Fangzhou City is the southern gate leading to Zhenzhou. It was once a military center for the Dangxiang people. The troops guarding here alone reached 40,000. However, when Cao Ma led his troops here, he found that this place had become an empty city. Not to mention the Dangxiang people, even the grassland people who had previously relied on here ran away.

Cao Ma and others never dreamed that this place was an empty city. They immediately sent people to arrest people everywhere for information. Although the surrounding tribes were almost on the road, there were still people who were lucky enough to escape. From the people here, Cao Ma finally learned that it turned out that just half a month ago, the Dangxiang people in Fangzhou City seemed to have received some news and then retreated overnight.

Originally, Dangxiang people were the backbone of this place, but now Dangxiang people have run away and have not notified anyone before leaving, which makes the grassland people around them a little confused. However, when they learned that the Song army was coming, they discussed and decided to run away immediately. After all, even Dangxiang people have escaped, so they have no reason to stay here.

"Dangxiang people withdrew? Do they plan to concentrate their troops to Zhenzhou and then fight to the death with us in Zhenzhou City?" In the military camp, the veteran Meng Yao also spoke with confusion.

"It's possible, but even so, there's no need for them to abandon Fangzhou directly. Even if they leave some of their troops and then gather grassland people to defend the city, our strength will be consumed at that time." Cao Mata also frowned at this time.

Cao Mata's words also made many people frown. In fact, they were still very alert to the fact that Dangxiang people gave up on defense of the state, so they did not let the army enter the city until now, but instead stationed outside the city, and then sent a visitor to inquire, but did not find any abnormalities.

"This is strange. Li Yuanhao is full of tricks. Could there be any major conspiracy behind it, right?" Cao Qi also touched his chin and spoke.

"General, instead of guessing here, it is better to send a group of people to check and control the direction of Zhenzhou!" At this time, Di Qing suggested, and his words were immediately approved by Cao Yama. He immediately ordered a cavalry of 3,000 people to rush to Zhenzhou as quickly as possible.

At the same time, after seeing several leaders of the Bu tribe in the east, Yelu Zhirang received a news that surprised him, that was, the Dangxiang people who had previously been stationed in the Bu tribe suddenly withdrew from Zhenzhou, and the Dangxiang people drove away all the grassland people around Zhenzhou and strictly prohibited anyone from approaching Zhenzhou City.

"Is the news accurate?" Yelu Zhirang asked a tribe leader of the Bu tribe with a serious expression. The leader was named Hehu, who held a large tribe of tens of thousands of people in his hand. He had a considerable reputation in the Bu tribe. This time he surrendered to the Liao Kingdom again.

"It's true that after the Dangxiang people withdrew, I have been sending people to follow them secretly and have contacted some familiar tribes. They have also confirmed that the Dangxiang people have all withdrawn from Zhenzhou City. Moreover, the whole city of Zhenzhou City is now martial law, and any tribe is strictly prohibited from approaching within ten miles of Zhenzhou City!" Hehu replied with great affirmation.

"What the hell are Dangxiang people doing? Why did they suddenly withdraw all of them back to Zhenzhou City? Is it necessary to concentrate their troops and fight us to the death at Zhenzhou City?" Yelu Zhirang's reaction was almost exactly the same as that of the Song Dynasty.

"General, do you want us to test Zhenzhou City for you?" At this time, He suddenly stepped forward and asked with a flattering look on his face. They betrayed the Liao Kingdom and surrendered to Dangxiang before, and now they surrendered to Liao Kingdom again. Although this is very common on the grassland, in order to avoid the blame from Liao Kingdom, he also wanted to show it.

After hearing this, Yelu Zhirang considered it and quickly agreed. Anyway, the person who used the Bu tribe this time was also used, so he would not feel sorry for him even if he died. What's more, he still remembered Yelu Renxian's advice. No matter what happened in Zhenzhou, it would be better to throw it to the Song army for a headache. When the Song army arrived in Zhenzhou City first, the truth would be revealed.

Both Song and Liao countries discovered the abnormalities of the Dangxiang people and sent advance troops to investigate the situation. Just a few days later, the people they sent to investigate sent someone to bring another news that shocked everyone: all the Dangxiang people in the prefecture city disappeared!

"How is it possible? It's okay to forget about Fangzhou. But Zhenzhou is the home of Dangxiang people. How could they give up so easily?" Cao Mata asked with the information sent from the front and grabbed his beard with confusion. Not only him, but everyone in the entire tent was confused. They had been preparing for attacking Dangxiang and others for so long, but they didn't expect that Dangxiang people would all disappear, which made them feel like they hit the cotton with one punch.

"General, can it be Dangxiang feels that he is not our opponent, so he ran away, just like they gave up Xingzhou City?" At this moment, Di Qing suddenly made a guess.

When Zhao Zhen led his troops to attack Xingzhou, Li Yuanhao launched a blocking battle with the Song army on the bank of the Yellow River, but he did not gain any advantage. Moreover, he also found that even the walls of Xingzhou City could not stop the Song army at all. Therefore, in order to preserve his strength, Li Yuanhao ordered the city to abandon the city very decisively, leaving only a few people to attract the Song army. His confidant Li Yuqi was one of the people who stayed.

"It is very likely that Li Yuanhao has a decisive personality and cannot do anything to do. He gave up the city to preserve his strength. This is his usual trick!" Cao Mata slapped his thigh when he heard this. He also participated in the attack on Xingzhou, but for a moment, he didn't expect that Li Yuanhao would use the same trick again.

"Then where will he escape?" Cao Qi asked with a frown at this time. He still couldn't accept the fact that Dangxiang people ran away. After all, in his opinion, Zhenzhou was the old nest that Li Yuanhao finally managed, so how could he give up easily?

"Mobei or the Western Regions are both directions where he may escape, but the environment in Mobei is too harsh. I suspect that he is most likely to go to the Western Regions. There are many small countries there, and our Song Dynasty will not affect it yet. If he goes to the Western Regions, it will not be difficult to make a comeback!" Di Qing judged with great certainty.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, Li Yuanhao seemed very cowardly to give up Zhenzhou, but in his opinion, this was a wonderful chess step by step to retreat. After all, there was no land to be re-fighted, but if all the Dangxiang people died in the battle with the Song and Liao countries, then Li Yuanhao would have no chance of turning around.

"Oh no, Zhenzhou City is now an empty city. If the Liao people rushed to the front, we would not be able to get anything!" At this moment, Cao Ma suddenly shouted anxiously.
Chapter completed!