They were fleeing soldiers who had just lost the battle. Some of them saw that Zhao Shi was not like ordinary people and that the guards behind him all had knives. They couldn't help but feel scared, so they ran around them and ran away;
The bold ones gathered the equally bold ones. Those who had weapons picked up weapons. If they didn't have weapons, they would just break a branch from the roadside and kill Zhao Shi and others, hoping to break through their defense line and grab something.
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Although Zhao Shi followed Zhao Hanzhang on the expedition, he had been in the rear. This was the first time he faced the enemy directly. However, he had a firm gaze and sat on his horse to wait for work. When others approached, he raised his spear and shouted: "Kill——"
He was the first to kill, and the Zhao Jiajun behind him shouted "kill" and followed him to kill -
Zhao Shi took the lead in picking off one person, who crashed into the crowd and blood spurted out, giving people a huge shock.
This group of deserters was originally a group of deserters who were motivated by wealth. Now seeing the bravery of the other party, their confidence dropped, and some of them hesitated.
With just this hesitation, Zhao's army rushed in, as if they were entering an uninhabited territory, and then rushed out again.
When the fleeing soldiers saw that they were cooperating with each other tacitly and the formation was clearly a military formation, they immediately shouted: "Flee quickly, they are not ordinary merchants, they are from the army..."
He was killed before he finished his sentence. Zhao Shi was afraid that they would spread the news about the mission, so he loudly ordered: "Kill them all!"
"yes!"
But they said they could kill all the fleeing soldiers. Seeing how ferocious they were, the fleeing soldiers were very wise and did not want to steal money, so they turned around and ran away.
Zhao Shi gritted his teeth. He wanted to chase but was afraid that the defeated army behind him would pursue the mission along the mountain road. He could only temporarily hold his horse back, much to his chagrin.
Just as he was getting annoyed, suddenly there was a louder cry of death and the sound of running away from the distance.
Zhao Shiqiu felt a chill on his back and shrank back. He saw a group of broken soldiers running towards the end of the road. He immediately turned around and led the people into the mountain. "Erase the traces of their climb up the mountain. If there are pursuers coming soon, we will
They lead them away."
"yes!"
Sure enough, after a while, a group of soldiers and horses chased the defeated army here, but the pursuers did not kill them, but rode forward to circle the fleeing soldiers.
The man on the horse shouted loudly: "Disarm and not kill!"
"Whoever you serve as a soldier, whether you are a soldier or not, stop right there!"
The surrounded soldiers stopped running and squatted on the ground to surrender. As long as they were not killed, they would not resist.
As the people on horseback said, who should be a soldier these days instead of a soldier?
Zhao Shi dismounted his horse and hid behind the bushes with the soldiers to watch quietly.
The visitor looked at the mess on the ground and the dozens of corpses, frowned, then dismounted and went to check.
This was obviously just a small battle. The army was defeated here. Everyone was hiding. Who would conflict with them?
It can only be a business trip.
But the other party's actions were ruthless and straightforward, unlike ordinary business travelers.
He circled around the circled group of defeated troops, reached out and dragged out one person, and asked, "Tell me, where are the murderers here?"
Without thinking, the defeated army pointed to the mountain and said: "They are going up the mountain, general. Those people are not ordinary merchants, they are marching troops!"
Zhao Shi, who was hiding behind the bushes, secretly gritted his teeth and could only break a branch and run away with the people.
If this was a business trip, Zuo Min wouldn't pursue it, but if it was an army trip...
At this time, a team appeared here. How could Zuo Min turn a blind eye?
As soon as he heard the strange noise, Zuo Min immediately turned his head and saw a figure flashing behind the bushes. He immediately led his people to chase after him.
Zhao Shi led them to run half a circle around the mountain, and then chose a random road to escape. He only hoped that the people on the mountain would see them and go around them first.
The top priority is to go to Zhongshan County to complete the mission.
The people on the mountain did see it.
Zhao Xin withdrew his clairvoyance, handed it to Wei Jie and said, "They led people away, we have to find another way."
Wei Jie opened his leather-wrapped clairvoyance and looked down the mountain. The people at the foot of the mountain were as clear as if they were standing in front of him.
He saw Zhao Shi leading the twenty men to lead the pursuers eastward. The distance between the two sides was no more than two miles. It seemed that he would be overtaken before long.
The clairvoyance made by Fu Tinghan is really useful. Unfortunately, it can only see things within the line of sight. If there is an obstruction in the middle, it will not be visible.
If only there was something that could be seen through trees, mountains and rivers. Then, like today, even if they were separated by a mountain, they could know in advance that a defeated army was coming and avoid it in advance.
Wei Jie sighed and put down his clairvoyance and asked, "What should Zhao Shi and the others do?"
Xin Zhao gritted his teeth and reluctantly said: "Let's go first. Zhongshan County's affairs are important. He can run away if he can. If he can't run away, he will surrender to save his life."
Wei Jie was stunned: "Surrender? There are probably the pursuers of the Huns and Han below."
It's not the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty, it's Shi Le's soldiers and horses. How can Zhao Shi be better off if he falls into their hands?
Zhao Xindao: "Before I came out, my envoy mentioned that the world is in chaos now, and you are likely to be captured outside. This is not a shameful thing. Save your life first. As long as your heart is still towards Yuzhou and Zhao Jiajun, there will be no problem. This is called Shen Shen."
I am in Cao’s camp and my heart is in Han.”
Wei Jie: "...but he knows the current affairs."
Xin Zhao nodded, "Although Zhao Shi is young, he is very smart. He will act according to the opportunity."
Zhao Xin and other pursuers also ran far away, so he took everyone down the mountain from another way and left by another route.
Zhao Shi led Sa Yazi to run. He had a horse, so he didn't run very slowly, but there were twenty soldiers behind him. He couldn't leave them behind, so he kept running at a low speed and led the way. From time to time, he turned back and shot an arrow.
Stop the person who is about to catch up.
After running for a long time, Chief Yi felt that he could no longer run. He gasped and said: "General, we can't run anymore. You can run away quickly. We will cover you."
Zhao Shi's horse could no longer run. As soon as it stopped, it lowered its head and panted, drooling.
Zhao Shi touched the horse's neck distressedly and simply dismounted, "There's no point in escaping by myself. I think they are tired of chasing. If we try harder, they might stop chasing."
He said: "When this is done, it will be a great achievement for us to go back. Each of you will be promoted and raised. If it falls into the hands of the Huns or Jiehu at this time, the Hannu, let alone see their families, will only be able to see their families."
I'm afraid that I'll be used as a meat mat, and I won't even know how I died."
Upon hearing this, everyone cheered up and continued running after Zhao Shi, gradually throwing away the people behind him.
Zhao Shi held up his knees and gasped. He looked back and saw that there was not even a single figure there. He couldn't help but smiled proudly, "Chase, let you chase me. Am I so easy to chase?"
"Come on, take part in the general..." The commander pointed to the woods not far ahead, his voice trembling, "Yes, there is an ambush..."
Zhao Shi looked up and saw rows of bows and arrows pointing at them in the forest. The enemy soldiers over there looked at them silently.
There was the sound of running behind him, and he looked back. From a distance, his pursuers were also running up.
Under the strong contrast of power, Zhao Shi silently put down his spear. He knew that a hero is a hero, so he decided to be a hero.