Chapter 83: Adding Wings To A Tiger
As Zhan Qi left to oversee the cleanup, Xue Ruhong approached and said, "Great General, this subordinate feels that Kai Mu’s retreat is very suspicious."
Feng Xiyan nodded in agreement. "This general thinks so too."
Xue Ruhong paused for a moment before adding, "Do you think Kai Mu has other plans, and today’s attack was just a decoy?"
Feng Xiyan looked down at the battlefield, at the corpses strewn across the ground, and shook his head.
"No. Today’s battle showed how desperate Kai Mu was."
"Then why did he suddenly retreat?" Xue Ruhong asked in confusion. "Could it be that he saw our weapons were superior to theirs and realized they can’t win the war?"
Feng Xiyan recalled the man who had been speaking to Kai Mu earlier.
Frowning slightly, he replied, "Kai Mu is cunning, but also prideful and hot-tempered. With that kind of pride, there is no way he would choose to retreat on his own."
Feng Xiyan paused for a second, then added with certainty, "Unless—someone advised him to."
Xue Ruhong raised an eyebrow, surprise in his voice. "Who could possibly have that much influence over him?"
Feng Xiyan met his gaze and replied, "A man was riding beside Kai Mu today. He wasn’t wearing armor and had the air of a scholar. This general suspects that he is the famous mysterious military advisor of the Yuezhi Tribe."