Chapter 470 Chase (5k)
confuse? In the carriage, Xu Zhenguan had some doubts in his eyes, but did not ask any questions.
Because of the death of several rebels who were being questioned, the entire level became commotion, and the business travelers along the way who were being questioned screamed and screamed.
Zhao Duan shook the reins and drove the carriage expressionlessly. Under the awed eyes of the "survivors", he crossed the checkpoint and continued along the official road.
According to the map, there is a fork in the road ahead. There is more than one way to the Huai River Road, and he must choose one of them.
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Half a day later.
"叏鲁法."
The spy leader Ouyang Ye tightened his reins and arrived at the official crossing. The place was under martial law and a new group of rebel soldiers were waiting here.
The dead bodies were laid side by side on straw mats by the roadside.
"Sir, these soldiers had their throats cut with sharp blades. Judging from the technique, it should be done by practitioners."
A spy dismounted to confirm the situation and came back to report:
"According to witnesses, he was killed by a man wearing a straw hat driving a car. After the murder, he passed through the pass and left."
Ouyang Ye, who wore a hood to hide his face and held a knife at his waist with his right hand, listened to the report with an expressionless face.
Beside him, the "Bald Eagle" and "Yao Shi Niang" who were riding horses on the left and right looked happy.
The latter said: "It seems that the direction we traced is correct. The other party is indeed trying to break through from the southern line, leave Jiancheng, and go to Huai River."
After leaving the bamboo forest, the team continued to hunt, but unfortunately Yao Shiniang's spells could not be used more.
After Zhao Duan set out on the road, it was difficult for the bald eagle to obtain accurate whereabouts from animals and birds because he was far away from the mountains.
"This wound should have been caused by Zhao Duan's flying knife. I have seen similar wounds." Ouyang Ye said.
In the battle at Huting, Zhao Duan killed the sharp archer and left the body in Prince Jing's residence, leaving traces of the killing with flying knives.
"With Zhao Duan's skills, if he ran away alone, it would be difficult for us to arrest him. But he chose to drive a carriage, which means that the puppet emperor was seriously injured and could not walk. He was in the car, and the carriage could only take the official road... Ha, He did not hesitate to kill people to break through the barrier, he must have thought that he could escape before the pursuers arrived..."
Ouyang Ye analyzed calmly, with a cold smile:
"So, as long as we chase them along this road, if there is an accident at any pass, it means where they are going. It only takes half a day for us to ride horses and him to drive. If everything goes well, we may catch up today."< br>
The secret spies were refreshed and immediately rode on their horses, roaring in pursuit, following the traces left by Zhao Duan.
During this period, if there is a fork in the road, the troops will split into two groups.
If you find that the road ahead is safe and sound, you will turn back in time to join the other road.
In this way, the group of people galloped in pursuit, but they could not catch up until dark.
"Something's not right. It's been so long. I should have seen it."
Ouyang Ye stopped his horse and frowned:
"We can't continue chasing."
He turned around and looked at Yao Shiniang: "I need to determine the opponent's position."
The sorceress with enchanting figure and seductive eyes pursed her red lips and said with a smile:
"Sir, are you sure you want to ask now? I cannot use this technique frequently. If I use it once, I have to wait for a long time."
Seeing Ouyang Ye staring at her indifferently, Yao Shiniang had no choice but to sigh, lift up ten fingers with nails of different colors, point them in the air, mutter something in her mouth, and make a prayer gesture.
A halo of light spread from the center of her eyebrows. She dragged her hands cautiously into the air. The space was distorted, and an almost transparent ancient "oil lamp" appeared out of thin air.
The oil lamp is burning, but the color of the flame is constantly changing, red, green, orange, yellow...
The color of the candlelight corresponds to the color of the sorceress's nails.
"The Djinn!"
Ouyang Ye's hand holding Miao Dao tightened subconsciously, instinctively wary of the "wild god".
The lantern god summoned by Yao Shiniang is a wild god without the title of a true god. He can burn lamp oil in exchange for the opportunity to "make a wish".
It's just that there is an upper limit to the ability of the wish made. If the upper limit is exceeded, the caster will be forced to use the spell as "lamp oil" to burn his life.
Therefore, Yao Shiniang will not make a wish to "make the empress appear in front of me", which would burn her to death and would be impossible to achieve.
Only the one with the lowest cost will be chosen and the desire to inquire about the location will be chosen.
