My wife is number one in the world

Nangong Ye saw that Zhang Kuang had returned to the main topic. He turned his head to look in the direction of the main hall of the palace and stopped immediately.

When Zhang Kuang saw that his old friend suddenly stopped, he also stopped in his tracks.

Nangong Ye turned around and looked at Zhang Kuang who had also stopped, and directly raised the wine bag in his hand and took a big gulp of wine.

Then, he first hung the wine bag in his hand back on his waist, and then gently took out the pipe that was attached to his waist, and lit a pot of dry tobacco with skillful movements.

"Brother Zhang, would you like a pot?"

Zhang Kuang glanced at the pipe and matchbox that Nangong Ye handed to him, smiled faintly, and pulled out the pipe from his waist to gesture.

"Old man, I can do it myself."

Nangong Ye smiled faintly and nodded. He took a long puff of the tobacco from his pipe and then began to ponder in secret, looking thoughtful.

Zhang Kuang saw the thoughtful look in Nangong Ye's eyes and knew that he was thinking about the question just now.

So, he chuckled and threw away the matchstick in his hand, puffing away smoke while quietly waiting for the result of Nangong Ye's thinking.

After a long time.

Nangong Ye came back to his senses from his thoughts, raised his eyes with a complicated expression and looked at Zhang Kuang who was quietly waiting for his answer.

Feeling Nangong Ye's gaze towards him, Zhang Kuang immediately smiled and raised his hand to casually fan the smoke in front of his eyes twice.

"Old man, have you thought it through?"

Nangong Ye looked at Zhang Kuang with a smile on his face, took a light puff of his tobacco, and nodded with a slightly complicated expression.

"Yeah, I've already thought about it."

"How to say?"

"Brother Zhang, I have thought carefully about your question just now.

I think it would be better for us not to send anyone to investigate."

After hearing Nangong Ye's answer, Zhang Kuang raised his hand and gently stroked the gray beard on his chin, and turned his eyes slightly with a look of curiosity.

  "Why? Old buddy, aren't you curious about who led the 300,000-man army?

Aren't you curious about how the 300,000-man army managed to avoid the eyes and ears of our many scouts and spies and quietly enter the territory of the Kipchak Empire?"

Nangong Ye listened to Zhang Kuang's two questions and nodded without hesitation without any thought.

"Brother Zhang, to be honest, of course I am curious.

  Three hundred thousand troops, that’s three hundred thousand troops!

A full 300,000-strong army of battle-hardened soldiers quietly entered the territory of the Cumans, but we two didn't get a single word of news.

Faced with such a situation, how could I not be curious? "

Zhang Kuang turned his head and exhaled a puff of smoke, then raised the wine bag in his hand and took a sip of the wine to moisten his throat.

"Nangong Ye, you are curious about the 300,000-man army, and I am also curious about it.

In that case, why don't we send someone to Gubs to investigate?

Anyway, we are conducting the investigation openly, so even if His Majesty knows about this matter, he should not blame us."

Nangong Ye took a puff of his pipe and pointed in the direction of the main hall of the palace.

"Brother Zhang, let's talk while we walk."

Zhang Kuang heard this and chuckled and nodded. "Okay."

Immediately, the two old foxes continued to move towards the main hall of the palace at a leisurely pace.

“Brother Zhang, I understand everything you just said.

However, regarding this matter, the two of us can only have a bit of curiosity.

Apart from that, we two should just focus on doing our own things and not do anything else."

When Nangong Ye said this, his tone was filled with a hint of helplessness.

Hearing Nangong Ye's somewhat helpless tone, Zhang Kuang's eyes turned slightly and he pondered for a moment, then turned his head and looked at Nangong Ye with a somewhat melancholy expression.

"Old man, judging from the tone of your words, you seem to be deeply concerned!"

  "Hahaha, Brother Zhang, as subjects, you and I have no choice but to do this!

Besides, Brother Zhang, don’t you have any concerns in your heart?

Given your character, Brother Zhang, if you had no concerns in your heart, you would have already sent people to the territory of the Cuman Empire to investigate the situation of the 300,000 troops.

Why do you keep talking about this with me?

  In a word, not only do I have concerns in my heart, but you, my brother, also have concerns in your heart!

Moreover, the concerns in your heart, brother, are not necessarily any less than those in my heart.

Maybe even a little more.”

As Nangong Ye was talking, he turned around and glanced meaningfully at Zhang Kuang who was smoking a pipe.

"Brother Zhang, my guess should be correct, right?"

Nangong Ye's words were very straightforward, so straightforward that they directly pointed out Zhang Kuang's thoughts.

Seeing that Nangong Ye had spoken his words so clearly, Zhang Kuang raised the wine bag to his mouth, took a few gulps of the wine, then looked at Nangong Ye with complicated eyes and nodded gently.

"Brother Nangong is Brother Nangong, I can't hide my thoughts from you.

  You are right. I am just like you on this matter and have many concerns in my heart!

Three hundred thousand troops, that’s a full three hundred thousand troops.

Earlier, when we were in His Majesty's study, as soon as I heard His Majesty mention the matter of food and fodder, my mind was completely stunned.

Later, when I gradually realized why His Majesty wanted the two of us to act this way, a huge wave of emotion instantly rose in my heart.

  At that time, the only thought in my mind was, what on earth was His Majesty going to do?

In front of us are the left and right armies of the Western Expedition led by the two of us brothers, with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and the second Western Expedition Army led by that kid Dingbang, with a hundred thousand soldiers.

Later, there was the Anxi Protectorate, and hundreds of thousands of troops from various countries in the Western Regions were ready to provide assistance at any time.

  In addition to our four armies, on the vast ocean ahead there is also the treasure fleet led by An Jianghe, the Haining Marquis of our Great Dragon Dynasty!

The treasure fleet led by Marquis Haining also has tens of thousands of battle-hardened elite soldiers."

When Zhang Kuang said this, he took a deep puff of his pipe, then turned around and looked again in the direction of the courtyard where Young Master Liu lived.

"The two armies heading west, the Anxi Protectorate's soldiers, the combined forces of the Western Regions, the second army led by Ding Bang, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers under the command of Marquis Haining.

I have made a rough estimate that the number of our six armies added together has already exceeded one million.

With such a strong military force, His Majesty actually mobilized 300,000 elite troops from our Dalong territory.

  this! this! This, this, this!

Brother Nangong, tell me, what does our emperor want to do?

By doing this, could it be that he wants to capture all the barbarians in the West?"

Nangong Ye took a puff of his tobacco and nodded at Zhang Kuang with a strange look in his eyes.

"Given your majesty's ambition, this may be possible!" (End of this chapter)