Seeing many people wearing official uniforms, Cheng Zhijie was so happy. He grinned and shouted: "Brothers, arrest them all, don't kill them. This is all a great achievement!"

"Oh! Oh!" the cavalry shouted excitedly, rushing forward and surrounding the people.

In order to prevent any fish from slipping through the net, Cheng Zhijie shouted again: "Don't let anyone go, be careful of someone pretending to be a soldier!"

Hearing a loud voice from afar, a figure in the distance slipped and fell to the ground. Then he didn't bother to run. He turned over and lay on the ground gasping for air. Looking at the long beard on his chin, it was obviously not

A soldier.

Knowing that Li Yuan did not have many cavalry, Cheng Zhijie left most of his troops behind to gather the prisoners, while he himself, with 3,000 men, pursued them.

Li Yuan ran with all his strength, and the pursuers behind him followed him like ghosts. Although he never caught up, he was still not far away. Every time he felt that he had fallen away, he was discovered again before he could rest in peace.

"Your Majesty! If you can't escape like this, look at the war horse!" Dugu Huaien pointed to one side and persuaded.

Following Dugu Huaien's fingers, Li Yuan saw several war horses neighing as they went down, and then never got up again.

You must know that war horses are very spiritual. Even if they sleep during the expedition, they will stand up and only partially lie down when they arrive at the camp. Now that they lie down directly, it means that this is really not possible.

"What should we do?" Li Yuan asked with a hesitant look on his face.

"Go up the mountain! This place has entered the Yi ethnic area. There is not much difference between riding a horse and walking. You can take the mountain road on foot, but it is closer." Changsun Shunde suggested.

"Okay!" Although he didn't want to climb the mountain, Li Yuan gritted his teeth and agreed in order to survive.

Since they had decided to take the mountain road, the war horses were of course no longer needed, and they were just used as dry food. The soldiers of Qi killed the war horses with tears in their eyes, then had a good meal, took some more, and set off on the road.

It didn't take long for Cheng Zhijie to catch up. Of course they noticed such obvious traces. Without hesitation, they also abandoned their horses and chased after him.

Two hours later, another group of people caught up. Although it was already dark, they asked the soldiers who were left behind and they also caught up.

Li Yuan was lucky. Before dark, they came across a village. Not only did they take the opportunity to repair it, but they also knew that he was the emperor of Qi. The village also dispatched two hundred young men to escort them away. After all, these tribes did not understand the outside world.

, just know that Qi is the leader of this land.

Of course, Li Yuan did not stupidly say that Qi State had been conquered. What he told the village was that he was assassinated while hunting and his retreat was blocked. The reinforcements would not know the news for a while, so they could only go to Nanzhao and lead them.

The soldiers went back to kill him.

In order to expand its territory, Qi State has been subduing ethnic minorities in recent years. Of course! The process will not be so harmonious. These tribes are scared of being beaten. How can they dare to resist? What's more, Li Yuan has nearly a thousand people with him.

But his personal guards are not weak in combat effectiveness.

After walking on the mountain road for two days, he encountered a mountain stronghold and saw that there were no pursuers. Li Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief and decided to rest here for the night. After all, everyone was exhausted and mentally unbearable after running away for four consecutive days.

, not to mention that Li Yuan is not young anymore. He is even more unbearable than the soldiers.

"Woof! Woof woof!"

"Woof! Woof woof!"

In the middle of the night, the dogs in the village suddenly started barking like crazy. Although they were already sleeping soundly, the Qi soldiers got up, picked up their weapons, and rushed out of the room.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Li Yuan felt someone shaking him. When he opened his eyes, he saw Dugu Huaien looking at him anxiously, his mouth opening and closing.

"Your Majesty! Something is wrong!" After concentrating his concentration, Li Yuan heard clearly what he said. Now he was no longer sleepy, and he suddenly stood up.

His brain felt dizzy, and Li Yuan hurriedly held his forehead and asked, "What's wrong?"

Dugu Huaien didn't need to answer, there were already shouts of death and screams outside.

Li Yuan stood up in a hurry, followed Dugu Huaien, walked forward quickly, and opened the door.

There was chaos outside, and there were fires everywhere.

"Your Majesty! The rebels are coming. Come with me." A man wearing animal skins and holding a bow and arrow rushed over and shouted loudly.

At this time, they still didn't know that these were not rebels, but the Tang Dynasty's army.

"Okay! Okay! Let's go quickly." Li Yuan nodded repeatedly. Fortunately, he was sleeping with his clothes on, so he immediately followed him. Dugu Huai'en followed closely with a horizontal knife in hand.

"General Changsun, please protect His Majesty and leave first!" After leaving the room, when he saw Changsun Shunde bringing someone over, Dugu Huaien said seriously.

"Okay!" Changsun Shunde also knew that someone must stay to break the relationship. He was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement, and then said cautiously: "Take care!"

Dugu Huaien didn't say much, just nodded vigorously, and then led his troops to rush to the gate of the village.

Cheng Zhijie was not familiar with the stockade, so he did not know that there was a small road next to the stockade, which still directed the soldiers to attack. Especially when he saw the Qi soldiers, he believed that Li Yuan was here.

In the dark night, he did not dare to light a torch for fear of attracting the enemy, so Li Yuan had no choice but to run forward with a deep kick and a shallow kick.

"Ah! Ah!" Suddenly, several screams came from the front, and under the starlight, many black shadows appeared and came to kill them.

"Let's go this way!" The young man in animal skin pulled Li Yuan and said in a low voice, then he bowed and burrowed into the grass next to him.

Li Yuan couldn't think too much and walked over. Changsun Shunde also followed with a team of guards.

In the dark night, he didn't know how long he had been running. Li Yuan slipped and fell to the ground. Then he panted and said, "I can't do it anymore. Let's take a rest."

Li Yuan did not hear the answer. Changsun Shunde and others suddenly turned around, holding weapons, and looked around seriously.

Li Yuan realized something was wrong, struggled to sit up, and looked around. Just one glance made him so frightened that he almost lay down again.

It turned out that there were many green eyes all around, and low-pitched roars of "Woo! Woo!"

He was also an experienced hunter, so he didn't know that he was surrounded by wild beasts.

"This...this...this is a pack of wolves!" Li Yuan felt his scalp numb, and he didn't know where he got the strength. He climbed up, approached Changsun Shunde, and whispered.

Changsun Shunde looked around vigilantly, protected Li Yuan behind him, stuffed a dagger in his hand, and also lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, be careful, the ministers may not protect you well."
Chapter completed!