"That……"

Yao Zuofeng thought for a while and said, "Master Chen, is there a place for this general to assist?"

Chen Ze was also not polite, and he pondered slightly: "But I don't know how many troops came to Dongning City led by General Yao this time?"

"this?"

Yao Zuofeng was startled, but he didn't expect Chen Ze to open his mouth, and he actually called up his idea of ​​military strength.

But he didn’t conceal it, and Dang even said: “I’m not hiding from Master Chen, now that Fengqi Province is in the midst of the storm, and every place is yelling for lack of manpower, and this time I came to Dongning City to check, and my full strength is only There are about 20,000 people, and this includes a 1,000-strong army."

Only 20,000 people.

Chen Ze didn't feel disappointed, but just nodded.

This number is already quite large.

He couldn't know what the situation in Fengxi Province was like at this moment.

Under these severe conditions, Yao Zuofeng can bring a force of 20,000 to support Dongning City, which is also very good.

And considering that the enemies of Dongning City are some local bandits and bandits, then there are 20,000 people, and it is actually a not weak force, at least when facing more than double the enemy, it will not be too big. problem.

"Master Chen needs this general's manpower?"

After truthfully answering the troop situation, Yao Zuofeng asked tentatively.

Chen Ze couldn't help being dumb.

What is "this little manpower"?

This guy said pitifully, nothing more than he was afraid that he would attack his people, and then divide his few troops.

To be honest, Chen Ze really had this idea at the beginning.

Of course, there was no such thing.

He came to Dongning City only as a place for the army to rest. At most, he would set out with the army to catch up with another robber that Chen Ming had discovered.

And Yao Zuofeng didn't he hit the muzzle by himself?

It happened that when Chen Ze came to Dongning City, he Yao Zuofeng also ran to support him. When the two sides met, he had to say something anyway.

And now that the misunderstanding is resolved, Chen Ze is thinking about whether to include Yao Zuofeng's forces.

But as soon as he saw the other person's appearance, he immediately dispelled the idea.

It's not that poor Yao Zuofeng has such a small amount of troops.

But...

Compared with the bandits and the regular army, although the bandit's combat power is worse, under the current circumstances, Chen Ze is reluctant to incorporate the regular army.

The five thousand prisoners in Dongping City were an exception, not only because they were smaller and better controlled, but also because the immediate superior of these five thousand prisoners, He Leng and other three generals, had lost their prestige in the army.

In the end, Chen Ze also used his tactics and drove the three of them away.

Then, as a group of five thousand regular troops without a leader, he could of course be incorporated.

But Yao Zuofeng's situation is different here.

Considering the situation that Yao Zuofeng was going to come to Dongning City in person, the strength of his men still respected his generals.

So here comes the problem.

If he eats Yao Zuofeng's forces in one bite, while receiving the opponent's forces, he will also take Yao Zuofeng under his command.

This person looks extremely rough on the surface, but in fact the level of delicacy in his mind is not lower than that of ordinary counsellors. Only then did they meet for a long time, and the other party dug him a lot of pits one after another as a trial use.

Keeping such a person by his side and knowing that the other person is loyal to Fengqi Province would really not be a good choice.

That's why he asked Yao Zuofeng how strong his troops are.

If there are too many, there is no problem for him to split some, and Yao Zuofeng can still bring the rest of the team back to the front line where he should have appeared.

But if it is less.

Just like now, Yao Zuofeng said that his military strength is only 20,000, which is a hammer.

Either take it all away, or don't, otherwise even if it is divided into half, more than 10,000 people will not have much effect. Not to mention, Yao Zuofeng must be a lot of uncomfortable.

And after Yao Zuofeng left, the higher-ranking generals on his side would definitely ask about the reason for the dispersion of troops, and then expose himself to the sight of others for no apparent reason.

For 10,000 troops, there is really no need.

So he thought for a while and said, "General Yao, don't get me wrong. After entering Fengqi Province, he has gathered a lot of troops. Right now, it is barely enough for General Ouyang's plan."

"But if you can get the general's help, then you will naturally have a better grasp!"

As soon as this statement came out, General Yao's expression was stunned, and he said with a serious face: "Master Chen has something to tell you, as long as it is for my Fengqi travel province, I dare not follow it!"

Chen Ze nodded and said: "That's right, General Yao also knows that, in addition to the **** of the Bailie Empire, bandit forces that were not in our eyes are also competing together!"

Of course Yao Zuofeng understands this, otherwise, why would he come to Dongning City for?

So he nodded, and didn't interrupt Chen Ze.

"And the task location assigned by General Ouyang to the next place happened to be the base camp of the bandit forces. According to the reports sent by the spies, there are now a large number of gangsters heading to the base camp."

This is half true, but it is true.

In fact, the place Chen Ze was going to was not the base camp of all the rogues, but only the old lair of the rogues who robbed the three border cities and Dongning City.

But the problem is that it is precisely because that group of gangsters has done too ostentatiously, there are not a few people who know that they have made a lot of money.

Just like the one that Chen Ming met on the road, there is reason to believe that after they received the news, they came to try to take advantage of the fire.

So since there is a team doing this, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be a second, third, or even fourth.

The team that Chen Ming encountered, Chen Ze was confident that it would be annihilated or incorporated in the past, but the other teams, this is hard to say.

After all, Fengqi province is also a big province~lightnovelpub.net~ Its geographical scope is far above Nantes province and the Anluo province of Qingyang Empire. It is impossible for Chen Ze to intercept all aspects. Did it.

Once a team rushed past from a direction he didn't know, then the first problem would arise.

What should I do in case of a startled snake?

Therefore, he needed a foreign aid. While he was rushing in the direction that Chen Ming had found out, he also detoured from other places to intercept the gangsters who had no good intentions.

In addition, there is another reason.

Chen Ze didn't want his whereabouts to fall into anyone's sight.

But here he ran into Yao Zuofeng.

If the opponent is allowed to leave, it is conceivable that it will not be long before General Ouyang sends people to Fengqi to preside over the overall situation.

Moving Yao Zuofeng to other places can at least temporarily delay the spread of this news.