"It was simple. If they didn't make their move today, it would be too late."
Meng Chao shrugged. "Once the Bloodhoof Army set out, both Clan Warriors and Ratfolk Servant Soldiers would lose most of their freedom of movement. Strict military discipline would have to be enforced, and when they camped out on the plains, scouts would be sent dozens of miles in every direction. It would be very difficult to pull any tricks.
"Only today, when the vast majority of the Bloodhoof Clan's warbands had been dragged outside the city and scattered far and wide in live combat drills, while Black Horn City was left with only a huge number of Ratfolk doomed to die, seething with fear and fury, and its defenses were at their emptiest—only then was it the perfect moment to strike.
"Still, I originally thought they merely wanted to set a great fire, burn down half of Black Horn City, and use the chaos to help a large number of Ratfolk escape.
"I never expected them to stir up such an earth-shaking commotion!"
"They?" Ye Zi asked.
"The genuine Great Horned Rat God Envoys," Meng Chao answered.
"The genuine envoys?"
Ye Zi asked in shock, "Could it be that the ones jointly captured by the Bloodhoof Family and Ironhide Family were fakes?"
"They weren't fakes. There simply were no 'Golden Clan spies' at all. Even if there really were spies, they weren't captured by the Bloodhoof Family and Ironhide Family."
Meng Chao grinned. "This was nothing but a lie fabricated by Black Horn City's rulers, puffing themselves up by slapping their own faces!"
"So, the Great Horned Rat God really exists?" Ye Zi asked incredulously.
"From the evidence I've collected, it probably does. But 'Great Horned Rat God,' like 'Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Er