"Delirium?!"
Meng Quji did not believe it at all. "Old Zhan, go take a couple of calming pills first. Once the retreat is over, get some proper sleep."
"Marshal!"
Zhan Tai Ming pointed at the letter. "I'm not talking nonsense. It's true!"
"True?"
Meng Quji slapped himself hard across the face. "Three thousand men against a hundred thousand, and not only were they not wiped out, they crushed the enemy? Impossible. Absolutely impossible!"
"Marshal, see for yourself!"
Zhan Tai Ming stuffed the battle report into his hands. "They killed twenty thousand enemies and captured forty thousand. You Jingzhi and Ran Jingxuan were both killed in battle. Fan Shuzhen and Fan Jiaxiao were captured alive! Fan Jiaxiao was even captured alive twice!"
"Is this... is this real?"
Even with the black characters on white paper before his eyes, Meng Quji could not accept it for a long time. "Did I get up too fiercely?"
"Or is this a southern Xu scheme to lure the enemy?"
"After taking Hulao Pass, they somehow captured Sea East Green and sent back false intelligence, intending to trick us into staying in Yongle Prefecture so they can surround us in one sweep!"
"Yes, that must be it!"
"Marshal, how could that be?"
Zhan Tai Ming said, "If Sea East Green had been captured, it would desperately cry out a warning after returning."
"They drugged it, didn't they? They drugged Sea East Green."
Meng Quji refused to believe it no matter what.
How could something so inconceivably bizarre happen in this world?
Until...
"Report—"
"Marshal!"
"General Chen!"
"General Chen and his men have already set out from Hulao Pass and are preparing to return to Yongle Prefecture as reinforcements. I saw it with my own eyes!"
Boom!
Meng Quji found it difficult to accept reality. His ears