"So, General Li is still alive? Gang Leader Zheng and the others have followed him?"
After listening to Niu Laoqi's narration, Xu Lang asked.
"Exactly."
Niu Laoqi nodded affirmatively.
"That's good. Gang Leader Zheng is careful and will definitely leave marks along the way. The army will set off tomorrow morning, just follow the marks."
Xu Lang felt a little at ease now. Someone was exploring the way ahead, and he could always control the enemy's movements.
There is nothing else to do this night.
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Before dawn the next day, Xu Lang ordered the three armies to prepare food and planned to set off at Chen time to pursue the eldest prince.
"After breakfast, the Xiaoqi battalion will follow me first. We must not let the enemy troops escape!"
Xu Lang still planned to use the previous strategy of chasing with light cavalry and bite the eldest prince.
He had been guessing the whereabouts of the eldest prince before, but now it was completely clear. Sure enough, the eldest prince disappeared overnight, but came to Pingjiang to make a fuss. It can be seen that he has already planned to deploy heavy troops on the Pingjiang line. As for where he will go next, you really have to bite the bullet to find out. Therefore, it had already been delayed all night, and Xu Lang didn't want to delay it anymore.
Not long after, a group of light cavalry carrying knives and bows followed Xu Lang briskly out of Pingjiang City.
Not long after walking, Xu Lang stopped at a fork in the road.
Here, go all the way north and all the way west. If we follow the previous inference, if the eldest prince wants to go to Ezhou, he should pursue him directly north. But Xu Lang dismounted and took a closer look, only to see hoof prints on both roads.
Why is this?
Xu Lang's expression immediately became solemn.
"Come here, search carefully on both roads and pay attention to whether there are any marks left by the leader of the Beggar Clan Zheng!"
Xu Lang thought to himself, since Zheng Baye has chased him, there must be a mark left for him.
Soon, a sergeant discovered a clue in a big willow tree a hundred steps west.
"General, found it!"
The sergeant was very happy and came to report to Xu Lang.
When Xu Lang heard this, he strode to the willow tree with flying strides. I saw that on a tree trunk about ten feet high, the bark had been cut off, and the front end looked like an arrow, pointing in the direction of Luocheng.
"Okay, brothers, mount up, Luocheng!"
No longer dragging his feet, Xu Lang got on his horse and pointed his sword at Luocheng.
At this point, he had some clarity in his mind. Why are there hoof prints on both roads, but Zheng Baye points to this road alone? Obviously, this is the road where the eldest prince lives.
What's even more interesting is that the eldest prince created a suspicious formation so that the pursuers could not judge his direction. However, the eldest prince must not have expected that he might not be able to figure out where he was for a moment, but Zheng Baye would emerge from the diagonal stab, but he would follow behind him without anyone noticing.
As for the way to the north, let's leave it alone for now.
So, it was a smooth ride.
Likewise, it also alarmed the defenders of Luocheng.
"Where are these people from? Why are they in such a hurry?"
The guard was lying on the hill, secretly watching Xu Lang's light cavalry galloping past, and asked softly.
"This, I really don't know."
How could the sergeant next to him know? But he was also stunned and his eyes were full of surprise.
"Forget it, go back to the city quickly and send someone to Yuezhou to inform General Li about this matter!"
The guard general was completely ignorant of the outside world. He thought of such a vision and had no choice but to ask his superiors for instructions.
Of course, fortunately, these two groups of people seemed to have no interest in his small Luocheng and did not come to disturb him. Otherwise, he really had no chance of being able to stop him.
"By the way, my order is to close the four gates tightly and no one is allowed to come in or out. And the sergeants at the ferry have also withdrawn. Our few men and horses are really not enough to put a gap in people's teeth!"
The guard gave another order.
The defenders at the ferry were so frightened by the force yesterday that they retreated to the city, just in time to strengthen their defenses.
