Throne of Vientiane Civilization

"Back! It's the general and the others who are back!"

Looking at the cavalry team headed by Jie Liancheng returning to Blackstone City from a distance, the soldiers responsible for guarding the wall suddenly shouted, one by one, and everyone was excited.

Although many of the cavalrymen who returned this time were injured, they all looked heroic and high-spirited, as if they had won the battle.

Yan Sheng also looked happy when he saw this, and quickly called Xie Liancheng over for questioning.

"The general won the battle?!"

"That's natural!"

Jie Liancheng's nostrils turned upward, as if it was natural.

"The centaur leader is still quite strong. He barely fought me for twenty or thirty rounds, but in the end he was defeated by me and ran away! If it weren't for the fact that this bad horse is really weak, I would have let him stay here today. !”

To others, it sounded like Xie Liancheng couldn't help complaining because his mount was so bad, but in fact, he actually explained in disguise that he had not killed the centaur mercenaries in advance, thereby avoiding Yan Sheng and the others' subsequent actions. Ask.

The two of them were just acting. They had already formed a team. Faced with those centaurs, it was naturally impossible for Xie Liancheng to kill them.

But when the two sides clashed, it seemed unjustifiable that they failed to kill the enemy.

So Xie Liancheng had a second thought and simply put the blame on his mount's head.

In fact, if you really want to talk about it, this is not a scapegoat.

If the cavalry of both sides really fight, the inferior horses with poor quality will indeed be a hindrance.

When the other side sees that the situation is not good and wants to run away, even if you break the riding whip, the inferior horse will not be able to catch up. What can you do?

From this point of view, what Xie Liancheng said can be regarded as the truth.

There was no fool present. From Xie Liancheng's complaints and complaints, he already had a general understanding of the battle situation just now.

Their domestic war horses were not good, and Yan Sheng didn't know about it for the first day, so he didn't have too many surprises in his heart.

This also makes Xie Liancheng's remarks very reasonable and convincing.

After thinking about this, Yan Sheng casually comforted Liancheng and asked him to go down to rest first. Then he turned around and called the officer of the cavalry unit over for questioning.

Facing Yan Sheng, the little officer naturally did not dare to lie, but to say that they were suppressed by the centaur mercenaries on the opposite side throughout the whole process and were beaten so dizzy would seem that they were too useless. Yue, if you want to punish them, they really don’t even have a place to cry.

Thinking of this, the officer told the truth about the fight between Jie Liancheng and the centaur leader on the opposite side as soon as they came up. But when it came to their side, his words suddenly turned into...

"At that time, the general and the centaur leader on the opposite side were fighting fiercely, and our troops were also fighting desperately with the centaur mercenaries on the opposite side. When the general defeated the opposite leader and came back, the morale of the remaining centaur mercenaries was greatly reduced, and they fled one after another. "

The phrase "fighting to the death" greatly beautified their performance. At first glance, it seemed like they had to imagine a back-and-forth situation.

After listening to this report, Yan Sheng nodded. This situation was in line with his expectations and he did not doubt it.

From the perspective of casualties, they were not able to kill the centaurs on the opposite side at all. Many soldiers on their side were injured, so it could not be considered a victory.

But considering the strength gap between the centaurs and them, they were able to repel the centaur mercenaries on the opposite side, which was already a big surprise for Yan Sheng.

In this way, with a mentality of boosting morale, Yan Sheng was not stingy with the reward at all, and gave it to him with a wave of his hand.

At the same time, Drogo, who had obtained the intelligence information, directly handed over the task of summons to Joseph, who had the fastest legs and feet.

After taking over the task, Joseph did not dare to slack off and ran all the way back to Huangsha City as quickly as possible, bringing the latest news from the other side to Zhou Xu.

After listening to the report, Zhou Xu felt extremely happy.

He had thought about causing chaos on the other side and even triggering a civil uprising.

But the opponent was so powerful that he directly occupied the city and declared independence. He really didn't expect it.

To a certain extent, he underestimated the hidden dangers that Yan Sheng had laid for himself after forcibly annexing surrounding countries by force.

Now his appearance has only detonated all these hidden dangers in advance.

[It seems that I can also take this as a warning in the future. When fighting in ancient times, the ancients always paid attention to the teacher's reputation and the great righteousness, which makes sense! 】

At this time, Zhou Xu was leaning on the chair, rubbing his chin and thinking about this matter.

"Is there any news about Kong Daqian?"

"No."

Joseph shook his head.

"According to the news from the other party, after bringing Kong Daqian into the city, in order to avoid being noticed by others, he quickly let him sneak into the city. At this time, the other party did not know where Kong Daqian was. "

"Okay, I understand, you go down and rest first."

After running all the way, Joseph was very tired. Now that he got permission, he naturally resigned quickly.

Zhou Xu, who was leaning on the chair, fell into deep thought.

Now that Kong Daqian has lost contact, Zhou Xu simply doesn't think about it. It's useless to think about it anyway.

The most important thing right now is the situation in front of us.

[Yan Sheng has only a thousand troops stationed on the other three borders. This amount of troops is enough to normally garrison the border cities. However, once civil strife breaks out, this amount of troops has to defend the city and go out to quell the chaos. It will definitely not be enough. 】

[As for the current situation, people in the country are complaining. The previous conscription order has now been ignored. If we want to recruit troops again, there is a high probability that it will not have a good effect. 】

[The only place with sufficient troops is Black Rock City. Yan Sheng still has more than 3,000 troops, which will be the key to suppressing the rebellion. 】

Zhou Xu was thinking about it while sorting out the thoughts in his mind.

[I am now sending centaur troops to wander around Black Rock City. When Yan Sheng sees this, as long as he still has some brains, he should be able to understand the stakes. 】

[For now, I don’t need to take action. I can just let them continue fighting among themselves. 】

[In the future, if Yan Sheng is determined to send troops to quell the rebellion, by then, I will have time to send troops again. 】

Sometimes it is not difficult to simply win a battle. What is rare is to obtain the greatest victory at the smallest cost!

Otherwise, it will be a lose-lose battle, and sometimes it is better not to fight at all.

After all, it may not be a good thing if you have one breath left and swallow up the other party's territory.

On this battlefield, temporary gains and losses don't count at all. The important thing is who can stand in the end!

The last person standing will be killed!