As the carriage was leaving the north gate, it was stopped by Duber, who was guarding the gate, and he stood in front of the carriage and said to the coachman in a stern tone: "Who is in the carriage, let him come out at once and be examined by us." ”

The coachman is also a seasoned meticulous worker, and he hurriedly said to Dubo: "Master Jun, the car is my master, who was accidentally infected with a cold and was about to go to the city for medical treatment. The old man was too weak to get out of the car to be checked by the military master, and he looked at the military master Haihan. ”

Although the coachman's words were accurate, they still aroused Duber's suspicions. He frowned and said, "What is infected with the wind and cold, I see that there is clearly a fugitive hiding in your car." Someone, search for me! ”

"Stop!" Just when the soldiers guarding the gate were about to go forward to search the car, Feng Liangce, who was following the car, stepped forward immediately, came to Du Bo, raised Yuan Shao's sword in his hand, and said loudly: "On the orders of the lord, escort this important person out of the city, if there is any obstruction, he will not be forgiven." ”

Du Bo knew both Yuan Shao's sword and the official in front of him, and hurriedly replied: "The little one doesn't dare to stop it, so let the respected drive out of the city." With that, he shouted at the soldier standing by the door, "Don't get out of the way!" ”

Seeing that the soldiers guarding the gate stepped aside, Jiang Jackal, who was following behind the carriage, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he originally thought that he would have to fight before he could rush out of the city, but he didn't expect Feng Liang to use Yuan Shao's sword, so he asked the soldiers guarding the door to obediently make way for himself. Everyone went out of the city gate, fearing that Yuan Shao would send someone to chase after them, so they immediately hurried to the north.

And Yuan Shao, who was in the mansion, waited left and right, and didn't see Feng Liang come back with the head of the frustrated person, and he felt extremely puzzled in his heart. And Feng Ji also seemed to feel that something was wrong with this matter, and hurriedly said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, things seem to be a little wrong, this Feng Liang has been gone for a few incense sticks, why hasn't he come back yet?" ”

In order to find out what was going on, Feng Ji ran outside the hall after getting Yuan Shao's permission, called a messenger, and ordered: "You rush to the prison immediately to see if Feng Liang has already taken the head of the frustrated Xiang Shang?" The officer agreed, and ran briskly towards the prison.

Not long after, the messenger hurriedly ran back, he knelt down in front of Yuan Shao, and reported with a panicked expression: "Lord Qiqi, the little one has just gone to the prison, not only did he not see the officials of the Feng Mansion, but even the frustrated prison army in the prison did not know where to go. ”

"What, what did you say?" When Yuan Shao heard this, he immediately got up from his seat, stepped forward and grabbed the placket of the officer's clothes, and asked loudly: "Not only is Feng Liang gone, but even the frustrated teacher doesn't know where to go?" ”

Seeing Yuan Shao's old embarrassed and angry look, the messenger nodded hurriedly, and replied a little nervously: "The little one asked a few jailers to inquire, and only then did I learn that Feng Fuguan and a few strangers left the prison with the frustrated prison army. ”

"Damn, it's so damn!" Yuan Shao pushed away the errand and ordered Feng Ji: "Yuan Tu, immediately order Yan Liang to order five hundred elite soldiers to chase after him, and be sure to capture Fu Zhu and Feng Liangsheng alive!" ”

After Feng Ji received the order, he walked to the door and stopped again: "Lord, Ji is worried that Yan Liang will go, and it will be difficult to capture Fu Zhi and the others back." ”

Yuan Shao, who was angry, heard Feng Ji say this, his eyes widened, and he said loudly: "Yan Liangyan dares to disobey my general's order?" ”

"Lord," Feng Ji saw that Yuan Shao had misunderstood what he meant, and hurriedly explained: "The lord handed over his sword to Feng Liang, even if General Yan Liang caught up with them and saw the lord's sword, he would not dare to act rashly. ”

Yuan Shao heard Feng Ji say this, thought about it, and felt that there was still some reason, so he nodded, picked up an order arrow, handed it to Feng Ji, and said to him: "Yuan Tu, let Yan Liang take my order arrow to chase after Fu Zhi, if there is resistance, even if the other party holds my sword, there will be no forgiveness!" ”

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After Jiang Jackal left Yecheng, he kept going north along the official road. But he always had an ominous premonition in his heart, feeling that Yuan Shao's pursuers might catch up at any time. After running for more than 30 miles, while everyone was temporarily stopping to rest, he called one of his subordinates and ordered: "If the Yuan thief knows that we have robbed Mr. Fu, he will definitely send troops to chase and kill." You hurry to the pavilion, and ask the guard general Xiahou to send someone to pick you up. ”

Because Yecheng was too far away from Jizhou and Guantao, Jiang Jackal didn't know that Han Zhan had arrived at Guantao, and even the guards had changed from Xiahoulan to Gao Lan. Therefore, he repeatedly told his subordinates, "There are not many people who know the inside story of our rescue of Mr. Fu, if Captain Xiahou doesn't believe you, you can show the token you have with you." ”

"My subordinates understand." Jiang Jackal's subordinates agreed, and they didn't care about resting, so they took two horses and galloped along the official road towards the north.