"Where are the Empress of Yu State and Shaobao Zhao Duan?" Yao Shiniang made a sincere wish.
The flames of the illusory lamp god burned fiercely. The lamp oil in the simple candlestick was quickly consumed, and a picture emerged in the flame:
That was Zhao Duan who was driving on his way.
At the same time, the relevant specific directions also appeared in Yao Shiniang's mind in a strange way.
The "Deng Shen" slowly disappeared. Yao Shiniang looked at the other side of the mountain in astonishment and said in surprise:
"They are on another fork in the road and have gone a long way!"
"How is that possible?" The bald eagle looked in surprise.
Ouyang Ye's eyes narrowed and he suddenly said: "I've fallen into a trap!"
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On the mountain road, the moonlight was very good tonight, and Zhao Duan drove all night.
"No one has caught up so far. It seems your arrangement has worked."
Xu Zhenguan sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain, and looked up at the bright moon and stars in the night sky.
The moonlight shone down and reflected on her white and shiny face, like the bright moon falling into the world.
"Looking at the best, it may be that the rebels reacted slowly." Zhao Duan joked.
Xu Zhenguan sat cross-legged behind him like a little woman, raising her head and saying gently:
"No. Since we have sent out soldiers to block and investigate, after such a long time, we will definitely notice. After that, we only need to send soldiers to chase all the way down, which is enough to catch up with us."
"But no pursuers have followed up until now. It only means that they were deceived by you and chased them in another direction."
Xu Zhenguan said firmly, with subtle admiration in his eyes.
Zhao Duan's method is very simple. He kills people at the beginning to break through the level. When he reaches the next fork in the road, he first chooses one of the roads and kills all the rebels who set up the level to give the illusion of breaking through the level.
In fact, he turned around and went to another road, and through the "Taixu Scroll", he deceived the soldiers who set up a card and continued to escape.
"This method is very simple, but also very effective. After the enemy knows that we are killing people and breaking through the level, they will definitely think that we are eager to escape and do not have the ability to bypass the level...
Under this inertia of thinking, they continued to chase down. When they found two official roads, one of them was killed and the other was safe.
Naturally, we would think that we escaped along the previous road..."
"According to the terrain on the map, after the last fork in the road, the next long stretch of road is far away from human habitation, and it is almost impossible to have any checkpoints along the way..."
"In this way, it will take a lot of time for the pursuers to react and turn back to chase us again. And this time difference is enough for us to escape far away."
Zhao Duan cracked his whip, whipped the panting horse, and explained calmly.
This scam is not complicated, it can be said to be extremely simple.
But in fact, the simpler the scam, the easier it is to work, while the more fancy the trick, the more difficult it will be to implement.
Xu Zhenguan's dark eyes looked at him quietly:
"So, you have to travel all night? Without resting in the middle?"
Zhao Duan nodded and said calmly:
"Although I bought a little time, it was not enough.
Therefore, we must seize every moment and escape with all our strength. According to my estimation, if we don't rest tonight and the horse is not exhausted to death, we will be able to reach the border of Jiancheng Road at dawn and rush out. But..."
"But what?"
"However, I am worried that when the pursuers behind us react and are deceived, they may not choose to take a detour to pursue us, but continue to move forward and wait at the border checkpoint."
Zhao Duan's face was solemn:
"If the opponent is riding a horse, especially a good horse in the army, he will go with all his strength. Even if the distance is long, it will be enough to reach the border before dawn."
The speed of the mount is enough to make up for the distance difference.
"In that case, I hope we have good luck." Xu Zhenguan was silent for a moment and said softly.
He immediately closed the curtain, crossed his legs and closed his eyes to continue breathing.
She wanted to buy all the time to stabilize her injuries as soon as possible and no longer become a burden on her escape.
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In this way, the monarch and his ministers became quiet. Before they knew it, the morning light dimmed, and the white fish belly appeared in the east. Zhao Duan was not tired after traveling all night, and the presence of World Honored Qinglian greatly made up for his loss of energy.
Only the inferior horse pulling the cart was breathing heavily because it was whipped forward and could not rest. Two drops of moist water vapor were sprayed from the horse's nose.
"Your Majesty, the road to completion is just ahead!"
Zhao Duan suddenly stopped the carriage and said in a solemn voice.
