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"With a major battle imminent, go and pass down the order: do not drink or eat a single drop of anything they bring you!"

Hu Yidao nodded: "Are you afraid they'll drug it?"

Xiao Ce smiled and nodded: "Not bad!"

"Your Highness, isn't this your preferred tactic? Do they use it too?"

Xiao Ce glanced at Hu Yidao: "Of course...of course they'll use it! What's wrong with that? All's fair in war, right?"

Hu Yidao nodded and then made the arrangements.

Xiao Ce watched as the main force ahead began to stop.

Dawuleti and Hanati also got off the camels.

Wuwei and Linbang arrived with their large army at this time.

"Greetings, Generals."

Wu Wei didn't waste time with small talk and went straight to the point: "Is Xiao Ce here?"

Dawuleti nodded: "He's right behind us. He's probably thinking about how to ambush you right now."

Wuwei continued, "When does he plan to attack?"

Dawuleti said, "After he arrives, he plans to first ascertain their situation. General Wuwei, have you made the necessary arrangements on your side?"

Wuwei nodded and said to Dawuleti, "That's right, we've made all the arrangements. We'll take action tonight!"

"I'll give you some sleeping potion and laxatives to put in their food. We'll make our move tonight! You'll come with us to capture them all alive."

Dawuleti looked puzzled: "Capture them alive? Aren't we going to kill them?"

Wuwei glanced at Dawuleti and said, "There's no need. They're all from the Western Regions... Once we capture them, they'll become our army! Our goal isn't just to unify the Western Regions... Our true target is the Xiao Kingdom."

After listening, Dawuleti nodded repeatedly.

They then set up camp in the place they had described.

They showed Xiao Ce the campsite plans that Dawuleti had given them and asked him if he had any objections.

Xiao Ce glanced at it and immediately realized that they had all been surrounded.

They've clearly been cornered.

Xiao Ce looked at it repeatedly, but didn't say anything.

When Dawuleti and Hanati saw this, their hearts were in their throats.

Fortunately, after a moment of silence, Xiao Ce didn't say anything unnecessary.

"What a wonderful place... You're protecting it from all sides, excellent! Excellent!"

Then Xiao Ce asked them, "They have no suspicions, do they?"

Seeing this, Dawuleti quickly spoke up, patting his chest and saying, "Don't worry. They have no doubts. You can rest assured."

Hanati chimed in, "That's right, Your Highness the Northern King, those fools still want to reward us... Let's eat meat and drink wine to our hearts' content today, and after we've eaten and drunk our fill, we'll beat them up."

Xiao Ce smiled at Hanati and said, "Okay...no problem. You guys have done a great job this time."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, they left.

The group's faces darkened as they looked at Xiao Ce.

Baird was the first to speak, asking, "Your Highness, King of the Northern Desert, are you alright?"

Xiao Ce took out the defense map: "We're already surrounded on all sides!"

Bairdal glanced at them, a hint of doubt on his face, and said, "So what if they're surrounded? We have grenades. No matter how many of them come, we can blow them up... They'll be routed in just a few waves..."

Xiao Ce nodded: "Not only that, after they've surrounded it, there are definitely many traps inside..."

Baird looked at the defense map, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

"A trap? Where is it? I don't see it."

Xiao Ce drew several dots on the defense map.

"When you break out later, pay attention to these places..."

As Xiao Ce spoke, he told them how to deal with the situation.

If Wu Wei and Lin Bang were present, they would be absolutely stunned by Xiao Ce's analysis.

Because the points that Xiao Ce pointed out on the defense map were the places where they had laid out hidden sentries and traps.

They listened very carefully.

...

As each of them harbored their own ulterior motives, the sky gradually darkened.

Meanwhile, Dawuleti and his group began to cook, preparing a large amount of meat.

Of course, they also added a lot of drugs to the meat.

As the dishes were distributed, they began to scramble for them, each following their assigned instructions.

After they managed to grab it, some of them started wolfing it down.

These people, including Dawuleti, did not stay any longer.

If they went back to report, they would eat with great relish.

Xiao Ce had the food inspected, and it was found to contain sleeping potion and laxatives...

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ce was both amused and exasperated.

He genuinely suspected that they had studied his tactics.

In fact, Xiao Ce's suspicions were not without reason.

Wuwei's methods were indeed learned from Xiao Ce.

As night deepened, Xiao Ce ordered some people to fall into a deep sleep and pretend to snore.

Some even managed to hide in designated spots and pretend to defecate.

Wu Wei and Lin Bang were holding binoculars and looking towards the camp that Xiao Ce and his group had set up.

They saw some people hurrying back and forth, and some tents were deathly silent.

Some soldiers even fell asleep immediately.

After putting away one of the binoculars, Lin Bang handed it to Wu Wei, a knowing smile on his face.

"It seems we've all overestimated Xiao Ce! He does possess some talent for leading troops and some ingenious ideas... However, he is, after all, only human...and he is capable of making mistakes..."

Wuwei nodded: "Good...it's about time, we can set off!"

"Let's go, should we wait a little longer?"

Wu Wei shook his head: "No need... Tell them to begin. We must capture Xiao Ce alive!"

Lin Bang asked Wu Wei, "Should we go with Dawulieti and the others?"

Wu Wei shook his head and said, "It's not necessary for now! Let us arrange our troops to go with them... Tell them that we will launch a general offensive after we capture Xiao Ce."

Lin Bang nodded.

He then gave the order.

As the Uzbek army began to mobilize its troops.

Dawuleti and Hanati, leading a group of men, said, "You will see my rockets as the signal! After I set fire to Xiao Ce's tent, all of you, prepare to attack!"

The group of subordinates nodded repeatedly as they listened: "The king has no problem."

Dawuleti and Hanati led an elite force straight towards Xiao Ce's camp...

They inspected several military tents along the way, and all of them were filled with the sound of snoring.

"Hmph...what brilliant strategy...in my opinion, he's just a piece of trash!" Hanati scoffed.

Seeing this, Dawuleti said to Hanati, "Hanati, I told you so... We're lucky we didn't follow that blustering good-for-nothing... Otherwise, we would be the ones in trouble today."

Hanati nodded repeatedly, saying to Dawuleti, "Not bad...not bad...Dawuleti, for this alone...I have to thank you...To be honest, if it weren't for you, I would have been easily intimidated by that Xiao Ce..."

Dawuleti's smile widened even more after being flattered by Hanati.

"Alright! Let's go to Xiao Ce's tent and see how he acts all cocky after he wakes up..."

"Haha...I'm getting a little excited too..."

As they spoke, they quickened their pace and arrived at Xiao Ce's military tent.

The two exchanged excited glances, seemingly deciding who should go in first...

At Hanati's suggestion, Dawuleti was allowed to go in.

Dawulieti drew his sword and walked in with an excited and fierce look on his face.