I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!-Chapter 308 - 230: Escape

Seeing the Wei Army camp right in front of him, Li Yuanju gritted his teeth, drew the ring-headed saber, and shouted:

"Listen to my command, charge the camp!"

Clearly, at this distance, the Wei Army should have already noticed them, yet the camp not far away was only silent with burning bonfires, as if it had long been an empty camp.

Li Yuanju felt a chill in his heart, his whole body went numb. He hurriedly turned around and ordered, "Quick, retreat immediately, we’ve fallen into a trap."

His heart was full of regret, cursing Gu Lan for suddenly changing her mind, cursing himself for notifying Wei Junzhuo so quickly that the Yan Army would attack the camp tonight, and even cursing the falcon for flying so fast, delivering the message!?

Who could have thought, Gu Lan went to the Qiangrong station, only to bring so few people to harass instead?

Li Yuanju still held a glimmer of hope, perhaps Wei Junzhuo would stay inside the military tent waiting in vain after receiving the message. He would shout from afar and retreat, and since Wei Junzhuo knew he led the troops, he wouldn’t give chase.

However, reality proved Wei Junzhuo was fully prepared to capture the raiders in one fell swoop, while he was set up by Gu Lan!

The Wei Army camp was silent, but the sound of drums roared from afar, and the clamor of battle arose. Torches were lit, and numerous Wei troops who had been lying in ambush nearby charged out. The troops advanced, attempting to encircle the more than five hundred men under Li Yuanju.

For some reason, they only surrounded three directions, leaving the road back wide open.

Li Yuanju hurriedly led his men to return the way they came, "Retreat quickly, return to the city immediately!"

Further away, the sound of hooves faintly resounded.

The deputy general, hearing the sound of hooves, spoke despairingly, "General, they have cavalry!"

Li Yuanju was filled with regret, "It must be that Wei Junzhuo guessed we would raid the camp and moved the Qiangrong Light Cavalry over; Gu Lan miscalculated, she wants me dead. Let’s run, Su Yi is still covering us——"

"How can two legs outrun four, General, you go, I’ll stay behind to hold them off!" The deputy general’s eyes reddened as he shouted decisively, "Brothers, we can’t make it back to the city, we might as well ensure the General makes it back to avenge us."

Li Yuanju wiped his eyes, his pace uninterrupted, as he ran he called back, "Good brothers, Yuanju bids farewell here; one day, I will avenge you."

Having said that, he fled without the slightest hesitation.

The deputy general led around a hundred fearless soldiers, steadfastly holding the passage, awaiting the arrival of the Wei army.

The Wei Army camp held nearly ten thousand soldiers, the Qiangrong cavalry also numbered in the thousands, regardless of whichever pursuers caught up, they couldn’t be stopped, and death was certain.

They did not ask to survive, only to hold back the pursuers for a breath, allowing Li Yuanju to get further, as long as he could meet up with General Suyi ahead, he would be saved.

Yet, as the deputy general watched Li Yuanju’s back disappearing without hesitation, his heart, already prepared for death, grew slightly cold.

"Enough, since the Wei troops are all here, it at least shows that Young Master has successfully raided the Qiangrong Army Camp at night, the brothers in the city are saved, dying here is justified, fight the Wei people to the end!" The deputy general pulled out his saber, ferociously shouted at the encroaching night.

"Fight the Wei people to the end!" The soldiers tasked with covering their retreat mustered their courage, gripped their long sabers tightly, and shouted in unison.

The deputy general was prepared for a last stand without retreat, waited a long while, but there was no movement.

The sound of hooves in the forest not only did not draw closer but halted altogether.

The deputy general concentrated on listening, only hearing the footsteps of the encircling Wei infantry, still far from them.

The cavalry, did not give chase?

In the darkness, Wei Junzhuo, clad in golden armor and wielding a heavy halberd, emerged from the Wei troops, his soldiers beside him holding torches high, illuminating the surroundings.

An adjacent subordinate was puzzled, "Great General, why are we not pursuing?"

Wei Junzhuo gazed at the Yan soldiers in the distance who stood ready for battle, his eyes cold and profound:

"Pursue? Didn’t you hear them say, the Yan Army’s night raid wasn’t on us, but on the Qiangrong people. The message brought by the falcon was false, meaning Gu Lan never came at all."

"Are we just going to let them go then? Great General, wasn’t tonight’s arrangement all in vain, these Yan people, they’re really cunning."

Wei Junzhuo raised his head, saw a glow of fire blazing into the sky at the edge of the cloudy night, in the direction of the Qiangrong station.

