Chapter 2373: Chase at Dusk
The bonfire was crackling, and everyone gathered around it to keep warm and roast the biscuits and dried meat in their hands.
Wang Yan and Xiao Guwei were alone together, analyzing the possible responses of the Hari people and how to effectively avoid the Hari Rangers.
"The Hari Rangers are mainly in Yilibali, because if the Ming Dynasty wants to attack them, they will definitely occupy Yilibali City first and turn it into a place to store food and grass."
The two of them turned their backs to the bonfire and whispered to the direction of Hari, not noticing Zhao Xing coming from behind.
"Sir." Xiao Guwei said, "Their rangers will be replaced. We don't know when they will be replaced, nor do we know their location. We must send out scouts to investigate."
"Sir Xiao, I know when their rangers will be replaced."
Xiao Guwei turned around and looked at Zhao Xing unhappily, saying, "From now on, if you leave my sight, I will chop off your head!"
Zhao Xing was stunned and said, "Sir, I am not a spy, and I will not surrender to the Ha Lie people."
"This is the rule."
Wang Yan's eyes were like a sharp blade, passing through Zhao Xing's face: "Breaking the rules means suspicion!"
Zhao Xing said awkwardly, "Yes, I know I was wrong. But I do know the day they will be replaced."
Wang Yan nodded and motioned him to speak.
"I have been cleaning the city for some time. Every month and a half, the Hari people's cavalry, about 3,000 people, will go out to replace them, and then the same number of cavalry will come back. It seems that there are three groups of people rotating."
"How long will it take for this group to be replaced?"
Zhao Xing just calculated it, and said: "About ten days."
Xiao Guwei looked at Wang Yan and said solemnly: "Sir, we must avoid them."
Wang Yan squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, and said calmly: "The territory here is very large, and more than 3,000 people can't find us. I am now thinking about the pursuers."
"The meat charmer is here. If we save him at this moment, it is equivalent to slapping Meiergan in the face. How can he let it go?"
Xiao Guwei said: "Sir, will Meiergan send out a large army?"
No matter how powerful the black thorns are, once they are surrounded by a large army, they will die.
And Fang Xing said at the beginning that the black thorns are not used for the army to charge into battle, but for a certain person or a certain target.
Wang Yan calmly analyzed: "Impossible! With Rou Mi Mi here, Mei Er Gan can only make a big deal out of a small one. Otherwise, at best, he will be embarrassed. At worst, Rou Mi Mi will reevaluate the alliance with Ha Lie, and even turn into a wolf and swallow Ha Lie in one gulp! Mei Er Gan is not stupid. He can unify Ha Lie, so he naturally knows these relationships and will make the best choice, so the scale of our pursuers will not be large."
Xiao Guwei frowned, looking worried.
"Sir, will they encounter Ha Lie's cavalry?"
Zhao Xing didn't know who they were, but he didn't dare to ask.
Wang Yan said lightly: "More than 3,000 people are nothing, but I'm afraid of alerting the enemy, but it will be soon."
He glanced at Zhao Xing and said: "Let those brothers rest early, and we will continue to set off later."
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The dark night on the grassland is not quiet. There are animals howling in the distance, and some inexplicable sounds, probably the sound of the wind.
The bonfire is still burning, this is Wang Yan taking a risk.
The prisoners were a little weak, and in this season, the night on the grassland could freeze a normal person to death, so he took the risk of keeping the bonfire, and the price was that more than ten black thorns were watching behind to prevent the pursuers from attacking.
"Let's go!"
"Get up! Hurry up!"
"Put out the bonfire!"
The black thorns didn't need to be called, they woke up at the time, and then some people went to wake up the prisoners, and some people went to put out the fire, in an orderly manner.
Wang Yan looked at his subordinates and proudly said to Xiao Guwei: "This is the strongest army of the Ming Dynasty!"
Xiao Guwei smiled and said: "My lord, they say that Jubaoshan Guard is the strongest army in the world!"
Wang Yan said lightly: "Put down the firearms, the black thorns are invincible in the world!"
...
