sbdcsierra Chapter 1105 I’m here to catch you
Chapter 1105 I’m here to catch you
"How is it? Is this place far from the places on the map?"
She shook her head and said, "This place is not marked on the map. No one has ever been to this place before."
The general was anxious, "Can we find a way out?"
Zhou Guo said: "You can go out, but there are pursuers behind you."
They have been traveling every day these days, and it seems that the enemy has never stopped. She couldn't help but wonder, and asked: "General, didn't you say that there are only more than 10,000 people behind us? There have been many pursuers these days. Just tell me the truth, how many people are behind us?"
If there were only more than 10,000 people, they could just set a trap. How could they be chased all over the mountain?
The general was silent for a long time, looked at her, and said, "I don't know."
"I don't know?" Zhou Guo was extremely surprised. "What do you mean I don't know? Don't you have scouts? Haven't you found out everything?"
Now that it was mentioned, the general did not intend to hide it from her and said, "In the beginning, there were tens of thousands of people, but later as our movements became louder and louder, more and more people came. I will tell you the truth, this, this, this..."
He pointed at several locations and said, "There are pursuers in these directions. We have tied up at least 200,000 people."
Zhou Guo's eyes went dark and he almost fell to the ground. They were only 10,000 people. No, there were only a few thousand people now. Even if they were as brave as the Xu family army, with a few thousand people against more than 200,000 people, they still had no chance of winning, right?
What's more, they were short of rations and had not received any assistance for a long time. The soldiers were unsure and panicked.
The general quickly said, "But there is also good news."
Zhou Guo's eyes lit up, "What good news?"
The general said, "We have tied up so many people. The enemy is aiming their firepower at us. Maybe the general and his men have already left?"
Zhou Guo's eyes darkened, "Maybe?"
General Xiaoyan said: "I am just guessing, but I think my guess is almost right."
Zhou Guo thought about it and asked in confusion: "How did they find us? Why are they holding us?"
General Xiaoyan said: "I don't know, but it is very likely that someone has leaked the news."
"What news? Could it be that there is a big shot in our group?" Zhou Guo asked subconsciously, and then saw that General Xiaoyan stopped talking.
General Xiaoyan nodded, "It is said that General Xu has four children. Each of these four children is very capable. The fourth child is particularly powerful. He can feed hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Xu family army by himself. If anyone captures this fourth child, the Xu family army will collapse without a fight. Without food, they will naturally have no ability to jump around anymore."
Zhou Guo: “…”
At this moment, she didn't know whether to be happy or sad, but she still couldn't figure out, "How did this news get out?"
Looking at General Xiaoyan, he narrowed his eyes, "Is this a plot? Have you discussed it with General Heimei? And you're hiding it from me?"
The chill quickly spread from the soles of her feet to her forehead. Was she being set up?
She was sold out, but she was still complacent and gave people money? ?
At this moment, she thought of many, many possibilities.
General Xiaoyan looked at the murderous intent in her eyes and said in shock, "No, no, you are the general's fourth son. Even if we were given ten thousand guts, we would not dare to use his fourth son's life as bait!
It's a good thing you're okay. If something goes wrong, no matter if it's the general or the eldest son, the second son, or the third son, they won't let us go. We don't have the guts, nor are we that stupid! You are just as important as the general."
No one would be foolish enough to dig his own grave and cut off his own food supply.
Zhou Guo did not miss any expression on his face. After confirming that he was not lying, the unknown emotion that surged in his heart slowly faded away. He blinked his eyes, and cold sweat broke out on the back and palms.
General Xiaoyan said, "I really don't know who leaked this news, but the North is so vast, and this news is no longer a secret. The court has countless spies in the North, so it's not surprising that they got such news."
Zhou Guo asked: "Then how do you know they came for me?"
General Xiaoyan smiled bitterly and said, "I am just guessing. Now that we have lost contact with the army, the one who made the imperial army pursue us so relentlessly and spare no expense to obtain it is definitely not me, nor the mere 10,000 Xu family soldiers. The only variable is you.
You are the one they want. With you, not only will the Xu family army's food supply be cut off, but the court's arrest of General Xu's fourth son will greatly reduce the morale of the Xu family army. For the court, it will be a hundred benefits and no harm. Moreover, you are right in front of us, unlike General Xu who has lost his trace and cannot be found even if you search the mountains."
Zhou Guo was silent, the news going over in her mind again and again. Half an hour passed, and she had to admit that this explanation was the most plausible one at the moment.
She asked, "So are we going to go out or go in next?"
General Xiaoyan said, "It's difficult to get out from the front. We can only break out from the side. Sir, don't worry. You are the hope of our Xu family army and the hope of the world. We, 10,000 people, will do our best to protect you and send you to the general."
Zhou Guo said: "Now is not the time to talk about this, how do we get out?"
They spread out the map.
During these days, Zhou Guo used charcoal to draw every place they visited. Although it was not detailed, it was enough for a rough sketch.
She knew where the high mountains and cliffs, deep ravines and canyons were, and she wrote them down on paper one by one, which served as another map.
She pointed to the other side of a large mountain in the picture and said, "I remember this side was a steep cliff, but I looked carefully and found that there was a narrow path behind it leading directly to the mountain. If we go around the mountain, we can get behind them and evacuate upstream from this river. As long as we cross this river, they won't be able to catch up with us even if they ride horses. It will take at least two days to get there."
General Xiaoyan's eyes lit up, and he was extremely surprised. "There is another way here? Well, let's go through here, go out from the other side of the mountain, and join the army."
They didn't know what was happening to the army, but their lives would definitely be much better than theirs.
The dry food had long been eaten up these days, and the team of several thousand people dug up whatever they could in the woods to eat.
If they were lucky, they could kill some wild boars, but a few wild boars were only enough for one person to eat, and later they even had to kill and eat the war horses.
But now the weather is getting colder, and the prey have all hibernated. Normally, you can only see a few pheasants after walking more than ten miles, which is not enough for a few people to eat.
Most of the time they ate grass roots, tree barks, and wild fruits. Zhou Guo had a big appetite, so apart from secretly running out to have a snack, she ate a lot of grass roots and wild fruits, but she didn't touch the tree bark. She had never touched that stuff when she was fleeing, and she really couldn't eat it.