Li Yuntao was truly taken aback this time. He swallowed his mouthful of liquor, choked on it, and nearly coughed so hard he couldn't catch his breath.
It took him a while to steady his breathing. As he looked at General Zeng, disbelief still filled his eyes.
"This... This is just too hard to imagine," Li Yuntao murmured.
General Zeng said indignantly, "How could I have imagined it either? Our plans are already on the verge of execution, and now this unexpected development has happened. Almost all the work we did before has gone to waste."
The work they had done involved far more than simply making plans. It included moving personnel, allocating resources, distributing equipment, and making arrangements on every front.
General Zeng and Li Yuntao had both put in a tremendous amount of work. In some cases, they had practically begged everyone they could, and had finally managed to get this far.
And then, in the end, something like this had happened.
Li Yuntao still held on to a glimmer of hope. "Commander-in-Chief, could there have been some kind of mistake? Has this been confirmed?"
"If the information had come from somewhere else, I might have had my doubts. But do you know who brought us this intelligence?"
"Who?"
"Old Song. And the ones who uncovered it were Jiang Yue and the daughter of the youngest Old Man at the Central Hub. Do you think the intelligence is reliable?"
As soon as Li Yuntao heard the words "Central Hub," he grew solemn and respectful.
The doubt on his face vanished, replaced by conviction. "Then it must be true."
General Zeng said solemnly, "To be safe, we still need to verify it. If the people from Heng City really return in the next few days, we'll observe their actions