Xie Chibei and Gu Wenxuan walked out of the city gate. The smell of anxiety filled the dangerous fight. They looked at the not far distance and the ground outside the city was pitch black.

The left wing of the Yanzhou soldiers was still fighting with the Shiyan Army. Zhou Shenmao was fleeing on horseback. He led a hundred light cavalrymen to flee in all directions: "Let the left and right wings hold back Xie Chibei."

Zhou Shenmao whipped the horse a few times, and the Arabian horse ran at the speed of a steed on the dusty ground.

The guard asked Zhou Shenmao anxiously: "Sir, should we retreat?"

"I have repaid Chen Hengwang for saving my life." Zhou Shenmao wiped the sweat from his forehead, tears welling up in his eyes. "The one leading the troops is Xie Chibei. Am I going to die if I don't run away?"

Zhou Shenmao did not have the many combat experiences that Chen Hengwang had, but he was good at using his brain and was a little afraid of death. In order to prevent a surprise attack, he did not even enter the city gate.

If Chen Hengwang wins, he will be a great hero who assists the emperor. If Chen Hengwang loses, he can still save his life.

The soldiers protecting him were extremely loyal. They blocked several arrows shot from behind for Zhou Shenmao.

Xie Chibei and Gu Wenxuan led a team of light cavalry to fight with the right wing of the Yanzhou soldiers and the heavy armor respectively. They tripped the horses ridden by the heavy armor.

The armor-piercing cones looked for flaws and the Youzhou soldiers captured many Yanzhou soldiers. The Shiyan Army confiscated the Yanzhou soldiers' weapons and heavy armor.

Zhou Shenmao fled southwards towards Yanzhou. He had not expected Xie Chibei to appear today.

He believed that Xie Chibei was in a hurry to investigate the case and would not return to Youzhou, but Xie Chibei came back like this.

Suddenly, Zhou Shenmao's eyes froze and he immediately held his breath, because if he took another breath, his eyes would be hit by the sneak attack.

This sudden counterattack was a divine whip refined from the thunder and lightning of heaven and earth, which clearly whipped his failure and evil, and whipped his fleeing legs like a dragnet.

The blood floating under the flowing clouds fell like spring rain, flooding the ground. The horse Yan Wangyou standing on the ground dug in the mud and raised its head to butt against the horse ridden by Zhou Shenmao.

It looked at me with disdain, its big eyes rolling around, as if to say, where are you going?

The Arabian horse shook Zhou Shenmao, meaning, "Hurry up and speak. You can lose the life but not the battle!"

Zhou Shenmao pressed his butt against the horse, meaning, that's Xie Chibei, you don't lose, go and fight!

A Yanzhou soldier shouted, "Sir, there are heavy troops ahead of us. We are surrounded on all sides."

Zhou Shenmao's frightened eyes became even more terrified. Are they surrounded?

He could no longer hear the sounds of fighting on the left and right wings, or the heavy armor holding back the Flame-killing Army. He could only hear his own weak, fearful breathing.

Zhou Shenmao's hairs all stood up on the tip of the knife, and he swayed and begged for mercy. He had always been flexible and now he could kneel down and beg for mercy.

Xie Chibei saw that Zhou Shenmao's pants were wet. He was not a vicious person, so was Zhou Shenmao so scared that he would wet his pants?

Zhou Shenmao dared to lead his troops to Youzhou, so he was definitely not a coward. So why was Zhou Shenmao so afraid of him?

Zhou Shenmao finally took a breath with his face to one side. He looked at the Mo Dao in front of him. Xie Chibei almost split his head in half.

Zhou Shenmao tightened the reins with one hand and begged for mercy humbly: "Your Highness, Prince of Jin, it was Chen Hengwang who forced me to come here. The soldiers of Yanzhou are willing to surrender!"

The Mo Dao in Xie Chibei's hand slowly moved away from Zhou Shenmao's eyes.

Zhou Shenmao looked into Xie Chibei's eyes, which were a pair of crimson eyes floating in the mist on the top of the mountain. As long as Xie Chibei pushed away the mist, he would be able to see the danger in the jungle below the mountain.

