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Zhou Bo gradually became a little worried, but he couldn't send people out to look for it now, and there were no scouts or cavalry in his army, so how could he look for it?

He hurriedly sent someone to the military camp outside the city and asked Li Xuzhong's team of soldiers to enter the city. At the same time, he sent someone to spread the matter to Yue Yun in detail.

Yue Yun's army was stationed at the junction of the Guanghua Army and Junzhou, and it never hindered the situation of the Guanghua Army on weekdays.

Zhou Bo felt that if the survey team really encountered an accident, it was very likely that they had encountered Qi Jun. If the Qi army chased the Kamcha team all the way to the Guanghua army, then they would definitely have to take corresponding precautions.

Two moments later, Li Xuzhong gathered 100 veterans and 500 recruits and hurried into the city.

When entering the city, many ordinary people saw this scene. Originally, this morning, Li Xuzhong had taken recruits through the city once, and he came to do rough work for the common people. Now that the sun has set, it has come in again, which immediately leads to a burst of panicked speculation, is something big happening?

Zhou Bo and Li Xuzhong met inside the yamen, and all the more than 600 soldiers stopped on the street outside the yamen. After two months of training, the veterans naturally needless to say, the recruits have also changed greatly, and everyone has a resolute expression on their faces. And the military discipline is also very strict, saying that it is a queue. 600 soldiers stood there in a neat military posture. All of them look like they can't be shaken.

Ordinary people who passed by saw the appearance of these soldiers. One by one, they praised it, looking at the straight body, like pine trees, the Great Song Dynasty frontier wanted such soldiers to guard.

Inside the yamen, Zhou Bo's face looked very anxious, he looked at the sky outside, and the sun had set at this time, according to the normal situation. It's time for the gates to be closed.

Now the people who guard the city gate of the Guanghua Army are not the government or army soldiers who are in this position for the time being, but Zhou Bo has selected some people to close the city gate at night.

"Zhou Yuanjun, otherwise, I'll take someone to see what's going on. Li Xuzhong saw that Zhou Bo didn't speak for a long time, and he suddenly felt a little anxious in his heart, and couldn't help but speak.

"No, if something really happened to Li Shuping, then the trouble they encountered was definitely not something that you like could handle. You're running out to find them in the dark. What if something happens to you, what should I do?" Zhou Bo calmly analyzed. He was in a hurry though. But after all, as a leader, you have to keep the big picture at all times.

"Then what now?" Li Xuzhong hurriedly asked.

"Wait, I can only wait for the news!" Zhou Bo sighed and said helplessly.

Li Xuzhong was a little surprised, and said: "Wait, how can it be a way to wait like this? In case, in case Li Shuping and they really have an accident, and now they need our support, but we are waiting here, wouldn't it...... Wouldn't it hurt Li Shuping and them!"

Zhou Bo's face was very hesitant, he didn't know this truth, just for the sake of safety, he must not go to search lightly. He said solemnly: "No matter what, even if you want to find it, it's not this time." If there is no news tomorrow morning, I will inform Yue Shaoshuai at that time and ask Yue Shaoshuai to go with you to explore the iron ore situation. ”

Li Xuzhong originally wanted to refute a few words, and he had to wait for a night's affairs, how could he wait? But he also knew that Zhou Bo was for his own safety, so he finally stopped talking.

At this moment, a guard suddenly ran outside the door.

Zhou Bo and Li Xuzhong were slightly stunned, thinking that Li Shuping had news.

After the guards came to the hall, they reported: "Zhou Envoy Jun, Gao Jiao Tou, Young Marshal Yue has entered the city and is rushing to this side to see Zhou Envoy Jun." ”

Zhou Bo and Li Xuzhong were a little disappointed, but Yue Yun arrived in a hurry, which would definitely increase the security in the city, which was always a good thing.

"I know, you wait at the door, and when Young Marshal Yue arrives, please come in as soon as he arrives. Zhou Bo nodded and said instructively.

The guard hurriedly withdrew again.

Li Xuzhong sighed and said, "I expect that Brother Bi will definitely not have an accident, he is also experienced in a hundred battles, at least he will find a way to send the news back." ”

Zhou Bo said: "I also think it shouldn't be bad. If Li Shuping met Qi Jun, the danger would naturally be great. However, the Qi army had just suffered the defeat of Xiangyang Mansion not long ago, and the 150,000-strong army was defeated, and now the morale and hearts of the Yue family army would be afraid, how could it be possible to go deep into the territory of my Guanghua army at this time to make trouble?"

