Three Kingdoms King of the North

"Don't worry," Jiang Jackal smiled at Feng Liang, and said, "Fortunately, we have extra horses, so we can take the two of you away together."

After two sticks of incense, Ju Shou, supported by Jiang Jackal and Feng Liang, left the prison and got into the carriage parked at the door.As soon as Jushou was done, the coachman in front swung his whip and drove the carriage towards the north gate of the city.And Jiang Yu, Feng Liang and others rode horses and followed closely behind the carriage.

Chapter 169 Escape

When the carriage was leaving the north gate, it was stopped by Du Bo, who was guarding the gate. He stood in front of the carriage and said to the driver in a stern tone: "Who is in the carriage, let him come out immediately to accept our inspection."

The coachman was also a seasoned spy, and he hurriedly cupped his hands at Du Bo and said, "Master, there is my master in the car. He accidentally caught a cold and was about to go outside the city for medical treatment. The master is too weak to get out of the car and take it." For the military master's interrogation, I still hope the military master Haihan."

Although what the coachman said was impeccable, it still aroused Dubo's suspicion.He frowned and said, "What's the cold? I think there is clearly a fugitive hidden in your car. Come, search for me!"

"Stop!" Just as the soldiers guarding the gate were about to go forward to search the chariot, Feng Liangce, who was following behind the chariot, immediately stepped forward and came to Du Bo, raised Yuan Shao's sword in his hand, and said loudly: "My lord It is my order to escort this important person out of the city, and if there is any obstruction, I will kill him immediately."

Du Bo knew both Yuan Shao's sword and the government official in front of him, he hurriedly replied: "If you don't dare to stop me, let me drive you out of the city." After speaking, he shouted at the soldiers standing by the door , "Quickly give way!"

Seeing the soldiers guarding the gate step aside, Jiang Jack, who was following the carriage, couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief. He thought he would have to fight before he could rush out of the city, but Feng Liang used Yuan Shao's sword to let the gate guard The soldier obediently made way for himself.When they left the city gate, fearing that Yuan Shao would send someone to chase them, they rushed northward immediately.

As for Yuan Shao who was in the mansion, he waited and waited and saw that Feng Liang came back with Jushou's head, he was very puzzled.And Feng Ji also seemed to feel that something was wrong, and hurriedly said to Yuan Shao: "My lord, something seems to be wrong. This Feng Liang has been gone for a few incense sticks, why hasn't he come back yet?"

In order to find out what was going on, after getting Yuan Shao's permission, Feng Ji ran outside the hall, called a guard, and ordered: "Rush to the prison immediately and see if Feng Liang has taken the head of Ju Shou ?” The guard agreed, and then quickly ran towards the prison.

Not long after, the guard came back in a hurry, knelt down in front of Yuan Shao, and reported in a panic, "My lord, I just went to the prison, not only did I not see the officials of the Feng family, but even Even the Jujian Army who was locked in the prison is nowhere to be seen.”

"What, what did you say?" Yuan Shao immediately stood up from his seat when he heard this, stepped forward and grabbed the guard's skirt and asked loudly, "Not only is Feng Liang gone, but even Jushou is gone?"

Seeing Yuan Shao's look of shame and anger, the guard nodded hastily, and replied nervously: "I asked a few jail guards to inquire, and only then did I know that Feng's officials and some strangers left the prison with Ju Jianjun. .”

"Damn it, it's so hateful!" Yuan Shao pushed the guard away and told Feng Ji: "Yuan Tu, immediately order Yan Liang to gather five hundred elite soldiers to chase after him. We must capture Ju Shou and Feng Liang alive!"

After Feng Ji received the order, he walked to the door and stopped again: "Master, Ji is worried that Yan Liang will go, and it will be difficult to capture Ju Shou and others."

Yuan Shao, who was in a fit of anger, when he heard Feng Ji say this, he rolled his eyes and said loudly: "How dare Yan Liang disobey my general's order?"

"My lord," Feng Ji saw that Yuan Shao had misunderstood his meaning, and quickly explained, "My lord handed over his sword to Feng Liang. Even if General Yan Liang caught up with them and saw the lord's sword, he would not dare to act rashly."

Yuan Shao heard what Feng Ji said, thought for a while, and felt that there was some truth, so he nodded, picked up a command arrow, handed it to Feng Ji, and said to him: "Yuan Tu, let Yan Liang take my command arrow and go If you chase Jushou, if you encounter resistance, even if the opponent has my saber, you will still be killed without mercy!"

