The pursuers seemed to have entered their ambush circle, but for some reason, they withdrew abruptly, making him suspect something was amiss.
Firstly, the leader must be a very experienced general. Secondly, they might have set up an ambush nearby, waiting for them to come down.
So, Qin Kun chose to remain stationary.
But Zhou Honghai was a little impatient, "Sir, since the pursuers have retreated, why not continue on our way? What if they surround us from the front?"
Qin Kun was naturally suspicious and considered every possible scenario, just as Zhou Honghai did. He assumed those pursuers from Capital City were not capable of this. It was just a pretense to make them leave their vantage point, then they would immediately catch up.
But Zhou Honghai reasoned, they did not act as he had envisioned.