Kan Jing, Shi Python, Qin Yingqi and others were anxious when they got the news, but they didn't expect Chen Ning to come back at this time.

When Chen Ning appeared at the door of the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, Kan Jing's eyes instantly showed an extremely surprised light, and she stood up and wanted to meet Chen Ning. But there was already someone in the hall who was one step ahead of her, cheered big brother, and then rushed to meet Chen Ning, who was Chen Ning's adjutant and the captain of the personal army, the Bull Demon King.

"Ah Niu!"

Chen Ning hugged the Bull Demon King, then turned around and walked towards the others.

Fang Zheng and Shi Python, Qin Yingqi, as well as Shen Bijun, Zhang Xinyi, Zhao Jiangfeng and Gu Yutong and other middle-level officers at the scene, all greeted Chen Ning one after another, Chen Ning responded one by one, and finally walked in front of Kan Jing.

Suga's eyes were filled with this joy, just like a wife seeing her husband who had gone out finally return, although she was excited, but when she said it, it was the simplest sentence: "You are back." ”

Chen Ning smiled: "I'm back." ”

The two of them asked and answered, and after they finished speaking, they realized that they seemed a little silly, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

The people around looked at each other, and everyone felt the slightest ambiguous smell rippling in the air, if it weren't for Chen Ning who had just come back and had something important to report to Chen Ning in a hurry, they might have planned to disappear on their own initiative.

Shi Python coughed slightly at this time, attracting everyone's attention, and then he said respectfully to Chen Ning: "City Lord, you came back just in time, today we got a very urgent news, we are discussing countermeasures, and you came back just in time to decide." ”

Chen Ning sat down to negotiate with a group of important subordinates, and then learned that Sun Yaoyang was going to make a comeback and attack the City of Angels, and even heard that Sun Yaoyang had contacted Wei Qing and wanted to join forces with Wei Qing to destroy the Wings of Freedom.

Chen Ning sneered when he heard this: "Sun Yaoyang thinks very beautifully, and wants to join forces with Wei Qing, I don't know how Wei Qing reacts?"

At this moment, the quartermaster Liu Ruyan said to Chen Ning: "The caravan has brought us the news that General Bai Chongshan of Vermilion Bird City has given us, and Wei Qing has promised Sun Yaoyang on the surface, and he has also encouraged Sun Yaoyang to attack us. But according to Bai Chongshan's guess, Wei Qing is a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, Wei Qing is happy to see the rebels fight with our Wings of Freedom, but it is estimated that Wei Qing will not step into this troubled water before the situation is clear, Wei Qing is very shrewd. ”

Chen Ning said lightly: "In the end, he is one of the eight great generals of the empire, Wei Qing not only has strong strength, but he is also very strategic, it is estimated that Wei Qing's goal is not only to destroy our Wing of Freedom, but also to uproot Sun Yaoyang and Sun Shuojie, the rebel army." However, if he wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and reap the benefits of the fisherman, then it is just the opportunity for us to develop and grow. ”

Shi Python said worriedly: "We want to develop, but Sun Yaoyang doesn't agree, we rise in Sun Yaoyang's territory, and Sun Yaoyang is the first to disagree." He is full of ambition to make a comeback this time, and we want to replicate the success of the last time, and we want to force them to retreat by sneaking up on their food and grass, which is estimated to be very difficult to succeed. ”

Qin Yingqi said: "Lord City, this time is it a hard battle, or don't think about other methods, what do you think?"

Chen Ning said lightly: "Since war is inevitable, then we can only fight, and we must win." Even if we can't completely defeat Sun Yaoyang's resistance forces, then we must beat Sun Yaoyang to death, fear, and cripple, so that he will not be able to attack us again for a year and a half. ”

Shi Python sighed slightly when he heard this, he advocated avoiding war if he could, and even sent someone to sue for peace with Sun Yaoyang, compensate Sun Yaoyang with some food and money, and even verbally promised Sun Yaoyang to join the rebels, and then did one thing in his mouth, and it didn't matter if he sought development.

But now it seems that Chen Ning does not intend to forbear, and has already planned to use a war in exchange for a period of peace.

Chen Ning asked, "How many of our Wings of Freedom are there who can fight now?"

Suga said: "We have a total of four regular troops, namely the Angel of Judgment, the Angel of Broken Wings, the Seraphim and the Fallen Angel, the first three troops are all 10,000 people, and the Seraphim has recently incorporated many fighters who have surrendered to the rebels, and it has reached 20,000 people. In addition, we have 20,000 auxiliaries. ”

The auxiliaries are miscellaneous soldiers, these miscellaneous soldiers are all captured and surrendered to join the Wings of Freedom, and their combat effectiveness is average, and it is estimated that they can only fight with the wind. If there is a battle against the wind, it is estimated that these guys will collapse at least and turn against the water at worst.

Mainly rely on the four regular troops of the Wing of Freedom, the army of the stone python, although the number of people is 20,000, but the good and the bad are uneven, and the combat effectiveness is estimated to be inferior to the other three veteran troops.

