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Chap 770

Chapter 770: On the eve of great changes, everyone expresses their views

Chu Tianyin had already retreated to defending the last city. Ning Cheng would need 10 days to take it fully, but if Chu Tianyin lost this place, Emperor Kang Cheng would definitely tell him to stop fighting and surrender. After all, it was a straight path beyond its walls to Western Zhou’s capital. 

As Ning Cheng studied the battle map spread over the table, he was calm and cool-headed as always. There was no rashness to his actions as he thought it over and said coldly, “Spread my orders, attack the city!”

The deputy general was greatly alarmed. He thought the Duke of Ning had called him over to discuss how to finish up the last battle brilliantly, not conquer a city.

“Your Highness Duke of Ning, are we attacking the city...tonight?” the deputy general asked.

“Exactly so!” Ning Cheng didn’t hesitate.

The deputy general had never gone against the Duke of Ning’s orders, especially military ones. But this time, he still risked his all to ask, “Your Highness Duke of Ning, please consider this as extraneous talk by this soldier, but tonight isn’t the best time to attack.”

After all, their last battle was a fierce struggle that took over ten whole days. The fighting only ceased the day before yesterday, so their comrades were still catching their breath. They were still counting the number of injured and restocking their military supplies. Although they’d won countless battles and used morale to finish without stopping, they still needed to rest two to three days!

“Your Highness Duke of Ning, although such rash actions can catch the enemy unprepared, it’s no guarantee that our army will claim the upper hand,” the deputy general coaxed.

It didn’t take much analyzing or reminders to bring Ning Cheng back to his senses. He knew better than the deputy general of the best time to strike. Now he stood with hooded eyes on the map, his gaze drifting across the paper. It was unclear what he was thinking about. The deputy general observed his silence and didn’t dare to urge any further. He only stood waiting on the side. After a long time had passed, Ning Cheng waved a hand to dismiss him. Despite his silence, storms raged within his heart.

He had shocked himself with his decision just then. As a seasoned soldier and strategist, what stirred him into making such an impulsive choice? If not for his deputy general’s reminders, the consequences of his orders would have been unthinkable! Was he so impatient to end the fight with Western Zhou just so he could attack South Ning? Why?

He circled around the huge map, his fingers resting against the table edge before he walked back to his starting point. I must be too impatient to compare myself with Long Feiye again. And too anxious to find out about the Shadow Clan.

He quietly drank a few cups of wine before murmuring, “How are things progressing?”

Only the people by his side had any idea what he meant. An attendant replied, “They’re still looking, it’s just that…”

“It’s just what?” Ning Cheng’s impatient tone betrayed his calm exterior.

“It’s just that...that thing is truly hard to find,” the attendant looked hard pressed to reply. The men sent out to hunt for a single acupuncture needle had traced every single place that Han Yunxi had walked in the past. They even visited all the people she treated before, but didn’t find any clues.