Prosperous Tang Soul

Chapter 445 Race against time
After a good night's rest, Zhang Yi and his party got up again before dawn the next day.

Now that someone has already attacked them, there is no guarantee that something will happen on the road, so they must rush to the Qingtang before dark today.

Early in the morning, a group of people drove the carriage to Qingtang in a hurry. The rain that fell yesterday made the mountain road a little muddy today. Although it was only a little bit, it was enough to affect their speed, especially in some places where the roads were not smooth. Well, there is a lot of mud, and it is easy for the carriage to sink when it is carrying the goods.

In addition, after yesterday's battle, Zhang Yi and the others had reduced personnel, and some of the wounded were unable to move, so they had fewer manpower to use, which affected their speed even more.

"Uncle, I always have a bad premonition. I think we must cross the border between Tubo and my Tang Dynasty before dawn, otherwise, there may be something to do."

On the [-]th day of the month, he looked in the direction of Tubo with some concern. These Tubo people did not dare to attack them openly in the territory of Tubo, because the Qingtang army and nobles existed, and they were still very scrupulous because they were in the Qingtang border.

So they will definitely choose to be in the territory of Datang, just like yesterday, but their actions yesterday failed. On the [-]th day of the month, they still have a hunch that those people will make a comeback today.

The premonition on the [-]th of the month was very accurate. Now there is a group of cavalry in Tubo territory rushing towards Zhang Yi and his party.

This team of cavalry has more people than yesterday's team of cavalry. Although the quality may not be as good as yesterday's team, this team of cavalry has a total of five or six hundred people. If you really want to fight, take Zhang There is no problem with Yi and his party.

Although there is no guarantee that all people will be killed or captured alive, these goods cannot escape at all.

But now this cavalry team is still thirty or forty miles away from the border between the two countries, while Zhang Yi and the others are only twenty miles away from the Tubo border.

If they cross the Tubo border first and enter Datang, then Zhang Yi and the others may not even have the chance to enter Tubo territory, but if Zhang Yi and the others enter Tubo territory first, then there is no need to worry about what they will do. .

After all, when he returned last time, he had bribed the army on the Tubo border, and the general of that army looked like a very upright soldier. Zhang Yi felt that he would not condone such a thing happening in his jurisdiction.

Although he didn't dare to promise anything in his heart, Zhang Yi still believed in his intuition very much. He had always been very accurate in seeing people, and except for the matter of Lao Zhong, he basically didn't make any mistakes.

"I also have this hunch, so what do you think we should do?"

Zhang Yi turned around and asked Yue Eleven. The speed of their team is indeed a bit slow now, but there is no way. Of course they are fast on horseback, but the goods have to be pulled by a carriage, and they have to follow the rhythm of the carriage. Come and go.

"There is no way, but at this speed, we will have to take half an hour to reach the border of Tubo. We must be careful in this half an hour."

On the [-]th of the month, there is no way to think of it for the time being. Could it be that they should send someone to the Tubo border to report first?Would those Tubo troops still come to serve as bodyguards for themselves?

Zhang Yi didn't speak, but just shouted loudly to let the team speed up. He felt that the uneasiness in his heart was getting stronger and stronger.

After the big battle yesterday, Zhang Yi sent people to Qingtang from the small road to report to Sahazhuo. According to the time, Sahazhuo got the news early this morning. Let's go here.

However, Qingtang Sahazhuo's house is about a hundred miles away from here. Even if they are all cavalry, it will take an hour at the fastest to get here, and such a long time will definitely not be in time.

"Let the spies go to investigate more, and come back to report every quarter of an hour."

In order to appease the anxiety in his heart, Zhang Yi had no choice but to order Wang Wuzeng to send scouts to keep spying.

Now they are not far from the Tubo frontier army. As long as they can pass this section safely and get within the detection range of the Tubo frontier army, then they can relax a little.

While Zhang Yi and the others were on their way frantically, the Tubo cavalry in Tubo territory were also charging frantically.

They are now only ten miles away from the border, while Zhang Yi and the others are only ten miles away from the border.

If calculated according to this speed, they will reach the border between Tubo and Datang before Zhang Yi and others.

But in the midst of a crisis, Zhang Yi got information from the scouts.

"A team of Tubo cavalry is rushing towards us frantically, there are about five or six hundred people, and the distance is less than twenty miles!"

After getting the information, Zhang Yi finally understood why his heart was so heavy. It turned out that his opponent really had backhands, five or six hundred cavalry, and he was no opponent at all.

"Everyone rushed at full speed, and there were Tubo cavalry chasing us."

With a big wave of Zhang Yi's hand, everyone hurried on as fast as possible. At the same time, he was also thinking of other ways.

The frequency of the whips falling on the horses became more and more frequent, and the horses roared and twisted their bodies, quickly carrying the carriage and galloping.

Looking at the slightly chaotic team, Zhang Yi suddenly had a calculation in his heart.

"Master Xu, the situation is very urgent now. If we go on our way according to our situation, we will definitely be blocked by those Tubo cavalry. So I thought of a way, and I want to try it."

Zhang Yi had to obtain the consent of Xu Jingzong for this action, because he couldn't do it without Xu Jingzong's cooperation.

Xu Jingzong also knew the current situation, and immediately said: "Let's listen!"

"I will lead a team to the Tubo frontier army first, and try to stop that group of Tubo cavalry at the border, and there will be another Tubo frontier army over there. I believe that group of Tubo cavalry will not dare to openly attack us."

"At that time, the goods behind will be handed over to Mr. Xu. You take them and continue on your way. If we can't stop that group of Tubo cavalry at that time, we will immediately send out a signal, and you will flee immediately after seeing the signal flare. "

Zhang Yi's method can be said to be a gamble, betting that the Tubo frontier army will help them, and also betting that the group of Tubo cavalry will not dare to openly attack Zhang Yi and others in the presence of the Tubo frontier army.

Xu Jingzong didn't think much about it. Time is urgent now, and a second cannot be wasted. As soon as Zhang Yi finished speaking, he immediately agreed.

"On the eleventh day, bring some people and follow me!"

Zhang Yi turned his horse's head and called for the eleventh of the previous month, and took another twenty or thirty riders and rushed directly to the place where the Tubo frontier army was.

"Be sure to arrive before them!" Zhang Yi said silently!

(End of this chapter)