After landing on the shore, there was open and solid ground beneath his feet. Stepping on it, Yang Zhen felt particularly at ease in his heart.

The first thing that caught their eyes was a fence wall made of tall and dense logs erected side by side. This basically intact fence wall surrounded a large black camp in the plain area on the north bank of Xiaoling River.

Zhang Chen bowed his waist and came up, and whispered to Yang Zhen: "Sir! There is no one in the watchtower! The camp gate is open, and there is no one near the camp gate!"

After hearing Zhang Chen's words, Yang Zhen felt even more relieved, and with a few people behind him, he strode towards the former Tatar camp.

As Zhang Chen said, at least the first half of the camp, the area where the troops were previously stationed, is already an empty camp.

"Ma Liu! You are familiar with this camp, so you lead the way! Take me to see Daishan's residence here, and that Beizi Luotuo's residence you mentioned!"

But after a few days, Ma Liu's identity was still very different when he came here again. Before, he was a slave in this camp. During the day, he had to do all kinds of hard and dirty work. At night, he would be called over from time to time by some Tatar superior officer.

Sleeping with me is like hell.

But now, those tyrannical Tatar masters have all run away, and he followed the advance camp leader who specialized in fighting the Tatars, and came to the camp where the Tatars were completely empty.

Ma Liu took the lead and led Yang Zhen and others through the former Tatar camp quickly. The scene in front of him was once very familiar, but looking at it again seemed like it was a lifetime ago.

Yang Zhen was right to bring Ma Liu together, because the camp where the Tatars once stationed troops to collect food was very large. Without an insider to guide them, it would be difficult for them to find the place where Daishan or Luotuo had stayed.

place.

At the same time, entering the main entrance of this camp also made Yang Zhen feel deeply lucky. Fortunately, he launched the raid from the direction of the coast. Fortunately, after they entered the Tatar camp, they went directly to the Tatar back camp where grain and grass were stored.

If an attack were launched from the front gate, or from the west, with his few men and horses, even if the camp fence was blown open, he would not be able to reach the rear camp where the grain and grass were stored.

Let's say that Ma Liu led Yang Zhen and others quickly through the front camp area of ​​the Tatar camp. Under a man-made platform in the middle of the Tatar camp, Ma Liu stopped and pointed to the remains on the platform.

Turning away horses, fences and other debris, he said to Yang Zhen:

"Sir! When the Tatar prince made the decision here, he stayed in the big tent set up here! Later, the Tatar prince left with his tent! That Tatar Beiziye Luotuo put it there

My big tent has been moved to this place! It’s all empty now!”

After hearing this, Yang Zhen said nothing, walked past a few random horses, and climbed up a step to the platform that was almost as tall as a person.

The platform is covered with a thick layer of raw wooden boards, and under the gaps between the wooden boards is the ground made of rammed earth and stone. Standing on this platform and looking south, it is dark in the direction of the Queen's Palace, with only the Songshan City area to the southwest showing some light.

Yang Zhen stood on the high platform and looked up at the sky. He didn't know whether it was because the burning reeds on the coastline produced too much smoke, or whether it was because the clouds covered the moon. In short, there was no moonlight tonight and the stars were dim.

Judging from my own field of vision, the visibility at night is only a dozen steps away.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen said to the few people following him: "The Tatars have abandoned this camp! There is no need for us to stay here any longer! The Empress Palace is not far from here, but only a few miles away, on the Xiaoling River.

There is a bridge and there is a road ahead, so we have to go and take a look!"

As a time traveler, Yang Zhen always has the habit of asking other people's opinions before doing anything. However, most of the time, people in this era usually have no objections to Shangguan's arrangements.

This time, it's the same.

After Yang Zhen asked the question, he did not wait for an answer. After hearing his words, several people around him took it as an order and turned around to leave without anyone saying a word.

The group of people returned along the original road, passed through the empty camp with only abandoned debris, left the camp gate, and headed straight for the small bridge.

When they arrived at the bridge, everyone went down to the reeds, dragged the boat out again, took out a few unlit torches, and brought a batch of grenades. Then they tied the boat's cable to the wooden stakes at the bridge before leaving again.

Yang Zhen, carrying a musket and a bag full of ammunition, walked in the middle of the team, quickly passed the small bridge rebuilt by the Tatars, and rushed southwest along the ruts on the ground.

