The door slowly opened, the light became brighter and brighter, and a familiar and strange world unfolded again in front of Zhang Xun's eyes. At this time, his heart was as calm as water, without a trace of waves.

However, at the moment when the door was completely opened, a familiar figure appeared in the dazzling light, and the figure stepped through the barrier of the gate and hugged him tightly in his arms.

"I'm coming."

At this time, Zhang Xun's heart could no longer be calm, all the suppressed emotions burst out instantly, and tears burst out and flowed down his cheeks. This morning, he has experienced too much, grievances, good and evil, success and failure, life and death, these opposing words violently hit his soul, but at this moment, everything becomes unimportant, because that person is coming.

He just leaned on the man's shoulder and cried like a child.

"It's okay, I'm here." Ji Zheng stroked Zhang Xun's head and said softly.

"Xiao Ji, I thought I would never see you again."

"No, I'll always be watching over you."

Zhang Xunqiang suppressed his crying and secretly wiped away his tears, only then did he realize that the Chen people who were originally surrounded outside the high platform had disappeared, and the southern part of the palace had been occupied by Wu soldiers.

"What about the Chen Guoren who surrounded outside just now?" Zhang Xun was puzzled.

Ji Zheng helped Zhang Xun wipe away the tears on his face and replied: "Chen Guoren was repulsed, and now he has retreated to the north of the city. Now the south of the city has been completely controlled by our army. ”

At this time, the Wu soldiers in the high platform rushed out of the palace with cheers and hugged their comrades outside, they were saved!

"Thank you...... Xiao Ji. If it weren't for your timely appearance, I would have surrendered. ”

"That's good, you know? My biggest fear is that you will choose moths to fight the fire, and you must remember to live at all times, and never seek death easily. As long as I'm here, I'll definitely find a way to save you! ”

Zhang Xun pouted and blew, "Hmph, I'm so weak in your heart?" Don't you know, I almost captured King Chen alive! Hey, it's a pity, it's a pity! By the way, how did you end up here? ”

"It's a long story, let's leave the palace first, retreat to the southern city, and I'll tell you more about it on the way."

"Okay."

So, the two led their troops back to Nancheng, and along the way, Ji Zheng told Zhang Xun what happened after the two separated.

It turned out that Chen Guo sent men in black to attack the camp at night the night before yesterday, and after the attack was foiled by Zhang Xun and Ji Zheng, Ji Zheng rushed to Luanshan overnight to take over the troops.

Early yesterday morning, Ji Zheng arrived at Luanshan and found that the 4,000-strong army had retreated ten miles to look at Luanshan, and such a deployment could neither grasp the movements of the Chen army at any time, nor could it contain the Chen army in time, so Ji Zheng ordered the troops to advance to Luanshan and face the Chen army.

Ji Zheng expected that Chen Jun would have contact with Wanqiu City, so he ordered people to set up ambushes on all the roads between Wanqiu City and Luan Mountain, and never let go of any passing people.

Just after the hour, Ji Zheng was resting, and suddenly a soldier came in outside the tent to report the news.

"Ji joined the army, we caught a fine work from Wanqiu City, and found a token from him."

"Show me."

Ji Zheng took the token, looked at it by candlelight, and found that the so-called token was actually a rune, and the word "Taishi Ling" was engraved on the rune. Ji Zheng immediately realized that this meticulous work was by no means simple, so he hurriedly said to the soldiers: "Take him to the camp tent of the Chinese army." ”

"Whoa!" The soldier took the order.

Ji Zheng put on his armor and came to the camp tent with Winter Tooth, only to see a delicately dressed young man being tied to the ground.

"Who are you?" Ji Zheng asked.

"I ...... I am the attendant of Lord Taishi. ”

"Oh? Who is Taishi? ”

"Taishi is Lord Juya."

"What are you going to do?"

"Lord Taishi asked me to do something, I was just passing by, just passing by." The squire stammered.

"Huh, passing by? You've been captured, how dare you use such to perfunctory me? Come! Drag it out and cut it! Ji Zheng shouted.

The two soldiers rushed into the tent, set up their attendants, dragged them out. The squire panicked, and hurriedly struggled and shouted, "I say! I'll be honest! I'll be honest! ”

Ji Zheng motioned for the soldiers to put down their attendants, stepped forward and asked, "Okay, let me ask you, where are you going?" ”

"Go to Luanshan."

"What are you doing in Luanshan?"

"Tell the news."

"What's the news?"

"Report the military situation!"

"What military intelligence?"

"Five thousand Wu troops outside Wanqiu City attacked the city in the early hours of this morning, and Lord Taishi asked General Xiao to support quickly and transfer the prince of Wu to Wanqiu City."

"Nonsense! At this point, you dare to talk nonsense, drag it out and behead it to show the public! ”

"Wronged! Checkmate! What I said is true! ”

Ji Zheng saw that the attendant burst into tears, obviously frightened, not like he was lying, but he was completely unaware of what he said. Could it be that Zhang Xun really attacked the city? Even if it is a real siege, how can 5,000 soldiers and horses start? It was impossible to mobilize so many troops in one day, and Ji Zheng was confused and couldn't figure it out at all.

