Xiao Yao led the 5,000 men and horses of the forward brigade to rush to Linying County, but because the artillery battalion had to drag dozens of artillery pieces and pull dozens of carts of ammunition and supplies, the marching speed was not fast!

"Shiro, at this rate, we won't be able to catch up with Linying County after the three of us! But now my father's situation is very critical, and if we arrive a quarter of an hour late, my father will be in danger, so we can't go so slowly! Xiao Shilian said anxiously.

Xiao Yao helplessly glanced at the artillery battalion that followed the back of the team, then gritted his teeth and said decisively: "The musket battalion and the cavalry battalion are both cavalry troops, we can take them to Linying County first, and the artillery battalion will let them follow behind, march as fast as possible, and then catch up with us as soon as possible!" ”

So, after Xiao Yao explained a few words to Li Nong, he immediately led the soldiers of the other two battalions to gallop towards Linying County, while the artillery battalion continued to advance slowly at a turtle speed, and soon, the distance between the two teams was widened.

On the third day of October, in the early morning, Xiao Yao, who had just been brightened and rested for a while, was eager to save his father, and decided to continue to rush immediately and march quickly towards Linying County!

"Shiro, after this valley, we have reached the boundary of Linying County!" Xiao Shilian pointed to the valley road in front of him.

"Big brother, is this valley the only way to Linying County? I look at this place, there are only two entrances and exits, one in front and one behind, and the dense and dim woods on both sides except for the cliffs, which is a good place for ambush! Xiao Yao frowned and said.

"This is the fastest shortcut to Linying County, if you don't cross this valley, I'm afraid you will have to go around a big circle, and you will waste a lot of time! Shiro, it's important to save your father, and your musket team is so powerful, even if there is an ambush, I believe we can break through! Xiao Shilian preached.

"Gao Changgong is now using the strategy of encircling the point to send reinforcements, that is, his target is me! Then he will surely have an ambush waiting for me in this woods! Xiao Yao squinted.

"Shiro, are you scared? Who in the world today doesn't know how powerful your Xiao Shilang infantry battalion is! And now you have expanded the infantry battalion and turned into a forward brigade, and your strength has increased dramatically, why are you so timid now, you are actually afraid of an ambush! If you are really afraid, the eldest brother is willing to rush over with my cavalry team first and open the way for you! Xiao Shilian said excitedly.

"Big brother, slow down! The heart sails the ship of ten thousand years! And to open the way, you don't need the eldest brother to go in person! Want to ambush me here? No way! He Fu, you first send a platoon of people over to shoot a few shots, throw a few grenade bullets, and probe! Xiao Yao sneered.

A pathfinder detachment of fifty musketeers immediately rode their horses and rushed towards the valley! After entering the valley, someone randomly shot at the woods on both sides, and there was a fuse of Ru burning grenade bullets, and they were vigorously thrown into the dense woods, and after a burst of gunfire and a few explosions, a scream was heard in the woods!

"There's an ambush!" The pathfinder detachment immediately shouted loudly, then quickly turned its horse's head and withdrew from the valley.

"Kill!" "Capture Xiao Shilang alive!" With a burst of shouts of killing, a force of thousands of rao quickly rushed out of the valley, closely following the pathfinder detachment, and shooting arrows at them!

When the detachment rode their horses and ran back to the large army quickly, Xiao Yao had already ordered the musket team to line up in battle formation, and behind a row of shield walls, there were three rows of musketeers, a row of more than 300 people, aiming at the ambush soldiers who were gradually chasing over!

This ambush soldier who chased out of the valley, at the front was the shield soldier with a thick shield, followed by the archers, when they rushed into a distance of a hundred meters, they began to shoot arrows at Xiao Yao and them desperately!

The distance is getting closer and closer, and the arrows shot by the ambush soldiers are getting more and more fierce, and they have even been inserted in He Fu's paper armor, but he still hasn't ordered to shoot, because these musketeers are using smoothbore muskets, although this kind of musket manufacturing process is simple, and it can be equipped with troops on a large scale, but the disadvantage is that the firing range is short, a distance of 100 meters, it can't shoot through the shield at all, and the accuracy is also poor, and it can't hit the target from 50 meters away!

Therefore, when the ambush rushed into a distance of fifty meters, He Fu still did not react, and when the ambush rushed into a range of twenty meters, and could even see the opponent's eyeballs, He Fu immediately shouted loudly: "Fire!" ”

Bang bang bang! After a puff of white smoke, the shield soldiers who rushed to the front immediately fell in large pieces, and at such a close distance, even if the smoothbore guns were not very powerful, the bullets fired could still penetrate their shields, killing and wounding them.

