Seeing that Kublai Khan's talisman cards were useful, Yang You no longer cared about horse power. When he met the tribe, he directly asked them to provide horses.
Kublai Khan asked his subordinates to take off their armor, reduce the weight of the horses, and pursue them forward. The cavalry observed along the way, searching for traces of Yang You passing by.
At this time, Kublai Khan asked the cavalry to take off their armor, which had some effect. When they galloped near Shazhou, they received news from a tribe again. Yang You changed horses and left only half a day earlier than them.
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Kublai Khan was greatly encouraged by this. He hurriedly exchanged horses with the tribe and led his subordinates to continue chasing eastward.
Yang You rode a horse and entered the Hexi Corridor and arrived in Liangzhou.
After entering the old land of Xixia, Yang You was unable to obtain horses from the tribe, but there were Mongolian post stations between the cities to replace horses and provide food and accommodation for Tan Ma who delivered messages.
Although there was no rest along the way, and the inside of Yang You's pants was bruised to pieces, Yang You knew that the Mongolian pursuers were definitely getting closer.
However, after entering Liangzhou, Yang You did not panic. He rode his horse into the city in a swaggering manner.
At this time, Yang You did not go to the inn, but first found a pharmacy and bought some arsenic and croton with a lot of money.
Because the things he purchased were so eye-catching, Yang You did not stay in the city for long. Instead, he went out of the city directly and drove forward all night until he found an inn.
Yang You then showed Kublai Khan's token to the postmaster and asked the postmaster to give him three good horses. Then, when the postmaster was not paying attention, he sprinkled arsenic in the manger.
After Yang You finished all this, he rode away and continued running eastward, hiding his merit and fame.
At this time, not long after Yang You had just left, Kublai Khan and his entourage entered the city and also came to the inn.
This time Kublai Khan asked directly with a pout, "Does anyone have my talisman and ask you to provide horses?"
Yi Cheng reported: "Reporting to the prince, the man left shortly after changing horses!"
Kublai Khan was instantly overjoyed. It seemed that the distance was getting closer.
"How long has he been gone?" Kublai Khan asked urgently.
Yi Cheng thought for a while, "About an hour!"
"Your Majesty, at this rate, we will definitely catch the spy before he enters Tongguan." A timid guard showed joy on his tired face.
"Catch him, I will make his life worse than death!" Kublai Khan's face was full of ferocity, "Quick! Bring out all the good horses in the station for me."
The postmaster listened to their conversation and probably knew what was going on. He did not dare to neglect and hurriedly went to the stable to fetch the horse. At this moment, a postmaster ran over in a panic and said, "Sir, something serious has happened. Please hurry up." Come and take a look, the horses seem to be dying."
When Yi Cheng heard this, his expression changed, and Kublai Khan's eyes widened, and they went to the stable to check.
"It's been poisoned!" Yi Cheng saw the horse, vomited and foamed, fell to the ground, his face full of shock.
Kublai Khan's face was distorted, thinking of Tuo Lei who was poisoned to death, he couldn't help but jumped up in anger, "What a Yang friend, as vicious as Zhao Tai!"
The horses in the inn were poisoned, so Kublai Khan could only get on his horse and go to Daru Huachi in the city to borrow the horse.
The Hexi Corridor is relatively desolate, there are not many Mongolian garrison, and there are few horses in Daruhuachi in the city, and the horses are not in the stables.
This was delayed for an hour, and there were not so many horses exchanged in Daruhuachi. In the end, Kublai Khan only got eighteen horses in exchange.
Kublai Khan could only change the pursuit team of twenty-one people into six people, leading six cavalry, and continued to pursue forward.
Yang You galloped ahead, and when he met the inn, he changed horses and poisoned him. Kublai Khan became more and more angry as he chased him. The distance he had just closed was pulled further away by Yang You.
Ten days later, Yang You drove all the way and finally arrived at Tongguan.
At this time, in front of Tongguan, Mongolian soldiers guarded the city gate and checked the passing people.
Yang You took the shortest route, but he was not sure if there was anyone there, so he ran ahead of him and notified the gatekeepers in advance.
At this time, Yang You drank a bowl of tea and ate two sesame cakes in front of the tea shed in front of Guanqian. He observed the defenders for a while and found nothing unusual, so he dropped a few copper coins and got up to go to Guanqian.
Yang You was riding on a horse, and two soldiers stepped forward to stop him. Yang You took out his token and said casually: "I have something to do for Prince Kublai Khan, let me get out of seclusion."
The soldiers invited Qianhu to guard the gate. Qianhu looked at the token and then waved his hand: "Let's go!"
Yang You breathed a sigh of relief, thanked him, and entered the doorway with his horse.
At this moment, several people came galloping from the west. Kublai Khan happened to see Yang You and immediately roared: "Stop him, don't let him pass!"
Yang You turned around and saw that it was Kublai Khan. He was so frightened that he grabbed the horse's belly and rushed out.
Kublai Khan pursued Yang You. Whenever it was time to change horses, the good horses at the station were replaced by Yang You first, and the remaining horses were also poisoned by Yang You.
This made Kublai Khan extremely angry. Seeing that the distance was widened by Yang You again, Kublai Khan thought that he and Yang You were riding similar horses, and the distances were the shortest.
Yang You always changed horses when his horses were tired from running, and he only changed horses after his horses were tired from running, so every time he went to the place where he changed horses, it almost coincided with Yang You's.
Kublai Khan immediately changed his strategy and changed horses in advance. The place where he changed horses was indeed different from Yang You.
Yang You estimated in his mind the place where the pursuers would change their horses, and ran over to poison them in advance. Instead, he wasted time and allowed Kublai Khan to catch up.
At this time, Kublai Khan and his entourage came galloping over, and the soldiers guarding the gate hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. Kublai Khan saw Yang You running away, and was so angry that he whipped the Mongolian soldier, "You dog slave, get out of my way!" "
Thousands of Mongolian troops came over in a hurry, asked why, and after checking their identities, they hurriedly let Kublai Khan out.
Yang You was frightened and left Tongguan. He didn't dare to stop all the way and ran all the way to the vicinity of Luoyang.
At this time, Yang You and the horses were very tired. Seeing that Kublai Khan was about to catch up, he suddenly reined in the horse.
Yang You dismounted, placed all the heavy objects on an auxiliary horse, and then suddenly gave the two horses a knife on their buttocks, causing the frightened horses to continue galloping eastward.
With his own hands and feet, he led another war horse and headed north.
From the Western Regions to the Pass, Yang You had only one way to go, but after leaving Tongguan, it was uncertain which direction Yang You would flee to Qi.
Kublai Khan led the cavalry, while pursuing, while observing the traces on the ground.
Kublai Khan was looking for horse hoof marks and horse dung on the ground. Suddenly a cavalryman pointed into the distance and said, "Your Majesty, look!"
Kublai Khan looked for his reputation and saw an ownerless war horse, standing in the grass with its head lowered and eating grass. Kublai Khan was suddenly shocked and said, "No, I've fallen into a trap."
At this time, Yang You arrived at Mengjin in the north. He quickly found a small boat and sailed down the Yellow River, finally landing in Weizhou.
Yang You traveled thousands of miles and finally got rid of the pursuit and arrived in Hebei.
