Chongxi [rebirth]

The carriage ran all the way to Jizhou, and in the morning of the second time, it stopped temporarily in a small remote village for rest.

It was too cold in winter, and in order to travel as soon as possible, the carriage prepared was not big, and it was not comfortable.After a day and a night of ups and downs, Ye Yunting could still bear it, but the old concubine's face turned pale.It's just that the old man insisted and refused to say anything. Seeing this, Ye Yunting asked to stop and rest temporarily.

Ye Yunting asked the villagers for hot water, and asked the old concubine to drink some to slow down.Holding the map, he calculated the distance and the distance of the pursuers in his mind.

They chose a relatively unsafe route for this trip. If Li Zong sends people to pursue them, the best situation is that those people will all go after Luzhou, and turn back when they find that they are not going in the direction of Luzhou. They have entered the territory of Jizhou.But if you are unlucky, the leader of the team may be thoughtful, and may send most of the troops to chase in the direction of Luzhou, and at the same time send a small number of troops to chase in the direction of Jizhou.

There is a good chance they will be caught up by then.

Ye Yunting didn't pin all his hopes on luck. He looked at the nearby terrain and silently calculated in his mind that if Li Zong had realized that day, the pursuers should not be far away at this time.

He thought for a moment, then went outside to find the leader of the hidden guards to discuss in a low voice: "After reorganizing, pick a person with good hearing from the hidden guards, and listen every half an hour to see if there are any enemies chasing you." Pointing to the map again, he said, "Let's not take the official route, and go around the mountain road through the valley here. If we are caught up, we will set up traps in the valley according to local conditions. The number of pursuers should not be too many. We use the terrain to pre-empt the strike, and the odds are good."

Even if you can't win, use the terrain to cover and hide for a while, and wait until the fifth watch to bring people to catch up, and there is still time.

In order to spread the rumors about Xihuang and bring Ji Lian and others along, the fifth watch lagged behind them by more than half a day.When the hidden guards from the rear followed the marks to catch up with them, they would no longer be so passive.

"This road in the valley is not easy to walk. If you take a detour, the speed will slow down." The commander of the dark guard felt that instead of slowing down for the sake of chasing soldiers, it is better to hurry to Jizhou.As long as you enter Jizhou, you don't have to worry about the emperor's pursuit.

"No matter how fast our speed is, it's not as fast as the horses that keep fighting day and night." Ye Yunting said in a deep voice: "If we are caught up and surrounded on the official road, we have no power to fight back."

The disadvantage of the carriage is too obvious, if you still follow the official path, you will be caught up soon.Although they could still hide in the forest to procrastinate, waiting for reinforcements to arrive at the fifth watch, the casualties would definitely not be small.

The valley loops and turns, and the speed of the horses will be greatly reduced. However, they can rely on familiarizing themselves with the terrain and setting up traps to block them, which can not only avoid confrontation, but also better delay time.

The commander of the dark guard pondered for a moment, still feeling hesitant about this move, but Ye Yunting's statement was not without basis, he hesitated a little, and still passed on the order.

After repairing in the village, the group set out on the road again.This time I did not take the flat and open official road.Instead, at the next fork in the road, he turned into a rugged valley.

The selected dark guards are far behind, and every half an hour they will lie down on the ground to listen to the movement behind them.

After two hours like this, the rear was still calm, and there was no trace of pursuers.

The commander of the dark guards saw this and said: "There is no pursuit, maybe they are all heading towards Luzhou. It would be faster if you leave the valley at the next intersection and turn to the official road." It's not easy to go.

Ye Yunting frowned slightly, two hours, almost half a day passed.According to the speed of the war horse, he should have almost caught up at this time.And although it is not impossible for all the pursuers to go to Luzhou to pursue them, he knows the people around Li Xing. If he is Li Xing, Cui Xi should be ordered to lead the troops on this trip.

Cui Xi is not a stupid person, it is absolutely impossible to ignore the slight possibility of Jizhou.

Ye Yunting felt a little uneasy in his heart, shook his head and said, "Go ahead. Send another person to the rear to check on the situation."

The commander of the dark guards felt more and more that he was worrying unfoundedly, and was about to speak, but saw the falcon hovering in the sky make a long cry and land on the roof of the carriage.Restlessly flapping the top of the carriage with its wings.At the same time, the wolf king, who had been following them all this time and barely showed his face, appeared on the side of the valley at this time, and let out a long roar.Silver-white pupils looked back warily.

"Everyone is on guard, the pursuers are catching up."

Ye Yunting has raised Saker Falcon and Wolf King for a long time, and he is very familiar with their calls and movements, which is a warning.

He jumped out of the carriage, looked around, and calmly arranged according to the previous plan one by one: "Immediately send two dark guards with good skills and ears to go to the rear to find out the situation. The rest hide on the sides of the valley to guard... ...the carriage continues to move forward..."

He helped the old princess down, and ordered two hidden guards to protect her and hide her in the valley.But he didn't leave, but stayed in the carriage as bait.

The hidden guard disagreed and said: "Princess, don't put yourself in danger, or let me pretend to be it."

