Zhurou

Chapter 21
The leader immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He was selected into the Forbidden Army from the Xiang Army, and he knows what it looks like in the Touxiang Army under the capital, and he also knows that armaments are the most important, so he is naturally willing to ask trusted men to guard them.

I'm afraid that with good intentions here, the other side may not believe it, and may not be willing to respond.

But of course he wouldn't say that Zhao Mingzhi was worried about this, so he nodded at one person, turned around and left.

Watching the two leave, Zhao Mingzhi didn't dare to delay, and hurried forward with his feet.

It was already afternoon, the sky was gloomy, and the sun was blocked by thick clouds.

Today, they received bad news one after another, and many companions were separated. The rest of them were in a heavy mood, and the atmosphere was low for a while, no one spoke, and they all just concentrated on their way.

Yue Mo walked forward for a while, when the front guard stopped his horse suddenly, and hurriedly raised his hand to turn around as a signal.

Seeing him warning, everyone pulled their horses to stop, and when they were about to ask questions, they felt something was wrong.

Originally, there were 11 imperial guards who came out from Caizhou, four of them went back to Dengzhou and other counties and towns along the way to deliver letters, but now two more left, leaving Zhao Mingzhi with only five people, and they rushed to replace the same Yushuang.

Three horses or four horses per person, thirty horses for eight people, it is impossible to stop all of them at once, and there will still be a period of forward inertia.

Hundreds of horseshoes stepped on the ground, even if they were walking slowly, there was actually quite a bit of movement.

But even so, he could still feel the ground shaking from far to near ahead, which was several times stronger than that of his own side.

The imperial guards who were guarding had all been on the battlefield, and their faces changed almost at the same time. They turned their heads and said to Zhao Mingzhi at the same time: "It's cavalry!"

This is a plain, and the slope of the road is not too high. One of the guards asked Yushuang for Qianlimu without anyone's instructions. Quickly turned on his horse and ran back, his tone changed, and he hurriedly said: "It's the Di Ren cavalry! The two large battalions, probably numbering one or two hundred, are all dressed in full body, holding an apricot-yellow flag. I don't know the characters written on the flag. "

One or two hundred Di Ren cavalry in full armor, and they were on the plain, no matter how brave they were.

Don't say that there are only a few people on your side, even if there are ten times more people, you don't dare to go head-to-head at this time.

There are plains along the way, even the trees are no bigger than the mouth of a bowl, scattered sparsely, and the ground is also scattered gravel, there is no place to hide.

Zhao Mingzhi said without hesitation, "Back back."

They have fewer people and more horses, and they have no clothes on their bodies, so they must run faster than the Di people, and they may not have a chance to escape completely.

Everyone obeyed the order immediately, because they knew that their lives were hanging by a thread, and if they were caught, it would be very dangerous, so they all tried their best to ride their horses and run wildly.

But it took only half an hour to run back this time, which was much shorter than the time when we came back, and we could see a long queue on the opposite side walking towards us quickly.

The team was very familiar, with a green lotus-colored flag in front, and cavalry clearing the way, this time it was more than twice as fast as the first time we saw it, everyone's faces were full of horror, and Zhao Mingzhi and his party were coming towards them At the front, one person raised his voice and shouted: "Are you in the same group as the one who just reported the news? Don't go forward, there are Di Bing poking behind you! Go back and flee!"

Not long after, the guard leader who had just turned back to report the news came out from behind on a horse.

When he saw Zhao Mingzhi, he was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Why are you back? Didn't you go forward?"

The guard who just went to explore the road said: "There are Di Ren cavalry ahead, there may be one or two hundred."

The leader's expression changed immediately, and he said: "There are also Di soldiers behind, although they are not infantry, but there are a lot of them..."

Such a back and forth attack, if you don't know what Di Ren's intention is, you are a fool.

Zhao Mingzhi didn't care about other things, so he asked first: "Which one is the leader? Who is the lucky one in this team?"

The team leader turned his horse's head and led Zhao Mingzhi forward.

But the cavalry at the front of the line heard the conversation of the few people just now, they were in shock and did not dare to go any further.

The supply team slowly stopped, unable to advance or retreat for a while.

