The intensity of the rain and water was really a headache, but what was even more headache-inducing was that Luo Fengtang discovered that Wu Xiong and his gang were actually as he expected.

In order to escape for their lives, they took the lead in the extremely bad weather and crossed the river in danger.

It was enough to pass it, but after passing it, I cut off the only pontoon bridge with my backhand.

So Luo Fengtang stopped on the shore and only saw half of the pontoon rising and falling in the waves.

Luo Fengtang was so angry that the bones in his fists were almost crushed. Vice General Xie came over.

"General, it's all my subordinates' fault. If my subordinates hadn't delayed, they wouldn't have been allowed to escape." Vice General Xie stood behind Luo Fengtang with a guilty look on his face, his head hanging down, extremely frustrated.

The general is really good at knowing things, but he himself is too bad.

If the general hadn't chased him with a group of light cavalry, the large group of people would have arrived at the river tomorrow...

"It's not entirely your fault."

Taking a deep breath, Luo Fengtang turned around.

He put his hands behind his back, and his face washed by the rain was stern.

"The bridge is broken, and it will take at least three days for the large group of troops to take a detour to cross the river. By the time we cross the river, Wu Xiong's troops have been supplied. We are exhausted and we will definitely suffer a loss in the confrontation."

"Lieutenant General Xie, please send two men with better water skills to wade across the river overnight to go to Minzhou."

"Tianhai County is a county under the jurisdiction of Minzhou. Tell the magistrate of Minzhou about our situation here and ask him to dispatch grain, grass, soldiers and horses to a safe place across the river to be ready to meet us at any time!"

After crossing the river, it was the real battle, the battle with the main force of the Han army.

Therefore, support from the local government is needed.

Vice General Xie cupped his hands and said: "General, I have good water skills, and I have had an acquaintance with the prefect of Minzhou. This matter is of great importance. I am willing to make this trip so that my merits can be redeemed!"

Vice General Xie went to Minzhou to ask for help. On the other hand, Luo Fengtang sent people to search for nearby villages and tried to see if they could get a boat through the villagers.

While Luo Fengtang was waiting anxiously by the river, standing by the river every day and looking at the surging river with a frown, Yang Ruoqing also left the cave with Wang Dalong.

Luo Fengtang waved his hand and the soldiers retreated.

Luo Fengtang looked at the place where the water and the sky met, with a look of contemplation on his face.

At this time, a familiar voice came from the front, "General!"

Luo Fengtang turned around in surprise and saw Vice General Xie dismounting from his horse and running towards this side.

"Why are you back so soon? Have you ever met the prefect of Minzhou? What did he say?" Luo Fengtang came to Lieutenant General Xie in three steps and asked.

Vice General Xie said: "General, I didn't enter the city at all because I met a secret envoy on the road."

"The secret envoy handed this to his subordinates and asked the general to take a look at it!"

What Deputy General Xie handed over was a sealed piece of kraft paper. The kraft paper was very small and covered with blood.

"Are you injured?" Luo Fengtang asked, looking at Vice General Xie.

Vice General Xie shook his head: "My subordinates were not injured. This is the blood of the secret envoy. The secret envoy was entrusted by the special envoy Mr. Lu to risk his life to deliver a message out of the city to the general."

"When the subordinate received this letter, the secret envoy died, and the subordinate could only find a place to bury him hastily."

Luo Fengtang frowned, and gently opened the letter that was escorted out with someone else's life and read it.

On the white paper is a letter written in blood, with the name of Special Envoy Mr. Lu and a signature indicating his identity in the signature area.

After reading the letter, Luo Fengtang's face turned gloomy and he stood there without saying a word.

This made Lieutenant General Xie next to him even more uneasy.

"General, what did Mr. Lu say in the letter?" Vice General Xie asked cautiously.

While Luo Fengtang handed the blood letter in his hand to Vice General Xie, he sighed softly and said: "There is no need to go to the prefect of Minzhou for support. The prefect of Minzhou has already collaborated with Qin Hanqing and others."

After reading the bloody letter on the paper, Vice General Xie's heart sank to the bottom of his heart.

"General, who is this Mr. Lu? Why did he send you a message, General?" Vice General Xie couldn't help but ask again.

Luo Fengtang said: "Master Lu is a member of the emperor. We were divided into three groups. My brother-in-law Da'an was a secret imperial envoy who came to Tianhai County to investigate and collect evidence."

"I will be responsible for escorting the Ninth Princess and have troops ready to support the imperial envoy at any time."

"As for Mr. Lu, he is on the third line. Your Majesty has considered in advance that once a fight breaks out on our side, temporarily dispatching troops to other places will not be able to save the fire near you."

"And the number of people in the wedding group is also limited. If we bring all the soldiers here to escort the princess to get married, such a big movement will definitely arouse the vigilance of Wu Xiong and others." He said.

Vice General Xie said: "That's for sure. All the brothers in our national defense army are good. If we had brought all the brothers here this time, we would have defeated Tianhai County long ago. As for chasing people like this

Consumed to death!"

Luo Fengtang nodded: "So, the emperor sent his special envoy Mr. Lu to Minzhou and brought the emperor's imperial edict."

"Lord Lu said in the letter that when the news about Tianhai County reached Minzhou, Lord Lu immediately took out the imperial edict and went to see the prefect of Minzhou, and in the name of the emperor ordered the prefect of Minzhou to quickly dispatch troops and generals to come to the rescue.

,"

"But the magistrate of Minzhou not only failed to comply with the order, but instead imprisoned Mr. Lu and sent people to guard him strictly."

"Master Lu wrote a letter in blood, and it took a lot of trouble to finally send it out,"

"The purpose of giving me this blood letter is to remind me that the prefect of Minzhou has rebelled, and to stop me from being cheated by the prefect of Minzhou!"

After hearing what Luo Fengtang said, Vice General Xie was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

"This bastard, the prefect of Minzhou, waits until we break into the city of Minzhou, I will cut off his head and use him as a stool!"

"You are a coward, you are a coward. You are taking the salary from the imperial court but you are turning to the rebels. How audacious!" Lieutenant General Xie said angrily, with anger burning in his eyes.

Luo Fengtang said: "There is no time to be angry now. The top priority is to find a way to cross the river as soon as possible. If we can't cross the river, everything will be in vain!"

Vice General Xie said: "General, can you find ordinary people around here? The fishermen's families should have boats..."

When asked about this, Luo Fengtang casually called over a soldier who was sent to inquire.

"Tell Lieutenant General Xie exactly what you found out," he said.

The soldier then told Lieutenant General Xie: "In reply to General Xie, my subordinates are responsible for going to inquire about the situation. Within ten miles of the vicinity, they found two villages. The villages are very small. All the middle-aged people have gone out, so we stayed behind."

There are more than ten or twenty old, weak, women and children left behind in the village, and not even a floating board can be found, let alone a boat."

Luo Fengtang waved his hand and the soldiers retreated.

He told Lieutenant General Xie: "The young and middle-aged people in these villages were probably deceived by the Han army. Even if they had boats at home, most of them would have received the Han army's signal before we arrived and took the boats, rafts, etc.

Everything was destroyed."
Chapter completed!