Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Fang Zheng nudged his horse's belly with his legs and whispered into the envoy's ear, "Bring a message back for me."

"Bring what?" the envoy asked curiously.

"When you return, just say..."

"Hiss! Sir Fang, you're not joking, are you?" The envoy suddenly raised his head, looking at Fang Zheng in astonishment.

Fang Zheng's eyes widened, and he said with utmost seriousness, "A joke? I'm being sincere, would I joke with you about this! We're at war, be serious!"

The envoy's expression shifted erratically as he sized Fang Zheng up and down.

Am I not serious? Does this guy have some kind of mental problem? Is he trying to trick me?

Fang Zheng said no more, returning to Li Yuanzhao's side and whispering, "Your Majesty, he should be returning soon. We should also send someone to the enemy to formally declare war and return together."

"Come! Who is willing to be my Great Jing's envoy and declare war in the enemy's city?" Li Yuanzhao turned around and shouted loudly.

Zhou Tie, who was in front, felt a surge of excitement in his heart. He turned his head to Xie Xian beside him and said, "Old Xie, if I go, will you record it for me?"

"Of course, this first battle is of great significance, and there's no danger. It's good for you to earn a reputation, a chance to be recorded in history."

"Heh heh heh, then I can't waste such a good opportunity..."

"I'll go!" Zhang Biao's voice suddenly rang out behind Fang Zheng.

Li Yuanzhao's eyes lit up, "Zhang Biao? Come, come, come, perfect! Then you go! When you return, I will record a great military achievement for you!"

"Damn!" Zhou Tie cursed inwardly, regretting and tugging at his hair.

This dog, Zhang Biao, why does he always snatch everything before him!

It's not like going to fight, what's the rush?

Fang Zheng couldn't help but frown, calling Zhang Biao over and saying, "Why are you going? Don't mess around."

Zhang Biao said, "I understand, I've seen it in plays. The main thing is that we're going to start fighting later, and I want to go into the city and take a look first, so I can be prepared. Otherwise, if I go in without knowing the terrain, I'll be at a disadvantage."

Fang Zheng thought for a moment and said helplessly, "Alright, it's just a formality, and you can still get a military achievement. Delivering a message isn't that dangerous, just be polite. Come back quickly after you're done."

"I know."

After Zhang Biao finished speaking, he rode his horse forward.

The envoy looked him up and down, feeling inexplicably humiliated.

This guy... isn't a civil official, and doesn't look very smart. He's even wearing this coat on such a hot day.

To choose such a person to communicate, aren't they trying to insult me?

Before he could think further, Zhang Biao had already ridden his horse towards the city gate, and the envoy hurriedly followed.

The two returned to the city gate, and the city gate opened a crack again.

The envoy led Zhang Biao up the city wall to report back.

As soon as they reached the top of the city wall, a dozen soldiers surrounded the two of them. The leading soldier stepped forward and said, "Search him!"

Zhang Biao immediately took a few steps back, raised his hand to stop them, and said, "I'll just stand here and talk, don't search me."

"No need to search! He's so far away from Us, what's there to fear?" Li Pan looked at Zhang Biao's strange attire of wearing a coat and asked in confusion, "Who are you... Aren't you hot?"

"I'm not hot... I'm here to declare war on behalf of His Majesty." As Zhang Biao spoke, his eyes scanned the city quickly through the soldiers surrounding him, memorizing the routes in his mind, "Well... I've declared it, can I leave now?"

"Huh?" Li Pan was at a loss, confused by Zhang Biao, "You're done? Don't you have anything more to say?"

"No need."

"....." Li Pan rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to him. Instead, he looked at the envoy and asked, "Just now, I saw you whispering with Fang Zheng, what did he say?"

"He said... uh... he said." The envoy stammered, "He said the Supreme Emperor told Your Majesty to go home for dinner."

Slap!

A slap landed on the envoy's face, and Li Pan said in embarrassment and anger, "Are you kidding me?"

