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Han Wantao sat quietly in the big tent of the Chinese army, the gunfire outside the camp was more fierce than the day before, and 11 6-pounder guns spared no effort to spray scattered and solid bullets.

Zhang Hai picked up the curtain and walked in.

"Done?" Han Wantao asked.

"It's arranged. All the supplies were ready, and the order to break out was passed down to the company level. But Andreas asked to see you. ”

"What did he see me doing, wasn't he injured?"

Zhang Hai didn't speak again, and Andreas walked in from outside with gauze wrapped around his shoulders.

"Report to the sir, Captain Andreas, the commander of the cavalry company of the mixed brigade, has asked for an audience."

"Andreas." Han Wantao asked, "You don't care about your injuries, what's the matter with me?" ”

"Honorable sir." Andreas reached out and pulled a string of ornaments off his neck, "I still have a wife and a son in my hometown, and I originally planned to go back to my family after serving in the Yulin Army for three years. If you have the opportunity to meet them in the future, ask the chief to give this to them. ”

"What do you mean? Can't you give it to them yourself? ”

"Honorable sir." Andreas gave a military salute, "I'm injured and can't afford the long journey, I ask to stay and break the queen, hoping that the commander will approve it." ”

"Nope." Han Wantao didn't even think about it, and waved his hand directly, "If you want to go together, you have to stay together." ”

"Sir." Andreas struggled, "Thank you for bringing me out of the dark mine, and I'm grateful to Chief of Staff Xu for rescuing me from the encirclement yesterday, but I really can't go." I am not a subject of your Ming Dynasty, but we Germanic people are also responsible, I am a descendant of the Teutonic knights, and I cannot harm the glory of the knights. I am an officer of the Yulin Army, and I can't damage the dignity of an officer, please let me break off for you. ”

Han Wantao wanted to say something, but Zhang Hai said beside him: "Brigade Commander Han, come out and take a look." ”

Han Wantao followed Zhang Hai out of the big tent, and hundreds of wounded soldiers stood neatly outside the tent.

"Report sir." Hundreds of people shouted in unison, "We volunteered to break with Captain Andreas and ask the commander for approval." ”

A lieutenant officer walked up to Han Wantao on crutches and saluted, and then took out a letter from his clothes: "Report to the commander, my subordinate is the commander of the fifth company of the third battalion of the new second regiment, and my home is in Yulin Bay, please send this letter to my parents." Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, and subordinates choose to be loyal to the country. ”

A sergeant with a bandage on his head then came over and took out a few taels of silver from his arms: "Sir, my subordinate is the squad leader of the fifth squad of the third company and the second platoon of the first battalion of the new regiment, and his subordinate's home is in Annan, please transfer this bit of silver to the family members of his subordinates." The subordinates are not Ming people, but their subordinates are soldiers of the Yulin Army. ”

"Sir, I'm from Yazhou."

"Sir, my home is in the distant Netherlands."

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One after another, the wounded soldiers came over and put down their things in front of Han Wantao.

Han Wantao held back the tears in his eyes, slowly raised his right hand and solemnly gave a military salute to these wounded: "You are all soldiers of the Yulin Army, you are all heroes of the Yulin Army, your deeds will be passed down for centuries, I thank you." ”

After a short and half-day of squabbling, the mixed brigade made a difficult decision, and after nearly 500 wounded soldiers who had volunteered to stay behind led by Andreas, the remaining 1,700 fighters and 200 baggage troops broke through overnight.

As night fell, the 11 6-pounder guns on the position of the mixed brigade suddenly roared in unison, and at the same time, a death squad of more than 100 lightly wounded men rushed out of the barracks to the east, hoping to attract the main force of the Eight Banners Corps.

Han Wantao finally glanced at the camp of the mixed brigade, and resolutely turned around: "Let's go." ”

Ye Zhan led the second battalion of the new regiment, which was still complete, to the front, and Zhang Hai led the landing company and cavalry company at the back of the team.

The Eight Banners in the southwest were relatively small, and the mixed brigade did not make contact with the enemy, but interspersed between the two Eight Banner troops. At dawn, the army had traveled about 40 miles into a mountain pass.

"Report sir." A cavalry soldier caught up with Han Wantao, "Company Commander Zhang reported that everything is safe, and there are no pursuers behind." ”

"Command, all stop moving forward and rest in place." Han Wantao turned his head to Xu Lang and said, "Take a rest and go see how Liu Guannan is doing." ”

The two of them dismounted and came to the medical team escorting Liu Guannan.

Liu Guannan was already conscious, but he was having a high fever, sometimes awake, sometimes unconscious.

Han Wantao stretched out his hand and tried Liu Guannan's forehead: "It's still burning." ”

"He must have an infected wound." Xu Lang opened the quilt covering Liu Guannan's body and looked at it, "We have already used 2 of the four first-aid kits we brought, and we have also fed anti-inflammatory drugs, but I have not been able to get rid of the fever." ”

"He's going to have to have surgery in this situation." Han Wantao said, "Otherwise, even if I can go back alive, I won't be able to save this arm." ”

"Nope." Xu Lang shook his head, "If you operate on him here, he will die of pain." And we don't have time to stay, we must rush to Lushun to join Wang Zhaoxing as soon as possible, and the Eight Banners may catch up at any time. ”

Han Wantao knew that Xu Lang was telling the truth, and said helplessly: "Okay, let's rest for an hour and continue to set off." ”

The sky was bright. There was silence in the camp of the mixed brigade, and Yue Tuo walked into the camp accompanied by Kong Youde and Tao Min.

