Chapter 1724 Lest anyone disturb His Highness

Two days later.

Helan Chushi has led the Cangzhou Army to be less than fifty miles away from Hecheng.

According to yesterday's marching speed, they will arrive at Crane City this afternoon.

But Helan Chushi chose to let the team stop and rest for a day.

He was a little worried.

Although Hecheng's request for help seemed to be no problem on the surface, for him, it was nothing short of a God-given opportunity.

But the more this happened, the more Helan Chushi felt something was wrong.

Everything is so logical.

It felt as if someone deliberately asked him to lead troops to surround and kill Zhao Chen.

Moreover, when he led his troops to Hecheng, Zhao Chen showed no reaction at all.

Either the leader of the Japanese assassins has not yet been tried, or Zhao Chen deliberately let him go.

The leader of the Japanese assassins has not been tried. This is unlikely, but it is not impossible.

But if Helan Chushi insisted on this statement, he would most likely die early.

But if this was Zhao Chen's intention, Helan Chushi didn't know where Zhao Chen's confidence came from.

The two thousand men and horses and five hundred armors in his hands are enough to withstand three thousand ordinary infantry, not to mention the Xuanjia Army, which is only a few dozen people.

With just one charge, the Xuanjia Army would be completely wiped out by his own army.

But everyone knew this, so why did Zhao Chen still do it?

Helan Chushi only felt that he was confused now. He clearly had the advantage now, but instead of being excited at all, he was full of worry.

Sitting in his tent, Helan Chushi frowned.

"General, lunch is ready." The soldier shouted outside the camp.

"Send it in." Helan Chushi didn't want to go out to eat with the soldiers, so he asked the soldier to bring the food to the camp.

"General, what's going on?" The soldiers brought the food, but there was no greeting.

Lan Chushi held up his chopsticks, looking thoughtful.

I had to ask.

"Have the scouts sent out come back?" Helan Chushi looked at the soldiers in front of him.

Along the way, Helan Chushi was worried that he was being set up by Zhao Chen, so he had already sent out scouts to inquire around.

The purpose was to prevent Zhao Chen from finding an army to sneak attack on him.

"Three batches came back, and except for Shacheng in the north of Cangzhou, no others were found."

"There are no troop movements in any military towns."

"What about Shacheng?"

"That's an important military town. The border army has stationed 100,000 troops there, and Xu Shiji is right there." Helan Chushi suddenly became alert.

There was no movement on three sides, except for the 100,000 people in Shacheng.

Maybe Shacheng's army is marching towards him.

If he was surrounded by then, it would be he, Helan Chushi, who died.

"General, you have forgotten that it will take at least ten days for Shacheng to get here, and this does not include the allocation of food and grass."

"Besides, Xu Shiji's frontier army is confronting Goguryeo. Once Goguryeo knows about his mobilization of troops, will Goguryeo's Yeon Gaesumon not take any action?"

"Losing Shacheng? Xu Shiji wouldn't dare to do this even if he had a hundred courages." The soldier said slowly.

Helan Chushi nodded, he felt that what the soldiers said made sense.

Xu Shiji's first priority in Shacheng was to defend against Goguryeo's attack.

Although he only had two thousand people here, Xu Shiji would never dare to divide his troops. Once Shacheng was lost, even if Xu Shiji had a hundred heads, it would not be enough to chop him off.

Thinking of this, Helan Chushi's mood suddenly improved a lot.

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I was forced to do nothing, otherwise how could I do such a dangerous thing.

If Zhao Chen had not been killed this time, Helan Chushi would have died.

To be on the safe side, Helan Chushi sent two more groups of scouts to investigate from all sides, so as not to be tricked by Zhao Chen.

A day passed, and still nothing unusual was detected.

Helan Chushi finally relaxed and commanded the army to march towards Hecheng.

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Chen Xiuliang, the magistrate of Hecheng County, had long received news that Helan Chushi's army was coming.

This made him very happy.

The bandits who have been entrenched outside the city finally have someone to deal with them. .??.

The welcome ceremony had been prepared early, and all officials from the yamen traveled ten miles out of the city to welcome him.

When he saw Helan Chushi, Chen Xiuliang's face was filled with smiles.

"The magistrate of Hecheng County, Chen Xiuliang, has met General Helan. I would like to thank the general for coming in person and relieving the worries of the people of Hecheng." Chen Xiuliang saluted Helan Chushi.

Helan Chushi nodded slightly but did not dismount.

What he most urgently needs now is to quickly seal off the entire Hecheng, then find Zhao Chen's location and kill Zhao Chen.

"County Magistrate Chen, I am worried that those bandits will sneak into the city, so I plan to temporarily take over the defense of Hecheng. What does Magistrate Chen think?" Helan Chushi looked at Chen Xiuliang.

Although I think Helan Chushi's statement is a bit strange, but who makes me ask for help now.

Chen Xiuliang nodded with a smile and said: "Everything is arranged by General Helan."

Helan Chushi was very satisfied with Chen Xiuliang's attitude. He waved his hand, and a group of people went to Hecheng ahead of them.

"General, His Royal Highness the King of Han is still recovering in the city. How about you and your subordinate go to visit His Highness first?" Chen Xiuliang said

Zhao Chen.

But Helan Chushi shook his head: "Let's kill the bandits first. His Highness the King of Han is there. After we kill the bandits, I will go and apologize."

Helan Chushi didn't want to see Zhao Chen at this time.

Because he was worried that Zhao Chen would discover his intentions and take him as a hostage.

Then it would all be in vain.

Therefore, in order to avoid any possible accidents, Helan Chushi must not allow himself to make any mistakes at this time.

"That's okay. I'll talk to His Highness the King of Han when I get back. His Highness should understand." Chen Xiuliang didn't think much about it. Instead, he thought about helping Helan Chushi put in a good word for Zhao Chen when the time came.

Helan Chushi sneered in his heart.

After he kills Zhao Chen, he cannot keep the Hecheng County magistrate, otherwise he, Helan Chushi, will not die in this man's mouth.

After exchanging pleasantries, everyone started to set off.

It didn't take long to arrive outside Crane City.

Helan Chushi reined in the reins and said calmly: "The army will not enter the city, so as not to disturb the peace of the people."

When Chen Xiuliang heard what Helan Chushi said, he was even more convinced that Helan Chushi was sincerely here to help him.

"General Helan is really a rare general in time. He is rigorous in running the army and is admired by his subordinates."

"If the army doesn't enter the city, I will ask someone to bring food to you. Don't dislike General Helan's pumpkin pants." Chen Xiuliang said quickly.

"Thank you very much." Helan Chushi knew that if he kept rejecting Magistrate Chen's kindness, he might even arouse alarm.

It's better to follow his wishes.

"By the way, County Magistrate Chen, I will ask my people to follow you into the city to see where His Highness the King of Han lives, lest some ignorant people disturb His Highness." Helan Chushi looked at the soldiers beside him and talked with Chen the county magistrate said.