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Chapter 647 Well-deserved reputation
When are you coming back?
It's really hard to say about Li Dachui.

For him, the area outside the Great Wall was the real key.

Whether it's Shu County or Jiangnan, they are merely pawns in his struggle for supremacy with Linghu Ye.

No matter how important a chess piece is, it's still just a chess piece, not the main force.

If the main force loses, the pieces will naturally lose their effectiveness.

Moreover, if things really come to this point, both Shu County and Jiangnan will naturally have other plans. Even Jiang Qian wouldn't mention any nonsense about seeking revenge for herself.

Survival is the most important thing.

Of course, it would be easy for Li Dachui to say a few nice words to deceive Jiang Qian, but he disdained to do so.

Especially when dealing with someone like Jiang Qian.

Saying things you don't mean makes it easy for the other person to see through you.

Seeing Li Dachui hesitate, Jiang Qian chuckled and said, "I was just asking casually. If you're not sure, you don't have to say anything. It's not a big problem if we can't come back. If we can meet up in Chang'an in the future, it will be a wonderful story!"

Li Dachui chuckled, "Then I'm looking forward to it!"

Zhang Qingyun pursed her lips, turned the dossier to the second page, and said, "Protector, the second intelligence comes from Chang'an and was just delivered today. The Holy Maiden is truly a prophet. This intelligence is about the personnel changes in Chang'an."

"Li Guohua is gone?" Jiang Qian asked.

Zhang Qingyun nodded: "Li Guohua has been transferred back to Chang'an and appointed as the military governor of Youyan, with full control over the military and political power of the sixteen prefectures in the north. His target is naturally us."

Who will come to Luoyang?

“Cui Cheng! A member of the Cui clan of Boling, he was defeated in the struggle for the position of clan leader with his younger brother, Cui Shu, and had no choice but to leave the clan to make his own way in the world!” Zhang Qingyun said, “This man is considered to be both scholarly and martial, with a martial arts cultivation level of the ninth rank of the Profound Origin Realm. However, his younger brother, Cui Shu, has already broken through to the Innate Realm, and this is the main reason for Cui Cheng’s defeat!”

Jiang Qian pressed further, "What are Cui Cheng's shortcomings?"

"What a boastful and ambitious person!" Zhang Qingyun uttered four words.

Upon hearing these four words, Li Dachui and Jiang Qian exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of joy in each other's eyes.

“This person just lost to his brother in the struggle for the position of family head, and he must be eager to make new achievements and great contributions to overwhelm Cui Shu. I think we can make good use of this!” Zhang Qingyun looked at the two people opposite him and said, “If we can find an opportunity to take back Nanyang in one fell swoop, then the pressure on us in Xiangyang will be reduced. If the Protector and the Holy Maiden agree, I plan to arrange for someone to go to Moshan to contact Xiao Zhongren. The Divine Sect also needs a warrant from the Holy Maiden.”

Li Dachui looked at Jiang Qian and smiled, "What do you think?"

Jiang Qian pondered for a moment: "Qingyun's idea is good. However, I don't think we need to take back Nanyang!"

"How to say?"

“If we make too big a move, it will only alert Linghu Ye, which would be counterproductive!” Jiang Qian said. “After all, I don’t want to confront him directly right now. Our main focus is still on Southern Chu!”

Li Dachui nodded: "So what do you mean?" "Set a trap to lure Cui Cheng into attacking!" Jiang Qian said: "Eliminate his forces, but don't kick him while he's down. Just make it seem like he barely managed to win, or even that he won by luck, so that Cui Cheng has the illusion that if he just puts in a little more effort, he can definitely defeat us and seize Xiangyang and other places. Cui Cheng is the eldest son of the Boling Cui family, he has plenty of connections, and it shouldn't be difficult for him to gather more strength."

At this point, a glint of light flashed in Jiang Qian's eyes. "And these forces, though they belong to Cui Cheng, also belong to Linghu Ye. We can wipe out thousands of them today, thousands more tomorrow, and by the time they feel the pain, their flesh will have been torn to shreds by us!"

Li Dachui laughed heartily, "Excellent! However, although Cui Cheng is ambitious and eager for success, his talent is not lacking either. It won't be easy to completely deceive him!"

"Once things are settled here, I'll go to Xiangyang for a while!" Jiang Qian's eyes sparkled. "That old man Xiang from Tong'an County won't be able to cause trouble for much longer. Once he escapes back to Danyang, the first thing he'll do is fight Na Wei for power. Otherwise, he won't even have the chance to sit at the table and compete with us. So for quite some time, Danyang won't have the energy to bother us. I'll go to Xiangyang to keep watch!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qingyun's eyelids twitched.

Well, they've really gotten into a competition.

The person before me is truly cunning and shrewd; my own understanding was ultimately superficial. Compared to this person, I still lack the necessary cultivation!

Zhang Qingyun took a deep breath.

But that's alright. I'm younger than them, and I'm not as experienced as they are. Experience and shrewdness, as well as tactics and cunning, are all closely related to experience. As long as I study hard, I can always catch up.

Besides, working with this person for a long time, you can't help but improve yourself!
Otherwise, you could be completely outmaneuvered by this person at any time.

Moreover, this method is truly subtle and effective, leaving no trace!

With General Xiao stationed at Yangguan, this man is about to head to Xiangyang. If this man continues to bleed the enemy dry in Xiangyang, leaving them utterly defeated, will General Xiao still be able to remain seated at Yangguan? However, Li Guohua, Linghu Zhishu, and others are far more capable than Cui Cheng.

Zhang Qingyun glanced at Li Dachui again, wondering if he could see the meaning behind it.

However, it seems that Li Duhu, who was so shrewd in planning the country, did not realize what was happening.

Jiang Qian flipped through some files she had prepared earlier. When she saw the intelligence presented inside, a look of shock finally appeared on her face. She looked up at Zhang Qingyun and asked with some confusion, "Qingyun, this intelligence is too detailed and too accurate. Who exactly is your informant over there?"

Zhang Qingyun smiled, "An old friend, um, he's been transferred this time too. His latest position is the commander in charge of the Luoyang Wolf Fortress!"

"Ha!" Jiang Qian couldn't help but laugh, flipped to the first page of the file, and found the name.

No wonder!
Linghu Ye's intelligence chief in Dongdu is Zhang Qingyun's informant, Zhang Bing of Zhi Qiu Yuan. He truly lives up to his reputation!
She gave Zhang Qingyun a thumbs up.

"Qingyun, the Chu families that Linghu Ye and his group are trying to win over are all top-notch in terms of financial resources, material resources, and talent. Once we get evidence of their collusion with the north, we can squeeze a lot of money out of them," Jiang Qian said.

"The people of Chu are now scattered. Even these old, established families of Chu don't have faith in them anymore and are starting to look for other ways out!" Li Dachui said. "Is there anything else important?"

"The third matter is the battle in Tong'an County!" Zhang Qingyun said, "Xiang Wu's death has shaken Tong'an, and Xiang Ying is preparing to lead his troops to break through the encirclement!"

"He wants to leave, no problem, but it won't be so easy for the army to leave!" Li Dachui sneered. "I'm going to Tong'an County!"

(End of this chapter)