Chapter 183: First Acquaintance with Stone Castle

The grasslands of early winter are exceptionally lonely, with withered yellow weeds covering the whole land like quilts, and occasionally a few goshawks hovering in the air, as if looking for suitable prey. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 Looking at the falcon hovering in the sky, Zhu Mingyang suddenly felt like the prey of this goshawk.

"Childe, you see that we will walk along this road, and it will only take one day to reach Stone Castle City!" Li Chunfeng pointed to the map in his hand and said to Zhu Mingyang.

"Stone Castle City, the first outpost on the border of Tibet!" Zhu Mingyang stared into the distance thoughtfully......

In the Hehuang camp, Su Dingfang stroked his beard and warmed the wine. When it comes to this season, you can't do without alcohol. Su Dingfang sat in the camp of the Chinese army, his weather-beaten face with a frown.

The imperial court has sent no less than ten secret agents in the past few days, all of whom asked him to find Zhu Mingyang's whereabouts, but there is still no trace of Zhu Mingyang.

"Strange, strange!" Su Dingfang kept muttering.

The sentinels in front had already brought the news that Zhu Mingyang was in Stone Castle City. However, the personal guards sent by Su Dingfang had turned over Shibao City, but there was no trace of Zhu Mingyang.

"General! The secret envoy of the imperial court has arrived! Suddenly, a man who looked like an adjutant left the tent and said.

"Are you urging us to find Master Zhu again?" Su Dingfang took a sip of wine and said.

"Hmm!" The lieutenant nodded.

"This Lord Zhu is getting more and more interesting." Su Dingfang stared at the adjutant general and said.

Su Dingfang remembered the scene when he first met Zhu Mingyang, since he saw Zhu Mingyang for the first time, Su Dingfang felt that this young man had some unusual temperament.

"Interesting?" The adjutant general asked suspiciously.

"Isn't it strange that since he ascended the throne, the Holy One has not focused his energy on governing the country, but on a young man? And I've seen this Lord Zhu, he does have a very human temperament. Su Dingfang said slowly.

"Hearing the general say this, I want to see what this person is capable of." The adjutant general thought for a moment and said.

"Let's think about how to find him as soon as possible." Su Dingfang stroked his beard and said.

"I think we'd better transfer our troops to capture Stone Castle City!" The adjutant general said to Su Dingfang with wide eyes, as if he was observing Su Dingfang's expression.

"Confused, Stone Castle City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, I don't know how many soldiers and horses are needed to capture it, not to mention that there is no military department, we must not act rashly! Let's increase the surveillance of Stone Castle City! Su Dingfang glanced at the deputy general and said.

"Yes, my subordinates know how to do it!" After speaking, the lieutenant withdrew from the camp.

The Stone Castle City, as its name suggests, has long since reached the tall walls of the Great Stone Castle. Because the Tibetan and Tang Dynasty often fought for the Stone Castle City, the Stone Castle City was not as prosperous as other cities, not even the most basic merchants, and the city gates were closed all year round, and it was even more difficult for an ant to enter the Stone Castle City.

It's just that in the early winter, this lonely city on the withered yellow grassland is particularly lonely. The high walls were filled with soldiers defending the city.

"You all listened, the general said that the kid surnamed Zhu will come to Shibao City in the next few days, you must strengthen patrols, strengthen vigilance, if there is anything wrong, you go to see the general!" A Tibetan soldier who looked like a deputy general spoke to the soldiers in Tubo.

"Understood!" The soldiers replied neatly.

On the grassland, Zhu Mingyang led everyone to move slowly towards Shibao City under the guidance of Li Chunfeng, and when they came, some horses also felt tired, but now that there are no horses, everyone feels even more tired.

"Husband, look!" Suddenly, Cuicui excitedly pointed to Zhu Mingyang in the distance and said.

"Stone Castle City!" Zhu Mingyang exclaimed.

"Get down!" Before waiting for Zhu Mingyang, Li Cheng shouted at everyone.

For some reason, the crowd obediently fell down. It was only now that Zhu Mingyang discovered that the castle of the stone castle city was full of soldiers, and the soldiers on the outpost on the high city wall happened to be looking at everyone. If it were at night, it might be possible to avoid the eyes of the soldiers, but now in the middle of the day, in this open grassland, the slightest mistake will be discovered by the soldiers.

"It's good that you have the experience to find out early!" Zhu Mingyang whispered to Li Cheng.

"Let's think about how to enter Stone Castle City!" Li Cheng responded to Zhu Mingyang.

"This stone fort city is really strange, there are still so many soldiers on duty in broad daylight, and there are no people coming and going!" Cuicui said as she looked at the Stone Castle City in the distance.

"You don't know, this stone fortress city is a border military town, and there are only guards in it, and there are no civilian shops!" Li Chunfeng thought for a while and said.

"So what do they eat and drink? Wouldn't that be starving to death? Fluttershy asked innocently.

"They live by collecting food from the surrounding towns!" Li Chunfeng explained.

"Collecting grain? I just don't know when they'll be sending food to the city! Zhu Mingyang seemed to think of something when he heard the collection of grain.

"Childe, do you want to know when they will collect grain?" At this time, the silent Marber suddenly asked.

"Do you know when they collect food? As long as I know when they collect food, maybe I can get into the city! Zhu Mingyang thought for a while and said.

"I've heard others say that the grain in this Stone Castle City is shipped every three days!" Marber thought for a moment and said.

"Three days? So short a time? Zhu Mingyang wondered.

"Childe doesn't know, there are many small soldiers in this stone castle city, and sometimes the food is not enough for three days!" Marber said slowly.

"Okay, I know what to do, you all come here!" Zhu Mingyang suddenly made a gesture to everyone, and after a while, everyone leaned their heads over......

On the official road, the grain trucks are moving slowly, these grains are the lifeblood of the soldiers in Shibao City, and the soldiers who transport the grain are very serious, for fear of making a mistake.

"Huh!" Suddenly, the two escort soldiers in the rear army shouted.

"What's going on?" The soldier came over and shouted.

"How can there be such a big pit in this official road?" A soldier said loudly.

The carriage that turned out to be carrying volume suddenly encountered a big pothole on the road, and the wheels were deeply stuck in the official road and could not get up again.

"Let's go first, you guys quickly find a way to get up and keep up!" The soldier looked around the grain cart and said to the soldier.

"Okay, you guys go first!" The soldiers understood that if the food did not arrive on time, there would be big trouble.

"Here, get some more oil!" One soldier yelled at another, and the two soldiers kept moving the car.

"Ugh! Right now! The two soldiers suddenly felt that their eyes were dark, and they fainted...... (To be continued.) )