Huo Shan's horse quickly came to the front of the subordinate men's and horses' formation, and immediately transferred a tun of men and horses to let them act as scouts for the whole army.

There were only more than 50 horses in Yitun, and in an instant, they rushed to the outer city of Qi County, and after entering Guo, they scattered into five shi, galloping in different directions.

Among them, the fastest path went straight to the inner city of Qi County.

Fan Mingyou pressed his sword and rode on his horse, staring intently at the scouts who were far away, silently thinking in his heart that nothing would happen.

It was only eight miles back and forth, and in less than half an hour, those scouts retreated one after another from the direction of the outer city of Qi County.

It was unusually quiet to come and go, and there was no movement of fighting and conflicting, which made Fan Minh You's mind relax a little.

Several elders returned to the small hill where Pham Minh Woo was located one after another, and gave him a military salute with their crossed hands.

"Report to the general, there is nothing abnormal in the east of the outer city."

"Tell the general, there is nothing abnormal to the west of the outer city."

……

The chiefs who went to the four directions of the outer city reported one by one without any accidents.

"Have you seen the people of Guozhong?"

"Didn't see it!" The four chiefs replied in unison.

"Is there an anomaly under the inner city?" Pham Minh Woo asked the fifth chief again.

"Tell the general, the north gate of Qi County is tightly closed, and other than that, there is no abnormality, and there are no defenders on the city wall!" The man said loudly.

"Have you ever seen Zeng Guangnian, the county magistrate of Qi County?" Fan Minh You asked anxiously.

"I saw it, I was at the head of the city at this moment, and the envoy said, waiting for the general to come!"

"Have you asked him why there is no one in the four fields?" Fan Minh You asked again.

"Zeng Zhijun also said that because our army was solemn and upright, I was afraid that the people in this poor and remote country would be lonely and unheard of, and they would be frightened and rush into the military formation, so they were temporarily moved to the city!"

This argument makes sense, as the sudden murderous arrival of 20,000 troops will inevitably panic the people who have not seen much of the world.

In addition, Zeng Guangnian is probably worried that the people will be attacked by the army, and it seems that he is still a follower.

The doubts in Fan Mingyou's heart were put down, and it seemed that he was too cautious.

He and Huo Yu have met this Zeng Guangnian several times in Chang'an City, and the friendship between them is not a day or two.

The letters exchanged in the past ten days can be matched by the corresponding stamps, codes and handwriting, and there should be no surprises.

Fan Mingyou looked at the city to the south again, and laughed at himself again: the closer he got to Chang'an, the more timid he became.

Even if Zeng Guangnian suddenly had evil intentions for glory and wealth, and wanted to fall to the side of the Son of Heaven, the 20,000 people under his command would spend three or four days to capture it.

It's just that there are more dead and wounded.

It's only 200 miles away from Chang'an, so what else can happen?

Thinking of this, Fan Minh Woo called a group of partial generals and lieutenants around him to his side.

"Huoshan's department is the vanguard, and Ben will be the first to enter the city."

"Ding Gong led the Chinese army to follow."

"Huo Yun's department is the palace army, holding down the position."

"All the men and horses, move slowly, one battalion enters the city, and the other battalion opens again, don't panic......"

"After entering the city, strict military discipline, do not disturb the people, and those who disturb the people will be killed without forgiveness!"

Qi County is already the boundary of Sanfu, Fan Mingyou has to make military discipline stricter, and this face-saving matter must be dealt with.

Fan Minh You was the main general, and he was supposed to stay in the Chinese army, but he was in a hurry to contact Zeng Guangnian, so he couldn't take too much care of it.

After he gave the military order, the captains and generals immediately saluted with their hands crossed, and dispersed to lead the men and horses of their headquarters.

The subordinates followed Ding Ping, the envoy of the protector, and temporarily followed the actions of the Chinese army.

Then, to the sound of drums and trumpets played by the drummers, it took another quarter of an hour for the 20,000-strong army to form a column after battalion, and like a long snake, lined up on the riverbank.

This prominent snake head is none other than Huo Shan's Qi Menlang.

There were originally 2,500 people in Qimenlang, but 500 died under Lingwu City, and hundreds more escaped along the way, and now there are only about 1,500 people left.

But after forming a battle array, there is still a bit of the might of the forbidden army.

Soon, Fan Minh You joined the battle formation of the expired men with a hundred private soldiers, making the array look a little stronger.

"Let's go!" Pham Minh Woo ordered loudly.

"Yui!"

More than 1,000 men immediately took the lead and galloped towards the county seat of Qixian County.

Not long after, Fan Mingyou and Huo Shan led the troops to the city of Qixian.

Sure enough, as the scout said just now, the north gate of Qi County was tightly closed, and there were only a few soldiers standing on the city wall.

The various cities of the Han Empire, regardless of size, have similar layouts, and the northern city of each city is the most lively place.

