"Song Bing, it's Song Bing!" Lu Cheng immediately shouted in a low voice, with an expression on his face as if he had seen a ghost: "Why did Song Bing come here?"

Zhao Tong looked solemn and looked down the city again. He saw the group of men and horses stopping a stone's throw away from the city. Although he could see the shape of the opponent's armor from this distance, he couldn't see the face of the leading general clearly.

Who brought this team?

Lu Cheng's expression was extremely ugly. He called a few soldiers around him and said hurriedly: "Immediately go to the palace and the Prime Minister's Mansion to deliver a message, saying that the Song army has arrived at the city... there are about two to three thousand cavalry!"

Several soldiers took the order and ran quickly to the city. Lu Cheng wiped the sweat from his head, looked at Zhao Tong and said: "General Li, why do you think this Song army came to Luzhou? This shouldn't be the case. There are people on all three roads.

With our army, especially on the east route, if General Duan Wu had discovered the Song army just a few days after setting off, he would have sent detective horses back to report it."

Zhao Tong took a few steps forward. Although he still couldn't see clearly the face of the leader of the forbidden army, he could see the flag next to the torch, raised high and drawing three circles in a row.

His heart suddenly relaxed and he said slowly: "General Lu, could it be that something happened to General Duan Wu so that the Song army could come to Luzhou?"

Lu Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "This is also possible, otherwise this is a lone army, and coming here would mean death!"

Zhao Tong said: "General Duan Wu left with ten thousand soldiers. If something happens to so many people, then Marshal Gong Duan..."

Having said this, Zhao Tong looked at Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng suddenly shivered and said, "General Li, do you mean that Marshal Gong was defeated?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "I didn't say that. It's just that the Song soldiers went deep in alone. Where did they get the courage? The military situation ahead is definitely not optimistic."

Lu Cheng gritted his teeth and suddenly said fiercely: "I don't believe it anymore. The Song Army was so weak before. We defeated it twice when we attacked. What's so surprising about this time? The Prime Minister said so about the Song Army."

There is no difference from before, so there is nothing to worry about. If this Song army does not know whether to live or die and dares to show off its power, there will be no return for it!"

Zhao Tao looked at him and said: "The Prime Minister is right. The Song Army must still be the same Song Army. Even if the commander has been changed, the fighting will definitely be different from before."

Lu Chengdao: "General Li said that Qi King Zhao Yu? Didn't he say that this man was under twenty years old and was just bluffing?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and sighed softly: "It's hard to say in court, but I have been to Tokyo, but I heard that the king of Qi, Zhao Tong, is a rare young talent with his military strategy and Yushu Linfeng!"

Lu Cheng was stunned and said: "Is that really so?"

Zhao Tong nodded and said: "That's the case, General Lu, think about it, who can be accepted as a personal disciple by Zhou Tong? How can he be an ordinary person? That Grandmaster Zhou is a proud prince. If he doesn't have real skills, let alone

The prince, even if he is the prince, he will not take a second look..."

"Yeah!" Lu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "That's true. What Grandmaster Zhou likes is not just an ordinary person!"

"That's the truth." Zhao Tong nodded and said: "So the Song army outside the city definitely didn't come here to show off their power and die because of their hot heads. I guess there must be changes in the front!"

Lu Chengdao: "So, let's not mention Marshal Gong for the moment, but something must have happened to General Duan Wu?"

Zhao Tong said: "I guess so. Otherwise, if the 10,000-strong army on the east road were marching north, how could these Song troops come over? General Lu, please be optimistic. These are cavalry and cannot cross mountains, unlike infantry.

Sneaking through the small roads, these cavalry can only take the main road!"

Lu Cheng touched his stubble-covered face and asked in confusion: "What happened to the five generals during that period?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and sighed: "Yes, what happened to General Duan Wu?"

The two looked at each other, and Lu Cheng couldn't believe in his heart that Duan Wu and his 10,000-strong army were quietly wiped out by the other party just a few days after leaving. But if not, the appearance of these Song troops in front of him

There is no way to explain.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly said: "General, general, they are leaving!"

"Leaving?" Lu Cheng looked down the city and saw that the two to three thousand Song Army cavalry actually turned their horses and ran away into the distance. It didn't take long before they completely disappeared into the darkness.

But the more this happened, the heavier Lu Cheng's heart became, and he couldn't help but said: "General Li, I want to go into the palace to see the king, can you come with me?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "We can't let anything go wrong in Beicheng. Only one of us can leave at this moment. If we both leave, it would be inappropriate if the Song army comes back to harass us!"

Lu Cheng gritted his teeth and said: "This is a serious matter. I must meet with the king to inform him. Since General Li is the defense envoy of Luzhou, he can also guard the city gate. I will help General Li suppress it here for a while while I go to the palace."

I’ll come back after the report!”

Zhao Tong looked at him and said: "It's okay to suppress Beicheng on behalf of General Lu, but General Lu has to leave quickly, otherwise if something happens, if I can't make the decision and cause any trouble, it will be General Lu's responsibility!"
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When Lu Cheng heard this, he thought to himself that although Li Fei was very skilled in martial arts, he was unwilling to take responsibility, but whatever, even if the cavalry that just ran away came back, they probably wouldn't be able to cause much trouble. After all, there were only two or three thousand

People, without vehicles and baggage, can't attack the city at all. They can just go back home.

He cupped his fists at Zhao Tong and said, "If something really happens, I won't drag General Li down!"

Zhao Tong said: "That's good. General Lu, go and come back quickly."

