When the soldiers heard this, they did not hesitate, they took off their armor and tied the wooden planks to chase after Ye Yan and the others.

In the cold winter of ancient times, after a group of soldiers took off their armor, they only wore a few linen clothes, but these people did not hesitate at all, which shows the strict law of Zhao Haoyi leading the troops.

After Ye Yan and the three of them came ashore, a small group of soldiers had already chased them to the center of the river.

Ye Yan, who was running, looked at the enemy troops who were chasing after him thoughtfully.

This group of people seems to be arrested purposefully, not far from the river is Yuzhou City, the border guards in the city will definitely come here from time to time to patrol to prevent the enemy from sneaking across the mountain gate, if the soldiers of Qi State say that it is for some military merits, they will not chase after them with their lives.

Thinking of Ye Yan, he opened his mouth and said to the two, "This group of people doesn't seem to be for military merit. ”

Zhang Jiu turned his head and glanced at the rear and said, "I don't know, but it's not a way to go on like this, just now on the surface of the river, they had some scruples and didn't dare to release arrows on a large scale, but when the archers crossed the river, it was difficult to say." ”

Shikong caught up from behind and heard the conversation between the two and spit out the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, the poor monks restrain them, and you run to the dense woods." ”

Ye Yan looked around when he heard this, and suddenly he found that someone was wading out of a path on the snow not far away, and his heart moved, and he hurriedly said: "No need to separate, let's run faster, as long as we run along this path into the mountains and forests, they won't dare to chase them." ”

The two of them looked in the direction that Ye Yan pointed out, and sure enough, there was a path that had been stepped on and extended to the dense forest in the north. The two looked at each other and seemed to understand.

The path was obviously cleared by someone, and in this snowy day, except for the city defense army, no one would have deliberately cleared a road.

The three of them accelerated along the path all the way to the north, and the pursuers behind them seemed to hesitate when they reached the intersection, and when Zhao Haoyi crossed the river, a soldier ran quickly and knelt down on one knee and reported, "General, there is a road artificially cleared ahead, and we are afraid that there will be an ambush army and dare not go deep." ”

Zhao Haoyi looked at the direction in which the three of them fled, and also thought that this might be the road cleared by the Yuzhou Defense Army, and immediately ordered, "Notify me, select 100 good people in the army, disguise yourself as a caravan and sneak into Yuzhou with me, be sure to catch the monk, and the rest will retreat to Dongshan to wait for the order, ready to support at any time." ”

The dense forest after the heavy snow has completely turned into a white world, and the original emerald green pines seem to have hidden their edges in front of this pure and flawless white, and loneliness and cold are the main themes of this world.

Suddenly, there was a rapid rustling sound, which brought a shock to this white and lonely world.

Ye Yan touched his injured left shoulder and stopped panting, turning his head to look behind him from time to time.

Seeing this, Zhang Jiu and the others also stopped, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

Ye Yan shook his head to indicate that it was okay, and then looked at the wound again, rejoicing in his heart.

Fortunately, the cold weather has suppressed the bacterial infection, and if it were in the summer, the weather would be hot, and the wound would have festered.

"Amitabha, this group of soldiers doesn't dare to blatantly chase after you, we can take a break."

Shikong looked at the path when he came, saw that there was no movement, and saw that Ye Yan looked out of strength, so he said loudly.

Zhang Jiu didn't say anything, and took out the jerky in his arms and gave each of them a piece to replenish his strength.

Then he also sat next to Shikong, for Zhang Jiu and Shikong, they didn't seem to care about this kind of pursuit, but talked about the combat power of this army with great interest.

"The other party's generals seem to be very eye-catching, we shouldn't have seen a general who can lead 20,000 troops alone, could it be the new general of Qi State?"