A Jia Lae Zhen ran over and beat a thousand: "Back to the master, there are 400 enemy troops guarding the camp, and all of them have been annihilated." ”

"How is it only four hundred?" Yue Tuo turned his head to Tao Min and asked, "Sir, didn't you say that there are at least 2,000 enemies here?" ”

Tao Min did not answer, but asked the Jialazhen "Is there any alive?" ”

"Back to the master, there are a few alive, and one of them seems to be the head of a leader, and he is a Hongyi person."

"Hongyi?" Tao Min thought for a moment, "Take me to see." ”

Andreas was covered in blood and sat on the ground with his back against a log.

"Captain Andreas." Tao Min walked over and smiled, "They left you alone?" How are your wounds, do you need to heal them? ”

"I'm hurt." "You can take me prisoner, but you must treat me as a prisoner of war." ”

The people around didn't understand what Andreas meant by this prisoner of war treatment, Tao Min squatted down and smiled: "It's totally okay, Captain Andreas, you should enjoy the prisoner of war treatment." But you have to answer me a few questions first. ”

"I'm sorry, honorable Your Excellency Wu Zhenhan." Andreas replied, "Although I don't understand why you are on that side, you have betrayed your army. Please don't ask questions that I can't disclose, this is also the right of prisoners of war. ”

"Power?" Tao Min smiled, "Captain Andreas, here you only have cooperation, no power. ”

After Tao Min finished speaking, his face suddenly changed, and he poked the wound on Andreas's shoulder with his fingers: "Let me tell you, my name is Wu Zhenhan, my name is Aixinjue Luo Taomin." Where did Han Wantao go? Where did Xu Lang go? Where did Zeng Guangxian go? Where did the mixed brigade go? ”

Andreas grinned bitterly: "You can't do this to me, mistreating prisoners of war is an act of barbarians." ”

"Sir." Yue dragged over and wanted to ask something.

Tao Min stood up and waved his hand, stopped Yue Tuo's question, lowered his head and thought for a while, and said to himself: "There are only 400 people here, and there are 100 people in the east, Han Wantao and Xu Lang will definitely guess that we have ambushed heavy troops in the direction of the Yalu River." Then they can only run in one direction, but where can they go if they run southwest? ”

Yue Tuo looked at Tao Min's expression and didn't speak again.

"Lushun, they must be going to Lushun to find Wang Zhaoxing." Tao Min suddenly figured it out, "Yue Tuo Belle, the enemy army has broken through to the southwest, the number is less than 2,000, and they have no artillery. ”

"We're going to chase it right away."

"Don't worry, Lord Belle." Tao Min said, "According to the speed of the Yulin Army, if they advance lightly, I am afraid that they will have already walked 50 miles by now." Our infantry can't catch up, so we have to use cavalry. Please gather all the elite cavalry and pursue them immediately. ”

"Do they really run out of artillery?" Yue Tuo asked uneasily.

"Lord Belle rest assured." Tao Min pointed to the blown up artillery, "Their artillery is all here." ”

"Okay, Ben Baylor will chase it himself."

The mixed brigade walked for most of the day, and did not encounter the Eight Banners along the way. In the afternoon, Ye Zhan sent a herald to report to Han Wantao that a small castle had been found ahead.

Xu Lang took out the map: "We walked out of about 100 miles, and the front should be Jiguan Mountain." ”

"Herald." Han Wantao shouted, "Go and ask Zhang Hai if there are any pursuers behind us." ”

Half an hour later, the herald came back and reported: "Company Commander Zhang sent the scouts out for 10 miles, but did not find the pursuers. ”

"What shall we do?" Han Wantao asked, "Do you need to take a rest from the castle in front of us, we have walked more than 100 miles in one day and one night, and the soldiers are very tired." ”

Xu Lang didn't answer Han Wantao, Han Wantao asked again: "What are you thinking, can we fight the castle or not?" ”

"Wan Tao, you let me be quiet first, and I'll think about it."

Xu Lang thought for a while: "Wan Tao, how long do you think Andreas can hold on?" ”

"It won't be long." Han Wantao was very reluctant to talk about this matter again, "It will be lost this morning at the latest." ”

"I think so." Xu Lang said, "Tao Min is not stupid at all, he will figure it out soon after he leaves the camp." He will definitely judge that our intention is to go to Lushun. ”

"You mean the Eight Banners will be chasing after you soon?" Han Wantao was a little anxious, "Then we can't rest." ”

"Nope." Xu Lang shook his hand, "Tao Min understands the speed of our Yulin Army very well, he knows that the infantry of the Eight Banners will definitely not be able to catch up with us, and he will definitely let the cavalry chase after him." Wan Tao, how many Eight Banners soldiers were there besieging the camp? ”

"More than 10,000, not less than 20,000, but we annihilated about one or two thousand."

"Even if they still have 16,700 people." Xu Lang folded his fingers and calculated, "According to the establishment of the Eight Banners, there are more than 3,000 real elite cavalry, and I am afraid that there are only 3,000 people who can come after us." Wan Tao, how about we set up an ambush here? Annihilate this pursuer. ”

"How do you want to ambush?" Han Wantao was very interested in Xu Lang's proposal.

"Let's assume again." Xu Lang began to wreak his fingers again, "Tao Min figured out the direction of our breakthrough this morning, and then gathered the elite cavalry, and set off in the afternoon at the earliest." They'll definitely be searching for our tracks all the way, and they won't be too fast, and I guess they'll be here tomorrow morning at the earliest, and noon tomorrow at the latest. They'll go to the castle ahead and ask for news, and we'll ambush them there. ”

"Tell me what you think."

"Wan Tao, do you know what it means to spread your hands and lure the enemy deeper?"

"You want to lure the enemy deeper?" Han Wantao thought for a moment, "Introduce the Eight Banners into the castle?" ”

"Yes." Xu Lang nodded heavily, "Gather and annihilate." ”