More than 100 bloody, scarred soldiers were lying or sitting outside the sentry post, and Mrs. Lu was lying on a bamboo recliner in the sentry post at this time, which was also the most comfortable bedding in this outpost. This checkpoint was the last check to enter Shannan County, and although these more than 100 people were scarred, they were still troops, and they were naturally not allowed to enter the city without the permission of the city.

The captain of the sentry post served cautiously on the side, but unfortunately he could not take out anything else here except a little hot water and a pot of charcoal.

Mrs. Lu is the mother of Sima Luchao in Shannan County, so he naturally does not dare to slack off.

There was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, Mrs. Lu's closed eyes opened suddenly, maybe it was the mother-son connection, she intuitively felt that Lu Chao was coming, she just sat up with the armrest of the bamboo recliner, the sound of horses' hooves had suddenly reached the outpost, Lu Chao flew off the horse, went straight to the sentry post, in a panic, he forgot that he was still wearing a long official robe, and almost tripped over the front end of the long robe, and under a stumble, Lu Chao tried his best to stabilize his body, stepped into the outpost, looked at his mother on the chaise longue in a daze, Lu Chao's eyes were full of tears, Porphyry fell to his knees with a thud and walked to Mrs. Lu.

"Mother, you have suffered."

Mrs. Lu opened her hands, hugged Lu Chao tightly in her arms, and cried loudly, Lu Hong's panic, sadness, despair and death on the snowfield after his death were vented in her crying.

After a long time, Mrs. Lu barely managed to control her feelings, staring at Lu Chao with her eyes, as if she was afraid that he would disappear from front of her again, her hand groped around a few times, and Lu Bin on the side untied the burden on her body knowingly, untied it, took out a wooden box from it, and handed it to Mrs. Lu.

Mrs. Lu held the box in both hands. Gently touching the surface of the box, for a while, there were old tears again, "Chao'er, I brought your father." ”

Taking over the urn from Mrs. Lu's hand, Lu Chao held the small box tightly in his arms, tears raining down, a few years ago, when he was separated from his father, his father was still fierce. At that time, I never thought that when we met again, it would be just a handful of ashes.

With Lu Chao's best pass, more than 100 Eastern Army soldiers entered Shannan County in a big way, and lived in the heavily guarded county guard, and Lu Chao was extremely grateful to these soldiers who fought hard and lost more than half of their men and horses to escort their mother to him.

Guards in the county guard. Most of the guards had already gone out with He Yangon and vacated a lot of rooms, so Lu Chao placed Cao Tianci and others in these rooms, and then summoned the doctors in the city. Heal the wounds of these soldiers. Shannan County originally lacked medicinal materials, but it happened that the caravans of the four seas were staying in Shannan County, so these medicinal materials were immediately purchased by Lu Chao and used to treat the wounds of these soldiers.

Words of thanks need not be said. After all, the other party lost so many lives to send his mother, and he didn't thank him, and Lu Chao felt that he couldn't repay the other party. He can only be given the maximum ability in this regard.

Cao Tianci stood under the eaves, looking up at the sky, the old god who had been sunny for two days finally began to sprinkle snow again tonight, the cold snowflakes fell on his face, a trace of coldness through the face, slowly soaked the dryness in his heart, tonight, he drank a lot of wine.

What he didn't expect was that Lu Chao set up a banquet to thank him, and actually invited Yi Bin, it seems that everything is going smoothly, and Yi Bin and his party have also won Lu Chao's trust, so that in Shannan County, there are more than 200 people he can use. This greatly guarantees the possibility of success of the operation.

In conscience, Lu Chao is a good person, affectionate and righteous, and has no suspicion about these people with ill intentions, and the conversation during the banquet made Cao Tianci understand that Shannan County is like a child for Lu Chao, from scratch, Lu Chao found it with one hand and one foot, but immediately, he was about to raise a knife to him and take away his cherished qiē.

can only blame each other for standing on different grounds. With the coldness of the snow pouring the heat in his heart, Cao Tianci strode back to the room, ready to take a nap, the action should be carried out in the next few days, and he and his brother must ensure that they have a good body.

Lu Chao didn't feel the danger in front of him at all, and he didn't expect that Gao Yuan, who was far away in Liaoxi, actually hit the idea to Shannan County, for him, Cao Tianci and his party at this time were benefactors who protected and rescued his mother, and Yi Bin's caravan would make his Shannan County go to a higher level economically.

Whether it is Cao Tianci or Yi Bin, the place where they are located is the most fatal place in Shannan County.

