Three days later, the team arrived at the stone town west of Shanglu City that Lu Shikang had said before and His Royal Highness the Prince, which was still twenty miles away from Shanglu City, dominated by large plains, where the trees were abundant, and there was no area of open space without trees within a radius of fifty or sixty miles to set up camp, and therefore, one day earlier, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent thousands of cavalry to arrive here to dig the fire ditch first, and when the soldiers arrived here, the fire ditch had been dug and only a small section was left.

The rest of the short section was completed by the next soldiers.

This was the first time that troops had set up camp in the woods.

In order to prevent the enemy from setting fires, it is still risky to dig only fire ditches, after all, since that day, it has been sunny for many days, the ground is dry, and the woods full of dead leaves are very easy to catch fire, and if the opponent fires a rocket from a distance, these dead leaves will be ignited immediately, so it has become important to remove dead leaves and dead branches from the woods after the arrival of the army.

Just when the dead leaves and branches were cleared and the tent had been set up, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was just sitting at the table in his tent reading a book, when several Tang Bao cavalry came from a distance and came to His Royal Highness the Prince's tent.

The Natang newspaper cavalry led by him said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, after the news we have heard, in just a few days, twenty or thirty thousand ordinary people have listened to the rumors and become a rebel army, and they are rushing here, saying that they want to fight the grievances and do their best to save the eldest son of Zhou Jing and Zheng Jin. ”

"Recruit 20,000 or 30,000 people in three days?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can be said. Regarding this matter, he is going to discuss it with Lu Shikang.

Tang Bao cavalry said: "There are only a few more, it is said that the refugees are the mainstay, and these refugees are forced to be in a situation of hunger and cold, and they complain to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that you have caused trouble for no reason in the originally peaceful era. ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said: "Okay, Gu knows, you will continue to listen to the news tomorrow." ”

After the Tangbao cavalry left, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked Wushu to call Lu Shikang over.

After Lu Shikang came, he said to Lu Shikang: "I heard from the Tang newspaper cavalry that the enemy has recruited 20,000 or 30,000 people in three days. ”

Lu Shikang said: "Of the two or thirty thousand, most of them should still be the mountain bandits that Zheng Jin hid everywhere before. ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince nodded and said, "It should be." But in this way, other people who don't know what is going on will think that they are injustices, and everyone has a heart of conformity, so they will also join Zhou Jing's army because of conformity. ”

Lu Shikang said: "Yes, the people are all fooled around. Whoever seems more righteous and weaker will lean towards one side or the other. ”

After the two were silent for a moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said:

"Right now, Zheng Hangsu is still a small role in Zhou Jing's troops, and I'm afraid that after this, he will become the protagonist in Zhou Jing's troops."

Lu Shikang nodded and said, "This is something that is bound to happen." Zhou Jing's own army has only one to twenty thousand horses left, and the twenty or thirty thousand horses temporarily added in will inevitably not obey Zhou Jing's orders, but Zheng Hangsu's orders. ”

When the two of them were chatting solemnly, they suddenly heard Wu Shu say: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Master Lu, there was a military doctor from the military medical battalion who came over just now, did anyone see Doctor Kong and Doctor Yu." ”

When Lu Shikang heard that Qingzhi was gone, he hurriedly wrote Wushu: "Doctor Kong is gone?" ”

Wu Shu replied to him: "I heard from the people in the military medical camp that I didn't see any of them in the middle of the afternoon. It seems to have disappeared halfway through. That is, they did not come with the army at all. ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Wu Shu said: "I don't know about this matter. ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can be again: "Who are they usually walking with?" ”

Wu Shu said: "They have been walking with the people of the military medical battalion for the past few days. ”

Lu Shikang stood up at this time and said, "I'll take a look." ”

Wu Shu said: "I'll go with you." ”

The two came to the medical camp together and saw that there were only two or three people in the medical camp. Because it was already night, and there were very few sick people, only two or three people kept vigil.

Wu Shu came to the military medical camp: "I heard that Dr. Kong and Dr. Yu disappeared together?" ”

A doctor in the military medical camp sat on the bench and said, "These two are brothers, and if they disappear together, they are probably afraid that the march will be hard, so they pulled down halfway." ”

Lu Shikang said: "Dr. Kong is not such a person, and I believe that Dr. Yu is not either. ”

Wu Shu also said: "How could Dr. Kong dislike the hard journey? ”

The doctor who just replied said: "When they were halfway through, they said that they were going to pick some herbs they saw on the road, and that herb was said to be very precious, and we thought that they would quickly follow the troops after picking them, but we didn't expect them to follow." As for where they went, I don't know. ”

Wu Shu saw that Lu Shikang looked anxious, and said in his heart, he and Dr. Kong are indeed brothers, of course, he himself is also very worried about Dr. Kong, so he said to Lu Gongzi: "This way, Lu Gongzi, I will ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to send some soldiers to go with us to find them." Look for them along the way we came and see if we can find them. ”

Lu Shikang nodded and said, "Okay, there is Brother Lao Wu." ”

Wu Shu went to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ask for troops after Lu Shikang's words, and not long after, he brought a group of fifty cavalry.

At this time, the sky had just begun to darken, and the moonlight had already risen, Lu Shikang and Wu Shu took the group of soldiers out of the barracks, and then rushed west along the road that the troops had traveled all the way.

However, to their disappointment, they rushed to the last place where they had been encamped with the soldiers, and they did not see any trace of the two.

At the last place where he set up camp, Wu Shu glanced at Lu Shikang in the moonlight and said, "Master Lu, what should we do?" Where are you going to find them now? ”

He heard Lu Shikang's voice and said, "Let's take a look along the villages around the road first." ”

Wu Shu could hear that Lu Shikang's words were a little low.

"Doctor Yu, who is it? Is he really Dr. Kong's senior brother? Why did he have an accident as soon as he came? "Wu Shuke.

"I don't know this person very well, but I am sure that he is the apprentice of Dr. Kong's father in the last two months." Lu Shikang replied.

"What, he's an apprentice that Dr. Kong's father just recently took in? That...... Isn't it difficult to guarantee character? Wu Shu said worriedly.

When he looked at Lu Gongzi, he saw his eyes looking forward at the moonlit road, and his brows were tightly locked.

It can be seen that he is really worried about Dr. Kong.

Wu Shu said in his heart, Lu Gongzi and Dr. Kong are really brothers.