More than 1,000 cavalry divided into several teams and passed through the wilderness on the outskirts of Beijing like a gust of wind. More than a dozen of them, four-seated four-wheeled carriages, escorted by cavalry, kept pace with the cavalry, and fled all the way east.

Although they have been out of Beijing for dozens of miles, Zu Dashou and his entourage still did not dare to slow down the pace, after igniting the Liukou camp with rockets, they took advantage of the chaos to kill out of the capital, relying on the high-quality Liaodong horses, far behind the Liukou, but everyone knows that this kind of throwing away is only temporary, as long as they breathe a little sigh of relief, the Liukou will definitely catch up!

Looking back, you can't see the walls of the capital anymore, and of course you can't hear the roar of the cannons and the shouts of the Liukou, and you can't even see the Liukou, as for what the capital looks like now?

To be honest, Zu Dashou didn't care, it didn't matter if the inner city had fallen or not, after all, Li Zicheng's pursuers had been chasing behind their butts......

"Poked a hornet's nest!"

Thinking about the chase behind him, Zu Dashou only had one thought left in his heart, since they took advantage of the chaos to kill out of the capital, thousands of Liukou's cavalry have been chasing them, in the final analysis, the reason is nothing other than that - Liukou must have thought that the emperor was in the horse team, so he would desperately chase after him.

"Uncle,"

Zu Mingsan shouted.

"If you continue like this, you can't go on like this, the rogue behind you will chase after you, if you continue to run like this, our horses will die of exhaustion, and we will still suffer at that time!"

Zu Mingsan is Zu Dashou's nephew, although he is a distant relative, but he is very brave in the battle, which is also the reason why he will be sent to the capital, that is, I hope that he will lead this thousand families to protect Zu Dashou and others from the capital, but he never thought that it would be the current result.

Like stabbing a hornet's nest? Since they left the capital? And the thieves pursued them closely. These more than 1,000 soldiers, although they are all elite cavalry of the ancestral army? But after all, the number of troops is limited? But there are only more than 1,000 people, such a small number of people? It's okay to kill a rogue by surprise, but once you fall into a siege? There are more ants gnawing at elephants.

And these thousand cavalry were scattered out of several teams? There were more than 100 horsemen serving as forward sentinels, and 300 cavalry in the back. The remaining six hundred horses are controlled by Zu Dashou, and the carriages of the princes and princesses who are guarding and the daughters of the ancestral family are riding, those people can't ride horses? Fortunately, the four-wheeled carriage was fast enough. Otherwise, you'll have to drag down the big guys.

But even so? That doesn't mean they're safe, after all, the rogues are chasing them from behind!

What's even worse is that the Liukou now mistakenly thinks that the emperor is in the carriage, and he is chasing after him all the way? I didn't give them any time to catch their breath.

What the hell is this......

This is unlucky, although it is no stranger to breaking out? But Zu Dashou didn't expect such a result at all, in the past, it was just the general who ran away? The enemy can chase after it, but not necessarily desperately after it? But now it's different? Liukou thinks the emperor is here? With such a great merit here, how could they not catch up?

In fact, even if he was a professional household running away on the battlefield, he would definitely not make such a huge brigade of people escape, he would definitely choose to go out in small units and flee in all directions.

But the problem is this, there are few unprofessional ones!

Oh, no, there are professionals, more than 200 years later, Cixi, people fled from that profession, not to use soldiers and horses to guard, or even directly use the dart game, you see how professional this escape is.

"Don't worry, the rogue is just chasing for a while."

As the backbone of everyone, Zu Dashou knows that the most important thing at this time is people's hearts, and when people's hearts are confused, there will definitely be problems. When the time comes, everyone will rush to run for their lives, and there will be a big mess, so don't think about leaving. Escaping on the battlefield is about luck, but more often, it is necessary to cage the hearts of the army first.

Under normal circumstances, there are very few people who will chase the iron cavalry led like this, and the poor Kou Don't chase is what they say, these desperate escapes, in order to escape, must be at any cost, all of them are full of combat effectiveness, as long as they catch up, it must be a vicious battle.

