In the pale moonlight, the sand dragon had already set up a comfortable position on top of a tall larch that he could sit on. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Wang Sansheng has also found a comfortable place in the tree and sat down. Then they just waited for the dawn.

After dawn, you may encounter Jianqi everywhere on the road, so you can't leave the forest. But they had to go down to the ground and find as much stuff as they could to fill their stomachs. When they escaped, they didn't have time to bring dry food or anything, and the escape was very physically exhausting, and they had to find a way to replenish their energy as much as possible.

"Brother Sansheng, there is still some time before dawn. Let's take a nap in the trees, and then the sun will rise, and the woods will be brighter, and we'll have to go down to find something to eat. "Sand Dragon Road.

"Hmm." Wang Sansheng answered, after running all night, he really needed to rest.

It was soon dawning, and in the reddish morning light, the woods were filled with the sound of birds. Sha Zilong stretched his waist and said to Wang Sansheng: "Brother Sansheng, we should go down." ”

Sha Zilong and Wang Sansheng stayed in the forest during the day and only came out to walk at night. Try to get to the next forest before dawn. And when they enter a new forest, it must be before dawn. It was the darkest moment, and the five fingers in the forest were nowhere to be seen. There may often be all kinds of fierce beasts in the forest, if they are attacked by fierce beasts in such a dark environment, although Sha Zilong and Wang Sansheng have a good martial arts, and they also carry weapons, they will also be very dangerous. Therefore, the two of them would never go deep into the forest under such circumstances. They always find a big tree at the edge of the forest and climb it.

But during the day, the location is less secure, as it is too close to the edge of the forest and can be easily spotted by the Bush passing by. So after dawn, Sha Zilong and Wang Sansheng had to get down from the tree, walk a few more steps into the forest, go deep into the forest, first find something to fill their stomachs, and then find a big tree to stay for a day, and then come out when it is almost dark.

"Hmm!" Wang Sansheng nodded, and the two began to descend from the tree. After only a few steps, Sha Zilong suddenly felt as if something was wrong.

"Brother Sansheng, don't move!" The sand dragon whispered.

Wang Sansheng didn't answer, just stopped silently.

The sand dragon soon realized why he felt something was wrong: the birds that had been singing were gone, and the surroundings were as quiet as graves.

Sand Dragon remembered that when he was walking darts, he had heard about this kind of thing from a senior who had been a hunter. The senior said that the difference between the tiger forest and the ordinary forest is that in the tiger forest, there is no bird cry. If you suddenly can't hear birds in a large forest, it means that a tiger has arrived nearby.

The sand dragon looked down, but it was still dark under the forest, and he didn't see anything. But he knew that the danger was real. Tigers, or something else, is in the woods.

Although Sha Zilong has a good martial arts, he is unwilling to go down to the forest to compete with tigers. So he made a gesture towards Wang Sansheng to climb up, and the two of them climbed towards it together.

When he climbed higher, Wang Sansheng approached and asked, "Big brother, what's wrong?" ”

"There's a tiger down there." The sand dragon whispered.

"Tiger? Big brother, did you see that? Wang Sansheng was taken aback.

"Didn't you hear that there were no birds chirping around?" "Let's take it to the tree first, and then go down when a bird calls." ”

The two of them returned to the branch where they had been sitting, and by this time the sun had gradually risen, and the forest had gradually brightened. The sand dragon kept his head down and looked at the forest ground, and then he finally found the tiger. It was a huge tiger, and even if you don't count the tail, this tiger was more than a foot long. Now the tiger was lying on its stomach not far from the tree where the sand dragon was, and seemed to be napping.

Among all kinds of predators, the feline guys are almost the laziest, whether it is a tiger, or a leopard, or a lion, or even a domestic cat, they actually spend most of the day napping and sleeping. But the sand dragon knew, don't look at the beast that looks asleep now. But if you come down from a tree, you're afraid it will wake up right away.

"Big brother, what should I do?" Wang Sansheng said.

"Wait in the tree. When the beast has slept enough, it will always leave. "Sand Dragon Road.

After waiting for a long time, the tiger suddenly stood up.

"It's leaving?" Wang Sansheng thought.

What does the tiger seem to have discovered? It glanced out of the woods for a moment, then turned away.

