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With tears welling in her eyes and a sly smile unconsciously appearing on her lips, Ru Feng said, "Grandpa, you can really hear me, right? Because I can feel the stiffness in your body. I believe that after all this brainwashing from me every day, you won't be so resistant when I stop doing it in the future."

Suppressing her smile, Ru Feng's face turned sorrowful again. She said, "Recently, Father and Mother wrote to me saying that someone frequently visits the Yuchi residence in Yuezhou City, supposedly trying to persuade Father and Mother to marry Ru Xue to one of the Second or Third Princes. Also, the Crown Prince has joined in the fun; he also wants to marry my sister. Father and Mother are annoyed, complaining to me all day long. However, they haven't agreed yet, saying that you're still unconscious here and have no mind to arrange Ru Xue's marriage. Besides, you're the head of the family, so everything is up to you." Ru Feng paused for a moment, imagining Yu Jue or Yu Xuan as her brother-in-law, feeling a strange unease.

However, she abandoned this idea and continued, "Sigh, although we're now on the same side as Yujue and the others, if Ruxue marries them, it would be blatantly siding with Yujue and the others. I'm really afraid they'll fail." Rufeng muttered, then continued, "I know Ruxue likes Yujue. Now that you're over twenty, you'll really never get married. But once you enter the gates of a noble family, it's like entering a deep sea. If you really marry into the royal family, that would be terrible. I've heard it's very dark there. If I were a woman, I would rather die than marry like that." Rufeng said this because she hadn't considered the future; otherwise, she wouldn't have said it.

As Feng spoke at length, the people waiting outside felt their limbs go weak and their vision blurred.

After rambling on and on, Ru Feng left satisfied, leaving Yu Chi Huaiyang with a lot of troubles.

The next day, the three generals returned one after another, all with happy expressions. As soon as Ru Feng saw them, he knew they had won.

"Marshal, haha, the brothers' arrows are so accurate! Every shot hits its mark, burning them until they cry for their mothers! It's so satisfying!" Lu Meng boasted to Ru Feng upon his return.

Ru Feng frowned slightly. What was there to say about this? So he said, "General, you should go back and freshen up first. Everyone must be tired."

"Yes, Marshal!" the crowd responded in unison, handing over the tokens and walking out one by one.

Ru Feng quickly looked at Nan Shan and asked, "Are you injured?"

Nanshan shook his head: "No, it's just that scene, sigh! But there's nothing we can do about it, that's how things are on the battlefield. At least we can take a break and strengthen the training of our soldiers. This time, the formation's effectiveness has become apparent."

Ru Feng nodded: "Okay, you and Gao Wei can make the arrangements."

At this moment, in the Chun Teng National Army camp

As Yun Tianze listened to his subordinate's report, his brows furrowed. Looking out the door, he revealed a sinister smile: "Ru Feng, it seems I underestimated you. From now on, let's see who has the best skills."

But in my heart, there was a pain as if a shadow was being torn apart.

Volume Two: How Many Have Returned from Ancient Battles? Chapter 110: Doubt

The peaceful days didn't last long before news brought back by someone made everyone frown.

In war, there are always prisoners of war. Here, prisoners are either exchanged or killed. But in most cases, they are exchanged.

At that moment, some of the captured soldiers escaped and returned. There were about a dozen of them, dressed in rags and emaciated.

Ru Feng looked at them and asked, "How did you escape?" The others also stared at them intently.

The dozen or so soldiers were clearly terrified under the watchful eyes of so many generals. After a long while, one of the soldiers, who seemed to be the leader, finally answered, "Reporting to the Marshal, when we were first captured, we were locked up and awaited exchange. Unexpectedly, something seemed to have happened in their army, and there was a commotion all night. Later, a few dozen of us brothers took advantage of the chaos to escape. Unfortunately, only a few of us managed to get away; the rest were killed in the pursuit. If it weren't for the fact that I grew up in Luoyan City and am very familiar with this area, plus our good luck, we wouldn't have made it back."

Ru Feng turned his gaze to the others, and seeing that they were all looking at him, he said, "You've all worked hard, go and rest first."

The dozen or so soldiers responded and went down.

Ru Feng looked at the others and asked, "What do you think of what they said?"

Gao Wei said loudly, "Marshal, they say that the enemy is severely short of food and their morale is low. I think this may be a trap. We must not take the risk lightly, lest we fall into the tiger's mouth and fall into the enemy's trap."

