Chapter 465

Officials in Zhangyu didn't know where Zhong Tian and Xiao Shang were hiding. Even if Feng Jun tortured them, they couldn't answer. Read the full text. Until the early morning of the next day, Feng Jun had searched Zhangyu City from beginning to end, but found nothing. They didn't find the whereabouts of Zhong Tian and Xiao Shang at all.

When the news came back to Tang Yin, the latter was furious and ordered Xiao Muqing and Ziying to continue to search with all their strength. If there was no result before nightfall, they didn't have to come back. Xiao Muqing and Ziying grinned secretly. On the battlefield, no matter what difficulties and dangers they encountered, they could find ways to overcome them, but they really didn't know how to find a needle in a haystack.

Xiao Muqing didn't blindly order to continue the comprehensive search, but let the soldiers of the army take a break temporarily, and he found Letian and asked for his opinion. In terms of tracking and spying, Letian is much better than him, and Xiao Muqing knows this very well. After hearing Xiao Muqing's intention, Letian frowned. Although Tang Yin did not order him to look for Zhong Tian, ​​Letian still sent most of the spies of Tianyan to find out and investigate Zhong Tian's whereabouts. However, the result was the same as Xiao Muqing and Ziying's. No clues were found.

He said faintly: "There are more than 50,000 or 60,000 residents in Zhangyu City, with a population of hundreds of thousands. With so many houses, there are countless secret passages and secret rooms where people can hide. Besides, most of our soldiers have never seen Zhong Tian himself. If he changes into civilian clothes, they may not recognize him even if he stands in front of them. Therefore, letting the soldiers below to search will have little effect." Yes! What Letian said makes sense! After listening to Le Tian's analysis, Xiao Muqing took a deep breath and asked, "Then... General Le, what do you think?" Le Tian thought for a moment, then said, "Zhangyu City must be under full martial law. No matter whether it is day or night, residents in the city are not allowed to go out. Then, the city area will be divided into several blocks, and General Xiao will personally lead the troops to search door to door. After checking a block, they will block it off to ensure that Zhong Tian is outside the scope of the investigation. In this way, Zhong Tian can be dug out after all." Xiao Muqing nodded as he listened, and pondered for a while. At that moment, he smiled bitterly and said: "Although General Le's idea is good, it is also quite time-consuming. The Lord asked me to find Zhong Tian before nightfall..." Letian sighed and said helplessly: "As far as the current situation is concerned, that is simply impossible. In my opinion, Zhong Tian is either disguised as an ordinary person or hiding in a very secluded place. It will take a lot of effort to find him." "Yes!" Xiao Muqing responded, and after thinking for a while, he bowed deeply to Letian to thank him, and without any further delay, he turned around and left. After saying goodbye to Letian, he found Ziying again and told Ziying Letian's method again. Ziying smiled when he heard this, and praised repeatedly: "This is a good idea!" Xiao Muqing smiled bitterly and said: "It's good, but the search will take a long time, and it will definitely miss the deadline given by the adults." Ziying smiled and said: "This is easy! We can first divide the entire city into several areas according to General Le's method, and then send out several teams to investigate separately." "Not appropriate!" Xiao Muqing shook his head repeatedly and said: "Most of our soldiers have never seen Zhong Tian. What if he changes his clothes and pretends to be a civilian?" "Hehe!" Ziying smiled and said: "General Xiao's subordinates do not have many people who have seen Zhong Tian, ​​but my subordinates have seen him, and more than once or twice. They will lead the team and look for him separately, and there will definitely be no leaks." Ah! Xiao Muqing nodded with sudden enlightenment, and slapped his forehead twice. How could he forget this point? Ziying and his lieutenants and corps commanders were originally Zhong Tian's subordinates, so they were naturally very familiar with Zhong Tian. Even if he turned into ashes, they could recognize him! He laughed and said, "Okay! I'll follow General Ziying's opinion!" At this time, Ziying waved his hand and asked someone to bring the map of Zhangyu. He took out a pen and drew on it while discussing with Xiao Muqing. He divided Zhangyu City into twelve areas with several main roads as the boundary. He and Xiao Muqing each checked six areas. In addition, he lent his subordinates to Xiao Muqing and asked them to assist the Pingyuan Army in the search. In return, Xiao Muqing lent 20,000 Pingyuan Army to Ziying to make up for the lack of manpower in the Tianying Army.

After everything was discussed, the two sent their men to the city to tell the people of Zhangyu that the Feng Army had begun to completely close the city. No matter who it was, it was strictly forbidden to go out. Those who violated the order would be killed without mercy. Hundreds of Feng Army soldiers rode fast horses into the city under the orders of the two of them, shuttled back and forth on the main roads and secondary roads, and kept shouting loudly, shouting the order to close the city to the people in the city.

At this time, the sky was already bright. With the shouts of the soldiers of the Feng Army, it didn't take long for the streets and alleys in the city to see the figures of the people. Whether it was the main road, the secondary road, or the alleys and alleys, they were all empty and deserted. Only occasionally could you see groups of soldiers of the Feng Army hurriedly passing by.

