At this time, Du Jiang was just sitting on the car, but he didn't know what to do. He had expected Du Yu to fight or surrender, but he never thought that Picheng would become so extinct in a blink of an eye, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

"Someone! Pass my orders and send people into the city to find out the truth. ”

Listening to Du Jiang's order, he immediately sent a team of men and horses from the team into the city cautiously. When the soldiers entered the city, they saw that the shops on the street were all closed, and they did not look like people at all. At this time, they searched around the streets and alleys, but they couldn't find anyone for a while. The people of the entire Picheng City seemed to have suddenly evaporated from the world, but this dead silence couldn't help but make them shudder. They had to continue to grope their way forward in the city, and on the other hand, they shook their heads and looked left and right, fearing that there would be ambushes in the dark corners of the alleys.

At a corner, the group of soldiers was suddenly surprised to see an old man sweeping the street with a broom. They were overjoyed, rushed forward, surrounded the old man, and asked loudly:

"Old man, where have all you people from Picheng gone? Why is it the current depression? Where is the Nishiki princess now? ”

The old man faced this sudden Shu soldier and surrounded himself, but his face did not show the slightest fear, and while sweeping the ground, he replied calmly:

"Huh! Why is it so depressed? I don't ask you to wait, but you wait to ask me? are also the people of Shuzhong, but what are you doing here? ”

When the group of Shu soldiers saw this old man, they not only looked calm, but did not show any panic, but instead arranged them:

"You old thing, I just have to ask you if you know the whereabouts of your princess. If you know something, say it quickly, where did so much gossip come from! ”

I saw that the old man sighed, shook his head and said:

"Princess? The princess knew that you must have bad intentions when you came, so she led the people to escape from Picheng. If you want to ask me where I am now? Then I really don't know. ”

When the soldiers heard this, now that they had found out the news, they naturally did not dare to linger for a moment in this dead and silent city. So he went straight out of the city and reported to Du Jiang:

"Report to the king, I will wait to go into the city to investigate, and the city is now empty, and there is no trace to follow. I met an old man, and only said that Her Royal Highness the princess had led the people of Picheng to flee to other places, and was not in Picheng. ”

At this time, the national teacher sitting next to Du Jiang listened to the scout's report, and said to Du Jiang with disdain:

"King, you said that your sister has a strong temperament, and I am afraid that when the time comes, she will fight with us and others to break the net. Now it seems that the King of Shu doesn't even know much about his sister! This is not? As soon as our army arrived, and before we could fight, the princess led the people and fled...... Since they are fleeing with the people, those thieves will inevitably not be able to go fast. To the north of this place is to Nanzheng, and Nanzheng is a dangerous road, even the Qiang people and natives do not dare to take it easily. And to the east of this place is the country of Pakistan, and it is impossible for your sister to escape by this road. I heard that your sister Princess Nishiori has always had some friendship with the white horse qiang, so it can be expected that they must have gone to the west gate. The king can send an elite army to my command, and I will definitely be able to capture Princess Nishiki and the thief together, and then let the king of Shu fall. ”

Du Jiang heard that the national teacher was so confident, so he nodded and agreed, so he selected 3,000 elite soldiers to deliver to the national teacher, and instructed:

"The national teacher is going to catch the demon, be careful...... But...... Remember not to hurt my sister...... If not, then there is Yaldan the king of Ba...... This king is not easy to explain. ”

The national teacher waved his hand, and replied to the king of Shu with contempt:

"It's just a few stubborn people who don't know the destiny of heaven and the affairs of the times. But...... The King of Shu can rest assured that this seat will not let Her Royal Highness the princess miss a little. ”

Then, Du Jiang and the national division soldiers divided into two roads, the national teacher led the elite soldiers out of the west gate quickly, and when he drove out of the west gate of the city, he saw that the ground was everywhere left after the tracks left by the chariots and horses, and the national teacher decided that these traces must have been left by the people of Picheng when they fled.

"The tracks on the ground are so messy, and the horse manure looks fresh. It seems that these Pi people will not go far! ......”

Therefore, the national teacher drove 3,000 elite soldiers all the way to the direction of the track and chased in the direction of Qingcheng Mountain west of Picheng.

......

Du Jiang led the army into the city on his own and stationed temporarily. As soon as the soldiers entered the city, they secretly broke into the houses of the people in the city, and found a lot of rice, grain, wine, and food from the houses. I don't know why, although the looted houses were emptied, there were many clay wine jars left. It was as if it was deliberately left for them, but those soldiers naturally couldn't care about it so much, so they picked up the wine jar and ran out.

That night, Du Jiang went all the way to reward the soldiers for their hard work, so he rewarded the three armies in Picheng. Without hesitation, they took out these looted wine and food, and the soldiers of the Shu army were all full of wine and food, and they were very drunk. After that, he found idle houses in various parts of the city, and arranged for these soldiers to live in various courtyards. Although there are people patrolling the streets, most of them are drunk and in a trance. So most of them hid in the corner and snored secretly.

