Chapter 1324: Do not play dumb

He opened his eyes wide, looking at the few personal guards before him somewhat ignorantly, and asked, "Shouldn't we be in Cao Cao's camp? What are you doing?"

After the personal guards heard this, the corners of their mouths could not help but twitch, and they said, "General, please do not play dumb; have you forgotten? You were assassinated last night."

"Hmm?" Gu Yi thought carefully, and it really was the case. However, he soon reacted and asked, "I am fine now, what is going on? Whose personal guards are you?"

The personal guards looked at each other, and then the personal guard chief said, "General, this subordinate is the personal guard chief of Mr. Cheng Yu, Zhao Zilong."

"Oh." Gu Yi said indifferently.

Zhao Zilong saw that Gu Yi did not have much reaction, and secretly thought in his heart, it seems this Gu Yi is not simple. He hurriedly said, "General, Mr. Cheng Yu specifically instructed this subordinate to rescue you. This subordinate was truly worried, so I took the liberty to bring troops here."

Gu Yi heard this, and felt slightly moved in his heart, saying, "Mr. Cheng Yu has a heart. However, I have other plans for this matter; you all retreat first, I want to change clothes."

"General..." Zhao Zilong said anxiously.

Gu Yi interrupted Zhao Zilong's words and said, "Rest assured, I will be fine. Retreat."

Gu Yi's tone was very firm; Zhao Zilong had no choice but to take the personal guards and leave.

After Zhao Zilong and the others left, Gu Yi changed into clean clothes, washed up, and walked out of the bedroom.

After Gu Yi walked out of the bedroom, he discovered that he was now in the military camp. He looked up at the sky and discovered that it was less than half an hour until dark.

"Is it going to be dark so soon?" Gu Yi muttered, his brows slightly furrowed, and after thinking for a moment, he made his plans.

Gu Yi found two warhorses, rode a warhorse, and left the military camp.

He headed straight for Xuzhou; he had to arrive at Xuzhou before dark.

If Cao Cao led his army to attack Xuzhou after dark, then even if he rushed back, it would likely be too late.

Therefore, Gu Yi had to arrive at Xuzhou before dark.

After Cao Cao's army stopped advancing, they camped in place.

Cao Cao gathered together with generals like Dian Wei and Xia Hou Dun.

Cao Cao looked at the generals and said, "Everyone, although we have temporarily stopped the attack. However, our enemy is Gu Yi, and he is not someone to be trifled with. Therefore, we absolutely cannot let our guard down."

"Everyone, tonight, you lead your subordinates to lie in ambush in the surroundings, and at the same time, monitor the movements in the surroundings well; if you discover Gu Yi's tracks, report to me immediately."

"Understood!" The generals all agreed.

Cao Cao also exhorted, "Like this, after each of you leads three hundred elite soldiers to lie in ambush, return to your own large tents to rest, and continue advancing tomorrow. Remember, our target is Gu Yi! Do not worry about other matters!"

"This subordinate and others will keep it in mind." The generals responded.

"Good, then go and arrange it." Cao Cao waved his hand, letting the generals go down to arrange.

Dian Wei and Xia Hou Dun led their units and left, while Cao Cao and generals like Cao Chun remained.

Cao Cao discussed with Cao Chun, and then said, "Mr. Gongyu, we will trouble you tonight."

Cao Cao knew that Gu Yi had definitely fled.

Therefore, they could only start from Xuzhou to capture Gu Yi.

"Rest assured, Brother Mengde, leave it to this old man!" Cheng Yu said with a laugh.

Cao Cao nodded and then left.

Cheng Yu began to coordinate his own men, preparing to lie in ambush nearby.

After Gu Yi left the military camp on horseback, he followed his memory and headed toward Xuzhou City.

This was Gu Yi's habit; he could not guarantee whether Cao Cao would dispatch troops to pursue. If Cao Cao really dispatched troops to pursue, then he could use the terrain of Xuzhou to block Cao Cao's pace and buy himself more time.

Back when he was in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he had once relied on his memory to cross the Jingxiang region, arrive at Yuzhou, and help Yuan Shu seize Yanzhou.

Gu Yi now also had the confidence to complete this task.

After all, back in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Gu Yi already possessed rich wild survival skills.

And Gu Yi also used his own actions to tell Cao Cao that he, Gu Yi, was not someone to be trifled with!

Gu Yi carefully observed the situation in the surroundings along the way and did not discover anyone following him.

"Whew!" Gu Yi saw this, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"Since no one is following, then I will accelerate and try to arrive at Xuzhou as early as possible." Gu Yi thought to himself in his heart.

Then Gu Yi urged the warhorse under his crotch to quicken its pace.

The horses in this world were not bad, and even much better than the ones later on.

Therefore, Gu Yi rode the warhorse and flew, not receiving the slightest influence.

However, after Gu Yi ran for five or six miles, he discovered that a large number of figures appeared behind the hill in front.

"Cao Cao!" Gu Yi instantly recognized the figures hiding in front, and thought in his heart, "Sure enough, it is Cao Cao. Worthy of being a famous hero in history, actually knowing my actions in advance and being able to make the best response strategy. It seems that if I want to resolve Cao Cao, I still need to spend some effort."

"General, what should we do now?"

The personal guard beside Gu Yi asked.

Gu Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Since Cao Cao long ago expected that I would ambush Xuzhou, in order to avoid accidents, he would have prepared an ambush. Let us take a detour now; we cannot clash head-on with Cao Cao!"

"This, General, absolutely not." The personal guard urged anxiously.

"No need to say more." Gu Yi said coldly.

Gu Yi knew the distribution of Cao Cao's troops in Xuzhou; he chose to take a detour because he was afraid that Cao Cao would set a trap to deal with him.

The personal guard opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, but was stopped by Gu Yi; Gu Yi patted the warhorse and said, "Let's go."

The personal guard had no choice but to follow behind Gu Yi.

Cao Cao stood on high ground, looking far away at the departing Gu Yi, a cold and sinister smile appearing on his face, and he ordered in a low voice, "Pass the order down: all archers stand by. As long as the enemy unit approaches, shoot and kill immediately."

Cao Cao's subordinates heard this and responded in unison.

Gu Yi did not know that Cao Cao was preparing to ambush him; he was now rushing with all his might, hoping to arrive at Xuzhou City as early as possible.

Gu Yi's horse was extremely excellent, its speed extremely fast, and it only took half an hour to arrive at the Xuzhou city gate.

The soldiers guarding the city wall saw a horse appear and hurriedly shouted, "Stop, who comes there?"

Gu Yi heard the shout, tightened the reins, flipped off the warhorse, and said, "I am Gu Yi, ordered to head to Xuzhou, please accommodate!"

"So it is General Gu! Quick, please enter!" The guards on the city wall heard Gu Yi's name.