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

Grand Commander Zhou Mengyan was very satisfied with his confidant's attitude; this was truly his most loyal subordinate!

With such subordinates, he is truly the King of the Yangtze River.

However, this sense of relief did not last long, and General Zhou Mengyan frowned again.

"Zhang Shi absolutely must be eliminated!"

"Can……"

"How do we get rid of it?"

"Given Zhang Shi's current strength, if an attack is launched openly against him, it will inevitably cause chaos in the military camp."

"Ren Tianye is training his navy on the other side of the Yangtze River every day. According to his scouts, his navy, under Lu Chaosheng's training, has already become quite formidable!"

"What if my navy falls into chaos again and Ren Tianye launches an attack?"

"Besides..."

Zhou Mengyan pondered deeply: "Zhang Shi is not someone to be trifled with. His current influence in the army is certainly less than mine, but with his abilities, even with ten times fewer troops than me, he will surely unleash a storm!"

"I……"

"How could I lay a hand on him?"

Zhou Mengyan was telling the truth.

Information obtained from trusted confidants indicates that quite a few soldiers in the army have been misled by Zhang Shi and have defected to him. However, Zhang Shi's actions have not been ongoing for very long, and he has not yet won over enough people. Now...

The advantage lies with him!

But so what if he has the advantage? Zhang Shi is a difficult person to deal with!

Zhou Mengyan's question was directed at his confidant, who didn't know how to answer, as it wasn't his area of ​​expertise. So, he could only emphasize the point.

"No matter what, we have to get rid of Zhang Shi!"

"If Zhang Shi doesn't die, there will never be peace in our army camp!"

Zhou Mengyan nodded, deeply agreeing with this point. He glanced at his confidant and suddenly said, "How about this, you go and kill Zhang Shi!"

"After you kill Zhang Shi, I will promote you to deputy commander-in-chief. From then on, your position in the army will be second only to mine!"

The confidant was stunned.

He pointed at himself: "Me?"

"Should I go and kill Zhang Shi?"

He immediately put on a mournful face and said, "Grand Commander, Zhang Shi is a force to be reckoned with, sweeping across the northern frontier. When he came to our camp, he swiftly and decisively killed twenty-seven naval commanders. Am I supposed to kill Zhang Shi?"

"Grand Commander, you think too highly of me!"

"Why don't we make a proper plan and try to deliver a fatal blow to Zhang Shi?"

Zhou Mengyan was somewhat disappointed. He had originally placed high hopes on his trusted confidant, but unexpectedly, the confidant did not take the pressure seriously. Well then... he could only make some careful plans!

After discussing with his confidants for another half hour, they came up with quite a few plans, such as inviting them to dinner to ambush them with axemen, even sending an elite force to storm Zhang Shi's camp in the middle of the night, and even poisoning Zhang Shi's food.

However, despite the many opinions, no one dared to make a decision in the end, which made Zhou Mengyan miss his wife a little. If his wife were here, she would definitely help him make a decision!

"Oh dear, Madam has left!"

"No, no... I can't think about Madam. I, Zhou Mengyan, have to climb up the ladder step by step on my own; I can't rely on others!"

"today……"

"The plan must be finalized, and then..."

"Launch a fatal blow against Zhang Shi!"

Zhou Mengyan threw himself back into his plan, while Zhang Shi, whom Zhou Mengyan planned to eliminate, was looking through a letter.

There was a small mark on the envelope that identified the sender.

It was a letter from Ren Tianye!

After reading the letter word by word, Zhang Shi threw it into the brazier and watched it burn to ashes before he felt at ease.

Her eyes were already sparkling.

"The Duke's navy is a success!"

"We're about to attack the Yangtze River defense line!"

"Great! We've finally waited for this day!"

Zhang Shi came to join Zhou Mengyan with the aim of taking over the Yangtze River defense line. Now that he has been lying low for a long time, the time has finally come. How could he not be happy?

