I am the villain in the book

The night was as dark as ink, and the flames of war raged.

The battle continued in the distance. With the entry of the Tengu Army's "land forces", the fighting had entered a white-hot phase.

But unlike the life-and-death struggle over there, the area around Wei Changtian and his companions was empty, without a single person in sight.

Of course, this was not difficult to understand.

After all, Zhuang Zhiming and the others had disappeared after their sneak attack. Now that the three strongest individuals on the entire battlefield were all here, the Qian Hui soldiers would not be foolish enough to come and throw their lives away.

So, although they were deep within the enemy camp and a battle was even raging in the distance, the area around Wei Changtian and his companions was eerily silent.

“. . . ”

Seeing Wei Changtian frowning in thought, Yang Liushi opened her mouth as if to speak, then hesitated.

She was not clear about the intricacies of what had just happened, and therefore naturally did not know what Wei Changtian was thinking.

Although Qin Zhengqiu had noticed that Zhuang Zhiming and the others had not used their full strength, he did not know their relationship with Chu Xianping, and was now also full of doubts.

Of the three, Wei Changtian knew the most information, so he was the only one who could roughly guess what was going on.

Chu Xianping wanted to remind him not to be too careless, and this enemy must be Lü Hongji!

The latter's greatest reliance was the Kui Dragon, but although there were many experts in the Kui Dragon, they might not necessarily be able to do anything to him and Qin Zhengqiu.

If that was the case, then there was only one possibility—

The people Lü Hongji sent to reinforce this time had all practiced the Moon Picking Sword!

“That should be right . . . ”

Wei Changtian muttered softly, quickly guessing the truth after a simple deduction.

This undoubtedly had to be attributed to Chu Xianping's timely reminder, but it also raised several questions.

The first was why Chu Xianping had helped him again.

The second was why Chu Xianping didn't directly tell him through Zhuang Zhiming, but instead used this obscure method?

Wei Changtian was not clear about what schemes were involved, but it seemed that Chu Xianping and Zhuang Zhiming did not have a "superior-subordinate" relationship, but rather a "mutually beneficial" cooperative relationship, which was why Chu Xianping did this.

So . . . Chu Xianping really didn't betray them?

His brow furrowed, his gaze fixed on a piece of burning scrap wood not far away.

Just as the flame went from strong to weak, and gradually became only a wisp of fire, Wei Changtian suddenly said in the surprised eyes of Yang Liushi and Qin Zhengqiu:

“Sound the gongs, retreat first.”

“Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!”

Advance with drums, retreat with gongs.

When the harsh and rhythmic sound of gongs suddenly rang out from a distance, the Tengu Army quickly disengaged from the battlefield.

The original plan was to fight for half an hour, but they only fought for less than fifteen minutes.

The Tengu Army soldiers, who had not noticed anything wrong with the battle situation, were actually a little puzzled as to why they were retreating.

Even Yang Liushi didn't understand.

But she still executed Wei Changtian's order without asking any further questions.

At the same time, Zhuang Zhiming, who was in an ordinary military tent in the Qian Hui army camp, immediately learned about the situation outside.

“Master, the Tengu Army has retreated.”

“The retreat was very sudden. It is estimated that Wei Changtian gave the order.”

“Young Master Chu was right. Wei Changtian is inherently suspicious. We succeeded in the sneak attack just now, and now it seems that he is already wary.”

“It's just that this subordinate still doesn't understand why Young Master Chu wanted us to hold back . . . ”

Inside the military tent, a man was talking to Zhuang Zhiming, a hint of incomprehension on his face.

From his words, it was not difficult to hear that the sneak attack just now was indeed arranged by Chu Xianping.

However, he didn't understand why Chu Xianping wanted them to hold back.

On the other side, Zhuang Zhiming pondered for a moment, then smiled and analyzed:

“Lao Liu, you only saw one thing, but not the other.”

“Wei Changtian is indeed suspicious, so Young Master Chu asked us to take the initiative to sneak attack him, so that he would become suspicious and dare not act recklessly.”

“But you must know that Wei Changtian is also extremely ruthless and vengeful.”

“Let me ask you, even if we went all out, could we have killed him just now?”

“This . . . ”

The man surnamed Liu was stunned, and quickly replied helplessly: “Definitely not.”

“That's right.”

Zhuang Zhiming smiled slightly, and continued to analyze very confidently: “Since we can't kill him, then we can only wound him at most.”

“And as a result, he might become angry and recklessly turn the Qian Hui army upside down.”

“At that time, if we go to stop him, our lives will be in danger, and if we don't stop him, the army will be in danger of collapsing, putting ourselves in a dilemma.”

“So, the degree of this must be grasped just right.”

“Too light, and it won't make Wei Changtian wary.”

“Too heavy, and it will backfire.”

“Alas, being able to do this so lightly, I am afraid that there is only Young Master Chu in the world . . . ”

He sighed, and it could be seen that Zhuang Zhiming really admired Chu Xianping.

After listening to his analysis, the man opposite him also nodded in sudden realization.

“I see.”

“In this way, Young Master Chu's scheming is indeed unmatched.”

“. . . ”

You said one sentence, I said one sentence. Although all of the above were Zhuang Zhiming's guesses, everyone in the tent at this time felt that this was Chu Xianping's true thoughts.

After all, this analysis can be said to be very reasonable and completely makes sense.

However, compared to such complex and subjective speculation, they all ignored the simplest possibility.

Perhaps, Chu Xianping asked them to hold back, just because he didn't want Wei Changtian to be really injured?

“Hahahaha! Good!”

“Brother Xianping! Thank you!”

Xinfeng, Anding County.

The official road in the night was winding and bumpy, and at this time, only one carriage was speeding on it.

Bursts of laughter spread far through the car window, as if carrying a hint of joy.

“Although the army has lost more than 10,000 men in this battle, the Tengu Army retreated very suddenly. Presumably, your arrangement this time made Wei Changtian suspicious!”

“Brother Xianping, this time I have to thank you!”

“I won't say more. After this battle is over, I, as your brother, will definitely reward you handsomely . . . ”

“. . . ”

The voice was loud and the expression was cheerful.

Obviously, Lü Hongji had just received the timely battle situation from Fengyuan, so he had this reaction at this time.

Chu Xianping, who was sitting opposite him, also had a smile on his face, as if he was in a good mood as well.

“Master Lü, you don't have to be polite, you just need to remember our deal.”

“Hahaha, don't worry! I will naturally remember!”

“Well, that's good.”

Nodding, Chu Xianping paused slightly before continuing: “Master Lü, although the Tengu Army has temporarily retreated tonight, Wei Changtian will definitely make a comeback in the next few days.”

“If you continue to respond with this bluffing method, I am afraid that he will see through it sooner or later.”

“Only when your people arrive as soon as possible can the situation really be reversed.”

“You should understand this, right?”

“Understood!”

Lü Hongji replied with a smile: “Brother Xianping, it's coming soon, they will be able to arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest!”

“The day after tomorrow, is it . . . ”

Chu Xianping nodded with a normal expression.

“That's good.”