I am the villain in the book

The next day, Guanghan County.

At noon, in the same riverside pavilion, Wei Changtian met Han Zhao again.

"General Han, what's the word?"

Looking at Han Zhao, whose face seemed to be filled with joy, Wei Changtian asked with a smile, "Has Ning Yongnian made his decision?"

"Yes!"

Han Zhao cupped his fist, his tone full of admiration, "Young Master, your plan is truly brilliant! Ning Yongnian has ordered me to capture Shuzhou City within half a month!"

"Last night, Lord Wei suddenly drew his bow and shot an arrow before leaving."

" ."

Soon, Han Zhao recounted everything that had happened last night in detail.

Although it was still unknown what Wei Xianzheng and Ning Yongnian had discussed on the city wall, that was no longer important.

Yes, the words that Wei Xianzheng heard from Wang Er before leaving last night were what Wei Changtian had sent back the first time he learned that he had surrounded the palace.

There were only five words in total—

Provoke Ning Yongnian.

Obviously, Wei Changtian wasn't just trying to cause trouble for Wei Xianzheng.

His purpose was to make Ning Yongnian's anger flare up, so that he would make the less-than-prudent decision to "continue the attack" in an irrational state.

The Niutoushan ambush was not only related to the victory or defeat of the Shuzhou battle, but also would affect, and even subvert, the entire situation of Da Ning.

Therefore, the imperial army had to go to Niutoushan.

To this end, Wei Changtian not only sent a message to Wei Xianzheng in time, but also sent Ning Yongnian a piece of false information in advance through his lost mother-child jade.

The master who "slashed three thousand soldiers with one sword" was not from the Shuzhou army.

Impulsiveness is the devil! Comrade Xiao Ning!

Wei Changtian shook his head contentedly, then began to regret that Wei Xianzheng had stolen the opportunity to show off.

Shooting an arrow over Ning Yongnian's head in front of so many people, what a shocking scene that would be!

Why can't I get such a thing?

Alas, I am already the "protagonist."

Speaking of Ning Yongnian, wasn't he quite cautious before? Why was he so easily impulsive this time?

Could it be that the halo of intelligence reduction for the villain has finally arrived?

That's not right, if there really was a halo of intelligence reduction, the three million people in Yuanzhou City wouldn't have died.

After thinking wildly for a while, Wei Changtian stopped dwelling on these things and prepared to ask Han Zhao about his next plans.

But what he didn't know was that Ning Yongnian's decision to "continue the attack" was not just because of anger.

Because just before Wei Xianzheng surrounded the palace, the latter also received a secret letter from Wu Ding.

In the letter, Wu Ding explained the matter of Li Wutong in detail.

Although Ning Yongnian regretted not being able to trick Li Wutong, he noticed a detail mentioned in the letter—

"We are here on the orders of Young Master Wei, but we are not serving Young Master Wei."

This was the answer the gray-robed old man casually gave when Wu Ding asked him why he was willing to work for Wei Changtian.

Wu Ding didn't think much about this sentence, and simply wrote it into the secret report.

However, Ning Yongnian immediately used this to draw a conclusion that was almost equal to the truth—

These seven masters are helping Wei Changtian to take Li Wutong away because of some kind of transaction. Apart from this, they will not interfere in anything.

And this meant that they would not appear on the Shuzhou battlefield.

In fact, if Ning Yongnian was a little "stupider", or if Wu Ding's secret report had come later, perhaps he would not have made that decision last night.

But precisely because this emperor was too smart, and Wu Ding's secret report was too timely, Ning Yongnian "impulsively" made Wei Changtian successfully achieve his goal under Wei Changtian's calculations and various coincidences.

It's hard to say whether this counts as the "protagonist's halo", but it can definitely be called Wei Changtian's "luck".

One day in the future, when Wei Changtian thoroughly understands the reason behind this, he may sigh that he has finally "turned his luck around".

And besides that, he may also have a trace of worry.

Just like how Xiao Feng "accidentally" obtained the Qingjue jade pendant that was originally outside the plot in Houqiu Village.

Whether it is sudden "good luck" or "bad luck"... Perhaps it is just a means for the wheel of fate to correct itself.

"General Han, when are you going to lead the troops to pursue?"

Under the dazzling sunlight, Wei Changtian, of course, didn't know that the wheel of fate was trying its best to pull him back to the "right track", and his expression was very relaxed at this time.

"Since Ning Yongnian has already given the order, it's better to send troops as soon as possible, lest things change if we delay."

"Yes, I understand."

Han Zhao cupped his fist and replied truthfully, "Young Master, I plan to send troops at Xu Shi today, and I will only leave 20,000 new recruits to guard Guanghan City."

"Twenty thousand new recruits... That's fine."

After pondering for a moment, Wei Changtian nodded in agreement to this arrangement.

According to the original plan, after Han Zhao led the army away, the Tiangou Army would suddenly kill and retake Guanghan City, thereby cutting off the imperial army's logistics supply.

Although the Tiangou Army only had 10,000 people, they were, after all, a special force of "human-demon hybrids". If they couldn't even beat 20,000 new recruits, then they would be too weak.

Besides, Han Zhao couldn't deliberately leave too few people, otherwise it would easily arouse suspicion.

So this was a more appropriate arrangement.

"Let's do it this way."

Looking at the big sun overhead, Wei Changtian casually instructed, "When the time comes, you can tell Chu Xianping about the deployment of Guanghan City, and he will arrange it properly."

"Yes."

Han Zhao responded, then asked, "Young Master, are you planning to go to Niutoushan with the army, or go ahead?"

"I'll go first, I'm not too relieved about that side."

Wei Changtian replied, "I'll go and arrange it again."

"Okay, then I wonder when Young Master is going to leave?"

Han Zhao asked again, "Do you need me to arrange someone to send you out of the city?"

"Well, you can arrange it."

Wei Changtian thought for a moment, then reached out and pointed to his feet, "Have your people come here to wait for me in an hour, I still have something to do."

"I understand."

Han Zhao nodded again, indicating that he had remembered.

He didn't ask what Wei Changtian was going to do, and the latter didn't mean to say it either, just casually asked another question before leaving.

"Is there anything else important? If not, I'll leave first."

"Temporarily... Oh, right."

Han Zhao suddenly said, "Young Master, there has been a change in the situation on the Da Feng side this morning."

Huh?

Wei Changtian suddenly turned his head, his brows slightly furrowed, "What's wrong? Did they start fighting again?"

"No."

Han Zhao didn't know about the "scandal" between Wei Changtian and Li Wutong, so at this moment he just replied truthfully in a tone of reporting "international news":

"A battle report just came back two hours ago."

"At Mao Shi this morning, Feng Yuan suddenly opened the east gate, and hundreds of court officials escorted Li Qi out of the city to surrender."