Under a large willow tree, several soldiers held flaming torches aloft in the air, illuminating the small area as if it were day.

Zhang Lang and Zhang Dianwei gathered in front of a sheepskin map to discuss their next move.

Zhang Lang pointed to an area called Qingyangling, about a hundred miles southeast of Taiyuan, and said, "We are here now. If you hurry, you should be able to reach Taiyuan before sunset tomorrow.

However, the situation in Dingxiang is critical, so we will not go to Taiyuan, and will go directly north early tomorrow morning to aid Dingxiang according to the original plan. Hold on to the city, and then wait for Daddy and their main force to come up and fight the Huns. ”

Zhang He nodded thoughtfully, and Dian Wei said indifferently: "Whatever the general says, we will do." ”

Zhang Lang smiled, picked up the sheepskin map and stood up, and Zhang He and Dian Wei followed suit.

Zhang Lang rolled up the sheepskin map and handed it to a Blade Force soldier standing next to him. said to Zhang He and Dian Wei: "Now let's seize the time to rest." I'm going to be on my way again tomorrow morning. ”

The two of them hugged their fists and promised, ready to go down and find a place to sleep for a while.

At that moment, the silence of the night was broken by the sound of hurried horses' hooves, coming from the northwest.

Zhang Lang and the three of them followed the prestige, only to see a scout sent not long ago riding a horse.

Passing through the many bonfires, until Zhang Lang was in front of him, he reined in his horse and turned over, and a middle-aged man dressed in the clothes of an official and covered in blood jumped off the horse.

The scout ran to Zhang Lang and bowed: "General Qiyu, something is wrong!" Taiyuan was occupied by the right Xian King of the Huns! ”

As soon as these words came out, all the people present were taken aback, and Dian Wei glared and shouted, "How is this possible?!" Aren't the Huns making a decision? How did you get here?! ”

The scout hurriedly pointed to the middle-aged official he brought back and said, "This person's name is Zheng Jiao, he is the foreman of Taiyuan Mansion, and he escaped from Taiyuan not long ago, and this information is what he said." ”

Everyone's eyes immediately converged on the official named Zheng Jiao.

Zheng Jiao hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Zhang Lang and said, "The villain Zheng Jiao has seen the general!" ……”

Zhang Lang asked: "Is Taiyuan really occupied by the right king of the Xiongnu?" Did you escape? ”

Zheng Jiao swallowed his saliva, seemed to be a little scared, and then nodded and said: "About a day ago, the Huns deceived the city gate by pretending to be my reinforcements, and then they entered in a big way!"

Lord Taishou was caught off guard, and before he could transfer troops, he was hacked and killed by the Huns who rushed into the palace! And the more than 10,000 troops in the city were crushed by the brutal Hun cavalry before they could organize effective resistance! ……”

Immediately, his face showed a look of grief and indignation, and he scolded: "Those hateful beasts, they kill people when they see them, the streets are full of corpses, no adults and children can be spared, and the streets are dyed red with blood!" And the fate of women is even worse! ……”

At this, his voice choked up, and he couldn't help but wipe away his tears.

Dian Wei had already exploded his lungs, glared and roared: "These dog mongrels! One day, they're going to be cut to pieces and fed to the dogs! ”

Zhang Lang and Zhang He were quite calm, Zhang Lang glanced at Zheng Jiao and asked, "How did you escape?" ”

Zheng Jiao hugged his fists and said: "The villain was lucky to kill after robbing a war horse of the Huns!" ……”

The scout then said, "When the villain met him, they were all tired and lay on the ground. ”

Zhang Lang looked at Zheng Jiao's eyes, only saw sadness and sadness and confusion about the future in his eyes, and knew that what he said was true.

But in this way, the question arises, isn't King Youxian in Dingxiang? How did you suddenly turn back and come here? And how could the defenders of Taiyuan be so negligent and deceived by the Huns to open the city gate?

As soon as he thought of this, he asked Zheng Jiao: "How could the Huns open the city gate by fraud?" The defenders won't see a group of people in Han army armor coming over and open the city gate without asking anything, right? ”

Zheng Jiao also showed a look of confusion, shook his head and said: "The villain was not on the city gate at the time, so it is not clear what the specific situation is." ”

Zhang Lang lowered his head and pondered. Zhang He on the side asked, "Did you really see King Youxian?" When Zhang Lang heard Zhang He's question, he also raised his head to look at Zheng Jiao.

Zheng Jiao nodded affirmatively: "I saw it!" Under the Huns, the right sage king was dressed gorgeously and very eye-catching! When the Right Virtuous King came to commit the crime before, the villain had seen him and would never admit his mistake! ”

When Zhang Lang and Zhang He heard this, their hearts couldn't help but sink. Now that the situation of the battle has suddenly changed like this, the situation of the own side has suddenly become very unfavorable.

At this moment, there is no need to support Dingxiang, if the action of the Right Xian King is fast enough, I am afraid that the Hun army has already left Taiyuan and is marching towards Shangdang.

Taiyuan is not far from Shangdang, and with the speed of the Hun cavalry, it can be reached in one day. And almost all of their own side are infantry troops, not to mention that they can't return in time, if they encounter the main force of the Right Xian King in such a wilderness, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The worst result was that their army was routed and suffered heavy losses, and at the same time, they failed to return to the defense of Shangdang in time, and Shangdang was subsequently broken by the Right Xian King.

In this way, the situation in Bingzhou will inevitably deteriorate completely in an instant, first of all, it will be a blow to the morale of the people, and secondly, if the Huns occupy Shangdang, it will be equivalent to cutting off the only way for their main forces to advance northward.

The main army was originally going to rush to the aid of Dingxiang, and then join forces with the defenders of Dingxiang to launch a decisive battle against the Xiongnu army gathered outside the city.

However, if the Shangdang is lost, it will turn the battle situation into an embarrassing situation in which the main army has to attack the storm.

What's more, the main force with frustrated morale is not as strong as the Hun army, and if the Hun army attacks with the whole army after dampening the morale of the main force, it is very likely that the main force will be completely defeated!

If the battle situation really evolves to that point, it will be disastrous for the entire Central Plains and the entire Huaxia!

Zhang Lang took a deep breath, looked at Zheng Jiao, and asked, "Taiyuan is only a hundred miles away from here, how can you run for a day on a horse?" ”

Zheng Jiao said with some shame: "After the villain escaped from the city, he ran wildly in a panic, and finally lost his way. If it weren't for the fact that he ran to Daling County, where he had been, the villain would not know where he was.

After arriving there, the villain thought of warning the party, so he hurried to the south. ……”

Zhang Lang nodded, thought for a moment, and said to a soldier of the Blade Force: "Take this Zheng Jiao brother down to rest and eat something." ”

The warrior promised, Zheng Jiao thanked Zhang Lang, and then followed the warrior down.

Zhang He said to Zhang Lang with a solemn expression: "Big brother, if the Huns go south to join the party immediately after occupying Taiyuan, the situation will become very critical!" I think we should immediately abandon our original plan and return to the party as soon as possible! ”

Zhang Lang nodded and said, "I'm also worried about this." Jun Yi, you immediately sent scouts to closely monitor the movement in the direction of Taiyuan, and ordered all departments to cancel the rest, and set off immediately and returned to the party! ”

Shout......! Before Zhang Lang's words fell, the sound of sharp arrows suddenly sounded not far from the northwest.

Zhang Lang's face changed suddenly, because it was the alarm that their scouts would only raise when they spotted a large group of enemy troops. Could it be that the Hun army has already arrived!?