Li Chengqian got into the carriage a little embarrassed, wiped the dust on his face and said: "I was a little careless, thinking about letting the soldiers eat the meat, but I didn't expect to walk for half a day!" ”

Chengxin looked at Xu Dong, who was riding a horse behind him, and asked a little angrily: "How did you lead the way, how could you let the prince show the way, he didn't walk much, you actually dared to let him show the way, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to get out of the ravine!" ”

Xu Dong scratched his head a little embarrassed, he couldn't say that he agreed to Li Chengqian's plan because he had been unhappy with eating steamed buns, because he knew that this would take half a day longer.

Li Chengqian bounced his head out of the carriage, picked up an apple on the carriage and threw it at Chengxin, who hurriedly dodged, but heard Li Chengqian say: "You dare to sarcastically mock me again, be careful of your head!" ”

So saying, he drew the curtain up, lay down in the carriage and fell asleep.

Brother Liang, who was driving the car, was very quiet all the way, as if he was a little afraid.

The apple thrown by Li Chengqian was picked up by a passing soldier, and he saw that he had eaten two bites by himself and then gave it to the brothers around him.

With the blessing of the horses, the speed of the march instantly accelerated a lot, and after crossing the mountains, Jingzhou City, which was once far away in the sky, was also close at this time.

However, although it was in front of them, the sky had already darkened at this time, and everyone could only lean over quietly, not daring to approach easily.

Through the moonlight, you can see the soldiers guarding the city holding on to the city wall, and Cheng Chumo rode a horse and led two teams of people to the front: "Cheng Chumo, under the Prince's Mansion, open the city gate!" ”

The gatekeeper guarding the city dropped a torch, and the torch was instantly lit The torches on both sides of the city gate were lit, and the originally dark night was lit up at this time, and the soldiers on the city wall looked at Cheng Chumo and others riding horses and wearing armor, and hurriedly said: "General Cheng, wait a minute, I will report to my general, let him come to the city wall!" ”

Saying that, he ran down, Cheng Chumo waited with peace of mind, the guards of Jingzhou City he was very familiar with, it was Cheng Yanjin's original subordinate, named Tang Xin, and Cheng Chumo was very good.

Tang Xin didn't let Cheng Chumo wait too long, with the sound of the collision of armor, Tang Xin went up to the city wall, and watched Cheng Chumo waiting for him at the city gate on a horse through the firelight, and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly open the city gate and let General Cheng in!" ”

Cheng Chumo also instructed the soldiers around him: "Go and call His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come over, there is me here!" ”

As he spoke, he rode in, not afraid of the dark alley behind the city gate, and after this dark journey, he saw Tang Xin, who had been waiting for a long time, and the two big men hugged each other.

Tang Xin was a little puzzled: "Why did the young master come to Jingzhou, didn't he say that there was already a war on the Yizhou side!" ”

Cheng Chumo punched him, and said with a smile: "What young master, call the general!" Sir, I'm leading a team by myself now! ”

Tang Xin looked at the dozen or so people behind Cheng Chumo and felt a little funny, but he still said: "Yes, General Cheng, what is the matter with coming to my Jingzhou!" ”

Cheng Chumo explained: "I am now leading the government under the prince's mansion, and this time I am following His Royal Highness the prince to fight the Turks!" ”

Tang Xin was a little surprised, they were always not timely enough for the news of Chang'an, although they heard that Cheng Chumo was an official in the prince's mansion, but they did not hear about specific things.

Seeing that Cheng Chumo and the crown prince were about to fight with the Turks with this little bit of people, Tang Xin only thought it was a joke, but he wouldn't say these things, and instead said, "Then His Royal Highness the prince is also here, right!" ”

Cheng Chumo nodded, turned his head to look in the direction behind him, and sure enough, the carriage of Li Chengqian and others could already be seen, at this time Cheng Chumo no longer spoke, but obediently waited for the arrival of Li Chengqian and others.

After Li Chengqian led the troops into Jingzhou City, the city gate was immediately closed again, and Tang Xin hurriedly took the soldiers and said: "Tang Xin, the defender of Jingzhou City, see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Chengqian was too lazy to help, and waved his hand weakly: "General Tang, hurry up, we don't have time to do these faces!" ”

Seeing Tang Xin standing up, Li Chengqian said, "General Tang, I don't know how many soldiers there are in Jingzhou City now!" ”

Tang Xin was a little puzzled, the geographical location of Jingzhou City was very important, did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want to transfer troops from Jingzhou to fight the Turks? In that case, what should I do, should I follow the orders and transfer the troops, or stick to the principles and not adjust?

