Chapter 494: Convergence
There were many corpses lying at the gate of Luoyang, and a few birds landed on the corpses, and before the scouts approached, they flapped their wings and flew up, stayed on the city wall, and turned their heads to stare sharply at the people who sneaked over.
The further they went, the more uneasy the scouts became.
When he reached the 100-meter mark, Rao was a senior scout who had fought several battles with Zhao Hanzhang and couldn't help but feel cold in his heart.
The roads were full of dead bodies, and the shops and houses on both sides were silent, and the whole city seemed to be a dead city.
"What's the ......"
"Shut up, divide into two teams, one captain, you take four people to the west to investigate, I will continue to the north, and I will come back once I find the enemy."
"Yes!"
Half of the southern city was silent, and the scouts didn't rush out until it was almost night, and at this time, Ji Yuan had already brought people to officially join Zhao Erlang.
Zhao Erlang was afraid of Ji Yuan, and he was very depressed when he saw him, why did he come so quickly, he didn't have time to enter the city to save the emperor.
Zhao Erlang, who wanted to make meritorious service to his sister, was very depressed, and complained about Xie Shi, "I said I was going to go into the city, but you have to not allow it, there are so many of us here at this time, and the enemy troops in the city will definitely find us." ”
Xie Shi said: "Erlang, rest assured, I have asked people to clear the position within a radius of twenty miles from here to the South City Gate, and the enemy scouts will not be able to detect our news." ”
Before Zhao Erlang could speak, Ji Yuan had already nodded approvingly, and praised: "Good job." ”
He looked at Erlang and said gently: "Erlang, how can you take it for granted in a war, rush forward without knowing anything, if you encounter a trap, won't you be in danger of yourself and the lives of the whole army?" ”
"But the emperor is still in the city, Sister said that she wanted to save the emperor."
"The emperor wants to save, but I think in the girl's heart, Erlang must be more important than the emperor, how can he ignore his own safety because of saving the emperor?"
Zhao Erlang thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, "Sister does love me." ”
Ji Yuan said: "Let's wait for the scout, if it goes well, the girl should almost arrive." ”
As soon as the words fell, a soldier ran in and reported, "Mr. Ji, you have sent your soldiers and horses twenty miles away." ”
Ji Yuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately got up, "Let's go, let's go meet the girl." ”
Someone else came to report, "Mr. Ji, the county guard, the scout sent out has returned." ”
Ji Yuan couldn't help but laugh, "It's just right." ”
Zhao Hanzhang and their team walked quickly on the road, and finally arrived at the outskirts of Luoyang City before it was completely dark the next day.
There were a lot of dead bodies on the road, some birds were pecking, and when they heard the sound of horses' hooves, they fluttered their wings and flew high in fright......
Wild dogs and wolves were so frightened that they ran around and slipped into the woods.
Beigong Chun and Fu Tinghan followed closely behind her, and the group saw Ji Yuan and the others waiting in front with torches from a distance.
Zhao Hanzhang reined in his horse, dismounted and strode towards Ji Yuan.
Zhao Erlang couldn't hold it anymore, jumped out from Ji Yuan's side, and ran over at Zhao Hanzhang, "Sister! ”
Zhao Hanzhang saw Zhao Erlang clearly, raised his hand and rubbed his head, "Summer hasn't come yet, why are you so tanned?" ”
She almost couldn't see anyone.
Zhao Erlang said proudly: "Sister, I have exterminated all the bandits in Nanyang, and the population of our Nanyang country is nearly 50,000." ”
What does this mean, it shows that bandits are rampant in Nanyang Kingdom, what is there to be happy about? Xie Shi scolded on the sidelines.
Zhao Hanzhang patted him on the shoulder happily, "Good job." ”
She said with a smile: "Since the bandits have been wiped out, then we must focus on production and construction, especially nongsang, and we must work harder." ”
Zhao Erlang responded in one bite.
