"Sure enough, Zhang Mo just can't believe it." Zhang Liang said angrily, but then he began to think deeply and murmured, "That's not right! Cao Yang's whereabouts are not concealed. It is impossible for the Qin army not to know, why did they abandon Ximen?"

"Is General Jia's information accurate?" He looked at Jia Xiong suspiciously.

Jia Xiong glared, "My people are absolutely reliable."

"Maybe they looked down on General Cao, so they took charge of defending the east gate."

This is Jia Xiong's guess, but this guess is futile. Fifty thousand troops is not a small number, and even if he looks down upon it, he will not despise it to such an extent.

"No." Zhang Liang fell into deep thought and suddenly retorted to Jia Xiong, saying, "Please, General Jia, please send someone to check Cao Yang's whereabouts immediately and inform me as soon as possible."

Jia Xiong also thought this was a problem and immediately sent someone to investigate.

Two hours later, the spies came back and reported that no trace of the 50,000 troops was found in Chang'an Township, and there were no traces on the road from Chang'an Township to Ximen. The 50,000 troops seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

"How could this be so?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang was shocked and turned pale. He thought of a possibility that Cao Yang had been killed.

Jia Xiong was also shocked, having the same idea as Zhang Liang, "As far as I know, Li Zhao has been in Chang'an Township these days. Could it be that he used a big murder weapon?"

Zhang Liang's heart skipped a beat, thinking of Saga Mountain and the terrifying scene in the sand dunes. Cold sweat broke out on his back, and he was filled with hatred.

"Li Zhao, it's Li Zhao again."

"If he ruins my good deeds several times, this person must die."

Jia Xiong also showed his sternness. He also hated this person, but when he thought of the 50,000 troops disappearing out of thin air, he was afraid. He stepped back and asked, "Commander, Li Zhao has a powerful weapon. We can't act rashly."

"Of course!" Zhang Liang's face turned sinister, "This is why I asked you to open the south gate."

Jia Xiong thought for a while and suddenly asked: "What does the military advisor mean by sneaking into the city secretly to prevent Li Zhao from having the opportunity to launch a deadly weapon?"

Zhang Liang raised the corners of his mouth, smiled slightly, and said no more.

Jia Xiong understood what Zhang Liang meant, but he was confused and asked: "Our army has a large number of people, how can we sneak in secretly?"

Zhang Liang smiled strangely, "Sound in the east and attack in the west, hehe! Li Zhao has a big killer weapon, doesn't our army not have one?"

Jia Xiong's eyes lit up. He knew the rebel army's great weapon, but he was just unlucky enough to see it.

I heard that its power is comparable to Li Zhaozhi's great weapon.

Li Zhao returned to Xianyang City and quickly went to the army to check. He saw fifty thousand troops gathered at the east gate. When he asked, he found out that it was an order from His Majesty, so he didn't ask any more questions.

But I always feel uncomfortable in my heart. Fifty thousand people have gathered at the east gate. What about the other three gates? Doesn't it give the bandit army an opportunity to take advantage of? Even though fifty thousand people were killed, they still have one hundred thousand, and one hundred thousand troops are enough.

Distributed everywhere.

But since His Majesty had already made a decree, he could not question it, so he went to Zhang Han and asked about the weapons sent by Achao.

Ah Chao worked intensively to manufacture weapons in a secret base, and the first batch was sent to Chang'an Township. Later, except for landmines, all the products produced were sent here.

"Don't worry, General. The secret weapon you ordered to send is well hidden and has not been exposed."

This is what Li Zhao ordered Ah Chao to tell Zhang Han. Before the rebel army attacks the city, the location of the secret weapon must not be exposed.

"Ten thousand grenades, five thousand anti-aircraft guns, and ten thousand artillery shells."

"Two thousand elite troops are equipped with machine guns and 100,000 rounds of ammunition."

Zhang Han reported the number of weapons, and Li Zhao nodded. Ah Chao tried his best to produce so many weapons in a short period of time, which was hard for him.

With these things, even if there are 100,000 thieves, they will not be afraid.

Li Zhao was very satisfied, and he led Zhang Han to inspect the city defense army.

Fifty thousand people were gathered here, but they couldn't help but feel nervous, and most of them looked depressed.

It's no wonder that there is an uproar in the city now, which seriously affects their hearts. There are still hundreds of thousands of troops watching outside. Looking at the city wall with low defense, it is not surprising that they feel like this.

Li Zhao could only say a few words of comfort and acted as the shopkeeper, but before leaving, he took away three thousand troops.

Although the bandit army besieged the east side, the other three gates had to be defended. Three thousand troops, one thousand for each gate, although a little shabby, were better than nothing.

He planned to issue grenades and anti-aircraft guns to these soldiers so that they could defend themselves if rebels appeared here.

After arranging all this, Li Zhao straightened up and asked about what he had asked Zhang Han to investigate before.

"Did you notice the doctor, Ling, and the people delivering potatoes?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Han's face became solemn, he looked around and lowered his voice and said: "General, I will find out something suspicious and I need you to make a decision."

"Say!" Li Zhao frowned.

"Since these people started delivering potatoes, every time the number of people entering the city was greater than the number of people leaving the city, and every time the potatoes arrived, guards came to meet them, and carriages were also prepared, which seemed very mysterious."

"Oh!" Li Zhao looked serious, "Do you know where the extra people will be sent?"

"They were sent to the east and west gates. The people I sent secretly investigated. They usually act as merchants and call for business near the two gates, but at night they put on guard uniforms and strike up a conversation with the city gate guards."

Li Zhao frowned even more tightly.

These people are very suspicious.

"There is another thing that is even more strange. Starting from this morning, merchants have appeared one after another at the south gate, selling things to the city gate defenders more openly and at very low prices."
Chapter completed!