Ji Zheng motioned for the soldiers to put down their attendants, and then asked, "Can you be sure that the siege force is 5,000 people?" ”

"Sure! Please believe me, General! I'm telling the truth! Your country's 5,000-strong army is under the city of Wanqiu. I followed Master Taishi up the city wall to see, it's true! There are really 5,000 of them! If the general doesn't believe it, he can send someone to check, what the villain said is true! ”

Ji Zheng touched his chin, and after thinking hard, he still couldn't figure out where Zhang Xun had conjured up so many people, but he could now be sure that this attendant was not lying, maybe Zhang Xun really used some clever tricks. But if this is the case, Zhang Xun should send someone to inform him, but after thinking about it, if he can intercept Chen Guo's messenger, Chen Guoren can't intercept Zhang Xun's messenger?

Ji Zheng's mind was confused, and he suddenly remembered that the attendant had mentioned a person just now—General Xiao.

"You just said to report to General Xiao? Who is he? ”

"General Xiao She! The great general of our country! That is, the chief general of this anti-Japanese war! ”

"Xiao Shi? What is the character? Why have I never heard of it? ”

"General Xiao was not originally from Chen Guo, and only came to Chen Guo two years ago. Not long after he came, he was named the general of Zhenguo by the king, General Xiao is about the same age as you, I don't know anything else, general! I've said everything you know! I hope the general will spare his life! ”

Ji Zheng was still full of doubts in his heart, so he ordered someone to escort this attendant down to guard it strictly, and then sent Cao Zu to Wanqiu City to find out.

Although it was not clear what was going on in Wanqiu City, Ji Zheng had a vague sense that Zhang Xun might have taken some extreme measures, and these actions were also very likely to put him in deep danger. Ji Zheng was extremely worried, but no matter what, at the moment, he had to know what this Xiao Shi - General Xiao wanted?

Ji Zhengmo held the talisman and had a bold plan in his mind. He took off his armor, changed into civilian clothes, took Winter Tooth with him, and left the camp in the dark of night.

The two rode to the front of Chen's camp, Dong Ya was very nervous, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Ji Zheng, is it too risky for us to do this, what if we are recognized?" ”

Ji Zheng shook his head and said: "Although this operation seems to be very risky, there is no real danger, no one in the Chen army knows you and me, and it will be fine." ”

"But what's the use of us going over like this?"

"I have to find out about Chen Jun's situation, and now that I have Fu Jie in hand, it's a great opportunity to find out. Moreover, I have always felt that the general Chen Guo who commanded the operation is the same person, and now it seems that my judgment is not wrong, and this person should be Xiao Xi. ”

"Then he's good enough, after these days, we haven't taken any advantage."

"Well, this Xiao Shi is a powerful guy, about the same age as me, and he can be canonized as the general of the Zhenguo University. Hmph, knowing that the other side can win, I'm going to meet him for a while tonight to see what he has to offer. In addition, we can also take the opportunity to inquire about the situation of the prince. ”

Dongya still looked worried, "Brother Ji Zheng, I'm still worried that we will be recognized, after all, as soon as we open our mouths, we will hear different voices." ”

"Don't worry, I'm from Luoyang, and my accent is not much different from Chen Guo, Xiao Shi is not a native of Chen Guo, so it's hard to find the difference. Besides, we have runes, so we can get away with it. You just remember to try not to talk when the time comes. ”

"Hmm!" Wintertooth nodded vigorously.

The two dismounted in front of the Chen army's camp, and Ji Zheng showed the talisman to the guards, and claimed to be the attendant of Lord Taishi, who came to report the news of Wanqiu, which was very important, and must explain it to General Xiao in person.

After the guards checked the talisman, they let the two enter the tent of the Chinese army camp and wait.

Ji Zheng and Dongya waited anxiously in the camp tent of the Chinese army, Ji Zheng knew that his eloquence was not as good as Zhang Xun, but he had learned a little bit from Zhang Xun, he had already thought about how to answer, and was fully prepared.

The waiting time seemed to be extremely long, Ji Zheng was a little nervous, he could hear his heartbeat, and his palms were oozing sweat, he glanced sideways at Winter Tooth, and found that Winter Tooth was even more nervous and pale. He patted Winter Tooth on the back and signaled Winter Tooth not to be afraid, Winter Tooth nodded, and then took a few deep breaths, and the tense expression was slightly soothed.

At this time, there was the sound of footsteps and metal armor rubbing outside the tent, and Ji Zheng concluded that the general who had been secretly fighting against them, Xiao Se, was about to appear. Although he was nervous, he still had some expectations.

The curtain of the camp tent was opened, and Ji Zheng looked up, only to see that General Xiao had just stepped into the camp tent with half of his body and was also looking at him. For a while, they looked at each other, and both of them were taken aback.

said that it was too late, Xiao Shi turned around and went out of the tent, shouting: "Someone! Tie these two up to me! ”

As soon as the words fell, Ji Zheng lifted the table, pulled up the winter tooth and was about to rush out, but a group of soldiers quickly stepped forward to surround the camp tent and besieged the two of them.