Chapter 148 - 148 Your Highness, Why Don’t You Wait and See?

148 Your Highness, Why Don’t You Wait and See?

“You can wait and see.”

Lu Ze wasn’t angered by Pei Qian’s contemptuous words. He didn’t even intend to explain anything and his tone was extremely perfunctory.

“What do you think of today’s battle?!”

Pei Qian changed the topic to today’s battle! Without waiting for Lu Ze to answer, he seemed to have thought of something and chuckled. “At this point, do you still want to continue hiding your strength?!”

!!

“I don’t understand what you’re talking about!” Lu Ze turned to look at Pei Qian with an impassive expression. “Since you know that the situation is critical, you should look for the capable people around you to arrange how to deal with it next. You shouldn’t continue to waste time chatting with me.”

“Erlang, do you know that a person’s temperament can’t be hidden no matter what?! Although you hid it very well, your bearing and some details about how you usually handle trivial matters are enough for me to see your background clearly.

At the very least, in the past, you definitely weren’t an ordinary hunter!”

Lu Ze didn’t admit it, but Pei Qian wasn’t impatient. He only smiled faintly and continued to look at him as he revealed what he suspected, “You have probably been in the army before. Moreover, your status in the army definitely wasn’t low!

“I don’t care what your previous identity was, but now, I need you to help me!”

Pei Qian waited for a while. Seeing that Lu Ze was still looking straight in Lin Suisui’s direction without saying anything, he took two steps forward and stood in front of him, blocking his view.

“I know you must have left a way out for you and your wife! With your skills, it shouldn’t be difficult for you to escape the current danger if you only bring Madam Liu!

Therefore, you were not anxious from the beginning to the end because everything was under your control!

However, Erlang, have you ever thought that if you really give up on Mrs. Luo’s family, give up on Yuan Niang, and give up on the thousands of lives in the entire refugee camp, perhaps Madam Liu will listen to your arrangements, but will she really be at ease?!

“She’s trying her best to treat a few soldiers she didn’t know previously, let alone acquaintances like Mrs. Luo, who interact with her on a frequent basis?!”

Pei Qian met Lu Ze’s cold and murderous gaze with a smile. “We can be cold-blooded, but Madam Liu might not be able to be that ruthless!

“You said that she only cares about saving people. Then do you think that even if you can bring her away safely in the future, she will really be happy and glad that she escaped?!”

“What do you need me to do?!” Lu Ze was silent for a long time before finally choosing to compromise as Pei Qian wished.

Because Lu Ze understood Lin Suisui, he knew that Pei Qian was right! Even though Lin Suisui had agreed to his suggestion to leave when the time came, he knew very well that if that day really came, his little girl definitely wouldn’t be happy.

In that case, there was really nothing wrong with giving it their all!

“The spies I sent out reported that in order to eliminate the root of the problem and prevent the news from spreading in the north, it’s said that more than 500 northern barbarians came together!

They disguised themselves as foreign horse bandits and are charging towards us!

“Today’s batch is just the scouts sent in advance! Therefore, there are at least 400 more teams that need us to deal with!

Although I had already sent a message to the surrounding troops to request for reinforcements, those two who sent replies were the furthest from us. Even if the light cavalry rushed over at full speed, it would take at least four days!

As for the patrol camp of the Northern Battlefront Army, it will take at least two days for them to reach us!

However, according to the speed of the northern barbarians’ march, they will arrive in front of us tomorrow night at the latest! However, there are only about 300 people on our side who can fight the tough battle!

Most of the people Gao Xuwei brought can’t be used. Don’t count on them!”

“Why can’t they be used?!” Lu Ze was a little puzzled. “It’s said that Gao Xuwei brought 500 personal guards this time!”

“Personal guards?! Those people can run errands, but if you let them charge forward to fight the enemy…

Heh, aren’t you worried that they’ll flee in return and break up our formation?!”

It would have been better if Lu Ze hadn’t mentioned it. At the mention of it, Pei Qian couldn’t hide the disdain on his face. They were just a bunch of useless fools!

“But they’re afraid of death, right?!” Lu Ze took two steps to the side and moved to a place where he could continue to watch Lin Suisui. Then, he stopped and continued to discuss his next arrangements and plans with Pei Qian. “Why don’t you hand these 500 personal guards to me? I’ll lead them to the front and be on the vanguard against the enemy!”

“What do you plan to do?!” Pei Qian was stunned and couldn’t help but be curious about Lu Ze’s plan.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t led troops when he suppressed the rebellion in the south. If he was given some time, he could train these 500 personal guards!

However, time was tight now. What did Pei Qian plan to do?!

They couldn’t really send them all to their deaths, right?!

“Since they’re afraid of death, it means that they’re still useful.” Lu Ze turned to look at the battlefield that was still being cleaned and asked Pei Qian, “Did any of these hundred or so northern barbarians survive?!”

“There are five to six more. Two of them are seriously injured. They’ll probably die before tomorrow morning. Three to four of them have light injuries!” Pei Qian thought of the number Qian He had just reported to him and asked, “Don’t tell me you even have designs on these northern barbarian captives?!”

He wanted to dig a hole and bury them later!

Otherwise, why would he keep them? They were useless and would waste rations!

“Gather those 500 personal guards and skin them in front of all the soldiers!” Lu Ze’s tone was calm, as if he was talking about today’s weather.

“Then, tell them that if anyone dares to take half a step back when facing the enemy, the outcome of these northern barbarians will be theirs!

However, they are soldiers of the empire after all. We naturally have to give them some preferential treatment!

At the very least, we won’t be stingy with the ginseng that we can’t bear to give to those northern barbarians! We definitely won’t let any deserters die before they suffer enough torture!”

“If Gao Xuwei finds out about this, he’ll come and fight us to the death!” Pei Qian raised his eyebrows. He didn’t expect this gentle and refined man in front of him to be so terrifying!