Seeing that Zhao Chenghuang was still so arrogant and unrestrained at this time, he acted like he was fearless of life and death. His own adults were frowning, and the officers and soldiers were also angry. After a moment, someone shouted loudly: "Bold traitor, he still doesn't repent until his death is over. Do you really think that I dare not torture you?"

"Sir, let me greet this guy well and let him know what life is worse than death!" As he spoke, several personal guards even stepped forward, and were about to take off the person and punish him.

Although Li Ling, who was thinking about this, frowned slightly when he saw this, he did not stop him. He was never a merciful person. Since Zhao Chenghuang clearly refused to bow his head easily, he should have to make him suffer.

Faced with the rough behavior of the official army, Zhao Chenghuang tried his best to dodge, but failed in the end. Instead, he was slashed a few times and beaten to the face with blood. Then his clothes were stripped naked in public and tied tightly to the pillar by ropes. A military man in front of him had already smirked and waved his whip and slapped him hard: "Don't you tell me, what else do you have to conspiracy!"

The whip whipped his body and face, and immediately brought out a series of scars. Then there was even more blood coming out, making Zhao Chenghuang tremble all over in pain, and howls in his mouth. However, when facing this torture, in addition to being determined, he had a sense of confidence in his eyes. He looked at Li Ling with a provocative smile.

Seeing this, Li Ling felt even more intense, and he quickly changed his mind to guess where the other party's conspiracy was.

It was impossible that they were outside Xiangfan, otherwise they would not have stayed here and were captured by themselves.

However, in Xiangyang, no matter how many city gates or granaries are, they have already sent troops to guard them earlier. Even if the Luotian thieves launch a surprise attack, they can still be blocked outside the gate. No matter how large their troops are, they will not be able to break through these important points in a short time when they are prepared, so as to gain time for the defenders in the city to rush to combat the thieves.

So where does his confidence come from? What else is there that I never thought of?

Fancheng!

Suddenly an answer came from Li Ling's heart, causing him to slam it. Why did he ignore this key point?

Xiangfan, Xiangfan, this city has never been different from other cities in Dayue. This is not a city, but is composed of two cities, Xiangyang and Fancheng. Crossing the other end of the floating bridge is the Fancheng, which is not below Xiangyang.

But for a long time, because the government office is located in Xiangyang, most of the government's attention has been put on this side, and it is obvious that the safety of Fancheng has been ignored.

Think about the previous method of Zhao Chenghuang's hiding and hiding - using Thunder Light and other church members as bait to attract the attention of the official army, but he climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard here; and using the secret passage that could lead to the outside as bait, he hid himself in the cellar - these two moves completely used the real and real strategy to the extreme.

In this way, his best plan is to combine the real and the real, and to attack the world, making people unable to understand his exact intentions. So although they are all hiding in Xiangyang, the place they really want to do is probably in Fancheng. They stay here, one to grasp the trends of the government, and the other to ensure the smooth implementation of their own plans. After all, they are in Xiangyang, and they will also attract the attention of the government army.

Yes, their target is Fancheng, not only because of their virtual habits this time, but also because I had already mastered a clue before - Cai!

Li Ling suddenly flashed his eyes and had a clear judgment. At the same time, he felt a little upset. He had obviously held the answer in his hand, but he turned a blind eye to it and had been tormenting for so long. This was a waste of time and gave the traitor a chance.

Just when he was looking for Zhao Chenghuang's hiding place, Li Ling had already asked Feng Yicheng that the courtyard was bought by Cai's excuse. However, this place became Zhao Chenghuang's last hiding place, which means that Cai and Luo Tian Sect must have some deep connection.

The Cai family is a large family rooted in Fancheng. Once they collude with the Luotian Sect, the situation there may be dangerous!

After quickly figuring out all this, Li Ling's body shook, and the light in his eyes was even more murderous: "Come, pass on my order, and quickly send troops to Fancheng! I'm afraid that the real goal of the Luotian Sect's traitor is to land in Fancheng, so I'll send a large army to me now!"

The officers of the personal guards were obviously stunned for a moment. They could not keep up with Li Ling's thoughts. But they obeyed Lord Li unconditionally. When they heard this, they were all shocked. Then they agreed loudly, and quickly pulled out of the courtyard to arrange assistance to Fancheng.

As for Zhao Chenghuang, who was still being tortured in front of him, his face finally changed after hearing Li Ling's series of orders. He didn't expect that Li Ling could catch the key so quickly. Is there still time now?

