Under a big willow tree, several soldiers held high burning torches, illuminating this small area like daytime.

Zhang Lang and Zhang He and Dianwei surrounded a sheepskin map to discuss the next action.

Zhang Lang pointed to an area called Qingyangling, about a hundred miles southeast of Taiyuan, and said, "We are here now. If we speed up our journey, we should be able to arrive in Taiyuan before sunset tomorrow.

However, the situation in Dingxiang is critical, so we will not go to Taiyuan. We will go north tomorrow morning and rush to Dingxiang as planned to support him. We will hold on to the city, and then wait for our father and his main force to come up before fighting the Huns."

Zhang He thought and nodded, and Dian Weize said indifferently: "We will do whatever the general says."

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

Zhang Lang rolled up the sheepskin map and handed it to a swordsman standing next to him. He said to Zhang He and Dian Wei: "Everyone hurry up and rest now. I will be on the way again tomorrow morning."

The two of them agreed with their fists and prepared to go down and find a place to sleep for a while.

At this moment, the rushing sound of horse hooves broke the silence of the night and came from the northwest direction.

Zhang Lang and the other two looked in the voice and saw a scout who had been sent not long ago running towards him.

Passing through many bonfires until Zhang Lang, he held his horse and turned over. A middle-aged man dressed in the costume of an official yamen runner and jumped off the horse's back.

The scout rushed to Zhang Lang and said, "Report to General, something big happened! Taiyuan was occupied by the right wise king of the Xiongnu!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked. Dian Wei glared and shouted: "How is this possible?! Aren't the Huns trying to conquer Dingxiang? Why did they come here?!"

The scout quickly pointed to the middle-aged yamen runner he brought back and said, "This man is named Zheng Jiao, and he is the foreman of the yamen runner of Taiyuan Prefecture. He just escaped from Taiyuan not long ago. This information is what he said."

Everyone's eyes immediately gathered on the yamen runner named Zheng Jiao.

Zheng Jiao hurriedly came forward to worship Zhang Lang and said, "The villain Zheng Jiao has seen the general!"

Zhang Lang asked: "Taiyuan was really occupied by the Right Xian King of the Xiongnu? Did you escape?"

Zheng Jiao swallowed his saliva, as if he was a little scared, then nodded and said, "About a day ago, the Huns pretended to be reinforcements from our country and tricked them into opening the city gate, and then rushed in!

The prefect was caught off guard and was killed by the Huns who rushed into the government office before they had time to dispatch troops! And the more than 10,000 troops in the city were destroyed by the brutal Hun cavalry before they could organize effective resistance!…”

Then he showed grief and anger on his face and cursed: "Those hateful beasts will be killed when they see people. There are corpses everywhere on the streets. No one of the adults and children will be spared. The streets are dyed red by blood! And the end of women is even worse!..."

Speaking of this, his voice choked and he couldn't help but wiped his tears.

Dian Wei was already furious and glared and roared: "These dogs and bastards! One day they will be chopped 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 clasped his fists and said, "The villain robbed a war horse from the Huns and was lucky enough to kill him!"

The scout said at this time: "When the villain met him, they were all exhausted and lying on the ground."

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

But in this way, the problem arises. Wasn’t the Right Xian King in Dingxiang? Why did he suddenly come back here? And how could the Taiyuan defenders be so careless and be deceived by the Huns?

As soon as he thought of this, he asked Zheng Jiao: "How could the Huns fool the city gate? The defenders would not see a group of people wearing Han military uniforms and armor coming over, so they would open the city gate without asking anything, right?"

Zheng Jiao also showed confusion and shook his head and said, "The villain was not at the city gate at that time, so I don't know what the situation was."

Zhang Lang lowered his head and thought. Zhang He, who was standing beside him, asked, "Did you really see the Right Xian King?" Zhang Lang heard Zhang He's question and raised his head to look at Zheng Jiao.

Zheng Jiao nodded with certainty and said, "See! Under the Huns' big flag, the Right Xian King was dressed gorgeously and eye-catchingly! When the Right Xian King came before, the villain had seen him and would never admit his mistake!"

When Zhang Lang and Zhang He heard this, his heart couldn't help but sink. Now the battle situation has suddenly changed, making his own situation very unfavorable.

There is no need to support Dingxiang at this moment. If the Right Xianwang acted quickly enough, I am afraid that the Huns' army had already left Taiyuan and were advancing to the Shang Party.

Taiyuan is not far from Shangdang, and at the speed of the Xiongnu cavalry, it can be reached in one day. However, almost all of our own infantry are in the army, and we cannot return to support in time. If we 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 defeated and suffered heavy losses, and at the same time they failed to return to defend Shangdang in time, and Shangdang was subsequently defeated by the Right King.

In this way, the situation in Bingzhou will deteriorate completely in an instant. First, it is a blow to the morale of the people. Secondly, if the Huns occupied Shangdang, it would be equivalent to cutting off the necessary path for their main force to advance north.

The main army was originally going to rush to Dingxiang, and then cooperated with the Dingxiang defenders inside and outside to launch a decisive battle against the Hun army gathered outside the city.

However, if Shangdang loses, it will turn the battle into an embarrassing situation where the main army has to fight against the water.

What's more, the main force whose morale is frustrated is not as strong as the Xiongnu Army. If the entire army attacks after the morale of the main force is damaged, it is very likely that the main force will be defeated in an all-out manner!

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

Zhang Lang took a deep breath, looked at Zheng Jiao, and asked, "Taiyuan is only one hundred miles away. How could you run for a day while riding a horse?"

Zheng Jiao said with shame: "After escaping from the city, he ran wildly and lost his way. If he hadn't been to Daling County, he had been to the world, he wouldn't know where he was.

After that, the little man thought of telling Shangdang to warn him, so he hurried to the south... "

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

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

Zhang He said to Zhang Lang with a serious expression: "Brother, if the Huns immediately went south to Shangdang after occupying Taiyuan, the situation would become very critical! I think we should immediately give up our original plan and return to Shangdang quickly to prevent accidents!"

Zhang Lang nodded and said: "I am also worried about this. Junyi, you immediately send all scouts to closely monitor the direction of Taiyuan for movement, and also send orders to all departments to rest and cancel, set off immediately and return to Shangdang!"

Swish...! Before Zhang Lang finished speaking, a sharp sound of arrows suddenly came from not far from the northwest direction.
Chapter completed!