Zhao Hanzhang looked at Ji Yuan and asked, "When did Mr. Ji arrive?" ”
"Kung fu with the girl's front and back feet."
Zhao Hanzhang knew that most of the soldiers he was bringing were foot soldiers, so the speed was slower than her, and she didn't mind, she asked Zeng Yue and Huang An and others to settle the soldiers first, and Fu Tinghan went to the main tent first, and only after sitting down did she ask: "What is the situation in Luoyang now?" ”
Zhao Erlang lowered his head and said in a depressed mood: "Sister, I haven't had time to go in to save the emperor yet." ”
Xie Shi said: "The scout who went to investigate has returned. ”
We also caught three enemy scouts who came to investigate, and the rest were all dead.
Zhao Hanzhang said: "Let's talk back to our scouts first." ”
"Yes."
"The south of the city is empty, there are only dead bodies, no voices are heard, and every door is wide open, which should be caused by the slaughter and looting of the rebel army."
Zhao Hanzhang pursed his lips and asked, "How is the palace?" ”
"The enemy army is all gathered at the palace gate," the scout said, "divided into two battalions on the left and right, about 20,000 men." ”
"20,000?" Zhao Hanzhang frowned, "Didn't you say that Liu Cong brought 20,000 and Wang Mi brought 30,000 people?" So where are the rest? ”
Ji Yuan and Xie Shi glanced at each other and said nothing.
"Check!" Zhao Hanzhang said: "Find out the remaining 30,000 people." ”
She asked, "Can the palace still hold on?" ”
The scout said: "I have looked carefully, there are archers on the palace wall, and there are many people who see it, and the palace gate is closed and there is no damage. ”
Zhao Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, she looked up and looked outside, "It's dark." ”
Ji Yuan: "It should be no problem tonight, but now that they have hit the palace gate, how else can we save people?" ”
Zhao Hanzhang was also thinking: "What about the people in other parts of the city? ”
"Close the door, and the lowly rank can't find out."
Zhao Hanzhang said: "Pull up the captured enemy scouts." ”
It's two Han people, Zhao Hanzhang knew at a glance, "You are Wang Mi's people?" ”
The scout didn't speak.
Zhao Hanzhang understood, and asked, "Who will ask them on my behalf?" ”
At that moment, a person came out of the queue and arched his hand: "I am willing to ask the envoy on behalf of the king." ”
Zhao Hanzhang narrowed his eyes, "Yuan Li? ”
"Yes!"
Zhao Hanzhang was silent for a moment and then bowed his head and said, "Okay, you take them down, don't kill them." ”
"Yes."
Yuan Li immediately let the two of them go down, and he followed out, and after a while, screams sounded outside.
Zhao Hanzhang turned a deaf ear and said to Xie Shi: "Bury the pot and make rice, from yesterday to today, we have been busy all day, and the soldiers are sleepy, let them feed the horses." ”
Xie Shi bowed and replied, "Yes." ”
Fu Tinghan also got up, "I'll go to see the logistics." ”
Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "I'm afraid the battle of Luoyang will be difficult to resolve quickly, and we must ensure that there is enough grain and grass." ”
Fu Tinghan understood, "I will calculate it as soon as possible, and then Mr. Ji will need to raise grain and grass." ”
Ji Yuan said no problem.
Fu Tinghan turned around and went out, and when he saw Yuan Li executing, he frowned, turned his head away from looking, and turned to leave.
Yuan Li happened to turn around, and when he saw Fu Tinghan, he wiped the blood splashed on his face, and felt that there was an iron smell in his mouth, so he spat on the ground, he took out a knife, and said to the two scouts: "Do you know what this is?" ”
"This is a knife I use for self-defense, once I accidentally pierced my fingernails, and I was in pain, so I realized that the knife is still useful like this......"
Fu An followed Fu Tinghan closely, and couldn't help complaining: "Lang Jun, that Yuan Li is disrespectful to you, why does the girl still use him?" ”
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