On Tuoluo City, Li Cunxiao stood as tall as a spear, looking up into the distant wilderness, his face gloomy, and he looked a little lost.
"Yan Zhang, have the scouts sent out come back?"
"Come back to the commander-in-chief, he hasn't returned yet!"
Hearing this, Li Cunxiao nodded lightly. After the battle in Taluo City, the Flying Tiger Army retreated to Tuoluo City. Ten days ago, the scouts sent news that reinforcements from the Hill Empire had appeared in Taluo City.
Li Cunxiao knew that the enemy was preparing to counterattack, so he sent hundreds of scouts out of the city to investigate the situation. Five days passed, and there was no news from them. An ominous premonition arose in his heart.
"Commander, don't worry too much. The general has sent scouts to Shunming County. I believe Ming Guogong's army will arrive soon."
Wang Yanzhang spoke, and suddenly a soldier walked quickly towards the two of them, stepped forward and saluted with his fist: "Commander, the scout is back."
"Well!"
Li Cunxiao felt a little strange. Logically speaking, the scouts should enter the city through the east gate. He waited here specially, but the scouts entered through other gates. This was a bit strange.
"Wherever the scout is, take me there immediately!"
Li Cunxiao stood up, fluffing his sleeves, and strode towards the bottom of the city. The soldiers who were following him replied: "The scouts have returned from the west gate and are waiting at the general's residence."
A little while.
The rumble of horse hoofs sounded on the long street, and Li Cunxiao and Wang Yanzhang galloped forward and disappeared at the end of the street.
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In half a month, the army from Aurora City finally arrived at Taichu City. Qi Jiguang and Zhou Yu were unable to do anything at the moment, so they could only let the three Ruan brothers greet the army in the city.
Nowadays.
The vanguard army of the Bright Empire has launched an attack on the villages and passes outside Taichu City. Zhou Yu and Qi Jiguang are currently guarding the last pass in Taichu City, called "Kuaisha Pass".
After Emperor Chu, Zhuge Liang, and Zhang Liang entered the city, they stationed four armies outside the city. The approach to Taichu City was not as continuous as the three cities of War King, Aurora, and Longhuang.
Taichu was just a corner of the border, and the city could not accommodate the soldiers of the three armies. In addition, the city was in chaos, and messy people could be seen everywhere.
"General Ruan Xiaoer, please pay homage to Your Majesty!"
When Emperor Chu was confused, Ruan Xiaoer came and raised his hand to signal him to stand flat. Emperor Chu pointed his finger across the street and asked:
"General Ruan, why are there so many people in the city?"
"Your Majesty, five days ago the Vanguard Army of the Light Empire suddenly began to massacre the people in the villages outside the city. They broke through the pass and the massacre was endless."
"These people came here fleeing for their lives. General Qi and General Zhou allowed them to take refuge in the city temporarily."
"I see!"
Emperor Chu nodded lightly, and when he was about to look away from the people, he noticed something strange, but he did not say anything to tell the truth.
"Where are General Ruan, General Qi and General Zhou now?"
"Back to Your Majesty, in the Kuangsha Pass thirty miles away from the West City, this pass is the last barrier of Taichu City. Two generals are leading the Qi family's army to kill the enemy."
Emperor Chu remembered that Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and Ma Chao were also in the army. The five tiger generals were all there, and they could still let the commander of the Bright Vanguard Army march in.
"The Five Tiger Generals are also at Kuangsha Pass?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the five generals are not at Kuangsha Pass. They are guarding Muke Village near Taichu Port to resist the enemy troops coming off the Tianhe treasure ship."
"Muke Village?"
Emperor Chu felt that the name sounded familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had heard it. With the war raging ahead, he couldn't think of anything else.
"Wei Qing and Li Jing listened to the order and ordered you two to lead the army and set off immediately to Kuangsha Pass to assist General Qi in defeating the Bright Vanguard Army!"
"Di Xin, Jia Fu, and Bai Qi led their troops to Muke Village, and together with the five tiger generals, prepared to face the main force of the Light."
