Chapter 441: The Great File-Handling Technique

"Viscount, you truly haven't slept yet..."

While Liu Zheng was deep in thought, Qin Zhangfeng, dressed in full military regalia, walked in.

Liu Zheng chuckled: "Brother Qin, you've worked hard. How is the morale of the brothers?"

Qin Zhangfeng laughed heartily: "Viscount, there is no need to worry. The brothers have been sightseeing for so long that they are all pent up with energy. Seeing that the enemy army isn't attacking tonight, they are all cursing up a storm."

Liu Zheng smiled faintly.

He had never worried about the morale of the Liangzhou Army; it was always ready to be used.

What he couldn't grasp in his mind right now was the nature of this 50,000-strong Nanzhao Army—what exactly was their strategy?

Mysterious.

It had always been mysterious.

And who was the sacred entity currently in command of the Nanzhao Army?

That they did not counterattack immediately after losing Qionghai today was beyond Liu Zheng's expectations. He had already prepared to surround and wipe out this 50,000-strong army, yet they hadn't come... One must know that once these Liangshan People were dealt with, it would be difficult for them to retake Qionghai.

For a tribe that had controlled Liangshan for so long, not counterattacking after a sudden loss was completely inconsistent with their psychology.

Had they seen through his tactics?

Or...

His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked once more at that farm on the Yuexi Plain.

Was this Commander of the Nanzhao Army trying to protect the Poppy, or did they have other motives?

He was at Qionghai, waiting for them to come.

Were they also at the farm, waiting for him to go?

Then...

What else was in this farm besides Poppy? Liu Zheng had to take it seriously. The Great Ancestor said it well: despise the enemy strategically, but take them seriously tactically.

Although the Southern Barbarians were seen as savages in the eyes of the Longyan.

The existence of the Wangbei Academy still made Liu Zheng dare not lower his guard, and he also believed that no matter the tribe, talented people would emerge.

What was there?

What exactly was hidden in this farm?

The last time Qin Zhangfeng infiltrated the farm, the security inside was too tight. It was no longer realistic to go and scout again.

Liu Zheng felt it wasn't just as simple as having Poppy.

The night had grown deep.

At this moment, Chen Ran was also looking at the sand table in front of him with a gloomy expression.

Qionghai was lost, Qiongdou was lost...

He resisted the urge to retake Qionghai amidst the chaos. He felt very aggrieved, but he knew this was the best choice. The 100,000-strong army was still in the Butuo area at this time, and it would take three days to arrive as reinforcements. Within three days, he dared not make any major moves!

Rage!

Anger!

Powerlessness!

At this moment, negative emotions flooded Chen Ran! Once upon a time, when he was at the Academy, the entire situation in Liangshan was a Greedy Wolf Star Plate that he could manipulate at will. But now, he was slowly losing his advantage, all because of that Intruder!

This Intruder, with his religious tactics, had caused him to lose almost everything in Liangshan!

"Three days, three days..."

Chen Ran gave a cold laugh: "Within three days, this Prefect Liu will definitely try to break our farm with a water attack!"

"What?"

Beside him, Shama Zhuoyi and Naibao Rize were both startled, their expressions changing drastically.

"His Highness, this..."

"If it is a water attack..."

"We won't be able to stop it at all!"

The two were in a panic.

Chen Ran cursed them as idiots in his heart and immediately scolded: "Two pieces of trash, so what if it's a water attack? Issue the order; we will also dig canals to divert the water. When the flood comes, we will have nothing to fear!"

Hearing this, the two were overjoyed and went off one after another to issue the orders.

"Prefect Liu, Prefect Liu..."

Chen Ran chuckled: "No wonder that fellow Xie Ling told me that no matter what, I must kill you in Liangshan!"

He sighed deeply, put on his cloak, and walked alone into the farm, facing the night.

The Liangshan People who had retreated were already working frantically to dig canals to divert the water.

"A bunch of savages!"

Looking at this mob as he perceived them, Chen Ran couldn't help but curse. He quickened his pace and arrived at the farthest point of the farm.

"Your Highness!"

Here, the 50,000-strong Nanzhao Army was stationed, and at this moment, a general came up to greet him.

Chen Ran chuckled: "How is the preparation?"

The general gave a sinister smile: "Your Highness, rest assured, this time the Quelehuoduo is prepared in abundance! Hahahaha, no matter how strong that Liangzhou Army is, we will surely burn them into a pile of ash!"

Quelehuoduo!

Chen Ran listened with a satisfied smile; this was the secret weapon he had prepared! Use their own spear to attack their own shield! Chen Ran really wanted to know what kind of expression that Prefect Liu would have when he was buried in a sea of fire! To obtain enough of this Quelehuoduo, he had paid a high price in Opium!

But...

It was worth it!

As long as Liu Zheng dies, his opium can be sold throughout the Longyan nation—this is the agreement between him and Xie Ling.

Of course.

His own army of fifty thousand not only possesses Quelehuoduo, but also various elite weapons and equipment produced in Yintan City...

This is a secret army!

A sharp weapon in the hands of Chen Ran!

When, in three days' time, the one hundred thousand "Big Trouser Leg" soldiers begin to pin down Qionghai, that Prefect Liu will be unable to resist invading the farm three days early.

By then, it will be his time to die!

Wangbei Academy.

Jie Yu has not rested well these past few days.

A sudden change in Liangshan, the war situation is like fire.

The Greedy Wolf Star Plate, the stars changing in an instant.

A bad piece.

An Intruder piece.

Making the situation treacherous and unpredictable.

If Wangbei Academy were not in Liangshan, none of this would matter. But precisely because the Academy is deep within Liangshan, the meaning of all this is different.

After observing for a long time, she still cannot make heads or tails of it.

Jie Yu heaved a deep sigh.

Although Chen Ran is arrogant, domineering, hot-tempered, and stops at nothing, he was cultivated by the Academy; he is well-versed in the Art of War and schemes.

Conversely, this Intruder, though like a dragon crossing the river, seems to be going smoothly, but is actually facing crises at every step.

Jie Yu suddenly stood up.

Running down from Zhaixing Pavilion, she arrived outside the Dean's pavilion, took a deep breath, and said, "Dean, Jie Yu requests to open the Academy's Great Archive Technique, allow me to take a look!"

"What?"

The Dean was startled.

The Great Archive Technique is the foundation of the Academy! What is the Great Archive Technique? It is Wangbei Academy's collection, comparison, analysis, and storage of data on the world—household registers, talents, prefectures and counties, and any folk data and information—over the past thousand years.

In other words.

Whatever Zhaixing Pavilion or chessboards are, those are just scaled-down versions of the Great Archive Technique, meant for the students of this Academy to play with.

The true Great Archive Technique is the very foundation of the Academy's existence!

It is the object the Academy relies on to remain undiminished for a thousand years.

At a time like this, Jie Yu actually proposes to see the Great Archive Technique?

The Dean opened the door, his face grave: "Jie Yu, has it reached this point?"

Jie Yu said calmly: "Dean, Jie Yu believes that if the Academy does not take action..."

She paused, then smiled bitterly: "If that Prefect Liu wins, I fear he really will bombard the Academy..."

"He dares!"

Upon hearing this, the Dean was instantly enraged.