Tang Yuan finally broke into Jiaohe City one step ahead, but when he came here, he was shocked by the devastated ruins.

Jiaohe City is full of buildings in the Western Regions with yellow mud walls and small windows, but the buildings are empty, lifeless, and the desolate scene exudes the smell of death that only deserts have.

There is not even a living creature here, on both sides of the narrow alleys and streets, there are traces of battles everywhere, and in individual corners, there are several dried corpses, judging by their costumes, they are all high-nosed and deep-eyed Westerners.

Iron arrowheads can still be seen on the ground, which have been badly corroded.

Judging by all indications, the last battle that took place here was a long time ago.

So, what about the legendary Liang God of War Min Yue, others?

Did he and his white-headed soldiers all evaporate?

Or is it that they are actually dead a long time ago, but the news has not been able to reach Luoyang?

All kinds of mysteries broke into the young general's mind, and his brow couldn't help but furrow.

"Strange, why is there no one here?" Lin Qiao'er originally planned to go to Jiaohe City to enjoy the special food of the Western Regions, but when she came here, she looked even more disappointed than Tang Yuan.

"One thing I don't understand, since Jiaohe City has long been in ruins, where did those rumors come from? The Great Liang Dynasty had sent people to make a detour to Jiaohe more than a dozen times, but they all failed. They were all gone, and I felt suspicious at that time, and I was still thinking about it, if there were still people in Jiaohe City, how could General Min Yue not send people to Luoyang to deliver information for forty years. Even if the pass is blocked by the enemy, as a soldier, even if there is no way, a few people will rush back to Luoyang to report the news when they bring enough food and cross the mountains and mountains. Tang Yuan squatted on the ground and looked at the corpse of a withered soldier from the Western Regions.

Nalan said: "Someone must have designed it to keep everyone from knowing the real situation." ”

Tang Yuan said: "I think the same way, I think about it now, who will hide the news." In fact, it is possible for the three major gates and the royal family. The three major gate valves didn't want Min Yue to come back, so it was possible that they would block the news and not let the Queen Mother know. At the same time, there is another possibility, the Queen Mother already knows that Min Yue is not alive, but she wants to use his prestige to contain the three major valves, if this is the case, the Queen Mother must return to Beijing immediately, and not let him go to see Min Yue, it will make sense. ”

Nalan Xin was puzzled: "But I still feel that something is wrong, if General Min Yue is gone, Jiaohe City should fall into the hands of the Hu people, but there are not even Hu people here, this is also a problem." ”

Tang Yuan said: "I have also considered this problem, perhaps due to the lack of water here, the people of Jiaohe City have been collectively relocated, and General Min Yue will naturally leave." But where can they go? Cao Podi told me that about ten years ago, their god of war was defeated at Jiaohe City, and then the Golden Horde collapsed before the new foreigners occupied their homeland, that is, General Min Yue was still here ten years ago. Could it be that this corpse in front of me is the corpse of the Golden Horde? It seems that they have already entered the city, and since this is the case, General Min Yue's encounter must also be difficult. They engaged in street fighting, and it was extremely fierce. You can imagine how many people have died in this alley. ”

The young Zhonglang General looked a little emotional, because he was also a young soldier, and in the army, everyone would feel a shock when they mentioned General Min Yue, the god of war of the Great Liang. He is like the military soul of Liang Jun, unbreakable. Now he suddenly felt that General Min Yue had actually died a long time ago, and this news made Tang Yuan a little unacceptable.

Looking at the desolate Jiaohe City, Tang Yuan fell into deep thought again, this time the problem he considered mainly fell on Cao Sheng.

Cao Sheng followed closely all the way, as the uncle of the Empress Dowager Cao, did he know about this?

Half a day later, Cao Sheng's troops arrived, but he did not let the soldiers enter Jiaohe City, and he even set up Dazhai next to a small river twenty miles away from Jiaohe.

He just brought four servants and ran from Dazhai to Jiaohe City.

Although there was intrigue all the way, in Tang Yuan's heart, this old general was still worthy of respect, so he received him politely.

Cao Sheng smiled and said, "Run fast." ”

Tang Yuan said shamefully: "I am responsible." ”

Cao Sheng nodded hurriedly and said, "It's understandable, it's understandable." ”

According to age, Cao Sheng is Tang Yuan's grandfather, and the old man is actually an easy-going person, who also smiles when he speaks, and is very considerate. It made Tang Yuan feel very relaxed in front of him.

Cao Sheng said to Tang Yuan, "Let's go over there alone?" ”

"Oh, good."

Come to a remote place.

Everyone saw that the two Zhonglang were in a relaxed mood and wanted to talk about something alone, so they took the initiative to retreat and didn't go down with them.

"I think now you also understand, why did the Queen Mother let me come and not let others come, and why did I put the troops outside the city?" Leaving everyone's sight, Cao Sheng's face became a little gloomy.

Tang Yuan said: "Maybe I understand." ”

Cao Sheng stretched out his hand and nodded at Tang Yuan: "The Queen Mother will definitely be very disappointed, because it is impossible to keep this secret any longer." And she didn't want the secret to be revealed. ”

Tang Yuan looked at the troops behind him and said, "Then what should I do, it is impossible for so many people to keep it secret." ”

"It's not impossible." Cao Sheng's words were a little cold,

"Huh?" Tang Yuan was taken aback, a very dangerous thought crossed his mind at that time, could it be that Cao Sheng was going to kill these ten thousand people?

But soon, the young general dispelled this thought, and he asked, "Do you want us to garrison here?" ”

"It's not just here." Cao Shengdao: "The Queen Mother is actually my niece, I think you know this very well." As her uncle, I must do my best to help her revitalize the royal family. After all, Emperor Zhao Ce is still too young and needs our support. I know you were pulled up by Tang Qi, oh, I'm sorry, I called the queen's name directly, but there are only two of us here, as the one who leads the troops, I hope it won't be so hypocritical. ”。

"No, it won't." Tang Yuan said.

Cao Sheng smiled and continued: "I know the arrangement of the Queen Mother, so I dare to tell you these words, since Tang Qi married into the royal family and gave birth to a child to the saint, then now she is a member of the royal family, and she no longer belongs to any gate." And you, on the surface, are still the people of the Tang Gate, but what do you think of yourself, I want you to give a definite answer. ”