Chapter 459: If You Leave

The death of the nine people could not stop those Tsing Yi knights from having too much time, and they were soon drowned in the crowd, and the Tsing Knight adjusted his formation a little and chased after him again.

Although they knew that the target team was in front, they still controlled the speed of the horses unhurriedly, as if they were not worried about whether they could catch up.

The water network in the south of the Yangtze River is dense, and there are always large and small river systems along the way, although there are bridges on them, but the bridges are large and small, and there are various different forks.

In such a situation, some bridges have to be crossed, and their formations and the order of carriages and horses must be adjusted to pass, which is bound to be a delay. The Tsing Yi horse team chasing after them would naturally choose the most convenient road, and they were all cavalry, which was much more flexible than Jiang Feng's team.

Sure enough, after half an hour, the Tsing Yi horse team finally hung on Jiang Feng's team, and there seemed to be a small river not far away, Jiang Feng's horse team had already crossed the river, but the two carriages were still quite troublesome and were crossing the river in turn.

The person headed by the Tsing Yi horse team put his finger in his mouth, made a sharp whistle, and clamped the horse's belly hard, and the people behind him were all concocted in the same way, and the accumulated horsepower immediately found a use, and accelerated towards the target, and the distance between the two sides continued to close, and the people in the second row of the Tsing Yi horse team were already barely controlling the horse's back, took the bow and arrow, and prepared for the first round of shooting.

From a distance, the people around the carriage became more and more busy there, and apparently they also saw the approaching of the pursuers, and at last, when they were sixty or seventy paces away, those men did not care about the carriage, and abandoned the carriage and ran to the other side of the bridge, where the pursuing horse team members laughed.

Although the loss of the carriage is to let the target move forward lightly, it shows that the other party's heart is already panicked, and the next thing is to chase slowly.

The knights of the Tsing Yi Horse Team are all elite knights raised in the name of the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce and the Cao Gang, many of them are strong officers and soldiers of various guards in Jiangnan, with high remuneration, undertaking various important tasks, commonly known as the Tsing Yi team, only the leader of the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce can be in charge, this time in order to ensure that Jiang Feng and these people are robbed and killed in Jiangnan, so this team was dispatched, which is enough to prove that the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce attaches great importance to this matter.

The members of the Tsing Yi Horse Team have a lot of combat experience and know the strength of the other party in advance, so many of them carry bows and arrows on their backs and are not in a hurry to fight in close quarters.

However, the closer I got to the carriage, the more I felt that something was wrong, because the people on the other side of the carriage did not go as if they were waiting for something, and the knights in Tsing Yi slowed down their horses, and opened their bows and arrows in unison on the horseback, ready to shoot a round first, and now at a distance, they could also shoot down the opposite person through the carriage.

At this moment, a transverse board opened in the middle of the carriage behind the carriage parked there, and three swarthy muskets were exposed in each transept, and the two carriages were side by side on the bridge, and the six guns were fired in unison, with a loud bang, and white smoke filled the air.

The official road in the south of the Yangtze River is narrow, nearly two hundred people are lined up to walk on the official road, the number of people in each row is seven or eight people, and the distance of six muskets is at most five horses, and some of the knights of the Tsing Yi team are still because of the blocking of the horses, and the people are not hurt much.

However, at such a close distance, the sudden sound of muskets was too powerful for the horses of the Tsing Yi team, and after the battle on the lakeside, Sima Cheng and his men tried their best to cover up the traces there, although the firearms roared and the smoke was filled.

But afterwards, everyone knew that nearly 100 good hands in Yangzhou were all lost on the lakeside, but they didn't know what kind of method the other party used to kill and what weapons they used.

Firearms for the army of the Ming Dynasty, although it is more equipped, but because the quality is not up to par at all, and the use of inconvenience, the civilian armed forces have always been used very little, even if there are some firearms equipped, they are also used in foot combat, and the bow and arrow are paid attention to on horses.

First, the bow and arrow are relatively light and agile, and the second is that the so-called mounted archery is very deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the excellent bow and horse has always been an important criterion for measuring the combat power of the warrior.

The soldiers in Huazhou have never been so particular about killing people first.

The roar of the six muskets was undoubtedly very damaging to the horses who had basically not heard the roar of firearms, and the wounded horses were only five, but the thirty or forty horses in the front were all human, and they neighed in panic, and the knights of the Tsing Yi team on the horses could not control it, and several people were overturned from the horses, but more people still controlled the horses, which shows the superb riding skills.

