Chapter 25 Empty City

There are two roads from Guanjia Town to Honglin City. One way is to go from the west gate of Guanjia Town and go north along the west side of Heiyun Mountain. There are two hills on the way. The other way is to go out from the east gate of Guanjia Town and go northeast along the east side of Heiyun. You don't need to cross any hills, but you have to go through three short canyons.

After thinking over and over again, Xiao Yu finally decided to leave from the west gate of Guanjia Town and go over the mountain to Honglin City.

At two o'clock, Xiao Yu led 1,000 blood tiger guards and 36,000 soldiers to leave Guanjia Town from the west gate of Guanjia Town.

In addition to Xia Yu, who followed Xiao Yu in the dark, there were also Wu Tianxiao, Tang Yuansong, Tang Qingyun, and Li Che and Huang Shen, who were named as partial generals by Xiao Yu.

The army's travel brings great evil spirit, so most of the birds and beasts will avoid far away wherever the army passes.

According to the abnormality of birds and beasts, some experienced spies can know that an army is coming before the army arrives.

In ancient and modern times, in any battle between large armies, before the war, the defending side will probably guess when the attacking side will come back.

For this reason, Xiao Yu did not ask Xia Yu to clear the Honglin City spies on the way from Guanjia Town to Honglin City, but only asked him to remove the traps on their way forward.

At the beginning of Xu, Xiao Yu led more than 30,000 people across the second mountain on the road from Guanjia Town to Honglin City and came to an abandoned mountain village about 223 miles away from Honglin City.

Xiao Yu is confident that he can easily defeat Honglin City, but he still understands that he does not mean to travel for two nights.

After the soldiers set up camp, Xiao Yu inquired about Chen Mao, the new general of Honglin City, from Wu Tianxiao in the camp tent.

"How much does Brother Wu know about Chen Mao?"

Wu Tianxiao thought for a while and muttered, "As far as I know, Chen Mao fought with Fu Mingshan for seven or eight years before he came to Honglin City. He was a very capable and courageous person. He won't lose any big losses even if he lost all the battles he fought."

Xiao Yu frowned gently, looked at Wu Tianxiao and asked, "Is there a master of Changsheng around Chen Mao to protect him?"

"At that time, my subordinates went to Honglin City just to inquire about the whereabouts of the rebels. They did not enter the general's mansion of Honglin City, and I don't know if there was any master protection around him."

"In common sense, Fu Mingshan should send one or two masters of Longevity to protect Chen Mao."

After saying her guess, Xiao Yu looked at Wu Tianxiao and asked casually, "Brother Wu, did you hear about your disciple in Honglin City that day?"

"I heard it! According to the soldiers of Honglin City who participated in the fight that day, the rebels under him should have used some secret methods to blow themselves up.

When Xiao Yu heard this, she was silent for a while and said in a low voice, "It's a pity that we didn't care about the disciple that day. Otherwise, we will definitely torture him after we catch him. In this way, Brother Wu may be able to see him."

Wu Tianxiao stared at Xiao Yu for a moment, shook his head and said, "What if I see him? He died of self-explosion, so as not to embarrass me.

Xiao Yu was concerned about the matter between Wu Tianxiao and Lin Yutang, but she was worried that his inquiry would arouse Wu Tianxiao's disgust. She hesitated for a moment and didn't say what she said.

After talking to Xiao Yu about some special places to pay attention to in Honglin City and around Honglin City, Wu Tianxiao left.

Not a while after Wu Tianxiao left, Xia Yu, who had changed into a crow, flew to the camp.

He did not incarnate into a human form. As soon as he flew to Xiao Yu, Xia Yu told the news he had heard.

"Chen Mao took the defenders of Honglin City and left Honglin City with a large amount of grain and ironware at noon. At this time, Honglin City had become an isolated city."

Xiao Yu frowned, looked at Xia Yu and asked, "Have you heard where they are now?"

"I was in a hurry to come back to tell you the news, and I didn't look for their trace."

Xiao Yu thought for a while and said, "Chen Mao abandoned the city and left because he knew that he could not defend Honglin City. He is most likely to retreat from Honglin City to two cities, one is Xiye City and the other is Yunchang City.

"These two cities are not close to Honglin City!"

Xiao Yu nodded and looked at Xia Yu and said in a low voice, "Now please go to the road from Honglin City to Xiye City first. If you don't find out their news, then go to Honglin City to Yunchang City to inquire. After hearing the news of Chen Mao and his party, you can come to us on the Shandong side of Buxiang.

"The Lord is not going to occupy Honglin City?"

"Honglin City should be occupied, and at the same time, Chen Mao cannot be allowed to take away all the materials of Honglin City."

"My subordinates are going to talk about Chen Mao's whereabouts!"

When Xiao Yu replied, Xia Yu turned into a blood light and flew away.

As soon as Xia Yu flew away, Xiao Yu sent an order outside and asked several blood tiger guards outside the door to protect the tent to hand over Wu Tianxiao, Li Che, Huang Shen, Tang Yuansong and Tang Qingyun to the tent.