At this moment, in addition to carrying a musket and ammunition on Yang Zhen's body, he also carried eight iron grenades provided by Li Lu on his chest and left side of his waist.

The total weight of all the things he was carrying weighed more than thirty kilograms.

However, Yang Zhenyong in this life has a tall and good physique. Even if he is very tired from running around and working for days, he can immediately return to his vigorous state with a little rest and adjustment.

Carrying more than 30 kilograms of weight on his back did not have much impact on him, and he still walked with ease.

Among the other people, except for Ma Liu, who is relatively thin, Zhang Chen, Yang Zhan'ao, Yan San, and Guo Xiao are all very strong and strong, and can survive in such a difficult and dangerous environment. If their physical fitness is not good enough, I am afraid they would have died a long time ago.

Bye.

Ma Liu had been to the Empress Palace Camp. Under his guidance, Yang Zhen and his party did not need to explore the road everywhere, saving a lot of time and energy and traveling very quickly.

Along the way, they didn't see a single Tatar patrol sentry or figure in the wilderness at night. Only the occasional animal scurrying through the grass or woods could scare them.

The only other sounds left were the sound of the wind, their own low footsteps, and the occasional howl of wolves that pierced the night sky.

After walking toward the southwest for about two-quarters of an hour, Yang Zhen saw what seemed to be a three-way intersection not far away. Combined with his memory of the location of the Empress Palace and Xiaoling River in later generations, Yang Zhen immediately stopped and called

Lived Ma Liu and others.

When everyone gathered around him, Yang Zhen pointed to the deep ruts on the ground, then pointed to the three-way intersection ahead, and asked Ma Liu: "There are two roads in front of the ruts here, which one should we take?"

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Ma Liu said neatly: "Sir! This rut ​​that goes straight along this road leads to the outside of Songshan City! This one -"

Ma Liu pointed to the rut that turned south not far ahead, and continued: "This rut ​​further south, about a mile up and down, is the Empress' Palace!"

Speaking of this, Ma Liu suddenly said in doubt: "Usually when we transport food and grass near this intersection, there will be a large number of Baya soldiers with yellow flags or yellow flags here to check! But now, there is not even a trace of anyone! Empress Palace

Will there be no more Tatars there?!"

Ma Liu's question was quickly answered.

Yang Zhen only hesitated for a moment near the three-way intersection and chose to believe Ma Liu once. Then the group followed Ma Liu and quickly turned south at the three-way intersection.

In fact, by this time, Yang Zhen had already made his own judgment in his mind. If the Tatar puppet emperor Huang Taiji was still camping in the Empress Palace, the place would have been heavily guarded within a few miles.

Including the abandoned grain and grass camp, it will not be left empty. As long as Huang Taiji is still in the Empress Palace, an elite army will be stationed in that place no matter what.

Yang Zhen was quite self-aware. He knew that the Tatar army would never stage such a big battle and make such a big sacrifice just to lure a small fish like him ashore.

Therefore, when the mountain gate of the Empress' Palace really came into view, Yang Zhen did not hesitate at all. Instead, he took off his musket and walked straight towards the mountain gate of the Empress' Palace.

Zhang Chen, Yang Zhan'ao, and Yan San were not fools. They all arrived outside the mountain gate, but they didn't even see the shadow of a Tatar guard. They all knew that the Tatars stationed in the Empress Palace area had retreated.

All these signs indicate that it was the truth and not an illusion that Yang Zhan'ao and Guo Xiaowu met the Tatar brigade crossing the river to the north in the afternoon.

Everyone followed Yang Zhen and finally arrived at the second main hall of the entire temple in the Empress' Palace.

The slightly dark and gloomy hall was empty, with nothing but rows of tall pillars.

The statues of the Empress of Heaven in the Empress Palace, as well as the statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva, Patrolling Yaksha, Chasing Yaksha and other Bodhisattvas, gods and warriors have all disappeared. I don’t know where they were moved by the Tatars who believe in Lamaism and Shamanism.

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Yang Zhen asked Zhang Chen to light a torch, and the hall suddenly became brighter. The layout of the hall was completely changed. It seemed that Huang Taiji, who was stationed here, changed it into a place for holding "court meetings" to discuss military affairs.
Chapter completed!