Such a surprise, not to mention the launch of bows and arrows, the Tsing Yi team's reaction was also fast, the back team changed to the front team, and quickly ran towards the back for a distance, running out of the range of the firecracker.

Although the carriage space is spacious, it is extremely crowded for three people to hold firearms in it, not to mention any charges and rounds of firing.

The coachman in front saw that the purpose of confusing the pursuers had been achieved, and shouted there, and the carriage began to run again. The two carriages did not cross the bridge because they were crowded, and they were obviously waiting there, but the reaction of the Tsing Yi team was also beyond the expectations of Jiang Feng and the others.

A round of shooting only knocked out five people on the other side, and at most three died, the rest of the people were not in a disorderly formation, although they were retreating, they were not dispersed, the advance and retreat were well-founded, extremely orderly, and the original plan was that after the first round of shooting, a carriage moved forward quickly.

The cavalry on the other side of the bridge would immediately rush over and chase the router, but the response of the Tsing Yi cavalry did not give them any chance at all, and they could only continue to run.

The cavalry behind did not dare to continue to catch up for a while, and the knight of the Tsing Yi team almost gritted his teeth with hatred, and said viciously there:

"There are actually firearms, why don't the people above say anything!"

The people on the side were a little insightful, and said hesitantly:

"Relying on a firearm that looks like a Franco, except for those who have this firearm guy in Liuheng Shuangyu, I really haven't heard of anyone in other places."

Liuheng Shuangyu naturally means that the pirates who are begging for a living at sea, their degree of militarization is much higher than that of the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce, which is a group of half-army and half-business, and the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce has always been with them well water and not river water, if the other party is really a big tycoon on the sea, this pursuit is a big deal.

The leading knight of the Tsing Yi team hesitated there for a moment, and then spoke:

"Since the above is for us to make a move, then even if it is the king of heaven, let's take it down, otherwise what use do you want us."

As he was talking, on the river on the side of the road, two grain boats had already come down, and there were several men standing in the bow of the boats, and the knights led by the Tsing Yi team saw this grain boat, turned around and ordered one of his men on the side, and said:

"You get on the boat and talk about it, the other party has firearms in his hand, and we also have to use the things that were taken out of the arsenal, so that people can prepare them downstream, and we will hang far away and can't run."

Of course, the speed of the horses is much faster than that of the boats, but the river is much smoother than the land route in the south of the Yangtze River, and the speed is much faster, and the old boatmen can often take shortcuts, which is much stronger than the horse team.

Even if it is running at a uniform speed, the horse's is not able to support the running for too long, especially the carriage in Jiang Feng's team, not that they don't know how to be witty, but Deng Min and Tang Xuan have no way to ride a horse at all, Tang Xuan is a girl, delicate and timid, Deng Min's figure is too fat, this kind of horse is afraid that it can't bear his body, even if he sits on it, the speed of the horse is not good.

What's more, there are chasing soldiers behind, and the knights on the horse are tossing and turning, and the requirements for skill are quite high, not to mention Deng Min and Tang Xuan.

But for Jiang Feng, Deng Min is afraid that this is the biggest gain from coming to Daming, no matter what, he can't give up, to be honest, Jiang Feng has been racking his brains these days, what kind of impact does the spinning machine that improved efficiency have on history.

But I can't think of it, but I vaguely remember that it has a great effect, and the more this happens, the more I can't discard it at will, and I have to bring it to Huazhou alive.

On the road from Yangzhou City to Suzhou, Jiang Feng chose a relatively remote official road, which was also to avoid making himself too eye-catching, of course, he also thought that such a choice would also facilitate the pursuit of the other party, but the matter was urgent, and he couldn't care about it so much.

Jiang Feng is confident in his own force, this is one aspect, on the other hand, the official road in Jiangnan is prosperous and busy, and the speed of such a large team walking on it must be greatly affected.

The speed of the Jiangfeng horse team has also decreased because the speed of the horses pulling the carriage has decreased, but the huge influence of the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce in Jiangnan has also been brought into play, and the horses of the Tsing Yi Cavalry have been running for about fifty miles, and they can find a carriage and horse shop to change horses.

The carriage and horse dealers controlled by the Thirteen Chambers of Commerce must unconditionally support the Tsing Yi team, both sides are tired on the one hand, fresh force on the other, mixed carriages and horses on the other, and light riding on the other, and the distance is still shortened.

Jiang Feng's team also knew that they couldn't completely shake it off, so they simply didn't run with all their strength, stopped halfway and waited for the other party to approach, and after approaching, they relied on firearms to drive the other party away for a distance, and then continued to move towards the goal......