Chapter 56 Mission Failed
Zhou Chen said without thinking, "Well, I don't have this idea for the time being. I hope the general can forgive me."

Wang Yong's face twitched when he saw this. A deputy general beside him immediately stood up and said, "Boy, don't be ungrateful. The general promoted you to deputy general because he thinks highly of you. Don't be ungrateful."

Zhou Chen glanced at Wang Yong and found that he had no intention of refusing. It seemed that Wang Yong was not a generous person.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Please forgive me, General. Brother Zhou has a lovely wife at home, and he agreed to go back after delivering the food and grass. You suddenly asked him to join the army. How can he explain to his family? Otherwise, please give us a few days so that he can go back and discuss it with his wife."
The deputy general spoke again and said, "Does a man need to consult a woman before doing anything?"
At this time, Zhou Chen, who had been silent, suddenly stood up and glared at the deputy general, "General, I advise you to be careful with your words."

"How dare you threaten me?" he said, pointing his finger at Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen raised his arm and grabbed his finger, then exerted a little force. The guard's face changed immediately, but he still held back and didn't cry out.

The deputy general raised his other hand again and hit Zhou Chen in the chest. Zhou Chen raised his other hand and grabbed his fist. With both hands exerting force at the same time, the defending general could no longer hold back and screamed.

"Enough," Wang Yong spoke at this time. Zhou Chen loosened his hands after hearing his voice. Having lost so much face, the guard voluntarily left the banquet.

No one continued to make things difficult for them after that, and the meal was quickly finished. The next morning, when Zhou Chen and his friends were about to leave, they encountered difficulties again.

Wang Yong refused to let them out on the grounds that it was unsafe outside the city. Although Zhao Kuo was angry, he did not dare to say anything more and had to stay again.

He was not stupid and knew why Wang Yong did this. He just wanted to keep Zhou Chen. At this time, the sound of drums came from the city wall again. This was a signal that the enemy was attacking.

This time Zhou Chen and his men did not join in the fun. They were not from the military camp and did not need to go out to meet the enemy.

The houses they lived in were far away from the city wall, so they didn't have to worry about boulders flying over. This round of attack seemed to last for a long time, and it was four hours before it stopped.

When Zhou Chen went out, he found that many soldiers were injured. Some of them were cursing, "Damn it, these guys have nothing to do and they come here every day."

In the evening, a deputy general came to Zhou Chen and said that the garrison commander wanted to invite him. Zhou Chen did not refuse and followed him to Wang Yong. After arriving, Zhou Chen found that many people had gathered here.

Seeing Zhou Chen coming in, Wang Yong said, "Brother Zhou is here, let's get started."

Zhou Chen wondered, "I don't know why the general called me here this time."

Wang Yong thought for a while and said, "I plan to attack the enemy camp tonight, so I would like to ask Brother Zhou for help."

Without waiting for Zhou Chen to refuse, Wang Yong said again, "Of course I won't let you help for nothing. How about I let you go after you complete this mission?"
If it weren't for Zhao Kuo and the others, Zhou Chen would never have wasted time talking to him. But there was nothing he could do now. "If that's the case, then fine." Wang Yong then arranged the objectives of this mission, and everyone went down to prepare. Wang Yong would not participate in this mission but let one of his deputy generals lead the team.

Zhou Chen didn't say anything about this. As long as he completed the mission, it would be fine. Late at night, the people in charge of the mission left Huwei City on horseback.

The enemy's camp was not far from Huwei City, only two miles away. They soon arrived near the camp, and the deputy general led them around the front and to the side.

The deputy general pointed in a direction and said, "If you go in from there, you will find where they store the food and grass. Remember, our mission is to burn the food and grass. We cannot fight after the mission is completed." Then he dismounted first and headed towards the camp.

There were not many people participating in this mission, only a dozen or so, but they were all elites, and their strength was at least 9th rank or above. Although there were soldiers patrolling the camp, they still sneaked into the center of the camp under the moonlight. At this time, there were several huge tents in the center of the camp, and the word "food" was written on the tents.

The deputy general was overjoyed when he saw this, "These guys are really stupid," and he led his men directly into a tent. However, just as he entered, before the others behind him rushed in, they heard a bang, and the deputy general vomited blood and flew out.

At the same time, countless soldiers rushed out and surrounded them. The deputy general had stopped breathing at this time, and the others were so scared that their legs were shaking when they saw this scene.

At this time, a man came out and said, "Put down your weapons and I will spare your lives."

Although their legs were shaking, they still had backbone and would not be frightened by a word from others.

"Hmph, if that's the case, then kill him."

As soon as the word "kill" was uttered, hundreds of soldiers from the surrounding area rushed forward. Although they were all of ninth-rank or above strength and had extraordinary combat power, the number of the other side was too large. Soon, everyone was killed or injured, and only Zhou Chen was left.

Zhou Chen stood there holding the Black Abyss, with blood dripping down from the Black Abyss. "You are the only one left, why don't you surrender?"
Zhou Chen sneered and said, "Hmph, you are not worthy." Then he rushed directly out of the military camp. Wherever he passed, people and horses fell to the ground. No one could withstand his attack.

Seeing that Zhou Chen was about to break out of the encirclement, the deputy general in charge of the siege immediately stepped forward with his spear to block him. However, with only 415 strength, he was no match for Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen simply turned around and chopped off the spear in his hand with a knife, and his head also flew off his body.

At this time, more soldiers rushed in from all directions and surrounded Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen was not panicked at all. He stepped on the ground with his right foot and suddenly countless vines emerged from the ground and entangled all the surrounding soldiers.

Following Zhou Chen's light shout, bursts of bone-breaking sounds were heard all around. Zhou Chen did not stay any longer and immediately rushed out of the military camp. When Sun Wu arrived, Zhou Chen had already left, leaving only vines and corpses on the ground.

Sun Wu roared and rushed towards the direction where Zhou Chen left. Zhou Chen also felt the murderous aura behind him, and immediately summoned the phantom of a green snake to speed up and rush towards Huwei City.

Just as he was about to reach the city gate, he suddenly heard a sound of breaking air. Zhou Chen turned around and saw a spear shooting towards him at a very fast speed. There was no way for Zhou Chen to hide.

He had to grab the tip of the spear with both hands. The huge force made Zhou Chen fly quickly behind him. Zhou Chen hit the city wall heavily, and the spear was directly nailed into the wall.

Zhou Chen was hung on the city wall. Fortunately, his body dodged to the side at the critical moment, otherwise, even with the iron shirt, the attack would have pierced his body.

Before he could catch his breath, the second shot flew over. The soldiers on the city wall saw this scene and could do nothing but worry for him.

Zhou Chen gritted his teeth and a green snake appeared behind him. A thought flew towards the spear, and the spear collided with the green snake and was directly shattered. At this time, there was still residual power on the spear and continued to shoot towards Zhou Chen, but the power was reduced a lot. Zhou Chen was relieved.

Fortunately, there was no follow-up after the two shots. Zhou Chen quickly jumped down from the city wall, and the soldiers guarding the city quickly opened the city gate for him. As soon as he entered the city, Wang Yong rushed over on horseback.

(End of this chapter)