During this sleep, Han Du had sweet dreams one after another, which were very sweet.
But before Han Du woke up, he was disturbed by a loud noise outside the tent.
He opened his eyes in a daze, and before he could react, he saw Tang Ding opening the curtain and walking in with an ugly look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Sensing that something big must have happened, Han Du rolled over and got up from the bed. The soldiers beside him quickly dressed Han Du.
"Yes..." Tang Ding opened his mouth and said only one word, followed by a long sigh: "Hey, you'd better go out and take a look."
Han Du glanced at Tang Ding, who was hesitant to speak, in confusion. He didn't know what happened to make him look like this.
With a wave of his hand, Han Du opened up the soldier who was about to tie his belt. He quickly tied it on himself and strode out.
When I went out, I saw that everything was normal, just like yesterday.
But Han Du looked further away and was suddenly startled. The place where Zhu Di's commander's tent was supposed to be was now empty. Not to mention the troops, there was not even a tent.
The camp that was bustling with people yesterday had become deserted today. If it weren't for a few wooden stakes standing there and the large tracts of trampled grass, Han Du would have thought he had seen a ghost.
"What's going on? Where is the army? Where is King Yan?"
Tang Ding smiled bitterly when he heard this, and explained: "I noticed something was wrong early this morning, so I went to the camp to check, and found that the army set off without knowing what time it was last night."
"As for where King Yan went, maybe you can ask him."
Tang He turned around, waved his hand behind, and shouted: "Bring the people up."
In Han Du's puzzled eyes, a soldier in Ming army uniform was escorted.
"This is His Royal Highness King Yan's personal soldier. If you want to ask anything, just ask him." Tang Ding sighed helplessly to himself and stretched out his hand to signal Han Du.
Han Du glanced at this man, frowned, and said: "Since he is a personal soldier of His Highness King Yan, there is no need to hold him up. Let go."
When several old soldiers heard Han Du's words, they immediately let go of the soldiers' arms, but they were still on guard against the soldiers, for fear that he would do something bad to Han Du.
The soldiers rubbed their arms and looked at the old soldiers with unconvinced expressions.
Han Du asked:
"Where did the army go? Where did King Yan go? Your Highness, King Yan, left you here for what?"
Facing Han Du's continuous questions, the soldiers had no choice but to look away from the old soldiers. Chao Handu replied: "I have been ordered by the prince to inform the marquis. Last night, the prince received an urgent military message. He had no time to inform the marquis, so he left with the army overnight."
"Huh?" After hearing what the soldiers said, Han Du looked like he didn't believe what he said.
You're so awesome, you can't even tell a lie. Is there any military situation that is so urgent that we need to set out overnight?
Besides, King Yan is not the only one. It is impossible to prepare for the evacuation of tens of thousands of troops without even an hour. There was an hour to clean up the camp, but there was no time to tell myself, what the hell kind of logic is this?
Are you far away from Zhu Di's handsome tent? At most, the distance is more than a mile.
At this distance, send a messenger
Your Majesty, it will only take a cup of tea. Does it take an hour?
After hearing Zhu Di's reason that he couldn't even coax a child, Han Du raised his eyes and glanced at Tang Ding. It turned out that Tang Ding was also full of anger.
"Then where did King Yan go?" Han Du turned around and almost gritted his teeth, asking the soldiers word by word.
"I have no comment on where the prince is. In addition, the prince has an order to order Zhenhai Marquis Han Du to lead the army according to the original plan." The soldier did not answer Han Du, but conveyed Zhu Di's order.
Han Du's anger rose instantly, and he slapped the soldier on the face with a crisp "snap" sound.
"You bastard, I am asking you, where has King Yan gone and where has the army gone?"
A red palm mark suddenly appeared on the soldier's face. He turned back fearlessly, looked at Han Du and said, "I don't know. The military order I got was to pass the order to the Marquis. I don't know anything else."
He didn't know anything about the soldiers when he saw them, and Han Du couldn't do anything about him. This is Zhu Di's personal soldier. Han Du can't kill him with one blow, right? If he and Zhu Di completely broke up, there would be nothing Han Du wouldn't dare to do. But haven’t you broken up with Zhu Di yet? After all, you have to worry about one or two things.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
The most important thing now is to figure out where Zhu Di went. As for this personal soldier, he is just an insignificant role. Even though Zhu Di only handed down verbal military orders to the soldiers, Han Du had already guessed that Zhu Di had simply given up on the soldiers. If something happened to Han Du on the grassland, Zhu Di would definitely put the blame on the soldier, saying that he disobeyed military orders.
If Han Du is fine, then Zhu Di will not let this soldier live. If he is alive and Han Du drags him to confront Zhu Di, what will Zhu Di do?