Lu Cheng turned around and walked down the city wall. Zhao Tao watched his back disappear, and then came to the edge of the stack again, looking at the vast night in the distance, and fell into deep thought.

Although I don’t know who the general of the cavalry team just now is, since the other party has played a semaphore, everything is in his calculation.

Two days ago in the morning, he sent Huang Gu out.

Although it was uncertain whether Zongze would send troops to attack Luzhou, he always had to be prepared to prevent Zongze from actually sending troops and losing contact with the inside and outside.

He asked Huang Gu to hide and wait on Luzhou East Road. If the Song army really came, contact him and describe the situation in the city, and then find a way to inform him.

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As for how to inform himself, he and Huang Gu agreed that in the future, he would stay at the top of the North City at midnight for a period of time. If there was an army coming, it would be convenient to send out flags outside the city.

As for how to display the semaphore and what each action represents, Zhao Tong and Huang Gu had already discussed this. There are many semaphores on the battlefield. If it is a specially agreed semaphore, outsiders cannot see the specific meaning.

Moreover, the flags set by Zhao Tong and Huang Guding are relatively simple, without any special movements or revealing any tricks.

For example, the Song Army flag outside the city just now drew three circles. First, Zhao Tong knew that Huang Gu had contacted the opponent, and secondly, the opponent had more than 3,000 cavalry.

In this way, Zhao Tong has an idea in his mind. Huang Gu will inform the other party of the general situation in Luzhou City, including any positions in his family and the rights he holds. He will even inform the other party about his own people at the West City Gate.<

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As for what plan the other party will draw up to attack Luzhou, they will also give a rough outline of the plan again at the right time, so that each other knows what it is.

Zhao Tong stood at the top of the city and did not move for a long time. The city was now as empty as a field. Since Duan Wu led his troops away, there were no more troops stationed outside the city. All the rebel troops had retreated to the city. Only scouts were sent out every day to look around.

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But now it seems that at least the scouts on the east road have been discovered and killed, otherwise the three thousand cavalry would not have been able to run directly to Luzhou City.

As for what was happening on Duan Wu's side, Zhao Tong actually couldn't tell. However, Wang Qing did not receive the military report sent back by Duan Wu, and Gong Duan's military report did not mention Duan Wu. It is possible that the two did not meet up.

Just as Zhao Tong was deep in thought, the sound of rapid footsteps suddenly came from behind.

He turned around and saw many people coming up from the city. The leader was Prime Minister Li Zhu, followed by Duan Er, Fan Quan and other ministers of the DPRK.

There was no expression on Li Zhu's face, which was completely different from the usual warm spring breeze. He walked quickly to the battlements and looked out.

Zhao Tong said: "Prime Minister!"

Li Zhu glanced down and said: "General Li, Song Bing left and never came back?"

Zhao Tong said: "I haven't come back since, and I haven't seen anyone staying to investigate secretly!"

Li Zhu nodded: "I underestimated Zhao Yu, but I didn't expect him to be able to reach Luzhou."

Zhao Tong twitched his eyebrows and stepped aside.

Duan Erdao: "Prime Minister, I received the battle report from Gong Duan today, saying that Duan Wu was not seen. I thought that Luzhou is not far from Shouzhou, Gong Duan's army is stationed halfway, and there must be scouts looking around, so what?

Wouldn’t you even notice the shadow of Duan Wu’s army?”

After hearing this, Li Zhu thought for a moment and said: "There is no way to guess this matter. What is important now is how to deal with the Song army outside the city!"

Fan Quan said: "The Song army of two to three thousand people is not enough to cause trouble. We will just go out to the city to search and kill them at dawn tomorrow."

Fang Han on the side shook his head and said: "How do you know that the other party really only has two or three thousand people? Don't forget that Gong Duan and others were ambushed. Maybe these two or three thousand people are just bait."

Fan Quan thought for a moment and said, "What does Privy Council Fang think should be done?"

Fang Han said: "In short, don't leave the city easily. It's best to wait until the scouts have found out the reality outside the city and the number of the opponent's soldiers before making a plan."

Fan Quan shook his head and said, "Wouldn't that mean that we just allow the other party to arrange things outside the city?"

Fang Han said: "Since there are scouts on horseback, how can we let the other party arrange it?"

Li Zhu said: "Don't fight anymore, the Song army will not come again tonight, just go back and rest first, and prepare the army for war tomorrow morning!"

After hearing this, everyone stopped talking, looked outside for a while, and then filed into the city.

At this moment, a dozen miles away from Luzhou City, a group of cavalry was resting.

There are no big mountains in the north of Luzhou, but there are many hills and hills, which go on and on without end.

The cavalry was resting in the woods on the hill. In a temporary tent, the three of them were talking to each other.

The leader is a man with a broad build, a square face, thick eyebrows and beard, and piercing eyes.

The second person is a young man, wearing a bright silver armor, with handsome appearance and delicate eyebrows.

The last person was Huang Gu, who came out of Luzhou City two days ago.

The leader said: "Brother Huang, could you clearly see that the prince is at the top of the city just now?"

Huang Gu nodded and said: "This is not wrong. If you look at the soldiers and horses below the city from the city, you will definitely not be able to recognize us. But when you look at the city from above, it is different. The prince and I have been growing up since we were young. We can recognize each other just by looking at our bodies.

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The leader seemed to be relieved and said: "It's good that you are the prince. This time the Zong Supervisory Army sent me out to contact the prince. Now that I see it, I feel relieved."
To be continued...