Li Xuzhong nodded again and again and said, "Exactly." ”

However, Xuan'er became puzzled again and asked, "If it weren't for the Qi army, what trouble would the Bi brothers have encountered? It shouldn't be mountain bandits, right? How could these rabble be the opponents of the Bi brothers?"

Zhou Bo shook his head and said with a sigh: "It's hard to say. You must know how powerful Yang Mi's thieves were back then! Alas!"

Li Xuzhong said: "This is impossible, if you really encounter a mountain bandit of the scale of Yang Mi, the people on the side of the Guanghua Army should have received the news a long time ago, how can it be that the people of the Guanghua Army don't know anything about these things?"

Zhou Bo was slightly stunned, feeling that what Li Xuzhong said was right, but he didn't feel embarrassed, because he had other ideas. He took a deep breath and said with a grim face: "Actually, maybe there weren't so many thieves in the surrounding area of the Guanghua Army before, but after the battle of the Yue Family's army attacking Xiangyang Mansion, it's hard to say. ”

"Why?" Li Xuzhong said incomprehensibly.

"Think about it, there are some generals in the Qi army who are unfavorable in battle, and they know that if they return to the Qi country, they will definitely not escape punishment. Therefore, it is possible that they will lead the remnants to stay on the border between the Song Dynasty and the Qi State. Become a formidable bandit army. Besides. How many civilians have been displaced in this battle, they may also be left behind. Zhou Bo said his thoughts.

"yes, that's a possibility. Li Xuzhong said with a sigh.

"So, we can't take it lightly. Zhou Bo said slowly. He is not sure what he thought just now, but if this is the case, will these people who have changed from the army to thieves be unfavorable to Li Shuping? This is the question he is most concerned about now.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly rumbled outside the courtyard of the yamen.

Soon. The guard from before hurriedly ran in again, and hurriedly said, "Zhou Envoy, Young Marshal Yue is here." ”

Zhou Bo said, "Please come in." ”

After he finished speaking, he walked out of the lobby with Li Xuzhong and greeted Yue Yun in the courtyard of the yamen.

Yue Yun parked the cavalry under his command outside, and the entire street was blocked all of a sudden. Originally, there were a lot of soldiers brought into the city by Li Xuzhong, but now there are so many more people, which really frightened the surrounding people for a while, and it is expected that something big will definitely happen tonight.

The guards welcomed Yue Yun and a few young generals in, only to see Yue Yun wearing a military uniform. It looks heroic. Everyone has been busy with their own things for the past two months, and it has been a long time since they have seen each other. See you at this moment. also because of the matter of Li's book review, the atmosphere seems very depressing.

Zhou Bo greeted him, arched his hand with a reluctant smile, and said, "Brother Yue, you are finally here, now I am a lot more relieved." ”

Yue Yun returned the salute and said with a bit of complaint: "Brother Zhou, look at the situation in the Guanghua Military City? When I entered the city, there were no soldiers guarding the city gate, and there were only a dozen people there. What kind of words is this? If you lack troops, send someone to tell me, and I will send a force to help you. ”

Zhou Bo smiled helplessly and said, "Although I have recruited some troops now, I am still training, so I can't send them into the city to defend them for the time being." However, with Brother Yue as your shield behind me, I am naturally relieved. Alas, the situation in the Gwanghwa Military City was very bad during this time, so I blindly focused on doing a good job in the post-war reconstruction affairs, and I didn't pay too much attention to the military!"

Yue Yun shook his head and said, "This is not good, the Guanghua Army is a military town at the forefront of the border, and it must first develop military strength to ensure the safety of the border, and then come to rebuild after the war." ”

Zhou Bo had his own ideas, and of course he would implement them according to his own plan, but he was too embarrassed to argue with Yue Yun about anything, so he simply sighed, and then diverted the topic.

"Brother Yue, let's sit down first. As he spoke, he invited Yue Yun and the others to come to the lobby.

After everyone sat down in the lobby, because there was no one in the house, there was naturally no one to do the thing of watching tea and pouring water. But these don't matter, Yue Yun and the others are used to living in the barracks, and they don't have that set of polite etiquette, so naturally they don't blame anything.

"I learned about the current situation in the letter, could it be that Brother Bi hasn't been careful until now?" Yue Yun asked.

Li Xuzhong sighed and shook his head slowly.

"yes, there's no news yet. If it is already night, we dare not go out to look for it. Zhou Bo said worriedly.