However, he controlled his emotions well and was not blinded by the joy. He quickly and calmly analyzed the situation before him.

"The Duke is coming soon! When he does, I'm going to wreak havoc on the entire Yangtze River defense line!"

"In this way, when the Duke attacks, the resistance will be minimal, my contribution will be the greatest, and I will be able to truly surpass Wang Ming!"

"So..."

"We need to speed up the recruitment process!"

Zhang Shi's eyes were sharp as he thought this.

"Right now, the vast majority of people in the military are still loyal to Zhou Mengyan. My current pace of development can no longer keep up with the changes. I need to be faster, even faster, even faster..."

"or……"

"Openly revealing your hand?!"

"Tell everyone in the camp that I'm going to fight Zhou Mengyan for power, forcing them to choose, and thus gathering more followers?"

Zhang Shi was seriously considering this question.

Before they could think of an answer, Ruan Fei's voice suddenly came from outside the camp: "General Zhang Shi, are you there? Are you there?"

"I urgently need to speak with you!"

"This is a matter of life and death!"

Zhang Shi put aside all his worries, roused himself, and went to welcome Ruan Fei in, smiling, "Miss Ruan Fei, what's wrong?"

"What's the big deal?"

Ruan Fei's face fell. She said, "General Zhang Shi, it's the same old story. Ning Wanqin has already made three trips back and forth, constantly relaying Gu Qingyue's orders, looking like she's going to make me pay!"

"Before, you taught me that as long as I developed my strength and became powerful enough, the position of Grand Commander would naturally be mine. I did as you said, and things were fine until now..."

"Brother Meng Yan suddenly shut down the surveillance team I established. Now I'm powerless and helpless. How am I supposed to fight against Gu Qingyue?"

"General Zhang Shi, you said..."

"Am I out of luck for the presidency?"

It was all these nagging, trivial matters again. If it were Zhang Shi in the past, he would have absolutely ignored them. But now, Zhang Shi not only listened attentively but also secretly analyzed the pros and cons in his mind.

then……

Zhang Shi said with a serious face, "Miss Ruan Fei, this is indeed a big problem for you. Therefore, you must build up enough power. Then, you will not only have a voice in front of the Grand Commander, but even a lowly Gu Qingyue will have to respect you as the Grand Commander!"

"I know!" Ruan Fei shook her head in distress, "But right now... I don't have enough power, and Brother Meng Yan has suspended my supervisory authority. I... I... I don't know what to do next..."

Zhang Shi interrupted her, then uttered two words decisively.

"You've done a great service!"

Ruan Fei was taken aback: "Meritorious service?"

"Yes, you must achieve merit. As long as you produce enough results, the entire army will naturally look up to you, and the Grand Commander will regain his trust. Then you will have power and influence!"

Ruan Fei seemed to understand something, then nodded and said, "This...is indeed a good idea, but...where can I get credit for it?"

Zhang Shi had an idea that was about to come out, but it was too outrageous to be believable, so he kept it to himself. Now, after thinking it over, he decided to make a decision.

"Damn it, almost none of these people are mentally sound anyway, let's give it a try!"

Then Zhang Shi shouted, "Yes, there is! A great achievement is right before our eyes!"

"It's Ren Tianye!"

"If you can withstand Ren Tianye's attack, wouldn't the Grand Commander look at you with new respect?"

"Gu Qingyue, how could I not acknowledge you as Grand Commander?"

Ruan Fei's eyes lit up instantly: "Yes, if I defeat Ren Tianye, wouldn't that be a tremendous achievement!"

"By then, we'll have everything!"

Zhang Shi's body swayed slightly.

When he said that, even he himself couldn't believe it would work. Ruan Fei... agreed right away?

"Are you that easy to fool?"

"Now I understand why Wang Ming could make his general commit suicide on the battlefield!"

Zhang Shi's confidence soared, and he prepared to continue his deception!

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