Next, the Plain Army and the Sky Eagle Army began to enter the city in an all-round way. As for Xiao Muqing, he first ordered people to surround the three areas he wanted to search, and then divided his soldiers into three teams. He and two deputy corps commanders led the teams respectively, and the three lieutenants borrowed from Ziying were also assigned to the three teams to search separately.

The area that Xiao Muqing wanted to search was not very large, but there were thousands of residents in it. It was not so easy to search it all from beginning to end. He sighed secretly, and took Ziying's lieutenant and his own people with him, and began to search for Zhong Tian from house to house.

The lieutenant he brought with him was named He Peng. He had been serving under Ziying since he joined the army. He could be considered Ziying's trusted general. Xiao Muqing asked He Peng what Zhong Tian looked like while searching. Not to mention the soldiers under the Pingyuan Army, even Xiao Muqing himself had never seen Zhong Tian.

He Peng didn't know how to describe him, so he grinned and said, "Zhong Tian has a white face and black beard. He doesn't look fat, but he's not thin either. He's of medium build!" Xiao Muqing's brows almost twisted into a knot after hearing this. There are a lot of people like him, but it's actually the same as saying nothing. But this can't be blamed on He Peng. Zhong Tian's appearance really doesn't have any special features. He can't be said to be ugly, but he's not good-looking either. He just looks ordinary. If he says he's different from ordinary people, it's because of his aristocratic temperament and pampered maintenance, but this is hard to describe in words.

Seeing that Xiao Muqing was very dissatisfied with his answer, He Peng thought for a while and said, "Zhong Tian is very timid. Even when he didn't usurp the throne, he was always surrounded by people every time he went out, and there were countless guards around him. I think... the current situation is so critical, Zhong Tian must have close guards around him. Even if he doesn't bring too many people to hide his tracks, they must be masters of spiritual martial arts!" The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Listening to He Peng's words silently, Xiao Muqing suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and secretly said, "Yes! Zhong Tian is famous for his timidity. In the case of his own comprehensive occupation of Zhangyu, he must have guards around him, and they must be guards with profound spiritual martial arts.

Thinking of this, Xiao Muqing immediately stopped his steps, turned his head and called the herald, asking him to go to the other two teams and release the insight technique during the search to detect the existence of spiritual practitioners. Then, he arranged for his subordinates to follow him and release insight in turn.

Insight is the most basic auxiliary skill of the Light Spiritual Martial Arts. It does not consume much spiritual energy, but it is not something that ordinary spiritual practitioners can afford to release for a long time without stopping.

Xiao Muqing and Ziying went out in person, leading the Plain Army and the Sky Eagle Army. They searched hard for a whole morning, but still did not gain anything. By the afternoon, Tang Yin could no longer sit still in the camp, so he went into the city to find Xiao Muqing and searched for Zhong Tian with him.

Tang Yin's arrival did not bring good luck to Xiao Muqing. When it was almost evening, Zhong Tian's whereabouts were still not found. At this time, Xiao Muqing took out the map and looked at it carefully. At the beginning, he and Ziying had agreed to act separately. It felt that they could search the entire Zhangyu City in one day, but in reality, they knew it was far from that simple. A day was almost over, and he had not even checked one area.

The sky was getting darker and darker. The soldiers of the Feng Army had lit torches one after another and searched until nightfall. Zhong Tian was not found, but the soldiers below were a little bit exhausted. They had not slept for two days and one night, and they had been fighting and running around. They had not even eaten a good meal. They were exhausted at this time. They looked listless and seemed to fall asleep while standing.

Now Tang Yin finally understood the difficulties encountered by Xiao Muqing and Ziying. It was not that the two were not dedicated or incompetent, but it was really too difficult to search for a few people in the whole city. He turned his head to look at Xiao Muqing, who also looked tired. If you listen carefully, Xiao Muqing's stomach was still rumbling from time to time.

Tang Yin casually asked, "Xiao Muqing, have you had lunch?" Xiao Muqing was stunned for a moment, then quickly replied, "No, sir." "Yes!" Tang Yin nodded, walked out of the alley, stood on the main road and looked around. He saw a small restaurant not far away. He waved to Xiao Muqing behind him and said, "It just so happens that I haven't eaten either. Take the generals with you and go eat something together. Also, stop the search and let the soldiers rest first!" "Yes! Sir!" After hearing this, Xiao Muqing sighed and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to stay and rest. In addition, he told his men to return to the camp immediately and organize people to send all the meals prepared in the camp to the city so that the soldiers could fill their stomachs. People are iron and food is steel. No matter how difficult the task is, eating a full meal is the main thing, otherwise the soldiers will not have the strength to work.

After everything was explained, Xiao Muqing followed Tang Yin and walked towards the restaurant in front. When he got closer, Xiao Muqing looked up and felt disappointed. Since the Feng army had ordered the city to be sealed off, the people in the city were not allowed to leave their homes. The small restaurant was not open either, and the doors and windows were all closed tightly.

"Sir, I think we should go back to the camp to eat!" Xiao Muqing said with a wry smile.