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Volume 12: War in the Western Regions Chapter 364: Abandoning the City

  "Xu Haitang." A name extremely familiar slowly came out of Jiang Kongming's mouth.

  "It's him..."

  Xu Haifeng's face sank, and he didn't have the slightest doubt about Jiang Kongming's words, but this fact still shocked him.

  "This beast, why does he want to do this kind of thing? If I fall, can't he continue to live a carefree life?" Xǔ Hǎifēng said hatefully, he really hated that he couldn't be molded into steel.

  "Your Excellency, do you still recall that your elder brother was punished by Ge Hao's sword for disturbing the peace in the city?"

  "Could it be that for this matter, he would actually commit such treacherous and treasonous acts?" Xǔ Hǎifēng asked in shock.

  Xu Haitang was once caught by Ge Haojian for attempting to rob a good family's woman, and was eventually sentenced to thirty lashes and paraded around the city under Xu Haifeng's supervision.

  "Not bad, perhaps in his eyes, his face is the most important thing in this world. Since you made him lose face, then you are his enemy." Jiang Kongming said coldly.

  When they heard the two of them talking about the relatives of the Xu family, even the usually talkative Fang Zhen was tight-lipped and didn't utter a word.

  How to deal with this matter is a thought of Xu Haifeng.

  Jiang Kung-ming chose to speak out here, which is also giving him a chance to choose.

  Otherwise, if it were to be revealed in public, Xu Haifeng would have no choice but to take the fall alone.

  The room fell silent for a long time, with no one making a sound to disturb his train of thought.

  Finally, with a deep sigh, Xu Haifeng said: "Military strategist, I'm afraid he doesn't have the guts for that."

  "It's true..." Jiang Kongming replied coldly.

  "Never mind, heaven's fault can be survived, but one's own fault... General, this matter will be handled by Ge Haojian, you and I don't need to intervene."

  Jiang Kungming nodded expressionlessly.

  Xiang Zhi glanced at his silent elder brother, he couldn't figure out what Hai Feng meant.

  "Wait until this battle is over, the student will hand him over to Ge Jiancha. However, before that... " Jiang Kongming revealed a chilling cold smile: "There are still some messages that need to be delivered by him."

  On a main street in the west of the city, Xu Haifeng and Jiang Kongming walked side by side.

  "Milord, is everything in order?"

  "It's true, more than two years of hard work have finally paid off."

  "Alas..." Xu Haifeng sighed and said, "What a pity for this famous city! Yan'an must be heartbroken."

  "The main mistress is wise and knows the overall situation, she will not blame Master Zhuge because of this." Jiang Gongming said in a low voice.

  Xu Haifeng's footsteps didn't stop, but a hint of sternness suddenly flashed in his eyes as he said softly, "Military Strategist, he has indeed arrived."

  In the distance, a relatively robust young man came running all the way, only his belly was already slightly bulging, and this distance also made him somewhat panting.

  Xu Haifeng sighed inwardly, it had been more than two years, just a short two years, and Xu Haitang had become so miserable.

  Wealth and glory, are they good things or bad things for people?

  "Fengdi, I've finally found you." Xuhaitang arrived in front of them, panting rapidly, and said.

  "Big brother, what's wrong? Is there something urgent that you need to find me for?" Xǔ Hǎifēng asked with a warm smile, seemingly without any worries.

  The sharp glint in his eyes had long been retracted, replaced by a friendly and harmonious atmosphere. Others who saw it would not suspect that he was treating his brother with a sincere and fraternal affection.

  She hesitated for a moment, then said: "It's nothing urgent, just that the soldiers suddenly notified us to prepare our luggage and we have to finish everything within one day. So I came to ask what's going on."

  "Hah..." Xu Haifeng burst out laughing: "I thought it was something big, but it's actually just a small matter."

  "Is it something minor?" Xu Haitang glanced at the two people in front of him, seeing that they had an air of mystery about them. For no reason, a thread of panic rose up from the bottom of his heart. He forced a smile and said: "If it's inconvenient, then there's no need to say anything."

  Jiang Kongming chuckled and said, "Tang Gongzi, this is no secret, and you're not an outsider, so there's nothing that can't be said."

  "So?" A complex expression flashed in Xu Haitang's eyes, he hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "What is the point of doing this?"

  However, at the moment he asked this question, he did not notice the expressions of the two people in front of him.

  Xu Haifeng let out a deep sigh, a mixture of pain, regret and sadness.

  Jiang Kongming's smiling face showed a hint of eeriness, as if he had been relieved of a heavy burden.

  But their unexpected expressions only appeared for a moment and were immediately extinguished under their normal complexion.

  "We're going out of town." Xuhai Feng said seriously.

  "Leave the city?" Feng was taken aback, and he asked in a series of questions: "Brother Hai, what's going on? Can't we hold our ground?"

  He shook his head slightly, and suddenly a thread of extreme fatigue emerged from the bottom of his heart. He was too lazy to mix with Xu Haitang anymore, and glanced at Jiang Kongming beside him.

