"Drive!" "Drive!"
In this chaotic night, countless people in Xiapi were awakened from their sleep, but they could only silently peek at the windows.
On the street, hundreds more Chu cavalrymen were running wildly under the urging of the general, and thousands of Chu soldiers were following behind them at a fast pace silently.
Except for sporadic resistance in the Han Palace area and the east and south city gates, Xiapi Street has fallen into the control of the Chu State.
Su Fei was a little confused. After Jiang Qin heard that it was the Princess of Han's carriage that fled west, he immediately left Lu Xun and Han Zong and continued to attack the palace, while he returned with 2,000 soldiers along the road.
"General, why are you so anxious?"
Su Fei finally couldn't help but asked his doubts.
Jiang Qin turned his head, his face was very ugly, and his face was longer than a horse's face. Jiang Qin didn't know what to say, but he still answered.
"Perhaps Liu Bei just slipped under our noses."
What!
How can this be?
Didn't Liu Bei escape from the west?
Su Fei was shocked and was about to refute.
Wait, Princess Han’s carriage? Ximen's spy in charge of surveillance did not see Liu Bei with his own eyes!
Every detail of entering the city flashed through his mind, and Su Fei was trembling all over.
"The general is talking about the generals from those aristocratic families just now!"
Jiang Qin nodded.
Su Fei was like a duck being lifted up by the neck, he screamed with red eyes.
"Damn it, if Liu Bei is really let go like this, how can I have the dignity to go see the king and the military advisor? I might as well kill him with a piece of tofu!"
"quick!"
"quick!"
"quick!"
Now it was Su Fei's turn to urge the sergeants to march.
The North City Gate is in sight, everything is normal. There are still 1,000 elite soldiers left outside the city in case of emergencies, but there are no traces of fighting now, and only a few wounded people have been sent back here for treatment.
Did the general guess wrong?
Su Fei turned to look at Jiang Qin and asked him to make up his mind.
Jiang Qin had already calmed down his emotions at this time, and his expression of joy and anger was invisible. He called the commander in charge of this place and asked the soldiers to immediately look for a young man named "Li Shan".
Although there are a lot of people here, the name of the young master from the aristocratic family is still not many. It didn't take long for soldiers to report.
"General, there was indeed a young master named 'Li Shan' who registered here with a few followers before, but they have not been found in the area originally allocated to the noble family's troops."
Jiang Qin was originally worried that the worst case scenario would be that several aristocratic families in Xuzhou pretended to surrender and took the opportunity to capture the North Gate to break out of the siege, but now he found that compared to the whereabouts of the large number of soldiers breaking out, the sneaking away of a few people was more troublesome.
"Look! Everyone, come and find me! Find that 'Li Shan' and the followers he brought with him immediately. No one can be let go!"
Zai Ben, the young commander in charge of the defense here also knew that the identity of the person Jiang Qin was looking for was of great importance. Even if Jiang Qin did not hold him accountable, he broke out in a cold sweat and hurried down to arrange for the soldiers to search separately.
But even if the 1,000 people stationed outside the city now spread out to search, can they really find out the result? Once you leave the city, the sky is high and the sea is vast. Where can you find this vast night?
Jiang Qin felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
He asked the soldiers coming behind him to rest temporarily. If they found clues, they would have to rely on them for the subsequent pursuit.
Things happened so suddenly that he always felt like he was being led around.
what to do? what to do?
He forced himself to calm down and think again.
Is the rebellion of the Xuzhou family true or false?
Mr. Zhou Yu concluded that it was true. He judged that Liu Bei would defend the Han Palace or could only escape through the west gate of the gap we left.
The Tao and Li families killed the defenders of the north gate and opened the city gate. The Yulin army entered the city without being ambushed. The 1,000 elite soldiers who stayed at the north gate were also not attacked. This shows that the rebellion of the family is indeed true. So what's the problem? What hid from the eyes of the military advisor?
Jiang Qin's heart was in a mess and he couldn't think clearly.
After all, is the young master named "Li Shan" really the young master of the Li family? After suspecting that Liu Bei was among this group of people, Jiang Qin suspected that the identity of the young master of the Li family was just to deceive himself.
Could that be true? The Li family surrendered to Chu, but some people turned to Liu Bei!