Under normal circumstances, who will hunt down such a person except who is well fed? Even if it is Dongyu, he will not take the initiative to find hard stubble, is it not happy?

It's not happy, it's clearly going to die.

But now it's different, they are hard, but in their team, there is a piece of fat that attracts the rogue-the emperor!

With the emperor among them, the thieves will desperately chase after them, this thing is difficult to do!

It's just a group of deserters, they must be chasing for a while, but with the "emperor" here, they are afraid that they will chase to the ends of the earth!

In fact, in the plan formulated by Zu Dashou, this team of people, even including his own family members, is actually an existence that can act as an abandoned son at any time. Once he encounters the pursuers of the brigade, he will lead his henchmen to escort several princes and princesses to break out, and it doesn't matter if anyone else is involved.

What's important?

It is the prince who shows the emperor's attitude to pass on the throne and the edict that passes the throne to the general, as long as there are these, the glory and wealth of the ancestral family can be preserved!

What if we divide our forces now?

Thinking of the original plan, when Zu Dashou looked towards the rear, Zu Mingsan said directly.

"Uncle, you lead the brigade to Shanhaiguan first, and the small one leads three hundred horsemen to kill him......

It's also an option.

However, this kind of breakthrough method is the next strategy......

"No!"

Zu Dashou let out a sigh and then said.

"The pursuers behind you have to have 5,000 if you don't have 3,000, if you kill a horse pistol, that is, send it to death, if you fight like this, we may not be able to escape......"

After a pause, Zu Dashou looked in the direction of Shanhaiguan again, and then silently thought in his heart, Shanhaiguan...... It's so far!

If the thieves chase after them desperately, it is estimated that the horses will die of exhaustion before they reach Shanhaiguan.

The Emperor is really not here!

At this time, Zu Dashou couldn't wait to shout, the emperor was in the capital, not in the car!

But he didn't dare to say such things, and he couldn't say them.

Now what?

If they chased after them all the way, they would definitely not be able to escape.

No, it can't go on like this.

Zu Dashou stood on horseback and looked at it, his face was a little solemn, but he didn't look ahead, but looked at whether there was any sand and dust in the air.

"Hear if there are any pursuers."

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the servants fell from his horse and lay on the ground, his ears touching the ground.

After a while, he arrived in front of Zu Dashou, and his expression was quite solemn.

"Uncle, there are chasing soldiers!"

And then he said,

"There should be a lot of people! It is estimated to be in the thousands. ”

Zu Dashou's face was calm, and he asked unhurriedly:

"How far?"

"Twenty miles away."

20 miles, it's really close enough, if this tail can't be shaken off, let alone escape to Shanhaiguan, I'm afraid everyone's lives will be lost on this halfway.

Zu Dashou nodded, and said to Zu Ming:

"Do you think we can go to Shanhaiguan?"

"It's okay without the pursuers, ...... right now"

Zu Mingsan thought for a while and said,

"If people rush so desperately, either people are tired to death, or horses are tired to death."

What I was most afraid of when I ran away was that the pursuers behind me were in hot pursuit. As long as the other party chases desperately, I am afraid that I can't catch up with people, and I can also tire people and horses to death.

It's not the way to go on like this.

"It's a dead word anyway!"

Zu Dashou scolded, and then said.

"Shanhaiguan can't go, let's go to Zhangjiawan, there may be a boat there, now the ice on the river has just melted, let's get on the boat, those rogues can only stare all the way after us."

Although he had never fought a water war, Zu Dashou also knew that he was marching on the waterway and thought about it, and said,

"There's a boat over there in Zhangjiawan. If we get on the boat, then we can go all the way down the river, even if the rogue catches up with us, we can only stare dryly on the shore, don't look at the river is not wide, but don't let us go to the middle of the river, if they don't have a boat, they can only watch from the shore. If we are on the ship, we will be able to go south day and night, and when the time comes, the pursuers will certainly not be able to catch up with us, and it is not far from the canal to Shandong, and even we will meet the team sent by the general to King Qin on the way. ”

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