But today is very strange, not only is the north gate closed, but the alleys and wild markets that should be lively around are also empty, and not a single person can be seen.

More than a thousand knights came in a murderous manner, which set off the depression and silence here.

Zeng Guangnian's mind is so meticulous? Pham Minh You didn't even notice it before.

Fan Mingyou, accompanied by Huo Shan, came to the door with a few private soldiers.

After the former gave the latter a look, the latter began to shout at the door.

"This is Fan Mingyou, the general of Duliao, who led the army into Chang'an City to 'Qing Jun's side, punish Cai Yi', Kuang Fu Han Room, please make Jun open the door quickly!"

However...... There was no movement on the walls.

The sparsely standing guards on the city wall were unmoved, their chapped yellow and black skin from the wind and sun made them look like straw men.

The flags on the city wall hunted in the wind, which made it even more deserted and killed.

Huo Shan looked at Fan Mingyou suspiciously, and shouted again in a louder voice.

"This is Fan Mingyou, the general of Duliao, who will lead a large army into the Qingjun side of Chang'an City, and ask the county commander of Qixian County to come out and see you!"

At last, there was a noise on the top of the city, and it seemed that someone had come up from behind the city.

Fan Mingyou was overjoyed, and even Huo Shan laughed.

Sure enough, Zeng Guangnian's head slowly poked out of the gap in the battlement.

Fan Mingyou and Zeng Guangnian have met many times, so they naturally recognized it at a glance.

At this time, the sun has turned west, and the winter sunset is still dazzling.

Fan Mingyou, who was under the city, squinted his eyes and stared at the sun, vaguely feeling that Zeng Guangnian's face seemed to be dark.

But Fan Mingyou was still very happy, and immediately shouted loudly: "Zeng Envoy, I haven't seen you for many days, the house is fine!?" ”

However, Zeng Guangnian did not speak, but his head still kept poking upward...... Soon, it was higher than normal height.

Fan Minh You was first puzzled, then shocked.

The head on the city wall is indeed Zeng Guangnian's head, and it is only Zeng Guangnian's "head"!

Where is there a body under the head? It was just a lonely poke at a spear: a soldier held a spear underneath.

This head has not been cut off for a long time, so it can still be as lifelike as a living person, so it will be mistaken by Fan Minh You.

Zeng Guangnian's eyes were half-open and half-closed, looking at the rebels under the city indifferently.

Fan Minh You's head exploded with a "buzz".

In a trance, he actually saw that Zeng Guangnian slowly opened his eyes, smiling at him suspiciously, as if encouraging himself to go with him.

What's going on? Why did Zeng Guangnian die?

Fan Mingyou only felt that the sky was spinning, and he almost got off the horse.

At this time, Huo Shan and those private soldiers also saw the strangeness in the city, and they made a noise with a "coax".

"General! Checkmate! Huo Shan shouted a few times, and finally woke Fan Mingyou up from the shock.

"General, is that Zeng Guangnian?!" Huo Shan asked in a panic.

"Yes, exactly." Pham Minh Woo said angrily.

"But why is this, why is this Zeng Guangnian ......?" The reckless Huo Shan wanted to ask, but he didn't know where to start.

Before Fan Minh You could figure out what was happening in the city, the sound of footsteps on the city wall was heard again.

It's just that the footsteps this time are more dense than just now, and they seem to stomp on Fan Mingyou's heart for a while.

Soon, they saw a steady stream of soldiers appear on the walls......

These soldiers are all bright and brightly armored, their faces are dark, and they are full of murderous aura, and they look like soldiers who have been trained on the battlefield, which is different from ordinary pavilion soldiers.

How can there be such an extra army in this Qi County?

Just as Pham Minh Woo looked up, a familiar and unfamiliar voice floated down from the city wall slowly.

"General Fan, don't come unharmed?"

Fan Minh You followed the sound and finally found the person who spoke in a gap in the battlement.

He had never expected to see this man here—even if he saw the stupid Son of Heaven, he would not be so frightened.

This person is none other than Han Zeng, a former general who should have been far away near Wolf Juxu Mountain!

Fan Minh You didn't know that the other party was already a hussar general ordered by the Son of Heaven.

"General Fan is looking around under the city, is he looking for someone, do you want General Ben to help you find it?"

After Han Zeng finished speaking, he immediately pretended to be serious and looked around exaggeratedly.

Eventually, he finally raised his head and looked at Zeng Guangnian's head, which was slightly higher than his arm.

"Oh? General Fan is not looking for this Zeng Guangnian, he has been taken down by the general because of rebellion, if General Fan is looking for him, then let you talk about it in the city! ”

After Han Zeng said this, he nodded to Han De, who was holding a spear, and the latter understood and immediately threw the man's head with the spear attached to the spear and threw it down the city.

Zeng Guangnian's head happened to fall in front of Fan Mingyou's horse, which made the war horse raise its hooves in panic and almost knocked Fan Mingyou to the ground.