After Jiang Jackal left Yecheng, he walked north along the official road without stopping.But he always had an ominous premonition in his heart, feeling that Yuan Shao's pursuers might catch up at any time.After running for more than [-] miles, while everyone stopped for a while to rest, he called one of his subordinates and said: "If Bandit Yuan knows that I have robbed Mr. Ju, he will definitely send troops to chase him down. You hurry up Hurry up to Guantao, please send someone to come and meet the guard."

Because Yecheng was too far away from Jizhou and Guantao, Jiang Jack had no idea that Han Zhan had arrived in Guantao, and even the guard had changed from Xia Houlan to Gao Lan again.So he repeatedly told his subordinates, "There are not many people who know the inside story about our rescue of Mr. Ju. If Captain Xiahou doesn't believe you, you can show your token."

"My subordinates understand." Jiang Jackal's subordinates agreed, and without taking a rest, they took two horses and galloped northward along the official road.

Jiang Jackal and the others rested for more than half an hour, and when the horses had almost rested, they continued on their way.They ran on the road for a few more hours. Ju Shou, who was sitting in the carriage, opened the curtain and looked outside. When he saw a small town on the official road ahead, he asked Jiang Jackal: "This strong man, we How far is it from Yecheng?"

"Mr. Hui Ju," Jiang Jackal replied respectfully, "about eighty miles."

"Strong man, I think it's getting late, and everyone is exhausted. We might as well find a place to rest for the night, and then go on our way at dawn tomorrow." Ju Shou was afraid that Jiang Jackal would disagree, and specially emphasized: "At present, there are also people from Yecheng. Nearly a hundred miles away, even if Yuan Benchu ​​sent troops, it would be impossible to catch up so quickly."

Jiang Jack looked left and right, and saw that the surrounding subordinates and Feng Liang looked exhausted, and after thinking about what Ju Shou said, he felt that Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses could not catch up so quickly, so he nodded and said: "Then listen to Mr. Ju, let's rest here for the night."

Just when everyone entered the only inn in the town, there was a rush of horseshoes on the street.Thinking that Yuan Shao's pursuers had arrived, Jiang Jack drew his saber and rushed out of the inn.He stood on the street and looked in the direction of the sound of horseshoes, only to see one person and two horses coming towards him, and the people on horseback looked quite familiar.

In a short while, the rider rushed to a place only a dozen or so away from him, and reined in sharply.The horse neighed, and the man stood up. The two horse legs in front kicked wildly in the air a few times, and then fell heavily on the bluestone ground of the street, making a dull sound.

The rider on the horseback got off the horse, knelt down on one knee in front of Jiang Jackal, and said, "The young one was on the way and met the messenger sent by the lord, so he asked him to go back to Guantao for help, and the young one took the lord with him." letter back."

"Where is the letter?" Hearing what his subordinate said, Jiang Jackal asked anxiously, "Show it to me quickly."

The subordinate reached into his arms, took out a letter from it, and handed it to Jiang Jack with both hands.

After reading the contents of the letter, Jiang Jackal couldn't help saying with emotion: "My lord is really a god-man."

Hearing what Jiang Jie said, the subordinates couldn't help asking curiously: "I don't know what was written in the master's letter?"

Jiang Jackal said with a smile: "My lord has long expected that Yuan Thief would send someone to kill Mr. Ju, so he ordered me to find a way to rescue Mr. Ju. Fortunately, I took the initiative to do it before I got the warrant from the lord. Otherwise, Mr. Ju’s life will be in danger.”

"My lord is really good at predicting things." After listening to Jiang Jackal's words, the subordinate also said flatteringly: "I can guess that Yuan Thief is going to send someone to kill Mr. Ju, so he ordered me to rescue him."

After Jiang Jackal finished the letter, he said to his subordinates: "You are exhausted all the way, go in and rest quickly, we will continue our journey tomorrow morning."

When Jiang Jie and Ju Shou were resting in the town, the [-] cavalry led by Yan Liang were only more than [-] miles away from them.It was getting late now, and Yan Liang, who was always considerate of deployment, ordered to find a sheltered place to set up camp, and prepared to continue chasing Ju Shou and others after dawn the next day.

Before dawn the next day, Jiang Jackal, who had been restless, urged everyone to leave.Everyone knew that they were running for their lives, so no one had any objection to Jiang Jackal's decision. They didn't even bother to eat breakfast, so they hurriedly mounted their horses and headed north.

