After bidding farewell to the old woman, Wei Changtian went to the pavilion in the middle of the river to find one of Han Zhao's soldiers.
The latter gave him a set of clothes, a belt, and a war horse.
Dressed like an ordinary scout, Wei Changtian rode out of the city openly and then galloped towards the south.
Although scouts belong to the scout battalion, in order to collect intelligence on a larger scale, they usually only work in groups of a few people, or simply act alone.
Therefore, he did not arouse any suspicion along the way, and soon completely escaped from the garrison range of the imperial army and rushed directly to Niutoushan.
As the closest route from Guanghan County to Shuzhou City, Niutoushan is not too far from Guanghan County. It only takes an entire night to get there if you don't stop riding.
And if it is a march, it will take almost two days.
In other words, the imperial army should arrive at Niutoushan Pass in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow.
At that time, what awaits them is a dragnet.
"call!"
The strong wind roared past my ears, and the grass trembled and fell wherever the horse swept.
Wei Changtian usually travels by car and rarely rides a horse, so he didn't dare to ride too fast at the beginning.
However, after a short period of adaptation, he gradually let go of his worries. Not only did the horse under his crotch run faster and faster, but he also slowly began to enjoy the process of "riding a fast horse".
Squinting his eyes slightly, he felt the strong wind blowing across his face, and his body rose and fell rhythmically with the rise and fall of the horse's hooves.
Wei Changtian suddenly understood why so many people liked racing in his previous life.
Speed can indeed bring people an inexplicable sense of excitement.
It's just that this "passion" is based on the "sense of danger", and the speed of the war horse is obviously not enough to make Wei Changtian feel "danger", so he lost interest as time went by.
Even a little boring.
By the way, I don’t know where Xu Suisui was teleported...
Looking at the endless wilderness ahead, the bored Wei Changtian suddenly thought of this question.
According to this woman's IQ, she should be able to judge that the Shu army successfully broke through, and she should go to Niutoushan to find her.
But after getting the new Zimu Jade, Wei Changtian sent a message to Chu Xianping and learned that Xu Suisui did not appear in Niutoushan.
In addition, there is no news about "catching the strange woman" from Han Zhao.
So...there was something delayed?
Or was the teleportation location bad? Unfortunately, he died?
After all, the Qing Jue Jade Pendant is teleported randomly, so there's no telling what river or lake it may accidentally fall into.
But Xu Suisui's luck shouldn't be so bad...
Wei Changtian muttered something in his heart and stopped thinking about it.
In other words, ever since he learned what Xu Suisui's system was, he had been deliberately controlling himself not to think about this aspect.
Because the more you think about it, the less “meaningful” some things become.
When the boundaries between "true" and "false" in the world become blurred and then unveiled layer by layer in the form of a matryoshka doll...perhaps the truth of the universe is far beyond what Wei Changtian can understand and accept.
Therefore, in order to prevent his worldview and values from collapsing, Wei Changtian decided not to think about such profound issues for the time being.
"Da da da, da da da..."
In my ears, the sound of horse hooves was scattered by the wind.
At this time, the sun has set in the west, and it will be dusk soon.
Wei Changtian raised his eyes and looked into the distance. In his eyes, he saw a rare scene of open wilderness in the south.
The mountains end with the plains, and the river flows into the wilderness.
There is not a single bird in the sky, and the wilderness at the foot of the mountain is endless, stretching far to the left and right.
A river that is not too wide flows slowly at the end of the sight, and there is a looming wooden bridge beside the river.
This is what Wei Changtian saw, the only scene left in the desolation of late autumn.
At this moment, Wei Changtian's figure among them seemed a little small and lonely. Even if he looked further away, he might only be able to see a small black dot moving slowly towards the front.
Someone once said in a previous life - the more people experience, the less they speak; the more they read, the more they understand their own ignorance.
And if combined with Wei Changtian's current experience, perhaps one more sentence can be added to this statement.
The farther you go, the more you realize how insignificant you are.
...
...
At night, Daning Capital City.