Jiang Jackal and the others rested for more than half an hour, and when the horses were almost rested, they continued to rush forward. They ran on the road for a few more hours, sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked outside, and saw a small town on the official road in front of them, so they asked Jiang Jackal: "This strong man, how far are we from Yecheng?" ”

"Mr. Fu's words," replied Jiang Jackal respectfully, "about eighty miles." ”

"Strongman, I see that it is getting late, and everyone is sleepy, we might as well find a place to rest for the night, and wait until tomorrow dawn to hurry away." He was afraid that Jiang Jackal would not agree, and specially emphasized: "At present, it is nearly a hundred miles away from Yecheng, presumably even if Yuan Benchu sends troops, it is impossible to catch up so quickly." ”

Jiang Jackal looked left and right, and saw that several subordinates and Feng Liang around him all looked sleepy, and then thought about what Fu Zhi said, and felt that Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses could not catch up so quickly, so he nodded and said, "Then listen to Mr. Fu, we will rest here for one night." ”

Just as the group entered the only inn in the town, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the street. Jiang Jackal thought that Yuan Shao's pursuers had arrived, so he drew his saber and rushed out of the inn. He stood in the street, looking in the direction from which the sound of horses' hooves had come, and saw a man and two horsemen coming towards him, and the man on horseback looked quite familiar.

In a matter of moments, the rider rushed to a place where he was only a dozen or so away, and slammed the reins of his horse. The horse neighed, the man stood up, and the two legs of the horse in front of him kicked a few times in the air, and then fell heavily on the bluestone ground of the street, making a dull sound.

The rider on horseback turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee in front of Jiang Jackal, and said: "The little one is halfway through, when he meets a messenger sent by the lord, he asks him to go back to the pavilion to ask for help, while the little one comes back with the lord's letter." ”

"Where is the letter?" Hearing his subordinates say this, Jiang Jackal asked anxiously, "Hurry up and show it to me." ”

The subordinate reached into his arms, took out a letter from it, held it in both hands and handed it to Jiang Jackal.

After reading the contents of the letter, Jiang Jackal couldn't help but say with emotion: "The lord is really a god and a man." ”

When his subordinates heard Jiang Jackal say this, they couldn't help but ask curiously: "I don't know what is written in the lord's letter?" ”

Jiang Jackal smiled and said, "The lord had long expected that the Yuan thief would send someone to kill Mr. Fu, so he ordered us to find a way to rescue Mr. Fu." Fortunately, we made the decision on our own, and we did it in advance before we got the warrant from the lord, otherwise Mr. Fu's life would not be saved. ”

"The lord is like a god." After listening to Jiang Jackal's words, his subordinates also said flatteringly: "I can actually guess that Yuan Thief is going to send someone to kill Mr. Fu, so he ordered me to rescue him." ”

After Jiang Jackal collected the letter, he said to his subordinates: "You have been tired all the way on the saddle horse, hurry up and go in to rest, we will continue to rush tomorrow morning." ”

Just when Jiang Jackal and Fu Zhi were resting in the town, the five hundred cavalry led by Yan Liang were only more than twenty miles away from them. At this moment, it was getting late, and Yan Liang, who had always been sympathetic to the deployment, ordered to find a sheltered place to set up camp, and prepared to continue to chase after Fu Zhi and the others after dawn the next day.

Before dawn the next day, Jiang Jackal, who had been restless, urged everyone to leave. Everyone knew that they were fleeing for their lives, so no one had any objection to Jiang Jackal's decision, and they didn't even bother to eat breakfast, so they hurriedly got on their horses and hurried north.

Two hours after they left, Yan Liang's cavalry came to the town. Seeing the signboard of the inn, Yan Liang ordered a junior colonel to go and find out if there was a carriage and a few horseback riders passing by.

Not long after, the little colonel came back and reported: "General Qiyu, the little one has asked the innkeeper, and he said that last night there was a carriage and seven or eight people on horseback who stayed in his shop for the night, and before dawn, he left the inn and headed north. I walked for almost two hours. ”

After listening to the little colonel's report, Yan Liang slapped his hand on his forehead in annoyance, secretly scolding himself for being confused, if he had sent someone here to investigate last night, he might have been able to catch Fu Zhi. Now that the other party has been gone for more than two hours, even if he chases after him quickly, he will at least catch up in the afternoon.

