Chapter 3250 Exploring the Way
That night, a team of people sent by Chen Zixiao left Handongwei and rushed to Bailong City overnight.
Also traveling day and night was Agula, who was speeding all the way.
After escaping from Handongwei, he had not eaten or drunk anything for several days and nights, and his physical strength had reached its limit. He almost lay on the horse's back, and used the last bit of his remaining strength to hold on to the reins to prevent himself from falling off the horse.
Just when he was so hungry that he was about to faint, a faint light seemed to appear in the dark night ahead.
That little bit of light was like a straw seen by a drowning man.
He quickly opened his eyes wide, stood up and looked forward, only to see a tall figure, like a lion crawling in the wilderness, faintly appearing in the night.
That's a city.
There were still spots of light on the city wall, indicating that someone was patrolling.
“We’re here, we’re here…”
He was ecstatic. He gritted his teeth and galloped forward with all his might. The rapid sound of horse hooves seemed to reflect his inner joy. Soon, the people on the city wall also heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the wind and all gathered at the city gate.
“Who is it?!”
Agula ran to the foot of the city wall and said in a hoarse voice: "It's me, Agula!"
"Agula?"
The people on the city wall were stunned for a moment, then immediately turned around and ran towards the watchtower. After a while, several burly men ran out. Each of them was wearing leather armor, had blond hair and heterochromic eyes, and they were obviously members of Agula's tribe.
They held torches, and the faint light illuminated Agula's pale face under the city wall.
The men asked, "Weren't you arrested?"
Agula's eyes turned red, and he said, "We were captured. My father is still imprisoned in the water prison of Handongwei, along with many others. They have all been imprisoned."
The people on the city wall looked at each other.
Agula was already at the end of his strength at this time. He gasped and said, "Open the city gate first and let me in. I, I've been running for several days and I'm almost exhausted."
However, the people on the city wall did not move immediately.
One of them said, "So many people were locked up, why are you the only one who came back?"
Agula's face turned paler and paler, and he was almost out of breath. He said weakly, "It was my father. He did everything he could to help me escape."
"What about the others?"
"He was injured and couldn't run away, so he let me come back alone."
The people upstairs looked at each other again.
One of them was more soft-hearted. Seeing that Agula was so weak that he was about to fall off the horse at any time, he said tentatively: "How about letting him in first? He came back alone, so he should be fine."
The other one was more cautious and said, "It's strange that he came back alone. How could he come back alone?"
"Didn't he say that it was his father Chao Lu who released him back?"
"You believe what he says? Who can prove it?"
"this--"
Several people were in a stalemate, but Agula could no longer hold on. His eyes went dark and he finally fell off the horse and landed heavily on the ground.
The people on the city wall finally opened the city gate. Several soldiers from the Eastern Chaga tribe ran out and quickly carried the people in and led the horses in as well.
With a creak, the city gate closed again.
A gust of wind blew by, and it seemed to carry with it some of the crowds and noise that rolled in from the inner city before the city gates closed. Soon it swept across the entire wasteland, and in the dark night, several riders and horses slowly walked out.
The leader was Fang Buyuan, the commander of the Jinyiwei, dressed in black.
Normally he was a powerful official, but at this moment, he was following Agula without sleep for several days and nights, and he had to do it without leaving any trace. His face was frosted and his eyes were red, but he was in extremely good spirits at this moment.
His eyes were shining as he stared at the dark, tall stone city in front of him.
The several Jinyiwei following behind him also breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally there is a result.
White Tiger City!
Agula went all the way north and didn't go anywhere else until he came to White Tiger City.
It seems that the place where the emperor had ordered them to find the Eastern Chaga tribe to replenish their food and water in the northwestern wilderness is here.
"White Tiger City..."
Fang Buyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and the few words that came out from between his teeth revealed a strong murderous intent.
The Jinyiwei around him also said: "Sir, it seems that the one behind the Dongchahe tribe is none other than the Neng Kingdom."
"To be precise, it should be the King of Nanli of the Neng Kingdom."
"That's right. After the battle where Bailong City surrendered, Baihu City was directly assigned to Nanli King Arslan. He has been entrenched here ever since and has never left."
"Sir, hurry back and report to the emperor."
Hearing these people's anxious voices, Fang Buyuan did not take action immediately.
He rode on his horse, looking coldly at the White Tiger City. After a long while, he said, "You retreat first."
"What?!"
Everyone was startled and looked at him in surprise: "We retreat? What about you, sir?"
Fang Buyuan said, "Me? I want to go up and take a look."
"What!?"
Everyone was shocked. Fang Buyuan was actually trying to take the credit. However, there were only a few of them, and Fang Buyuan was just a mortal. There was an entire city on the other side. Even if the emperor himself led his troops, he would have to be cautious. How could he go through it alone?
So they all tried to dissuade him, saying, "Sir, please don't act rashly."
"Yes, there are not only soldiers from the Neng Kingdom in Baihu City, but also cavalry from the Eastern Chaga Tribe. With only a few of us, it would be easy to alert the enemy."
"It would be terrible if they found out."
The more frightened they were, the deeper Fang Buyuan's smile grew. He asked, "Don't I know all this?"
"this--"
"If I tell you to retreat, just retreat. Why are you talking so much?"
“…”
"Hurry up and wait by the sweet water well where we used to drink our horses. I will come and join you when I finish my work."
The crowd was helpless, as a higher-ranking official could crush someone more powerful than them, so they could only lower their heads and ride their horses carefully away.
After those Jinyiwei had run away, Fang Buyuan turned around and looked at the city wall in the distance. There were obviously more torches on it than before. He smiled coldly and rode his horse forward carefully.
We were getting closer and closer to White Tiger City.
Just as he was cautiously approaching White Tiger City, the patrolman on the city wall suddenly heard the faint sound of horse hooves in the wind and immediately shouted vigilantly, "Who is it?!"
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