"This can't work, if there is no news so far, I'm afraid that I really encountered very strict difficulties. Yue Yun said solemnly, and his expression became very solemn.

He pondered for a moment, and then said: "In this way, I will now lead a scout team and go out of the city to investigate, even if Brother Bi is entangled with the Qi army, I am sure to defeat these Qi troops!"

Zhou Bo hurriedly said: "Brother Yue, I understand your kindness, but this matter must not be impulsive. At this moment, the sky is too dark, and the road to the iron ore is unfamiliar to everyone, so it is not suitable for the cavalry to go out to search. If I wanted to search, I would have sent the head of the high school long ago. ”

Yue Yun insisted and said: "But the current situation is not trivial, you must know that this is the life of more than a hundred people." ”

Zhou Bo said: "I also know that things are strict. But wouldn't it be even worse if you took the lives of more than 100 people and your men, Brother Yue. Now I invite Brother Yue to come, because I am worried that if Brother Bi encounters the Qi army, it will make the Qi army turn around and harass the Guanghua Army, so I hope that Brother Yue will help ensure the safety of the Guanghua Army. ”

Yue Yun asked, "Then don't you care about Li's book review?"

Zhou Bo sighed and said, "Even if you want to search for Brother Bi, you will have to wait until dawn tomorrow." Brother Yue, I understand your kindness very well, but please focus on the overall situation. ”

Yue Yun hesitated for a while, but he could only shake his head helplessly, and said, "Alas! ”

He paused and said, "In this way, I will first allocate people to go to the various city gates, one is that if Li Shuping comes back, he can answer it as soon as possible, and the other is to help the city strengthen its defenses." ”

Zhou Bo got up and thanked him: "There is really Brother Laoyue." ”

Yue Yun stopped his hand, and said with a still somewhat solemn expression: "This is within my responsibility. Alas, let's do this first, I'll go first. With that, he led his men out in a hurry.

Li Xuzhong asked Zhou Bo: "Zhou Envoy, do you want to send my subordinates to defend the city gate as well?"

Zhou Bo shook his head and said, "That's not necessary, these soldiers of ours originally wanted to be used to appease the residents in the city when something unexpected happened. Let these soldiers wait for orders at the gate of the yamen now. ”

Li Xuzhong nodded and said, "Okay!!"

After he finished speaking, the whole person seemed to have aged for a while, and he seemed so decadent. Almost half of his own battles have been fought side by side with Li Shuping, but now Li Shuping's life and death are uncertain, and because he has to take care of the safety of others, he can't rush to search, how can this not make people anxious and helpless?

Gradually, after the second watch.

Many civilians in the Gwanghwa Military City have already extinguished the lights and are ready to rest. After all, the border city is not like Lin'an, you can enjoy the nightlife of singing and dancing, drunken and drunk, and you can see many painting boats on the Qiantang River every night, a warbler and swallow language, so lively?

Today's Guanghua Army has finally made some improvements, and the common people must go to bed early and get up early to meet tomorrow's new work. Although there were many soldiers in the city, and the news that Yue Yun led troops into the city, it quickly spread, making the common people feel unstable. But these soldiers are protecting them, and if they really encounter any major difficulties, presumably Zhou Envoy Jun will also encourage the people to participate in the defense.

As you can imagine, the current situation is not so bad as to use the power of the people. Therefore, the common people still fell asleep one after another with their own doubts.

The various city gates have been coordinated by Yue Yun to change their guards.

Although Yue Yun did not bring many soldiers and horses into the city this time, one was not to cause panic in the city, the second was that Zhou Bo did not mention how many troops were needed in the letter, and the third was to avoid suspicion. He took only 300 cavalry and 600 infantry. These forces were evenly distributed among the towers of each city, and the situation outside the city was closely monitored.

It was the first time since the war that the castle tower had been so heavily guarded, and although this number of troops was nothing, it was much stricter than in the past, when only the people came to see the gate.

About another hour passed, and the summer night was getting thicker and thicker.

At this moment, a soldier on the side of the north city gate suddenly saw a figure moving in the abandoned town in front of him.

There are villages and towns outside the city wall in the east, south, and west directions of the Gwanghwa military fortress, but the town in the north is relatively close to the area where the two countries are fighting, so it has long been deserted and uninhabited. The town that remains in the north today is still a town in the Northern Song Dynasty more than 40 years ago, and now it has not been repaired and has long been dilapidated. (To be continued.) )