Xie Chibei stared at Zhou Shenmao's motionless eyes. There was no fluctuation in his eyes. He was too calm in his desire to survive. If he underestimated the enemy and trusted him, he would be defeated!

Xie Chibei leaped up and lifted Zhou Shenmao off the horse with one hand.

He stuffed a poison pill into Zhou Shenmao's mouth and pressed his two fingers against Zhou Shenmao's throat: "Shut up, you are a prisoner, not a surrendered soldier!"

After Zhou Shenmao swallowed the pill, his limbs began to feel numb. Xie Chibei didn't kill him. Did he want to use him to subdue the Yanzhou soldiers and the one hundred Modao soldiers?

Zhou Shenmao looked around and saw tens of thousands of Youzhou soldiers surrounding them on all sides. "I was on my way to Youzhou. When I arrived at the city gate, I sent people to investigate. There were no ambushes on all sides."

Xie Chibei stared at Zhou Shenmao. He knew that Zhou Shenmao was a cunning fox and had arranged for the Youzhou soldiers to ambush in the distant mountains and forests in advance.

When Zhou Shenmao felt there was no danger and wanted to attack the city, he led the Youzhou soldiers to surround Zhou Shenmao.

Gu Wenxuan rode over and told Xie Chibei: "They all surrendered."

Zhou Shenmao immediately stood on tiptoe to look at the opposite side. Both the Youzhou soldiers and the Yanzhou soldiers were obviously getting stronger.

The soldiers he had saved to save him surrendered? This was a perfect strategy he had carefully planned.

Zhou Shenmao knew that Youzhou had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, so he placed a bet on Chen Hengwang's internal and external cooperation. He was also worried that if he was defeated by the Youzhou soldiers, another army would be able to rescue him, and he could return to Yanzhou to be the governor.

Now all the efforts have failed and all the money has been lost miserably.

Seeing that Xie Chibei didn't say anything, Zhou Shenmao rubbed his feet on the stones on the ground and asked a question that would reveal itself:

"Your Highness Prince Jin, did you know that He Yuan's 30,000 troops were in Yanzhou? Did you know that I had ambushed 30,000 troops far away from Youzhou City?"

Xie Chibei didn't say anything. He lowered his head to wipe the blood off Jingye Sword.

Zhou Shenmao suddenly smiled foolishly and said, "That was all done by Chen Xuan. When he was in charge of Heyuan, he wanted to use the Heyuan soldiers, but he couldn't take 30,000 soldiers across several states."

"Yuanzhou is adjacent to Yanzhou in the east. He left himself a way out and transferred all the troops from Yuanzhou to Yanzhou in advance."

"We have the final say in the northern states. No one knows about this. How did Your Highness know about it?"

Xie Chibei then looked Zhou Shenmao straight in the eye, and Zhou Shenmao finally confessed that he did not think Zhou Shenmao was stupid, nor did he think Zhou Shenmao was extremely smart.

But Zhou Shenmao's confused yet somewhat intelligent look makes him perfect for being a lurker.

Zhou Shenmao led his troops to fight, looking like a hero in troubled times who wanted to carve out his own territory. But in the end, he did not enter the city gate, nor did he gather all his forces to attack the city. He used 30,000 soldiers as a backup for his escape?

Xie Chibei thought: "If there are flaws everywhere, people will think he has no flaws and is a cunning fool who is afraid of death. Such a person is good at confusing the enemy!"

Xie Chibei replied to Zhou Shenmao succinctly: "The two states are relatively close to each other, and you and Chen Xuan are old friends."

When Zhou Shenmao heard that Wang Rui had been captured by Xie Chibei, it was reasonable for him to guess the whereabouts of He Yuanbing.

He imagined what his fate would be, death on his knees, or being torn apart by five horses, or maybe he didn't want to die.

Zhou Shenmao's brain was working rapidly, thinking about how to get Xie Chibei to let him go. His knees felt weak and he fell to his knees.

Zhou Shenmao kowtowed first, then eight tears slid down symmetrically, each one full and round, dripping onto his belly that didn't want to eat meat.

He sucked in his abdomen hard, meaning, I'm not greedy, this is a natural belly.

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