Thinking of this, Yan Liang immediately ordered: "Give me a chase north!" ”

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If it weren't for the fact that he was too ill to ride a horse, Jiang Jackal would definitely ask him to abandon the car and ride a horse, so that he could at least make it faster. It was precisely because of the drag of the carriage that although Jiang Jackal and the others set off two hours early, they only walked more than ten miles.

Feng Liang was obviously aware of this problem, and discussed with Jiang Jackal in a low voice: "Brother Jiang, do you want to ask Mr. Fu to abandon the car and ride a horse, so that we can also increase our speed?" ”

"No," Jiang Jackal shook his head and said, "Mr. Fu has been in prison for too long, and now he is unwell, on such a cold day, let him ride a horse, isn't it his life?" ”

The frustrated professor who was sitting in the car heard the two of them talking to each other, so he opened the curtain and said to Jiang Jackal: "Strong man, you go and find me a horse, I will ride like you." ”

"No, Mr. Frustration, by all means." Jiang Jackal heard what he said, and hurriedly waved his hand to dissuade him: "Your body is unwell, I'm afraid it's not suitable for riding a horse, so let's continue to ride in a carriage." ”

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, he ordered the coachman to stop the car, and said stubbornly: "I know very well in my heart that if it weren't for the drag of the carriage, you would have been out of danger long ago." For your sake, let's ride a horse. ”

Seeing that Fu Zhi was so stubborn, Jiang Jackal knew that he couldn't make him change his mind, so he could only order his subordinates to lead a horse and ask Fu Zhi to go up. But as soon as he sat down, he staggered, as if he was going to fall down at any moment. Jiang Jackal was afraid that when he was galloping later, he would fall off the horse, so he hurriedly ordered someone to tie him to the horse.

As soon as he tied up the frustration, a fine worker suddenly turned over and dismounted, lay on the ground, put his ear to the snowdrift, listened carefully for a moment, then stood up, and said to Jiang Jackal with a panicked face: "Brother Jiang, there is a horse team coming towards us in the distance, according to my judgment, there are about five hundred horses. ”

Hearing that a cavalry was chasing after him, Jiang Jackal was immediately shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "How far is it from us?" ”

"Ten miles to go."

Hearing that the pursuers had reached a distance of ten miles, the people dared not stop, and after throwing away the carriage in a hurry, they rode their horses and galloped towards the north.

The cavalry led by Yan Liang quickly rushed to the place where Jiang Jackal and they abandoned the carriage. Yan Liang rode his horse around the carriage in a circle, and then ordered his subordinates: "They have just left, and if they can't run far, they should immediately speed up and catch up, and none of them can be allowed to escape." ”

Jiang Jackal and the others, who were running in front, desperately beat the horses with whips in order to get rid of the pursuit as soon as possible. But after running for thirty or forty miles, their mounts gradually became unable to run, and their speed slowed down imperceptibly. With a grieving grief, a slender mount collapsed into the snowdrift by the side of the road, throwing the rider out of the way.

Jiang Jackal hurriedly dismounted, helped up the fallen fine work, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?" ”

"Brother Jiang," the fine worker looked at Jiang Jackal and said, "I can't continue to travel because I broke my leg, you take everyone first, and I'll stay behind." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Jackal slapped him in the mouth and scolded loudly: "You bastard, do you think you are Xiang Yu, you have the courage of ten thousand people, and you want to fight against five hundred cavalry alone?" Get on my horse at once, and as long as I have a breath of air, I will never leave a brother of my own. ”

With tears in his eyes, he put on his mount in Jiang Jackal, and the two of them rode a horse and continued to drive north.

By the afternoon, the pursuers led by Yan Liang were only two or three miles away from Jiang Jackal. Seeing several people fleeing for their lives in front of them, the cavalry immediately cheered, and they brandished their weapons, ready to rush over and kill the people in front of them.

Jiang Jackal saw the pursuers behind him, and the distance between him and himself was getting closer and closer, and he couldn't help but think disheartenedly: "My life is on hold, but it's a pity that I missed the lord's big event, I really can't see it!" ”

When Yan Liang's cavalry rushed to a hundred paces away, Jiang Jackal ordered two of his subordinates to escort Fu Zhu, Feng Liang, and the jailer and others to continue their journey northward, while he himself took three fine workers and pulled out the saber at his waist, preparing to fight to the death with the pursuers, buying time for his companions to escape.

Seeing that there were four horsemen blocking the road in front of him, Yan Liang couldn't help but sneer, according to his thoughts, hundreds of cavalry rushed over, even if they didn't use blades, they could trample the other party into pulp. Just as the distance between the two sides was getting shorter and shorter, a cannon was suddenly heard in front of them, and a cavalry rushed out of the woods beside the road.