Even a fool can judge this matter. This fire must be made by Zhang Tongfang. These soldiers were immediately in tears. If it were Zhang Tong who did it, then they would definitely be implicated. Zhang Tong ran away, but it made them suffer. I am afraid that if the superiors pursued them, they would not be able to escape the blame.

So when Sima Zhao shouted at Zhang Tong, the soldier immediately stood up and wanted to draw a clear line with Zhang Tong to prove that they were innocent.

"Run away?" Sima Zhao roared wildly, "Come on me, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you will find him for me!"

The troops took the order and stepped on the war horses, but in a flash they were in a dilemma again. The darkness and no direction, how should they chase after it?

However, Zhong Hui had many ideas and said, "Zhang Tong dared to set fire, so he must have colluded with the Bingzhou army. So after setting fire, he would definitely flee to Qi County. The second young master just needs to send someone to chase him in the direction of Qi County, and he will definitely be intercepted."

When Sima Zhao heard that it was reasonable, he immediately sent troops out of the camp and chased towards Qi County.

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Zhang Tong and the others hid in the grass. After the fire in the camp soared into the sky, many cavalry teams hurried back towards the camp, and they must have returned to the camp to put out the fire.

Everyone secretly admired Zhang Tong's quick wisdom. If they ran all the way after leaving the camp, they would definitely encounter these patrolling cavalry, and they would definitely not be able to escape. Now, when the patrolling cavalry leaves, they will have the opportunity to escape calmly.

Chen Yang looked at the back and stood up and said, "Let's go quickly. I guess those cavalry will chase after you soon. It will be too late if you don't leave."

Zhang Tong glanced at him and said, "Where are you planning to go?"

Chen Yang was a little confused. Zhang Tong asked this question very strangely. Didn’t he say that he would set fire to Sima Jun’s supplies and then go to Bingzhou Army? Why did he still ask where he went? Didn’t he ask him knowingly?

"Of course I went north. Aren't the Bingzhou army stationed in Qi County?"

Zhang Tong laughed and said, "This place is sixty miles away from Qi County. Are you sure you can compare to the cavalry by walking on two legs?"

Chen Yang couldn't help but talk, yes, the speed of the cavalry is so terrifying. No matter how fast they run, they may not be able to run better than the cavalry. Now because of the fire in the military camp, the Sima army is in chaos, but soon they can guess who set the fire, so they will naturally send pursuers sooner or later. If Zhang Tong and the others still advance along the road to Qi County, they will be caught up by the pursuers.

"What should we do? We can't run away and fight, can't we surrender?" Chen Yang said anxiously.

Zhang Jin and Ma Long also frowned. This situation was a bit beyond their expectations. It was indeed because some places were not considered properly. If they had known this, it would be better to escape quietly. This might lead to greater chances of escaping.

However, Zhang Tong was still very calm. In fact, he had already thought of the route to escape. During today's march, he had considered the surrounding terrain and geography and chose the most suitable route to escape.

Zhang Tong said: "It is definitely not possible to go north. No matter who it is, we will guess the direction of our abscond at the first time. We will definitely pursue Qixian. It is unlikely to go south. This will be further and further away from the destination. Even if we escape back to Jiexiu, it will be a dead end. To the west is the Fen River, the river is wide and the water is fast, and there are no boats. How can we cross it? More than twenty miles east is the continuous Dongshan. As long as we escape to the mountains, we can lie dormant. Even if the Sima family has many troops, we may not be able to find it."

Everyone heard Zhang Tong's analysis and nodded one after another. Now they didn't care about anything else. Only by being able to escape from their lives is the best strategy.

So the group stood up, turned eastward, and headed towards the east mountain.

Dongshan is more than twenty miles away from Sima Jun’s camp. These twenty miles are not far away, but not close. However, if they can get faster, they may have arrived at Dongshan before dawn.

Now with the cover of night, they can walk more easily and don’t have to worry too much about being chased by pursuers, but the situation will be very different after dawn. Since this area is basically a plain, as open as a twilight, the cavalry can find targets at a long distance, and once discovered by the cavalry, they have almost no chance of escaping.

Therefore, Zhang Tong decided that he had to arrive at Dongshan before dawn. Now it was only about two hours before dawn. After walking twenty miles in two hours, time was still quite tense.

When they ran away, they acted quietly and did not dare to ride horses. Now they were walking on the road and found that it was so difficult to have no horses. However, in order to escape, dozens of people still gritted their teeth and walked away all the way east.

The cavalry sent by Sima Zhao rushed towards Qixian. Of course, they were not sure whether Zhang Tong and others were walking or riding horses. They advanced along several roads leading to Qixian, and carefully searched for the traces of Zhang Tong and others along the way.

Unfortunately, they were about to approach Qi County, and there was no trace of Zhang Tong and others. Even a footprint or a horse's hoof print was not found. Zhang Tong and others seemed to have evaporated from the world, and they could not see anyone in their lives or corpses in their lives.

The cavalry of the Sima Army did not dare to move forward any further. If they walked again, they would probably encounter the cavalry of the Bingzhou Army. They would definitely suffer losses when fighting without preparation, so they chased them until dawn, and the Sima Cavalry could only return without success.

Sima Zhao was so angry that he ordered all the people in the logistics camp to be caught and tortured to see if there were any fish that missed the net.

Sima Zhao felt that the supplies were burned under his nose. After Zhang Tong thought he was a famous general Zhang Liao, Sima Yi appointed him to serve as an important position in supervising the transportation of grain and grass.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Tong would defect to the Bingzhou Army and set off a fire to burn all the food and supplies that could support the 70,000 army for several days. This would inevitably affect the operation of the cavalry army.

The pursuers sent out came back to report and said that they had not found Zhang Tong, which made Sima Zhao very angry and puzzled. It seemed that Zhang Tong had not walked to Qi County at all. If you want to find Zhang Tong now, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Even Zhong Hui, who has always been smart, was helpless.
Chapter completed!