At Xu time, nearly a day had passed since Wei Xianzhi led his men to surround the palace.
Naturally, it is not possible to completely block the news for such things, not to mention that Wei Xianzhi has no intention of doing so.
Therefore, such a major event that can be called "shocking the world" has already spread to the ears of the people, and it instantly ignited public opinion.
That is to say, there is no hot search list these days, otherwise the topic "The Wei family intends to rebel" will definitely occupy the top spot for a long time.
Until another big news that overshadowed this incident suddenly came...
"Brother Feng! Have you heard? Dafeng surrendered!"
"You just know that the Beijing News published an additional report on this matter at noon today, saying that all the imperial troops have entered Fengyuan City!"
"Already entered the city? What about Emperor Dafeng? Did he escape?"
"Escape? That person is now stupid. I heard that he has been placed under house arrest by General Wu."
"Are you stupid? Tsk, tsk, tsk, you still want to be an emperor with such a temperament, no wonder Dafeng was defeated so quickly!"
"Who says it's not the case? If you ask me, it's better for us, Your Majesty..."
"Ahem! Brother Feng, be careful! Be careful that walls have ears!"
"Brother Liu, you and I are on the street now, there is no wall..."
"..."
At the juncture when Wei Xianzhi had already made it clear that he was going to confront Ning Yongnian, Dafeng's surrender was undoubtedly a timely rain, helping the latter consolidate the people's hearts that were already shaky due to the food price issue.
Destroying the enemy's country and "avenging revenge" for more than two million compatriots in Yuanzhou City... Although most of the people in Daning are currently eating one meal without finishing another, such a meal of "spiritual food" is enough to make them feel better.
Everyone was shocked.
After all, this is a good thing no matter what, and it can definitely be regarded as Ning Yongnian's eternal merits.
But just like the two people just now, most people did not dare to "blatantly" praise Ning Yongnian's good deeds.
Even Ning Yongnian himself didn't feel any excitement at all at this time, his face was as expressionless as if someone owed him a lot of money.
"Old Li, what's going on over there in Shuzhou?"
In Shiqu Pavilion, Ning Yongnian asked about the situation in Shuzhou for the fifth time today.
And Li Huaizhong quickly replied:
"Back to the emperor, General Han has led his army out of Guanghan City and headed straight for Shuzhou City."
"Um."
Nodding, Ning Yongnian looked at the map in front of him and frowned again.
Since the Battle of Shuzhou started, he has been thinking about one thing.
That's why the Shu army dared to fight head-on.
You must know that the imperial army has a total of 300,000 people, but the Shu army only has 60,000 people.
Under such a disparity in strength, Wei Changtian still dared to fight, which shows that he must have felt that he had a chance to win.
But where is this opportunity?
Ning Yongnian can only think of Dali at the moment.
However, intelligence showed that Dali only sent at most 100,000 people to Shuzhou, and the force was still far from enough.
And why did Wei Changtian defend Guanghan City? Instead of directly defending Shuzhou City?
Although there has never been a saying in wars since ancient times that "if the troops are inferior to the enemy, just don't fight at all", and there has never been a shortage of classic battles in history in which "victimizing more with less" has always been the case.
However, Ning Yongnian still felt that there was something strange about it.
"Old Li, why do you think Wei Changtian wants to defend Guanghan?"
Turning back, Ning Yongnian suddenly asked Li Huaizhong: "You know this boy's temperament better than I do. Is he the kind of person who will do things that are uncertain?"
"this......"
Li Huaizhong lowered his head and thought for a while, then replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, although this traitor is quite scheming, he often takes desperate measures."
"According to Lao Nu's opinion, the reason why he defended Guanghan City was to delay the pace of our army so that he could wait for the Li army to arrive in Shuzhou."
"Um......"
Nodding slightly, Ning Yongnian seemed to accept this only reasonable explanation.
But just before he picked up the ink pen and prepared to continue reviewing the memorial, he suddenly raised his head again and asked:
"correct."
"Which way did Han Zhao take to march into Shuzhou City?"