After seeing that all the guards on the city gate tower had withdrawn, Prefect Wen walked a few steps toward the outside of the city gate with his hands behind his back.
As soon as he walked out of the shadow of the city gate, the strong sunlight made it impossible for him to open his eyes.
The weather is very cold now, but I still feel warm under the strong sun at noon.
If it weren't for the drought, it would be very comfortable and pleasant to bask in such strong sunshine in the middle of winter.
"Sir, let me go take a look ahead." Master Zhang followed Magistrate Wen with his hands behind his back. Looking at the empty official road, he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.
I just wait like this and feel uncertain.
He knew why Magistrate Wen didn't let the spies go to the front to check.
They were afraid that the spies would discover Shen Yong's large army, and then start shouting and yelling, putting the whole city on alert, which would ruin everything.
That's why the adults sent away all the guards on the city gate tower, so that Chen Yong could enter the city without anyone noticing.
Although they were not sure whether Shen Yong's golden armored army existed, they still had to be on guard. After all, it was a matter of their lives, so they had to be careful.
"Let's go and take a look." Prefect Wen nodded.
"Okay." Master Zhang responded, and immediately went into the city to get a horse, and rode it towards Wenkou City.
Prefect Wen looked at the dust rising from the official road, frowned and narrowed his eyes.
After Master Zhang disappeared from view, he turned around and went up to the city gate tower.
At this time, all the guards on the city gate tower had left, and only Prefect Wen was left on the empty city gate tower.
Magistrate Wen stood on the city gate tower for half an hour.
The strong sun made him dizzy and his legs couldn't help but tremble.
The official road was still empty, without a single person in sight.
Prefect Wen pursed his cracked lips and held onto the city wall with both hands to steady his shaking body.
"Why!!!"
Just as he was about to turn around and find a place to sit for a while, he suddenly heard a burst of hurried horse hooves coming from the official road.
Prefect Wen's tired eyelids widened instantly, and he stretched his neck to stare at the official road.
A large cloud of dust rose up on the official road in the distance.
A horse was engulfed in thick dust and was galloping towards the city gate tower.
With only one man and one horse, Magistrate Wen's nervous heart was immediately relieved.
It must be Master Zhang who has returned.
He was so scared that he thought it was...
Prefect Wen took a deep breath and watched Master Zhang's horse gallop into the city gate.
Then a burst of hurried footsteps came from the outside.
Master Zhang rushed to the side of Prefect Wen, panting heavily.
"Sir, a large army is coming from Wenkou City."
Oh my god, he was really scared.
Dense cavalry blocked the official road tightly.
After seeing it from afar, he didn't dare to stop and ran back immediately.
He was afraid that the cavalry would shoot him with arrows.
“He’s really coming!?” Prefect Wen widened his eyes in horror and staggered back a few steps unconsciously.
What Shen Yong said turned out to be true, the Shen family was really going to be turned upside down.
This...what should I do? Is he aiding and abetting the evil?
It’s over!
If Shen Yong's rebellion failed, he would definitely exterminate all nine generations of his clan.
This is not something he can just hide in the mountains to avoid.
Even if Emperor Tianwu had to dig three feet into the ground, he would definitely catch this traitor and destroy his entire clan.
Thinking of this, Governor Wen's face turned pale. He was so panicked that he didn't know what to do.
If he retreated now, he would lose his life immediately.
Calculating the time, Chen Yong could reach the city gate in an hour at most.
If he closed the city gates and resisted the rebels at this time, he would only have one hour to live.
The key is...
Danyun City didn't have many defenders at all, and it was estimated that they couldn't withstand the crushing of Shen Yong's army.
"Did you see how many people there were?"
Magistrate Wen's face turned pale and he looked at Master Zhang in panic.
Master Zhang took several deep breaths, his throat aching from the dust.
"...There are so many, you can't see the end at a glance. It looks very impressive."
Anyway, they look much more energetic than the defenders of Danyun City.
Just by looking at it from a distance, he felt the overwhelming aura.
Prefect Wen held onto the city wall with both hands and licked his cracked lips.
“Is everything Shen Yong said true?”
"How can the Shen family be so powerful?"
He really couldn't understand how Shen Yong could suddenly become so powerful and build such a large army.
Three hundred thousand golden armored soldiers, it would take a huge amount of money and food just to feed these soldiers.
What's more, it is a drought now, making it even more difficult to support these soldiers.
When thinking of this, the money and food lost from his warehouse suddenly flashed through Wen Zhifu's mind.
Could it be...impossible?
At that time, the Shen family had just been exiled, so how could they afford to stroll around Danyun City?
Prefect Wen immediately dispelled this doubt.
The person who could empty out so many warehouses in Danyun City and clean out his private vault so cleanly must be someone who knows him very well.
He felt that the possibility of it being Minister Jiang was much greater than the possibility of it being Chen Yong.
"Ah..." Master Zhang sighed deeply and wiped the dust off his face.
"Who knows?"
"But since the Shen family has produced so many generals, it's possible that they secretly raised some private soldiers outside."
"This should be the Shen family's backup plan for self-preservation, but I didn't expect it to be used."
"I'm afraid the emperor is in big trouble this time."
They always thought that Chen Yong was crazy and talking nonsense, but who knew it was actually true.
Being able to reach Danyun City from the northwest in such a short time is truly amazing.
The key point is that this matter is really hidden.
Wenkou City was taken, but they in Danyun City didn't receive any news at all.
This shows how strict Shen Yong's rule was, as he was able to keep everyone's mouths shut so tightly.
Perhaps Emperor Tianwu would not get the news until Chen Yong reached the capital.
"That's not right. Isn't there General Zhong's Northwest Army in the northwest?"
Master Zhang looked at Prefect Wen in confusion.
"General Zhong seems to be at odds with the Shen family. Why would he allow Shen Yong to lead the Golden Armor Army to capture so many cities?"
Prefect Wen was stunned. "Yes, where is the Northwest Army?"
This confused both of them.
Looking at the direction Chen Yong came from, he must have come from the northwest.
In addition, an imperial envoy passed by Danyun City before and said that someone in Miehuo City had secretly expanded the city wall and changed the city name.
So Emperor Tianwu sent an imperial envoy to investigate the matter.
Now, combined with the matter of Shen Yong's Golden Armor Army, doesn't that mean...
"Did Shen Yong do the work of expanding the walls of Fire Extinguishing City?"
Prefect Wen frowned and looked at Master Zhang. He himself could hardly believe what he said.
I can’t figure out how they expanded the city wall on General Zhong’s territory.
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