Chapter 42: The Pursuit
Sun Ce and his party were very fast, and they came to the inn in a few breaths.
Although this fire has only been put on for a long time, judging from the smell of oil wafting in the air, the other party has obviously sprinkled vegetable oil in the inn in order to speed up the burning, and the entire inn has fallen into a sea of fire.
The scorching fire made it impossible for Sun Ce and his party to get close, and they didn't know what was burned in the inn.
Under the command of Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, the entire team presented a defensive formation, surrounding Sun Ce in the middle to prevent someone from waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack.
It was only a few moments of waiting, and there was silence except for the occasional crackling sound of the burning flames, and the expected battle did not take place.
"Uncle Cheng, what do you think it means?" Sun Ce's face was a little gloomy.
Cheng Pu's analysis just now made sense to him, no matter who the other party was, they were coming at him. Sun Ce was not afraid of this, let alone worried about anything, he believed that with the domineering crutches in his hands, any ambush and ambush would be broken by him!
He has this self-confidence, he has this arrogance, he has this strength!
He hurried over, just to clean up these Xiaoxiao who only knew how to hide his head and tail, but he didn't want it to be the current situation, obviously very different from what Cheng Pu said, the other party was not so much trying to ambush them, but more like being scared away by them, which made Sun Ce suddenly have a feeling of suffocation with nowhere to go.
"This ......" Cheng Pu didn't know what to say for a while, and his heart was now full of doubts.
In his mind, the purpose of the other party's sudden arson should be to use Sun Ce's concern for Sun Yi's safety, to prevent them from leaving if they notice the abnormality, and force them to enter the ambush location set up by the other party.
Sun Ce couldn't say a reason when he saw Cheng Pu, and immediately ordered: "No matter what, the other party must not have run far, let me go out to find it, and if I find it, I will immediately ring the arrow to report!"
"Yes!" a dozen disciples immediately held torches and scattered into the night.
"Everybody, stay on guard, a few of you show me if there's anything left by the other side around, I'm going to see who these people are. Sun Ce ordered a few people casually.
Soon, a disciple shouted loudly: "Young Sect Master, there are a lot of corpses behind the inn!"
Sun Ce and Cheng Pu Huang Gai hurriedly heard the sound, and saw a lot of burning corpses piled up behind the inn, and from the charred appearance on the surface, they couldn't judge who these corpses were.
Sun Ce's eyes narrowed, and he jumped in front of the burning corpses, and the crimson bully crutches in his hands spun and smashed out, smashing the charred corpses on them and flying out, and picked out the innermost corpse with his crutches.
As he expected, even if these people were sprinkled with vegetable oil and easy to burn, the accumulation of corpses still made the people inside not completely burned black, and there were still a lot of remnants of clothes on their bodies.
"Look. Sun Ce beckoned Cheng Pu and Huang Gai to come over.
Pointing to the cloth on the charred corpse, Sun Ce's voice was a little solemn: "This cloth, this color, this shape, is the clothes of my Wuliemen, there is no doubt that this is my Wuliemen's people!"
Cheng Pu looked at Huang Gai, and also agreed with what Sun Ce said, and suddenly couldn't help but gasp, so these burning corpses are all from their Wuliemen?!
"Could it be that Uncle Bi ...... him" Cheng Pu and Huang Gai glanced at each other, and they both had a bad idea in their hearts.
Shout!
On the west side of the inn, an arrow chirped sharply in the silence of the night.
Sun Ce said quickly: "Leave a few people to extinguish the fire here and see what can be found from inside." Others, follow me!"
After saying that, he had already jumped on his horse and rushed towards the place where the arrow was issued, followed by Cheng Pu and Huang Gai.
At this time, Liu Yifan and his entourage were running towards the evacuation place.
"This Sun Ce came so quickly. Liu Yifan frowned, in order to attract the attention of the other party, and in order to hide the traces, he set fire to the inn.
thought that he could block it for a moment, but he didn't want the other party's response to be a little beyond his expectations, no matter how he looked at it, it seemed to be coming at them, just like knowing that Sun Yi was in their hands.
But he was obviously Sun Yi who was inadvertently captured tonight, how could the other party know.
"Could it be that there is something to do with that masked man?" Liu Yifan flashed this thought in his mind, but he was dispelled in an instant.
Whatever the reason, it doesn't make much sense to think about it now, and how to get rid of the pursuers of Wuliemen is the most important thing for the sake of today.
The number of them was nearly a hundred, and so many horses naturally could not be arranged near the inn, so as not to be seen as flawed, so they were all arranged in a jungle a little farther away.
Unexpectedly, this careful arrangement would delay their departure at this moment.
How can the legs not be able to run on four legs, although the group of disciples of the Wulie Sect who chased after them had been killed by him, Fan Chou and Gao Shun in person, but the other party still took the first step and already announced the location.
Now there is no need to look back, the sound of the horse's hooves can be heard with his ears alone, and the other party's brigade of men and horses is already chasing them, and judging by the speed of the other party, they will definitely be caught up before they reach the place where the horses are placed.
"Divine envoy, we are about to be caught up, it's useless to run again, let's turn around and do it! If we can kill that young sect master, Sun Ce, it will be a great achievement, it will definitely make the Wulie Sect break its muscles and bones!" Fan Chou proposed.
Before Liu Yifan could say anything, Gao Shun had already spoken: "No! In terms of numbers, we are about the same as each other, if we fight, even if we win, we will definitely suffer heavy losses!"
"Judging from the posture of the other party coming straight to us, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no other backup, and the risk of fighting is too great!"
Gao Shun usually doesn't talk much, but when he says this at the moment, it is obvious that he is very opposed to Fan Chou's proposal.
Fan Chou said impatiently: "The enemy is about to catch up with us, but now besides fighting, do you have any other way?"
"There should be some people left to stop Sun Ce and them. "Gao Shun is the one who understands the situation and gives the best advice.
Fan Chou frowned and didn't say anything. He understood what the other party meant, and sent a few people to stop it, to ensure that most of the people could leave alive, but ten percent of the people who went were going to be explained there, and nine out of ten were going to be explained there, no different from sending them to death, and he Fan Chou didn't want to go, so he didn't make this suggestion at all.
Liu Yifan glanced at Gao Shun and then glanced at Fan Chou, he was thinking.
"Messenger, I'll take people. Gao Shun didn't wait for Liu Yifan to speak, he had already taken the initiative to ask for help, and Fan Chou's eyes lit up when he listened.
Gao Shun's tone was very flat, and there was not much fluctuation in a pair of godly eyes. It's not because he's not afraid of death, it's not that he intends to be a hero, it's just that this is the most reasonable and effective choice.
Wang Erdan, as a divine envoy, is the key combat force of the Divine Sect, and the other party must not do this almost mortal thing.
Fan Chou, this person can fight brutally, this kind of behavior of blocking the enemy is not suitable for the other party, if he goes to Tie Ding to fight with people, he will be wiped out in a few clicks.
Thinking about it, only he is the most suitable for himself.
"Gao Shun. Liu Yifan thought about it for a while, and also made a decision: "You take a few people to take Zhou Hui and Sun Yi away, and I will stop Sun Ce and them with Fan Chou and other disciples!"
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