Zhou Bo was in his tent at the moment, thinking about the unexpected events of the day.
He originally wanted to plan to go find Zhang Liang, but the centurion he met today reminded him.
There might be a mole in the Qin army, while there are only a few people in the army who are good at scheming.
Moreover, the timing of this grain fire was just when the Huns were fleeing westwards, which was also too much of a coincidence.
As for the claim that it was an attack by the Huns, he himself doubted it.
How could the Huns get through their blockade and still sneak into the camp silently to kill and set fire to it?
Although he was reluctant and did not want to doubt his fellow soldiers, he had to keep an extra eye out at this time.
He couldn’t let down the expectations given to him by His Highness the Crown Prince, as well as the safety of these 20,000 Qin troops.
Just as Zhou Bo was calculating in his mind, a report came from outside the tent, and
“General, the people have arrived.”
Zhou Bo’s complexion moved slightly and he quickly said.
“Come in.”
Then the centurion with a face full of righteous anger walked in and
“General! What I said during the day is true, please check it out.”
Just without waiting for the other party to finish his sentence, Zhou Bo waved his hand and said.
“In order to find out the truth, are you willing to take some risks?”
Hearing this, the Centurion’s eyes lit up and
“General, you trust me?”
Then with extreme firmness, he said.
“As long as I can avenge my brothers and find the traitor for our army, I will do whatever I want!”
Zhou Bo nodded at once, he wasn’t investigating the case didn’t need too much evidence, as long as it didn’t feel right, of course he could investigate.
It’s just that doing so would go against the orders given by Liu Bang, the Duke of Pei, so there would be some risk.
He himself had military affairs to do and couldn’t leave, so he could only use this centurion.
Soon after, Zhou Bo said.
“The army will return to the main camp in the next few days, and when the preparations for food and provisions come back, it will take at least three months or more, and I’m afraid it will be too late to check by then.”
“So I’ll transfer you from General Cao’s name, on the surface you’ll go back to the main camp with me, but in reality I’ll have you go back again with the identity of a civilian, follow the army, and then covertly check for news.”
“If anything happens, send someone to report back to me at the first opportunity.”
The Centurion nodded fiercely at this time and said.
The centurion nodded fiercely at this time and said.
“Yes, General.”
Zhou Bo instructed the other party on some more details until late at night.
Only after the other party had left did Zhou Bo mutter to himself with a slight frown, saying.
“I’d like to hope that my guess is wrong.”
Over the next two days the main force of the Qin army began to retreat backwards, returning to their camp.
Liu Bang was stationed in the same place with more than 2,000 men.
At this time, on a high ground in the grassland, Liu Bang rode his horse and watched the returning Qin army hordes as if they were a black dragon slowly leaving, and he couldn’t help but have a smile on his face.
“Big brother, this Zhou Bo and Lu have already left, can we start moving?”
Fan Kuai asked with a few moments of excitement at this time.
Before Liu Bang could answer, Zhang Liang, who was on the side, said.
“Don’t be in a hurry first, the army hasn’t travelled far yet, if they hear some wind it will easily turn back, it won’t be so easy to deal with it then.”
“After waiting for a few days, I also happen to make a trip to the Xiong Nu’s camp to make the other party fulfil their promise.”
Liu Bang then nodded and said.
“It’s still A Liang who thinks long term, don’t be in a hurry.”
“Act according to the plan now, A Liang will go and negotiate with Xiong Nu, I will send Cao Shen to the western city-state countries to go to the front.”
“To the generals, one is to keep an eye on the Xiongnu army, and the other is to capture slaves.”
Most of the soldiers he chose to stay behind this time were those who had participated in the slave capturing trade before.
These people were more or less money-hungry and easy to control.
Of course the most important thing was that when he was going to stay in the city-state for a long time in the future, these people with stains on them would have to be on the same page as him.
Otherwise, they would also be facing harsh military justice when they went back.
Just as several people wanted to leave, suddenly a convoy came towards the camp from the direction the army had left.
Liu Bang immediately frowned and said.
“Why is someone coming back? Send someone to take a look.”
Soon a Qin army scout sped off, and in no time brought back news that
“General, it’s the supplies left behind by General Zhou Bo, saying that they’re going back anyway, so it’s good to leave some supplies to make your side a bit more generous.”
Hearing this, Liu Bang looked at the other party’s direction of departure with a complicated expression, he didn’t expect the other party to still miss him in his heart.
In the end, there is still brotherhood, unlike Zhang Liang who always pits him.
It’s a pity that the other party was shortchanged by Zhao Lang.
After lamenting for a while in his heart, Liu Bang quickly said.
“Since this is the case, then let the folk send the supplies to the camp.”
“Since this is the case, then let the folk send the supplies to the camp.”
Then he led the people to turn around and leave directly.
As for those folk, everyone didn’t care, what could these people be concerned about?
Just like these two years of war, both sides used at least more than a million people, but who even took a proper look at them?
So naturally they couldn’t see, the leader of the militia pushed the vehicle towards the camp with a determined look.
If Cao Sen saw the other party, he would naturally recognise him as his own centurion.
After arriving at the camp, the centurion led his own brothers and did the same rough work as the other folk.
Everything seemed extremely normal.
A few days later, when a procession was seen leaving the camp, the centurion quickly sought out the brothers who had scattered out to
“What’s the situation with all of them?”
The others quickly returned and
“It’s two groups of men, one is General A Liang with men who have gone to negotiate with the Huns, and the other is General Cao with men who are heading for those city-states.”
“Chief, this should be trying to capture slaves, I’ve also heard quite a few people talking about this.”
The centurion frowned slightly, he wasn’t good at investigating and solving cases, he just asked with some curiosity, and
“Even if we capture slaves, but now that the army has already withdrawn, why do we still need to negotiate with the Huns? With what?”
Even if he wasn’t good at politics, he knew that negotiation also required a bottom line.
The others didn’t answer, they were all just soldiers, good at fighting but not good at this.
The centurion thought about it and quickly said that
“I’ll take two men to follow up and take a look, you guys stay in the camp, and if I don’t come back after the other side returns, report it directly to General Zhou with a fast horse.”
The others nodded, and the Centurion quickly left with his men before following the other party from afar.
After travelling at a brisk pace for more than a day, the centurion followed Zhang Liang to the boundaries of the Xiongnu, and it wasn’t long before he saw that the other party had encountered the Xiongnu.
Originally, he was a bit worried if the other party would be in danger, but the next instant he saw a scene that made him extremely angry!
Surrounded by a group of Xiongnu troops, a Xiongnu noble and the other party were extremely familiar with each other and gathered together.
This was not the appearance of an ordinary emissary by any stretch of the imagination!
The centurion suppressed his anger at this time, and said to one of his brothers.
“Go back alone and tell General Zhou that General Aryan is treasonous!”
“Chief, won’t you go back together?”
The centurion shook his head and said
“I need to bring back more evidence.”
Of course, more importantly, he wanted to ambush the other side and ask for the real murderer!