Lin Jue gathered his mood and went down to the observation tower. At the crenellation of the city tower, Ma Bin, Shen Tan, Sun Dayong and others were gathering together, watching the carriages and horses leaving the city, while talking in low voices. Seeing Lin Jue coming down, the three of them hurriedly came over to greet him. .
"How is the situation? Where is Miss Bai?" Ma Bin asked.
"She left temporarily and will come back later." Lin Jue said: "The situation is very urgent. Almost all the forbidden troops in the city seem to have been mobilized. There are many soldiers and horses surrounding the streets and alleys of the inner and outer cities, intending to intercept and pursue them. I counted them, There are a dozen soldiers and horses in total. The nearest one is a few blocks away."
Everyone was stunned and speechless, and their expressions suddenly became tense.
Shen Tan smacked his lips and said, "Are there so many soldiers and horses surrounding us? It seems they won't stop until we are stopped."
Ma Bin spat and said: "Afraid of him! This shows that we are so scared of them. Yang Jun is incompetent. He led tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry but failed to stop us. Now he has lost face." , Brother Lin used tricks to get rid of his pursuit, so he got angry and mobilized all the imperial troops to surround him. Even if we can't get out of the city this time, I'm afraid Yang Jun's old face will be lost. He brags about how powerful he is all day long. Even the thousand-strong palace guards and brothers who protect the courtyard can’t handle it.”
Shen Tan frowned and said, "That's what I say, but what should we do about the current situation? How do we get out of trouble? Can we get to the west gate of the outer city before they block them? How do we get out of the city when we get to the west gate? It's comparable to Yiqiu there. The gate is stronger and there are more soldiers and horses guarding it. We still don’t understand what Brother Lin wants.”
Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The original plan was for Brother Ma to guard Xishui Gate and we could leave the city directly. Now it is obviously not possible. If we can reach Xishui Gate without anyone knowing, we can still use this place to break the city. The other method is to rely on Ma Bin's identity to board the city and kidnap the defenders. But that is not possible now. With our current speed of travel, it will be difficult to break through their encirclement and pursuit."
Sun Dayong nodded and said: "Yes, our convoy is moving too slowly. There are too many people, and the carriages are not as fast as the cavalry. If we just rush forward on horseback, we will not be surrounded by them. We have to think of a way. "
Shen Tan shouted: "What are you talking about? Do you mean to leave the prince, the prince, the princess and the royal family behind?"
Sun Dayong hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Commander Shen, this is absolutely not what I mean."
Lin Jue waved his hand and said: "I thought about it and I'm afraid I have to fight with them in a battle of wits and courage. At present, it seems that they are sure that we must leave the city through the west gate. Therefore, the focus of the besieging troops should be in the west city. This gives me an idea idea."
Everyone hurriedly asked: "What do you think?"
Lin Jue said: "Let's give them a try to lure the tiger away from the mountain. What Sun Dayong just said makes sense. According to our current traveling speed, we will be surrounded by them within two streets of Yiqiumen. Once we are dragged away, When the other Forbidden Army soldiers arrive, it will be a dead end. So I think it is better for us to divide the troops into two places. One group of cavalry disguises itself as a large group of people and rushes westward, attracting the Forbidden Army to chase them. The other group can go south. The Dailou Gate in the southwest corner. While the sky is still dark and the night is still dark, we may be able to safely reach the southwest city gate. Once the sky breaks, everything will become more troublesome."
"What a great idea, what a way to attack the east and attack the west." Ma Bin shouted.
Shen Tan frowned and thought: "That's good, but there are two points. First, the people who attracted them may not be able to survive. They are chased by so many soldiers and horses, and they can't escape even if they have wings. Furthermore, even if they arrive in Dai Under the tower gate, how can we get out of the city? The gates of the outer city are not as good as those of the inner city. They are heavily guarded. Like today's situation, each outer city must be guarded by at least four thousand people. Brother Lin wants to take it by force. City gate?"
Before Lin Jue could speak, Sun Dayong stepped forward and said: "I'll go and attract the attention of the imperial army. I won't die at all. It's worth it if the prince, prince and you can be replaced and escape."
Shen Tan smiled and said: "If I go, I will go too. It is my duty to protect the prince and the young prince. You are not a palace guard now, how can it be your turn?"
Ma Bin stared and said: "You all give me a rest, I have to do this. Is any of you familiar with the capital than me? I have walked all over the streets and lanes of the capital. I will attract them, and I will come back. It's still possible to come out alive. Can you?"
Lin Jue nodded and sighed: "This is a true brother. He knew he was going to die at the critical moment, but he still did his part. Lin Jue can be brothers with you, and he will have no regrets in this life. But I don't want you to die. I don't think this matter is right. The eldest brother is qualified. Firstly, he is familiar with the streets and alleys of the outer city, which makes it easy to escape. Secondly, he is a member of the Forbidden Army. No one should know that Brother Ma is with us so far. At critical moments, he can hide among the Forbidden Army and escape danger. "
Ma Bin said proudly: "How is it? Brother Lin said I am the most suitable."
Lin Jue stepped forward and bowed deeply to Ma Bin, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Ma, this trip is dangerous. We have no other choice but to let Brother Ma take the risk. Brother Ma must be careful and must escape." Come out, if anything happens to Brother Ma, my brother will not be able to live peacefully in this life, and will die of guilt every day."