After everyone arrived, Xiao Yu first said in a low voice to Wu Tianxiao, "Brother Wu, please be the person who delivers food for a while and go back to Guanjia Town to get some food to Honglin City."

Wu Tianxiao was stunned for a moment and said in a low voice, "I'm going to Guanjia Town now!"

"You've got it!"

After Wu Tianxiao left, Xiao Yu looked at Li Che and ordered, "General Li is now leading 6,000 people to Honglin City to reach Honglin City within an hour to stabilize the situation in Honglin City before dawn."

Li Che was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiao Yu and asked, "General, what's the change in Honglin City?"

Xiao Yu nodded and looked at Li Che and others and said in a low voice, "Chen Mao played an abandoned city for us and fled. Now Honglin City has become an empty city."

"Abandoned the city and fled? Chen Mao may not be too timid!"

Hearing Li Che's words, Tang Yuansong shook his head and said, "After the general defeated some cities east of Yunshan County, he trained almost all the soldiers into his own soldiers. In order not to let the general get more soldiers, and also to make a big trouble for the general, Chen Mao's move to abandon the city and escape was extremely wonderful.

After Tang Yuansong's voice fell, Xiao Yu looked at Tang Qingyun and said, "Miss Tang, please go to Honglin City with General Li. If most of Langzhong in Honglin City has been taken away by Chen Mao, I hope that Miss Tang can work harder and do Langzhong for those people in Honglin City who need Langzhong to see a doctor.

"Qingyun takes the order!"

Nodding her head with a smile to Tang Qingyun, Xiao Yu said in a low voice, "Now let's divide our troops and see if it's his clever plan or a better plan."

Although the soldiers were a little strange and a little dissatisfied with the night's journey, the soldiers were used to and obeying orders. Therefore, as soon as Xiao Yu's order was issued, the soldiers were ready to rush again.

He saluted Xiao Yu from afar, and Li Che led 6,000 soldiers to rush in the direction of Honglin City.

As soon as Li Che moved, Xiao Yu followed.

On the way to Buxiang Mountain, Huang Shen and Tang Yuansong tried several times to ask Xiao Yu how they knew that Honglin City had become an empty city, but they hesitated for a few times, but they did not say the questions in their hearts.

Xiao Yu also knew that Huang Shen and others were curious about knowing that Honglin City had become an empty city. However, they did not ask, and naturally he would not take the initiative to make up a lie to them.

Li Che has been leading the army for many years and has rich experience in leading troops. He knows how to catch the fastest night road, and it is the least likely to arouse the disgust of his soldiers.

When there were still 17 or 18 miles away from Honglin City, Li Che told that Honglin City was an empty city.

Hearing that they were going to receive an empty city without defenders, the soldiers were excited and didn't care about rushing at night.

After separating from Xiao Yu, Li Che appeared outside Honglin City with 6,000 people in less than an hour.

At this time, Chen Mao's flag was still hanging on Honglin City, but it was dark on the wall, not even a lantern or a torch.

With Li Che's eyesight, when he was more than 20 feet away from the gate, he could see the situation on the city wall.

As Xiao Yu said, Honglin City has become an empty city, and even a guard of Honglin City can't be seen above the wall.

After frowning and meditating for a while, Li Che said in a low voice to the two on the left, "Liu Quan and Wan Li, you take 50 people in and open the door!"

"Yes!"

They answered together. Liu Quan and Wan Li waved behind them and ran to the city wall with 50 soldiers each.

The southwest is mountainous, and the army usually carries flying claws when marching.

If there are guards on the wall, the flying claws will have no effect at all when attacking the city; but if there is no one on the wall, this kind of flying claw used for rock climbing can play a great role.

After a while, Liu Quan and Wan Li entered the Red Forest City with a hundred soldiers.

The gate is blocked by many large boxes full of big stones. If it is attacked from the outside, it is difficult to open the gate; if it is opened from the inside, it is just a little effort.

After the gate opened, Li Che took the soldiers into the Red Forest City.

With many years of experience on the battlefield, not long after entering Honglin City, Li Che smelled a faint smell of blood.

He frowned slightly, and Li Che said to Wang Tian in a low voice, "Wang Tian, you take 500 people to guard the West Gate. Only ordinary people are allowed to come out and block all the people who look like ruffians."

"Yes!"

Wang Tian just left with 500 soldiers, and Li Che ordered the other five generals to lead the troops to patrol around, and then took most of the soldiers to the general's mansion.

As soon as a group of 3,000 people entered the general's mansion, a fire suddenly broke out in the general's mansion.

Li Che's face changed and he ordered the soldiers, "Surround the whole general's mansion, remove all the flammable things around the general's mansion, and don't let the fire burn to other places."

The general's mansion in Honglin City is in the center of Honglin City. If there is a small wind, the fire in the general's mansion is likely to burn outside the general's mansion.

After a while there was a fire in the general's mansion, there was a light wind in Honglin City.

However, at this time, some flammable things near the general's mansion were removed by the soldiers according to Li Che's order, so the fire in the general's mansion finally failed to burn outside the general's mansion.