Two hours after they left, Yan Liang's cavalry arrived in the town.Seeing the signboard of the inn, Yan Liang ordered a schoolboy to check if there was a carriage and some riders passing by.

Not long after, the principal came back and reported: "General Qi, I have asked the innkeeper. He said that a carriage and seven or eight riders stayed in his inn last night. It is not yet dawn." , I left the inn and headed north. I walked for almost two hours."

Yan Liang patted his forehead annoyedly after listening to the small school's report, cursing himself for being confused, if he sent someone to investigate here last night, he might be able to catch Jushou.Now that the other party has been gone for more than two hours, even if he chased him quickly, he would at least catch up in the afternoon.

Thinking of this, Yan Liang immediately ordered: "Catch me north!"

If it wasn't for Jushou's illness and unable to ride a horse, Jiang Jackal would definitely ask him to abandon his cart and ride a horse, so that at least he could go faster.It was precisely because of the drag of the carriage that although Jiang Jie and the others set off two hours earlier, they only traveled a dozen miles.

Feng Liang was obviously also aware of this problem, and discussed with Jiang Jackal in a low voice: "Brother Jiang, do you think you can ask Mr. Ju to abandon the car and ride the horse, so that we can also increase the speed?"

"No," Jiang Yan shook his head and said, "Mr. Ju has been in prison for too long, and now he is not feeling well. In such a cold day, won't it kill him to let him ride a horse?"

Ju Shou, who was sitting in the car, heard the meeting between the two, so he lifted the curtain and said to Jiang Jackal, "Strong man, go and find me a horse. I want to ride like you."

"No, Mr. Ju, absolutely not." Hearing what Ju Shou said, Jiang Jack waved his hands to dissuade him: "Your body is not suitable for riding a horse. You should continue to ride a carriage."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Ju Shou ordered the coachman to stop the cart, and said stubbornly, "I know very well in my heart that if it weren't for the drag of the carriage, you would have been out of danger. For the sake of everyone, you should ride a horse."

Seeing that Jushou was so stubborn, Jiang Jack knew that he couldn't make him change his mind, so he could only order his subordinates to lead a horse and ask Jushou to go up.But as soon as Jushou sat on it, he was on the verge of falling, as if he was about to fall down at any time.Jiang Jackal was deeply afraid that Jushou would fall off the horse when he was running wildly later, so he quickly ordered someone to tie him to the horse.

As soon as Jushou was tied up, a spy suddenly got off his horse, lay down on the ground, put his ears in the snowdrift, listened carefully for a while, then stood up, and said to Jiang Jackal with a panicked expression: "Brother Jiang, you are far away. There is a procession of horses coming towards us, about five hundred, as I judge."

Hearing that there were cavalrymen chasing him, Jiang Jack was shocked and asked quickly, "How far is it from us?"

"There are still ten miles."

Hearing that the pursuers were already ten miles away, how could they dare to stay? After hastily throwing away the carriage, they rode their horses and galloped towards the north.

The cavalry led by Yan Liang quickly arrived at the place where Jiang Jackal and the others abandoned their carriage.Yan Liang rode his horse around the carriage, and then ordered his subordinates: "They have just left, and if they can't run far, immediately speed up and catch up. None of them can let them escape."

Jiang Jackal and the others running ahead beat the horses desperately with whips in order to get rid of the chase as soon as possible.But after running for thirty or forty miles, their mounts gradually stopped moving, and their speed unknowingly slowed down.A meticulous mount let out a mournful cry, and fell into the snowdrift by the side of the road with a plop, throwing the rider on it far away.

Jiang Jackal got off the horse in a hurry, helped the fallen horse up, and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

"Brother Jiang," the spy looked at Jiang Jackal and said, "My leg was injured and I may not be able to continue on my way. You take everyone away first, and I will stay behind."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Jie slapped him and scolded loudly: "You bastard, do you think you are Xiang Yu, with unworthy courage, and want to fight against five hundred cavalry by yourself? Immediately Get on my horse, and as long as I'm alive, I'll never leave a brother behind."

With tears in his eyes, Xi Zuo put Jiang Jack on his mount, and the two of them rode a horse and continued to drive north.

By noon, the pursuers led by Yan Liang were only two or three miles away from Jiang Jie and the others.Seeing several people fleeing in front of them, the cavalry immediately cheered. They brandished their weapons and prepared to rush over to kill all the people in front of them.