After a few simple greetings, Li Zhenggu left, and when he returned to his tent, he was surprised to find that Xiao Yan had been waiting in the tent for a long time, along with several Jinling generals, among them, the general called Zhu Heng, who had never spoken much, was the first to speak today, and his first sentence surprised everyone.

"Prime Minister Li, you're finally back! I dare to say that we are already in danger at the moment, and I suspect that something is about to happen, so I ask Xiao Jianjun to summon you to discuss this matter, and ask you to know what to do and make all urgent preparations. ”

Including Li Zhenggu, everyone was stunned and looked at each other.

"General Zhu, what's going on? Could it be that something happened to the camp? Li Zhenggu said in horror.

"yes, tell me what happened." Xiao Yan also said nervously.

Zhu Heng glanced at Li Zhenggu, shook his head slowly, and then said quietly: "When the sun was setting, I heard the neighing of horses in the tent, so I quietly went to check, and found that three horsemen secretly left the team. So I secretly followed and inspected, only to find that they were heading straight south, and that they had not returned until an hour later, and then had entered the tent of the general of the Zhennan army, which made me very suspicious. ”

Li Zhenggu said puzzledly: "What does this mean?" These three horsemen may have been sent out to patrol the scouts, didn't we all do this on the march before? Scouts scout around the station. ”

Xiao Yan coughed and interjected: "I'll answer Li Envoy's question." It is indeed normal for the brigade of men and horses to release scout cavalry patrols along the way, but at this time and then, we are now sandwiched between the two large camps of the Zhennan Army and the Forbidden Army, and to the north is the forbidden army, and to the south is their own station of the Zhennan Army, why bother to release scouts to the south? ”

Zhu Heng nodded approvingly: "It's cold, the road is difficult, there is no sight at night, and what is the point of letting the scouts go south to explore their station at this time?" This is one of them. Second, did you find that the scouts released by the Zhennan Army during the previous camp were all in a team of five, taking turns to check the surrounding situation, and two teams of scouts came back every hour to report without error. We have been marching with the Zhennan Army for a while, and it is a method of reconnaissance that they have fixed, so these three people go out in a team at dusk, which is obviously not their usual method. ”

One of the other generals finally couldn't help but echo and said, "What General Zhu said is very true, I have also noticed this situation, they do release two teams of five people each time, around our camp flank reconnaissance. Every hour there must be two teams leaving and two teams returning, and this is indeed the means they have fixed. ”

Everyone frowned and thought, it was indeed a little strange to say this. During the march, the military discipline was strict, except for the scouts who were ordered, how could ordinary sergeants casually go out of the camp in the middle of the night to hang out, and even if they left the camp, they must have a mission. And what exactly these three soldiers are doing is very confusing.

Zhu Heng said in a low voice: "Everyone, don't forget that I also mentioned the foot strength of these three people and the time when they left and returned, you must know that we will not survive for half an hour from leaving the camp to the valley of the mountain in front of us." And these three people actually spent an hour, what the hell are the three of them doing? ”

Li Zhenggu was puzzled: "Could it be that he is returning to the station to deliver a letter?" ”

Zhu Heng shook his head and said in a deep voice: "I don't know this, but we haven't arrived at the forbidden army camp yet, but in the wilderness valley, their mission has not been completed, why go back to the camp at this time to report?" And when the three men came back, they went to the general's tent to resume their lives, and I was worried that they were hiding what we had done, which was really worrying. ”

Everyone frowned and pondered, although the analysis was reasonable, it could not prove that the Zhennan Army wanted to be unfavorable to themselves and others, which could not be explained.

Xiao Yan raised this question: "Even so, it can't prove that the Zhennan Army is going to be unfavorable to us, we are now fish on the anvil, if they are not good for us, they can do it at any time, why play so many tricks." ”

Zhu Heng said quietly: "With my many years of experience in marching, all this seems to me to be a bad omen. From now on, I hope that you will be vigilant and keep your eyes open. Except for a few of us, no one can believe it.

Tomorrow, if there are no people in the forbidden army camp, we must always keep an eye on the tent of the general of the Zhennan army, and if there is any change, I will first capture the general and take him as a hostage together with several generals present. In addition, what was just said should be kept strictly confidential, and no half of the words should be revealed. ”

Although everyone was full of doubts, when they saw Zhu Heng's solemn face, they also believed seven or eight points for their own safety. Then Li Zhenggu hurriedly spoke, telling everyone to be cautious and vigilant, maybe in Zhu Heng's words, danger may be coming soon.

In the middle of the night, the camp was very noisy, and under the vigilant eyes of Li Zhenggu and others, a team of cavalry with torches came from the north, signing up as soldiers and horses of the forbidden army, and then they were led to the camp and did not know where. When Zhu Heng learned about it, he hurriedly went to report to Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan, and the two were very happy, but they were also very puzzled, why the forbidden army had been delayed for so long, but all this was answered soon after.

In the cold wind, torches were hunting, and several generals such as Li Zhenggu, Xiao Yan, and Zhu Heng, who were neatly dressed, came to a tent under the escort of dozens of soldiers of the Zhennan Army.

At this time, the general of the Zhennan Army was already wearing a big coat and standing in front of the tent to greet him, and the two sides had finished their salutes, Li Zhenggu thought that the general would lead the two into the tent and take a seat, but this was not the case.

"Prime Minister Li, the forbidden army has sent troops to pick it up, let's say goodbye here, it's late at night, and I have to disturb your rest." The general arched his hand.

Li Zhenggu said with a smile: "You have worked hard all the way, why be polite." ”

"Okay, then I'll lead the troops back to the camp, just now I just received an urgent letter from Young Marshal Song, asking me to hurry back to the camp." The general's eyes were fixed on Li Zhenggu's face and he observed Li Zhenggu's reaction.

Li Zhenggu was stunned and said, "Young Marshal Song summoned you back, what happened?" ”

The general smiled and said: "There is no letter in the letter, and I can't guess the young marshal's thoughts." But since the urgent letter was sent to recall me, there must be a major urgency, otherwise the young marshal would not have done it. ”

Li Zhenggu secretly cursed Song Maha several times in his heart, he naturally wished that something would happen to the Zhennan Army, and then said happily: "Since this is the case, then you should immediately pull out the camp and go back, Young Marshal Song ordered urgently, but it can't be delayed." ”

The general bowed his hand and turned around to order the camp, Li Zhenggu was stunned in place, only then did he remember something, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Wait." What about the forbidden army who came to guide us? Why is there no one missing? ”

The general suddenly stepped aside, made an inviting gesture and said, "The forbidden army Zhang Du's envoy is in the tent, you can go in." ”