The Era of Generals

Chapter 509 Returning Favors

The two talked together for a long while, but still couldn't figure it out.

Although Chen Ze believed that someone was secretly helping them, he was still puzzled as to who this person could be. In the end, he still felt that the most likely person was Hua Lao.

But there was no evidence for this, and Mr. Hua did not send anyone to report. Even Cheng Hong, who was most likely to know the inside story, was silent and did not reveal any information.

But no matter how you look at it, leaving Xilong City at this time and returning to the Qingyang Empire is a matter of great benefit and no harm.

Chen Ze and Luo Zongbing thought for a while, and finally agreed to this inference. Therefore, in the end, the two still did not discuss a final result, and only made a plan to take a step forward.

Chen Ze said goodbye and left. He didn't know much about it, but he was much more optimistic than Mr. Luo, thinking that this matter would not do them any harm.

Just in case, the decapitation team, which had already recuperated for many days and was exhausted, was sent out again by Chen Ze.

The five of Gu Qingfeng played a big role in the previous battle, and now they have become a trump card in Chen Ze's hands.

The five of them were sent out by Chen Ze, but they went to the rear. The five people who were dispersed went to the routes assigned in advance to ensure that there were no overlapping routes.

The reason why Chen Ze did this was because he was just trying to broaden his horizons.

Just in case.

Although he thought the matter was credible, he couldn't take it lightly. Gu Qingfeng and the five of them acted as pioneers for him, to check the situation behind first to ensure that they would not fall into other people's traps.

Then there was nothing to say all night, and Gu Qingfeng and others didn't find anything suspicious until the next day.

Cheng Hong is a man of his word, and as soon as the sun was up, he knocked on the door of Mr. Luo's room, as if he was eager to transfer troops to Mr. Luo.

This made Zongbing Luo speechless for a while. No matter how you look at this matter, it seems that he is the one who is more anxious to leave, right?

Of course, the other party was positive, and he definitely had no reason to refuse, so he called Chen Ze, and the three of them left the city lord's mansion together, heading towards the inner side of Xilong City, that is, facing the main city wall in the direction of Juhe City. .

Most of their forces are now deployed on this side of the city wall, forcibly turning the direction of the rear city gate, which should have been the most loosely defended, into the strongest city wall.

"Brother Luo, yes!"

Passing through the city, Cheng Hong rode behind the two of them, amazed.

"I heard that Zheng Yuanyun burned down the city with a single fire. It's only been a month. How can you recover to this level?"

Xilong City was destroyed by a fire in Zheng Yuanyun, and after Ma Hui dealt with it, Chen Ze and other nearly a million soldiers entered the city, so it had to be repaired, and more importantly, the closer to the city gate The closer you are, the more abundant the prepared city defense materials will be. It can be seen that before Cheng Hong came, General Luo and Chen Ze spent a lot of effort in guarding the city.

This made Cheng Hong very satisfied.

Naturally, he didn't want what he took over would be a mess. Looking at it now, Zongbing Luo had arranged almost all the details properly. His taking over was equivalent to being a hands-off shopkeeper.

"The enemy is strong and we are weak, so it is better to be prepared carefully."

Zongbing Luo smiled, turned back to look at Cheng Hong, hesitated for a while, and said: "Brother Cheng, are you really willing to change defenses with me?"

"Where does this come from?"

Cheng Hong said with a smile: "Everyone is doing things for the empire, how can we talk about whether we are willing or not?"

"In a word, just follow orders."

Zongbing Luo raised his brows, reined in some horses slightly, and waited for Cheng Hong to catch up, then lowered his voice and said: "I just want to know, exactly...whose order are you... listening to?"

"Who are you listening to?"

Cheng Hong pursed his lips slightly, and after a moment of silence, he smiled again: "Who else, this is an order from the empire!"

"Brother Cheng..."

Mr. Luo still didn't want to give up, thought for a while and said: "You and I are not outsiders, everyone knows the risk of staying in Xilong City at this time, and you are willing to take a big risk to come and change defense with me. In any case, it is a great favor, and someone in Luo has recorded this matter."

"But I still want to know, who made you do this?"

As soon as the subject changed, Mr. Luo still threw out the question.

It's true that he and Cheng Hong are old acquaintances, but he also knows very well that the friendship between the two is far from the point where I trade my future for yours.

If he said that no one instructed Cheng Hong to do this behind his back, then he would never believe it.

Cheng Hong was silent.

He lowered his head and let the horse get off his horse to lead him forward, without saying a word for a while.

This silence made it almost to the gate of the city, and Chen Ze who was walking in the front had already dismounted, so he raised his head, looked at Zongbing Luo seriously and said:

"Brother Luo, your guess is not wrong. It is true that someone asked me to do this, but before leaving, he also told me not to disclose the news anyway, so..."

"Please forgive Cheng for not being able to tell the truth. All I can say is that the reason why I agreed is to repay someone else's favor."

Chief Luo frowned.

Return favors?

At last, Cheng Hong was slightly relieved and gave him a more important message, but whose favor is he paying back?

I went through it quickly in my mind again, opening up Cheng Hong's personal connections, but after a while, I was still at a loss.

While he was thinking, Cheng Hong had already got off his horse, and walked up to the top of the city with Chen Ze, and under Chen Ze's introduction, he began to consciously get to know the generals guarding the city, just like a commander in chief From the appearance of the inspection, it seemed that he was determined to take over the heavy responsibility of Xilong City's defense.

This made Mr. Luo shake his head and smile wryly. After sighing, he had to take two quick steps to keep up.

Although Cheng Hong still didn't tell him who it was, at least he showed him that there was a high probability that there would be no fraud in this matter, and that someone was really helping them in the dark.

Zongbing Luo's wry smile was directed at Chen Ze.

I was thinking hard here, but Chen Ze seemed to be more relaxed than him. He didn't seem to have many doubts about it at all, but just talked about various defense matters with Cheng Hong calmly.

Too……

In the process of following the two of them to the top of the city, he suddenly felt enlightened.

What are you thinking so much about?

Since the other party didn't have any malicious intentions, there would always be a day when they would reveal their true selves in front of them. At that time, wouldn't the truth be revealed?

What's the use of thinking about it now?

With this in mind, Luo Zongbing's footsteps became much lighter. He climbed to the top of the city with Chen Ze and Cheng Hong one after another, and introduced to Cheng Hong the defensive formation they had set up.