Lord Li Jing's eyes widened in disbelief.
"That's right, and he's already in the sky."
Cheng Yaojin nodded and looked at the sky. "Even my Iron Bull has gone up."
"Why are you only telling me such an important thing now?"
Lord Li Jing frowned, clearly unhappy.
With that, he glanced at the sky and turned to walk out of the residence. "Let's go. Follow me to the barracks to gather the troops."
"Oh, I'm coming."
Cheng Yaojin pulled Yuchi Gong and quickly followed.
The three of them hurriedly walked out of the door and rode their horses to the barracks.
Since they were tracking that thing in the sky, the more people there were, the better. With one more person, they would have one more pair of eyes and one more strength. The three generals who led troops to war knew this very well.
After rushing all the way, the three of them finally arrived at the barracks. They hurriedly gathered 20,000 troops and left the barracks.
"Yaojin, in my opinion, we should split up."
Lord Li Jing glanced at the blurry hot air balloon in the sky and said solemnly. The hot air balloon was drifting further and further away, and it was easy to get lost if they followed it together. The best way was to split up. Moreover, this fellow was a veteran commander, so there was no problem with this.
"Alright, I'll go with Big Black. You go alone. Is that okay?"
Cheng Yaojin nodded and immediately agreed with Lord Li Jing's opinion. As a veteran commander, he naturally had such strategic foresight.
"Alright, then I'll go first."
Lord Li Jing nodded and then looked at the soldiers behind him. He shouted, "10,000 men come with me."
As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his horsewhip and rushed forward. The soldiers behind him followed closely behind, raising a cloud of dust.
Looking at the gradually disappearing figures, Yuchi Gong looked at Cheng Yaojin and said solemnly, "Old Cheng, let's go too."
"Alright, let's go."
Cheng Yaojin nodded. With that, he pulled the horse's head and shouted, "Everyone, follow me."
The soldiers immediately opened up a path in the middle. Cheng Yaojin whipped his horse and galloped off. Yuchi Gong followed closely behind. Seeing that the two commanders had already set off, the soldiers followed behind.
Although the hot air balloon had drifted far away, its speed was not very fast. Occasionally, one could still see the shadow of the hot air balloon.
Looking at the image, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong led their troops and charged towards the hot air balloon. They did not dare to be negligent. This was not only because of His Majesty's imperial edict, but also because of some personal reasons.
Both of them were on good terms with Zhang Feng, especially Yuchi Gong. His cousin even had some sort of entanglement with Zhang Feng. If something happened to Zhang Feng in the sky, what would happen to his cousin?
On the other hand, Cheng Yaojin was just as worried as Yuchi Gong. This was because his son was currently in the sky with Zhang Feng. If his son was in any danger, what would happen to the Cheng family? Wouldn't that be the end of their line?
Thinking of this, he felt as if a needle had pierced his heart. It was an abnormal feeling.
"Everyone, speed up."
Cheng Yaojin glanced back and shouted.
With that, he waved his horse whip and sped up.
"Old Cheng, wait for me."
Yuchi Gong was not to be outdone. He waved his horse whip and followed. He naturally knew that Old Cheng was worried about his son, so he did not dissuade him. Instead, he directly followed.
The two of them hurried on without stopping. Dust rose behind them, and the sound of the soldiers' footsteps could be heard behind them.
After running for an unknown period of time, they finally saw the shadow of the hot air balloon.
"Whoosh."
Yuchi Gong reined in his horse and glanced at the hot air balloon in the sky. Then, he looked at the guard beside him and said, "Bring me the map."
"Big Black, why aren't you continuing to chase?"
Cheng Yaojin also stopped and looked at Yuchi Gong beside him. He was a little puzzled. After all, they had just seen a shadow and it was still far away. Why was this guy still stopping here?
"Wait a minute. We've been running for so long. Even if the people aren't tired, the horses still need to rest.
Yuchi Gong looked at Cheng Yaojin with a serious expression. After that, he did not wait for the other party to reply. He took the map from the guard and looked at it seriously. A moment later, he frowned and handed the map in his hand to Cheng Yaojin. "Old Cheng, look. We've left Chang 'an."
"Left Chang 'an?"
Cheng Yaojin took the map with a puzzled expression and glanced at it roughly. "As expected, it's just that Feng Zi is still floating ahead."
"Look in the direction Feng Zi is floating in. That's it?"
Yuchi Gong pointed in the direction of the hot air balloon with a solemn expression.
Cheng Yaojin looked in the direction Yuchi Gong was pointing in. At first, he did not notice it. After looking for a while, he suddenly felt that something was wrong and exclaimed, "That's the direction of Sheng Zhou?"
"That's right. I looked at the map just now. Feng Zi is going in the direction of Sheng Zhou."
Yuchi Gong took a deep breath and furrowed his brows as if he was worried about something.
"If it's really in the direction of Sheng Zhou, then we're in trouble. There are 200,000 Xiongnu soldiers stationed there."
Cheng Yaojin looked ahead and widened his eyes. He had been to Sheng Zhou with Big Black before. Not only was it barren, but there were also Xiongnu soldiers stationed there. If Feng Zi and Tie Niu went there, it would be very dangerous.
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