When the hateful-looking head hit the ground, the forehead bone hit a stone and split apart, and the red and white things inside dripped.

It's like a very white tofu flower.

Looks like it's pretty fresh.

It's like the tofu that has just come out of the pot in the north city of Chang'an City.

Fan Minh You looked at the head unwillingly, and once again confirmed that their Neiying Zeng Guangnian was really too dead to die anymore.

The scout just now saw that it wasn't Zeng Guangnian at all!

Fan Mingyou's heart suddenly changed from fear to resentment, from resentment to suspicion, and from suspicion to coldness......

The current situation is not easy to do, something big has happened!

"How are General Fan and Zeng County Ling talking, but they are still comfortable, but I am afraid that Zeng Yuanjun can only listen to it and not speak, I'm afraid that General Fan will be disappointed, right?"

Han Zeng deliberately raised his voice, adding ten percent mockery to it—provoking the enemy general, which was also the skill of the leading general.

And these words naturally did not fall word for all the soldiers on the city wall to hear, and for a while, there was a sound of unbridled and vulgar laughter.

Fan Mingyou's face turned pale, and he looked up at Han Zeng again, eager to drag this person down the city and break his body into pieces.

But the two were separated by a high city wall at this time, and Fan Mingyou could only think about it.

"Han Zeng, why are you here, shouldn't you be outside the Saiwai north of the Five Plains?" Fan Minh Woo pretended to be calm and asked the first sentence.

"I'm a Han general, this is a Han land, why can't this general be here?" Han Zeng doesn't say much on weekdays, but speaking these sour and strange things at this moment makes Fan Mingyou even more displeased.

"Ben will be ordered by the general and the Son of Heaven to enter Chang'an to crusade against the traitor Cai Yi, and ask General Han to open the city gate quickly and let the general's men and horses enter the city, otherwise Hugh will blame Ben for not being polite!"

Han Zeng didn't answer, and then disappeared on the city wall.

It didn't take long for the north gate of the county seat of Qixian County to really open.

For a moment, Fan Mingyou thought that this Han Zeng would really open the door and surrender.

But soon, he put away this illusion, because it was hundreds of murderous cavalry who rushed out of the city gate, forcing Fan Mingyou and Huo Shan to retreat more than a dozen feet.

When they stood still again, Pham Minh Huu's gaze crossed the galloping cavalry and landed in the city gate, where he saw layers of soldiers.

Could it be that this Han Zeng led tens of thousands of troops across thousands of miles and rushed to Qi County?

It's a fool's dream!

No way! When pigs fly!

Wuyuan is 1,700 miles away from Qi County, and it is more than 1,000 miles away from Wolf Juxu Mountain, which adds up to nearly 3,000 miles!

Even if Han Zeng's department and Fan Minhyou's department set off to return south at the same time, it would be impossible to run in front of them.

Did Han Zeng's subordinates all grow wings?

There must be a deception in this! There must be a fraud!

Fan Mingyou didn't think clearly where this deception was, and this Han Zeng patted the horse in front of him.

Han Zeng raised his hand, and the murderous knight behind him quickly restrained the war horse and ordered it to be forbidden, which was what he said.

This small detail made Fan Mingyou confirm once again that the hundreds of knights who followed behind Han Zeng were not a makeshift team.

All of a sudden, Pham Minh Woo and Han Zeng each led more than 100 cavalry to a confrontation on the west bank of the muddy water.

A little farther away are the more than 1,000 horsemen of the period men and the soldiers in the city gate.

A little farther away is the nearly 20,000 troops who conquered the north......

It was almost time, and the sun was slanting a little harder, shining on the walls, on the mountains, on the riverbeds, and on the armor...... It stains everything in the world with a layer of blood.

Fan Mingyou and Han Zeng looked at each other from afar, and they coincidentally rode forward.

It's not a fight, it's a temptation.

Fan Mingyou had to figure out how many people Han Zeng had brought.

Han Zeng's department actually arrived only two days earlier than Fan Minh You's department.

Along the way, there were no soldiers, only dust.

On October 30, Han Zeng's troops returned south one day later than Fantian's troops.

On November 13, he arrived at the border north of Gohara County, and Han De also happened to bring back the edict of the Son of Heaven on this day.

So Han Zeng was promoted from a former general to a hussar general - a military title second only to the great general, and gained the power to control the soldiers and horses in Shuofang and Liangzhou.

Subsequently, Han Zeng's troops entered Wuyuan, occupied Wuyuan County, and then divided 10,000 troops led by his partial general to garrison Wuyuan, and contain Tian Shun's department, which had not yet returned to the south.

After the arrangements were made, Han Zeng immediately led 20,000 cavalry day and night, from Wuyuan to Qiuci and then to Fushi, Gaonu, and Dunxian...... It spans several counties from south to north.

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