Chapter 165

Han Sui's words had just fallen.

He saw a slightly resentful gaze cast toward him from below.

The owner of the gaze was Han Sui's son-in-law in the true sense, Yan Xing.

Yan Xing had married Han Sui's only daughter.

At this moment, hearing Han Sui praise Gu Yi and lament that Gu Yi was not his son-in-law,

Yan Xing felt as unhappy as one could possibly be!

"Cough, cough, Yan Xing, that's not what I meant."

"Don't overthink it."

Han Sui explained to Yan Xing.

But in his tone, there wasn't much apology; instead, it was said in an unquestionable tone.

"Father-in-law, rest assured, I understand."

Yan Xing responded expressionlessly.

As for what he was actually thinking, only he himself knew.

At the same time,

after receiving news that their rear lairs had been raided,

the small Liangzhou warlords bid farewell to Han Sui almost at the same time.

Even if Han Sui wanted to stop them, he was helpless at this moment.

An awkward scene appeared.

A quarter of an hour ago, the coalition camp was still bustling with noise.

At this moment, except for Han Sui and Yan Xing, only Han Sui's strategist Cheng Gongying remained.

Looking at the empty camp, Han Sui's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Cheng Gongying hurriedly spoke to analyze:

"My Lord, after these small warlords left, our troop numbers have decreased by about sixty percent."

"But the remaining army is still far larger than the numbers of Xu Rong and Ma Teng."

"It's just that..."

"Due to the sudden withdrawal of these small warlords, I'm afraid the encirclement of Xu Rong cannot be maintained."

"If we want to defeat Xu Rong's army, I believe we can change our combat method."

Cheng Gongying was Han Sui's trusted strategist.

When Han Sui first rebelled, Cheng Gongying had already been by his side.

To put it bluntly,

the reason Han Sui had been able to dominate Liangzhou for so many years was largely due to Cheng Gongying's contributions.

And the previous strategy to defeat Niu Fu

also came from Cheng Gongying's hand.

At this moment, hearing Cheng Gongying speak, Han Sui immediately became interested.

He hurriedly asked:

"Gongying, speak quickly, what strategy can be used to quickly defeat Xu Rong?"

Cheng Gongying smiled slightly and told Han Sui the strategy.

After hearing it, the latter's face instantly showed joy!

Although the departure of those small Liangzhou warlords

caused Han Sui's strength to shrink severely,

but at this moment,

besides Han Sui's own troops,

the mercenaries of the Qiang and Di tribes had not left yet.

According to Cheng Gongying's strategy, Han Sui felt that his chances of winning were still very high!

Fufeng

On the ruined city walls,

Xu Rong, clad in blood-stained lamellar armor and holding a ring-pommel broadsword, stood there.

Watching the Guanxi Coalition forces continuously retreating like a tide,

a trace of solemnity flashed in Xu Rong's eyes.

Just at this moment,

Zhao Yun and Zhang He, who had been guarding other city towers, also rushed over from not far away.

The two reported to Xu Rong one after another:

"General, those coalition forces besieging us, I don't know what happened, but they all suddenly withdrew."

After hearing the report from the two generals, the confusion in Xu Rong's heart deepened.

Right now,

there was very little grain left in the city.

This group of people from the Guanxi Coalition should have known about this long ago.

But now, they suddenly withdrew.

According to common sense, it was clear that there was a trap!

He didn't know what medicine Han Sui was selling in his gourd.

Xu Rong thought for a moment and then ordered:

"Pass the order, let the brothers rest a little."

"Wait until we find out the enemy's intelligence before making plans."

As the commander of an army, Xu Rong knew deeply that his side was in imminent danger.

At this critical juncture, no mistakes could be made.

Therefore, he didn't dare to risk gambling on whether something had happened on Han Sui's side.

When night fell,

in the Fufeng City council chamber,

Xu Rong learned from scouts that the small Liangzhou warlords' rear lairs had been raided, causing them to withdraw.

Regarding this, while Xu Rong was shocked, he kept thinking about whose handiwork this was.

"In our army, the only person with this kind of wisdom is..."

Xu Rong gradually had the answer in his heart.

Recently, because Fufeng had been under siege, people in the city didn't know the news from the outside.

Therefore, Xu Rong and the others didn't know about Gu Yi taking command.

But this vicious strategy, which hit the nail on the head and was impossible to guard against,

Xu Rong believed that the person who came up with it was eight or nine times out of ten Gu Yi.

Subsequently, Xu Rong told Zhao Yun and Zhang He that Gu Yi had likely arrived in Liangzhou.