Chapter 116: Reconnaissance of Luocang

"Jingnan Festival envoy, righteous and respectful!"

Li Zhen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and Zheng Zhen and the others couldn't help but be surprised, but they didn't expect Wang Ning's uncle to be the former Shangshu Zuo servant, Zheng Su, who had just been sent by Li Chen as the envoy of Jingnan Festival not long ago. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Speaking of which, Zheng Su had taken a lot of photos with Li Zhen, but he had not personally come to thank him, but the other party had been sent to Jingnan, but at this time, Li Zhen suddenly thought of someone.

"Dare to ask Wang Fu Yin, can Duke Wen Rao go to the Eastern Capital?" Li Zhen hurriedly asked.

"Alas, I just arrived in the Eastern Capital a few days ago, and it was an idle job to stay in the Eastern Capital, and after Wen Rao Gong arrived, he was already discouraged, and he was closed all day long, and I just met him!" When he said this, Wang Ning's face was full of helplessness.

Li Zhen nodded and did not speak, he understood Li Deyu, for him, rights are all he has, and when he loses his rights one day, his life will become lifeless.

"In any case, tomorrow we have to go to the area around Luocang to investigate, if we are really sure that those mutants are a rebel army, things will really become complicated!" Zheng Jin muttered in a low voice.

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didn't have time to see Li Deyu, and the group rushed to Luocang under the leadership of Wang Ning in the early morning of the next day.

Luocang is located in the northeast of Gongxian County, not far from the Tiger Prison Pass, adjacent to the big river, in the traffic artery, and only in this way can it be more convenient to send grain and grass materials to the north of the empire in wartime, Luocang was built in the Sui Daye years, there are a total of 710 warehouses in the warehouse, each warehouse can store about 500,000 catties of grain, Luocang as a whole can store more than 300 million catties of grain, it is said that after Luocang was built, the grain stored in it has not been eaten until the Tang Zhenguan period, it can be seen how huge its storage capacity is.

And Luocang has always been regarded as the supply heart of the empire, once Luocang is occupied, it will inevitably shake the foundation of the empire.

At this moment, what everyone is afraid of is not that these "mutants" occupy Luocang, judging from the deployment around this place, even if these 10,000 "mutants" are turned into rebels, it will not take much effort to recapture them.

But things are not so simple, what everyone is most afraid of is that these "mutants" will burn this huge granary on fire, this is the most terrible thing.

Therefore, whether it is Zheng Ya, or Li Zhen, Zheng Jin, or Wang Ning and other Henan officials, they are well aware of the huge disasters that this matter may bring, so no one dares to make decisions without permission.

Originally, Li Zhen didn't need to do this kind of thing in person, but after thinking about it, Li Zhen still felt that he needed to go and see it in person.

This decision seems to be very different from Li Zhen's previous temperament, what Li Zhen dreamed of in the past was the kind of life of worry-free food and clothing, mixed food and waiting for death, but since knowing his identity as a prince, Li Zhen began to believe in an ethereal thing - fate, he believed that God gave him this identity must have his own mission.

Especially after experiencing the various benefits brought by the right to himself, Li Zhen believes more and more in a truth, only with the power in his hands can he protect the people he wants to protect and do what he wants to do.

He also believes that this Datang will eventually change because of himself, and he will also embark on a road that he has never experienced before, either life or death.

After the group arrived in Gongxian County, Li Zhen, Zheng Zhen and Yan Heng rushed to Luocang under the leadership of several local county soldiers, and there were five veterans of the Shence Army who accompanied them, these five people were born in the army for generations, and their ancestors were all Shuofang Army who participated in the battle to recover Chang'an and pacify the Anshi Rebellion under the command of Guo Ziyi, the king of Fenyang.

Starting from the county seat of Gongxian County, only a few dozen miles away from Luocang, a group of more than ten people rode horses and galloped, and arrived at the periphery of Luocang in only one hour.

It was noon, and the hot air swept through every inch of the land, surrounded by dry grass, and the cracked earth poured out to everyone the disaster caused by this protracted drought, and the steaming heat wave distorted the air in front of it, and the whole earth was like a huge furnace, scorching everything.

After seeing this, Li Zhen's face became even more worried, the weather was dry, and perhaps it only took a small spark to burn this "lifeblood of the empire" to the ground.

"Qi Qi a few envoys, there is Luocang in front, we can only hide here, and if we go any further, we will inevitably be discovered!" The local county soldier said to Li Zhen and the others.

After hearing this, Li Zhen raised his eyes and saw that the place in front of him was a tall city wall made of rammed earth, which was thousands of meters long from east to west, and there was a sentry tower on the city wall at intervals to observe the surrounding enemy situation and warn it, as if it was a small city with a tight defense.

"I have a question!" Seeing this, Zheng Jin couldn't help but whisper: "This Cangcheng is tightly laid out, and there are almost no flaws in the defense, so how did these mutants rush in?" It stands to reason that there are 5,000 elite defenders in Cangcheng, and with this Cangcheng, even 10,000 county soldiers can't take it in a short time, so how did they get in? ā€

Li Zhen nodded and said, "Yes, and seeing that this Cangcheng City has no traces of destruction at all, then it means that these mutants must have internal responses in Luocang!" ā€

"Hmmm! In this way, the way of these people is really not simple! Zheng Jin's eyebrows were furrowed, and his expression looked extremely solemn.

Li Zhen looked at the dozen or so people who were in charge of guarding the gate of Cangcheng in front of him, and asked the veterans of the Shence Army beside him, "Do you think these people seem to be changing people?" ā€

The five of them looked into the distance, and for a moment they already had an answer in their hearts, "My subordinates dare to guarantee that these people are definitely experienced county soldiers!" ā€

"Why? Not only do they wear the clothes of ordinary people, but they also carry some rudimentary weapons in their hands, and even they seem to have no discipline at all. Li Zhen asked again.

"Actually, it's very simple, as long as the people who are born in the military have a natural momentum, which can be covered up if they don't want to, and the position they stand in seems to be lazy and unorganized, but let you take a closer look, there are a total of fifteen people in front, although the distance between each person is inconsistent, but it is not more than ten steps, and the distance between each of the five people is slightly closer, and the distance from the other five people is slightly farther away, so it shows that they are divided into three teams, and the position where each team stands is nothing at a glance, But if you take a closer look, as long as you have experienced a little bit of the battle formation, it is not difficult to see that this is the defensive formation of my Datang army! ā€