Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

The war horses galloped and whistled continuously.

Chu Ning's face was filled with murderous intent, and he was determined to catch up with Cao Zhi in one fell swoop.

Huo Quji's face was extremely gloomy because of the murder of Li Li just now.

This is Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty. The killing of a general in public had a great impact on the reputation of the Han Dynasty.

But in order to prevent the matter from escalating, Huo Quji could only swallow his anger temporarily.

But he made note of this account!

This pursuit lasted from day to night.

As night fell, the sky darkened and the road ahead could no longer be seen clearly.

Since they were all cavalry, they slowed down their pace to avoid colliding with each other.

"Xu~"

Huo Quji pulled the reins, stopped his horse, looked at Chu Ning, frowned and said:

"King Chu, it's getting late. It seems we can't catch up with Cao Zhi. We'd better go back first. Your Majesty will definitely issue strict orders to all places to stop him!"

"As long as Cao Zhi is still within the borders of the Han Dynasty, he will not be able to escape."

It was good-intentioned advice, but Chu Ning didn't appreciate it.

He said calmly, "No, I must catch up with Cao Zhi tonight!"

Huo Quji frowned and said in a cold voice: "Your Highness, you are also a man who leads troops to fight. You must know that marching at night is not safe."

"Plus, we are all cavalry here. If we gallop at full speed, it will be easy to get into trouble."

"I have already said that His Majesty will order the cities along the way to close their gates and prevent Cao Zhi from leaving!"

"Besides, Cao Zhi has been gone for a long time. We can't catch up with him even if we want to."

Although he was unhappy, Huo Quji still patiently explained.

If it were someone else, Huo Quji would definitely not be so patient.

But Chu Ning is different. This guy just became the most talented person in the world today, and was given three cities by the Han Dynasty.

It would be obviously irrational to offend Chu Ning at this moment.

But in the face of Huo Quji's kind persuasion, Chu Ning chuckled: "Don't worry, I have already made arrangements, you will understand in a while!"

"Someone, chase after him!"

Without waiting for Huo Quji to ask in detail, Chu Ning led his men on horseback to continue the pursuit.

Huo Quji's face changed slightly, he raised his eyebrows and muttered to himself: "Could it be that he has already made arrangements?"

But this is not right. This is the Han Dynasty, not the Chu Dynasty. All the soldiers and horses around Chu Ning are here. Are there any more soldiers and horses arranged in advance?

Thinking of this, Huo Quji narrowed his eyes, then raised the whip in his hand and followed.

Since Chu Ning wanted to continue the pursuit, he could only sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman.

At the same time, Cao Zhi, who was fleeing overnight, ran into trouble.

Led by Cao Zhi, the Wei army quickly moved towards the Wei State.

Although it was night, in order to escape from the Han Dynasty as quickly as possible, Cao Zhi kept urging everyone to speed up.

"Hurry up, faster!"

Cao Zhi galloped on his horse, shouting, "As long as we leave the Han Dynasty, we will be safe!"

"Once we get to a safe place, I will give you some silver!"

With constant encouragement, the Wei soldiers were full of morale and rode at full speed, wanting to leave.

But at this moment, a forest in front came into view.

The change in environment did not attract Cao Zhi's attention. At this moment, he just wanted to take his people away from the territory of the Han Dynasty as soon as possible.

Not to mention there is a forest ahead, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, he will rush forward.

Besides, even if Chu Ning got the news now, he would most likely just lead people to chase after them. What danger could there be ahead?

But at this moment, screams came from the soldiers in the front.

Immediately afterwards, the war horses neighed and the team in front was thrown into chaos.

Then, the Dianwei who led the army in front rode back and shouted, "Stop, everyone stop!"

Cao Zhi had a gloomy face and asked in a cold voice: "What happened?"

"Your Highness, there is a trap on the road ahead, and the person in front of us fell into it!"

"This... How is this possible? Where did the trap come from on the official road?"

Cao Zhi's face was full of disbelief and anger: "Send someone to clear the trap immediately!"

But Liu Ye quickly stretched out his hand to stop him: "Your Highness, let's send someone to see if there are any ambushes in the woods first."

Cao Zhi paused at this, and slowly turned his head to look at Liu Ye, and asked stiffly: "Master Liu, are you saying that someone is ambushing us here?"

Liu Ye sighed: "There is no way a trap would appear on such a good official road for no reason. Someone must have set it up on purpose, waiting for us to get on it."

Dian Wei also said in a deep voice at this moment: "Your Highness, I just checked and there are many traps. I'm afraid we can't pass this way."

Cao Zhi, who was originally full of confidence and wanted to escape from the Han Dynasty as soon as possible, suddenly lost his energy and spirit.

He murmured to himself, "There can be no ambush, absolutely no ambush."

An ambush meant that someone had been waiting for him here.

But his only enemy here is Chu Ning!

Could it be that Chu Ning was able to predict the future and arranged an ambush here in advance?

But this is impossible. All of Chu Ning's troops are in Chang'an City. How could there be people arranged by Chu Ning here?

Just as Cao Zhi was in disbelief, a loud laugh came from the woods:

"Next up is His Royal Highness Prince Chen of Wei, right?"

Cao Zhi's face changed, he looked up into the dark woods, and said coldly: "Since you know it's me, how dare you block my way?"

The loud and cheerful voice laughed out loud: "We are waiting for King Chen, but we don't want to fight with King Chen!"

"You just need to wait here for a moment!"

He said he didn't want to take action, but in fact he wanted to stop the advance of the Wei army.

As soon as these words were spoken, Cao Zhi's face darkened and he immediately winked at the guard beside him.

Dian Wei's eyes turned cold, and he waved his hand: "Follow me and charge forward to kill them!"

At the command, the Wei army rushed towards the woods.

But at this moment, a loud voice sneered: "I knew you wouldn't commit a crime so easily. Come on, shoot!"

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Countless sharp arrows were shot out from the woods on both sides, shooting the rushing Wei army into a sieve.

With just one round of sharp arrows, more than fifty Wei soldiers fell, and the other Wei soldiers were frightened and retreated quickly.

The guard held a halberd in his hand and retreated to Cao Zhi's side. He frowned and said, "Your Highness, there are so many people in the woods, and most of them are archers."

Cao Zhi was shocked: "Whose troops are they from? From Chu Ning? Or from the Han Dynasty?"

Liu Ye beside him sighed: "Your Highness, the other side's purpose is just to stop us. I guess they don't have many people, but they have the advantage of terrain. I'm afraid we won't be able to attack them in a short time."

"The purpose of their doing this must be to delay time and wait for Chu Ning to lead his troops to catch up."

"Then they can attack from both sides!"

"Your Highness, we can't delay any longer, you must make up your mind!"

The meaning is simple. If we can’t delay, we have to make a quick decision.

At the cost of sacrificing some people, attack into the woods and quickly eliminate the enemies in the woods.

Cao Zhi narrowed his eyes, and a ruthless look flashed across his eyes: "No matter who they are, if they stop me, they will pay the price!"

"General Dianwei, lead your men to charge again, and we must kill them!"