Besides, the national teacher, who was dressed very strangely, led 3,000 elite soldiers to chase along the trail of the car alone. Out of caution, the national teacher also carefully observed everywhere along the way. Along the way, he was keenly aware that the pit left by the princess and her party to be used for burying pots and cooking was getting thinner and fewer. I saw that there were more and more bowls discarded by them along the way, so I became even more determined:

"These thieves seem to be at the end of their rope, and judging by the bowls discarded here, they must have only two or three out of ten men left."

So he stood up and shouted to his soldiers:

"Quick! These thieves knew that our Shu army was mighty, and they were already frightened. If you want to have more military heads, let me hurry up! Today, I will catch up with the princess and her party overnight and kill them by surprise. When the great work is done, I will show the king and give you all the officials and knights! ”

When the soldiers of Shu heard what the national teacher said, they all became even more excited, and rushed all the way to the foot of Qingcheng Mountain. That night, the team of the national teacher drove into a mountain trail. Seeing the bamboo forests on the hillsides on both sides of this path, the soldiers couldn't help but slow down when they saw this scene and began to worry.

Just as the Shu soldiers were hesitating, they heard someone on the hillside on both sides shouting in unison:

"Put!"

Suddenly, several fire tornadoes erupted from the hillsides on both sides of the trail! The bamboo forest sprayed by the fire tornado instantly turned into a sea of fire.

"What is this! How do you spew out these flames? This...... How...... How can it be! ”

The national teacher was really frightened by this sudden fire dragon. At this time, I saw that a burst of fire dragons shot from all directions, and those Shu soldiers who were sprayed by the fire dragon scroll were screaming and screaming. The horses, which had been tied to the chariots, were also frightened, tied to the reins, and pulled the chariots and galloped in all directions, and were crushed to death by the chariots, and countless people were wounded by the fire.

And those soldiers who still had spare strength were in a hurry, and they were trying to find a way to break out of the hillside. At this moment, there was a sudden flash of fire from the top of the hillside, and bundles of fireballs rolled down from the hillside. The Shu soldiers instinctively wanted to use Changge to block the fireball. But he suddenly found that the rattan on the fireball was actually covered with a paste-like liquid, and when it splashed on his body, it would instantly catch fire and burn all over his body.

I saw that hundreds of crossbowmen who had been lurking on the hillside suddenly appeared at this time, and there were bursts of arrow rain from the slopes on both sides, and the rolling wood and stones also rolled down from the hillside, and the Shu soldiers were caught off guard for a while, and they were killed and injured countless times.

When the national teacher saw that something was wrong, he knew that he had fallen for a trick! also tried to shout so that everyone should not panic and calm down. But at this time, the Shu soldiers had already become a mess. The national teacher had no choice but to flee under the cover of the hundreds of remaining guards around him. Unexpectedly, he didn't take a few steps, only to hear another group of people coming in not far ahead. The leader is none other than Princess Nishikori's personal guard Zijuan, and her elite white horseman.

"Demons! Where to run! General Zijuan has been waiting here for a long time! ”

Seeing Zijuan's words, he picked up the white horse Qiang on both wings and rode forward and rushed into the battle to fight with the remnants of the Shu soldiers. At this time, how could the Shu soldiers be the opponents of Zijuan's white horse and Qiang cavalry, and the three strikes and five divisions divided by two killed these remnants of the Shu division were defeated and lost, and they scattered and fled. Zijuan ordered people to surround the national teacher and others. The Shu soldiers who remained in the formation saw that the general trend had gone, so they had no choice but to disarm and surrender one after another.

When the fighting is about to cease, it is dawn. I saw that at this time, Wu Weiyi and everyone led everyone to tie up the captured Shu people to a place in the camp. When everyone searched carefully among the captives, but they didn't see Du Jiang, everyone shouted pity. But the strange dress of the national teacher made Wu Weiyi a little suspicious. So he took the national teacher out alone, and asked him in a loud voice:

"Who are you? Why do you have such a strange mask? ”

The national teacher sneered and replied:

"Joke! Even if you dogs who don't know the destiny of heaven deserve to know who I am? ”

Wu Weiyi stepped forward and took off the bronze mask of the national teacher. I saw that this person was not only dressed strangely and strangely, but even this facial profile was very distinctive. With sharp edges and sharp nose bridges, at first glance it is not a Middle-earth clan.

Wu Weiyi thought to himself, since this person is respected as a national teacher, he must be an extremely important person who serves Du Jiang. Maybe it has something to do with the Vulcanistry?

So he turned to the princess Du Yu and said:

"Princess, since this demon is Du Jiang's confidant, I expect that there must be some secret matters that cannot be heard. It's better to hand over this person to the next, and Wu will definitely find out the details here. ”

Du Yu nodded and whispered:

"If it weren't for Mr. Wu in command and strategizing, how could we have today's victory! Sooner or later, we will be captured by this thief. Now I have to bother Mr. Wu to interrogate on my behalf, and the little girl really doesn't want to go...... However, since Mr. Wu intends to torture this person, it is better to leave it to Mr. Wu for disposal. ”

Wu Weiyi clasped his fists and saluted the princess, then turned around and walked towards the national teacher, and sent someone to tie up the national teacher with his backhand, and led him to a bamboo forest that had been burned to ashes. Wu Weiyi threw him to the ground, bent down and asked in his ear:

"Say it! Where did you come from? Is the Zorophoria cult related to you? What are your plans? Say it! ”