In the late autumn season, the climate in the north turns cold quickly in the afternoon, not only the temperature plummets, but also there are often cold wind gusts from time to time, blowing people's cheeks painfully, and the horses can feel the intimate contact with the whistling wind, of course, this is by no means a pleasant thing.

Even in the Buguang where the ministers live in Luoyang City, there are rows of residential buildings, but from time to time there is a cool breeze through those alleys, the streets "leak" in, if it is not for the large number of Li Ru and his party, they are not far from each other, so at most some people on the periphery "enjoy" the warm hospitality of the autumn breeze, and another advantage of gathering a large number of people in the narrow space is naturally to be able to achieve the effect of heating each other, otherwise I am afraid that everyone will have to fight in the cold. The desire to pursue it is also easy to be dissipated.

But even so, after chasing for a period of time and a distance, not only did he not see the slightest hope of catching up with the other party, but he couldn't even see the corners of the other party's clothes, which also greatly wore out everyone's patience.

However, the generals were just a little fluctuating in their hearts, and Hua Xiong didn't notice anything, but Li Ru gradually slowed down his horse, because he suddenly felt that something was not right.

It stands to reason that it is normal for them to not be able to catch up with each other's tails, after all, they started relatively late, and there was a delay in the middle - but I don't know whether to say it is a good thing or a bad thing, because after all, the other party has been stretched out in that way. In addition, Li Ru's previous actions deeply stimulated the strong self-esteem of these soldiers under him, making them even more diligent when pursuing, and it seemed that the speed had invisibly accelerated a few points, which was naturally more beneficial to catch up, but unfortunately they never found any trace of the other party, which means that they have not been able to catch up with each other.

However, although he told himself intellectually, this is a normal situation, and perhaps at least after reaching the gate of the Upper East Gate and being blocked by the defenders at the entrance of the city, he can shorten the gap between them and allow them to keep up with each other. Li Ru always had another layer of doubt in his heart. There is also a faint feeling, as if there are a pair of eyes hidden behind it.

Like Lu Bu, he has a very keen intuition, but the difference is that Lu Bu has a very keen intuition when facing a crisis, which is a special feeling formed by the experienced generals from their own battlefield experience; However, Li Ru's intuition is based on rational construction and analysis. for the surroundings. Through guò nuanced observations. Find some clues and make inferences, even if it's just intuition. But in fact, it is also the reason that depends.

Li Ru would have such a strong feeling now, and it was precisely based on this, although he was not very sure, as long as he observed the surrounding environment a little, he had to rise in his heart some perennial combat experience that made it deeply engraved in his heart like an instinctive guard, because it seemed that the vicinity of this place should be very suitable as an ambush place.

In the past, Li Ru didn't know how many traps and traps he had woven for Dong Zhuo and his enemies and opponents, this kind of ambush was even more common, and whether a place was suitable as an ambush could be seen almost at a glance.

However, it has the basic conditions to become an ambush, this is just a premise, whether there is an ambush or not, it depends on the specific situation, but as long as you think about it from another angle, if the other party takes advantage of the fact that his tracks are not detected, but scatters and lurks in various places in the dark, and then attacks himself and others in the dark, it is not impossible, and it should even be said that if it is a military general with a little insight and scheming, he should be able to think of it, and the one sent by Lu Bu to take away Cai Yong should not be a mortal. Before, it was only bravery, but now it is not impossible to show some brains.

Thinking of this, Li Ru was also a little unstable, and immediately stopped his horse, then raised his hand violently and made a gesture to stop moving.

Everyone naturally didn't dare not listen, so the whole army slowed down slowly from front to back until it stopped, Hua Xiong couldn't help but wonder when he saw this, he was originally hanging in the rear, was prepared to prevent accidents, because Li Ru had already thought that it was easy to encounter hidden dangers in this nearby environment, in order to avoid being caught off guard at that time, so the two of them were divided into two sections before and after each sat in the front and rear to lead the army, of course, there was no Hua Xiong by his side, Li Ru was not running in the front, but was guarded by some guards in the middle, Then lead the team in front.

