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By this time, everyone except Chen and the other three had boarded the rafts Chen spotted a mounted officer directing the troops, and sprang over to himHe pulled the fficer from his horse and ran for the river bank with him under his armThe Manchu troops rushed forward to try to save their commanding officer, but they didn't dare to fire any arrowsChen leapt onto one of the rafts and Jiang and Luo Bing began to move them out towards the centre of the river The Yellow River was in full flood and with the current powerful and turbulant, the two large sheepskin rafts flew off downstreamThe hubbub of the great armed column slowly faded as the river roared around them The heroes set about tending to the wounded'Leopard' Wei's mind gradually cleared and his body was found to be free from omega aqua terra watch wounds'Buddha' Zhao was an expert at medical treatment as well as with darts and he bound up 'Iron Pagoda' Yang's and Zhang Jin's woundsZhang Jin was more seriously injured, but was in no dangerXin Yan had been hit by several Golden Needles, and was in such pain that he cried out continuallyThe needles had penetrated right through the flesh into the bones, and Zhao took a magnet from his medicine bag and drew them out one by oneLuo Bing rowed on silentlyNot only had they failed to rescue Wen, but 'Mastermind' Xu, Zhou Qi, Lu Feiqing and his pupil had been lost as well, and no-one knew where 'Scholar' Yu had got to Chen roused the captured Manchu officer"What the hell was your column doing travelling through the night like that?" he asked The officer said nothingYang slapped him on the face"Are cheap chanel purses you going to talk?" he shouted'll talk," the officer said quickly, holding his cheek"What do you want me to say?" "What was your column doing travelling at night?" "General Zhao Wei received an Imperial command ordering us to attack the Muslim areas and take them over before a certain dateHe was afraid we wouldn't make it in the time limit, and also that the Muslims would hear of our approach and make preparationsSo we've been marching day and night "The Muslims are very well-behaved," said Chen"Why are you going to attack them?" "That "If you are heading for the Muslim areas, why did you come to interfere in our business?" "General Zhao heard of some bandits making trouble in this area and ordered me to lead a detail to deal with them, but the main army didn't stop Before fake chanel bag he could finish, Yang gave him another slap"Damn your mother!" he shouted"It's you who are the bandits!" "Yes, yes! I made a mistake!" the officer cried Chen was silent for a while, then questioned the officer closely regarding the army's troop strength, route and rationsSome of it the officer didn't know, but he did not dare to hide what he did knowhore" Chen shouted at the top of his voiceLuo Bing and Jiang steered the rafts towards the bank and everyone stepped ashore Chen called the Twin Knights over "Travel back as fast as you can and find out what happened to the others," he said"If they have fallen into the hands of the Manchus, they will certainly be taken back to Beijing along the Great RoadWe can intercept them further east and work out some way of rescuing them The Twin cartier tank louis Knights nodded and started out "Twelfth Brother," Chen continued, turning to 'Melancholy Ghost' Shi"I want you to do something for me "Whatever you say, Great Helmsman Chen wrote out a letter under the light of the moon "Please take this letter to Master Muzhuolun in the Muslim regions," he said"We have only met him and his people once, but they showed the greatest friendship towards us, so we cannot stand idly byFourth Sister, please lend your white horse to Twelfth Brother for the trip Luo Bing had kept the animal aboard the raft throughout the battle Shi mounted up and disappeared in a cloud of dustWith the horse's phenomenal speed, he estimated he could overtake the army in a day and be in time to warn Muzhuolun Chen then directed Jiang to tie the officer's hands behind his dolce purse b