Yuecheng is located in the Hetao area deep into the grassland, which is more than 2,000 miles away from Xianyang. Even if the cement road from Xianyang to the Hetao area has been built now, according to the current speed of cavalry, Li Chen's army has also walked for four days and five nights.

According to Li Chen's prediction, Xianyang City has now fallen into the hands of Hu Hai. The Shenwu Army in Han Xin's hands has been smoothly transferred, and in addition to the Shenwu Army, the entire Xianyang City and the forbidden army in the palace are less than 30,000 troops stationed there.

If the 30,000 soldiers are in peacetime, they are in charge of the security of Xianyang City, but if they want to defend Xianyang in the war years, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream. Not to mention that Hu Hai and Zhao Gao have been operating in Xianyang City for so many years, even Li Chen can't find out how many followers Zhao Gao has left in the city.

Li Chen knew in his heart that he had to dare to return to Xianyang as soon as possible, which was non-negotiable. According to the records of the history of the previous life, Hu Hai's tyranny was appalling, and once Fusu or Yingyue fell into the hands of Hu Hai, this was simply something Li Chen couldn't believe.

Four days, five nights.

In the past few days, under Li Chen's supervision, his soldiers have been marching almost day and night. When he was tired, he would stop to rest for a while, and when he was thirsty and hungry, he would eat on horseback. Fortunately, Li Chen has recovered the entire Hetao area, and their return to Xianyang this time is three horses a day, in addition to the horses under the crotch, each person also has two spare horses, this road is non-stop, and the horses keep rushing towards Xianyang City.

The entire army that returned to the reinforcements was on a desperate march, and even with this saddle stirrup, the crotch of the soldiers was still grinding blood from the long horseback riding. Despite this, no one has ever cried out for suffering or tiredness. All the people are aware of the current situation, and their support army is responsible for the safety of Xianyang City.

At noon, Li Chen's returning troops and horses finally arrived near Xianyang City. Less than a hundred miles ahead, there is Xianyang City, and you will definitely be able to reach Xianyang City before dark.

"Rest in place for an hour."

"Fire up and give the brothers something hot." Li Chen waved his hand and asked his brothers to stop in a service area.

There are service areas along the highways, which are generally used for rest purposes for caravans. Li Chen's army naturally could not enter the service area to rest, and could only temporarily camp in the open space near the service area.

Xianyang is ahead, and once you arrive in Xianyang, it may be a hard battle to wait for this army. Along the way, everyone ate dry food, and they never rested well. Now let everyone rest and eat a full meal, which can be regarded as recovering their strength.

The people began to set up stoves on the spot, and slaughtered some of the horses that had run away to make soup, although the horse meat was not tasty, and the entrance was very dry, and the firewood, but it was used to restore physical strength, and to satisfy hunger, it was still far better than dry food.

At this time, there was a sudden noise in the service area not far away.

"Wang Li, what's going on up ahead?" Li Chen quickly stood up and asked Wang Li beside him.

"I don't know, it should be a trivial matter between the resting caravans." Wang Li shook his head and guessed.

"Let's go, take a few people, let's go have a look." Li Chen commanded as he walked briskly in the direction of the service area.

Wang Li was worried about Li Chen's safety, so he quickly ordered a few soldiers to follow. The group walked into the service area and saw several big men pulling a middle-aged woman.

"In broad daylight, what kind of system is pulling and pulling. Whatever you do, you should be convinced by reason. Li Chen stopped the few people who were pulling and said eloquently.

"That's right, what this military master said is right?"

"There are people over there who want to have children, so you have to wait for me to eat, I haven't eaten anything, how can I have the strength to follow you away." The middle-aged woman seemed to see the backer and muttered.

Several big men who were pulling heard Li Chen's voice, and turned to look at Li Chen when they heard the words. The moment they saw Li Chen, the soldiers immediately widened their eyes and looked incredulous. Li Chen can't know every soldier, but these soldiers know Li Chen, and Li Chen is now an idol in the army.

"Master Hou?"

"Are you Master Hou?" Several big men looked at Li Chen and said ecstatically.

Li Chen looked at the few people with surprised faces, and made sure that he hadn't seen these people, so he asked tentatively, "You have been a soldier." ”

"Yes, Master Hou."

"We are Cao Shencao's subordinates." These soldiers hurriedly saluted Li Chen and said with nervous expressions.

Li Chen frowned, and an ominous premonition surged in his heart. Cao Shen's men came here, and it seems that this Xianyang City has really been lost.

"Cao Shen's subordinates, what are you doing here?" Li Chen asked with a serious expression.

Hearing Li Chen's questioning, one of the soldiers also remembered the task of several of his own people, and hurriedly said: "Lord Liu and Lord Cao escorted Princess Yue out of the city, and now that Princess Yue is about to give birth, we are ordered by Lord Liu to come out to find Wen Po." No, I inquired all the way and learned that she was a stable woman within a radius of more than ten miles, and she was in a hurry for a while. ”

"Win the moon?"

"Going to give birth?"

Li Chen quickly collected the key points in this information, and the whole person couldn't help but be stunned, and what suddenly surged in his heart was the longing that overturned the river and the sea.

"Yue'er is going to give birth."

"I'm going to be a father."

Li Chen's heart was shocked and surprised. When Li Chen set out on the expedition, that Hui Yingyue had just been pregnant, and now he came back, coinciding with Yingyue's birth. Maybe this is God's mercy, so that I can see the birth of my child with my own eyes.

"You two, hold him for me."

"You guys lead the way."

"Hurry, don't delay for a moment." Li Chen first commanded the two soldiers to pick up the stable woman, and then pointed to the soldiers under Cao Shen's command and asked them to lead the way, and the group quickly rushed towards the distance.

"This ......"

"Master Hou, didn't you say that you should convince people with reason?" Several soldiers under Cao Shen's command were talking while leading the way in front.

Wang Li glanced at these young soldiers on the side, and said earnestly for a few of them: "Physics is also science. ”

Now Li Chen was eager to put wings on himself, and the group rode their horses forward for a quarter of an hour, and the stable woman on the horseback almost didn't throw up, and only then did they see a ruined temple from a distance.

"Master Hou, where is it ahead?" A soldier under Cao Shen pointed to the ruined temple in front of him and said.

"Goodbye, Master Hou."

"Goodbye, Master Hou." Li Chen had just arrived in front of the temple gate, and Liu Bang and Cao Shen immediately greeted him.

(End of chapter)