Chapter 69, Divide the army to pursue

Come to the north gate of the Taishou Mansion, where a team of guards have already gathered.

There is also a temporary treatment point in the corridor to the left of the gate, and several medical workers in the Taishou Mansion are dressing some of the injured.

Zu Zhao first went to the corridor and asked the medical worker to help him dig out the two arrows on his left arm, put on a golden sore medicine, and wrapped them tightly with a white cloth. Later, he joined Li Xin, Tian Kai and others.

Shicai's self-proclaimed "Wen Chou" Jiashi was in the whole team. Zu Zhao asked Li Xin. It turned out that the other party was the same Beiping County lieutenant as Zhou Zhi, Zhou Zhi was the northern lieutenant, and Wen Chou was the southern lieutenant. Originally, both of them were taking the county soldiers outside, and it was also because the end of the year was approaching that they rushed back to the county government to report their duties.

Just as Zu Zhao was treating the wound, Wen Chou had already sent someone to transfer the horses in the Taishou Mansion to the north gate.

After finishing the team, Wen Chou then divided several horses to Li Xin, Tian Kai and others. He said, "The county government is not short of horses, but it is eager to chase the thief. Now we can only do it first. You and other righteous men have tried their best in the North Court, but there are not enough horses, so they simply stay in the house to deal with the aftermath. Just wait for me to chase the thief.

After saying that, he arched his hand to the crowd, and immediately paid no more attention to it. He turned his head and ran to the door with the people of the headquarters.

The rest of the others can't all go together because there are not enough horses.

However, no one came forward to organize, but you look at me and I look at you.

Only Tian Kai did not hesitate. He pulled the reins of a horse first, jumped on the horse's back, and followed Wen Chou and other guards. Others saw it and followed suit. The brave warriors scrambled to take the lead. Even if they knew that they were inferior did not retreat. After all, the results of this year's investigation had not been announced. It was a good opportunity for the Taishoufu to perform in such a big accident. Anyway, the thief was weak, so he followed him to make up the number of people, which could be more or less a merit afterwards.

Zuzu Zhao was a little late. When he arrived at the gate, the horses already had their own owners.

Li Xin also turned around and persuaded: "Brother, I'll wait enough to deal with the thief. Since you are injured, just stay in the house to recover from your injury."

Zu Zhao had no choice but to sigh, "Okay, take care, Brother Xianyan."

Not long after Li Xin and others left, there was a sudden noise outside the north gate.

Zuzuo looked out of the door and saw that the guard of the north gate was arguing with several people holding blades. Looking carefully, those holding the blades were none other than Zuji, Zuling and others who accompanied him to the county government to participate in the inspection. They looked grim and were fully armed, and there were several tall horses stopped not far away.

He quickly greeted the door, explained it to the guards, and then asked Zu Ji, "Why are you here?"

Although the Taishou Mansion made such a big noise, Zuji and Zuling did not come so quickly, and the Taishou Mansion covers a wide area. There are doors and courtyards in the southeast and northwest. How can they find the north gate by such a coincidence?

Zu Ji quickly said, " Earlier, we heard that there was an accident in the Taishou Mansion, and we were thinking about coming to find out. As soon as I left the gate of the official post, I met a strange man. The man said that the black arrow thief broke into the Taishou Mansion at night and asked us to help quickly. So we brought the blades and horses here. On the way to the Taishou Mansion, I heard several passers-by say that they saw someone crossing the wall from the north of the Taishou Mansion, so we rushed north.

Hearing Zu Zhao, Zu Zhao's face darkened and asked, "Strange man? What kind of man? In this dark night, how can you casually meet idle people? What's more, how did he know the black arrow thief?

Zu Ji shook his head and sighed, "The man left after saying that, and we didn't have much time to ask."

aside, Zuling added, "I vaguely saw the man's appearance. It seemed that when we entered the city, we met the man who stole food outside the city, and the eldest son also relieved him."

Hearing this, Zu Zhao was stunned: It turned out to be Yan Mang!

