Generals

"I'm just a counselor, it's embarrassing to say it, but it's my advantage!"

Chen Ze pointed at his badge with two suns and one light in a self-deprecating manner, but there was no embarrassment on his face.

"This..." Huang Zhengyang didn't understand why, and asked at a loss: "How do you say this?"

Chen Ze said with a smile: "If it's a general, those ambush soldiers may not dare to show up, but what if the person who transported the food and grass is just a small strategist?"

"If you were a general, what would you do?"

he asked rhetorically.

"if it was me?"

Huang Zhengyang blurted out, "Of course I went up and grabbed it!"

After finishing speaking, I realized that I quickly waved my hands, "Of course I don't mean to look down on Brother Chen!"

Chen Ze smiled wryly: "If I were a general, I would have the same thoughts. Who is to say that I am a low-ranking soldier?"

"Tell me, does the other party think it's easier to deal with a school captain who was born as a general, or a little counselor who was born as a counselor?"

"The general's reaction is nothing more than human nature, of course I understand."

Only then did Huang Zhengyang suddenly say: "So Brother Chen meant... to use his body as bait?"

"exactly!"

Chen Ze resolutely said: "The battle ahead is tight, and the importance of the supply line is self-evident. If you allow him to roam around in Anluo province, it is tantamount to inserting a sharp knife in your body, and a piece may be gouged out at any time." Here comes the meat."

"Although I'm not talented, the victory lies in having enough troops. As long as they dare to come, they will definitely succeed in one blow!"

These words were resolute, not only Huang Zhengyang present, but also the trusted soldiers who accompanied him, all were moved by Chen Ze's words.

It is the normal state in everyone's perception that military generals lead troops and counsel ministers, and Chen Ze, at the rank of a counselor, dared to take risks with his own life. This courage alone is not weak.

"but……"

Huang Zhengyang thought about it for a while, and said unsurely: "Brother Chen also said that he has enough troops, isn't he afraid that the other party will not dare to show up when he sees that you have too many troops?"

Chen Ze shook his head and said, "Of course not in a big way. In order to let the opponent feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, I will disperse the troops and use it as a lure!"

Huang Zhengyang worried: "But is this too risky?"

Chen Ze straightened his body, and said righteously: "It is said that if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get a tiger's cub!"

"For the sake of the empire, and for the millions of brothers and sisters in Bo'an City, I am willing to take this risk!"

Secretly, I got goose bumps all over my body.

Only he himself knows that he has no sense of belonging to the Qingyang Empire, and what he did for the empire is a joke, but for the sake of military exploits, he has to say that.

After having a face-to-face meeting with Huang Zhengyang, Chen Ze probably understood the other party's character, so he used words to fool him.

It is impossible to defend the city. If he stays in Xichuan City, he will not be able to get a fart. He can only eat the subsistence allowance rewards given by the system.

With Chen Ze's personality, he would of course be more willing to take the initiative to attack. If he couldn't meet Zhu Yan's ambush, he would be fine, but if he did, it would be a considerable achievement.

But no matter how you look at it, Huang Zhengyang, as a school captain, is more suitable to go out of the city to deliver food and grass, and he himself stayed in Xichuan City. The grain and grass of Xichuan City went to Bo'an.

With 20,000 troops under his command, and an epic general like Ma Teng, Chen Ze himself was invincible, so of course he would not miss this opportunity to gain military exploits.

Seeing that Huang Zhengyang was also moved by his righteous nonsense and remained silent for a long time, Chen Ze slowed down his tone and said, "You don't need to be like this, the general, besides, this is just my plan with the worst possible outcome. It might not be that bad."

"In the final analysis, it is still unknown whether Zhuyan Empire really has ambushes here. What if I really think too much?"

Chen Ze smiled and said, "If that's the case, I'd like to say sorry to the general for taking the credit for delivering food and grass from you."

"Where do you say that!"

Huang Zhengyang continued: "Brother Chen is willing to take this trip for me, thank you so much, it's too late, so why apologize!"

If he could say that, he agreed with Chen Ze's statement and was willing to stay and defend Xichuan City.

Chen Ze breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Although this person is very foolish, he is also one-sided. It took a lot of mental effort to get him to agree with him.

"In this way, I have already delayed a lot of time in Xichuan City. In order to prevent the delay of the fighter, let's go down and prepare!"

Chen Ze cupped his fists at Huang Zhengyang, thought for a while and said, "As for that Yan Hong, General Lao will interrogate him severely, maybe we can get some useful information from him."

"It's natural!"

Mentioning Yan Hong, Huang Zhengyang's face immediately became stern, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I will greet him well, Brother Chen, don't worry, if there is any news, I will send someone to inform you as soon as possible!"

Chen Ze mentioned Yan Hong again at this time, of course it was to strengthen his mind to keep Huang Zhengyang in the city again, lest he suddenly figured it out afterwards and ran to chase him, which would be troublesome.

As for Yan Hong...

What is it with him?

The two said goodbye for the time being, Huang Zhengyang went to say hello to poor Yan Hong, and Chen Ze quickly returned to the barracks with Li Quanan and others.

One thing he didn't fool Huang Zhengyang was the trick to lure the enemy with his own risk.

If you want to gain military exploits, you must have an enemy. If he swaggers and leads 20,000 soldiers and horses on the road, ghosts will come to gnaw at his tough bone.

Therefore, after Chen Ze returned to the barracks, he first deployed his soldiers and horses.

Of the 20,000 people, more than half were cavalry, and these people were all handed over to Meng Yang, totaling more than 15,000 people.

Although Ma Teng's commanding power is at most a cavalry unit of 8,000 soldiers, but his military general's skill of running a thousand miles is different. He can increase the movement speed of all his troops regardless of his commanding power.

So although the number of people exceeds the standard, it is enough to just march.

As for the remaining 5,000 people, Chen Ze ordered 3,000 of them to take off their military uniforms and dress only as civilians, pretending to be conscripts transporting food and grass, while the other 2,000 people were naturally the guards escorting the baggage troops.

The grain convoy had been prepared long ago. After the three thousand soldiers disguised themselves as civilians, Chen Ze sent someone to greet Huang Zhengyang. To avoid long nights and dreams, he immediately led the five thousand soldiers to escort the grain out of Xichuan City.

But Meng Yang's 15,000 cavalry were not in a hurry. After Chen Ze left the city for an hour, Meng Yang raised his troops and left Xichuan City.

There is an hour's journey between Chen Ze and Meng Yang, so there is no fear that the hidden ambush soldiers will find out that he has a strong force and dare not show up.

With the general star system, although Chen Ze walked ahead, he could know exactly where Meng Yang was through the map.

In case of an ambush, Chen Ze only needs to trigger Ma Teng's general star immediately, and with the opponent's characteristic of increasing the movement speed of friendly cavalry troops by 10%, he can encircle the enemy in a very short time!