Ma Bin laughed and said, "Don't worry. Although I, Ma Bin, am not afraid of death, I am not willing to lose my life casually. Don't worry."
Lin Jue nodded and said: "Okay, without further ado, let's take action immediately. Send one hundred palace guards to follow Brother Ma. If there are too many people, it is difficult to move, and if there are too few, it will arouse suspicion. Evacuate more than a dozen carts and let the horses Brother and the others are dragging them along, so that they will look more like a large convoy of carriages and horses. The rest will wait for a secret place to hide temporarily after leaving the city. When the pursuers catch up, they will go straight to Dailoumen."
Several people accepted the promise and turned around to walk down the city tower. Ma Bin glanced at the tied up Feng Yuan huddled in the corner of the city wall. He suddenly strode over and grabbed Feng Yuan.
Feng Yuan shouted: "Deputy Envoy Ma, I have done what you asked me to do, what do you think of me?"
Ma Bin said: "What I hate most is ungrateful people. I should not have saved your life in the first place. I often feel guilty and saved you, a woman who raped and murdered, against my will. Your life is I saved you, but I saved you by mistake. Today I have to correct my mistake, so I want to take your life back."
Feng Yuan exclaimed: "Brother Ma, please spare your life. Brother knows he is wrong. Brother knows he is wrong."
Ma Bin chuckled and said: "Spare my life? Will I be deceived by you? Go to hell."
Amidst the loud shouting, Ma Bin grabbed Feng Yuan's neck with one hand and his waist with the other, and lifted Feng Yuan high. Feng Yuan twisted and struggled in the air, shouting for mercy. Ma Bin ignored him, Hei Ran
With a sound, Feng Yuan was thrown from the top of the battlements to the bottom of the city.
"Ah~~Crack! Peng!"
After the abnormal sound, Feng Yuanshang's foot hit the blue brick ground under the city, his brain burst and his soul flew into the sky.
The convoy quickly divided into two parts. One part was composed of Ma Bin and more than a hundred royal guards and cavalry and a dozen large vehicles. It went straight to the west street. The rest of the people disappeared in the alley on the south side of the small square. Soon after
, I heard a warning sentry camp in the distance, and there were fireworks rising in the sky. This was the signal for the Forbidden Army to notify its own troops and horses that they had encountered the enemy. At one time, more than ten soldiers and horses from the surrounding area rushed to the rescue at full speed. This strategy of attacking from the east to the west has been launched.
got the effect.
After a large number of cavalry rushed from Yiqiu Gate to the west street, Lin Jue quietly gave the order and led everyone to escort the convoy to the south. It passed through the alley between the two soldiers and horses rushing to the west city and headed straight to the southwest.
The one in the corner walked away through the door of the building.
Ma Bin's carriage and horses only crossed three streets when they encountered a Forbidden Army soldier. The opponent launched an attack without saying a word and warned the sky. How could Ma Bin fight them head-on? Relying on his familiarity with the streets, he immediately
Turn north and enter a cross street. The horses are galloping, and the wheels of the empty carts are about to fly out. If someone sees this scene, they will suspect that there is no one in the car, but in the dark, who can see clearly?
Just after crossing the fork street and onto another main street, they soon encountered another group of forbidden troops. Everyone gave way again. In this way, relying on their familiarity with the terrain, Ma Bin, a man of more than 100 people, came to the west city of the outer city.
They ran here and there in the streets and alleys. Almost every time they passed one or two streets, they encountered a group of Imperial Army soldiers who came to encircle and suppress them. Their positions became more and more exposed, and the space for movement became smaller and smaller. Finally,
The large vehicles could no longer allow them to pass through the narrow alleys to avoid the enemy. Ma Bin had to abandon more than a dozen large vehicles and abandon them at the entrance of an alley.
Even in narrow alleys that can only accommodate three or four people walking together, horses can still travel through them, which can increase the flexibility of movement. Ma Bin's intention is to delay his opponent as long as possible, so that Lin Jie and his team will be safer.
However, he forgot that abandoning the carriage would reveal his intention. When a group of forbidden troops intercepted more than a dozen carriages and found that they were all empty carts, the general immediately became suspicious. After reporting the matter, he soon got
After hearing the news, Yang Jun led his troops to pursue him and saw through his intention.
"These are not their carriages and horses. There are so many members of the royal family. How can they turn the cart into Rufeng after abandoning it? Besides, why are there only a dozen carts? How can the royal family carry hundreds of people? This is a plan to attack the east and attack the west.
"We were fooled." Yang Jun said angrily: "You are still teasing us at this time, Lin Jue, I am really annoyed. I haven't been humiliated like this for a long time. You are really playing these tricks in front of me."
You don’t take me seriously enough.”
After a quick analysis, Yang Jun concluded that Lin Jue and others must have gone south. Because there were so many soldiers and horses in the north and west, it was unlikely that Lin Jue and his large group of horses and chariots could reach the northwest without being discovered.
, the only option was to go south. At that moment, Yang Jun ordered one of the soldiers and horses to continue chasing the cavalry pretending to be in a convoy in front of him, and the rest of the soldiers and horses turned to the south, and were divided into more than twenty groups less than one or two streets apart.
Soldiers and horses, like combs, were searching along the streets and alleys southwards. They ensured that Lin Jue and others would not fall through the cracks.