Oriole Line

ah! " Wen Tao exclaimed.

"What did you think of?" Pu Chen's face tightened.

"Take away the ordnance but not the food, there is only one possibility, in order to march quickly! If you bring food, it will definitely affect the speed of the march!" Wen Tao's eyes were burning.

"But why is there no trace of the Northern Yan cavalry marching lightly?" Pu Chen stared at Wen Tao, but his thoughts were running fast, and the topographic map of the entire Jingzhou was unfolding in his mind.

"Wuchang!" Pu Chen and Wen Tao spoke in unison.Haril's plan was too poisonous. He quickly captured Nanyang and Xiangyang with trebuchets and tar, and everywhere declared that the next step was Jingzhou, but in fact, they quietly bypassed Jingzhou. Their real goal was Wuchang!Now there are only [-] garrisons in Wuchang, and the chief general Pu Chen is not there, so there must be more bad luck than good luck.

"But why is there no military report from Wuchang?" Wen Tao said, "If Wuchang finds Beiyan's trace, it will definitely report to you."

After thinking for a while, Pu Chen changed his expression and said, "Hurry up, maybe there's still time!"

Wen Tao followed behind Pu Chen, and the two quickly got on their horses and galloped towards Wuchang.Pu Chen explained on the way: "It is true that Wuchang has no military report about Beiyan, but since we came out, we have not received any news from Wuchang."

"So you mean that the post stations around Wuchang were occupied by Beiyan people?" Wen Tao suddenly realized the importance of the problem.

Pu Chen didn't answer, and silence is the best answer.From this point of view, Beiyan set Wuchang as its target from the very beginning, and when Wuchang sent troops to support Jingzhou, it quickly moved [-] cavalry to bypass Jingzhou and transfer directly from Xiangyang to Wuchang.Beiyan took over the post stations on all sides of Wuchang, and Wuchang became an isolated city. The news could not be spread, but they were still foolishly waiting for Beiyan's trace in Jingzhou, but they didn't know that their base camp was about to be trampled by Beiyan!

"Drive!" Pu Chen roared, and the spurs came down hard, causing the horse to gallop all the way in pain.Wen Tao was unwilling to lag behind, even if his riding and shooting were mediocre, but at such a critical moment of life and death, he must not hold back Pu Chen.Pu Chen said that there is still time, so it will definitely be possible!

At nightfall on the fourth day, the two of them were only half a day away from Wuchang.Along the way, they took the official road, and they would change horses when they passed the post station, so their speed was much faster than the Beiyan cavalry who took the mountain road.But now it was almost approaching the boundaries of Wuchang, and the post stations on all sides of Wuchang should have been in the hands of Beiyan people, but they were not sure how many miles the four sides were.

In the night, there was another station not far ahead.The station looked deserted, no different from the station they had walked along the way.Wen Tao wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "The one in front should not be occupied by Beiyan people yet, let's change horses."

Pu Chen looked at Wen Tao's dark circles under his eyes from running all night, and said apologetically, "I was careless about this time, and I dragged you down."

Wen Tao smiled brightly: "We are both from Nanjing, and we fought against Yan together, so there is nothing to be sorry about."

There was a surge of emotion in Pu Chen's heart, just like the emotion of the two fighting side by side in the Chaoyang Palace in Jiankang.At this moment, it has nothing to do with family or status, it has nothing to do with him being Da Sima, he is a personal guard, at this moment, they are all from Nanjing, that's enough.

"Let's go, change horses." Wen Tao raised his whip and ran out.

Pu Chen followed a few steps, glanced at the stables of the station in front of him out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly felt creepy, screaming inwardly.In the blink of an eye, he rode his horse and galloped a few steps forward, caught up with Wen Tao, and jumped on Wen Tao's horse again, before Wen Tao had time to say anything, he hugged Wen Tao from behind, He turned over and rolled off the horse.His shoulders and back fell to the ground, he didn't care about the pain, he hugged Wen Tao on the ground and rolled towards the forest next to the official road.

Wen Tao was suddenly hugged by Pu Chen and rolled off the horse, his bones were shaken to pieces, the dirt on the ground hit him in the face, just as he was about to speak, Pu Chen covered his mouth with his hand.

"It's from Beiyan." Pu Chen whispered in Wen Tao's ear.

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The two horses were still galloping all the way, probably because they heard the sound, a group of people came out from the station, they were indeed dressed as Beiyan people, the leader with a big arm and a round waist commanded his men to stop the two horses, as if they were After discussing something, they looked at the official road again.

On the other side of the official road, Pu Chen and Wen Tao had already rolled into the forest. It was already night, and their figures were completely hidden in the darkness, and the rustling sound of rolling was also merged into the sound of the wind.They stopped behind a big tree, Puchen sat up, hid behind the trunk, and kept his eyes on the station.Wen Tao was dizzy and took a rest on the ground, feeling less dizzy, just about to get up when Pu Chen pulled him behind him.

"They are still looking here, be careful." Pu Chen said.

