Chapter 1255 March

The army set out and soon disappeared without a trace.

Marching in the mountains is not easy, and walking at night is even more difficult, because the forest is deep and the grass is dense, blocking the sky, and it is really dark.

However, Zhao Cheng was prepared for this. As early as last autumn, he had people open a road in the mountains and select the route to Wucheng.

In addition, while opening the road, he also used strong straw ropes on the trees along the way to guide the direction to prevent the subsequent march from getting lost.

Not only that, Zhao Cheng had people bury water and food there early at several nodes on the road as a supplement.

It is said that the three armies have not moved, but the food and grass have gone first.

But Zhao Cheng was well prepared. He just asked the soldiers to carry three days of water and food each, so that they could travel light and simple, so that they could naturally travel quickly.

As for the follow-up, after taking Wucheng, there would be no shortage of water and food.

Let alone the accumulation of the Wu family, let's just talk about the wealthy families in Wucheng. The food they hid must be piled up like a mountain.

As for the insects, snakes, rats and ants in the mountains, Zhao Cheng had also made preparations. On the one hand, he had already sprinkled medicine powder along the march, and on the other hand, all the soldiers had medicine powder on their bodies. Although it was impossible to completely eliminate them, the damage could be minimized.

In the camp of the Yingtian Army, Wei Ye saw the suddenly empty camp, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed and hesitant.

What was disappointing was that the merit of capturing Wucheng this time was probably not related to him, but he knew in his heart that Zhao Cheng's arrangement was actually to take care of him.

His ability was just like that, otherwise he would not have become Zhao Cheng's personal soldier. After all, at that time, Zhao Cheng was just a general flag and was not prominent in the army.

But now, Zhao Cheng has transformed himself into the general of Yingtian. In the land of Lianshan, his words are as important as gold. Whether it is prestige or honor, it is many times stronger than before. Even he has benefited from it and has been promoted repeatedly. Now he has sat in a position that he never dared to dream of.

But he knows that he is not good at marching and fighting. He is not brave enough to be aggressive. If he goes to take Wucheng, it may be bad.

On the contrary, guarding the base camp, as long as there is no trouble during this period, if he takes Wucheng in the future, it will also be a credit to him. It can be said that he can get the credit without doing anything.

As for hesitation, of course he is hesitant. Whether it can be done in the end, there is certainly a shocking explosion, but the war is dangerous. No one can guarantee what the final outcome will be until the dust settles.

"I hope everything goes well!"

"Follow the will of heaven, the world will belong to Zhao. If you can really rule the world, what a grand scene it will be..."

In the dark night, Wei Ye murmured, thinking of the time when he first came to Zhao Cheng's command. At that time, Zhao Cheng was just an ignorant boy, fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a Taoist robe, without the dignity and momentum of a nobleman, and no one thought he had any future.

It's just that he, Wei Ye, is incompetent and has no right to choose. Those who are capable have long become the personal soldiers of those powerful figures.

But I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, the world would change. Thinking of Zhao Cheng wearing the armor of a general before, and the mighty power he showed in his every move, Wei Ye couldn't help but feel like a dream.

However, Wei Ye quickly adjusted his mood. The five hundred people Zhao Cheng left for him were all old soldiers, but these old soldiers were either injured or more inclined to logistics. There were only more than a hundred people who were really strong in combat.

But this many people were enough to stay behind.

Wei Ye's main purpose was not to defend against foreign enemies, but to create the illusion that the Yingtian Army was still in the camp.

And it was not difficult to do this.

After all, the military camp was an important place, and outsiders were not allowed to approach.

Even, he didn't need to hide it for too long, as long as there was a time difference of one or two days, it would be completely fine.

By then, even if the news here spread, by the time the news reached people, Zhao Cheng should have already arrived at Wucheng.

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"Blood light hits the moon, an ominous sign..."

Wucheng, Wu Zu's mansion, although it was late at night, he still didn't sleep.

Or, since he was appointed to stay in Wucheng, he has slept very lightly, not because of illness, but simply because he was too excited.

From a few months ago, Wu Qi said that he wanted to adopt an heir, to his current garrison in Wucheng, step by step, especially now, leaving him to guard Wucheng, the meaning here is already very obvious.

That is, Wu Qi has planned to hand over the foundation to him in the future.

It's not that he is so powerful, but simply because his competitors are too bad.

But this is normal. For people like them, even if he is just a concubine, his surname is Wu, and just based on this, he will be rich and prosperous.

Those who grow up in this situation are actually very few. Don't look at the world today. Whether it is Cao Zheng of the Cao family or Yuan Chu of the Yuan family, all the famous people are from powerful families, but this is a probability problem.

There are many descendants of powerful people, and there are always a few who are useful.

And more are the noble sons who grew up lying in the sea of ​​gold and silver. Apart from enjoying, they can't do anything else.

The reason is simple. If you don't lack anything, why should you work hard? !

You can honestly follow the trajectory of your parents. When you are young, you eat, drink and have fun. When you are a little older, you will be arranged by your parents to prepare for succession. Now, after more than ten or twenty years, as long as you are healthy and disaster-free, you can achieve success.

As for climbing up, their fathers' superiors also have descendants, so it's not impossible to do it, but it's difficult.

In this situation, it's hard to have ambitions.

Take Wu Zu, for example. At the beginning, he didn't think that he could inherit Wu Qi's foundation. Even now, he feels like he's dreaming.

He vaguely heard that Wu Qi's wife was against Wu Qi's adoption of an adopted son, but Wu Qi put her in solitary confinement. Of course, he said to the outside world that his wife was sick.

As for Wu Zu, he didn't have the ambition to rule the world. He just felt that it was good enough for the Wu family to have the current territory.

On the other side, in Wu Hu's mansion, Wu Hu was drinking at this time. This tiger demon under Wu Qi had no other hobbies, his only hobby was drinking, and he often got drunk.

However, this man was not without restraint. If he was marching and fighting, he could do it without drinking, so he was trusted by Wu Qi.

Now, he was ordered to defend Wucheng with Wu Zu, but he thought that Wucheng could not be broken. Even if someone came to attack, they could only come from Qingzhou. There were secret sentries along the way. If there was any movement in the direction of Qingzhou, he would get the news and make preparations early.

Therefore, no matter Wu Zu or the civil officials who stayed behind, no one cared about Wu Hu's drinking.

This was just a small matter and would not affect the matter. If he talked about this matter, it would offend Wu Hu and cause trouble in the future.