Chapter 2263: Cheated (April Monthly Ticket Plus 2)
Qiangba did not know Zhiren and had never heard of his name, but he was very familiar with Venerable Zhihao. He also knew that Gaochang was currently holding a Dharma assembly to prepare for the annual birthday of Bodhidharma.
Just now, Zhiren also proved his ability by discussing Buddhism. In addition, he and Zhihao were both born with the character "Zhi" in their names, so Qiangba had no doubts. Although he felt sorry, he did not stop them. He only lamented that their fate was too shallow.
Zhiren smiled and said, "Just because our connection was shallow back then doesn't mean it won't be deep in the future. Benefactor, it's getting late. I have to take my leave now."
Qiangba nodded again with regret, but before leaving, he still asked, "Have you seen any other convoys or horse teams on the road, Your Excellency?"
Zhiren sighed and said, "Donor, I have never encountered such a thing, and even if I did, I would not tell you. We are beyond the mortal world, but human life is precious. I hope you will refrain from killing in the future."
Although these words were unpleasant to the ear, Qiangba became even more respectful. He did not ask about the caravan and the cavalry, but bowed solemnly and said, "I hope Your Excellency will not mention me when you enter Gaochang."
Zhiren sighed and agreed, saying again: "This is a matter for you in the mortal world."
So Qiangba let them go and watched them walk away respectfully on his horse. After they were far away, Qiangba turned around, gathered the reinforcements that had caught up with him, and then headed east, which was the direction Zhiren and the others came from.
Qiangba said: "It was already too late when we received the message, but if Jin Kuian and the others were chasing someone, they should be able to catch up a little bit ahead. Let's go and see what treasures he has got."
"General, didn't Jin Kuian only agree to join forces with us? Will he be willing to give us the treasure?"
"As long as we have enough people, we don't care whether he is willing or not."
Qiangba led his men and followed the path that Zhiren and his men came from. After running for a while, he gradually felt that something was wrong, so he stopped his horse and looked back.
The sand dune where he was located was relatively high, and from here he could see places far away. At this time, Zhiren and his convoy was only a small dot left.
He narrowed his eyes, feeling somewhat uneasy. "Why is this venerable only accompanied by one monk?"
His personal guard said, "Perhaps the monks are too valuable and he can't afford them?"
There are two types of monks in the Western Regions, one is ascetic and the other is extremely luxurious. Judging from the behavior of this one, he is obviously the latter.
The most powerful and wealthy monks are protected by monk soldiers and served by monks when they go out. Only those who are not so generous but like to show off will buy some slaves to serve them.
However, looking at the convoy that had condensed into a black dot and was about to disappear from their sight, Qiangba felt more and more that something was wrong. Suddenly, his eyes focused and he remembered something, "No, there's not even a yellow strip of cloth, but they can ride one horse each, and some even ride two horses. They are pretending. Go and chase them..."
Before he realized it, they had only walked a short distance when Zhiren said to Zhou Man and the others, "Tell them to speed up, and we'll run."
As Manbao notified everyone, he asked him, "Have we been discovered?"
"No, but I don't think it can be concealed for long." He swept his eyes over the convoy. It was too hasty and there were flaws everywhere. For one thing, there were so many beautiful gauze and silks in their cars, but not a single yellow one. It really looked too fake.
Manbao and Baishan looked at each other and jumped off the car. Daji and the guards behind them led their horses up and handed them to them.
The two mounted their horses and ran to knock on Bai Erlang and his carriage, "Get off and ride, throw Jin Kuian and Erge onto the luggage cart, and put Yin Huo and Changshou in one cart. Let's speed up."
Then a carriage ran out of the line, and the unconscious Jin Kuian and Erge were dragged out of the carriage and thrown onto the luggage cart.
Manbao simply had several boxes on the luggage cart thrown away.
The guards knew that some of the suitcases contained stones and hay. Although they didn't know which box contained stones and hay and which one didn't, since Miss Man had specified it, they had to obey.
After throwing two boxes down and casually throwing Jin Kuian and Erge onto the car, everyone maintained their formation and continued running.
Bai Erlang, Liu Huan and Zhou Liru all mounted their horses and tried to slow down as much as possible to protect the convoy.
Keke suddenly said to Manbao, "There are soldiers ahead, about 1,500 in total, with flags and the Chinese character 'Jin' on them."
Manbao was overjoyed, "It's one of ours!"
At this moment, Lieutenant General Nie sounded the alarm and shouted, "They've discovered we're coming. Come, protect Lord Zhou and the others and get them out. Quickly—"
Manbao looked back and saw that, as expected, the Tibetan soldiers, who had been left far behind, were galloping towards them, with clouds of dust rising up, obviously having discovered something unusual.
But the two sides have been going in opposite directions for a while, and it is not easy to catch up.
All the carriages carrying seriously wounded soldiers left the convoy, and the three carriages of Yin Huo, Mr. Zhuang, and Wei Xingren also came out. Man Bao turned his head to look at General Nie and the many soldiers who slowed down. He gritted his teeth, kicked the horse's belly, and left first.
The guards followed on horseback, and the group slowly ran at the front of the team, protecting several carriages.
Zhiren kept sighing. Their carriage was naturally among the preferential treatments. Fortunately, they had gained half an hour and a long distance, so it was not a wasted effort.
Manbao turned around and shouted to General Nie, "Reinforcements are here—"
General Nie didn't believe it, but when he looked up, he squinted his eyes and saw that there was indeed wind and sand blowing in the distance. Although he couldn't see anyone, the movements were the same as those of the Tubo soldiers.
Regardless of whether it was going to happen or not, Lieutenant General Nie simply shouted, "Everyone, charge towards Gaochang, quickly—"
Qiangba, who was running at full speed to chase the people, found that he could not catch up with them. He became more convinced that they had been deceived and became even more angry. These evil people actually used Buddha to deceive him. Their crime was unforgivable.
Seeing the distance getting shorter and shorter, a personal guard shouted, "General, they have reinforcements!"
Unfortunately, Qiangba didn't listen at all and continued to rush forward. The flag bearer only looked at Qiangba. Seeing the general rushing forward, he naturally rushed forward as well. The soldiers followed the flag, and they went wherever the flag went.
So the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer...
Seeing that they were close enough, Bai Shan said to General Nie, "Cut off the luggage of the last three cars, abandon the luggage, and get out of the way..."
General Nie had no time to question. Seeing that Bai Shan and Zhou Man were only slightly ahead of them at a slower pace, he gritted his teeth and gave an order. The coachman cut the rope, then jumped onto the horse's back nimbly and ran away directly over the luggage cart in front.
The soldiers at the back were well prepared and immediately dispersed to both sides to avoid the boxes that kept rolling down.
As soon as they dodged, the Tibetan cavalry that was about to catch up with them were stopped by the sudden appearance of boxes, and some of them even fell off their horses accidentally.
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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