Wen Tao put his hand on Pu Chen's back, and followed Pu Chen's gaze to look at the post station. The small group of Beiyan people had already separated a few to go to the stables.

"Not good, they might search nearby, let's go!" Pu Chen said.

"En." Wen Tao didn't ask much, and followed Pu Chen to move quietly into the depths of the forest.Pu Chen is famous for his military exploits. Marching and fighting for generals is a basic skill. When Pu Chen was the young master, he was often brought by his father to practice. Now he is trapped in this mountain forest without any panic. None of the movements were delayed.On the contrary, Wen Tao, although he is skilled in swordsmanship, has never encountered such a situation, so he can only completely trust Pu Chen's judgment at this time.

The two walked around the direction of the station for a while, and according to the direction, they were already deep in the mountains and forests.Pu Chen stopped and said, "Rest here for a while, to preserve your energy."

Wen Tao sat down as he said. In the midsummer weather, Wen Tao was sweating all over from walking, so he took off his outer robe, leaving the collar of his jacket open, staring at the starry sky in a daze. After a while, he suddenly thought of a question: " How do you know there are people from Beiyan in the station?"

"It's a horse from a stable." Pu Chen explained, "The horses in the Central Plains are short and short-legged. The reason why the Beiyan cavalry are invincible is their good steeds. Their horses are a head taller than the Central Plains horses. I recognize them at a glance. We got out, so we escaped a catastrophe, otherwise we will be sent to death if we enter the station."

"Then how did you know they were coming to hunt us down?"

"The horse we rode looks like a war horse from the Central Plains. It has both saddle and stirrups. Obviously, someone rode it not long ago. The rider must be a scout or a nearby garrison. If the people of Beiyan want to cut off the connection between Wuchang and the surrounding area, the most important thing to guard against These are the two types of people, and I see them going to the stables to fetch horses, so naturally they want to hunt us down."

"Then can we still escape?" Wen Tao worried, "I'll be fine, if you break here..."

"What do you mean 'you're fine'?" Pu Chen raised his eyebrows dissatisfied.

"I am your bodyguard. If I can be used for you to go safely to Wuchang to preside over the overall situation and get through this crisis, I will certainly die." Wen Tao said very sincerely.

Pu Chen's face sank in the shadow of the leaves, and it seemed very quiet for a moment, until Pu Chen's serious voice came: "My father said that he would never give it to others if he followed him. My father also said, If people who follow me die for themselves, then I am incompetent."

Wen Tao wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything.Even if they managed to return to Wuchang, how would they face the 10 people led by Khalil?They are all Northern Yan cavalry with trebuchets and tar.

Pu Chen saw that Wen Tao's worry did not diminish, and comforted him, "Go to sleep. Tomorrow we can only go back to Wuchang on the mountain road. If we don't rest, we may not be strong enough."

Wen Tao nodded, leaning against the tree trunk and closing his eyes.But Pu Chen, who proposed to take a rest, was not sleepy at the moment. He kept his ears open to listen to the movement around him. He didn't believe that the Beiyan people would easily let them go after seeing the two horses.Just now when Wen Tao said that if he could return to Wuchang safely, he would be willing to die, his heart trembled, but it was only for a moment, he realized that Wen Tao said that probably because he was his personal guard .In the Jing Dynasty, the so-called personal guards are those who protect their masters with their lives. If they change their identities, Wen Tao may not be like this.Pu Chen looked at Wen Tao who had fallen asleep, his face was covered with dust after running around for several days, but his eyebrows and eyes were still pretty, and his eyelashes were very long when he closed his eyes.Pu Chen felt that he had never had such a contradictory mentality towards others when he grew up. When Wen Tao played his bodyguard before, he always thought about how to truly turn him into his bodyguard. Now Wen Tao has really become his bodyguard. He personally guarded him, and Pu Chen felt that Wen Tao's actions were only due to his status as a personal guard.It's neither horizontal nor vertical, which made Pu Chen sleepless all night.

At dawn on the second day, Pu Chen woke Wen Tao up.Wen Tao rested for the whole night, looking radiant, and followed Pu Chen's pace without saying a word.Pu Chen used his saber to open the way ahead. He roughly judged the location of Wuchang in his mind, and went straight through the shortest route.After walking for about an hour, Pu Chen suddenly stopped and made a silent gesture.He has keen five senses and can hear sounds from farther away than ordinary people. He held his breath and listened for a while, then said with a concentrated expression: "The people from Beiyan are chasing them."

Wen Tao wondered, "How did they find us?"

Pu Chen frowned, looked at Wen Tao twice, and always felt that something was different from yesterday, it seemed to be the color of the clothes.

"Where's your robe?" Pu Chen was shocked.

"Ah!" Wen Tao's expression changed instantly, "I took it off last night because it was too hot, and I didn't take it away this morning!"

"Let's go!" Before Wen Tao finished speaking, Pu Chen had already grabbed Wen Tao's wrist and started running wildly.They all have a foundation in lightness kung fu, so it's not a problem to get rid of the Beiyan people for a short time, but Pu Chen also