"Ha, indeed."
"Did the General guess it in advance?"
Nian Yao nodded and said, "I guessed it, but didn't dare to bet. Besides, I'm tired of this battle; it's better to seize the opportunity to withdraw the troops."
General Nian didn't feel the slightest bit of humiliation for being "outwitted."
"Hehe, for the past two months, I've sensed something amiss. I couldn't fathom what this Yan people's Southern Marquis was plotting. It didn't seem like he was really planning to siege the city, nor did he seem intent on bypassing the city directly. It was as if he was maneuvering his troops to put on a show with us.
Later,
I learned that the Yan people's Lord Pingye snatched the princess on the Qu Clan's wedding day,
then as a general, I understood a bit."
As he spoke,
General Nian tossed the whole bulb of garlic into his mouth and said to Jing Renli with a burst of flavor:
