The officials in Zhangyu didn't know where Zhong Tian and Xiao Shang were hiding. No matter how hard Feng Jun tortured them, they couldn't answer. By the early morning of the next day, Feng Jun had almost completely destroyed Zhangyu City.
After a thorough search, they found nothing. The whereabouts of Zhong Tian and Xiao Shang were not found at all.
When the news came back to Tang Yin, the latter was furious and ordered Xiao Muqing and Ziying to continue to search with all their strength. If there was no result by nightfall, they would not have to come back. Xiao Muqing and Ziying secretly grinned. On the battlefield,
No matter what kind of difficulties and dangers they encounter, they can find ways to overcome them, but they are really not disappointed with this kind of search like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Xiao Muqing did not blindly order to continue the comprehensive search, but let all the soldiers rest temporarily. He himself went to Lotte and asked for his opinion. As far as tracing and spying were concerned, Lotte was much better than him, and Xiao Muqing also knew that.
One point. After hearing Xiao Muqing's intention, Letian frowned. Although Tang Yin did not order him to find Zhong Tian, Letian still sent most of Tianyan's spies out to inquire and investigate Zhong Tian's whereabouts, but the results were different.
Xiao Muqing and Ziying did not find any clues.
He said quietly: "There are as many as 50,000 to 60,000 residents in Zhangyu City, and the population is hundreds of thousands. With so many residences, there may be many secret passages and secret rooms where you can hide. Furthermore, most of our soldiers have not seen
If Zhong Tian himself were to put on common people's clothes, he might not be able to recognize him even standing in front of him. Therefore, asking the soldiers below to search would have little effect." Yes! What Lotte said makes sense! After listening
Xiao Muqing took a deep breath in response to Lotte's analysis, and asked, "Then... General Le, what do you think?" Lotte thought for a moment, and then said, "Zhangyucheng City must be under full martial law, whether it is night or daytime.
, all residents in the city are not allowed to go out, and then the area in the city is divided into several areas, and General Xiao personally leads the troops to search door to door. After checking one area, he seals off the other area to ensure that Zhong Tian is outside the scope of the inspection.
In this way, Zhong Tian can be dug out after all." Xiao Muqing nodded while listening, pondered for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Although General Le's idea is good, it is also quite time-consuming. Your Excellency, I want to do it.
Search out Zhong Tian before nightfall..." Letian sighed and said helplessly: "Based on the current situation, that is simply impossible. In my opinion, Zhong Tian either disguised himself as a commoner,
Or he is hiding in a very hidden place. It will take a lot of effort to find him." "Yes!" Xiao Muqing responded, and after thinking about it for a while, he bowed deeply to Letian to express his gratitude, and did not do anything more.
After delaying, he turned and left. After leaving Letian, he found Ziying again and told Ziying about Letian's method. Ziying laughed when he heard the words and praised repeatedly: "This is a good idea!" Xiao Muqing smiled bitterly and said:
"That's good, but the search will take a long time, and it will definitely miss the deadline given by the adults." Ziying smiled and said, "This is easy! We can first divide the entire city into several areas according to General Le's method.
, and then sent out several troops to investigate separately." "Inappropriate!" Xiao Muqing shook his head repeatedly and said, "Most of our soldiers have never seen Zhong Tian. What if he changes his clothes and pretends to be a commoner?"
Haha!" Ziying said with a smile: "It is true that few of General Xiao's subordinates have seen Zhong Tian, but all of my subordinates have seen Zhong Tian, and they have seen it more than once or twice. They will lead the team and split up.
Go look for it, and there will definitely be no leaks." Yeah! Xiao Muqing nodded in sudden realization, and patted his forehead twice. How could he have forgotten this? Ziying, his generals, and the regiment commanders were originally Zhong Tian's subordinates.
Naturally, he was very familiar with Zhong Tian. Even if he turned into ashes, he would still be able to recognize him! He laughed and said, "Okay! Just as General Ziying sees it!" At this time, Ziying waved his hand, making people laugh.
He took out the map of Zhangyu and took out his pen. While discussing with Xiao Muqing, he sketched on it and divided Zhangyu City into twelve blocks based on several main roads. He and Xiao Muqing checked six blocks each.
, he also lent his three generals to Xiao Muqing to assist the Pingyuan Army in searching. In return, Xiao Muqing divided the Pingyuan Army into 20,000 men and lent them to Ziying to make up for the lack of manpower in the Tianying Army.
After everything was discussed, the two men each sent their men to the city to inform the people of Zhangyu and Chongqing that the Feng Army had begun to completely seal the city. No matter who they were, they were strictly prohibited from going out, and those who violated the order would be killed without mercy. Hundreds of Feng Army soldiers
Under the orders of the two of them, the soldiers rode fast horses into the city, shuttled back and forth on the main roads and secondary roads, and kept shouting loudly to shout the order to close the city to the people in the city.
At this time, the sky was already bright. Amidst the shouts of the soldiers, it didn’t take long for people to be seen in the streets and alleys of the city. No matter the main roads, secondary roads, alleys, or alleys, they were all empty.
There are no traces of people, except for the occasional sight of groups of soldiers passing by in a hurry.
