Chapter 257

When clearing the battlefield, Luo Feng found conclusive evidence—hidden under several seemingly ordinary tents were fine weapons and special tokens of the Xiongnu Royal Court.

"Captain, thirty-four people were captured, our army has twelve lightly injured, and no deaths."

Luo Feng's expression was solemn as he walked toward the captives.

Most of these people were expressionless, with no fear in their eyes when encountering an attack like ordinary herdsmen, only cold hostility.

"Who can tell me the exact location of the Chanyu's Royal Court?" The old soldier asked, his gaze sweeping over every face.

The captives remained silent, and an elderly Xiongnu even spat on the ground.

A young man among the captives raised his head: "Don't even think about getting any news from us!"

"Hey! Why does everyone like to suffer physical pain? Isn't it better to just say it?" The old soldier was helpless and once again took people forward to torture and force a confession.

But this time, the other party's will was extremely firm; even when the old soldier killed two of them, the other party didn't open their mouths.

Luo Feng looked at the hatred in the other party's eyes and found that a woman in the crowd, even though she was trembling all over with fear, still didn't reveal a trace of information.

Was it because they didn't dare?

But their own butcher knives were already at the other party's throat; what else could make them feel afraid?

Unless...

They knew that betraying the Royal Court would be known by the Chanyu!

Connecting this to the other party hanging fur against the grain to pass information, Luo Feng suddenly thought of something and shouted with a dark face: "Don't ask anymore! Kill all these Xiongnu!"

"Ah? Good!" The soldiers were somewhat puzzled by Luo Feng's sudden order, but still chose to obey.

And Luo Feng urged: "Move fast, we must leave here immediately!"

Looking at Luo Feng's serious expression, the soldiers all accelerated their speed, not even bothering to clean up the battlefield, and followed Luo Feng to retreat in the direction they came from.

"Captain, what happened?"

"If I'm not mistaken, our tracks have been exposed!" Luo Feng's face was somewhat ugly.

The old soldier was puzzled, "That shouldn't be possible! We were so cautious, how could the news have been passed out?"

"Still remember that fur? If nothing happened, why would they pass information?"

"But how did they know we arrived?"

"We wiped out that tribe yesterday, and they found out!" Luo Feng took a deep breath, "If I'm not mistaken, the nearby tribes need to report the situation to this place every day.

And we killed everyone in that tribe yesterday, and no one came here to report the situation, so even if they didn't discover our tracks, they could still judge that something went wrong!"

This could also explain why those Xiongnu wouldn't open their mouths to death, because the Xiongnu troops were on their way, and if they betrayed the Royal Court, it was a dead end anyway, so it was better not to speak.

The old soldier's face was solemn: "Are we preparing to return to Lin City now?"

"No!" Luo Feng rode on the horse, a crazy idea germinating in his mind, "Turn the direction! Go north!"

"Ah?" Everyone was shocked; if analyzed according to the current situation, wasn't turning back to Lin City the best choice?

"The situation isn't that simple!" Luo Feng analyzed calmly, "The other party knows our movements; after they come, they will find that we have already fled, so what will they do next?"

Luo Feng answered his own question: "Use the fastest way to notify Adunla and carry out a pincer attack on us from front and back! So once we walk in the direction we came from, it will definitely be a dead end!"

These words made everyone feel cold in their hearts, completely not knowing how to break the situation next.

"So I'm preparing to use their own strategy against them! Let them follow this road to find us, while we turn the direction and detour north, continuing to find the location of the Royal Court!"

This was Luo Feng's crazy plan; deep in the enemy's hinterland, when everyone thought he would flee, he chose to go one step further.

"But if Adunla carries out a pincer attack from front to back and doesn't find us, then the Xiongnu will know we went north, and we will have no way to survive after all!"

"We do!" Luo Feng's figure flashed in Jiang Jinshi's mind, "Our Commander is not a vegetarian, watching the Xiongnu have movements and still remaining indifferent!"

As long as Jiang Jinshi restrains Adunla and makes him unable to move safely, then the Xiongnu will think they have already taken the opportunity to return to Lin City.

And he could also catch the Royal Court by surprise!

"Can the Commander understand?"

Luo Feng laughed up at the sky: "Of course! I promised him I would go back in five days; it's been more than five days now. Once the Xiongnu have movements, he will definitely attack!"

This was the bond between the brothers under Jiang Jinshi's command and him; they all knew the style of their eldest brother, who would never let his brothers down.

At this moment, the atmosphere inside Lin City was very grim; on the fifth day Luo Feng and Jiang Jinshi had agreed upon, Jiang Jinshi stood on the city wall and guarded all night, but didn't see Luo Feng's figure return.

On the very next day, Jiang Jinshi ordered the whole army to prepare for battle, and scouts were sent out in multiples, firmly watching the Xiongnu camp, but not a single movement could escape the Ming Army's eyes.

Han Xiao looked at Jiang Jinshi and said hesitantly: "Gen... General, Captain Luo he..."

"Luo Feng is definitely fine!" Jiang Jinshi raised his hand to stop Han Xiao's next words, "I believe in his strategy; he wouldn't be lost to the Xiongnu without causing any movement!"

"Then what is the General's arrangement?" Han Xiao couldn't understand Jiang Jinshi's deployment, and could only say it was completely different from the Zhenbei Prince's steady style, which was why he hadn't adapted yet.

Jiang Jinshi tapped his index finger lightly on the desk, "Luo Feng didn't return according to the time I agreed with him, which means there is a situation on his side. Based on my understanding of him, he might have discovered clues about the Royal Court!"

"Then what does that have to do with us preparing for battle with the Xiongnu?" Han Xiao was puzzled; they kept sending out scouts, looking like they were going to fight to the death with the other side, yet they were delaying sending troops.

"I'm waiting! Waiting for the Xiongnu to move first!" Jiang Jinshi continued to explain: "Luo Feng took troops to the rear; fewer people make it easier to act, and even if his tracks are exposed, it's not difficult to run.

Then we must watch Adunla closely on the front line and not let him have any unusual movements! Once he has unusual movements, it might be that Luo Feng has caused a movement in the back. Only by restraining Adunla can we give Luo Feng room to play!"

Han Xiao didn't speak after hearing this; he really wanted to tell Jiang Jinshi that this was all just his imagination, perhaps...

After all, eight hundred people wanting to cause some movement, in Han Xiao's view, was unrealistic.

Jiang Jinshi seemed to see what Han Xiao was thinking, "This is another reason why I want to restrain Adunla; if Luo Feng really isn't a match for the Xiongnu, I will capture Adunla alive here, so that I can use it as a bargaining chip to exchange for Luo Feng's safety!"

"Capture alive?"

If these words had come from someone else's mouth, Han Xiao wouldn't have believed it at all, even if that person were the Zhenbei Prince.

But coming from Jiang Jinshi's mouth, the scene of the other party suppressing Adunla and fighting appeared in Han Xiao's mind.