"Pimple ......"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded on the official road, and seven or eight riders in various costumes leaned on their horses, their feet tightened tightly, and for the horses this was what it meant to accelerate.

Although the rider on horseback already knew that the war horse under his crotch was already overwhelmed, and if he continued to urge like this, the war horse would be wasted, he still did not hesitate to clamp the horse's belly, and from time to time whipped the horse's back to make the war horse run faster.

After a while of the riders, a group of cavalry came running behind them, but the costumes of this group were not as messy as the one that had just passed.

These cavalrymen were all dressed in half-body iron armor made of stainless steel, with helmets on their heads and a fire hammer on their backs, and in the process of chasing, these cavalrymen also shot arrows at the riders in front of them from time to time, but because it was too difficult to aim on their horses, and the riders in front of them also deliberately changed their running routes from time to time, so it was difficult to aim, except for a few arrows that hit one or two unlucky ghosts, the rest of the arrows all missed.

But as time passed, the speed of the fleeing riders in front of them gradually slowed down, although they had escaped by destroying the health of the war horse, but the potential of the war horse was limited after all, and when the potential was exhausted, no matter how much they urged the war horse, it was useless.

"Hiss ......"

The front hooves of a running war horse were weak, and even the man and the horse fell to the ground, and the rider on the horseback flew out five or six meters, and after landing on the ground, his head was twisted at a strange angle, and his mouth kept spitting blood foam, it was obvious that this person was no longer good.

The companions next to him ignored him at all, and still rode their horses desperately, and many people turned back frequently, for fear that a deadly crossbow arrow would come from behind.

But their luck is also good, just before the cavalry behind them chased them, Taihu City finally arrived, when they saw the city that had become a little ruined, several people's eyes were red, it was not easy, and finally picked up a small life.

The person who was desperately running away was naturally the outpost of the rogue, and the person chasing them behind was Jiang Ningjun's night guard.

There was such a big commotion under the city, and the rogues on the city wall naturally did not fail to find out, and soon a group of cavalry went out of the city to meet their companions, and by the way, see if they could eat the pursuers behind.

"Brothers, rush forward and kill those Ming troops."

"Go!"

Hundreds of cavalry rushed towards the pursuers behind, but something surprising happened.

If it was an ordinary night retreat, it would naturally run as far as possible in the face of an enemy nearly ten times larger, but these Jiangning troops did not turn around and flee, but reined in their horses, and under the order of an officer, they all raised their Mini-style rifles and aimed at the rogues who were rushing towards them.

"Put!"

"Bang ......"

There was only a crackling gunshot, and seven or eight rogues fell from their horses, and after all this was done, they did not hurry to put the firearms behind their backs, and rode their horses towards the way they came.

Seeing that the Ming army's night was so arrogant, the thief who led the team out (equivalent to the Ming army's hundred generals) was so angry that his eyes were red, and he immediately led people to chase after him without thinking, and when Yuan Datou received the news and was about to order them to retreat, these people had already run away without a trace.

"These bastards actually attack without an order, treat the military regulations as nothing, and wait for them to come back and make them look good!"

City gates

Looking at the dead and wounded so much that only three or four people were left to talk about the outpost, Yuan Datou was so angry that he was like thunder, but he forgot that the person who was most disgusted with military regulations on weekdays was none other than him, the captain.

After losing his temper, Yuan Datou asked Cui Tou angrily to a few detectives standing on the side: "Where did you meet those who didn't accept at night, and how was the situation of the Ming army?" ”

One of the sentry sentries at the head cried: "If you go back to the captain, the brothers really met the Ming army at a place called Qiutian Village more than eighty miles away from here, and after the two sides met, the brothers immediately exchanged hands with them.

It's just that our equipment is so poor that the arrows fired by the brothers can't penetrate the iron armor of their equipment at all, and after a while of arrows fired at each other, almost half of our brothers were less than half of the nearly twenty people. Seeing that the situation was not good, the villain immediately ordered a retreat, and those damn Ye Bu Hui chased after him, and the brothers were shot to death by Ye Bu Hui all the way, and now there are only three or four of us left. ”

Yuan Datou interrupted him impatiently: "I didn't ask how many people you died, I asked what was the situation of the Ming army?" How many soldiers and horses did they come? How far away is it from us, and will they attack Taihu County? ”

The sentry hurriedly said: "Captain, what the villain and his party encountered was only the night of the Jiangning army, as for their brigade, they did not meet, but according to the villain's knowledge, the range of the Ming army's night retreat will not exceed 100 miles, so according to the villain's estimate, the Jiangning army's brigade should be about 140 to 160 miles away from us in the north." ”

"One hundred and sixty miles?"

Yuan Datou frowned slightly, this distance is nothing for an army. According to the marching speed of the Ming army, the Jiangning army could reach the county seat of Taihu in two to three days at most.

After being silent for a while, Yuan Datou turned his head and said: "Immediately scatter all our outposts, we must find out the number and destination of the Ming army, and then order all the people in the city to gather and repair the damaged city wall as soon as possible." ”

"Understood!"

A department general said to him with some worry: "Big brother...... Do we have to fight Jiang Ningjun? The military advisor has been instructed that when encountering the Jiangning army, they must immediately report to King Chuang or retreat, and they must not act rashly, if they suffer losses because of this, King Chuang will be angry. ”

"You're scared of a fart."

Yuan Datou snorted coldly.

"Don't forget, King Chuang also said. If anyone in our righteous army can win a head of Jiang Ning's sergeant, he will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, three heads will be promoted to one level, and ten heads will be directly promoted to three ranks.

I pondered, if I can kill one or two hundred Jiangning troops, although it is impossible for me, the captain, to be promoted, but I can also let that scholar see that the Jiangning army is not invincible in the world, and we still have someone who can cure him. At that time, I will see that he is not ashamed, and such a scholar who doesn't even dare to kill chickens dares to set military rules for our brothers in the old camp, which is so beautiful!"

Speaking of this, Yuan Datou's eyes showed a strange light, as if he had seen everyone's surprised and adoring eyes if he could defeat a Jiangning army and throw hundreds of heads in front of Li Yan.