Next, the Pingyuan Army and the Sky Eagle Army began to fully enter the city. As for Xiao Muqing, he first ordered people to surround the three areas he wanted to search, and then divided his soldiers into three groups. He himself and two deputy soldiers
The captains led the teams respectively, and three other generals borrowed from Ziying were also assigned to the three teams to search separately.
The area that Xiao Muqing wanted to search was not very large, but there were thousands of residents in it. It was not that easy to search them all from beginning to end. He sighed secretly and put on his clothes.
The general and his subordinates began to search for Zhong Tian from house to house.
The partial general he brought with him was named He Peng. He had been serving under Ziying since he joined the army. He was considered to be Ziying's confidant general. Xiao Muqing asked while searching, asking He Peng what Zhongtian looked like. Don't tell me.
Among the soldiers under the Pingyuan Army, even Xiao Muqing himself had never seen Zhong Tian.
He Peng didn't know how to describe it, so he grinned and said: "Zhong Tian has a white face and a black beard. He doesn't look fat, but he's not thin either. He has a medium build!" After hearing this, Xiao Muqing's brows almost turned into knots.
, he caught a lot of people like this, but in fact he didn't say anything. But this can't be blamed on He Peng. Zhong Tian's appearance is indeed unremarkable, not ugly but not good-looking either, just ordinary and ordinary.
, to say that he is different from ordinary people, it is because of his aristocratic temperament and pampering, but it is difficult to describe it in words.
Seeing that Xiao Muqing was very dissatisfied with his answer, He Peng thought for a moment and then said: "Zhong Tian is very timid. Even when he didn't usurp the throne, every time he went out, he would always be surrounded by people, surrounded by countless guards.
I think... the current situation is so critical, Zhong Tian must have personal guards around him. Even if he doesn't bring too many people to hide his traces, they must all be spiritual martial arts masters!" The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional.
, listening to He Peng's words silently, Xiao Muqing suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and secretly said, "That's right!" Zhong Tian is famous for his timidity. When his own side fully captures Zhangyu, there will definitely be guards around him, and they must be
A guard with profound spiritual skills.
Thinking of this, Xiao Muqing immediately stopped and called the herald, asking him to go to the other two teams and order them to use the power of insight during the search to detect the presence of spiritual cultivators. Then,
He also arranged for his subordinates to follow him in taking turns to release insights.
Insight is the most basic auxiliary skill of the light spiritual weapon. It does not consume much spiritual energy, but it is not something that ordinary spiritual practitioners can afford if it is released continuously for a long time.
Xiao Muqing and Ziying personally dispatched and led the Pingyuan Army and Tianying Army to search hard all morning, but still found nothing. By the afternoon, Tang Yin could not sit still in the camp, entered the city to find Xiao Muqing, and followed him
Search for Zhong Tian.
Tang Yin's arrival did not bring good luck to Xiao Muqing. When it was almost evening, Zhong Tian's whereabouts was still not found. At this time, Xiao Muqing took out the map and looked at it carefully. At first, he and Ziying had negotiated to act separately. It felt like a day
He could search the entire city of Zhangyu in almost half a day, but in actual practice, he realized that it was far from that simple. One day passed quickly, and he didn't even finish searching a single area.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and the soldiers of the Feng Army had lit torches one after another and searched until nightfall. Zhong Tian could not find it, but the soldiers below could not stand it anymore. They had not slept for two days and one night, and they were running around fighting continuously.
, without even taking a good bite of the meal, they were already exhausted, and everyone looked listless, as if they could fall asleep standing up.
Now Tang Yin could finally understand the difficulties that Xiao Muqing and Ziying encountered. It was not that they were not dedicated or incompetent, but that it was really difficult to find a few people in the city. He turned to look at Xiao Muqing, and then
His face was also full of fatigue. If you listened carefully, Xiao Muqing's stomach was still beating from time to time.
Tang Yin asked casually: "Xiao Muqing, have you had lunch?" Xiao Muqing was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly replied: "Sir, not yet." "Yes!" Tang Yin nodded, walked out of the alley, and stood on the main road.
Looking around, he saw a small restaurant not far away. He waved to Xiao Muqing behind him and said, "It just so happens that I haven't eaten either, so I'll take you generals with me and let's go have something to eat together."
Yes, suspend the search and let the soldiers take a rest first!" "Yes! Sir!" After hearing this, Xiao Muqing sighed and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to stay where they were and rest. In addition, he told his men to return to the camp immediately.
Organize people to deliver all the meals prepared in the camp to the city so that the soldiers can fill their stomachs. People are iron and food is steel. No matter how difficult the task is, it is important to eat enough first, otherwise the soldiers will not have the strength to do it.
live.
After everything was explained, Xiao Muqing followed Tang Yin and walked towards the restaurant in front. When he got close, Xiao Muqing looked up and felt a little cold. Since Feng Jun had ordered the city to be closed, the people in the city were not allowed to leave their homes, and the small restaurant was closed.
There was no opening, and the doors and windows were all closed.
"Sir, I think we should go back to the camp to eat!" Xiao Muqing said with a wry smile.