Soon, Zhao Mingzhi met the leader of the transport team.

The other party was in his thirties, with a weathered face, and looked very honest.

He had already checked the identity of the guard leader, and knew that the other party was an officer of the Forbidden Army, and his official rank was unknown how many ranks higher than his own. He also saw that even he obeyed Zhao Mingzhi's words, so there was no doubt about it.

Hearing Zhao Mingzhi's question, he smiled wryly and said: "Since you know the content, why bother to ask, I can't tell."

Zhao Mingzhi said quickly, "Di people have attacked one after another, what do you want?"

The other party's face turned pale, and his whole body was a little stupefied. He said, "What can I do? Run if you can, if you can't..."

But he didn't go any further.

Zhao Mingzhi frowned and said: "If there are military equipment among the luggage transported here, you might as well take it out at this time. We still have hundreds of soldiers and hundreds of civilians, so we may not be able to fight."

The officer faltered, hesitated, and said after a long while: "There is nothing usable in the luggage delivered this time."

Seeing him beating like a broken drum without making any sound, Zhao Mingzhi simply asked, "Which car is it? Burn it first!"

The man had a bitter expression on his face, and said: "Although I don't know who the little lady is, those boxes are specially made. They cannot be hacked by swords, water or fire cannot enter, and the key is not in our hands. Even if we want to deal with it at this moment, there is nothing we can do... ..."

Zhao Mingzhi didn't bother to pay attention to him, and turned to look at the guard leader.

The team leader immediately led the way, and soon arrived in front of a mule cart, and together with the guards, they uncovered the oiled paper.

The tall ones in the middle were all wooden boxes, but when they were unloaded one by one, there were five medium-sized cages with a square of two feet and no visible material.

Zhao Mingzhi had a dark steel dagger with him, and it was not difficult to cut iron in normal times, but when he chopped hard on the box, there was only a shallow scratch.

Time is so urgent, if you want to deal with it, it may be really too late.

She hesitated for a while, turned her head to look around, and asked again: "How far is the Di Bing chasing from behind?"

The leader of the forbidden army hurried back.

Zhao Mingzhi had a sudden whim, so he summoned the anxious substitute, pointed to the distance and asked: "The path we came to just now, is it right at that bend and then go on?"

He hurriedly took a look for the probe, nodded and said: "Exactly, I just don't know if I will collide with the pursuers."

Left and right here is also waiting to die, it is better to give it a try.

Zhao Mingzhi said to the officer leading the army: "If you really have weapons, you might as well take them out and use them. Is it better than bare hands?"

The officer hesitated and said: "There are only bows and crossbows in it, but no arrows, even taking them out is useless, and we don't have a key..."

Zhao Mingzhi didn't want to be verbose, so he pulled out his own dagger and slashed at the copper lock of a wooden box in front of him.

There was a sudden "pop", the lock under the knife fell, and the wooden box opened accordingly.

She looked up at the officer and said, "Who said there is no key."

The other party stood there stunned, speechless for a moment.

Seeing the commotion here, the front and rear teams were already agitated, and gathered around one after another.

Zhao Mingzhi put aside the officer on the opposite side, and said to the crowd: "There are Di soldiers in front and behind, if you want to survive, you have to get the ordnance yourself."

Seeing that everyone was still hesitating, he didn't say any more, but said to the officer: "How many people do you choose to come out and walk the path with us with the boxes."

At this time, the leader of the imperial army had led people to remove the other boxes on the mule cart, and the remaining five were on top, and untied the ropes tied to them, and tied them to their own horses.

Seeing that the man seemed to be leaving immediately, the officer finally made up his mind, beckoned for some of the youngest soldiers over, and gave some instructions in a low voice.

Zhao Mingzhi just didn't see it, and when the rope was tied, he took his men and immediately got on the horse and moved forward.

I don't know whether it's luck or misfortune, but at this moment of delay, the sound of horseshoes can be heard in the distance, but they will soon turn to the trail ahead.

Several soldiers sent by the officer to accompany them saw the people running so desperately, and followed them with all their strength. They just ran. One of them couldn't help but look back, and suddenly shouted: "Di Ren! It's Di Ren's cavalry I'm catching up!!!"

(End of this chapter)