Wei and Jin cooks

There were many corpses lying at the city gate of Luoyang. A few birds landed on the corpses. As soon as the scouts approached, they fluttered their wings and flew up. They stayed on the city wall and turned their heads to stare sharply at the people sneaking over. look.

The further inside, the more uneasy the scouts felt.

When they reached the 100-meter mark, even the senior scout who had fought with Zhao Hanzhang several times couldn't help but feel chilled in his heart.

There were dead bodies on the road, and the shops and houses on both sides were silent. The whole city seemed to have become a dead city.

"How long..."

"Shut up, divide into two teams, one team leader, you lead four people to explore west, I will continue north and come back as soon as I find the enemy."

"yes!"

Half of the southern city was dead silent, and the scouts did not come out until almost nightfall. By this time, Ji Yuan had already arrived with his people and officially joined Zhao Erlang.

Zhao Erlang was afraid of Ji Yuan and was very depressed when he saw him. Why did he arrive so quickly? He didn't even have time to enter the city to save the emperor.

Zhao Erlang, who wanted to perform meritorious service to show off to his sister, was very depressed and complained to Xie Shi, "I said earlier that I wanted to go into the city, but you have to not allow it. Now that there are so many of us here, the enemy troops in the city must have discovered us. "

Xie Shi said: "Erlang, don't worry, I have ordered people to clear out all the positions within a radius of twenty miles from here to the south city gate. The enemy scouts will not be able to detect any news about us."

Before Zhao Erlang spoke, Ji Yuan nodded approvingly and praised: "Well done."

He looked at Erlang and said gently: "Erlang, how can you take war for granted? If you rush forward without knowing anything, wouldn't you put your own life and that of the whole army in danger if you encounter a trap?"

"But the emperor is still in the city. Sister A said she wanted to save the emperor."

"The emperor wants to save him, but I think in the girl's heart, Erlang must be more important than the emperor. How can he ignore his own safety just to save the emperor?"

Zhao Erlang thought for a while and felt that what he said made sense, "Sister A does love me."

Ji Yuan said: "Let's wait for the scouts. If everything goes well, the girl should arrive by now."

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier ran in and reported, "Mr. Ji, your troops are twenty miles away."

Ji Yuan's eyes widened and he stood up immediately, "Let's go and meet the girl."

Another person came to report, "Mr. Ji, the county guard, the scouts sent out have returned."

Ji Yuan couldn't help but laugh, "It's just right."

Zhao Hanzhang and the others drove quickly on the road and finally arrived at the outskirts of Luoyang City before it was completely dark the next day.

There were many dead bodies on the road, and birds were pecking at them. When they heard the sound of horse hooves, they fluttered their wings high in fright. Zhao Hanzhang ran quickly, and they flew right over her head...

There were also wild dogs and wolves that were so frightened that they ran around and slipped into the woods.

Bei Gongchun and Fu Tinghan followed closely behind her. From a distance, the group saw Ji Yuan and others waiting in front with torches.

Zhao Hanzhang reined in his horse, dismounted and strode towards Ji Yuan.

Zhao Erlang couldn't hold himself any longer, jumped out from Ji Yuan's side and ran towards Zhao Hanzhang, "Sister!"

Only then did Zhao Hanzhang see Zhao Erlang clearly, and raised his hand to rub his head, "Summer hasn't arrived yet, why are you so tanned?"

She almost couldn't see anyone.

Zhao Erlang said proudly: "Sister, I have wiped out all the bandits in Nanyang. Our population in Nanyang has increased by nearly 50,000."

What does this mean? Bandits are rampant in Nanyang. What is there to be happy about? Xie Shi cursed from the side.

Zhao Hanzhang patted his shoulder happily and said, "Well done."

She smiled and said: "Now that the bandits have been wiped out, let's focus on production and construction, especially farming and mulberry. We must work harder."

Zhao Erlang agreed immediately.

Zhao Hanzhang then looked at Ji Yuan and asked, "When did Mr. Ji arrive?"

"The kung fu of the front and back legs with the girl."

Zhao Hanzhang knew that he led mostly infantry, so he was slower than her, so she didn't mind. She asked Zeng Yue, Huang An and others to settle the soldiers first, and went to the main tent with Fu Tinghan first. After sitting down, she asked: "Luoyang What's the situation now?"

Zhao Erlang lowered his head and said in a low mood: "Sister, I haven't had time to go in and save the emperor."

Xie Shi said: "The scouts who went to investigate have returned."

We also captured three enemy scouts who came to investigate, and the rest were all dead.

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Let our scouts come up and talk first."

"yes."

"The south part of the city is empty. There are only dead bodies and no human voice. Every household has its doors wide open. It must have been caused by the insurrectionary army's invasion, massacre and looting."

Zhao Hanzhang pursed his lips and asked, "How is the palace?"

"The enemy troops are all gathered at the palace gate," the scout said, "divided into two camps on the left and right, about 20,000 people."

"Twenty thousand people?" Zhao Hanzhang frowned, "Didn't Liu Cong bring 20,000 people, and Wang Mi brought 30,000 people? Where are the rest?"

Ji Yuan and Xie Shi looked at each other and said nothing.

"Check!" Zhao Hanzhang said: "Find the remaining 30,000 people."

She asked: "Can the palace still hold on?"

The scout said: "I have taken a closer look. There are archers on the palace wall. It seems that there are many people. The palace door is tightly closed and there is no damage."

Zhao Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief. She looked up and looked outside, "It's dark."

Ji Yuan: "There should be no problem tonight, but now they have reached the palace gate, how can we save people?"

Zhao Hanzhang was also thinking: "How are the people in other parts of the city?"

"Keep the door closed, low-ranking officials cannot find out."

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Pull up the captured enemy scouts."

They were two Han people. Zhao Hanzhang knew at a glance, "Are you Wang Mi's people?"

The scout said nothing.

Zhao Hanzhang understood and asked: "Who will ask them for me?"

Immediately, a man came out of the queue, cupped his hands and said: "I am humbled to be able to ask questions on my behalf."

Zhao Hanzhang narrowed his eyes, "Yuan Li?"

"yes!"

Zhao Hanzhang was silent for a moment and then nodded and said, "Okay, take them down, don't kill them."

"yes."

Yuan Li immediately asked someone to drag the two of them down, and he followed them out. After a while, screams could be heard outside.

Zhao Hanzhang turned a deaf ear and said to Xie Shi: "Let's bury the pot and make rice. From yesterday to today, we have been busy all day. The soldiers are very sleepy, so let them feed the horses too."

Xie Shi bowed and said, "Yes."

Fu Tinghan also stood up and said, "I'm going to see the logistics."

Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "I'm afraid the battle in Luoyang will be difficult to win quickly. We must ensure that we have sufficient food and grass."

Fu Tinghan understood, "I will figure it out as soon as possible. Mr. Ji will also need to raise food and grass."

Ji Yuan said there was no problem.

Fu Tinghan turned around and went out. When he saw Yuan Li executing the execution, he frowned, turned his head and left.

Yuan Li just turned around and saw Fu Tinghan. He wiped the blood spattered on his face and felt the smell of iron 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 the knife I use for self-defense. One time I accidentally dug it into my fingernail and it was so painful that I realized that the knife has such a use..."

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?"