After two days passed peacefully, Shannan County finally smelled an unusual smell, He Yangon's army had not sent back any information for two whole days, which made Lu Chao feel a little uneasy, according to the previous agreement, every day, He Yangon would send a group of messengers to Shannan City to report their location and current actions, and the messengers would also bring back the current state of Shannan County.

But for two whole days, He Yangon did not send a messenger back, if it was one day, it would be understandable, but if it was not for two days, it would be worth being vigilant, He Yangon is a standard soldier, and all actions will follow the rules, such a thing appeared to him, which made Lu Chao feel uneasy.

But he couldn't find the source of this uneasiness, He Yangguang took a thousand iron horsemen and three thousand foot soldiers out to practice, this force was in Fang Yuan Baili, or even the entire grassland, there was no opponent at all, the only Zhao people with this power were too far away from them, and there was no information that Zhao Guo now had the intention of fighting against Qin.

Lu Chao spent another day in anxiety, He Yangon still didn't have any information, this time not only him, but even Zhou Cheng, the deputy general who stayed in Shannan County, couldn't sit still, found Lu Chao, and began to discuss this unusual matter.

"Did you send out the Sentinels?" Lu Chao looked at Zhou Cheng and asked.

"It was sent out yesterday, but the weather has become bad again, and we don't know the specific whereabouts of General He, but we are afraid that it will be difficult to find. You can only go out and try your luck. Zhou Cheng was also restless.

"Where is the camp of the Huns that General He is going to extinguish, General He should be there!" Lu Chao said loudly: "How can you not find it?" ”

"I also sent people to the locations of these tribes, where I found the camp of the Huns, and it has been pounced on the pool, but I just didn't find any trace of General He." Zhou Cheng's face turned bitter, "Now the Sentinel has begun to expand its range.

"Haven't been back yet?" Lu Chao asked.

"Yesterday's ones haven't come back yet, and today I've sent another one out!"

Lu Chaoleng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said, "When my mother came over, she encountered horse bandits with more than two hundred people, did General He meet them?" ”

"More than two hundred horse bandits, how can they be General He's opponents!" Zhou Cheng shook his head and denied, "With their manpower, they don't have the strength to shake General He." ”

"I heard Cao Tianci say that the horse bandits who attacked them were organized by several different horse bandits, General Zhou, do you think that the Huns and horse thieves who are hundreds of miles away from Fang Yuan have gathered together and suddenly attacked General He? Each of them is understaffed, but if they are taken together, it is only a lot of money. "Lu Chaodao.

"How is this possible?" Zhou Cheng was surprised, "The Huns are already scattered, and they are also attacking each other, how can anyone have this ability, can make them give up their hatred and gather together?" ”

Lu Chao nodded, what Zhou Cheng said was also true, but after thinking about it, he said again: "In the past two years, General He will send troops to attack these Hun tribes and horse thieves every winter, there is already a law to follow, is it possible that the Huns have realized this, thinking that General He will send troops, they will unite." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Cheng also wavered, indeed, in the past two years, they will take the Huns as the training object every winter, and send troops to attack them, which has formed a law, if it is really as Lu Chao said, the Huns know this law, in order to avoid being taken and asked by He Yangon again, temporarily give up the contradictions, unite together, and He Yangon is not without the strength of a war.

"But even then, shouldn't there be no messenger back?"

"Those horse thieves are very good at riding, and I suspect they are obscuring the messenger passage between General He and us." Lu Chao said: "General He, you have sent a lot of messengers in the past two days, but in which direction have you not returned?" ”

Being reminded by Lu Chaoyi, Zhou Cheng was suddenly terrified, and Huo Di stood up, "Lu Sima, I want to lead the troops out of the city to meet General He, what you guess is only afraid that it is true." ”

"There were only three thousand men in the city."

"I'll take two thousand people, leave one thousand people to be commanded and defended by you, these horse thieves don't have the ability to attack the city, one thousand people should be enough, I built Shannan County and immediately entered a state of combat readiness, all the soldiers are ready to go to the city to prevent the Huns from raiding, even if they come suddenly, but as long as the city is on guard, it is impossible for them to break Shannan City."

"So be it!" Lu Chao stood up, "General Zhou, you should be careful, but your outing this time is limited to fifty miles outside the city, once you can't find General He within this range, you must return immediately." ”

"I see!"

Cao Tianci was awakened by the sound of the military horn, he put on the quilt, leaned in front of the window, and saw a general walking out of the county guard mansion with his whole body draped, and behind him, a wave of Qin generals followed, he smiled slightly, jumped back on the bed, and covered himself tightly.

The second step has already begun. The Qin army that went out from Shannan City, what awaited them would be the fate of the annihilation of the entire army. (To be continued......)