The purpose of Cao Jingzong's trip was to spread the word on the surface, so in addition to bringing five brocade langs, the rest were only followed by his fourteen guards.

After seeing Wei Chifu, the sky was not yet fully bright, and a group of twenty people rushed to the camp with a forged holy decree.

At that time, Feng Du had not yet realized Zhao Kang's strategy.

Because of the return of Xiao Huai'an, the king of Yuzhang, Feng Du is still extremely vigilant about the wind and grass around him these days, and his part is equivalent to the vanguard army, if there is any slight change, it may cause Zhao Kang to notice, so he must be careful and careful.

Feng Du was still standing at the height where he already knew the follow-up results, but unfortunately he didn't know that all their plans had already been discovered.

It was not far from the gathering of the imperial army and the camp of the imperial court, so Cao Jingzong and his party galloped all the way and rushed outside the barracks in less than half an hour.

Since the four-way army is temporarily shrinking its formation and has no intention of continuing to attack, the patrols around the Fengdu and the battalion are very frequent, and there are even several teams of scouts interspersed in the distance.

This doesn't seem like a problem if you look at it simply, but the scouts are skewed in a different direction.

Cao Jingzong, who was standing on the top of the mountain, looked at the camp in front of him, and the atmosphere of the entire camp was solemn, which was not a sign of victory.

This performance and the movement of the scouts also exposed the strangeness of the return of the feudal capital.

Cao Jingzong sat on horseback and pointed to the distance and said with a smile: "This letter still seems to know what will happen next, and the formation of the army is contracted so tightly that it does not give others the slightest chance to investigate. But his mistake was that he forgot that the situation was on our side, and that they cowered like they were more like we had lost the battle."

After Cao Jingzong finished speaking, a guard beside him asked, "General, then shall we go in directly now or wait?"

Cao Jingzong waved his hand and said, "Don't wait, our whereabouts have already been discovered by their scouts. If we wait, it will seem that we are tired. On the general's side, he will consider it, now it depends on how much weight our holy decree has, let's go!"

Saying that, Cao Jingzong grabbed the back of the horse, and took the brunt of it and rushed towards the camp.

The appearance of Cao Jingzong's party of twenty people had already been known about it, and it was not an ordinary thing for Cao Jingzong and Jin Yilang's people to be present in person.

Therefore, when Cao Jingzong and his entourage arrived outside the camp, Feng Du also came out to greet him in person with several deputy generals.

Cao Jingzong tugged at the reins in front of the camp, and the horse's front hooves jumped high and let out a melodious neighing sound.

A moment later, Feng Du was the first to clench his fists and speak, "General Cao."

"General Feng." Cao Jingzong also replied with his fists clenched.

"I came here in a hurry, and I hope General Feng won't be surprised, these are all Jinyilang's adults." Cao Jingzong also introduced the rest of the people.

Feng Du also heard that he had seen it one by one.

After each of them saw the ceremony, Cao Jingzong and a few others dismounted, Cao Jingzong took out the holy decree that had been prepared from his arms, and Fengdu still looked slightly shocked when he saw this.

Before Cao Jingzong could speak, Feng Du still felt that the situation was not good.

Cao Jingzong said slowly: "General Feng, this is an edict from His Majesty to our subordinates, because the matter is very important, it was personally sent by me and several adults of Jinyilang."

Feng Du also heard the words and asked directly, "General Cao, but what happened, why did it alarm Your Majesty?"

Cao Jingzong's face did not change and said indifferently: "General Feng, you must know about it. Although our southern front went smoothly and unhindered all the way, it was also the result of taking the other side by surprise, and we did not have an advantage in terms of frontal collision. And not long ago, Changguang County also set off a rebel army, the leader named Ge Rong proclaimed himself the king of Nanping, and soon entangled a team of 20,000 people, deployed by Xiao Yuanhuai, the king of Changsha. Now that Ge Rong has led his troops to Huiji to rush to help Xiao Buxian, General Liu Xuan has formed a passive position on the eastern battlefield, so His Majesty intends to shrink the armies of all walks of life first, and then join forces to meet the enemy."

Cao Jingzong said indifferently, but Feng Du listened carefully.

Although he has already set off turbulent waves in his heart, but

It's still flat on the surface.

After Cao Jingzong finished speaking, Feng Du did not answer the question head-on, but smiled and greeted the group into the tent.

However, everyone did not go in together, only Cao Jingzong and five brocade clothes followed in.

Hearing that His Majesty asked the army to retreat, Fengdu was still a little confused, and this kind of action was also to give himself time to relax.

If the army retreats to Yuzhang County at this moment, then their previous plans may be in vain, because their thoughts are quite chaotic, so Fengdu even forgot to receive the holy decree.

Cao Jingzong didn't care, he hoped that Fengdu would still be attracted to it.

After a few people sat down in the tent, Feng Du also began to ask tentatively, "General Cao, even if General Liu of the East Road is under pressure, why do we need the army of the South Road to withdraw? Wouldn't it be a pity that the current good situation was withdrawn like this? Could it be that Your Majesty has listened to some slander in the court?"

