God of Pets

Chapter 728 Can't Fight

When Huang Tian saw Chen Guan stand on the city wall, Yang Sanle, who had been cursing him as soon as he saw him, actually stopped cursing.

Not only did they stop cursing, they didn't even make a sound.

"What's going on?" Huang Tianyan asked, puzzled. He quietly approached the city wall and looked out again. He found that Lu Jianfeng had also arrived at the city gate. The two of them were standing side by side there, but they did not continue to challenge him.

Just as he was wondering what was going on, he saw the two men suddenly bow and salute towards the city gate tower, saying, "This humble general Lu Jianfeng... Yang Sanle... greets Commander Chen..."

“You were all soldiers in the Blood Kirin Vanguard Battalion before.” Chen Guan recognized them.

"Lu Jianfeng, the captain of the Seventh Brigade," Lu Jianfeng replied proudly.

“Yang Sanle, deputy captain of the third brigade,” Yang Sanle replied.

“Since you were once my soldiers, go back today and tell Lei Bin that I will only give him one month to withdraw. I will personally go to the Crimson Blood Legion after one month,” Chen Guan said.

"Yes, sir." After bowing, Yang Sanle and Lu Jianfeng turned around and returned to their own army formation, ordering a retreat.

Huang Tianming was dumbfounded when he saw that the Crimson Blood Legion had left completely in no time.

Huangfu Yan's eyes were also filled with astonishment. They couldn't understand why Lu Jianfeng and Yang Sanle had retreated after hearing just a few words from Chen Guan.

"Isn't he just a gigolo who rose to power by relying on Ji Nanhong? Now that Ji Nanhong has fallen, does his word still carry any weight?" Huang Tianming was filled with confusion.

"I wasn't lying to you, was I? Your Majesty, just wait and see. The Southern Heaven Kingdom will dominate the Heavenly Pillar Cave in no time." Chen Guan said as he descended the city wall.

"Grand Preceptor... Grand Preceptor, wait for me..." Huang Tianming realized what was happening and hurriedly chased after Chen Guan.

"Just now you were calling me a liar, and now you're calling me the Imperial Advisor. Your Majesty, you are so fickle! Your heart is truly unfathomable," Zhang Chunxiang teased from the side.

"Miss Zhang, please don't be offended. I was confused before. Are you really the eldest daughter of the Zhang family?" Huang Tianming's expression changed completely from before.

“I am not the eldest daughter of the Zhang family.” Zhang Chunxiang’s words caused Huang Tianming’s expression to change again.

"Could it be that you are?" Zhang Chunxiang followed up with another question.

Although Huang Tianming had been teased, he wasn't angry at all. Instead, he smiled and said, "Miss Zhang is truly clever... I was fooled by you..."

Now he has no choice but to go down this path to the bitter end; there is no turning back.

Lu Jianfeng and Yang Sanle rushed back to the Red Blood Legion's base, having already discussed what to say along the way.

Lei Bin was waiting for intelligence from the front lines, but before the intelligence personnel he had sent out could return with the battle report, Lu Jianfeng and Yang Sanle had already led their troops back.

"The Southern Heavenly Kingdom is so easily defeated, it was swept away so quickly?" Lei Bin saw that their army was in good order and had not suffered any damage, so he thought they had returned victorious and that the Southern Heavenly Kingdom and Huang Tianming had been wiped out.

"You two commanders have worked hard. The Southern Heaven Kingdom should have been destroyed, right?" Lei Bin personally went out of the city to welcome them and addressed them as commanders. He wanted to tell the old generals of the Crimson Blood Legion that they were nothing. The Crimson Blood Legion could sweep everything away even without them.

If they behave and obey, they can continue to develop within the Crimson Blood Legion. If they disobey, then Lei Bin can't blame him for turning ruthless.

He wanted to establish Lu Jianfeng and Yang Sanle as positive role models. "We didn't manage to take them down," the two replied.

Lost in his own fantasy, Lu Jianfeng and Yang Sanle's answers immediately darkened his expression.

"What are you doing back if you didn't win?" He had thought it was a great victory and that's why he came out to greet them. Who knew it would turn out like this? He had lost all face. He was furious.

“There’s someone from Nantian Kingdom here. We know we can’t take it down. To avoid heavy losses, we had no choice but to preserve our strength and retreat first,” Yang Sanle said.

"You didn't even fight, and you retreated because of one person? Is that person some kind of Heavenly King? Or have you forgotten that you're soldiers? Who is that person that scared you like this?" Lei Bin was furious, but he still wanted to know who that person was.

"Chen Guan," Lu and Yang said in unison.

"Chen Guan? Which Chen Guan? The gigolo Ji Nanhong used to keep? Isn't he dead?" Lei Bin was quick-witted and asked several questions in a row.

“He’s not dead. We saw him in the Southern Heaven Kingdom, which is why we came back,” Yang Sanle said.

"He's just a pretty boy, what are you afraid of him for? If he's there, just kill him too. What, are you still thinking about your past relationship with Ji Nanhong and can't bring yourself to do it to him?" Lei Bin's gaze grew colder and colder.

“Sir, why would we have any lingering feelings for Ji Nan Hong? We were never part of her faction. We simply knew we couldn’t defeat Chen Guan, so we had no choice but to come back,” Yang Sanle said.

Before Lei Bin could get angry, Lu Jianfeng continued, "Sir, you don't know how powerful Chen Guan is. Not only can the two of us not beat him, but no one in our Crimson Blood Legion can defeat him. Even if Commander Shi personally went out, I'm afraid he still wouldn't be able to beat him."

“Sir, we really weren’t exaggerating. If you don’t believe me, go ask the commanders of our corps,” Yang Sanle chimed in.

"Two useless idiots, you couldn't even get a chance. Take them away and give them three hundred lashes, then take them back to reflect on their mistakes. Anyone who dares to spread rumors and make excuses for their cowardice next time will face more severe consequences than just a few lashes." Lei Bin angrily flung his sleeves and left.

Lu Jianfeng and Yang Sanle breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Lei Bin leave.

They exchanged a glance but didn't mention what happened that month; this wasn't the time to talk about that.

Lei Bin was pondering how to handle this matter. Chen Guan's survival was not a big deal for Lei Bin.

He didn't take this person seriously at all.

The reason he was so familiar with Chen Guan's name was because when he was researching Qi Gongzi's information, he learned that Qi Gongzi had once been in Chen Guan's team for a period of time.

However, according to his understanding, although Chen Guan was nominally in charge of the Blood Kirin Vanguard Camp, he rarely went there in reality. The one who truly managed the Vanguard Camp was Young Master Qi.

Lei Bin naturally assumed that Chen Guan was just a pretty boy who didn't even care about his own soldiers and must have gone to Ji Nanhong to curry favor. What was there to pay attention to about someone like that?

Besides, there were rumors that he was already dead, so Lei Bin was even less likely to pay attention to it.

However, Lu Jianfeng and Yang Sanle's comments about Chen Guanshi still made him somewhat wary.

"Then let's find those veterans of the Crimson Blood Legion and see what they have to say." Lei Bin had his men summon all the key members of the Crimson Blood Legion.

Jiang Tianqing, Yun Bihua, Ximen Ding, Shi Zhimen, Bai Yueguang, Zhu Hongzhi, Zhang Yujian and other members of Ji Nanhong's inner circle who had risen through the ranks, along with the old commanders of the Crimson Blood Legion and the new generals promoted by Ji Nanhong, all gathered in the conference hall.

(End of this chapter)