Zhang He's Death (Part Two) [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

Ning Yan replied without hesitation, "That's impossible!"

This battle was important to them, but it was even more important to Huang Lie's forces. Their own lord could still afford to lose. If they lost this battle, they still had the option of abandoning Chaoli Pass and retreating to their main base, where their troops and provisions remained fairly plentiful. Huang Lie's side, on the other hand, was different.

If they lost this battle, it would mean the tide had turned against them!

There was no reason for Huang Lie not to give it everything he had!

Ning Yan guessed, "Could there be some other scheme?"

Did Huang Lie still have another card up his sleeve?

At that moment, Ning Yan thought of the armed clash in the Chaoli Pass mountains and the Wu clan's Signal Arrow calling for help. Could the two be closely connected? Had the enemy sent troops through the mountains to sneak across and attack their rear, while Huang Lie's main force applied pressure from the front...

If so, they really could pinch them between two fronts.

From that perspective, it made sense that the National Seal wasn't there.

"Report—"

A battle report came in right afterward, disproving her guess.

"You're saying Huang Lie himself is commanding from the central camp?" Finding out what the enemy's central command was doing was basic battlefield practice. But when Ning Yan heard Huang Lie was right there in the central camp, she and Chu Yao exchanged a look, both of them stunned and confused. "Are you sure?"

It wasn't some stand-in death warrior or the like?

The messenger replied, "Absolutely certain!"

Gu Chi had sent the message. There could be no mistake!

There was no such thing as a useless Way of the Scholar. Used in the right place, any