After observing the situation in Yangzhou City, Ruan Ruan's face couldn't help but look extremely sad.

The heavy rains these days have indeed created good conditions for them to store water.

But it also created good retreat conditions for Xu Jingye.

She knew without guessing that the scouts must have not carefully observed the situation in Yangzhou City because of the heavy rain.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate Yangzhou City in just a few days without any clues!

Thinking of this, Ruan Ruan wanted to kill all those scouts who were derelict in their duties!

Qiu Shenji arrived behind Ruan Ruan. When he saw the empty city of Yangzhou, his face was extremely ugly and he asked: "What should we do now?"

"Don't burst the embankment, release the water slowly!"

Ruan Ruan gritted his teeth and ordered!

Now there is no point in flooding an empty city by bursting the embankment, and the flood will also hinder their pursuit.

The continuous heavy rain has made the ground near Yangzhou City muddy.

If there is another flood, this place will probably turn into a swamp, and it will take at least ten and a half days for the flood to recede.

It will take almost a month until the ground is dry enough for marching.

When the time comes to pursue Xu Jingye, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to see him!

Qiu Shenji had no choice but to accept the order and leave.

Ruan Ruan turned around and returned to the military camp.

When she returned to the military camp, Yu Rui was still in the commander's tent.

She looked at Yu Rui coldly and said in a deep voice: "You have broken the rules!"

Yu Rui looked at Ruan Ruan and said: "Rules are dead, but people are alive."

Ruan Ruan said coldly: "Even if Xu Jingye started to retreat in advance, he couldn't move fast at all with hundreds of thousands of people!"

"When the rain stops early tomorrow morning, I will set up an army to pursue him. I will definitely be able to catch him!"

"Even if he escapes to Jiangnan, I will chase him!"

Yu Rui heard Ruan Ruan's words and said: "So, you don't plan to break the dike."

Ruan Ruan ignored Yu Rui. She turned around and said to the guards: "Go and arrest the scouts who have been performing tasks near Yangzhou City in the past few days and behead them in public!"

"Wait a minute." Yu Rui stopped Ruan Ruan, "They are innocent."

Ruan Ruan laughed angrily and said: "Innocent? Xu Jingye spent so many days evacuating Yangzhou City, they knew nothing about it, and they were so derelict in their duties. How can they be innocent?"

Speaking of this, Ruan Ruan seemed to have thought of something.

She suddenly took a deep look at Yu Rui and asked, "Did Xu Jingye's army not retreat at all? Are you just deceiving us?"

Yu Rui didn't expect Ruan Ruan to be so smart and react so quickly.

Now that Ruan Ruan has realized the fact, she no longer hides it and said: "This is indeed our strategy."

At this time, hearing Yu Rui admit that all this was a conspiracy, Ruan Ruan figured everything out.

The reason why the scouts did not discover the evacuation of Xu Jingye's army and the people of Yangzhou was not because of dereliction of duty, but because there was no such thing!

All this is Yu Rui's plan.

Yu Rui deliberately asked Xu Jingye to put the straw man on the city wall to create the first illusion for her.

They also ordered the entire city to extinguish the lights, and the heavy rain affected the view, creating the illusion that it was an empty city.

In fact, if she had been more cautious at that time and entered the city to investigate, she would have discovered the flaw.

But because of all the previous illusions and Yu Rui's lies.

She was convinced that Yangzhou was an empty city.

Under such circumstances, the possibility of her exploring the city again is extremely slim.

This was a huge bet between Yu Rui and Xu Jingye, and the final result was that they won the bet.

Thinking of this, Ruan Ruan couldn't help but feel extremely angry.

But this anger was not directed at Yu Rui, but at herself.

She was conceited and smart, but she didn't expect that she would be played by such a simple trick!

It's so embarrassing!

"I can still order Yangzhou City to be flooded!"

Ruan Ruan looked at Yu Rui angrily.

Yu Rui smiled slightly and said: "Since you have lost, you will naturally not do such a thing again."

Ruan Ruan gritted his teeth and said: "I am a member of the Demon Sect, so what if I lose to you now? As long as the final victory belongs to me, it is enough."

Yu Rui replied: "Then why don't you give the order?"

Ruan Ruan was furious.

Of course she had time now to order the embankment to be broken and the city of Yangzhou to be flooded.

But she was unwilling and disdainful to do so.

She will use other methods to attack Yangzhou City again, this is her pride!

Yu Rui looked at Ruan Ruan's unconvinced look and said, "Although you are very smart, resourceful, and ruthless when you speak, you are still a very principled person."

"At least in some respects, you are principled."

Ruan Ruan snorted coldly and didn't buy it.

Yu Rui raised his hands towards Ruan Ruan and said, "I would like to thank Miss Ruan Ruan on behalf of the people of Yangzhou City for not killing her."

Ruan Ruan waved his hands a little irritably and said: "Let's go quickly, I will be annoyed when I see you!"

Yu Rui didn't stay long and said with a smile: "Then I'll leave now."

Ruan Ruan looked at Yu Rui's leaving figure and felt extremely depressed.

It's okay for her to be looked down upon by Lu Yan.

Now that she lost to Yu Rui again, she felt really unhappy!

"Wait until I use other methods to capture Yangzhou City. Let's see what you do!"

After Yu Rui left the military camp of Qiu Shenji's army, he went straight to Yangzhou City.

She flew into Yangzhou City and came to the military camp, and said loudly: "Shuai Xu, the poor man is back."

As Yu Rui's words fell, a middle-aged man in armor walked out of the darkness immediately.

"Is it done?"

"Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life."

Hearing Yu Rui's answer, Xu Jingye couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

When he heard that Ruan Ruan was going to flood Yangzhou City, he was really shocked.

When Yu Rui offered him this plan, he had been on tenterhooks.

Now that he heard that the plan was successful, he felt relieved.

"Thank you Fairy!"

Xu Jingye bowed deeply towards Yu Rui.

Yu Rui shook his head and said: "Shuai Xu, there is no need to thank me. Pindao is just thinking about the innocent people in Yangzhou."

Xu Jingye straightened up and said: "With this thank you, I am thanking Fairy Yu on behalf of the innocent people of Yangzhou."

"It is not a pity for us people to die, but if innocent people are implicated because of us, it is really our sin!"

Yu Rui said in a subtle tone: "Actually, I should also thank Ruan Ruan for this matter."

When Yu Rui told Xu Jingye the matter, Xu Jingye did not expect that Ruan Ruan would see through Yu Rui's plan at the critical moment.

Fortunately, Ruan Ruan is not a truly unscrupulous person.

Otherwise, they would still be unable to escape flooding tonight.

Yu Rui looked at Xu Jingye and said: "Shuai Xu, please put the people of Yangzhou City first and don't let the people be implicated again."

Xu Jingye nodded and said: "I will definitely find a way to settle the people of Yangzhou City. Please rest assured, Fairy Yu!"

Yu Rui nodded slightly and said, "I'm such a poor man, so I'll leave first."

…

Chang'an City.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling broke away from the caravan. They traveled through the starry night with one person and two horses, and finally arrived in front of Chang'an City from Yumen Pass.

Looking at the large flag with the word "Tang" erected on the top of Chang'an City, both of them felt extremely cordial.
To be continued...