Chapter 201: Escape to Taihang (2)
Seeing this, Zhiwen, who had already returned to the ground, jumped on the horse again and looked around, but still found nothing.
When he followed the example of the guard, and put his ear to the ground, he clearly felt something abnormal, and there was a faint thunderous sound coming from the depths of the earth, and it seemed that the sound did travel faster in the earth than in the air.
"Childe," the guard stood up and said to Zhou Chengyun, "There are quite a few people on our side, and it seems that they are also heading towards Taihang Mountain. ”
"How many centaurs?" Zhou Chengyun asked.
The guard smiled embarrassedly, "Childe, just by listening, I don't have this ability, but I definitely have more than us." ”
"Let's go!" Zhou Chengyun flashed his horse, with the current situation, some people with horses can appear here, most of them are Jiannu or the Mongols who vassal them, and the Ming army in the nearby towns of Suncheon has already gone to King Qinwang of Gyeonggi.
As for why the Tartars appeared here, it is estimated that it is for the sake of the two missing Mongols, these truths, not to mention that everyone is also clear, and they have been on the horse.
"Brother Liu, please lead the way in front of your head, no matter what, you have to enter Taihang before them." Zhou Chengyun didn't care about whether he trespassed at this time, and directly instructed Liu Cai.
Liu Cai didn't say much, knocked the horse's belly under his feet, rushed to the front, in the endless plain he can only rely on the direction of the sun to determine the direction, now since he can see the mountains, then he is familiar, if you want to get to Taihang as soon as possible, the nearest route is naturally already in front of them, the closest mountain to them.
If he remembered correctly, it was the entrance to Taihang on the official road.
As Zhiwen and them galloped wildly, the shape of the mountain gradually became clear, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves on the right side also reached their ears.
"Can you tell how many people there are?" Zhou Chengyun asked his guard as he ran.
"There are probably less than two hundred or three hundred horses, but the Tartars are at least one man and two horses, otherwise they can't be so fast." The guard replied.
"That's a hundred." Zhou Chengyun continued.
"The Tartars really look up to us." Kewang muttered when he heard this.
Zhiwen and the others were also a little strange, Tartar chased here with such fanfare, was it for the two people who disappeared? They may not be able to find the bodies of those two, and it seems that it can only be attributed to the revenge of the Tartars.
"Gongzi Zhou, Brother Zhi, we're almost there." After running for a while, Liu Cai suddenly said, "Oops, the situation is not good. ”
At this time, they could already see that on the right, the black official road meandered from the flat land into the mountains, but there were large groups of black shadows on the official road, which were refugees fleeing from Shaanxi and Jin.
Originally, they were going in the direction of Jingshi, but now they turned around and were running in the direction of Taihang Mountain desperately, and there was a faint cry, as if there were some demons and monsters chasing them behind them.
And farther to the right, a black line, as if slowly and quickly towards the official road into the mountain, the official road crossing, looking at the speed, will definitely be able to catch up with the group of refugees, the official road crossing.
"It's the Tartars," Zhou Chengyun said, "and it seems that they are not here to hunt us down, but to take these refugees captive." ”
After speaking, he whipped the horse fiercely, "Quick, you must rush in front of the Tartar." ”
If the Tartars had blocked the crossing, they would never have escaped the pursuit of these Tartars on this plain.
Zhiwen They are still some distance away from the entrance of the official road at this time, and compared to the speed of their own side and the Tartars, it is really not certain who will arrive at the intersection first.
At the moment, everyone is desperately urging the horses and running towards the entrance of the official road, and this is not the time to cherish the horsepower.
Fortunately, they had only been resting for a short time, and they had fed the horses, and the horses were now very powerful, and their speed was raised, even faster than the Tartars over there, and at this speed, Zhiwen would be able to cross the crossing before the Tartars.
The Tartars obviously also discovered Zhiwen and their horses, and also wanted to leave them behind, with the current speed of the Tartars, it was more than enough to seal the intersection and block the refugees, but their speed never slowed down slightly, but they may not have rested before, and their speed could not be improved.
"Stinky Tartar, wait to eat our ashes." Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the intersection, Ke Wang couldn't bear it and smiled proudly.
A whistle sounded on the side of the Tartars in the field, and a group of horses was divided into the riding formation, and after a whip fell, the group of horses suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the intersection, not only far faster than the Tartars, but also above Zhiwen and them.
Zhiwen and their faces were all blue all of a sudden, and they all saw that there was no one on the back of those horses, and in the high-speed running, the Tartars did not have time to change horses, and drove their empty horses out, the purpose was to leave their team behind.
These horses are not negative, they have long strength, and their speed is so fast that they will actually block the intersection before Zhiwen and them.
"Brother Liu, are there any other ways into the mountain nearby?" Zhiwen asked on the back of a bumpy horse.
"Yes, yes," replied Liucai, "but under the pursuit of the Tartars, with our horsepower, I am afraid we will not be able to catch up there." ”
Since this is the case, it is impossible to say that he can only fight, although Zhiwen is conceited and has good kung fu, but he doesn't want to be chased and killed by these Tartars.
"Who has a knife?" Zhiwen asked hurriedly.
An old hand held a rough dagger and handed it to Zhiwen, it was Old Man Liu, Zhiwen took it and nodded at him.
"I still have it here." Zhou Chengyun took out a beautifully crafted short knife from his arms, "Little Brother Zheng, do you want to...?" ”
"Brother Zhou, take it to Kewang." Time is pressing, and there is no time to explain.
"Dazhu, follow me." After Zhou Chengyun handed over the short knife to Kewang, Zhiwen turned his horse to the two idle horses.
"Do what I do!" After Zhiwen finished speaking, he raised his hand slightly, and then sank the dagger into a horse's butt entirely.
The horse screamed at this blow, raised its front hooves in the air, and suddenly increased its speed and galloped towards the junction.
Kewang did the same, and the other horse jumped out as well.
At this speed and direction, the two horses can collide with the group of horses at the slightly right of the intersection, leaving a passage for Zhiwen and them to enter the mountain, just now the situation was urgent, Zhiwen didn't have time to blindfold the horses, I don't know if the two horses will change course before colliding with the group of horses.
And the number of horses on the other side is large, even if it really hits, the horses behind can't hold their feet, and they will still block the intersection, and they have to think of another trick.
Zhiwen didn't care about revealing his secrets at this time, so he took out a stack of ash rods from the warehouse, put them on the saddle, and handed a few to Kewang, "Throw them at that group of horses." ”
Fortunately, everyone else stared at the two startled horses, and didn't notice the ash rod that he had made out of thin air.
Then he took the lead in making a demonstration, only to see him lean back first, the tip of the pole pointed forward, his body suddenly stood upright, and as soon as his right hand was released, the long pole broke through the air and fell to the opposing herd.