After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen-Chapter 620 - 381 Something’s Wrong!_2

Luo Zhao looked at him: "Confirmation has indeed been made. But the situation is not good; the people I sent out were captured by Liang Zhi."

Lian Yang raised an eyebrow: "I know that." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"You know?" Luo Zhao looked at him, "Then that’s easier to deal with. Do you realize that by doing so, I am already at risk?"

Lian Yang smiled: "They can’t trace it back to you, because I know the person you sent over is deaf and mute.

"General Luo is strategic; that mute can’t speak, even if they fall into Liang Zhi’s hands, they won’t reveal you."

Luo Zhao glanced at him: "So, it seems everything is indeed under your control."

"Forgive me, General Luo. You also know my situation; I can’t help but be a bit more careful."

Luo Zhao looked at the ground: "You haven’t stepped outside, yet you know all this. It seems I have no other choices left."

Lian Yang said: "I’ve always believed that General Luo is a wise person."

Luo Zhao looked at him: "In that case, let’s go."

He said, standing up.

Lian Yang’s eyes flickered slightly, but he didn’t move: "Have you really thought it through?"

Luo Zhao turned around: "Didn’t you promise me a rank of Third-Class General? To enter the Central Plains in the future and let me hold a significant position in the court?"

Lian Yang frowned slightly: "Indeed, those are what I promised you."

"Then what are you still worried about?"

Lian Yang couldn’t say. While this result was indeed what he prayed for, the sudden smoothness made him feel something was a bit off.

"On either side of Yangjiao Pass are steep mountains; once you pass the checkpoint, you can only go forward or backward, there’s absolutely no third path.

"After you let me pass, will you change your mind?"

If he reneged and chased from behind, even charging forward would be the only way to survive, but they’d still have a fifty percent chance of being caught.

If that’s the case, he’d rather end it now.

Luo Zhao looked at Lian Yang without blinking or avoiding, then stepped back two steps to stop in front of him: "When Liang Zhi caught my man earlier, he had already reached my Yangjiao Pass territory; do you know why he suddenly left?"

Lian Yang squinted: "Why?"

"On the mute soldier’s collar, there’s the insignia of my northwestern border soldiers. Moreover, it has the exact number of my Yangjiao Pass outpost."

Lian Yang’s expression changed suddenly.

"I intentionally let him wear that piece of clothing underneath. When he couldn’t answer, he’d easily get agitated, and upon pushing and shoving, how could Liang Zhi not be suspicious?

"He’s an experienced general, and also from a noble family; upon finding such a suspicion, he definitely wouldn’t charge forward foolishly, so he would surely retreat immediately."

Lian Yang’s expression shifted, glancing at Lian Yi.

Luo Zhao continued: "I could only do this to successfully invite them to retreat and buy you time.

"Doing so only benefits you, not me. So you say, if I hadn’t already planned to agree to your conditions, what else could I be hiding?

"Would it benefit me in any way if I reneged?"

Upon hearing this, the sharpness in Lian Yang’s eyes gradually faded.

The informant, although not mentioning the collar’s secret, judging by the situation, if there were no peculiarities, it wouldn’t make much sense for Liang Zhi to have suddenly retreated.

Conversely, even without what he said, Luo Zhao had already delivered the mute and that map to Liang Zhi; if they hurriedly let them leave, it’d indeed be constantly dangerous for him.

"General, all the guards at the checkpoint have been replaced with our own men."

At that moment, someone walked in from the door, bending over with a smile, looking at several people in the room; it was Liu Gui standing there with a lantern.

Lian Yang and his eyes met in the air, then he averted them, extending a hand with a spring breeze-like smile to Luo Zhao: "General Luo has considered everything thoroughly, I admire it!

"Since that’s the case, let’s not say much more. Please lead the way, General Luo!"

Luo Zhao gave him a deep look, stepping aside half a step: "Please!"

Once out the door, he dispatched two soldiers outside: "Stand guard outside the barracks gate, report immediately if you notice anything unusual!"

...Liang Zhi led his men riding swiftly to Yangjiao Pass. To avoid alarming the enemy with horse hoof sounds, they abandoned their horses at an estimated distance and proceeded on foot.

This area was sandy soil, muffling a lot of footsteps. They quickened their pace to reach the outside of Yangjiao Pass’s barracks, then prostrated at a high point, gazing far ahead.

The quarters were arranged in a quadrangle layout. This outpost housed a regiment of a thousand men and horses. Three-tenths of them resided in the quarters, while seven-tenths were scattered around the east and west sides of the barracks.