At this time, Hua Xiong naturally wanted to drive his horse to catch up, and stopped beside Li Ru before asking: "Military Division, why did you suddenly stop marching, aren't we in a hurry to chase the enemy now?" ”

The more Li Ru thought about it now, the more he felt that his intuition was correct, and he snorted coldly when he heard this: "Don't you think that the current situation is not normal? ”

Hua Xiong said without thinking about it: "What is abnormal, now we don't even see the shadow of the enemy, but the military advisor suddenly ordered everyone to stop, this is the most abnormal in Xiong's opinion." ”

Li Ru couldn't help glaring at him, but more of a helpless feeling, this Huaxiong usually goes to the battlefield without thinking, and he doesn't know how he got to today, but he still explained: "It stands to reason that our speed is actually not slow, and even now because of the morale, it is a little faster than Fang Cai, and the other party is walking after all, although it will be more flexible and comfortable in the current environment, but on the other hand, it is also very consuming, especially when they still have an old man like Cai Yong, Since Lu Bu asked people to take him away from Luoyang, it was inevitable that he would not be hurt again, so that Cai Yong would become a burden to them, and the more he went behind, the more it would affect their progress. But Zijian, you've been watching it for so long, we haven't even noticed each other's shadows, although the passages in the workshop here are complicated, but it's not always impossible to see, Zijian thinks this situation is normal? ”

"It is with these in mind that I can't help but think that maybe they are not in front of us at all, but are hiding somewhere near us, ready to attack us by surprise at any time. This is also based on Cai Yong's considerations, in order to avoid trouble at that time, especially if Cai Yong's body lì has problems, they must consider finding a means of transportation. Zijian should have seen that they were all on foot, and the others didn't care, Cai Yong must not be able to persevere, maybe he just fell in love with our war horse and wanted to wait for an opportunity to plunder the past. And think deeper and farther, even if they can run out of the Upper East Gate, but Zijian should know what place is outside the Upper East Gate, which is suitable for cavalry galloping, and then our advantages will be fully exerted, so it is particularly important for them to win the war horse. ”

"Are you saying they're going to grab the horses?" What Li Ru said is obvious enough, although Hua Xiong is habitually careless, he is not a stupid person, he just didn't think about this aspect at all before, and now listening to Li Ru's reminder, he can use his brain to turn the corner, and he immediately knows that what Li Ru said is indeed reasonable, and while speaking, he generally involuntarily looks around.

Seeing him make this subconscious action, a little naïve and naïve, Li Ru couldn't help but feel funny, and said with a smile: "Since it has been hidden, of course it is not so easy to find out, and even I suspect that they have actually been hidden in the previous section, maybe our rear team is already less at this time, of course, there are also war horses." ”

This is a thing that makes Li Ru feel a little distressed, because there are hundreds of people in this group of people who came over, even if they are placed in the Upper East Gate Avenue, they must be lined up in several columns before and after, not to mention that in this not very spacious lane, they can't see each other in front and back, and they want to know the movement behind them, whether there has been a reduction in personnel as Li Ru guessed, and it is also very troublesome to verify, after all, Hua Xiong was also behind before, and he also didn't know anything, although it is also possible that nothing has happened yet.

Hoping so, Li Ru was a little uneasy intuitively, and after thinking about it, he finally made a decision: "Let's divide the troops, Zijian, you lead half of the men to the front to continue the pursuit, I hope my guess is wrong; And I will lead the remaining half of the people to the rear to count first to see if there is a reduction in personnel, if there is no more search around here, take a look......" Seeing that Hua Xiong was about to speak again, Li Ru hurriedly waved his hand to stop it, and smiled again: "I know that you are worried about my safety here alone, but even if only half of them are left, there are more than 300 people, and I am not the kind of person who will put himself in danger, Zijian can go quickly, if you delay the time, you will miss the opportunity in vain." ”

Hua Xiong nodded solemnly, Li Ru stopped talking nonsense, and immediately arranged it, in fact, this entire team of hundreds of people except for Li Ru's part of the guards who had to follow him, it didn't matter who the others were, after all, the combat strength of the same army was almost the same, and there was no need for too detailed distribution, just separate the front army and the rear army, and then those guards continued to escort Li Ru to the rear.

And Hua Xiong didn't turn around until he looked at the backs of Li Ru and the others and disappeared in the middle of the soldiers, and with a call, he led the half of the men and horses he was assigned to continue to march forward.

At this time, Li Ru and his people had not yet approached the rear of the team, but there was already a guard sent by Li Ru to investigate the situation and hit the outpost first, galloping over in a small lane let by everyone, and shouted: "Military division, the rear army has only been attacked, but the enemy has already run away............" (to be continued)