could not e up with the cavalcade。 What they did meet with was a chilly breeze and a cold mist that rolled about them。
They found it uncanny and halted； saying one to another； 〃How extraordinary it is that we have been pressing on and yet we got no nearer。 What does it mean？〃
When Zhuge Liang saw that the pursuit had ceased； he had his chariot pushed out again to the front and passed within sight of the halted troops。 At first they hesitated； but presently took up the pursuit once more。 Whereupon the chariot again retired； proceeding slowly； but always keeping out of reach。 And thus more than seven miles were covered and the chariot was still not captured。
Again the soldiers halted； puzzled and perplexed at this inprehensible chase。 But as soon as they stopped； the chariot came again toward them and they retook pursuit。
Sima Yi now came up with a strong force。 But he also halted； and said to his generals； 〃This Zhuge Liang is a master in the arts of necromancy and juggling and Eight Gates and knows how to call up the Deities of Six Layers to his aid。 I know this trick of his： It is the 'Ground Rolling' in the 'Book of Six Layers Deities'； and it is vain to pursue。〃
So they ceased following。 But then a roll of drums came from the left side as if a body of troops were approaching。 Sima Yi told off some panies to repel them； but there only came into view a small force； and in their midst was a party of men dressed in black； the exact counterpart of the cavalcade he had first sent to pursue。 In the chariot sat another Zhuge Liang just like the one that had just disappeared。
〃But just now he was sitting in that other chariot； which we chased for fifteen miles。 How can he be here？〃 said Sima Yi。
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