Chapter 449: Race against time
After a good night's rest, Zhang Yi and his party got up again before dawn the next day.
Someone has already done something to them, and they can't be sure what will happen to them on the road, so they must rush to Qingtang before it gets dark today.
Early in the morning, a group of people rushed to the direction of Qingtang with the carriage, yesterday's rain made the mountain road a little muddy today, although only a little, but it was enough to affect their speed, especially in some places the road is not good, there is more mud, the carriage is easy to sink down with the goods.
In addition, Zhang Yi and the others have been reduced after yesterday's battle, and some of the wounded are unable to move, so they can use even fewer manpower, which affects their speed even more.
"Uncle, I always have a bad premonition, I think we must cross the junction of Tubo and my Datang before dawn, otherwise, there may be something going on."
Yue 11 looked at the direction of Tubo with some concern, these Tubo people did not dare to do anything to them in the territory of Tubo, because the existence of the Qingtang army and nobles was in the Qingtang territory, and they were still very scruples.
So they will definitely choose to be in the territory of Datang, just like yesterday, it's just that their action yesterday failed, and Yue 11 still has a hunch that those people will make a comeback today.
Yue 11's premonition was very accurate, and now there was a team of cavalry in Tubo rushing towards Zhang Yi and his party.
This team of cavalry is more numerous than yesterday's team of cavalry, although the quality may not be as good as yesterday's, but this team of cavalry is a full five or six hundred people, if you really want to fight, it is no problem to take Zhang Yi and his party.
Although there is no guarantee that they will be killed or captured alive, these goods will not escape at all.
However, now this cavalry team is still thirty or forty miles away from the border between the two countries, and Zhang Yi and them are only twenty miles away from the Tibetan border.
If they cross the border of Tibet and enter the Tang Dynasty first, then Zhang Yi and they may not even have the opportunity to enter the territory of Tibet, but if Zhang Yi and they enter the territory of Tibet first, then there is no need to worry about what they will do.
After all, the last time he returned, he could be regarded as bribing the army on the Tibetan border, and the general of that army looked like a very upright soldier, Zhang Yi felt that he would not condone such a thing in his jurisdiction.
Although he didn't dare to pack a ticket in his heart, Zhang Yi still trusted his instincts very much, he has always been very accurate in seeing people, and basically nothing went wrong except for the matter of Lao Zhong.
"I have this hunch too, so, what do you think we should do?"
Zhang Yi turned around and asked Yue 11, now the advance speed of their team is indeed a little slow, but there is no way, of course they are riding fast, but those goods have to be pulled by a carriage, and they have to follow the rhythm of the carriage.
"Method, no, but at this speed, we still have to take half an hour to get to the border of Tibet, this half an hour, we have to be careful."
I can't think of any way for the time being, so let them send someone to the Tibetan border to report it first? Will those Tibetan troops still come to be their bodyguards?
Zhang Yi didn't speak, just shouted loudly for the team to speed up, and he felt that the uneasiness in his heart was getting stronger and stronger.
After that big battle yesterday, Zhang Yi immediately sent someone to Qingtang from the small road to report to Sahazhuo, according to the time, Sahazhuo got the news early this morning, and at this time he should have ordered all the people to rush here.
However, Qingtang Sahazhuo's house is about a hundred miles away from here, even if they are all cavalry, it will take an hour to get here at the earliest, and it will definitely not be able to catch up with such a long time.
"Let the spies go out more and come back every quarter of an hour to report."
In order to appease the uneasiness in his heart, Zhang Yi had no choice but to order Wang Wuzeng to send scouts to spy non-stop.
Now they are not far from the Tibetan border army, as long as they can pass this section safely, and when they reach the range that the Tibetan border army can detect, then they can relax a little.
When Zhang Yi and the others were in a frantic hurry, the Tubo cavalry in Tubo was also charging frantically.
They are now only more than ten miles away from the border, and Zhang Yi and them are only ten miles away from the border.
If calculated at such a speed, they would reach the border between Tubo and Datang before Zhang Yi and others.
But in the middle of the crisis, Zhang Yi got the information of the scout.
"A group of Tibetan cavalry is frantically rushing towards us, numbering about five or six hundred, and the distance is less than twenty miles!"
After getting the information, Zhang Yi finally understood why his heart was so heavy, it turned out that his opponent really had a backhand, five or six hundred cavalry, and his own people were not opponents at all.
"Everyone is hurrying at full speed, and another Tibetan cavalry is chasing us."
Zhang Yi waved his hand to make everyone hurry as fast as possible, and at the same time, he was also thinking of other ways.
The whip fell on the horses more and more frequently, and the horses roared and twisted their bodies and galloped quickly on the wagon.
Looking at the slightly chaotic team, Zhang Yi suddenly had a plan in his heart.
"Lord Xu, the situation is very urgent now, and if we rush according to this situation, we will definitely be blocked by those Tubo cavalry, so I thought of a way, I want to try."
Zhang Yi's action must also obtain Xu Jingzong's consent, because he could not do it without Xu Jingzong's cooperation.
Xu Jingzong also knew the current situation, and immediately said, "Let's hear it!" ”
"I will first lead a group of people to the Tubo border army, and strive to stop that group of Tubo cavalry at the border, and there is a Tubo border army over there, I believe that that team of Tubo cavalry will not dare to openly attack us."
"At that time, the goods behind will be handed over to Lord Xu, you take them and continue to hurry, if we can't stop that group of Tubo cavalry at that time, we will immediately send a signal, and you will flee immediately after seeing the signal flare."
Zhang Yi's method can be said to be gambling, betting that the Tibetan border army will help them, and also betting that the Tubo cavalry will not dare to openly attack Zhang Yi and others under the presence of the Tibetan border army.
Xu Jingzong didn't think much about it, now the time is urgent, and not a second can be wasted, as soon as Zhang Yi finished speaking, he immediately agreed.
"On the eleventh day of the month, bring some people with me!"
Zhang Yi turned his horse's head and called the eleventh day of the last month, and then rushed directly to the place where the Tubo border army was located with twenty or thirty horsemen.
"Be sure to get there before them!" Zhang Yi read silently in his mouth!