Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"I told you a long time ago, we must curb smuggling now."

"I've also given you General Changsun's promise to keep his word. If you leave a few days later, what's the problem?"

"Don't dwell on your trivial matters all day long! The burden on me is much heavier than yours!"

Cao De was very angry. In comparison, the number of soldiers he had drawn from other cities was several times that of Lu Fang's.

I just asked Lu Fang to make some small contribution, but this guy was reluctant to do so.

They had spent so much effort in the past few days, blocking all the trade routes but still failed to find the smugglers. This made Chu Ying very angry.

Lu Fang also came to bother him.

This made him feel even worse.

"But His Highness never told me to stay here. If I stay any longer, it will be detrimental to my work."

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to return the troops to him, Lu Fang immediately began to argue.

Cao De glared at him.

"What do you mean His Highness didn't give the order? Isn't General Changsun one of His Highness's men?"

"You have to report this to His Highness and make me lose my job, only then will you feel comfortable?"

Under Cao De's arrangement in the past few days, their news spread very slowly. Until now, Hua Yunhong has not received any news about smuggling.

Cao De wanted to stop the smuggling before Hua Yunhong found out about it.

This way, at least when the court reviews it, there will be some grounds for rebuttal.

Although there were some troubles, he was able to keep his official position at least.

But after a few days, they put in a lot of effort but still couldn't find the smuggler.

Their smuggling activities have become more and more intense.

It was only then that Cao Decai finally understood that their smuggling had not gone through the proper trade routes.

It is very likely that it passed through some deep mountains and forests, and there are many small paths in these mountains and forests.

But these small roads are also the most difficult to check, and they must use more manpower to check them one by one.

At least get some results.

Otherwise, if Hua Yunhong knew about this, they would be in trouble.

Cao De was having a headache at this time. There were not enough people, and Lu Fang came to ask him for people. He had never seen such a disgusting guy.

"I certainly don't want His Highness to know this news, but this matter is extremely urgent. I can't keep these prisoners forever, right?"

Lu Fang had also thought about sending them back in batches.

But after being divided into several teams and sent back, he had no legitimate reason to tell Hua Yunhong.

This is very embarrassing. I can't just tell Hua Yunhong that I secretly lent out a group of troops because I helped Cao Decha with smuggling.

This is equivalent to pushing Cao De to the forefront.

Faced with such an embarrassing situation, Cao De's face turned pale and blue.

After thinking for a long time, he finally accepted his fate.

"Alright, I'll write a letter myself now and explain the situation to His Highness."

"But what about you, Lord Cao?"

"How could you still remember me, old man?"

Cao De glanced at him and said sarcastically.

Lu Fang lowered his head, not knowing how to respond. At this time, Cao De snorted coldly and said:

"Anyway, there haven't been any results in the past few days. It will take time to continue investigating. It seems that I can't hide it from His Highness. It's better for me to report it myself."

Cao De is a smart man. In just a short while, he has figured out the current situation.

Since it is so difficult to gather manpower, even if some troops are urgently summoned, it is impossible to search all the small paths in the border area in a short period of time.

Rather than taking the risk of hiding it from Hua Yunhong, it would be better to take the initiative to report it at this time.

This is better than keeping it a secret until Hua Yunhong finds out.

"Thank you very much."

Lu Fang was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he realized that this was indeed the truth.

Cao De continued:

"These troops are still on the official road at the front. I will order them to return to the barracks in a moment and send them to you tomorrow."

"Then it'll be hard work."

After the two men finished discussing, Cao De prepared to leave from the border.

At the same time, taking advantage of the time when they were discussing, Liu Chuang took the things he had just brought and a batch of supplies and entered the tunnel they had dug outside Shuilian County.

"You guys are so amazing that you dug so far in such a short time."

After entering the tunnel, Liu Chuang looked at everything in front of him and couldn't help but praise it.

The tunnel they dug was not very wide.

It can only accommodate one person moving forward. If someone in front or behind blocks the exit, they will all die here.

Although the tunnel was a bit narrow, the length they dug was sufficient.

It was dug two miles outside the city, and the entrance was hidden in a small woods.

The exit is hidden in a large courtyard.

This was a house that Chu Ying had purchased for them at a cost of more than three thousand taels of silver so that they could enter the city safely without being discovered.

This length is enough for them to transport it secretly.

During the past few days, Liu Chuang and Gang Gang have arranged people to continuously transport supplies.

The method of transportation they used was very primitive.

It is to use the human wave tactic to fill the entire passage, and the person in front passes the things to the person behind, and then advances forward in turn.

Just like ants moving house, in just a few days they managed to get in seven or eight hundred sets of armor and weapons.

Such speed and efficiency made me very satisfied.

Today is the day for them to receive the goods, and the troops investigating on the front line have already sent back the news.

Because of Chu Ying's presence, all the troops in the border area were sent to investigate smuggling.

Even Lu Fang seemed to have gone out to meet Cao De today due to some circumstances.

A group of Lu Fang's troops had already been withdrawn, and he took away several hundred people when he left.

There are not many troops left in the county town now.

This was their chance, so after discussing it, the two of them decided to seize the opportunity and rescue all the people in the county.

As they moved forward, hundreds of people soon entered the yard.

"We're almost ready. There are a full five hundred people."

Liu Chuang glanced at the troops on the scene, turned around and spoke to the other party. Before coming over, he brought 500 troops from the Fire Camp with him.

These troops can sweep away the so-called elite troops in Lu Fang's hands.

Especially in the street fighting inside the city, they have fought a lot and are very skilled.

The rescued prisoners will leave in two groups.

One group came out of the tunnel, and the other group put on armor and took weapons, and followed Liu Chuang and Fang Cai out of the main gate.

"Then do it!"

He took a deep breath and his eyes gradually brightened.