Chapter 574: In vain
This was a very good plan, and it was executed very smoothly, and the poisonous insects of Buwang dragged You Shilu for an hour. It's just that Hua Bushi didn't expect that this more than 1,000 homeless people would travel so slowly, and they only walked more than 20 miles after rushing for an hour, which was even slower than yesterday's walking speed.
And the homeless people can't be blamed. A large part of these people are old and weak, women and children, who were exhausted from walking all day yesterday, and it is natural that the speed will slow down if they continue to walk forward today.
Entering the Yu realm, the official road became more tortuous, and the hills on the side of the road also became mountains. Seeing the large group of homeless people crawling like snails on the rugged and winding road, the anxiety in Hua Bushi's heart was beyond words.
A white horse came from the rear and galloped to the front, but it was Chu Yiyi who was riding on the horse.
"Childe, the secret post left at the Bukou Bridge sent a message, You Shilu has already led five hundred cavalry to chase after you!"
Hua Bushi gasped and said, "Really, I'm really afraid of something!"
According to Hua Bushi's previous thoughts, You Shilu should not have chased after him.
Although he also knew that the other party would probably guess that all this was done by the "Evil Dog Gate", the order that You Shilu was given was originally stationed at the Bukou Bridge to intercept the righteous army from entering the Hubei Realm, and preventing the displaced people from crossing the bridge was only a secondary duty.
It is not a big deal for more than 1,000 displaced people to enter the Yu realm, and You Shilu led the soldiers and horses to leave the camp without permission, if the defense of the bridge is empty and the righteous army is spared, it will be a big mistake. So normally, You Shilu really has no reason to lead troops to chase the homeless.
How could this eldest young master have thought that the poisonous insect plan he set up inadvertently bit the royal treasure horse that General You loved as his life, and now You Shilu has hated the "evil dog gate" and the homeless people, and he desperately gathered all the soldiers and horses in the camp to come out, and he had to chase them down.
Now the displaced people have only walked out of more than 20 miles, and You Shilu's soldiers and horses are all cavalry, and the speed of the two sides is very different, I am afraid that it will not be long before the officers and troops will catch up.
"Bu Wang!" Hua Bushi said, "Can your poisonous scorpion stop the pursuers for a while?"
The scorpion of hope was loaded in the caravan he was driving. At this time, he said with a bitter face: "Master, the scorpions that the slaves have raised for several years, they lost more than half of them just now, and they didn't have time to take them all back when they fled, and now there are only a few dozen left in the car, where can they still stop the horse team of officers and soldiers?"
Dozens of poisonous scorpions blocking the road can't withstand the horse's step, and it won't be of any use.
Hua Bushi frowned, and said, "We must speed up our progress!" Ximen Hitomi, tell the disciples of the Perak camp to dismount and walk, and give the horses to the homeless people to ride, maybe they can go faster!"
Simon Hitomi should claim that it was, and immediately gave the order.
After a while, all the beautiful boys of Perak had dismounted, and gave up their horses to the homeless people to ride. However, this was just a helpless solution, and it only made the team move a little faster, and it didn't make much of a difference.
The slowest among the homeless people were the old and the weak, the young and the young, who made up more than half of them, and most of them could not ride horses, and even if they were put on horseback and let the others lead the horses, the two hundred horses in the Perak camp would not be enough to ride. If they didn't want to throw them down, the team had to walk slowly with them.
"Childe, if we go on like this, I'm afraid we will still be caught up by the official army!" Chu Yiyi said.
Of course, Hua Bushi knew that the speed of their march was still far inferior to that of the officers and soldiers chasing from behind, and he pondered for a moment and said: "The official road is more suitable for horses to run, we can't go along the avenue anymore, and when we reach the intersection in front, we will turn to the path and enter the mountain! Mrs. Yiyi, where does the trail in front lead to?"
Chu Yiyi thought for a while and replied, "That path goes west, it should go to the Funiu Mountains." ”
Hua Bushi nodded, then turned his gaze and said to Li Hu: "After you lead fifty disciples to the palace, clear the footprints on the road, and create some illusions, so that the officers and soldiers will mistakenly think that we continue to escape from the official road, at least let them chase them out of the wrong way for a while!"
Li Hu said: "Don't worry, boss, I'll at least let them go around for twenty or thirty miles!"
If the change of horses did not have any effect, the diversion to lure the enemy finally played a big role. Li Hu was originally an expert in assassination, so he was also a good hand at setting up a suspicious array. You Shilu really hit the plan, and led the cavalry to continue to chase down the official road, and waited until he found that he was chasing the wrong way and then turned back, which had been delayed for more than half an hour.
If it was a normal march and escape, it would have been enough time to run away without a trace, but unfortunately the speed of the homeless people was always too slow. When the secret post left behind sent a message that You Shilu had come back from a circle, and when he turned the path with his men and horses to chase after him, more than a thousand homeless people hurried to hurry, and they only walked out of thirty miles.
