The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

Commander Wang was incredibly fast.

The speed is ridiculously fast.

He rushed out in a flash, completely stunning Lu Chaosheng, who was guarding the side.

"No, it's really out?"

"It's that simple?"

"General Zhang Shi, you are absolutely prescient!"

"I, Lu Chaosheng, admire you to death."

Zhang Shi was actually quite shocked, but at this moment, he had to keep his lips turned down and said calmly, "It's just an ordinary tactic."

"Now……"

"The person is out now. It's up to you."

Lu Chaosheng's expression turned serious. He said, "General Zhang Shi, please rest assured. He's just a lowly garrison commander. If he stayed in the garrison headquarters, I wouldn't be able to do anything to him. But now that he's out..."

"hey-hey!"

Lu Chaosheng rode after them.

Wang Shoubei, however, was unaware that he was now filled with excitement and fervor.

"After practicing archery so diligently for so long, today, God has finally given me a chance to redeem myself."

"I must win back my woman through my own strength!"

Wang Shoubei's palms were sweating with nervousness, but after running for half a day from Linjiang Ferry, he still hadn't seen the coachman, let alone the lady who had left him.

Where are they?

"What? Are you intimidated by my current strength?"

A voice sounded behind him: "You're right, I'm really shocked by your strength."

Commander Wang was startled and turned around to look. Seeing it was Lu Chaosheng, he frowned and said, "What, it's you?"

"Why aren't you staying in Zhenjiang City? What are you doing here at Linjiang Ferry?"

Lu Chaosheng laughed and said, "Look, you've been staying at home all day, and you've fallen behind in the news, haven't you? I left Zhenjiang City a long time ago. Now I'm working for the Duke and General Zhang Shi."

"However, following General Zhang Shi's orders, we found that groom for you..."

Before Lu Chaosheng could finish speaking, Commander Wang exclaimed in surprise, "So it was you! You did all of this? Where's that groom? Tell him to come out! He won't. Are you trying to take his place?"

"Oh, right, so that coachman wanted you to test my skills first before making a move, right?"

"good!"

"Now that my archery skills are perfected, whether it's you or that stable boy, I don't care."

Lu Chaosheng: "???"

No, what kind of colleagues did he work with before?

"Come on, let me see how much of that groom's archery skill you possess?"

Wang Shoubei was still rambling on and on.

Lu Chaosheng, however, was somewhat angry and sneered, "Fine, then you can see how good my archery skills are!"

With a wave of his hand, all of Lu Chaosheng's personal guards nocked their arrows, numbering over a hundred.

"No..." Commander Wang was taken aback. "What do you mean?"

"Let me test your archery skills. Aren't you confident in your archery abilities?" Lu Chaosheng laughed. "Then let me see how many rounds you can last."

At his command, Lu Chaosheng's personal guards fired their arrows.

In an instant, arrows rained down.

In his panic, Wang Shoubei tried to stop him, but although his archery skills were first-rate, his ability to block arrows was far inferior. Compared to the likes of Xiang Gui and Ye Fan, he was worlds apart.

As a result, after just one volley of arrows, he fell off his horse with a "thud," dying with his eyes wide open, unable to understand why his painstaking archery practice had ended in such a state.

Lu Chaosheng went over to examine the body and confirmed that it was definitely dead. He ordered someone to clean it up, and then he returned to Linjiang Ferry in high spirits. Upon inquiring, he learned that Zhang Shi had already gone to the garrison headquarters, so he hurried over there as well.

Upon seeing Zhang Shi, he immediately said, "General Zhang Shi, I have killed Garrison Commander Wang. We have now taken Linjiang Ferry."

Lu Chaosheng's face lit up with increasing joy as he reported, "General Zhang Shi, we have now captured Langyan Fort, Suojiangwu, Hengjiang Village, and Linjiang Ferry!"

"Of all the fortresses in Jiangbei, apart from the Iron Gate Pass which surrendered to the Duke early on, only the most important one, Zhenjiang City, remains."

"General, you have captured half of the Jiangbei fortress complex. Congratulations!"

Lu Chaosheng knew about the bet between Zhang Shi and Wang Ming. Although he didn't know the details, he had been regarded as a key minister by Zhang Shi these days. He had chatted with people in the army and knew the general idea.

At this moment, Linjiang Ferry was successfully captured in half a day, and I am genuinely happy for Zhang Shi!

Zhang Shi also wore a joyful expression.

Finally, finally!

Zhang Shi finally won a bet with Wang Ming!

