[Section 21] Official Road
A group of people led by Zuo Guangdou ran northward on the official road without encountering anyone along the way, until another forest appeared in front of them.
Chief Li Baihu, who was leading the team, turned his head to see that there were no pursuers behind him. He signaled the team to slow down and gestured for everyone to be alert to their surroundings.
"Slow down, be careful of ambush!" said the head of the household, Li Bai.
"Are we going to wait for Qianhu?" asked a young guard in Jinyi next to him.
"We went straight to the posthouse to meet up as planned. There are officers and soldiers stationed at the posthouse to help us. If we wait here, what if another wave of robbers comes and we can't stop them!"
"Yes! Got it."
The trail led into woods at the front, and the group slowed down and entered. The woods were larger, darker and denser than the one they encountered before. Everyone's mood was tense.
Suddenly the last Jin Yiwei whispered, "There are people coming from behind!"
Li Baihuzhang signaled everyone to maintain their formation. The three in front continued to stare at the road ahead, and the seven in the back all turned to face the rear, with Zuo Guangdou sandwiched in the middle, forming a three-column formation.
Hearing the sound of horse hoofbeats, people were arriving very quickly. Everyone held their breath and stared in the direction they came from.
"It's Mr. Qianhu!" Jin Yiwei, who was the first to see clearly, raised his arms and cheered happily.
Lu Qianhu's Feiyu suit was stained with blood, and his face was covered with blood. He was followed by a guard who seemed to be seriously injured. The two men and two horses quickly approached the Jinyi guards.
"There are thieves behind you! Stop them quickly!" Qianhu shouted.
"You, you, you, block the incoming person," Qianhu pointed at the younger Jin Yiwei and yelled.
Lu Qianhu said in a panic to Captain Li Baihu, "Hold on, the thieves are very fierce, and they are coming in large numbers. We can't stop them. There are only two of us left. I will take Mr. Zuo to leave first, and you will hold off."
, be sure to block it. If you can block it for a while, it will last for a while. If Mr. Zuo loses it, we probably won’t survive either."
"Just block the thieves, preserve your strength, and we will meet up at the post house." Lu Qianhu explained.
Lu Qianhu said to the police officer who followed him, "Let's go, you pull the car and retreat first. The mission is important. Brothers, you must stop these thieves!"
Stomping, pedaling, and sure enough, the sound of horse hooves could be heard, and dozens of people appeared from the way they came, waving swords in their hands and rushing over to shout at the Jin Yiwei, "Do it!"
Faced with more than double the number of people coming, Chief Li Bai turned his horse and said to the other guards, "Brothers, when we took this trip, we knew it would not be such an easy task, and this journey would be dangerous. But we are
Jinyiwei, we swear to the death to uphold the duties of Jinyiwei! Today we will die or not."
All the Jin Yiwei shouted angrily: "Death but no life!"
Lu Qianhu and the police officer pulled Zuo Guangdou's car and continued to move forward. Zuo Guangdou remained silent in the car and suddenly asked Lu Qianhu, "Where are we going?"
Chapter completed!