Chapter 669

Ju Shou, Cao Ren, Su Puyan, Yan Rou, and others were on their way to Ye City.

In their hands, they still possessed nearly two hundred thousand troops in total.

Gu Yi did not want to let this portion of the enemy go.

Thus, he decided to once again utilize the advantage of intelligence to formulate a plan to annihilate Ju Shou!

……

One hundred *li* away from Ye City,

the anxious Ju Shou was rushing back toward Ye City at the fastest speed possible.

Of course, Ju Shou was not a fool.

Before rushing back to Ye City, he specifically rendezvoused with Cao Ren, Su Puyan, Yan Rou, and the others first.

As the saying goes,

there is strength in numbers.

After gathering almost all available fighting strength, Ju Shou's confidence was finally guaranteed.

But in view of the powerful combat strength of Gu Yi's army,

Ju Shou still dared not be arrogant.

He couldn't wait to receive intelligence from Ye City.

After all,

based on Ju Shou's understanding of Shen Pei,

before Ye City was surrounded, Shen Pei would certainly try every means to send out messengers to get the news out.

Emmm, how should I put it? Ju Shou's conjecture was indeed correct.

Shen Pei had indeed done so.

But the group of messengers he sent out of the city were all killed by Gu Yi's intelligence guards, without a single one left.

Therefore, Ju Shou naturally could not receive any news from Ye City.

But… Ju Shou did not know the fact that the messengers had all been killed.

In his heart, he still held expectations for Shen Pei.

Perhaps Ju Shou had moved the heavens?

Not far away, there were actually several dusty scouts rushing toward them.

Ju Shou was very certain that the faces of these scouts were precisely the trusted aides by Shen Pei's side.

After all,

as high-ranking members of the Jizhou aristocratic families,

the personal friendship between Ju Shou and Shen Pei was quite good.

They naturally had impressions of the trusted aides by each other's sides.

Thinking of this,

Ju Shou hurriedly went to meet them, preparing to wait for the news brought by these trusted aides of Shen Pei.

"Lord Ju, my master sent us to tell you."

"Ye City is currently suffering a fierce attack from the enemy."

"The enemy commander-in-chief is Gu Yi himself."

"Although the enemy are all elites,"

"my master guarantees to you that before you return to Ye City, the city will absolutely not fall!"

Hearing this,

a trace of guilt appeared on Ju Shou's face.

If it weren't for his decision-making error, Shen Pei would not have been forced into the situation of being trapped in Ye City.

However,

Ju Shou naturally believed in the firm conviction expressed by Shen Pei.

Shen Pei was different from others.

Upright and unyielding, he was the undisputed "iron man" among the Jizhou aristocratic families.

It is just a pity that

Ju Shou did not know

that although this iron man did not surrender,

Gu Yi had plenty of ways to make the trusted aides by Shen Pei's side surrender.

As long as they were human, it was impossible for them to have no weaknesses.

As long as one grasped their Achilles' heel, everything would become much easier.

The trusted aides by Shen Pei's side were precisely like this.

Although they were loyal to Shen Pei,

perhaps that was only because Shen Pei usually gave them more.

But now it was different.

Shen Pei had become Gu Yi's captive.

Even if he wanted to commit suicide, he couldn't succeed.

In other words,

Shen Pei's fate was already visible at a glance.

And among this group of Shen Pei's trusted aides,

even the most foolishly loyal among them

should consider their families at this time.

Furthermore,

although Gu Yi's methods were ruthless,

he promised these trusted aides of Shen Pei that as long as they successfully completed the task of deceiving Ju Shou,

from now on, their children would have the opportunity to study!

The opportunity to study!

What kind of concept was this?

In ancient feudal dynasties, especially the late Han period, those who could study were at least starting from the commoner class.

And commoners, to put it plainly, were old aristocrats whose ancestors had once reached the scholar-official class but had now fallen.

Ultimately,

they were also people in the scholar-official cultural circle.

For ordinary commoners, it was absolutely difficult to obtain the opportunity to study.

Just to survive had already exhausted all their strength; how could they talk about studying?

But… perhaps my life will just be like this,

but what about my children?

Do they have to continue to be beasts of burden for the aristocratic masters like me?

Studying might still not change the status quo,

but at least it could possess the dawn of seeing hope.

That… is the only visible way to change one's class!

These trusted aides loyal to Shen Pei soon changed the thoughts they originally held.

They abandoned Shen Pei

and turned to consider themselves.

No, to be precise, they considered their relatives and children.

Therefore,

they were now selling their efforts to deceive Ju Shou.

That acting, as if naturally gifted, instantly crushed countless trainees and young heartthrobs of later generations.

Perhaps,

among the trainees, only "Chicken Brother" could defeat them!

There was no help for it. ===== CHAPTER 670 =====