"Too late to pursue, even if caught, they’re just small fry. Gu Lan must have known long ago that there’s someone in the Yan Army passing messages to us, so she turned our scheme on its head, making us believe they would raid our camp tonight. In reality, the raid was true, but it was the Qiangrong people’s camp instead."

"She feared I wouldn’t believe she dared to seize the supply route so openly during daylight, so she deliberately changed plans to make a nighttime strike, leading me to trust the falcon’s message. But all this was what she had already anticipated."

"Great General, could it be that Li Yuanju is deliberately sending false information to confuse us? In reality, he’s Gu Lan’s man, and the two of them are putting on a show for us?" someone else asked.

"Li Yuanju doesn’t have the brains for that; he’s too stupid. As long as Gu Lan is in the Southern Border army, he will never become the main General of Yan people," Wei Junzhuo said disdainfully, "Enough, we’ll just pursue slowly from behind. Letting him go so easily would be like telling Gu Lan that Li Yuanju is our man."

The subordinates immediately agreed.

"Great General, what should we do!? Our Chanyu is still in the camp!" A red-haired man riding a horse hurriedly came over, asking anxiously.

Wei Junzhuo said calmly, "Your cavalry can move faster. If you head back now, Jiang Di might still be saved."

The red-haired man breathed a sigh of relief and quickly called his subordinates to head back, but then he heard Wei Junzhuo ask, "You’re Gesang, right?"

"Yes, I am Gesang, the new Left Valley King appointed by the Chanyu."

"Heh... A Chanyu without territory appoints a king with only two thousand men, truly laughable," Wei Junzhuo said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

Gesang angrily replied, "What does the Great General mean by that?"

"What I mean is..." Wei Junzhuo’s voice was deep and magnetic, filled with endless allure.

"Gesang, do you really want to go back and save Jiang Di? Without Jiang Di, you could be the new Chanyu of your Royal Court."

A muffled thunder suddenly echoed through the forest, making Gesang shudder.

The clouds in the sky grew thicker, as if the first spring rain was about to fall.

Gesang turned his head blankly; a flash of lightning cut through the darkness, illuminating Wei Junzhuo’s cold and pale face. He seemed like an emotionless statue, inducing fear and demanding submission.

Gesang slowly stopped in his tracks.

The same muffled thunder made Shiqi, hiding in the trees, knit her brows.

She looked up at the sky filled with dark clouds and murmured, "Why is it going to rain? I hope everything is going well for the young master over there."

Below the tree was Li Yuanju’s team, exhausted, taking a brief rest in the forest.

Since the Qiangrong Light Cavalry hadn’t appeared, the deputy general who had just broken off to block the Wei Army had already caught up again.

From a distance, Shiqi could see the Wei Army trailing unhurriedly behind them. Though they were closing in, they never launched an attack, seemingly wanting to pursue but too lazy to do so.

Li Yuanju’s side was running fast, silently lowering their footsteps, afraid of being discovered by the Wei Army.

She had originally been following General Suyi and a group of archers to support Gu Lan, but unexpectedly saw Li Yuanju release a hawk when no one was looking.

The Li Family, known as a General’s family, was famous for raising hawks to send messages. This was widely known, and Li Yuanju frequently used hawks to communicate orders to his subordinates, so Shiqi didn’t think it was a problem at first.

But now, given that the young master had already assigned everyone’s tasks, why did he release a hawk? Who is he notifying?

Feeling something peculiar about him, Shiqi left the team and followed alone behind Li Yuanju.

From Li Yuanju’s order to charge to his current leading of the retreat, the Wei Army’s pursuit, and the deputy general’s rearguard all seemed problem-free.

Yet she remained puzzled. She clearly saw the Qiangrong Light Cavalry around earlier; why hadn’t those cavalrymen pursued?

Could it be that Wei Junzhuo deliberately let Li Yuanju go?

As she pondered, a Yan Country cavalryman galloped over.

Li Yuanju quickly gestured for the cavalryman to keep silent.

The cavalryman dismounted breathlessly and whispered in his ear:

"General Li, the Qiangrong camp has been destroyed, only their leader Jiang Di escaped. The Young Master says he might be heading your way. You’re ordered to capture the fleeing Qiangrong people if possible, but if not, do not let them go, kill them without exception."

Afraid of alerting the pursuers behind, he spoke softly enough for only Li Yuanju and the two soldiers beside him to hear, of course including Shiqi spying from the tree.

Li Yuanju: "Don’t let the Qiangrong people get away, yet I’m supposed to catch them? Look at me, I’m running too, alright!"