Seeing that Tang Xin didn't speak, Cheng Chu hurriedly repeated: "General Tang, how many soldiers are there in Jingzhou City!" ”

Tang Xin said: "Less than 10,000 soldiers and horses!" ”

Li Chengqian was shocked and said with some puzzlement: "Jingzhou City's geographical location is so special, how can it not even have 10,000 soldiers and horses!" ”

Tang Xin hurriedly explained: "The standing garrison of Jingzhou City is less than 10,000, and the rest are government soldiers who will only prepare for war in wartime, and those people should be waiting in the villages in the countryside at this time to farm!" ”

Li Chengqian nodded at this time, looked at Tang Xindao, and said, "It's hard for General Tang to call these government soldiers back and let them prepare for war!" ”

Tang Xin said with some puzzlement: "Are you saying that the soldiers of Jingzhou City should go to Yizhou to fight the Turks?" ”

Li Chengqian shook his head and hurriedly explained: "I suspect that the Turks are preparing to attack Jingzhou, their purpose is not Yizhou City, there are no traces of the Turks in Yizhou!" ”

Tang Xin naturally didn't believe it, and looked at Cheng Chumo on the side, wanting to know what was going on, but saw Cheng Chumo nodding to him, indicating that what Li Chengqian said was true.

The satisfaction on the side also explained: "We have already been to Yizhou, and we have not seen a few Turks in the whole of Yizhou, they have left after grabbing things, but we found that it is very likely that they passed by Gaochang Kingdom, and then crossed the Nightmare Mountain to attack Jingzhou City!" ”

Satisfactory said and handed the map to Tang Xin, Tang Xin naturally knew the place on the border of Jingzhou very well, and at this time, the cousin who looked at them on the map immediately said: "Impossible, even if the Gaochang Congress betrays, then why should the Turks give up their greatest advantage in cavalry warfare and turn over the mountains to steal our city!" ”

Satisfactory explained: "They came over the mountain mainly because the Turks are too far away from Jingzhou, if they don't go over the mountain but take the big road, it is estimated that they will have half a month to get to the city, at that time it will be too late, but if they come over the mountain, it will take about a day or two or even earlier to come, once their mountain climbing troops take Jingzhou City, the cavalry who take the main road behind can take advantage of the situation to occupy the entire Jingzhou, and then they can occupy the entire northwest!" ”

Tang Xin thought about what Chengxin said, and felt more and more chills down his spine, and looked at Chengxin and said: "Although these things you said may happen, there are nearly 30,000 soldiers in my Jingzhou Mansion, although most of them are farming in the countryside, but they are all strong men, they want to attack my Jingzhou City, it is really wishful thinking!" ”

Chengxin sighed, saw that all the people were looking at him, and said a little reluctantly: "Yizhou is the residence of King Wu, Jingzhou is the residence of King Shu, you may not believe it, but I guess your soldiers should not be able to get together, a few days ago the King of Shu suddenly appeared in Chang'an, I don't believe that he went by car!" ”

Tang Xin was shocked and hurriedly asked, "The King of Shu is in Chang'an?" How can it be! I guarded the city gate every day, and I didn't find him leaving Jingzhou! ”

Cheng Chumo on the side also said: "The King of Shu is indeed in Chang'an, I saw this with my own eyes!" ”

Tang Xin felt that something was wrong, and said a little weakly: "Jingzhou should have about 3,000 troops available at this time, if there is no support from the government soldiers, the Turks can capture it in one night!" ”

Everyone was a little surprised to hear this number.

"What?"

"Three thousand?"

"Is less than 10,000 3,000?"

The mentor thought of this possibility in advance, and hurriedly said: "It's okay, what you said was that there was no preparation, but now that we are prepared, and the nature of Jingzhou City that is easy to defend and difficult to attack will not change!" ”

Speaking of this, he hurriedly said: "Please General Tang to find a place for us people, let us have a good night's rest today, prepare a few sheep and a few cows at noon tomorrow, let the brothers eat enough, and tomorrow night we will go out to make a big vote!" ”

As soon as the words were finished, Li Chengqian hurriedly asked, "What do you mean!" ”

Xiangxin glanced at the people around him, shook his head and said, "Let's sleep first, everyone must be tired, let's talk about it tomorrow when we are full!" ”

Li Chengqian knew what he meant, and he didn't ask deeply, and he could ask whatever he wanted when there were only two people for a while.

Tang Xin was in a state of confusion at this time, and ordered his soldiers to take Li Chengqian and the others to rest, but he pulled Cheng Chumo and asked: "What the hell is going on, who is the person next to His Royal Highness the Prince, how do you feel that he is the person in charge!" ”

Cheng Chumo patiently explained: "He's a strategist, in short, listen to him, you're going to mobilize all the soldiers who can go to the battlefield tonight, if nothing happens in the next few days, there will be a big battle!" ”

After saying that, Cheng Chumo also found a place to rest, after all, he was still a little tired from running around along the way.

Tang Xin naturally didn't dare to be ambiguous, Cheng Chumo was not only the son of his old boss for him, but also like the younger brother he had seen since he was a child, although the two had different identities and statuses, but Cheng Chumo had always regarded him as an elder brother, at this time Cheng Chumo said this matter so solemnly, Tang Xin couldn't help but pay attention to it.

Jingzhou City changed from darkness to bright lights, and the sudden arrival of this thousand people made the originally quiet Jingzhou City noisy.

Hou Junji also received Cheng Bitingjin's secret letter, after looking at Cheng Bitingjin's secret letter, Hou Junji smiled, ignored Cheng Bitingjin's message that he wanted him to send troops to Jingzhou, and immediately ordered to rush to Yizhou City overnight, regardless of whether Yizhou was captured at this time, he had a new idea, an idea that could make him make great contributions!