Zhuge father and son led the guards to rest in Xiaocheng for three days. During these three days, Longshun County was a little creepy. There was no Song army to attack Xiaocheng, and the people of Xiaocheng gradually resumed the habit of buying, drinking and listening to books in the bazaar. Three days earlier, in the Battle of Shinojo, the defenders had taken the castle in just one day. Although the defenders of Shinojo suffered casualties, for three days, the defenders were benevolent and did not disturb the people. Gradually, the common people have forgotten the battle of Shinocheng, because whether the Song army defends the city or the defenders occupy the city, it does not seem to affect their simple and ordinary life.

On the fourth day, the sun had not yet risen, and even the roosters of the farmers were very faint. Zhang Hate and Xu Feng sat on the tower in the north of Xiaocheng, blowing the cold wind and drinking wine.

Xu Feng looked at the gloomy dry woods in the north, shivered, and said: "From the West Demon Gate, you say, how can the little Song King have such a big heart, he doesn't even want a huge Longshun County, and let us be at ease in Xiaocheng for three days, it's really strange." I always felt that something was wrong, as if there was no calm before the catastrophe. Before we defended the country and broke the city in Dongyang, we were also in such a dead silence in winter. ”

Zhang Hate looked at Xu Feng's eyes, and also felt weird, so he raised his neck and swallowed the liquor, pretending to be calm: "Skull Gate, you are not afraid of holding human bone weapons all day long, why do you say such things now?" ”

Xu Feng also took a sip of wine, explaining his doubts in his heart: "Three days ago, when our alliance leader ordered the troops to take Xiaocheng, he said that if the 60,000 Teng brave troops of the Song State did not set out to capture Xiaocheng within a day, it would prove that they must be ambushed near Dongyang in Jing'an County, and they were ready to annihilate us when we arrived in Dongyang and when we were farther away from the allied forces. But it's already the fourth day, let's not go to Dongyang, is Teng Yongjun waiting for us in Dongyang? They should at least send some nearby Longshun troops over and drive us north to lead us north, right? ”

Zhang Hate nodded and said, "What you said is not unreasonable. For three days, no one from the Song Kingdom had come to care for us, as if our brave and warlike lone army of defending the country did not exist at all. It's weird! ”

The two of them were pondering the reason for this, when they suddenly saw a guard scout from the north galloping on horseback and waving vigorously at the two of them. The meaning of that gesture is "there is an urgent report ahead".

Zhang Hate and Xu Feng hurriedly ran down the city tower to meet the soldiers. The scout hurriedly dismounted, saluted the two, and said, "General Zhang, General Xu, the north expedited line report!" Song Guoteng's brave army has moved, and has trekked south from Jing'an County! ”

Zhang Ha glanced at Xu Feng, clenched the West Demon Broadsword in his hand, and said, "Not good!" They don't wait for us to go to Dongyang, they want to come directly to Xiaocheng to annihilate us! ”

Xu Feng frowned, a little puzzled: "The king of Pingchang in the northwest is so uncontrollable?" Why don't you come early, don't come late, and have to wait until we are well rested? Besides, isn't it more foolproof to set up an ambush? Wouldn't they now be trekking south in a big way to expose their ambush in Jing'an County? Once you go south, the strategy of setting up an ambush for Dongyang can no longer be used. ”

Xu Feng and Zhang Hate looked at each other, and they didn't know why, so the two hurriedly got on their horses and rushed towards the south tower of Xiaocheng with the scouts.

The two of them went up to the south of the city tower, and saw Zhuge father and son practicing swords on the city tower. The defense of the country is the Yue Ren sword of Chu, and the main force of the Restoration League is the sword created by King Zhao. The two sword blades are staggered and ethereal, and the sword flowers seem to be flowing water, but the strength can fly sand and stones.

Zhang Hate and Xu Feng couldn't help but look greedily, but they knew that they were no longer from the rivers and lakes in Xiling, and the military report was urgent, so they could only interrupt this wonderful sword practice.