"Second company ready! Fire! He Fu continued to shout.

After a few rounds of gunfire, the ambush soldiers never rushed past the distance of twenty meters, and finally they could only retreat to the mouth of the valley to confront Xiao Yao, but left nearly a thousand soldiers lying on the ground, some had been killed, some were wounded, lying on the ground and constantly calling for help.

The two sides confronted each other for a long time, and Xiao Shilian finally couldn't help it, and said to Xiao Yao: "Shiro, are we always here to confront them?" Why don't we rush over yet? Father is waiting for us to rescue him! ”

"They can't just have such a few people ambushing here, there must be people in the woods! Now that the other side has the advantage in numbers, and we don't have artillery in our hands, rushing in will only be a dead end! Xiao Yao said calmly.

"You mean we don't rush over and watch our father get killed by them!" Xiao Shilian scolded angrily.

"Big brother, calm down, I'm as anxious as you, and I want to rush over to rescue my father as soon as possible, but I can't save my father by dying in vain!" Xiao Yao also scolded back loudly, and then continued: "Gao Changgong's goal is me, if he doesn't defeat me, he won't attack his father!" Since he sent heavy troops to ambush me here, huh! If you care about me so much, then I'll take a gamble! I took the musket battalion to lure them away, and then eldest brother, you took Wen Yuan's cavalry battalion to quickly break through this valley and rush to Linying County to rescue my father! ”

Over, Xiao Yao ordered the musket battalion to mount immediately, and then all the staff turned their horses and quickly retreated!

This scene made all the ambush soldiers at the mouth of the valley look stupid, isn't this Xiao Yao and Xiao Moke father and son have a deep relationship? Why didn't you dare to break through when you saw an ambush in the valley now, and they all fled back to save Xiao Moke?

"It seems that the prince is right! Sure enough, without the help of artillery, this Xiao Yao would not have the sharpness he had before, and we were so scared that he didn't dare to break into the valley! The general in charge of the ambush in the valley said with disdain: "Huh? Could it be that they want to take a detour to Linying County? No way! We must not let him go to Linying County to meet Xiao Moke! Get on the horse immediately, catch up with me, and capture Xiao Yao alive! ”

Seeing that the ambush soldiers in the valley were chased out of the valley, Xiao Yao knew that he was right, Gao Changgong's goal was really himself, as long as he retreated, they would definitely chase him out of the valley!

"Big brother, they've chased it out! Hurry up with the cavalry battalion to save your father, and I'll lure them away!" Xiao Yao said.

"Shiro, you are really powerful, you can even guess that these ambush soldiers will definitely chase them out of the valley!" Xiao Shilian said happily, but he sneered in his heart: Of course they will chase them out, because their mission is to kill you!

"Good! Then you go ahead and lead them away, and I'll go with the cavalry battalion to save my father!" "Over, Xiao Shilian immediately took Huang Wenyuan's two thousand cavalry to bypass the ambush that came out, and then quickly rushed towards the valley! Because now that his goal has been achieved, the number of troops left by Xiao Yao's side is getting smaller and smaller, so Xiao Shilian can't wait to leave immediately, so as not to harm the pond fish!

Xiao Yao saw the black pressure of the cavalry chasing behind him, at least tens of thousands of people, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: Why is my luck so bad, and now I have to be chased and killed by 10,000 cavalry!

While riding his horse and galloping, Xiao Yao thought to himself: After I join the artillery battalion, I will entertain you fiercely with artillery!

Because he knew that the 1,000 broken guns in the hands of the musket battalion alone could not stop these 10,000 murderous cavalrymen at all, and this time he could not have other troops to help him stop some of the pursuers like last time, so he could only run back desperately, striving to meet the artillery battalion as soon as possible!

When Xiao Yao ran back desperately for dozens of miles along the original road, he suddenly heard the rumbling cannon, and he was shocked in his heart, and suddenly felt bad: Could it be that Gao Changgong not only ambushed himself, but also ambushed the artillery battalion?

Xiao Yao was in doubt and uneasy, and at this time, there were several loud noises, which made Xiao Yao even more creepy: this is not the sound of cannons, nor the explosion of explosives packets, this is the explosion of a whole vehicle of gunpowder!