After burning a stick of incense, Buddha walked out of the grass with satisfaction.
The saint followed him, with a few bruises on her white and tender face.
She raised her sleeve to wipe away a wisp of sparkling water from the corner of her mouth, and looked at Fozi with an emotionless look in her eyes, as if she was looking at a dead person.
The other White Lotus cultists were used to this scene. They just glanced at the superior saint in a playful way, and then withdrew their gazes.
Seeing that everyone was holding a small bamboo cup in their hands, and the liquid medicine he had brewed had reached the bottom, Buddha asked, "Who else hasn't received a portion?"
All the White Lotus believers shook their heads in unison and raised their bamboo cups to signal to Buddha.
This is a matter of life and death, and there is no room for them to play with it. Even if the medicine brewed by Buddha smells like shit, they will drink it without hesitation.
Seeing this, Buddha leaped high and squatted down on a raised stone. Then he took out a map from his arms and looked at it carefully.
According to the escape route he had discussed with the Saint when he came, after they succeeded, they would break into pieces and rush to Tu'er Pass as quickly as possible, because there was a back-up man arranged by him in Tu'er Pass.
After leaving Tu'er Pass is Dongchuan Mansion. Dongchuan Mansion is a chieftain's mansion under the rule of the Chengxuan Government Envoy of Sichuan. As long as you escape to Sichuan, you will reach his home turf.
By then, he would no longer be afraid of the court's pursuit.
But I don't know what went wrong, which caused Chen Kan to know in advance that they were going to intercept and kill him at Wangyue Village. In the end, he had to abandon the car to save the commander after falling short.
Shaking his head, Buddha no longer thinks about these things. Whether there is a ghost in the religion or whether Chen Kan should not die because of the protection of gods. Buddha knows very well that now is not the time to investigate the cause of the failure. The most important thing is to escape to Longshou Pass quickly.
After the failure to intercept and kill Chen Kan, Fozi understood that the escape route they had prepared in advance had lost its effect, and his backhand at Tu'erguan was likely to have been exposed.
So he made a decision in the shortest possible time.
detour!
Walking in the completely opposite direction to Tu'er Pass, go north from Longshou Pass into Yuanshan, then go back to Tibet and then into Shuzhong.
Although this was twice as far as the original route, it was the most likely way to escape the encirclement of the imperial army.
Because the farther away you are from the Central Plains, the weaker the imperial guards are.
This is called doing the opposite.
He didn't believe that Chen Kan could guess that he didn't take the shortcut, but instead took the long way around.
After determining the route, Fozi blew a whistle, and the holy eagle hovering in the sky swooped down and landed firmly on Fozi's arm.
"Eat on the spot, and then go on your way. We must get to Dali Mansion tonight."
After Buddha finished speaking, he took out a sharp dagger, cut a strip of meat from a nearly dry thigh, and fed it to the eagle's mouth. Then he cut a strip for himself, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly.
The first wave of White Lotus cultists that he abandoned at the beginning were mainly used as food rations.
A group of White Lotus believers ate human flesh without changing their expressions. In their understanding, the souls of these companions had returned to their hometown of Vacuum to serve the Holy Mother. The remaining meat could be eaten by birds and animals, so naturally they also Can eat.
Only the two women were in conflict. The saint retched every time she took a bite of meat.
The girl, on the other hand, was still confused by the effects of the Paradise Pill, so it was naturally impossible for her to eat meat.
After eating and drinking, Fozi took the girl who was still under the effects of the medicine and walked slowly towards the northwest.
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Three days and three nights of running around left Chen Kan with chapped lips and bloodshot eyes.
In three days, Chen Kan rushed from Lin'an Prefecture to Dali Prefecture, allowing Chen Kan to experience what a forced march is.
Even though Chen Kan led a small team of less than 200 people, as soon as they entered the Longshou Pass, some soldiers could not bear the fatigue and fell off their horses.
Looking at Guancheng in the distance, Chen Kan raised his hand and ordered: "Rest where you are for half an hour."
During these three days, they took no more than two hours of rest at a time, and the intensity far exceeded their rush from the capital to Yunnan.
As soon as Chen Kan's words came out, many soldiers fell off their horses.
But the soldier who planted his horse only lay on the ground for a few minutes, then got up and meticulously began to cool down and feed the horse.
As the sun set, the Ming soldiers stationed at Longshou Pass suddenly discovered a group of cavalry approaching slowly outside Guancheng, and the entire Guancheng couldn't help but become nervous.
These days, the entire Longshou Pass is on high alert because the general issued an order to have checkpoints across Yunnan block every road in and out of Yunnan and strictly investigate the White Lotus cultists.
Therefore, many caravans who want to enter or exit the customs are already stranded in Longshou Pass.
When there are more people, it is easy to cause chaos. Although Longshou Pass is a military city, if a riot suddenly breaks out in the city, it is enough to make them, the bitter Qiu Ba, drink a pot of it by cooperating with the cavalry outside the city.
Before Chen Kan led anyone to the gate, he saw the huge gate being lifted up. This was obviously because he didn't want them to get close to Guancheng.
Just as Chen Kan was about to explain, a dense rain of arrows suddenly shot out from the wall in the distance.