  "Tang Gongzi, it's not that we can't keep him. It's just that a big gift has been prepared to be given to the people of Jia." Jiang Kongming immediately knew that Xu Haifeng no longer wanted to play along with this treacherous uncle who had betrayed his family and country, so he immediately chimed in.

  "What a great gift? What thing." Xu Haitang's eyes lit up, and even her voice had some tremble.

  "Heh heh, this is a secret, can't be spoken." Jiang Kongming slightly shook his head and said with a smile.

  "Ah..." Xu Haitang let out a disappointed sigh.

  "My lord, Military Strategist, you're both here."

  A man came walking quickly, it was Lu Tongzhou who had just sworn allegiance.

  "General Lu, how's it going? Is everything arranged?" Xuhai Feng nodded in greeting and asked casually.

  Lu Tongzhou burst out laughing and said, "You two can rest assured, all the tunnels have been checked..." His voice suddenly stopped because at this moment, his eyes had already seen Xu Haitang hiding behind them.

  "Tong Gongzi, what are you doing here?" Lu Tongzhou furrowed his brow and asked.

  Lu Tongzhou was clearly not very concerned about this cousin of Xu Haifeng, and even his speech became more casual.

  "Hmph......" Xu Haitang was secretly furious, this group of people didn't put him in their eyes at all. He only felt a surge of evil fire about to rush up his forehead, and hastily said: "I'm just a coincidence, just a coincidence."

  Lu Tongzhou's eyes swept across Xu Haifeng's face, and he finally shook his head, closed his mouth, and stopped talking.

  His actions were seen by Xu Haitang, who felt a surge of anger and forced a smile, saying: "I have something urgent to attend to, you all chat slowly."

  He turned around and left immediately, his sleeves fluttering behind him, clearly very annoyed.

  Xu Haifeng and two others looked at his quickly departing back in tacit agreement.

  "I hope he can seize this last opportunity." Xuhai said softly.

  "Hmph......" Jiang Gongming sneered and said in a similarly soft voice: "I'm afraid, it's going to disappoint you, Your Excellency."

  Caesar's army of tens of thousands besieged Sleeping Dragon City and did not block all four gates.

  They only stationed large armies in the West and the North and South, leaving only the East side.

  To the east, apart from Caesar's ubiquitous scouts, there was no regular army in existence.

  At this time, the east gate of Wulong City was wide open, and countless troops poured out from the east gate in a steady stream. They formed their battle lines on the eastern side and deployed their formations.

  But at a word of command from their officers they suddenly turned and ran eastward.

  Caesar's scouts had already reported this to Caesar as soon as the first cohort came out to set up a defense.

  However, by the time Caesar had his army in order, these Chinese had long since vanished.

  All that's left for them is an empty and desolate solitary city.

  As the main force marched away, Xu Haifeng and Jiang Kongming were left behind at the end of the troops.

  In addition to the Black Flag Army with their helmets and armor in perfect order, all members of the 7th Squadron were also present.

  The Black Flag Army's Seventh Unit is invincible.

  This is Chiang Kung-ming's evaluation of these two teams.

  If it is said that wanting to annihilate the tens of thousands of Caesarians with these two legions is just a wild fantasy.

  With these two teams as the rear guard, it is a light and easy task to take on the heavy responsibility of cutting off the enemy's retreat.

  It turned out that when Caesar found out that the two legions were in charge of the rear, he immediately gave up the idea of pursuing and attacking.

  "Hmm...he's here." Xǔ Hǎifēng's slightly closed eyes suddenly opened wide, and a figure sprinted over from the city like a flying arrow.

  The man came before Xu Haifeng, it was Zheng Fasen, one of the top masters in the Northern Martial Arts world. He respectfully paid his respects and said: "Greetings, sir."

  "How is it?" Xu Haifeng asked softly.

  "Tang Gongzi has placed a brocade pouch in a tree hole in the west of the city." Zheng Fasen lowered his voice, speaking in a tone that only Xu Haifeng and Jiang Kongming could hear.

  "It's indeed so......" Xu Haifeng let out a melancholy sigh, the last shred of hope in his heart was also completely destroyed.

  "Have you ever taken it apart and looked at it?" Jiang Kongming asked.

  Zheng Fasen immediately shook his head and said respectfully: "Absolutely not."

  He is not a fool and naturally knows that it's better to know less about some things.

  "Good......" Jiang Gongming nodded in satisfaction and said: "Forget about this matter, proceed according to plan, you can go."

  Zheng Fasen bowed and quickly ran into the city gate.

  His movements were extremely fast, and he was gone in just a few breaths, without even attracting anyone's attention.

  "Master, it's almost time." Jiang Gongming saw the silent and closed-eyed Xu Haifeng beside him and gently urged.

  With a slight nod, Xu Haifeng waved his hand and the Black Flag Army and the Seventh Brigade immediately set off on their journey, disappearing into the distance in an instant.

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