The Ji family suddenly wanted to leave, leaving Vice General Lin and the Xiong brothers in a panic.
Lieutenant General Lin went to bed early to recuperate his energy for his plan to leave the city tomorrow night. Now he got up overnight to dispatch troops and horses as soon as possible and sent manpower to monitor several major intersections.
The Lin family and the Xiong family didn't have many family members, so they quickly packed their bags and met Ji's family on their way out of the city.
The route chosen by the Ji family is within the security city area that Lieutenant General Lin can control. It is not far, but it is not the closest either.
The sound of the carriage rolling over the stone brick road was particularly clear at night. Many people who had woken up at night bumped into them. They didn't know what happened, but the current situation in Guangzhuo made them afraid to say anything.
The closed city gates had long been forcibly opened, and the soldiers guarding the city were covered in mouths and throats cut by Lieutenant General Lin's personal soldiers. Everything was silent.
But when we were about to leave the city, something happened.
The sound of galloping horses' hooves broke through the pretense of tranquility, and a distant voice shouted at them to stop.
The people at the back of the team were the first to hear the sound and were so frightened that they couldn't walk and were pushed forward by the soldiers following them.
Someone reported to the front. The men of the Ji family who were walking in front turned back and saw the clouds of torches in the distance. They were shocked. On the one hand, they sent people to the back, and on the other hand, they quickly left with the large team.
Shen Lie, Ji Xiahe, and several sons of the Ji family turned around and ran after Ji Zhongchuan. The family members were worried that something was wrong and opened the curtains one after another to ask about the situation.
The men didn't know the specific situation behind it, and no one answered, which made the family members even more worried.
The pursuit became tighter and tighter, and the long queue began to run. The family members and servants walking behind were so frightened that many of them fell to the ground, their legs too weak to get up. They were picked up and carried away by the soldiers following on both sides, as if they were fleeing.
When the residents along the street heard the curses and noises on the street, they closed their doors and windows one after another and did not dare to look around. A few bold and good-hearted people peeked through the cracks in the doors.
The sky was covered with dark clouds and the wind was strong. The entire night march was only illuminated by the wind lanterns hanging outside the three carriages. Now they were swaying this way and that in the wind, which made people feel uneasy.
When leaving the city gate, the people at the end of the team were only 200 steps away from the pursuing soldiers.
Lieutenant General Lin was also at the end of the crowd. He raised his head and asked his cronies on the city wall: "How many people are here?!"
"Less than seventy!"
"I knew it!" Lieutenant General Lin shouted, looking at Ji Zhongchuan, "Seventy people are not too many. I couldn't even guess that we were leaving tonight, and they couldn't possibly know that we were temporarily betrayed!"
Ji Zhongchuan looked ugly.
It was only a matter of time before there were pursuers behind them. They had already made preparations to deal with them, otherwise they would not have gone all the way back to ask the Guo family for help.
But being chased by people in the city was definitely not what they had planned for.
Temporarily betrayed by someone, by whom?
Now is not the time to look for this traitor, but the menacing pursuers behind him.
"Seventy people are not that many," Lieutenant General Lin took out the big knife in his hand, "A mere seventy people dare to chase them. With the leopard courage given by the King of Heaven, we will just kill them!"
Ji Zhongchuan's heart tightened: "You mean you want to do it here!?"
"Let's start here!" Lieutenant General Lin said, pointing his sword, "Everyone follow me!"
Lieutenant General Lin led his men and rushed forward.
Ji Xiahe's hand holding the horse's rein was so cold that he turned to look at Shen Lie and said in a trembling voice: "We're about to take action now..."
"If they want to take action, they can only fight quickly," Shen Lie said, "There are 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city, not including the patrol guards and inspection department. These people in front of them have been alerted, and those 20,000 soldiers and horses must have been there.
On the way here."
Ji Zhongchuan couldn't control his panic, and his hands kept shaking. Seeing Deputy General Lin rushing up, he looked at the men around him, especially his son Ji Qingwen: "What are you doing standing still? Come on!"
Ji Qingwen gritted his teeth after being called out and could only rush away.
As soon as he moved out, the other men of the Ji family followed him.
Ji Zhongchuan also walked away. After walking a few steps, he turned around and saw Shen Lie staying where he was. He felt very unhappy and couldn't help but said, "My dear nephew, you..."
"We have enough manpower." Shen Lie said.
Ji Zhongchuan frowned: "But you..."
Before he finished speaking, the sound of a handover of troops came from the front. Deputy General Lin led his men and charged forward, raising his knife and slashing.
Shen Lie looked closely at Vice General Lin.
On the ship when they arrived, the two rarely talked to each other. Vice General Lin looked down upon him. Not only Vice General Lin, but also the Xiong brothers. Their attitude towards him was obviously arrogant.
Shen Lie had long been used to it and didn't think much of it, but now he looked at the big sword wielded by Lieutenant General Lin. It weighed at least thirty kilograms and was effortless. His bravery was truly remarkable.
In just such an instant, a scalding head was chopped off by Deputy General Lin.
Ji Zhongchuan quickly covered his eyes with his hands and turned his head aside, not daring to look.
"Kill them all!" Lieutenant General Lin shouted loudly.
Ji Xiahe also saw the head and almost fell off the horse. Although he didn't, a cousin behind him did. Fortunately, the others had quick eyesight and quick hands, otherwise the cousin would have been trampled to death by the chaotic horse hooves. .
Ji Xiahe's hands were trembling, and his wrist holding the knife didn't have any strength at all. However, there were so many of them, and Deputy General Lin was leading the way, slashing at everyone he saw. The sword weighing more than 30 kilograms was as easy as a wooden pole. Those people couldn't do it at all. Can't be killed.
A small-scale battle that was not even a war came to an end quickly.
They were yelling and cursing all the way, and all the aggressive pursuers were killed. Many people wanted to escape, but Lieutenant General Lin refused to let him go. His men rushed forward in groups and chopped down the people they caught. No prisoners were wanted, only corpses.
The streets were in a mess and blood was pouring out, but Lieutenant General Lin did not stop there. Instead, with a wave of his hand, he ordered all the corpses to be moved together and blocked at the city gate.
Ji Xiahe and a group of young men from the Ji family watched a massacre scene at close range. They all came back with pale faces. Seeing that Lieutenant General Lin's men really moved the corpses and blocked them under the city gate, Ji Zhongchuan's precious son Ji Qingwen covered his chest. He immediately lay down on the horse and vomited.
Above them is the city wall that has been controlled by Lieutenant General Lin's men. Behind them, the long team of the Ji family has distanced themselves from them, and the city gate in front of them is being blocked bit by bit by broken corpses.
"We will completely anger Song Zhiyi and King Xunping..." Ji Zhongchuan was speechless and felt dizzy.
Vice General Lin tightened his grip on the reins, paused, and said, "I can't care anymore, let's go!"
Shen Lie looked at Ji Xiahe beside him: "Are you okay?"
Ji Xiahe's face lost blood and he nodded blankly: "Still, still alive."
"Let's go then," Shen Lie said, "The real fierce battle will come next."
"A fierce battle..." Ji Xia and Ji Ling first shuddered.
