After completely burning the ordnance camp, Chu Lihan carried Nie Yuan's head, mounted his horse and led the troops towards the grain and grass camp to the west.
Although he had successfully surrounded and killed Nie Yuan, his old enemy, Chu Lihan did not feel much pleasure in his heart, but instead felt a little angry. So many people on his side surrounded and killed Nie Yuan and the others, and even lost more than a hundred people. The most important thing was that a lot of precious time was wasted.
Tang Yu and others, who were escaping all the way to the west, breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the pursuers had not come after them. When they ran to a forest, Tang Yu told everyone to stop.
Tang Yu looked around and then looked at Han Ziyuan, who was being supported by everyone and was pale due to excessive bleeding. Tang Yu said: "We can't keep going west like this. The enemies behind us are all light cavalry, and we rely on two legs. Sooner or later we will be overtaken by them. The only solution now is to go north." Okay, let’s hide in the dense forest first and help Mr. Han take care of his wounds, and then we’ll do whatever the situation demands..."
Everyone looked at each other for a few times and nodded. The guard of the Han family who was carrying Han Ziyuan on his back said: "I will obey Mr. Tang's arrangements in everything. I just want to save my son's life..."
Someone also asked: "We hurried westward without hiding our traces. What should we do if the enemies behind us chase us into the dense forest?"
Tang Yu took a deep breath and said: "We can only gamble. Hero Nie Yuan Nie has been holding off the enemy for a long time. We can only gamble that the enemy has no time to waste with us..."
On the other side, Chu Lihan directed his troops to march westward without stopping, because he knew that he wasted too much time. Not long after moving forward, the scouts in front came to report that the dozen or so people who had escaped earlier had disappeared. After identification, they should have entered the dense forest to the north. The herald came to ask whether to continue westward or enter. The dozen or so people were captured in the dense forest...
Chu Lihan frowned and thought for a while after hearing this. In fact, he guessed from the beginning that these people must be important people, otherwise the officers and soldiers guarding the grain would not send people to rescue them. If he could catch these people, he could use them as blackmail. Although it may not necessarily be effective to guard the officers and soldiers, it is also good to use this to reduce the morale of the officers and soldiers.
But at this time, these people entered the dense forest. If they entered the search, it would definitely be delayed for a long time. Chu Lihan thought for a while and then ordered: "Leave fifty people to guard the exit of the dense forest. If anyone comes out of the dense forest, kill them without mercy." Keep marching and speed up..."
On the way to march, Chu Lihan saw the scouts sent by Zhang Yu.
After learning that Zhang Yu's army had been discovered by the grain-defending army and took the initiative to attack, Chu Lihan's heart sank. He thought for a while and then made a decision. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he decided to conceal the news.
Chu Lihan calmly sent people to watch the scout, not allowing him to interact with others, and ordered the army to speed up the march, hoping to take advantage of the exhausted army to make a surprise attack.
But he also knew in his heart that it was impossible for the defenders not to send out scouts to inquire about the military situation. It was impossible for him to have so many people without being noticed by the defenders.
After arriving at the grain and grass camp, Chu Lihan's suspicion was confirmed. The grain-defending troops outside the camp had all lined up to prepare for war.
At the front of the team were several people wearing general armor. One of them, a heroic figure wearing chain armor and riding a horse with a spear in hand, was none other than Yang Yunfan, the commander of this grain-defending army. The generals around him were his lieutenants.
Chu Lihan frowned and looked at the young man in front of him, surprised that the commander of the food guarding army was so young.
If Huo Ji were here at this time, he would be even more shocked. He would definitely not have expected that Yang Yunfan, who had only fought against each other in Longmen Town a few months ago, would appear here now.
On Yang Yunfan's side, a deputy general next to him looked at Chu Lihan for a few times, came to Yang Yunfan, pointed at Chu Lihan and introduced to Yang Yunfan: "Du Tong, that person is Chu Li, the political advisor of the rebels. Han, this person was once the head of the "Kowloon Society", and now he has inspired many of the old subordinates of the "Kowloon Society" to join the rebellion..."
Yang Yunfan narrowed his eyes when he heard this and said, "It turns out it's him..."
When Yang Yunfan saw that there were many enemies, his heart tightened. This was not because he could not defeat these enemies, but because he knew that the most important thing now was to protect the safety of food and grass, and nothing else was important.
So Yang Yunfan decided to implement delaying tactics. He knew that the reinforcements from the Forbidden Army camp were definitely on the way at this time. As long as he could delay for a little longer, the food and grass would be safer.
He rode alone to the front of the two armies and said loudly: "Is the person coming here a member of the Chu family?"
Chu Lihan frowned when he heard this, and he stepped forward and said, "Yes, it is Chu. Who are you? Do you dare to tell me your name?"
At this time, Chu Lihan was thinking the same as Yang Yunfan, and he also wanted to delay the time, because he was exhausted after leading his men all the way here, while the officers and soldiers guarding the food supply on the opposite side were just waiting to work. If the battle started at this time, his chances of winning were very low. , and he also wanted to find out the details of his opponent and then decide how to take action.
Hearing this, Yang Yunfan replied loudly: "I am Yang Yunfan. As the head of Chu University, I caught your two brothers Meng Nan and Meng Yuhang. At that time, I wanted to use them as bait to catch you all in one go. Unfortunately, I was eager to take credit. Master Zhizhou took the first step and beheaded your two brothers. What a pity, what a pity..."
Yang Yunfan said it was a pity and shook his head, but there was no trace of regret on his face, instead there was a playful smile.
When Chu Lihan heard this, his teeth were about to burst. He suppressed the anger in his chest and said coldly: "Humph...it turns out it's you. I will definitely seek revenge from you for the blood feud between my two brothers." What's coming back is just, look who it is..."
After saying that, Chu Lihan untied Nie Yuan's head from the horse's back and threw it towards Yang Yunfan. After the head landed on the ground, it rolled a few times. When it was still, its face was facing Yang Yunfan.
Yang Yunfan looked carefully at the bloody head and recognized that it was the highly skilled guard beside Han Ziyuan.
At this time, Yang Yunfan's heart was in turmoil. Even this man with strong martial arts skills could not escape, so Feng'er, Tang Yu and the others were in even greater danger...
Seeing the change in Yang Yunfan's expression, Chu Lihan said with a proud smile: "You must have recognized it, hahahaha... All the people who went to rescue the ordnance camp were killed by me. This person is pretty good at martial arts. I specially Bring his head here for you to see. Oh, by the way, there seems to be a woman in the ordnance camp, she is quite good-looking. How can you kill such a beauty at will? Isn’t that a waste of natural resources? My subordinates all come from rough backgrounds and have no military discipline. When they see a beautiful woman, they become animalistic. Alas! I can’t bear to look at it... In order to improve military discipline, I can only kill this beautiful woman with one sword..."