Xu Zhenguan, who was sitting cross-legged and meditating, opened his beautiful eyes and leaned out of the carriage. He saw that the sky was already bright, and a ray of sunlight tore through the morning fog from the east, illuminating the official road in front of him and the mountains and forests on both sides.
The carriage stopped on a high slope, and you could vaguely see the checkpoint ahead of the road.
"Is there anything abnormal?" Xu Zhenguan asked worriedly.
Zhao Duan raised his head, gestured to the top of his head, and said:
"Yes. We may be being targeted."
The empress looked up, her beautiful eyes reflected dozens of birds circling in the sky.
Those birds were flying very high, circling in the sky above them. If you didn't raise your head and look carefully, you wouldn't be able to notice them at all.
"These birds have been following us since just now. Our carriage is moving forward, and they are also circling and following us forward."
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Zhao Duan said in a deep voice. Because he had been traveling for days, a layer of green stubble had grown on his face, making his appearance look slightly weathered.
However, the eyes under his straw hat were frighteningly bright, like a knife that had been polished for a long time.
"What are you going to do?" The empress retracted her gaze and looked at him.
Zhao Duan grinned and said with a smile:
"If there is something weird, I'm afraid there is a master at the level blocking the road ahead, but I'm not sure how tall the opponent is.
To be on the safe side, I would also like to ask Your Majesty to allow me to go alone to test the situation. If there are no serious enemies, I will kill them and then come back to take Your Majesty out of the country. ”
The empress' eyes were fixed on him: "What if there is a strong enemy?"
Zhao Duan looked at her calmly and said with a smile:
"Then I have no choice but to kill as many of the miscellaneous fish as possible guarding the gate, and then lead the enemy into the forest as far away as possible. Your Majesty will take the opportunity to escape."
Xu Zhenguan moved slightly and subconsciously reached out to grab his arm: "It will be very dangerous!"
Zhao Duan smiled and said:
"Didn't His Majesty say it last time? When in danger, it is better for one of us to escape than for both of us to be caught together. But if there is really only one person who can escape, I hope that person is Your Majesty."
As he spoke, he took out a map from his arms, quickly drew a circle somewhere, and said:
"If the worst comes to worst, I will meet His Majesty here after getting rid of the pursuers. If I do not show up before noon, Your Majesty will go north on his own."
"You..." Xu Zhenguan's lips were dry and he was a little flustered for no reason.
When she was a girl, she secretly hid in the palace and read the storybook. In the stories in it, if someone said such words, they would often be separated forever.
However, with her current injury, being with Zhao Duan would be a huge liability when facing the enemy.
Separating him and letting him act alone will reduce the constraints and greatly increase the chance of survival.
"Okay, we can't delay any longer. As time goes by, the other party will notice something is wrong." Zhao Duan smiled, turned his wrist, and the Golden Crow flying knife whizzed out from his sleeve.
With a sharp sound breaking through the air, a golden thread shot up from the ground, killing all the birds hovering in the sky in the blink of an eye.
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The level ahead.
It was already dawn, and about dozens of rebel soldiers were waiting in front of the checkpoint.
If you look carefully, you will find that their eyes glance to the side of the checkpoint from time to time, and they see a group of murderous and intimidating spies wearing strange soft armor and black robes.
Ouyang Ye, who was holding Miao Dao, stood in the crowd and waited quietly.
Beside him, the middle-aged warlock "Bald Eagle" with white hair and bone whistles hanging from his waist was holding a red bone flute.
The sorceress, who has a curvy figure and a smoky look, folded her arms, raised the two heavy lumps of flesh on her chest, and squinted at the empty official road in front of her.
At this time, normal business trips will not appear at all.
However, they knew that behind the hillside, the person they were waiting for had arrived.
"He found us!"
Suddenly, the bald eagle's expression changed slightly, and the other spies also saw the group of flying birds hovering in the sky falling from the sky neatly like a group of ants.
Then, a carriage approached quickly on the official road. The driver wearing a straw hat fiercely whipped his whip and whipped the poor horse, which was almost exhausted, and used his final strength.
The carriage quickly approached the checkpoint where the horse-rejecting stakes were placed. The driver, Zhao Duan, suddenly stood up and flicked his wrist!
The Golden Crow Flying Knife, wrapped in the power of a high-grade martial artist with a divine medal, was sent into the checkpoint like lightning, and easily took away the heads of a dozen ordinary rebels.
Then when he attacked the spy team, he was knocked away with a "ding" by a slender Miao knife that was suddenly unsheathed!
