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Seeing Chen Nan return and say something strange, Hongming asked, "Chen Nan, did you discover something?"

Chen Nan smiled mysteriously: "Let me ask you, as a scout, discovering the enemy's grain depot, does that count as a merit?"

"Commander Chen, as long as the information is verified, it will be a great achievement!" Hongyao said first.

Chen Nan strode to the table and pointed to Leshan'ao: "Look."

"This place is indeed a mountain valley, but it is surrounded by dense forests, and it is late autumn now."

"With just one fire, any amount of grain will be reduced to ashes."

"No human being would set up a granary in this place."

Looking at the map and with Chen Nan's explanation, the two suddenly understood.

Hongming asked incredulously, "So, Fang He is lying to me?"

"But why would he lie to us?"

Chen Nan sat down in the chair, rubbing his forehead: "I was in a hurry just now."

"Lecheng is a border city, and there are not many people living there."

"But the granaries inside are quite large, enough to feed an army of 300,000 for half a year."

"Therefore, no matter who it is, there is absolutely no need to place the granary outside the city."

As soon as Chen Nan finished speaking, Hongming and the other man became more and more surprised.

Finally, haltingly, he uttered a sentence he himself could hardly believe: "Could it be that Fang He has defected to the Great Qian?"

When he said those words, Hongming broke out in a cold sweat.

She couldn't bear to imagine what would happen if Fang Hezhen defected to the Great Qian and attacked the granary again tonight.

What will be the outcome?

Chen Nan, on the other hand, remained calm: "I can't be sure whether Fang He has defected to Daqian. Let's wait a bit until someone comes back!"

After saying that, Chen Nan stopped talking.

Instead, he got up and walked out of the tent, and Hongming followed him straight ahead.

Hongyao wanted to follow, but Hongming stopped him with a look.

Only Hongyao remained in the main tent, and he had no idea where the other two had gone.

In the afternoon, the two returned to the main tent, but unlike before they went out, things were different.

Hongming's face was flushed, his eyes were sparkling, and he kept staring at Chen Nan.

Soon, the tent flap was lifted again, and Wu Xu walked in alone.

As soon as he entered, he went up to Chen Nan and bowed.

Chen Nan waved his hand: "Stop with the formalities, tell me what you've discovered?"

"Commander Chen, I went to the place you mentioned, but there wasn't a single grain of food there."

"On the contrary, there are traces of large numbers of people and horses moving around."

"As for Lecheng, it is heavily guarded, with troops patrolling within a mile radius."

Chen Nan looked at Hong Ming and asked, "How many men does Fang He have under his command?"

Hongming was puzzled, but still honestly replied, "Fang He is just a general named Anshe, with two subordinate generals, and a total of ten thousand men."

Having received a reply, Chen Nan remained silent, staring intently at the map on the table, lost in deep thought.

He muttered to himself: dense forest, late autumn, fire attack.

Our army's granary is in Suzhou, which is 30 li away from the other side. This shouldn't be the case.

Was it a plea for help? And then a sneak attack?

The three listened to Chen Nan's soft words, unable to figure out what he meant, but dared not make a sound.

I could only listen quietly.

Finally, Chen Nan pointed sharply at Suzhou on the map.

Hongming asked anxiously, "Chen Nan, what happened?"

Chen Nan grinned: "Suzhou has our army's granaries, but the garrison is only 10,000."

"It is completely impossible for Daqian to attack Suzhou in a short period of time."

"Unless they can draw all our troops away."

"The claim that Leshan'ao is Daqian's granary is just a facade."

"I suspect that Fang He deliberately allied with Da Qian in an attempt to wipe out my entire army."

"What? You mean Fang He has really defected to the Great Qian?" Hongming gritted his teeth and suddenly stood up. "Guards! Bring Fang He to me..."

Chen Nan quickly interrupted, "What's your rush?"

"Who says that Fang He's defection to the enemy was necessarily a bad thing?"

"Um???"

"Commander Chen, according to you, Fang He's defection to the enemy can't possibly be a good thing?"

Hongyao was even more puzzled.

Hongming didn't shout anymore. All three of them watched Chen Nan, waiting for his plan.

Chen Nan's hand never left the map. He continued, "I suspect that Fang He will launch a surprise attack on the granary tonight, and then be surrounded by Jiang Zhe."

"At that time, Fang He will send someone to inform us that he is surrounded, and that Leshan'ao is indeed Daqian's granary, thus luring us there."

“Once we get there, their people will probably set fire to Leshan Pass.”

"Furthermore, Hongze still has 50,000 troops under his command. Seeing the raging fire, it's impossible for him not to investigate."

"Once Hongze confirmed that his troops were from the Northern Wei, the defenses of Sucheng were left vulnerable."

"Jiang Zhe will lead Fang He to attack Suzhou and destroy our granaries!"

If Jiang Zhe were here, he would definitely be surprised that he had been completely guessed without even having met Chen Nanmian.

Moreover, the fire attack that they hadn't anticipated was actually anticipated by the enemy.

Hongming became even angrier. If Chen Nan hadn't stopped her, she probably would have killed Fang He on the spot.

Angry as I am, I still need to figure out what to do next.

Hongming was clearly at a loss and could only look to Chen Nan for a solution.

"Hongyao".

Chen Nan spoke up.

"If my guess is correct, when Fang He requests reinforcements tonight, you will lead 20,000 troops to investigate."

"Remember, when you check the messages, don't care who's in them, just set the place on fire!"

Hongyao glanced at Hongming and agreed, "This subordinate obeys!"

Then, Chen Nan continued, "Wu Xu, go to the rear army as quickly as possible."

"Tell Hongze that a large fire was seen burning at Leshan'ao tonight. Get to Suzhou as fast as possible and make sure the food supplies are in order!"

As he spoke, he took out the command token from his waist and handed it to the other party.

He continued, "That evening, Hongming, Wuxu, and I led the army to Lecheng in person."

"If my guess is right, we can take over Lecheng tonight."

"If it's not what I guessed, just because of my name, Chen Nan, those soldiers of Daqian wouldn't dare to act rashly!"

Chen Nan was very confident, and he instilled that confidence in the hearts of the soldiers of Daqian.

Even if he said he could fly to the sky, many people would believe him.

That's why I dared to lead a large army to investigate.

This is also one of the reasons why Chen Nan did not want to harm the Great Qian army.

After arranging their respective tasks, Chen Nan ordered the entire army to rest and recuperate.

He also sent several subordinate generals out on inspections, giving Fang a false impression that he had not yet discovered.

After doing all this, I sat in the large tent and quietly waited for night to fall.

After seeing that Chen Nan had settled everything, Hongming rested in the main tent.

Both of them knew that something big was going to happen tonight.

The fate of the Northern Wei and the Great Qian dynasties will be decided tonight!