Although the trail was more difficult to follow than the official road, which affected the speed of the cavalry, the officers and soldiers were still much faster than the homeless people, and You Shilu seemed to have made up his mind to pursue it to the end, and he would not rest until he avenged the killing of the imperial horse.
"Li Hu, Ximen Tong, you each take some disciples to cut down the trees on the side of the road, and light a fire on the road to stop the pursuers!" Hua Bushi commanded.
The trail they were walking on was originally a mountain road, lined with woods, and Li Hu and Ximen Hitomi obeyed the order, and soon cut down many trees and set fire to the road.
This is still a stopgap measure.
It also takes effort and time to cut down trees. There were as many as 500 officers and soldiers, and You Shilu was also an experienced general, so it didn't take long to put out the flames or carve out another road through the woods by the roadside.
The huge difference in the running speed of the two sides is impossible to change. Even if Hua Bushi is full of wisdom, he can only delay for a while and a half, and it is inevitable that he will be caught up in the end. And by now, the eldest young master can't help but feel poor.
After walking for more than ten miles, from the mountains behind, you can already faintly see the smoke and dust raised. Judging from the distance of dust, You Shilu and the cavalry of the five hundred officers and soldiers were already approaching within twenty miles, and it was only about a cup of tea to catch up.
"Stop, I have something to say!" Hua Bushi ordered.
The Perak camp, the dart team, and the more than 1,000 homeless people soon all stopped.
The eldest young master turned his horse's head and lifted the reins up to a small hill next to the road, Yang Jiangyi, Chu Yiyi, Ximen Tong and Li Hu also galloped up the hill with him, and under the hillside was standing a large number of black homeless people.
"Everyone listen carefully!" Hua Bushi shouted loudly, "Now that the officers and soldiers behind are approaching, if we run together, we will definitely not be able to get out, so we will only go in separate ways! From now on, everyone will scatter into the surrounding woods, looking for their own direction and escaping, and they should be able to find a way out!"
More than two hours have passed since the displaced people passed through the Bukou Bridge, and everyone first walked nearly 30 miles along the official road, and then ran from the trail, counting that they had entered the Yu realm for more than 50 miles. This place is surrounded by mountains, the mountains are high and dense forests, if the displaced people disperse, each of them into the deep mountains and old forests to escape, even if the official cavalry behind them pursues, just because the war horses can not pass through the dense forest, it is difficult to search separately, these displaced people can escape the chance of their lives is very great.
As long as the displaced people have escaped, the Perak battalion and the dart team can travel lightly, even if they are caught up by the official army, You Shilu has no evidence to identify the dart team as bringing the displaced people into the country, and he can't do anything with them. After all, Hua Bushi still didn't want to be a head-on enemy with the official army, so as not to fall into the charge of rebellion and cause big trouble.
This was a good plan, and it was the only plan that Hua Bushi could think of right now, which could make these homeless people escape with their lives.
However, when he finished shouting these words, the large number of displaced people under the black pressure of the hillside all stood still, and did not disperse and fled. Hua Bushi only said that they didn't understand, and shouted again, and finally a few homeless people began to walk towards the woods, but the vast majority of them still stood at the bottom of the slope and refused to move.
"Ximen Hitomi, you come and shout!" Hua Bushi commanded.
Ximen Hitomi practiced superior internal skills, and at this moment, he used his internal force to speak, and everyone standing at the bottom of the slope could hear it clearly. However, he shouted Hua Bushi's words just now, and it still had no effect, at least more than eighty percent of the displaced people were still standing at the bottom of the slope without moving, and they had no intention of leaving.
When Ximen Hitomi was about to shout a fourth time, Hua Bushi reached out and grabbed his arm, and said in a deep voice: "No need to shout." ”
Just when Ximen Tong shouted, Hua Bushi kept staring at the homeless people under the slope, and from their eyes, the eldest young master suddenly understood one thing, these homeless people didn't understand what he shouted, but they didn't want to leave!
Although the dart team of the "Evil Dog Gate" escorted the displaced people all the way from Hubei to Yujing, and led them through the stone bridge at the port entrance, they still could not be fully trusted. Hua Bushi told these homeless people to flee separately, but these people only thought that this "evil dog boy" wanted to leave them, so they refused to leave!
In troubled times, people are like ants, and the lives of homeless people are probably not as good as the lives of ants. However, everyone has the instinct to survive, even if they are as humble as ants in the eyes of others, as long as there is a way to live, no one wants to die.
The officers and men behind are already approaching, and if they catch up, they will inevitably be killed, and the corpses hanging by the stone bridge at the port have shown this! In the eyes of these displaced people, only the dart team of the "Evil Dog Gate" can save their lives, so how can they be willing to leave!
It's like a person who is about to drown in the water, no matter what he touches, he will instinctively hold on, even if he knows that hugging the person who came to save him is likely to drown two people together, he will never let go.