Ouyang Ye, who was once assigned to the Lingnan "thief army", laughed ferociously:
"How brave, shoot!"
The secret spies behind him broke into cold sweats, and at the same time, they uniformly took out the military crossbows from under their robes, pointed them at the carriage, and pulled the trigger.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Finger-thick fine iron crossbow arrows roared out, each arrow shining with blue-green light, quenching the poison that broke the skin and sealed the throat.
Zhao Duan's pupils suddenly shrank, and he suddenly slammed into the carriage. At the same time, the flying knife roared and returned to the carriage.
The poor horse, running with all its strength, had no time to stop. It whined and was pierced by several arrows into its flesh. Its two front legs were bent and it knelt down hard!
At this moment, due to the non-stop running, the inferior horse, which was on the verge of exhaustion, was surprised and died of exhaustion immediately!
Under the influence of inertia, the carriage was pulled, fell sideways, and stopped suddenly in front of the checkpoint of the checkpoint, raising a cloud of smoke and dust!
At the same time, the back of the collapsed carriage burst with a "bang", and Zhao Duan, carrying a figure covered in blood-stained dragon robes, ran towards the forest on one side like lightning.
"Chasing!" Ouyang Ye's eyes brightened and he sheathed the seedling knife:
"The prince has an order. Anyone who kills the false emperor will be rewarded with a thousand households of marquis! Anyone who kills Zhao Duan will be granted the title of earl! He will be rewarded with thousands of gold coins!"
"Kill!!!"
The secret spies were so excited that they immediately put away their crossbows, held their knives like arrows, and abandoned their horses into the forest!
Ouyang Ye, Bald Eagle and Yao Shiniang immediately rushed into the forest to chase Zhao Duan and the empress who had escaped.
In the blink of an eye, the checkpoint was empty. After a while, it was confirmed that there was no ambush and the spies were gone.
Xu Zhenguan, who was dressed as a man and carrying a small bundle, walked out of the forest on the other side. He bit his lips and looked worriedly at the direction Zhao Duan was leaving. He gritted his teeth and quickly fled out of the checkpoint.
"We must come back alive..."
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Although there were few extremely powerful masters among the royal family's pursuers, there were quite a few divine seals and mortal bodies.
The leader Ouyang Ye is extremely skilled in swordsmanship and extremely talented, otherwise he would not have been rescued from being dispatched by King Jing with great efforts.
The bald eagle is proficient in the art of controlling ferocious beasts. Stepping into the mountains and forests to fight is equivalent to stepping into his home court.
As for Yan Shimei Xing, the beauty and misfortune demon Shiniang, whose every move seems to be seducing men, in addition to mastering the magic of "Deng Shen" to make wishes, is also a master of martial arts, and is actually a martial artist who also practices magic. Qinggong is especially extraordinary.
Coupled with the royal palace's elite spies who are equipped with magic weapons, this team can easily conquer ordinary worldly situations.
Logically speaking, it shouldn't be difficult to chase down Zhao Duan who is carrying a lot of burdens.
However, after entering the forest, Ouyang Ye realized that he had underestimated this pretty boy.
He bent down from time to time to look at the clues left on the ground. At first, it was easier to spot the footprints left by Zhao Duan's hurried run. It was not difficult to chase them, but after a while, the footprints became more and more "thin" and appeared more frequently. Also greatly reduced.
It can be seen that Zhao Duan is no longer running on the forest floor, but stepping on tree trunks and rocks to use his strength to climb and detour in the steep terrain.
The two sides chased and escaped, but instead of getting closer, they gradually became farther apart.
"Is the Qinggong surnamed Zhao so powerful? There is no information in the information. It seems that he has improved greatly in the martial arts hall in the past few months."
Ouyang Ye looked gloomy and said after losing his footprints again.
The "Bald Eagle" with messy white hair squatted down, picked up the wet soil with his hands, put it to his nose and sniffed it, then clapped his hands, grabbed the scarlet bone flute in his hand, and said with a sinister smile:
"Since the prince has given the reward, how about we all rely on our abilities and see who can succeed first?
The traces of this person surnamed Zhao are erratic. If we gather together and pursue the wrong direction and lose the trace of the false emperor, it will be difficult to explain to the prince at that time. ”
Split troops to pursue?
Ouyang Ye glanced at him and smiled: "That's fine."
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