However, this is certainly not enough; we must continue our efforts and take Zhenjiang City.

"Come on!" Zhang Shidao said, "Let's discuss how to take Zhenjiang City."

"Only after capturing Zhenjiang will I achieve a complete victory!"

"A complete and utter victory!"

"Yes!" Lu Chaosheng leaned over and discussed with Zhang Shi. After a full half hour, when the plan was almost finalized, a guard came to report from outside the door.

"Report! General, General Wang Ming has sent someone."

"Hmm?" Zhang Shi frowned. "Why did Wang Ming send someone here? Let him in."

The man sent by Wang Ming knelt down and first handed over a letter from Wang Ming to Zhang Shi, saying, "General Zhang Shi, my lord General Wang Ming says that internal strife has broken out in Zhenjiang City, and the city will fall in an instant. He has come to invite General Zhang Shi to take Zhenjiang City as well, thus opening up the Jiangbei fortress complex for the Duke!"

Zhang Shi's fingers had barely touched the letter when he heard this bolt from the blue, and he jumped to his feet in shock: "What?!"

What does it mean that Zhenjiang fell in an instant?

The messenger naturally didn't know the specifics, but Wang Ming's letter had explained it all clearly. Zhang Shi opened the letter and immediately understood that he had stood up for nothing.

Because her body went limp, she sat back down.

"General Zhang Shi, are you alright?"

Lu Chaosheng asked in a low voice.

Zhang Shi shook his head, then gave a rare bitter smile and handed the letter to Lu Chaosheng.

Lu Chaosheng quickly finished reading, his face showing even greater disbelief than when he had just faced Commander Wang.

"No, I don't understand this operation at all."

"What do you mean by 'Pei Wugou ordered Pei Wugou to be flogged'?"

"That's almost a hundred lashes."

"I know very well the military's beatings. A hundred strokes of the rod and you're guaranteed to be a fierce general, but I've never heard of anyone not being crippled!"

"I've never even heard of it, let alone seen it."

"That Pei Wugou brought this upon himself!"

Zhang Shi nodded and said, "Yes."

"So, after that beating, Zhenjiang City couldn't be defended. Plus... Chen Song was an inside man, causing the soldiers to lose heart. Zhenjiang City was going to fall easily to Wang Ming!"

Lu Chaosheng was relieved and nodded: "Indeed, Zhenjiang City is entirely controlled by Pei Wugou. If Pei Wugou is punished, Zhenjiang City will indeed not be able to be taken."

"General, now that General Wang Ming has extended an invitation, should we act immediately, form an encirclement, and capture Zhenjiang City, leaving Pei Wugou with no way to escape?"

To Lu Chaoyi's surprise, Zhang Shi stood up again, but his face was calm, without any signs of collapse or pain, only an inner confidence.

"No need, this is Wang Ming's achievement."

"If he can take Zhenjiang City, Pei Wugou won't escape."

"This credit belongs to him."

"I...I'm not going to join in the fun."

Lu Chaosheng nodded thoughtfully and said, "That's true. General, you have already taken down Langyan Fort, Suojiangwu, Hengjiang Village, and Linjiangdu. Your achievements are no less than yours..."

"It's not a matter of less or less..." Zhang Shi interrupted, saying, "I just don't want to take credit for him."

"Besides..."

Zhang Shi looked outside and said, "The Jiangbei fortress complex can be destroyed in a single blow. Next, the Duke will definitely order a crossing of the river."

"There is still much to be done."

"If I don't have Wang Ming's luck, I'll just do some solid work, and eventually... I won't keep losing to him."

These words deeply shocked Lu Chaosheng.

He immediately knelt down: "General, you are wise."

"A gentleman does not eat food offered with contempt!"

"With the general's abilities and ambition, how could he not accomplish another earth-shattering feat?"

"This humble general is willing to follow you."

"Putting everything else aside, if the Duke wishes to conquer the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, he will inevitably need to train a navy and gather warships. This humble general is willing to follow General Zhang Shi and assist him in building his navy!"

Zhang Shi walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, his eyes full of admiration, and then said to the messenger, "Go back and tell Wang Ming that Zhenjiang City has been given to him."

"But now, let's see if you can catch up with this general!"

……

Wang Ming was quite disappointed by Zhang Shi's reply.

"General Zhang Shi, always... sigh..."

Just as he was sighing, another letter arrived.

It was sent by someone from Chen Song.

"General Wang Ming, Pei Wugou has issued a military order to carry out the executions tomorrow."

"Come quickly, come quickly!"

……