In the mutual pursuit, the light cavalry of the model army, which was obviously faster, quickly gained the advantage and turned to the back of Kong Youde and others, and the situation changed from fighting to chasing. Kong Youde knew that with his war horse, he would not be able to get rid of the pursuit of the enemy army no matter what, but he had no way to change the situation except running. Even, in order to get a higher speed, in order to be caught up later, Kong Youde constantly lightened the burden on his war horses. He quickly threw away his sword, then the scabbard that hung from his waist, then the bow and quiver, then the helmet, and then the cloak and armor on his body. He even played a difficult maneuver, taking turns pulling his feet from the stirrups and throwing away both boots. These actions, especially the act of throwing away the armor, made his horse's load much lighter and faster. At least, he's a lot faster than his own.

Kong Youde bowed his body and crouched on the back of his horse: this was not to avoid bows and arrows, the cavalry of the Model Army were not equipped with bows and arrows, but years of experience had taught him that this would make the horse run faster. While flicking his horsewhip wildly, Kong Youde turned his head to observe the pursuers behind him. He saw that the pursuers behind him were catching up, and then, wielding their sabers, they were chopping his men off their horses one by one from behind. Each of these family members is a skilled hand with knives and horses, and Kong Youde can call each of them by name. They have all followed him a long time ago, they have followed him and Houjin to fight, followed him to Denglai, followed him to Daling River, followed him to rebel in Wuqiao, followed him to take Dengzhou, followed him back to Liaodong to surrender to the enemy who did not share the sky at the beginning, and now they also followed him, and were cut off from their horses one by one by this cavalry that came out of nowhere, and had no ability to resist.

Kong Youde knew that even if he threw away all kinds of things, it was impossible for his war horse to run faster than the enemy. He only had one hope, that is, these family members he had spent a lot of money to raise could drag him a little longer, so that he could run to the mountains and forests over there. There is a large mountain forest not far ahead, although the mountain is not high, and the forest is not particularly dense, but it is not a place where war horses can gallop. Kong Youde felt that as long as he ran into the forest, and the enemy wanted to capture him or kill him, he had to get off his horse and race with him on the ground. Kong Youde had dug ginseng and hunted black bears in the woods over there in Kuandian, and he had thrown away his heavy armor, so he felt that as long as he entered the forest, he should be able to win this jungle cross-country long-distance running race.

The forest is getting closer and closer, and behind Kong Youde, there are fewer and fewer family members who can still follow him. Kong Youde's ears kept hearing the screams of his servants as they were slashed by sabers, and the heavy sound of their bodies falling from their horses and falling to the ground. Kong Youde didn't look back anymore now, his eyes were looking straight at the woods in front of him—just like the voices behind him, the woods were getting closer and closer!

Kong Youde's war horse began to slow down, and the gallop just now had exhausted its strength, even if the leather whip kept falling on its ass, it couldn't run. Kong Youde heard two screams in quick succession, and the screams were very close to him, almost in his ears. Kong Youde lifted one leg, stretched out his hand, and pulled out a dagger from his calf, which was the last weapon he left behind when he threw away various things just now.

Kong Youde pulled out the dagger, and without looking back, he swiped the dagger backwards and slashed it on the buttocks of the war horse, the war horse neighed and slammed forward, and at the same time, a gust of wind whistled from behind Kong Youde. Kong Youde knew that it was an enemy soldier who slashed at him, but the enemy soldier didn't expect his war horse to rush forward at this time, so he cut it empty.

Kong Youde looked at the distance, he had reached the edge of the forest, he stretched out his hand suddenly, covered the eyes of the war horse, and the war horse flew directly into the forest with all four hooves, and then stumbled under his feet and fell into the forest. When Kong Youde fell, he had already pulled his foot out of the stirrup, and when he pressed his hands on the horse's shoulders, he jumped up and fell to the ground. Kong Youde didn't bother to look back, so he ran directly towards the place where the forest was denser and the terrain was more undulating.

Several light cavalry of the Model Army stopped at the edge of the woods. The soldiers jumped off their horses, leaving a few people to watch the horses, and the others chased after Kong Youde.

Kong Youde ran barefoot while looking back at the pursuers. He noticed that the pursuers were in a hurry, and they didn't even take off their armor. Kong Youde breathed a sigh of relief, he felt that he should have been out of danger for the time being, how could a group of guys in armor outperform themselves in a long-distance running race?