The envoy covered his face and said with a mournful expression, "Really! This official also thinks that Fang Zheng has a problem, but that's what he said!"

"Can I leave now?" Zhang Biao asked impatiently.

The declaration of war has been made, and he's seen a rough overview of the city. He's surrounded by soldiers and not allowed to leave.

Li Pan's attention was drawn back to him, staring into Zhang Biao's eyes, feeling a burst of awkwardness in his heart.

Why does everything feel so wrong today?

Isn't this person... really an idiot?

"How many soldiers did you bring this time?" Li Pan asked, as if possessed.

The martial general beside him glanced at him blankly.

Your Highness is so foolish that it hurts. How could he tell you that?

"Two hundred and thirty-seven thousand people... Oh, and two thousand Embroidered Uniform Guards." Zhang Biao said honestly.

Damn! He actually said it! And the number is almost the same as what they investigated!

The martial general was so shocked that his mouth and eyes were crooked.

"Heh... heh! Good, very good!" Li Pan raised his eyebrows, unable to contain the smile in his eyes.

Well, the other side really sent an idiot.

"Let me ask you again, do you know your marching route and combat arrangements?"

"I know, start from here, take the shortest route to Sangjak, and finally return to the capital." Zhang Biao said.

Li Pan found it hilarious, his eyebrows turned into the character eight, and he smiled at the martial general beside him, "They're so arrogant, then why are we still doing an ambush? Just let them in, right?"

The martial general covered his mouth with his fist and whispered, "Your Highness, you don't believe his nonsense, do you? He's probably pretending to be an idiot, deliberately trying to mislead us. Cough... and how did you say the thing about luring the enemy deep... Isn't that inappropriate?"

"Pretending?" Li Pan pointed at Zhang Biao and said, "Have you ever seen someone pretend to be an idiot this well? I just think this person is particularly trustworthy."

"I heard you talking, you said I'm an idiot?" Zhang Biao asked.

"See! What did I say, the points he pays attention to are different from normal people." Li Pan pointed at Zhang Biao and mocked.

"I'm not going to argue with you, can you let me leave now?" Zhang Biao said calmly.

"You still want to leave after hearing what I said?" Li Pan suppressed his laughter and said to those around him, "I said Li Yuanzhao is a retard, he was a retard when he was little! Now he's even more stupid, sending such a character to declare war, if Father believes me, I'll just lead the troops here and wipe them all out!"

The martial general nodded with an unnatural expression.

It seems that His Highness guessed correctly this time. Sending such an idiot to declare war is enough to show that the other emperor is a retard!

A retard emperor leading troops... what good troops can he lead?

"Are you going to kill me?" Zhang Biao blinked and asked.

"Yes, yes, do you have any objections?" Li Pan leaned forward, with a face that begged to be beaten.

"Why kill me? Envoys are not killed in war."

Naive, still so naive!

Li Pan pursed his lips, looking at Zhang Biao with pity.

To be honest, after growing up fighting in the palace, he really likes this idiot a little bit.

But he still has to be killed!

"Since you sincerely asked, then I will mercifully tell you. This city was originally going to be given to Great Jing, and when you are careless and go deep into the city, we will find an opportunity to wipe you out in one fell swoop. Killing you is just to anger Great Jing, I want to consume more of your troops, it's that simple."

After Li Pan finished speaking, he snapped his fingers with a smile, "Do it, give him a quick death."

The soldiers who were surrounding Zhang Biao simultaneously drew their swords, ready to slash at him.

Just a moment before!

Zhang Biao crossed his arms, inserted them into his coat, retreated his right leg, and squatted in a bow stance.

One hand clamped out four dark bullets and slammed them on the ground, the other hand took out a mask and steadily put it on his face.

Bang!

.....

Under the city wall, Fang Zheng was still looking around.

Suddenly, Li Yuanzhao's exclamation came from his ear, "Damn! Old Fang, look quickly, why is there green smoke coming from the city wall!"