The war horses were moving slowly,
There was nothing they could do. If they hurried, no matter how strong the war horses were, no matter how many war horses they had, they would not be able to hold on.
When purple appeared on the horizon, Wang Yan called a halt to the escape.
Everyone got off the horses quickly, not to rest, but to feed the horses.
Zhao Xing felt a little uneasy. He looked at the grassland in the morning light and said, "Sir, let's go quickly."
Wang Yan also felt that the grassland looked dangerous at this time, but people could endure it, but war horses could not.
After resting for a while, the group set out again.
Zhao Xing kept looking back to the back. He always felt that there was a pair of eyes staring at him with a sinister look.
And at this moment, behind them, about ten miles away, thousands of cavalry were riding forward.
The leading general was the one who volunteered in front of Miergan.
At this moment, the general's face flushed and he shouted loudly: "It's still warm under those bonfires. They rested there last night. We have bitten them. We can catch them by following the traces of horse hooves all the way!"
"The king said that if we catch them, we will get promoted and rich regardless of life or death. Warriors, speed up!"
The distance between the two sides was shortened little by little. When the front saw the scouts of the Ming army lagging behind, it was already afternoon.
General Ha Lie looked up at the gradually darkening sky, and remembered the terrible introductions of the armies that had encountered this Ming army. He shouted, "Let's strangle them together again when it gets dark!"
Yes, he was a little afraid of the lethality of this small army.
The strength that Black Thorn showed in the actions of capturing and leaving the city was frightening. General Ha Lie believed that Meiergan would suppress those analyses because he was afraid that it would hit the morale of the army.
Ha Lie should not be an enemy of the Ming people!
General Ha Lie sighed, and then this thought dissipated.
Once a conflict with the Ming Dynasty occurred, Ha Lie would be the first to bear the brunt. If the strength invested by Rou Mi Ren was not enough, then Ha Lie would become a joke in history books.
At this time, the Ming army scouts in front also discovered the pursuers, and two of them no longer spared their horsepower and began to speed up.
This was to go back and report the news.
General Ha Lie was not worried at all.
At this moment of pursuit, if the Ming army hurriedly fled, the pursuers would become cats, waiting for the Ming army mouse to slowly tire, and then chase and bite.
The two sides finally saw each other, and the Ming army began to speed up. General Ha Lie couldn't help laughing, and then took the pursuers to bite tightly.
At this time, the Ming army was always worried about being caught up, so the psychological pressure was great.
The sound of horse hooves sounded like thunder on the grassland, the horses neighed, and the pursuers roared.
The chase began.
In order to increase the pressure on the Ming army, the Halie people chased them in batches and threatened them with arrows.
And their harassment action obviously did not work, and the black thorns were lagging behind. These black thorns were very bold, and they turned their horses around from time to time to kill for a while. When they killed the scattered pursuers, they drove their horses to chase again.
The sun began to set in the west, and the Halie general calculated the time and then ordered: "Kill the enemy!"
The time had come, and the more than 3,000 Halie people roared and urged the horses like crazy.
"My lord, the enemy has begun to speed up!"
Xiao Guwei also wanted to speed up, but once he did, he estimated that at least half of the prisoners would be left behind.
Wang Yan heard the noise, but just looked ahead and said, "Tell them not to save their horses, wrap them up and go!"
So the Black Thorns began to wrap the prisoners in the middle, and the speed suddenly increased.
The two sides chased each other, and the Black Thorns who were left behind had killed more than ten people who chased them, but the speed of the other side was getting faster and faster.
Zhao Xing felt a surge of blood rushing up, he caught up with Wang Yan in front, and shouted: "Sir, I am willing to lead people to cover the rear!"
The so-called rear is probably to die, slowing down the speed of the pursuers.
Wang Yan ignored him, but urged the team to speed up.
The chase behind became more and more intense.
The Black Thorns shot down the pursuers one by one with bows and arrows, and when there were too many pursuers, they would light grenades.
A scream came in the intermittent explosions.
"A Song..."
A Black Thorn was hit by an arrow on his horse, and his speed was only slightly delayed, and he was overwhelmed by the rushing pursuers.