And this soldier may not know his fate, but there are many people who can uphold the loyalty in their hearts these days, and maybe this is one of them.
Therefore, Han Du didn't bother to kill him and threw him aside, leaving him to fend for himself.
Zhu Di's military orders were not taken seriously by Han Du. Since Zhu Di could leave quietly without saying goodbye, why should Han Du care about his orders?
"How is Shanzi Camp?" Han Du quickly turned to Xu Chengfei and asked.
Xu Chengfei nodded solemnly, "The Shanzi camp is here."
Han Du quickly asked Tang Ding: "Where are your men and horses?"
Tang Ding nodded solemnly and said: "Five thousand cavalry are here."
Han Du felt a little relieved. Since Zhu Di had never thought about letting him go with him, he would leave quietly and certainly not disturb the people of Shanzi Camp and Tang Ding.
With his eight thousand mountain camp and Tang Ding's five thousand cavalry, he finally had some ability to protect himself on the grassland.
"What should we do now?" Han Du asked Tang Ding and Xu Chengfei.
Seeing Han Du pondering, Tang Ding and Xu Chengfei had different expressions.
Tang Ding naturally knew the dangers on the grassland. Although there were currently 13,000 men and horses, it would be okay if he only encountered the Meng Yuan tribe. Even if it was a large tribe with more than 10,000 people, he would not be afraid of them. I'm afraid that if many tribes unite to form a large army, then these 13,000 people will really be in danger.
According to Tang Ding's idea, of course it was for safety's sake that it was best to retreat at this point. But he couldn't say these words because there was a military order from King Yan. The King of Yan ordered Han Du to lead the troops and continue to advance. If he retreated, he would definitely be killed by the King of Yan.
Grasp the handle and put it into practice.
Xu Chengfei's face was also full of hesitation and disappointment. He was also hesitant about whether to continue moving forward or to retreat. As for the loss, it was obviously because he left the army and had no chance to make meritorious deeds.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Han Du had no choice but to sigh and said to Tang Ding: "Immediately send out the cavalry to catch up in the direction where King Yan left. The army is not moving fast. Even if they left overnight last night, we may still be able to catch up with them." Can catch up."
After Tang Ding heard this, he did not move to make arrangements. Instead, he said apologetically: "Han Du, you don't know something. I have checked around the camp just now. King Yan left in two directions instead of one." indivual?"
"Two?" Han Du suddenly sighed in his heart. Zhu Di really worked hard to get rid of him. Even such a enchantment array can be created.
"In which direction did they leave?" Han Du asked.
"One is the direction originally planned, and the other...is heading west." Tang Ding paused before finishing his words.
These two directions are simply too coincidental. They are exactly the two directions that Han Du and Zhu Di argued about yesterday. At first Han Du insisted on proceeding according to the original plan, while Zhu Di wanted to go west.
When Han Du heard this, he looked at Tang Ding suddenly, and when he saw Tang Ding nodding affirmatively, he looked back.
At this time, Han Du felt in his heart that Zhu Di's idea to go west yesterday was not a whim, but that he had planned it for a long time.
Now there are only two roads in front of Han Du, one is to continue north, and the other is to go west.
Han Du had a guess. Since Zhu Di had sent a military order to continue heading north, he might have led his army to the west. If Han Du also goes west and pursues Zhu Di.
After catching up, Zhu Di can use military orders to talk things over. At this time, the originally oral military order will directly become a real military order when Zhu Di and the ordering soldiers agree on the tone. In this way, it would not be too easy to convict Han Du of disobeying military orders.
And continuing to go north... To be honest, Han Du is not afraid of the Meng Yuan people, but simply does not want to be led by Zhu Di.
"What should we do now?" Tang Ding still couldn't make up his mind, so he had to ask Han Du.
Han Du glanced at him and knew that he could no longer hesitate, so he said: "First send people to chase in both directions to see if we can find the army."
"Okay." Finally there was something to do. Tang Ding immediately felt relieved and quickly turned around to make arrangements.
Not only him, but others saw Han Du's calm expression. The panic that was originally caused by the army's departure slowly calmed down and he regained his composure.
When it got dark, the two groups of cavalry who were looking for the main army returned. But none of them brought good news. In both directions, they found no sign of the army.
"The King of Yan's army was not found in both directions. Even in the end, they almost got lost. There was not even a trace of the army walking on the ground, so they had to retreat." Tang Ding said to Han Du after looking for The situation of the army looked directly at him.
Han Du felt a little regretful in his heart. He should not have easily told Zhu Di about the benefits of widening the wheels in the first place. Otherwise, with his traces that could leave inch-deep ruts on the ground, he would be able to find him even if he ran to the edge of the earth.
Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now.