Feng Du also asked several questions in a row, all because of the uncertainty in his heart.

Cao Jingzong was also a little distressed when he heard this, seeing that Fengdu had gradually fallen into the trap, it would be much easier to carry out follow-up matters.

Cao Jingzong said, "Who says it's not. The army has finally been able to get to where it is now, even if the odds of winning against us head-on are not high, but with General Zhao and excellent generals like General Feng, it will not be easy to take down the traitors in time?"

Cao Jingzong shook his head helplessly, seemingly particularly resistant and puzzled by this result.

Because there is still the existence of Jinyilang in the tent, it is not good to draw too many conclusions about this matter, but Cao Jingzong understood the difficulty of sealing the capital, so he sent the five Jinyilang away in three or two sentences, and asked them to walk around and look at the barracks, supervise and supervise anything.

Because Feng Duhuan's attention was now on the retreat of the army, he didn't pay much attention to Cao Jingzong's words.

After the five of them left, Feng Du returned the words and said, "General Cao, you give me a thorough explanation, what is going on?"

Cao Jingzong pretended to glance at the direction outside the big tent, and then looked at Fengdu and said: "There are only 30,000 defenders left in the capital now, Your Majesty, he feels that it is dangerous, and he can't sleep well every day, of course, this is just my guess. As General Feng guessed, there must be an inside story in this, but it's hard to say what it is."

Feng Du also asked rhetorically, "Then the territory that was finally recovered was given up here? Isn't our retreat a reason for the world to laugh at us for being cowardly and incompetent?"

As he spoke, Feng Du stood up abruptly and paced back and forth impatiently.

Seeing this, Cao Jingzong comforted: "Our mood is the same as that of General Feng, it must be those civil servants above the court who are blowing the wind on the pillow. Alas, no matter how much we lament, it is useless, who let this be the will of His Majesty."

After that, Cao Jingzong put the wine in the cup in front of him, and his expression was indignant.

Feng Du also sat down again when he saw this, but his expression was still solemn.

Unconsciously, Cao Jingzong and He Fengdu had been chatting for most of the hour, during which the two vented their dissatisfaction.

Later, a small soldier came in from outside the tent and whispered something in Fengdu's ear.

Feng Du's face changed greatly when he heard this, he looked at Cao Jingzong and asked eagerly, "Lord Cao, General Zhao, they have already started to leave?"

Cao Jingzong ignored the change in Feng Du's expression, and just said, "General Feng, you have also seen it, even if the people of Jinyilang are here, we dare not slack off, otherwise if we are accused of resisting the decree, no one can afford it."

Fengdu was still a little anxious for a while, could it be that he wanted to start the original plan in advance? Or is it to pretend to retreat first.

After all, such a decision is not something that can be decided by the feudal capital, so he still plans to pretend to retreat first and then quickly send someone to inform His Royal Highness King Yuzhang.

Seeing that Feng Du was still almost thinking about it, Cao Jingzong said slowly, "General Feng, no one can be left behind when the army retreats. Now that Your Majesty's will has been delivered, I will go first."

Although Cao Jingzong's words were so, it was obvious that he was not going to leave.

Feng Du, who has been in turmoil, has actually long forgotten to speculate that Cao Jingzong has other purposes for coming here, so he is right now

He also believed Cao Jingzong's words.

After Cao Jingzong finished speaking, Feng Du also said, "General Cao, why don't you stay and have another drink, it will take time for me to give orders."

Cao Jingzong smiled when he heard this: "It's okay, I can also take a rest when I have time and ask for a few glasses of wine to taste."

Cao Jingzong also knew that the follow-up closure still needed to be arranged with his subordinates, so he left the big tent with great interest and left the space for them.

And the decree has been put aside, probably forgotten.

The moment he walked out of the big tent, a ray of sunshine hit Cao Jingzong's body directly.

Cao Jingzong raised his arm to shield it, although the sun was dazzling, it was warm on his body, so there were advantages and disadvantages.

But today's events were particularly smooth, and he couldn't help but smile in his heart.

The 10,000 soldiers and horses under Fengdu are not stragglers, they are regular local troops, although there is a gap in numbers, but if they are really relieved, it will be difficult for the imperial army to take them in one fell swoop.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Feng Duhuan's face is not very good-looking.

Several lieutenant generals also noticed it, and before they could ask, Feng Du also told them the whole story.

Several people were shocked when they heard it. Their Royal Highness the King of Yuzhang is now in Yuzhang County, and as long as the army retreats, the changes in the county will definitely not be hidden.

Feng Du also immediately said, "The army will follow first and then retreat for the time being, but our pace must not be too fast. Mu Fang, you lead a team of men and horses to make a detour back to Yuzhang County immediately and report this matter to the prince."

When the adjutant general named Mu Fang heard this, he immediately received the order and said, "The last general will obey the order."

Walking in the barracks, Cao Jingzong's expression was still the same, but he and several brocade clothes were all observing the layout of the barracks.

Calculating the time, the general should be about to arrive, and now everything is going well, just wait for the general to arrive with people, and he can control them without spending a single soldier.