Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2322 It Turns Out to be Hidden Here 18.0

Shen Cha looked at the bowl of pilaf in front of him and sighed softly. The pilaf smelled good, but seeing such a big bowl of it in front of him was really tempting.

Although her stomach was still rumbling with hunger, she suddenly lost her appetite after seeing the big bowl.

Shen Haolin looked at her and understood what she was thinking. He took her bowl, then took an empty bowl, scooped out a small half bowl, added dogwood powder on it, and then placed it in front of Shen Cha.

"Eat it!"

"My elder brother is the one who understands me best." Shen Cha picked up the spoon, moved the cornel powder, and then scooped a mouthful into his mouth, "Hmm, so fragrant and delicious!"

Xue Ruitian looked at everyone eating, then moved closer to Shen Cha with his bowl in hand and gave a large piece of lamb leg meat to Shen Cha.

"Thank you, Brother Xiaotian."

"Eat more. You haven't eaten well these days. You should make up for it." Xue Ruitian looked at Merlin who was eating on the side and said in a low voice, "Do you understand what Second Brother said?"

"Got it." Shen Cha sighed, stuffed the lamb leg into his mouth, and chewed hard. "Our plan was criticized for being useless. Second Brother is Second Brother, and he showed no mercy at all."

"Things written in a daze are always full of loopholes. Second brother is right." Shen Haolin scooped a spoonful of rice and stuffed it into his mouth. "Second brother is better at this, so let him do it!"

"Well, professionals do professional things!" Shen Cha took another bite of rice and a side dish and said, "I heard that the people in the shop were shouting that they were wronged, but it turned out that they were swindlers?"

"Yes!" Xue Ruitian sighed, "On the surface, they said that they had never cheated the people of Daxia, but in fact, they did a lot of immoral things. Our people went to investigate the surrounding area and collected a lot of evidence of their crimes."

"How to say?"

"They're taking advantage of the situation!" Xue Ruitian took a sip of tea to soothe his throat, and continued, "For example, a buyer came to their shop and ordered a pearwood coffin. The price was agreed to be ten taels, and he paid half of it as a deposit. But when it came time to deliver the goods, they changed their minds and raised the price temporarily for various reasons. If the buyer disagreed, not only would he not get the coffin, but he would also not get his deposit back."

"Is there such a thing?" Shen Cha frowned slightly, "We have never heard of such a thing, and no one came to report it!"

"Because the price increase is not much, many people don't want to cause trouble, so." Xue Ruitian shrugged and said, "This makes them bolder, but they also know when to stop and dare not be too rash, so as not to alarm us."

"They are good at calculating and know when to stop." Shen Cha sighed softly, "If that's the case, just put them in the dungeon and deal with them when they confess. As for the caravan members, keep them for now. Since they came from the sea, they should have a place to stay on the sea. Plus, there are assassins in their caravan, so they are probably not far from their lair, right?"

"Yeah!" Shen Haolin nodded. "Xiaotian and I think so too. If we keep them, maybe we can find out the location of the lair. Of course, this is just our wishful thinking. They may not be willing to betray Master Falian."

"Not necessarily. It depends on whether they are really tough. The pawns in the dungeon are quite capable. I hope they can make it." Shen Cha sighed softly. "After reviewing the new formation, I will go to the dungeon to take a look and discuss it with my second brother and the others." "I'll go with you."

"It's better for you to stay in the camp, brother." Shen Cha stuffed a mouthful of rice, "If General Lu and Xiaoyun quarrel again, someone has to calm the situation, right?"

"Okay." Shen Haolin nodded, "See you at home tonight."

Xue Ruitian was eating while listening to their conversation and rolling his eyes.

"I say, you two will only be separated for half a day at most, there's no need for this, right?" He snorted, "If you have this time, you might as well think about what went wrong with the new formation. In my opinion, it's not just the rear army that has problems."

"It's normal to have problems. If there are no problems, then there is a real problem, isn't it?" Shen Cha looked at Lu Shengyuan below, and then looked at Song Qiyun who kept picking up meat for Shen Jiu, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Again, let alone a new formation, even a formation that has been used in actual combat thousands of times will have problems and all kinds of troubles. But I can't figure out why the two of them quarreled. According to our original plan, the rear army was the last to enter the field and be responsible for the encirclement, right?"

"You just said it, Lao Lu is a conservative, Xiao Yun's style is a bit radical, they are responsible for the outflanking, but the two of them have a disagreement on the timing of the outflanking."

"Timing?" Shen Cha looked at Xue Ruitian, then at Shen Haolin, and said, "I understand a little bit now. Xiaoyun wanted to outflank them earlier, but General Lu wanted to wait a little longer. So, the two of them had a disagreement, right?"

"That's right." Xue Ruitian sighed, "But to be honest, Lao Lu is sometimes too cautious. If it were me, my choice would be the same as Xiaoyun's."

"Me too." Shen Haolin also echoed, "Opportunities are fleeting, and a single thought can lead to a change in the entire battle situation. However, based on today's situation, I would choose Xiaoyun. The result of being too conservative is that the opponent will turn defeat into victory."

"If you all make this choice, what are they arguing about?"

"Old Lu's idea is, what should we do if we outflank the enemy in advance and fail to catch them all, but instead fall into their trap? What should we do if the enemy sets a trap?"

"General Lu thinks a lot, but in actual combat, there will be many uncertainties."

"Yes, that's what we meant. Plans don't change as fast as they should. Moreover, Xiaoyun told him that he had to adapt to circumstances, but Lao Lu didn't agree with his idea and insisted on making full preparations in advance." Xue Ruitian sighed, "We all know that it's impossible to be fully prepared for actual combat. Taking one step and looking three steps ahead is already the limit. Accidents are the norm, right? If you can seize the opportunity, you must act, otherwise all your previous efforts will be wasted." Xue Ruitian spread his hands and said helplessly, "The result is that neither of them could convince the other, and then one of them couldn't deal with it, so they started arguing. At the beginning, we still tried to persuade them, but the more we persuaded, the more fierce the quarrel became, so we gave up and watched them quarrel. When they were tired of quarreling, they would stop quarreling and could talk calmly."

"Yes!" Shen Cha nodded. "Although being too cautious is a disadvantage, it is also an advantage in many cases. Let me talk to my brother and General Lu later. I hope I can convince him."

(End of this chapter)