"Big brother, the tiger is gone!" Wang Sansheng said.

"Wait a little longer, be safe, if you are killed by a brute, you will be a ghost, and it will be a shame." Sand Dragon Road.

Soon, however, the sand dragon understood why the tiger had left, for he looked out through the gap in the canopy and saw a team slowly approaching from a distance.

It's a big team, thousands of people. Generally speaking, the army that openly appeared on the road at this time could only be Jianshen's army, but Sha Zilong looked from a distance and found that the banner that the team was flying seemed to be different from Jianyan's. The front flag, looking at the shape from a distance, seems to be my Ming general's flag, and the back of the flags, although Sha Zilong doesn't recognize it, he can also be sure that it is definitely not the banner of Jianxuan.

"Is there still that officer and army who can still walk on the road with such a swagger?" Sand Dragon thought.

At this time, the team gradually approached, and Sha Zilong could already see some details of that team. There were about 3,000 people in this team, and about 1,000 of them looked like soldiers. It's just that their weapons are strange, they are all muskets, and there are no other spears or swords and shields. Others looked more like auxiliaries or civilians, driving more than twenty wagons, some with cannons towing behind them. However, these cannons were smaller than any cannon Sha Zilong had ever seen, and almost no bigger than the large Furlong or Tiger Squat Cannon.

In addition, the number of horses in this group was so large that almost every carriage could have at least four horses to pull it, and those that dragged the cannons, which looked larger, had the luxury of using six horses. In just twenty or so carriages, hundreds of horses were used. And in Sha Zilong's opinion, each of these horses that pull carts can be regarded as high-headed horses, and they are enough to be used as war horses when placed elsewhere.

"Whose family is this, he's really rich!" Sha Zilong couldn't help but think.

At this time, a gust of morning wind blew the high-pitched and passionate singing of the soldiers in this team into the ears of the sand dragon:

"From the island of Honshu to the English Channel, our model army is the most powerful......"

The sand dragon looked up and saw a cloud of yellow dust rising from the horizon in the distance. The sand dragon knew that this was a sign that a large group of cavalry was approaching. And in this generation, there can still be a large force of cavalry today, except for Jianxuan, who else can there be.

The sand dragon stood tall and was the first to notice the situation. However, it didn't take much time for those "model soldiers" to discover a situation. In the current situation, if it were my Ming army, it was estimated that it would have collapsed without a fight at this time. However, this did not happen in that "model army". Except for some people who seemed a little flustered, and the singing stopped, the formation of the whole team was not affected in any way. And the whole team reacted quickly, they quickly climbed a nearby hill and surrounded the carriage in a defensive posture. The whole action is very fast, but it doesn't give people any sense of panic.

Soon after the army was arrayed, the cavalry appeared in the Sand Dragon's field of vision. The cavalry hurried their horses and hurried over. There were about two or three thousand of them.

"Is this a shir or a shir?" Wang Sansheng asked.

"It's Jianxin." Sha Zilong said, "Xishen won't spare no effort like this. ”

The so-called sirth refers to those Mongols who are attached to the scar. Unlike the Manchurian Eight Banners, the Mongols were more accustomed to fighting on horseback, and because they adopted the tactics of riding horses, they were very concerned about the condition of their horses. If you come galloping like this, even if you catch up, the horses will be too tired and lose their combat effectiveness.

But the Manchurian Eight Banners were different. Although almost all of the warriors of the Eight Banners of Manchuria had horses, most of the time they were really just mobile infantry on horseback. (This is very similar to the dragoons of the Model Army.) More often than not, they have to dismount to solve their problems. So they relied much less on horsepower than the Mongols. This makes them just willing to chase after the enemy at any cost.

Sure enough, as soon as the cavalry approached, the soldiers on their horses jumped off their horses one after another, lined up in a neat line, and prepared to attack the retreating "model army".

The rapid retreat of the Model Army did not actually surprise the Manchus. But the speed of the march of this army far exceeded the expectations of the Manchus. Even with artillery, the speed of the march of this team was still significantly faster than that of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Therefore, the army that Duoduo arranged to intercept them was left behind by the model army before they could complete the interception operation. Because of the loss, Dord, who was bent on revenge, had no choice but to let his men abandon those heavy shield carts and catch up with them.