The first thing he considers now is not why Yan Mang went to inform the official post, but whether Yan Mang and the group of people who assassinated the Taishou Mansion are together or not, otherwise why did things happen so coincidentally? In other words, since Lingzhi County, Yan Mang has still been with the group of thieves, and it is also possible that Yan Mang has been in contact with the group of thieves in the recent days. Only in this way will the other party know that there was an accident in the Taishou Mansion.

nodded slowly. He didn't hesitate any more and said, "I know, let's not talk about that. The people of the Taishou Mansion are chasing the escaped assassins. Let's go and help.

After saying that, he took the sword from Zuji's hand and turned to hold his mount.

Zuring saw a bandaged wound on Zu Zhao's left shoulder, and the white cloth even oozed blood stains. He quickly said, "Mr. Grandson, since there are people from the Taishou Mansion to chase the thief, why do we need to do more? The eldest son is injured now, so he must be careful.

Zu Zhao did not change his face and said resolutely, "I have my own plan. If you don't want to go with me, then stay." He jumped on the horse, shook his reins, and followed the horse in the direction led by Wen Chou.

Zuring had no choice but to let Zu Zhao go alone, so he quickly got on the horse and chased after him.

Zu Ji and others went on their own horses and chased them together.

It was late at night, and most of the places in Pinggang County were dark and silent. The fire and accident in the Taishou Mansion attracted the attention of many people nearby and woke up from their sleep one after another, but they knew that accidents were not a good thing at night, so not many people dared to light the lights. The streets and alleys integrated into the night. Only some good people probed their heads behind the corners and windows to see if there was some noise outside. What.

Wen Chou led the guards of the Taishoufu, Li Xin, Tian Kai and others, holding a small number of torches and running all the way to the northwest along the city's Avenue. Not long after chasing, I saw another small rider running away at night in the north direction, which was obviously extremely suspicious. Wen Chou, the leader in front, shouted: "The thief is in the north, follow me!"

So, the brigade immediately turned north at the next intersection. In the distance in front of them, a few scattered horses could be faintly seen running in the dark. Sure enough, it was a small group of assassins running away. Obviously, in this assassination operation, the assassin still went through extremely careful premeditated arrangements, either to prepare the fleeing horses, or to find out the location of the stable of the Taishou Mansion and directly rob the horses of the Taishou Mansion.

Zu Zhao was a little slow because he met Zu Ji, Zu Ling and others outside the North Gate, and now he is still far behind. They can only use the firelight of dark Chinese ugly people to distinguish the direction and follow these fire lights. Several people chased to a fork in the road, and another team of officers and soldiers appeared on the westbound road, and happened to meet Zu Zhao and others. Several of the officers and soldiers in this team were officials of the Taishou Mansion. There was an accident in the North Courtyard, and some people in the Taishou Mansion rushed to the city to draw other troops.

After meeting with this team of officers and soldiers, I heard them say that several groups of thieves escaped from the Taishou Mansion, three or two or two teams, or fled alone. Lieutenant Wen Chou led a team to pursue north, while others led the team to the south and east. Anyway, at this moment, the major gates of the county are all closed, and the thieves are like turtles in the urn, gradually searching and chasing them. Sooner or later, these people will be arrested. Even if some people hide and escape, the major city gates will be wanted and strictly investigated, and it will inevitably be difficult to fly.

continued to chase north for a period of time, and the roads gradually narrowed, and the houses on both sides became more and more dense.

Although Pinggang County is a county seat, it is more prosperous than other counties, but after all, it is a border county, and no matter how prosperous it is, it is not as prosperous as those big cities and counties in the Central Plains. The streets are very limited, and the horses run quickly. In less than a quarter of an hour, you can see the outline of the city.

Zu Zhao shouted to the left and right people: "The front will soon arrive in the city, and the thief is bound to turn around. I will divide the troops into two directions, one left and one right, and make a detour.

The leaders of the officers and soldiers were deeply convinced and immediately agreed.

The people quickly divided into two teams, and the leaders of the officers and soldiers specially arranged three or five men to follow Zu Zhao's side, and everyone separated from two different directions.