The deputy general hid the information reported by the spies. Although he felt that it was a bit unethical, he remembered that he worked hard to fight for the emperor, but in the end the emperor appointed an unrelated person as a general.
When he thought of this incident, he felt indignant. If the military camp was really attacked tonight, then Chu Qing, as the coach, would naturally be involved.
If the emperor becomes angry over this matter and removes General Chu Qing from his position, then he is the only one in the military camp who is qualified to take over the position.
The lieutenant general had already made a plan in his mind. He pretended that he did not know that the enemy intended to sneak attack the military camp, but he had to be prepared to evacuate to avoid being affected by the attack.
However, he would not miss such a good show.
At night, all the soldiers in the military camp had gone to sleep, leaving only the guards and patrols awake. Because Chu Qing was always cautious in doing things, the guards and patrols were very serious.
But even if everyone awake in the military camp patrolled carefully, they still couldn't withstand the enemy's planned sneak attack, so when they discovered that the enemy had entered the military camp, it was already too late.
Chu Qing didn't sleep because he had something on his mind. He stayed in the tent thinking about things. He heard the sound of fighting coming from outside the tent. Before he could go out, soldiers ran in.
"General Chu, the enemy attacked our military camp at night. The number is unknown. Our army has suffered casualties."
Chu Qing frowned and asked: "What's going on? Why didn't the people in our military camp know that the enemy came to our military camp?"
"I don't know, no news."
Chu Qing thought for a moment and asked, "Have any spies come back in the past two days?"
The soldier was stunned for a moment and said, "A spy came back during the day and said he had something important to report to General Chu. Didn't the general see him?"
Chu Qing's face was ashen. He didn't see any spies at all today. After thinking about it, Chu Qing asked, "Is he still in the camp?"
"exist."
"Let him come to see me immediately." Chu Qing said with a stern expression.
"Yes, General."
Chu Qing stood in the tent with his hands behind his hands. It seemed that the enemy had long been planning to sneak attack on us. Today, the spies came back and said they had something to report. It is probably related to the sneak attack tonight, but...
"General Chu, people are here."
Chu Qing came to his senses and said, "Let him come in."
The spy opened the curtain and walked in quickly, knelt on the ground and said, "I've seen the general."
"Let me ask you, why didn't you come to see me when you came back today?" Chu Qing said seriously.
The spy was stunned for a moment, then his face changed slightly, he straightened up and said, "The deputy general said that the general is unwell and should not see people, so his subordinates did not come to disturb him."
"Feeling unwell?" Chu Qing frowned, then seemed to think of something, and said in a low voice: "Did you see the deputy general? Did he tell you that I was unwell?"
The spy nodded with a dazed look in his eyes. Isn't that the case
"What did you say to him?" Chu Qing growled, apparently very angry with the deputy general.
The spy told Chu Qing truthfully what he had said to the deputy general during the day. After hearing this, Chu Qing's face turned pale. This deputy general was really petty. He ignored the safety of his soldiers for selfish reasons. It was hard to be so big-hearted.
"From now on, any major events in the army, no, any information about the enemy must be reported to me personally. Don't easily listen to what others say."
The spy immediately understood the meaning of Chu Qing's words. It seemed that the deputy general did not inform the general about what he said to the deputy general during the day. Moreover, in order to conceal the matter, the deputy general also lied, saying that General Chu was unwell.
Chu Qing's expression was serious. It seemed that he had to take good care of this deputy general. For a person like him who doesn't care about the overall situation and only cares about selfishness, if he stays in the army, something big will happen to him sooner or later.