Shi Kong thought thoughtfully: "Qi is one of the three kingdoms with great resources and talents, if it weren't for the discord between their internal monarchs and ministers, our northern Xinjiang would have been wiped out long ago, and it is reasonable to have a few new generals." ”

"I think there is a lot of strangeness in this matter, the dispute between the monarchs and ministers of the Qi State is becoming more and more fierce, the old people of the Ren Party will not allow the monarch of the Qi State to send so many soldiers into my northern territory, the troops that the monarch of the Qi State can command are all on the border and my Yuzhou army is anxious, and it is really strange to be able to send 20,000 soldiers into the mountains to search and arrest at the moment."

Ye Yan also frowned when he heard this, thinking about the actions of this group of soldiers, his heart moved, and he said, "What is the purpose of these people, such as preparing to sneak attack Yuzhou City and their own large army to attack back and forth?"

After hearing this, Shikong denied and said, "No, if according to what the donor said, then the monarch of Qi will send 20,000 soldiers to the border to divide the troops, but the army that this monarch can command is only 80,000, and the rest of the 200,000 troops are controlled by the Ren Party.

Although my northern frontier is weak and scarcity of swords and armor, there are also 100,000 troops on the border to maintain balance with it, and if the other party divides the troops slightly, General Liu Xiong will overwhelm the border and break through Yunzhou City, the gateway of Qi State, in one fell swoop, and then eat 20,000 soldiers in reflexivity, and the monarch of Qi State does not dare to take such a big risk. ”

Ye Yan was silent, as if he thought of something, and asked, "Who is General Liu Xiong?"

Zhang Jiu took over and replied, "The maternal uncle of the current female monarch, the god of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and the general of the Protector Guard. ”

Ye Yan was surprised, and subconsciously said, "The monarch of Northern Xinjiang is actually a woman? Can the princes of Northern Xinjiang serve a woman?"

It's not that Ye Yan looks down on women, it's just that in the ancient environment of male superiority and inferiority of women, women have been in power for thousands of years, and there is only one in ancient history.

When Zhang Jiu heard this, he immediately slapped Ye Yan's head in displeasure and said, "What? Looking down on women, the old monarch suffered an attack after giving birth to the female monarch, although his life was saved, but he also lost his humanity, the female monarch as the only heir of the old monarch can only bear this burden, fortunately, the female monarch is virtuous, benevolent, brave, intelligent, and does not lose to the man, so that the princes of northern Xinjiang dare not have different intentions. ”

"Amitabha, the wealth of a female monarch is rare in the world, not much worse than the natural king of the Qin State, and the son of the government."

Ye Yan was curious in his heart, it was not ordinary for a woman who could be extremely admired by a rough man like Zhang Jiu.

Just as he was about to continue asking, there was a sudden rush of running in the west, mixed with the sound of horses' hooves.

The sound came from far and near, and the earth began to shake, and the surrounding tree trunks were scattered with snowflakes due to the sound of the tremor.

The three of them hurriedly stood up and made a defensive gesture, and Zhang Jiu Shikong protected Ye Yan in front of him, with a solemn expression.

"Uncle Jiu, it shouldn't be an enemy army, these people should be the patrol army of Yuzhou."

Ye Yan signaled that the two of them don't need to be nervous, the only one who can ride the horse here may be the Yuzhou patrol army, which river's ice surface can't withstand the trampling of the horse's hooves at all, and if the Qi soldiers want to come on horseback, it is absolutely impossible.

Sure enough, when a team of more than 1,000 people dressed in thatched woven armor, armed with sickles, and woodcutters came to Ye Yan and the others, Zhang Jiu and the two also let down their guard.

With such poorly equipped soldiers, I am afraid that there is no other army except for the barren northern Xinjiang.

As for the horses, only the two heralds in the back were ridden, and they were responsible for the transmission of information, which was the most important thing.

The two cavalrymen did not step forward, but watched nervously from the rear, and as long as there was a slight abnormality, they would rush away and inform Yuzhou City of the situation here

"Who are you?"

Six or seven patrolmen stepped forward and put their woodcutters on the necks of the three and asked sharply.