Zhang Ha stepped forward and saluted: "The lord of the country, the leader of the alliance, the northern line has reported that the Tengyong army of the king of Pyeongchang has moved in Jing'an County, and they are raising troops to the south. ”

Zhuge and Zhuge calmly put away their swords, and both of them were slightly stunned, and then looked at Zhang Hate together, as if he had said something unbelievable.

Xu Feng said: "We just received a military report in the north city tower, and we always feel strange. ”

Zhuge calmly glanced at his father-in-law, and when he saw that he lowered his eyebrows and was silent, he said to Xu Feng and Zhang: "It's really strange. They knew that we were going to attack Dongyang, so they didn't ambush Jing'an, what did they do in the south? How many people came? Which way to go? ”

Xu Feng and Zhang Hate looked at the scout, and the scout saluted and replied: "The line newspaper said that the Teng Yong army in the northwest Pyeongchang Wangfu has a total of 60,000 people, 10,000 of whom stayed in Dongyang, and 50,000 who are marching southward, taking the official road leading to Xiaocheng. ”

Zhuge calmly asked: "The 50,000 Teng Yong army heading south, the leading general is Qiao Luo, the king of Pyeongchang?" ”

The scout shook his head and said, "I heard that the general who led the army was not the king of Pyeongchang, but Qiao Yun, who had just been crowned the prince of the king of Pyeongchang. ”

Zhang Ha frowned and said: "I heard that the son of the king of Pingchang has never fought, why did the king of Song let a boy who has never been on the battlefield lead the troops to fight us?" Isn't this an insult to our guards? ”

Zhang Hate gritted his teeth more and more, but found that Zhuge father and son were suddenly silent.

In this silence that seemed to freeze, outside the tower of the southern city, another guard scout hurriedly rode his horse and galloped over. He made a gesture to the people on the city tower from afar, the same as the gesture of the soldiers outside the gate of the North City just now, which meant "there is an urgent report ahead".

Zhang Hate and Xu Feng saw that Zhuge and his son did not go to greet the probe, but were still stunned in place, as if they were thinking, so they had to stand there without moving.

The scouts hurriedly ran up to the city tower and saluted: "The Chen Shu allies sent someone to report that they still have one day to arrive in the jade capital. They also said that the Qi army also had one more day to travel by water and could reach Yudu. ”

Zhuge calmly raised his eyebrows and said, "Qi Jun? Qi Jun can reach the Jade Capital so soon? Who made them arrive in Yudu so quickly? They should go overland and show the momentum of going to Dongyang! Without my orders, they can't turn around and fight Yudu! ”

The scout saw that the alliance leader's tone was hurried, as if he was angry, so he unconsciously took a step back and said, "Qi army...... Qi Jun borrowed the merchant ship of the Zhuge family a few days ago and hurried to Yudu by water. ”

Zhuge was calmly surprised, and asked again: "Then the Qi army is still sailing smoothly on the Jade River in this ** day?" ”

The scout nodded and said: "It's very smooth, only a few military ships of the Song Kingdom went to block it, and some arrows were shot from afar, but it couldn't stop the big merchant ships of the Zhuge family at all." ”

Xu Feng thought that this should be good news, after all, if the two armies of Chen Shu and the Qi army could reach the Yudu at the same time, they would be able to surround the Yudu left and right, and capture the Yudu would be just around the corner. Isn't this the real plan of the four-nation alliance to "fake Dongyang and plot the jade capital"?

But when he saw that Zhuge and his son were still silent, and their faces became more and more solemn, he couldn't help but be worried, so he asked: "Chen Shuqi's three armies will join Yudu, isn't it the plan we have been hiding?" Is there something wrong? ”

Zhuge shook his head calmly and said, "No, everything is wrong." "If you want to talk about "The Ups and Downs of the Nations" with more like-minded people, follow "Hot Network or rd444" on WeChat to chat about your favorite books with more book friends