Kong Youde smiled and turned around and continued to run forward, and after running for a while, Kong Youde looked back again, he felt that he should have thrown off those pursuers. However, he found that the five pursuers behind him were still there, and they didn't even widen the distance much.

"This ...... Where did this come from? How can you run so much? Kong Youde couldn't help but be taken aback. Kong Youde is now in his forties, and he has been a prince for some years, but he has not stopped military training, unlike Huang Taiji, who grows and gets fatter after not going into battle by himself, Kong Youde does not put meat on his body, he is still as strong as he was back then, and the average young man can't compare to him in terms of physical strength. But these enemy soldiers can actually follow him in armor, this is too unreasonable, right?

Kong Youde didn't care about scolding God, turned his head and continued to run. After running for a while, he turned around and saw that he had left several enemy soldiers behind, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Kong Youde knows that once the long-distance running thing starts to be unable to keep up, the distance will get bigger and bigger. A lot of times, maybe a few hundred steps ahead, your opponent can still keep up with you, but once he can't keep up, maybe it won't take a hundred steps, and you can throw him off dozens of steps. Now, Kong Youde has determined that he is basically out of danger. However, for the sake of safety, Kong Youde did not stop, but continued to run towards the front.

ran for a while, and Kong Youde was a little out of breath. He stopped and looked back, only to find that the five enemy soldiers were still behind, and that the distance between them had become closer.

"This? What's going on......" Kong Youde's eyes widened, and he noticed that the enemy soldiers had thrown away their helmets and armor. I think they fell behind a little just now, not because they couldn't keep up, but because they took off their armor as they ran.

Kong Youde didn't know, because Zheng Sen always believed that the ability to march, especially the ability to march continuously at high speed, was an extremely important ability to gain battlefield advantages, so in the training of the model army, long-distance running training has always been the top priority. All soldiers, including the light cavalry, had a ten-mile armed cross-country running training every morning. Therefore, in the model army, there are soldiers who are not accurate enough to shoot, and there are soldiers who are not good enough in hand-to-hand combat skills, but there are no soldiers who cannot run.

Kong Youde knew that the situation was not good, and things were a little beyond his expectations, but now, he had no other better way than to run. Kong Youde ran in front, and several model soldiers chased after him silently. Their speed was not very fast, but whenever Kong Youde tried to slow down a little and catch his breath, they approached and forced Kong Youde to pick up his speed again.

It didn't take long for Kong Youde's breathing to become more and more rapid and disordered, he gasped for breath, and his heart was beating wildly, almost jumping out of his wide open mouth. His steps were also confused, and his vision began to shrink, and all but a small area directly in front of him seemed to be dark. And his legs became so heavy that he couldn't lift them as if they had been filled with lead. After running a few more steps, he finally fell to the ground as soon as his legs went limp.

Kong Youde tried very hard to get up, but he didn't have the strength to get up, and when he was struggling, suddenly a foot stepped on his back, and then several hands reached over, held his hands firmly, and then pulled him behind his back and tied it up.

Kong Youde knew that he couldn't run away, so he stopped struggling, just gasped loudly. But he heard the enemy soldiers talking.

I only heard one of them say: "If this idiot can really run, ordinary guys should have fallen down a long time ago!" ”

One said, "What if you can run?" Can we still outrun? If you want to say that this product should be good, you look at his tiger mouth, it is full of calluses, and it is all practiced with a knife. It should be a practitioner, but it's a pity that he is timid, otherwise, if he doesn't run, he will fight us directly, maybe it will be really difficult to deal with. ”

"What is he going to do with us?" Another said, "He lost all his weapons in order to escape for his life, and he can still beat us with his bare hands?" ”

"Less!" But there is another human, "Ask first, see if it's that Kong Youde!" ”

So Kong Youde was turned over and turned on his back to the sky. A model soldier looked at him condescendingly and said, "You are the dog traitor named Kong Youde......

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After Kong Youde abandoned the city and fled, the south gate was naturally taken down by the model army. In the evening, Zheng Sen got the news that he had captured the big traitor Kong Youde alive. Zheng Sen ordered Kong Youde to be put on the warship of the river fleet, and then sent back to Jinghai, which was regarded as a prisoner for King Fu of the prison country. As for the future, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, Kong Youde is naturally a dead end. However, Zheng Sen didn't have time to think about these things now, and his most important thing now was how to deal with the Manchu counterattack.

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