Ru Feng nodded, about to say something, when Leng Weitian spoke up: "Marshal, the enemy's food shortage is due to the discord between their second and first princes, who have secretly embezzled military rations. In addition, there's the grain we recently burned, so the rumors of their food shortage are probably true. If that's the case, this is a golden opportunity for us. If we strike decisively, the enemy will be severely weakened, and it might even allow us to end the war sooner."

Lu Meng agreed, "That makes sense. I just want it to end quickly. I'm getting impatient; this battle has dragged on long enough!"

"Why don't we send someone to investigate again? It's always good to be cautious," Ma Qingqiu suggested.

“Conditions on the battlefield are constantly changing. By the time you find out, their supplies will have already been replenished, and then our advantage will have arrived,” General Sun said, his eyes wide.

...

"Marshal, what do you say?" Unable to reach a conclusion, everyone looked at Ru Feng.

Ru Feng tapped the table and said, "I have already sent people to investigate."

Everyone was taken aback. Although they didn't know when the marshal had sent someone, they continued with what they had to say.

"Marshal, we don't know when we'll get the results if we send someone. We should send men to attack immediately."

Ru Feng tilted his head, glanced at Wang Wei whose eyes were darting around, and asked, "Supervisor, what do you think?"

Wang Wei puffed out his chest and said smugly, "Even I, someone who knows about military formations, know this is a good opportunity. Marshal, what are you still hesitating about?"

Ru Feng pondered for a moment before frowning and saying, "The second prince of Chun Teng Kingdom is said to be extremely cunning and shrewd. I have a feeling he wouldn't so easily expose his weaknesses to us. This is very likely a feint, so we can't fall for it." Although the soldiers' identities were questionable, some even being spies planted in their camp, so the information should be accurate, Ru Feng still felt things weren't that simple, which was why he hesitated to make a decision.

"Marshal, this humble general is willing to lead the troops to probe!" Leng Weitian said, clasping his hands in a fist salute.

Ru Feng frowned slightly: "What if this is a trap? What about our brothers? They'll be caught like turtles in a jar..."

"Marshal, people say that fortune favors the bold. This time, such a great opportunity is presented to us. How can we not seize it? Besides, they haven't tried to spread rumors about their food shortage. We found out all of this ourselves, and the information is accurate. So why can't we send troops?" Leng Weitian argued logically.

"Marshal, General Leng is right, this is indeed a great opportunity!" This time, Lü Meng didn't argue with Leng Weitian and directly voiced his support.

As a result, Ru Feng still did not agree to send troops, but instead sent people out frequently.

Several generals were very dissatisfied and loitered around the entrance of the main tent all day long. Whenever they saw Ru Feng, they tried their best to persuade him, but Ru Feng remained unmoved.

"Marshal, it's better to be cautious. A bad decision could cause our army to suffer huge losses, or even be in danger of total annihilation," Gao Wei sighed. He was a strong supporter of Ru Feng's decision.

Ru Feng nodded, paced back and forth in the main tent, and said, "Vice Commander, what if this is really the case? Wouldn't that be a waste of a great opportunity?"

Gao Wei smiled and said, “Ru Feng, you are still young. You don’t know how much a wrong decision can cause losses to the soldiers. More than ten years ago, our army faced the danger of almost total annihilation. At that time, because of your grandfather’s rash decision, the army on the frontier lost its most elite troops and was severely weakened. At that critical moment, we all thought we had lost. Reinforcements had not yet arrived. We felt that it didn’t matter if we lost our lives, but how could we face the people behind us? How could we explain to the Emperor and the people?” Gao Wei changed his form of address.

Ru Feng stopped in his tracks, opened his eyes wide and looked at Gao Wei, saying, "Grandpa seems to have told me something like this. He said that when he was young, he made a wrong decision in an enemy country, and in the end, Great-Grandpa was injured because of it."

“That was when your grandfather was young. We’re talking about something from over a decade ago. We were also at war with the Spring Vine Kingdom back then. Their marshal was also Li Ming, but he was much more capable back then because he had a very capable strategist. Now, he’s probably old.” Gao Wei sighed and continued, “The situation was similar to now. The marshal was persuaded by everyone, but before he could give the order, some people disobeyed military discipline and launched an attack on their own, trying to steal the credit. As a result, they suffered a crushing defeat, and our army also suffered huge losses.”