Fortunately, the defenders on the wall seemed to just want to force Chen Kan to stop, so the arrow rain only landed a few meters in front of Chen Kan, and there was no arrowhead on the arrow.
"Comers, stop here. The general has ordered that all the passes in Yunnan will be closed to traffic these days."
The defenders guarding the city gate began to shout to the cavalry team outside the moat.
Judging from the attire of the person coming across, he seemed to be a cavalryman from the imperial court.
But no matter who they were, the guards at Longshou Pass were not going to let them pass.
In Yunnan, the general has the greatest orders!
Chen Kan reined in his horse and stopped in place. Fang Xu took a step forward on his horse, waved the apricot envoy flag, and cursed: "I have blinded your dog eyes, and the imperial envoy dared to close the city and shoot arrows in front of you. Are you planning to rebel?"
Fang Xu's voice was clearly heard on the wall, and the faces of the defenders suddenly changed.
If the other party is really an imperial envoy, isn't their move an act of rebellion?
The soldier who called out asked a man dressed as an officer: "General, what should I do?"
The officer was none other than Duan Cong, the guard at Longshou Pass, a young man no more than thirty years old.
Naturally, he heard Fang Xu's shouting. When he saw the expressions of the soldiers under his command changed with fright at the other party's words, he couldn't help but curse: "Come out, they say they are imperial envoys, they are imperial envoys, and I even said I am a general!"
The soldier asked, "What do you mean, general?"
"Humph, what kind of imperial envoys? They have neither a big banner nor a dragon flag. Even if they are imperial envoys, they are at fault first!"
Duan Cong is more stubborn, but the apricot-yellow Imperial Envoy flag cannot be faked. No matter how stubborn he is, he can only open the door obediently.
But he still had some doubts in his heart.
When he received the order from the general five days ago, the imperial envoy was still in Lin'an Mansion. Five days later, the imperial envoy showed up here. No matter how he thought about it, he thought it was impossible.
Besides, since it is an imperial envoy, what about the imperial envoy’s dragon flag and banner?
Moreover, the imperial envoy team only has such a small number of people?
Could these people be fake White Lotus cultists?
"Wait a minute, don't let them enter the city yet, the archers are ready, lead 500 people out of the city with me!"
Regardless of whether the opponent is an imperial envoy or not, Duan Cong does not intend to let the opponent enter the city at this critical moment.
He personally led people out of the city to greet them, so he could not be considered as neglecting the imperial envoy. If the other party's intentions were not pure, he was sure to eat them in the shortest possible time.
"Squeak!"
The old city gate slowly opened, the closed door on the moat slowly fell down, and Duan Cong rushed out of Guancheng with 500 people.
Arriving at a place not far from Chen Kan, he raised his hands to Chen Kan with a look of caution on his face and said, "General Duan Cong, I don't know that the imperial envoy is here in person. I don't know that you are here at Longshou Pass. What do you mean?"
Five hundred soldiers formed a faint semicircle and surrounded Chen Kan and others.
Duan Cong seemed to be respectful, but he was already ready to go.
Fang Xu also began to be on guard. He put the flag back on the saddle, held the handle of the knife with his palm to protect Chen Kan, then looked at Duan Cong and whispered: "Sir, this boy is a general!"
"Um?"
Chen Kan was stunned for a moment, then asked: "How did you tell?"
Chen Kan never knew that Fang Xu had the ability to identify talents.
Fang Xu whispered: "Look, sir, this guy obviously doesn't trust us. The people he brought out were arranged on both sides, but he half-surrounded us. With his wings stretched out, he was in the middle to attract our attention. This is the flying goose formation commonly used in the military..."
After listening to Fang Xu's explanation, Chen Kan's eyes were a little strange, because he found that what Fang Xu said was right. Inadvertently, the two hundred people under his command were surrounded by the other party.
However, Chen Kan was not here to fight today, but to mobilize troops. He got off his horse and walked to Duan Cong alone, and said calmly: "General Duan, no courtesy."
Duan Cong straightened up and looked at Chen Kan, the guarded look in his eyes still unabated.
Chen Kan knew it in his heart. He led two hundred cavalrymen and swaggered into other people's defense area. Who else could have been so unprepared for facing a powerful enemy?
Therefore, Chen Kan appreciated Duan Cong's caution and did not feel offended.
He took off the tooth tag from his waist, took out the seal from his sleeve, handed it to Duan Cong and said: "I am here to deal with the remnants of the White Lotus Sect. I don't want to make it difficult for you. I also ask General Duan to verify his identity. "
There was originally an imperial edict, but the edict was given to Chen An, and the only proof Chen Kan could produce now were these two things.
"The general will not dare!"
Duan Cong said he didn't dare, but he took Chen Kan's tooth plaque and seal in his hand without any scruples.
After sighing at the seal, Duan Cong stretched out his palm and pressed it down.
Seeing the pattern on the palm of his hand, his expression suddenly became respectful.
"The imperial envoy is here, but I didn't come far to greet you. Please forgive me."
He picked up the seal and tooth plaque and handed them back to Chen Kan. Chen Kan took them and said lightly: "As a general, it is a good thing to be cautious."