Chen Ning said lightly: "That means that we have 50,000 capable warriors and 20,000 auxiliaries, and the number is not small." ”

Shi Python said: "70,000 soldiers is indeed a lot, but Sun Yaoyang is the second person in the rebel army, he is responsible for commanding all the rebel troops in the eastern region of the southern province, it is estimated that the number of soldiers he can gather will not be less than three or four hundred thousand, and their fighters are six times that of ours!"

Chen Ning said calmly: "The soldiers are not many but fine, and the strength of the rebels is uneven, in fact, although Sun Yaoyang's army is numerous, its combat effectiveness is not necessarily so terrifying, and it is not invincible." ”

Chen Ning paused and said: "And this is the Southern Province, I don't dare to say anything else, in the Southern Province, there should still be some people, some rebel soldiers, who don't want to fight with me, Ah Diao——"

At this moment, an inconspicuous young officer in the corner stood up, clasped his fists at Chen Ning and said, "My subordinates are here!"

"Your black guard is in charge of intelligence information, have you been paying attention to Sun Yaoyang's situation recently?"

"The brothers of the Black Guard have been scattered in the area around the southern provinces, mainly keeping an eye on the movements of Wei Qing, Sun Yaoyang and Sun Shuojie's army, collecting intelligence information in this regard, every day there will be brothers to pass on all kinds of news back, the Black Guard headquarters and special personnel are responsible for sorting out the news, customizing the latest intelligence documents, and the subordinates personally look at these information every day. In the days when you are not there, Commander-in-Chief, I have sent intelligence documents to Deputy Commander-in-Chief Suga's office every day, and I dare not slack off at all. ”

"Very good, what's the situation on Sun Yaoyang's side now?"

"After Sun Yaoyang went to see his brother Sun Shuojie in person, he persuaded his brother to get a batch of grain baggage, which solved his urgent need, so he wanted to make a comeback, and invited Wei Qing to join forces to attack us, Wei Qing was perfunctory and did not really move. However, I guess that Sun Yaoyang didn't really pin his hopes on Wei Qing, Sun Yaoyang only hoped that Wei Qing wouldn't make trouble, and he was already very happy. ”

"Who are the rebel soldiers and horses gathered by Sun Yaoyang, and are these people and horses sharing the same hatred as Sun Yaoyang and bent on attacking us?

"Sun Yaoyang's gathering of people from all walks of life is not unified, and there are two voices inside: one is to support Sun Yaoyang to attack and destroy us, and the other is to disapprove of Sun Yaoyang's fight with us, feeling that we have been kind to the rebels in the past and should not start a war. Moreover, the empire has a good heart and evil towards the rebels, and Wei Qing sharpened his knives on the side, saying that if the Wings of Freedom are destroyed, the rebels will die sooner or later. ”

"Are there many people who don't agree with Sun Yaoyang's use of soldiers, and who is the leader?"

"About one-third of the officers disapprove of Sun Yaoyang's use of troops against us, and the representative figure is Qiu Yalong, one of the old Four Heavenly Kings of the rebel army. ”

Chen Ning glanced at Kan Jing and thought: Qiu Yalong did not follow the tears to the Great Wall of Steel to defend it, but in the eastern region.

Ah Diao added at this time: "Although Qiu Yalong and the others do not approve of the use of troops, Sun Yaoyang is the commander-in-chief here, his power is higher than Qiu Yalong, and there are more people who support Sun Yaoyang, so Qiu Yalong estimates that although he is not happy, he will still bring the army and come with Sun Yaoyang to crusade against us." ”

Chen Ning asked: "What is the relationship between Sun Yaoyang and Qiu Yalong on weekdays?"

"It's not very harmonious, because Qiu Yalong used to be a subordinate of Tears, and Tears and the Sun brothers recently disagreed, and now Qiu Yalong doesn't agree with Sun Yaoyang's use of troops against us, so Sun Yaoyang is dissatisfied with Qiu Yalong. However, for the sake of Qiu Yalong's focus on the rebels and his popularity, he did not fall out with Qiu Yalong. ”

"The relationship between the two is not harmonious!" Chen Ning looked at the stone python next to him with a smile: "It seems that we need to find a way to break the enemy this time, and we still need to find a way from our good brother Qiu Yalong!"

Shi Python couldn't help but say: "City Lord, you don't want to persuade Qiu Yalong, that guy has an upright personality and is loyal to the rebels, although he appreciates your friendship with you and remembers that you have helped the rebels, but betraying the rebels and taking refuge in you, I don't think he will do this kind of thing." ”

Chen Ning said with a smile: "Don't worry, many heroes are reluctant to go to Liangshan at first. ”

When Shi Python heard this, he looked at Chen Ning's smile and realized that Chen Ning, this guy, was probably going to use some means against Qiu Yalong and Sun Yaoyang to force Qiu Yalong to turn back.