Shocking! The entire court was drooling with envy because of me.

Zheng Quan flattered him and left triumphantly.

Shen Qing's lips curled up slightly.

If anyone should thank someone, it's Zheng Quan.

If all goes well, there will be a large number of enemy soldiers tomorrow.

The mission is about to move forward a lot, I'm so happy!

Zhang San held his binoculars, watching Zheng Quan galloping on horseback, and then glanced at the Song family soldiers happily eating.

A bold idea flashed into his mind.

"Li Si, do you want to eat the food across the street?"

Li Si: "???"

"Please don't get me into trouble..."

"Those soldiers who were taken out of the city by General Zheng didn't suffer at all. They were all eating very happily. Why don't we go to the other side too?" Zhang San said through gritted teeth.

The deputy general will definitely hold him accountable; he might lose his head soon.

Why don't we run out of town now and go to the other side? Maybe we can find some good food there.

Li Si: "...Are you crazy?"

"Aren't we brothers?"

Li Si: "Even brothers can't do this! Defection, if caught, is a capital offense!"

Zhang San threw down his binoculars: "We've delayed an urgent military operation; if we don't escape, we'll be beheaded!!"

"It was clearly you..."

"Just tell me if you're going or not. Everyone knows we're close anyway. If you don't come with me, you might be the one who suffers."

Li Si: "..."

Well, he also kind of wanted to eat the enemy's noodles and porridge.

"What do you suggest we do?"

Zhang San: "Isn't General Zheng going back to the city? Let's take this opportunity to have the city gates opened, and just say we're going to meet General Zheng..."

Upon hearing this, Li Si's eyes lit up: "Brother, it has to be you! Let's get out of the city right now!"

The two men descended from the city walls, mounted their horses, and arrogantly gave orders to the guards at the gate.

"General Zheng has broken out of the enemy camp! We're going to meet him! Open the gate!"

Soldier: "? Just the two of you going to provide backup??"

Zhang San coughed and said, "General Zheng is injured. The situation is urgent. There's no time to lose. Open the door quickly!"

"You'll lose your heads if you delay General Zheng's treatment!!"

Upon hearing this, the soldier dared not obstruct him any further.

He didn't have a telescope, so he couldn't see anything. All he knew was that Zheng Quan was a great general, and that if Zheng Quan was injured, it would be no small matter.

The next moment, the city gates swung open.

Zhang San and Li Si exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with joy. They raised and lowered their whips, and in an instant, they rushed out of the city.

"We did it! We did it!!"

"Smells delicious in the noodles, smells delicious in the meat congee, here we come!"

The two horses charged forward like arrows released from a bow.

Zheng Quan was riding his horse toward the city gate when he suddenly saw two people rushing out of the city.

He looked puzzled, and after getting closer to the two men, he couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing here?"

Li Si shuddered in fright.

General Zheng's fists are not to be trifled with.

Zhang San: "We are ordered to leave the city to rescue those prisoners!!"

"Just the two of you??" Zheng Quan was even more confused.

"The commander-in-chief has given us a top-secret plan. With just the two of us, we can make the enemy lower their guard."

"General Zheng, hurry back to the city, the commander-in-chief is waiting for you."

Li Si started by spouting nonsense.

The whip was almost tearing the horse's rump apart; they dared not delay for even a moment.

The conversation happened in an instant; before Zheng Quan could even process it, the horse had already galloped a great distance.

"Although I don't know the coach's strategy, he must have his reasons for doing this."

He wasn't one to overthink things; with a flick of his whip, he quickly rode into the city.

Li Si and Zhang San kept running towards the Black Hawk Guard's encampment.

Black Hawk watched Zhang San and Li Si from afar and immediately became alert.

"Quickly, enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"

He just couldn't understand why Madam Shen would put Zheng Quan back.

Isn't this just letting a tiger return to the mountains?

The Black Hawk Guards all became alert, but given Zheng Quan's incident, they weren't too afraid.

"No need to be so nervous, Madam Shen will take care of things anyway..." a soldier whispered.

Zhou Wentong looked closely and exclaimed, "Aren't these Zhang San and Li Si from the city wall?"

"What's going on between them?"

Zhang San and Li Si are just two lowly soldiers, how dare they run out of the city?

Everyone was extremely puzzled, except for Shen Qing, whose eyes held a hint of expectation.

Great, two more people now. It's just a pity that today's portion of preserved egg and lean pork congee has already been distributed.

Never mind, we'll talk about it tomorrow. Once these two soldiers arrive, they shouldn't run away.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty——"

"We have come to surrender to His Majesty—"

"We want to join the Black Hawk Guard—"

As soon as they dismounted, Zhang San and Li Si shouted, fearing they would be mistaken for enemies and killed.

The emperor was overjoyed upon hearing this, clapping his hands and asking, "Good, good, good! What positions do you all hold within the Song family army?"

Li Si quickly replied, "We're responsible for scouting the enemy's situation!"

"Yes, yes, to scout out the enemy's situation," Zhang San echoed.

Zhou Wentong, standing to the side, said indifferently, "...They're just two lowly soldiers."

"Just two dim-witted soldiers..."

He knew Zhang San and Li Si very well. When he was a deputy general in the Song family army, he never dared to assign these two important tasks.

They're only allowed to fetch things and run errands.

I don't know how these two suddenly had a change of heart and came to join the Black Hawk Guard.

Upon hearing this, Black Hawk's lips twitched: "Your Majesty, the Black Hawk Guard is not a place for ordinary soldiers to join..."

These two don't seem reliable; he doesn't want them.

emperor:"......"

After a long pause, he said, "Then you two will continue to be in charge of scouting the enemy. You're designated as scouts!"

Upon hearing the words "enemy situation," Li Si felt a chill run down his spine.

I couldn't help but ask, "Does this 'enemy intelligence' mean... every single movement the enemy makes?"

"Of course." The emperor laughed heartily; he now felt the situation was excellent.

"You two will still be under Zhou Wentong's command. No, Zhou Wentong, all the soldiers who surrendered today will be under your command. I hereby appoint you as Grand General!"

The emperor was in a great mood, and after making the arrangements, he returned to his tent to drink.

Zhou Wentong became a general for no apparent reason, but he felt that the title of general bestowed by a dying emperor was not very meaningful.

"Deputy General Zhou..." Li Si said cautiously, sniffing the air as if trying to detect any lingering scents.

"What Deputy General Zhou? It's General Zhou," Zhang San interrupted Li Si.

Then, with a flattering expression, he said, "General Zhou, we are now soldiers of Da'an. Could we have some of the meat porridge that was cooked today?"

"Yes, yes, I watched it from the city wall with binoculars for a long time, and I was so hungry..." Li Si immediately chimed in.

He was really craving it; his mouth was practically watering.