Zhao Ju stepped forward quickly and saluted, "Mr. Ming, why have you returned? It's not completely safe here yet. Please, sir, follow the guards to return immediately to the Yu State's stationed army."
Ming Yu looked ahead and saw that there were still three soldiers from the Yu State Army alive. He then said to Zhao Ju, "We were cautious all along the way. I don't know how our whereabouts were leaked. They had an ambush here in advance, and I'm afraid they've already sent a message back to the camp."
Hearing this, Zhao Ju immediately did a headcount and found they had only eighteen people. Narrowing his eyes, he stepped forward to ask, "How did you know the convoy would pass this way?"
The soldiers, not having been killed, were equivalent to having been captured. They had no particular loyalty to anyone, so they said frankly, "We discovered it ourselves."
