The departure time is at Chenshi, everyone is on standby at any time, there is not much luggage, and there is no need to organize it.
The dough didn't have enough time to rise, so Du Xuan wrapped the unformed dough in a basket cloth and baked it slowly when he stopped to rest on the road.
The team was integrated and six people were missing. Once the newly appointed scouts left, the entire team numbered less than forty-five.
Dai Yu was a little worried about Shen Lie and secretly looked at him several times without realizing why. He looked at Du Xuan and Du Xuan patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, the young master is awesome."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of fast horses came from ahead, and a secret guard came running towards him on horseback: "Young Master!"
Shen Lie was waiting for the personnel to be counted and turned around.
When the secret guard arrived, he felt it was hard to speak. He looked towards the carriage and saw that Mrs. Sun had only been on it not long ago.
"What's the matter?" Shen Lie asked.
"Those refugees," the secret guard frowned, "they want to go with us, they, they..."
"Speak," Dai Yu shouted, "It's so annoying."
"We just put the leading men back, and they selected eight young girls and asked these girls to take off their clothes. Now, they are standing naked on the wild path outside the village... It is said that there is no one among our soldiers. Women, these eight girls gave them to us."
The Guo family is a scholarly family, and the secret guards are different from other families in that they are all literate and have learned etiquette and music. Not to mention that the young man in front of him is as cold and lonely as a beautiful jade left in the world. These dirty things are not easy to say even in front of him. It feels like blasphemy.
"Damn!" Dai Yu cursed.
Du Xuan also felt embarrassed and said angrily: "What the hell is this! Go and stop it!"
"Stop it, I can't stop it!"
"Then kill him!" Dai Yu shouted, "Whoever comes up with the idea will be killed!"
"You can't kill him," Shen Lie said. "It's impossible to be a single person who can speak out among the refugees and become a core member of the main force. If he is killed, his relatives and friends will not let those eight girls go."
"What should we do?"
"I want it!" Ji Xiahe said coming from behind.
"Master Ji, do you want those eight girls?" Dai Yu glared, "You really have a big appetite."
"It's not convenient to carry it with you all the way." Du Xuan said.
"Let them protect the eight girls and send them to Zuilu," Ji Xiahe said to the secret guard, "We will not take them with us. If these eight girls can be sent intact, I will not only raise them all Next, I will give them another Zhuangzi!"
Dai Yu and Du Xuan were stunned for a moment and looked at Ji Xiahe silently.
There is nothing to say about Ji Xiahe's financial resources. Children of truly high-ranking gentry families are given a lot of money as a gift at birth, and they own Zhuangzi shops one after another.
But under the current situation, Ji Xia and Zuilu may not be able to protect themselves.
"Zhi Yan." Ji Xiahe turned to look at Shen Lie.
These secret guards only listened to Shen Lie.
"You should think about it carefully," Shen Lie said calmly, "Promises should not be made lightly, and words made in a moment of passion should be avoided the most."
"I don't want to see the girl's family being humiliated," Ji Xiahe sighed. "It's not just a momentary whim. I will bear the consequences. Also, it's good to give them a goal to hope for. It's better than wandering like a zombie in troubled times with a bleak future."
"Okay," Shen Lie said, looking at the secret guard, "pass on what he said."
After the personnel were counted, Ji Xiahe did not go to the carriage, but drove Du Xuan away, snatched Du Xuan's horse and stayed with Shen Lie.
The sun was shining brightly, and it was foreseeable that it would be very hot at noon. When they came out of the wild path outside Southeast Village, they looked up and saw the refugees looking at them on the hillside a hundred steps away.
You can tell at a glance which eight girls they are. Although they are no longer naked, they are covered by extremely simple clothes.
Many of them had just finished crying, and their eyes fell on the two young men in front of the team. Their handsome appearance and impressive demeanor showed that they were of extraordinary wealth.
There was no admiration or liking at first glance, but they had no choice.
Ji Xiahe looked away, sighed and said: "These people either died on the road, or found us alive. Troubled times are miserable, and women in troubled times are even worse than men in troubled times. Zhiyan, have you ever heard of the order of cannibalism?"
Dai Yu's face instantly turned blue and he said hurriedly: "Master Ji, my young master will not do such dirty things."
"Sure, let's not talk about it." Ji Xiahe looked at the sky, "The sky is sunny and peaceful. It should be a beautiful world, but who would have expected that this earth is in ruins."
Life is in ruins.
Shen Lie raised his eyes and looked towards the end of the horizon.
Out of sight, the soldiers and horses of the Guo family may have been ambushed.
Even if the entire army is not wiped out, blood will flow like a river.
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Shen Lie's prediction and strategy did not fail.
Du Xuan's analysis of Dai Yu is also completely correct.
Three hours later, as the hot sun scorched the earth, the Guo family secret guards led by Guo Ziyu encountered a comprehensive ambush at the Anyu Pass.
The soldiers dispatched were the Qiu Yu Battalion of Hongkang of Jin Dynasty. These brave and skilled soldiers who had fought in the south and north in recent years were filled with rage when faced with the secret guards of the Guo family who helped the Ji family escape from Guangzhuo and killed thousands of soldiers along the way. , rushing out is the most direct slashing.
The Guo family's secret guards were very skilled, and Pei Xianhong quickly ordered people to protect Guo Ziyu, Guo Yu, and Ouyang Huan, while he personally led the troops and stayed behind.
They have many people, but the other party has even more people. Such a scale cannot be dispatched overnight, and their manpower has not detected the slightest hint before this.
The fighting became more and more intense, and all the opponent's targets were focused on Guo Ziyu and others, as well as the carriage Ouyang Huan was riding.
The carriage jolted so hard that Ouyang Huan felt like vomiting. The students beside him tried their best to hold him steady, but Ouyang Huan had already torn the curtain off. He looked at the mountain roads and rivers outside, and dozens of thoughts flashed through his mind.
Guo Ziyu stopped his horse, turned around and shouted at him: "What did you say!"
"This is Qiu Yu camp! Qiu Yu camp is good at bows and crossbows. They ambush us but they didn't use crossbows. Where did the crossbow arrows go?"
Guo Yu also stopped and turned around: "What do you want to say, sir!"
"For this ambush, they arrived here in advance, but they never thought that we would pass by now. Either they were not well prepared, or the crossbows were most likely placed in front! In any case, the Changlin Road ahead is a terrain we must not go to. , there is no return!”
"Then kill him?" Guo Ziyu said.
"Yes!" Ouyang Huan shouted, "We can only fight back! We reach Hetai Village, which is only five miles away. We then go around to Guozhuang River Estuary and return to Zuilu from Guozhuang River Estuary! The terrain of Hetai Village is not easy. Set up a formation, they will definitely not have an ambush there!"
Guo Ziyu nodded, looked at the men beside him, and shouted angrily: "Then kill them back! Let's go to Hetai Village!"
Guo Yu tightened his grip on the reins, raised his eyes and looked around, his heart filled with anger. He clamped his legs under the horse's belly, turned around and charged back with his brother.
