Fangzhou City, here is the south gate to Zhenzhou, and it was once a military town of the Dangxiang people, and the number of troops guarding here alone reached 40,000 people, but when Cao Yu led his troops to kill here, he found that this place had become an empty city, not to mention the Dangxiang people, and even the grassland people who were attached here before had all gone.

Cao Mata and the others never dreamed that this was an empty city, and immediately sent people around to arrest people to inquire about the news, although the surrounding tribes were almost on the road, but there were still people who did not run away by luck, and from the people here, Cao Mata finally learned that it turned out that just half a month ago, the party members of Fangzhou City seemed to have received some news, and then withdrew overnight.

Originally, the party was the backbone here, but now the party members ran away, and they didn't notify anyone before leaving, which made the surrounding grassland people a little confused, but when they learned that the Song army was killed, they discussed it and immediately decided to run away, after all, even the party members had fled, and they had no reason to stay here.

"The party has withdrawn? Could it be that they plan to concentrate their forces in Zhenzhou, and then fight to the death with us under the city of Zhenzhou? In the handsome tent of the military camp, the veteran Meng Yao also said with a puzzled expression.

"There is this possibility, but even if this is the case, they don't need to abandon Fangzhou directly, even if they leave some troops, and then gather the grassland people to defend the city, it will consume our strength at that time." Cao Mata also frowned at this time.

Cao Mata's words also made many people frown, in fact, they were still very vigilant about the fact that the party members gave up the defense of the state, so they did not let the army enter the city until now, but stationed outside the city, and then sent scouts to investigate around, but did not find anything unusual.

"This is strange, Li Yuanhao is scheming, there shouldn't be any big conspiracy behind it, right?" At this time, Cao Tong also touched his chin and spoke.

"General, instead of speculating here, it is better to send a team of men and horses to the direction of Zhenzhou to investigate and control it first!" At this time, Di Qing opened his mouth to suggest, and his words were immediately agreed by Cao Yu, and he immediately ordered to send a cavalry of 3,000 people to Zhenzhou as quickly as possible.

At the same time, after meeting several leaders of the Bu Ministry, Yelu Zhirang in the east received a very surprising news that the party members who had been stationed in the Bu department had suddenly withdrawn to Zhenzhou, and the party people had also driven away all the grassland people around Zhenzhou, and strictly forbade anyone to approach Zhenzhou City.

"Is the message exact?" Yelu Zhirang asked a tribal leader of the Bu Department with a serious expression, this leader is named Hehu, he has a large tribe of tens of thousands of people in his hands, and he has a lot of prestige in the Bu Ministry, and he is also the leader of the Liao State this time.

"It's true, after those party members withdrew, I have been sending people to follow secretly, and I have also contacted some familiar tribes, and they have also confirmed that all the party members have withdrawn to Zhenzhou City, and now Zhenzhou City is under martial law, and it is strictly forbidden for any tribe to get close to Zhenzhou City within ten miles!" He Hu replied in the affirmative.

"What are the party members doing, why did they suddenly withdraw all the people to Zhenzhou City, is it to concentrate their forces and fight to the death with us under Zhenzhou City?" Yelu Zhirang's reaction was almost exactly the same as that of Da Song's side.

"General, do you want us to test Zhenzhou City for you?" At this time, I saw that Hehu suddenly stepped forward and asked with a flattering face, before they betrayed the Liao State and surrendered to the party, and now they have taken refuge in the Liao State again, although this is very common in the grassland, but in order to avoid the blame of the Liao State, he also wants to show it.

Yelu Zhirang also thought about it after hearing it, and quickly agreed, anyway, this time it was also the people of the Bu Department, even if he died, he would not feel distressed, not to mention that he still remembered Yelu Renxian's advice, no matter what happened in Zhenzhou, it was better to throw it to Song Jun's side for a headache, and when Song Jun arrived in Zhenzhou City first, all the truth would be revealed.

Both Song and Liao discovered the anomaly of the party members, and invariably sent an advance force to investigate the situation, and just a few days later, the people they sent to investigate sent people to bring another news that shocked everyone: all the party members in the state city had disappeared!

"How is it possible, Fangzhou is okay, but Zhenzhou is the nest of the party members, how could they give up so easily?" Cao Yu took the information sent from the front, grabbed his beard and asked with a puzzled face, not only him, but everyone in the entire big tent was confused, they had been preparing for so long to attack the party, but they didn't expect that all the party members had disappeared, which made them feel like they were punched in cotton.

"General, could it be that the party is not our opponent, so they ran away, just like they did when they gave up Xingzhou City?" At this moment, I saw Di Qing suddenly make a guess.

When Zhao Zhen led his troops to attack Xingzhou, Li Yuanhao fought a blocking battle with the Song army on the bank of the Yellow River, but he did not take advantage, and he also found that even if he borrowed the wall of Xingzhou City, he could not stop the Song army at all, so in order to preserve his strength, Li Yuanhao very decisively ordered the abandonment of the city, leaving only a small number of people to attract the Song army, and his henchman Ye Li Yuqi was one of the people who stayed.

"It is very likely that Li Yuanhao has a decisive personality, he can't do anything, and he gives up the city to preserve his strength, this is his usual trick!" Cao Yu also slapped his thigh when he heard this, and he also participated in the attack on Xingzhou back then, but for a while, he didn't expect Li Yuanhao to repeat his old tricks.

"And where will he flee to?" Cao Yan opened his mouth at this time and asked with a frown, until now he still can't accept the fact that the party members escaped, after all, in his opinion, Zhenzhou is the nest that Li Yuanhao managed with great difficulty, how could he give up easily.

"Mobei or the Western Regions are the directions he may flee to, but the environment in Mobei is too bad, I suspect that he is most likely to go to the Western Regions, where there are many small countries, and our Great Song Dynasty will not be able to affect there for the time being, if he goes to the Western Regions, it will not be difficult to make a comeback!" Di Qing judged with great certainty.

Maybe in the eyes of others, Li Yuanhao seems to be very cowardly in giving up Zhenzhou, but in his opinion, this is a wonderful move to retreat, after all, there is no land to fight again, but if all the party members die in the battle with Song and Liao, then Li Yuanhao will have no possibility of turning over.

"It's not good, Zhenzhou City is an empty city now, if the Liao people drive it to the front, then we won't be able to get anything!" At this moment, Cao Mata suddenly shouted anxiously.