The young general led the woman and continued north, while Long Chen led the troops and continued south.
After walking for a few miles, Long Chen put out the torch and continued walking south quietly.
"Sir, why don't you kill those?"
Bai Tingting felt dissatisfied when she saw that the young general had multiple wives and daughters.
"A small impatience will mess up a big plan. Besides, this is their internal matter in Xixia and has nothing to do with us."
Long Chen knew that those people were not things, but he couldn't be a saint.
The Western Xia poisoned the people of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and wanted to take revenge and attack their own people. This is an internal conflict and should be ignored.
Captain Leng Yu also said: "If we take action, Shi Le will definitely find out, and none of us will be able to leave by then."
Bai Tingting sighed and said nothing more.
In the middle of the night, after finally breaking out of Shi Le's encirclement, Long Chen found a place and ordered the entire army to sleep and rest.
Shi Le led his troops and horses to the north and met many people who had escaped from Yuncheng on the way.
They all said that Long Chen was in Yuncheng and was killing people and setting fire to destroy the city walls.
Shi Le became even more convinced that Long Chen was in Yuncheng and ordered the entire army to advance at full speed.
Monk Kongji was the same. When he learned from the refugees that Long Chen was still there, he was even more overjoyed and sped towards Yuncheng.
The two armies of 250,000 men marched towards Yuncheng, and it was already getting light.
Shi Le took Shi Haoran and Lu Qichang to the outside of Yuncheng and saw the destroyed city walls and gates. Except for a few civilians, it was already an empty city.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Master has arrived!"
Monk Kongji rode over and said, "I'm a poor monk, pay homage to your Majesty."
Shi Le waved his hand and said: "No need to be polite, search!"
The army surrounded the dilapidated Yuncheng and then entered the city to search from all sides.
The stewardess and Shi Haoran led a group of guards and walked inside surrounded by Shi Le.
Walking through the streets, you can see the killed defenders, but not the killed civilians.
Captain Mao Jian followed the team and felt strange in his heart, why did Long Chen capture the city but didn't go on a killing spree?
"Boss, why wasn't there a massacre of the city?"
"Yeah, it just destroyed the city. It's really weird."
Mao Jian scolded in a low voice: "Shut up, I don't know. We met but didn't recognize him. Be careful to behead him!"
The men then shut up and followed the team to continue searching.
Shi Le searched it all over and finally entered the commander's mansion, but saw no trace of Long Chen at all.
"This guy ran away."
Kongji was disappointed.
Looking at the body on the ground of the commander's residence, Shi Le sat down in the main hall, and Lu Qichang ordered his men to move the body out.
Kong Ji sat down and said disappointedly: "This guy really ran away from the north."
Shi Haoran said angrily: "Father, this Shi Tao has failed in his duty to protect the land and should be killed!"
If Shi Tao could hold on, Long Chen wouldn't have killed him here and would have fled to the grassland from here.
Monk Kongji sighed: "It's useless to talk about this anymore, the person has already run away."
Privy Councilor Lu Qichang said: "Did Long Chengen really run north? Could he have slipped out of our gap?"
Kong Ji shook his head, unable to answer this question.
Hong Zheng ran over and said, "Your Majesty, Master, a living person was found in the backyard."
The prince Shi Haoran immediately went to the backyard and carried the person over. It was Yuncheng military advisor.
"This is Military Advisor Su He."
Someone recognizes the military advisor.
Kong Ji looked at the dying military advisor Su He, and immediately took out a pill and fed it to him, and also gave him some water.
Su He calmed down, opened his eyes, and said with difficulty: "Long Chengen went north with the intention of entering the Eastern Zhou Dynasty from Youguan and returning to Jade Buddha Pass."
After hearing this, Shi Le looked disappointed and sighed: "Let this guy run away!"
Shi Haoran was unwilling to give in and said: "Father, I request you to lead three thousand troops to pursue us!"
Monk Kongji immediately objected: "Your Majesty, not allowed!"
Shi Haoran argued: "National Master, Long Chengen only has 500 troops. If we don't pursue him at this time, we are letting the tiger return to the mountain!"
Kong Ji said: "Long Cheng'en has many tricks and tricks. The prince must not take risks. Two of the three disciples of the poor monk were killed and one was instigated to rebel. This officer is too cunning!"
This statement left Shi Haoran speechless.
Shi Le sighed: "That's it, let's just leave. We destroyed the Eastern Zhou Dynasty's rear, and Long Cheng'en took revenge on us. It's a draw."
Shi Le felt that the two sides were even, but Kong Ji didn't feel it in his heart.
The two disciples sent there, Shi Ming and Fa Ming, were killed, the Zhenguo Temple was burned, and Yuncheng was destroyed, but Long Chen only lost a dozen cavalrymen. This loss was completely different.
"If we had found out earlier, this guy would have been dead!"
Shi Haoran said sadly.
Hong Zheng immediately said: "Your Highness, a school captain in Yuncheng met Long Chengen on the way, but he let them go."
Shi Haoran heard this and said angrily: "Kill!"
Hong Zheng immediately went out and ordered Mao Jian to be killed, but these people got the wind and rode their horses over the ruined city wall and ran north into the grassland.
"National Master, what are your plans now?"
Shi Le asked about Kongji.
"The poor monk thought that he would attack Jade Buddha Pass head-on!"
Privy Councilor Lu Qichang said: "The Jade Buddha Pass is strong, so a frontal attack is probably not a good idea."
Kong Ji said: "No, a frontal attack is the best strategy."
"Long Chengen is the best at sneak attacks. Although I will suffer more casualties in a frontal attack, the advantage is a sure win."
"If you use other strategies, you will probably make mistakes."
In fact, Kongji couldn't think of any other way.
Shi Le agreed with Kong Ji's statement that although a frontal attack would cause heavy casualties, it would be relatively stable.
"Okay, I agree. Let's gather our troops to the Jade Buddha Pass now. While Long Cheng'en is still on the grassland, we will attack first."
Lu Qichang and Hong Zheng reorganized their troops and immediately fought back to Jade Buddha Pass.
"Father, what should we do in Yuncheng?"
Shi Haoran looked at the dilapidated Yuncheng and felt sad.
Shi Le said: "Ignore him, wait until you break the Jade Buddha Pass, then come back and rebuild it again."
The soldiers and horses gathered together, and the 250,000-strong army marched back to Jade Buddha Pass.
The morning sun rose, and taking advantage of the slight coolness in the morning, Long Chen mounted his horse and led the cavalry to continue marching toward the southeast.
"Sir, where are we going?"
Bai Tingting didn't know where Long Chen's goal was.
Leng Yu smiled and said: "If I guess correctly, your goal is Panhe Palace."
There is a fertile wetland in the south of Xixia, where there is a palace built by Shi Le, which is used to escape the heat in summer.
"Yes, I will take my brothers to enjoy the treatment of a king."
The cavalry behind them were very happy when they heard that they were attacking the palace.
"With Dazhuguo, you can enjoy everything!"
Five hundred cavalrymen headed south like the wind.
In a day and a half, Long Chen arrived at Panhe.
The water and grass here are luxuriant, which is different from the desert in the north.
“It feels like Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall.”
Bai Tingting looked at the scattered cattle and sheep, as well as the mountains, forests and grasslands, and her mood improved.
"Look over there."
Long Chen pointed to a mountain in the distance, and there was a palace halfway up the mountain.
"Is that the palace?"
"Yes, that's right there."
Colonel Leng Yu once visited here and drew a map.
"Let's go, let's be kings for once!"
Long Chen led the cavalry and rushed to Panhe Palace.