The sudden change in his face, and the obvious worry in his eyes, was naturally captured by Li Ling, which made him more and more convinced that his judgment was good. He didn't care about how to deal with Zhao Chenghuang, so he raised his hand and asked someone to remove him and take him to the government office first, and he quickly left the courtyard.

He had to rush to the government office to meet with local officials such as Wang He, and quickly formulated a strategy to deal with the current changes. It would be best to be able to support and defend Fancheng, but if he could not defend it in the end, there would be subsequent remedial measures.

...

It was almost noon.

If it were in the past, it would be the most lively time in Xiangfan City. There were many pedestrians in the long streets and alleys, and all the shops and restaurants were open to entertain guests, which was very lively.

But today, there have been continuous changes in the city since last night. Not only did the sound of killing continue, but some people also set fire everywhere, which scared the people of the city to panic. They could only hide at home and dare not go out, hoping that the government would quickly calm the situation and take down all the thieves and bandits who were in chaos.

This is not only in Xiangyang where chaos occurs frequently, but also in the more peaceful Fancheng, which is also empty. Apart from the officers and soldiers who keep coming and going, there are no people on the streets. As for the city gates, they are locked in the doors and refuse to let anyone go. The defenders at the top of the city even unsheathed their swords and arrows are rolled, and they are always wary of any traitors in the city attacking the city gate.

At the same time, these official troops kept looking out, waiting for the troops garrisons in the outside camp to arrive soon. As long as these thousands of troops arrived, the official troops would be stronger and they would not be afraid of any rebels causing trouble.

This is what the veteran of the city gate Fang Da thought. At this moment, he looked into the distance again. Suddenly, he saw a flag dancing at the end of the official road ahead. After quickly setting up a pergola and looking carefully, he saw the "Yue"-shaped banner that was constantly approaching the city and fluttering in the wind. The troops outside the city were garrisons coming.

This made him very happy, and he immediately turned his head and shouted, "Brothers, reinforcements are here, sir, reinforcements are here!"

Liu He, an officer who was instructing defense at the city gate to defend against all things, was very energetic when he heard this. He immediately left everything aside and quickly climbed to the city. From a distance, the team leaned towards the city along the official road. After a meal, the horses at the front of the team all arrived in front of the moat, so that everyone on the city could see clearly the appearance of the general with his helmet and armor.

He is the familiar commander of the Liezi Camp outside the city, General Pei Ling and Pei.

Before he could speak, General Pei had already shouted: "Who is the guard in the city? I, Pei Ling, was ordered to come. Why don't you open the door and let us in quickly?"

"God of General. I have been given strict orders before, so I must not open the door without authorization. I also asked the general to hand over the relevant military orders so that you can let you in." Although I knew the other party, Liu He did not dare to be careless and still needed the other party to express the relevant transfer orders.

Pei Ling snorted, as if he was quite dissatisfied. But then, after the persuasion of several troupes behind him, he took out a book from his arms and said, "Look clearly, this is the order that the prefect asked for help from my Lie Camp. If you dare to talk too much, I will take people back now. Then the boss will blame you, and you will only ask!"

Although Liu He still couldn't clearly understand the contents of the document due to distance, the bright red seal at the end of the document was recognized. Knowing that this was a seal for the purpose of communicating troops, it could also prove that the other party's identity was correct.

At this moment, he did not dare to neglect any more, and hurriedly waved his hand and ordered: "Open the city gate and welcome the soldiers of the Liebain. General Pei, I am also ordered to act and dare not neglect. I hope you have a large number of people, don't be surprised." Finally, he bent down and apologized to others.

Pei Ling didn't care too much, but just urged him impatiently: "Hurry up, the military orders are like a mountain, I can't delay the time!"

In fact, it was not necessary for him to urge him. The defenders in the city tried to open the city gate as quickly as possible. After a creaking of the noose, the city gate that was originally hung high slowly fell down and turned into a suspension bridge that could communicate inside and outside across the moat. In this way, the passage to the city had been completely opened.

Pei Ling waved his hand immediately and headed to the city first, and kept saying: "After entering the city, I will hold me the important points as I said before. There were strict orders before. The west gate of Fancheng will be under our control in the future. There must be no difference. Do you remember them all?"

"Here!" The soldiers who were following him agreed in unison, followed him closely, passed the suspension bridge and entered the city gate. After a while, a team of 3,000 people successfully passed the outer city gate and arrived at the Wengcheng, and in front of him was the Wengcheng gate that was still closed.

Seeing this, Pei Ling frowned again, and was about to scold them to open the city gate. When they asked them to open the city gate, a creaking sound came from behind. It turned out that the outer city gate had been raised quickly, cutting off their retreat.
Chapter completed!