Ye Yunting shook his head with a calm expression: "I stayed here just in case, if the worst happens. You protect the old concubine and go first."

It is nearly [-] miles from Shangjing to Weizhou. No matter how rigorous the plan is, it is impossible to be without a trace of risk.He has tried his best to minimize the risk, but he can't ignore the worst case.If something happens, the old concubine must be saved first.

After seeing the old concubine die in his dream, no one knew the importance of the old concubine to Li Fengqi better than him.

"But Princess, you..."

The commander of the hidden guards wanted to persuade him again, but was interrupted by Ye Yunting: "Don't waste any more time, this is the safest way, and there is no guarantee that something will happen."

He looked calm and determined, and under his influence, the commander of the hidden guard also calmed down. He clasped his fists slightly, and ordered the others to hide in the woods on both sides of the valley, while he continued to walk forward with the carriage guarded.

But Ye Yunting was right to be worried, after Saker Falcon and Wolf King warned, the hidden guards who sent out quickly turned back and said that there was indeed a group of people running towards them fifty miles away.Because there were not many people, they didn't realize until they got close.

Hearing that there were not many people, Ye Yunting breathed a sigh of relief.

"Go faster." Ye Yunting raised the curtain of the car, looked at the gradually narrowing valley road in front of him: "Lead them there."

The valley is narrow, with steep slopes that are almost perpendicular to the ground on both sides. Old trees with thick branches grow on the slopes. Because of the continuous heavy snow, thick ice forms on the slopes, and those ferociously stretched branches hang even more. Full of sharp ice edges.They couldn't carry a lot of bows and arrows on their way, but these sharp ice edges are the best "arrows" at this time.

The carriage accelerated and drove into the narrower and narrower valley road.

At this time, Cui Xi and his troops had just arrived in front of the valley.

Looking at the horseshoe prints and ruts on the ground, the deputy commander said: "Sure enough, he fled this way. Look at the horseshoe prints, there are only four or fifty people." His tone was excited, obviously impatient to catch them Meritorious service.

Cui Xi held the reins, and gave him a cold look: "Oh? Why don't you go in and try?"

The vice-commander didn't know what he meant, so he closed his mouth embarrassingly.

Cui Xi's eyes flashed as he looked at the winding valley road and the messy horseshoe prints extending deep on the ground.

He certainly did not see the wrong person.

The reason why he took someone to chase him in the direction of Jizhou temporarily was because he thought of the rumors that had spread in Shangjing. Ye Boru is also convinced.

Li Zong thought that all of this was a plan that Li Fengqi had arranged long ago, but he felt that all of this had something to do with Ye Yunting.No matter how exhaustive King Yong'an was, he still couldn't control the situation in Shangjing from a distance of thousands of miles.

There must be someone to support it.

And this person was most likely Ye Yunting, so he followed Ye Yunting's train of thought and guessed that he might have given up on Luzhou and moved to Jizhou.

And Mr. Ye is even better than he imagined.

The corners of Cui Xi's lips were full of interest, he raised his hand, ordered everyone to wait in place, and rode his horse into the valley.

The former deputy commander who was eager to arrest people for meritorious service was still wondering: "What does Cui Changshi mean?"

Cui Xi glanced back at him, and waved his hands calmly.

The vice-in-command wanted to ask more questions, but he felt a chill in his heart. He lowered his head to look, and saw the point of Leng Bai's knife protruding from his chest.His eyes widened, blood gushed out of his mouth, and before he could say a word, he fell straight down.

To the end of his life, he didn't know why Cui Xi wanted to kill himself.

Cui Xi snorted lightly, and galloped forward with his horse's belly.

The two hundred Shence Army guarding in front of the valley remained motionless like ice sculptures, and everyone turned a blind eye to the deputy commander who fell to the ground.

The clattering of horseshoes behind him was getting closer and closer, Ye Yunting lifted the curtain of the car, and was about to order to do it, but the commander of the dark guard said doubtfully: "There is only one person who caught up."

Ye Yunting paused, signaling them to stand still, and got out of the carriage to look behind.

Sure enough, only one person and one rider were the ones catching up, and the person on the horse was an acquaintance.

Cui Xi stopped ten steps away, and said loudly: "Maybe Cui ask the eldest son to explain?"

Ye Yunting squinted at him: "I don't know what Cui Changshi came here alone, what is his intention?"

His impression of Cui Xi is not too bad. Although Cui Xi has a bad reputation, in fact, since he was reborn, he has never seen him do any heinous things. Even when he first entered the palace, he once Mentioned him.Rather than saying that he is bad, it is better to say that watching the excitement is not a big deal.

Just like now, Ye Yunting didn't believe that he didn't bring someone here, but he chased after him alone, and wanted to talk to him.

If he didn't know that he was the emperor's confidant, he didn't look like he was chasing him, but rather saw him off.

Seeing his hesitation, Cui Xi said again: "The guards on both sides are tight, and I can't hurt the eldest son alone. Why should the eldest son hesitate?"

Hearing this, Ye Yunting was even more certain that he had seen through his plan, so he could come here alone, even if he was not a friend, he could not be called an enemy.