"Xue Rengui obeyed the order and led his troops to be responsible for the defense of the four cities. In the next period of time, Taichu City will be the base of this war. There must be no mistakes."
The deployment was completed in an instant, and the generals took orders to take action. Emperor Chu led Zhuge Liang, Zhang Liang, and Cao Zhengchun forward along the long street.
"Your Majesty, the residence has been arranged. You can go and rest at any time!"
Na Ya'a came quickly and said with a fist, Emperor Chu waved his hand to signal him to step back first and looked sideways at Zhuge Liang.
"Kong Ming, what makes you sad?"
Emperor Chu noticed that Zhuge Liang's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, looking worried, and he knew in his heart that he must have discovered a clue.
"Your Majesty, these people........."
"They are all homeless people. Send an order to Heshen to give them some food rations. We can't let them go hungry."
"Kong Ming, the residence has been arranged. I am a little tired. How about you two dear friends come with me to the mansion to discuss it?"
Emperor Chu interrupted Zhuge Liang and asked them to go to the mansion. How smart were Kong Ming and Zhang Liang to know that the long street was not a place to talk.
"I will obey the Holy Order!"
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A little while.
Na Ya'a led Emperor Chu and his entourage to appear outside the arranged mansion. The building in front of him was majestic and magnificent, backed by mountains stretching thousands of miles. Emperor Chu could tell at a glance that this place should be the palace of Emperor Devouring Heaven in Taichu City.
"Your Majesty, everything is arranged properly. The Yulin Army is responsible for the safety of the palace."
"Kong Ming, Zifang, let's go and see the palace where Emperor Devouring Heaven used to live!"
The two of them followed Emperor Chu into the palace. The overall building of the palace was built with "Nine Dragon Hall" and "Suzaku Hall" as the central axis. It was built according to the direction of the mountain peaks and local conditions. It was majestic and majestic, just like a heavenly palace.
At the same time, the palace architecture is closely integrated with the surrounding cliffs, winding water, lush forests and other elegant scenery. The majestic blue-tiled and white-walled palace complements each other with the green colors of thousands of peaks.
Nine flying dragons are entrenched in the main hall, lifelike, as if they are soaring in the clouds and mist at any time, soaring in the sky.
"Your Majesty, I really didn't expect that there would be such an ingenious palace in the small Taichu City. It's really eye-opening."
Zhang Liang's voice of approval rang out, and he looked around from time to time, completely immersed in astonishment.
About half an hour later, Emperor Chu brought the two of them to the Hall of Supreme Harmony. After gesturing for the two of them to sit down, he said directly: "Although the sparrows in Taichu City are small and well-equipped, the Heaven-devouring Emperor has been here for many years. Having such a palace is not a big deal.
strangeness."
"Just like the people in the city, they look ragged and hungry, but they are ferocious beasts dormant in the city, and they will launch fatal attacks inadvertently."
"It turns out that His Majesty has discovered it a long time ago."
Zhuge Liang was shocked. Previously, he noticed that the people in the city were not simple, because these people looked poor, but their eyes could not deceive anyone.
His eyes were as sharp as a hawk, which was definitely not possessed by ordinary people. Zhuge Liang specially observed them. Although he deliberately kept his aura restrained, the murderous aura he had experienced in the battlefield would still be revealed unconsciously.
"When entering the city, General Ruan mentioned that the Bright Vanguard Army massacred people. After these refugees entered the city, they were obviously Li Daitaojiang and wanted to lurk in the city."
"It stands to reason that after they entered the city, they should have taken control of Taichu City in their own hands as soon as possible, but they did not do so. Therefore, Wei Chen made a bold guess along the way that these people were hiding in the city to do harm to His Majesty."
"Want to wait for an opportunity to assassinate me?"
When Emperor Chu heard Zhuge Liang's analysis, his face was calm and calm, without the slightest fear, because he guessed that assassination was just one of the purposes of these people. (To be continued)