"Go and bring everyone from the Li family to see me."
If this identity is true, and by inference, Liu Bei would have known that someone was going to rebel! But he did not put down the rebellion, and planned to use this opportunity to escape!
right! right! right!
Here's the problem, Liu Bei's reaction was too fast! The Han palace was well prepared for resistance, and Ximen arranged for a large army to escort his family members to escape. However, he actually took a few people and disguised himself as a member of the family's rebel army and escaped from the north gate.
While thinking, the soldiers had already brought the wounded from the Li family to Jiang Qin, about 100 of them.
"Is Li Shan the second son of the Li family?"
The servants and tenant farmers of the Li family looked at each other immediately when they heard this, as if they didn't know whether to answer or not. After a few breaths, under Jiang Qin's unfriendly gaze, a man who looked like a manager finally stood up and answered.
"General Qi, my second son is indeed Li Shan."
Jiang Qin suddenly paused again. Knowing how to lose and knowing what to do are two different things.
"Did any of you see your second son, Li Shan, leaving that way just now?"
All he can do now is bet on luck and whether anyone will discover Li Shan's whereabouts.
Seeing everyone looking left and right, but still no one answered for a while, Jiang Qin added more words.
"Whoever can help me find Li Shan will be rewarded with one hundred taels of gold!"
Everyone was surprised and made a noise for a while. Many people said they had seen Li Shan bring a few strangers to the injured area designated for the Li family, but after all, no one knew when Li Shan left.
Jiang Qin was a little disappointed.
Can it be inferred from the destination?
Liu Bei and his party must have fled to Cao Cao's territory in the north. The ones that can be thought of include Linji Port in the north, Langye in the northeast, Beihai County and Changyang Port in the east. He can only mobilize more than 2,000 people at the moment. It would be unwise to divide his troops to pursue them again.
Jiang Qin didn't give up and finally decided to threaten them. He half-pulled out the sword from his waist and said sternly.
"The second son of the Li family has committed a serious crime by assisting Liu Bei in escaping. You have all seen Li Shan tonight. If you don't report what you know, and when the king finds out tomorrow, I'm afraid the Li family will be involved, and none of you will be able to survive! "
As soon as Jiang Qin finished speaking, the sergeant beside him immediately drew his sword and pointed it at everyone in the Li family. When Ming Huang put the knife on his neck, everyone in the Li family suddenly panicked and kept shouting words such as injustice.
"General, I, I saw where the second young master went."
The person who spoke turned out to be the steward who had just answered Jiang Qin's question.
Jiang Qin was immediately overjoyed. Originally it was just a last test, but he did not dare to go past the king and the two military advisors and directly kill these descendants of the noble families.
"Which way did you go?"
The steward trembled, pointed to a mountain in front of him, and replied with a sad face.
"The Second Young Master and the others didn't take the right path. They walked through the mountain road. I, I didn't dare to follow them and ask, that's all I know. General, please spare your life."
Jiang Qin looked in the direction pointed by the steward, and there was indeed a vague path.
"Get the map quickly!"
Su Fei seemed to be prepared. Hearing this, he left and handed over a map.
This direction is north, over two mountains, there are two roads, one goes to Linji Port and the other goes to Langye.
Jiang Qin asked the soldiers to put away their swords, grabbed the steward in front of him, and asked.
"If you want to survive, you'd better tell me honestly where your Li family has property in Linji Port and Langxie. Where is your second son most likely to go?"
The steward was sweating profusely and begging for mercy again and again.
"General, I have really said everything. Our Li family has a great business. There is no industry in Xuzhou. I really don't know where the second young master is going!"
Since he had already spoken, there was no reason to help Li Shan hide it anymore. Jiang Qin still believed in what he said. He let go of the steward and asked the soldiers to take him down to take care of him and deal with it later.
Su Fei was a little anxious.
"What should we do now?"
Of course, normal people would take the shortest distance to the north, but Zhuge Liang is so cunning, there is no guarantee that he will not go the other way and go to the farther east. Now, it is rare to have this steward help them eliminate 2 wrong answers.
"Old Su, let's take a gamble now and send someone to inform the king immediately about the situation here and request reinforcements to pursue Linji Port. Let's go to Langxie!"
