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Su Hetai left early, because he knew that he had to go a long way out of the woods, at least until the cavalry could no longer see him, before he could return to the road. Walking in the woods was much slower than walking on the main road, and he only hoped that when he arrived in Jinzhou, Zhuangzi would not be breached, and he would still have time to catch the pirates who came to attack Zhuangzi.

Yes, the pirates who attacked Zhuangzi. Su Hetai thought like this, because at this time, he had not yet seen the large army of the model army coming over. He had only heard that the Ming pirates would sometimes attack the villages along the coast. It is precisely because of this that the Zhuangzi near the coast have been abandoned. Now that I think it was those pirates who got some horses, they let go deeper into the interior to rob. Su Hetai was very resentful that the Ming pirates dared to go deep into the land to attack the village, and he gritted his teeth and thought, "Don't run, wait until I find help......

Su Hetai walked through the forest for a long time, and he estimated that no cavalry of the Haikou could find him, so he prepared to go out of the forest and hit the road. When I walked to the edge of the forest, I heard the sound of people and horses marching outside. Su Hetai was taken aback, hurriedly lowered his body, slowly touched the edge of the forest, and looked outside. This sight suddenly frightened him into a cold sweat - on the road along the river in the distance, a team was moving in the direction of Jinzhou, this team could not see the head forward, the tail could not be seen backward, and I did not know how many people there were.

"This ...... Is this a sneak attack on Jinzhou? The old guy thought. Speaking of taking the city by sneak attack, a few decades ago, this was almost Jianxin's forte. The old guy didn't know how many troops there were in Jinzhou City today, but considering that the emperor had just called for an army to go on a campaign, the number of troops in this Jinzhou City was probably very limited. Moreover, as a veteran, Su Hetai can also see a lot of conditions in this army from the marching columns of this army. For example, this army still maintained a fairly good formation on the march, and they marched at such a fast pace that there was hardly any noise except for the sound of footsteps and carriages. This all shows that this team is quite an elite team. And next to this team, there were cavalrymen on horses who patrolled the guard.

The old guy quietly stepped back, he knew that most of his Zhuangzi had already been breached, and now he could only see if he could get to Jinzhou before this team. It was already afternoon, and in another hour it would be dark. The armies of this era did not march at night, and by that time, most of the armies had to be camped on the spot. If you rush overnight, maybe, it should be said that you will be able to reach Jinzhou before them.

The old fellow retreated into the depths of the forest, and then he relied on his years of experience in hunting in the old forest to discern the direction and continued his trek in the direction of Jinzhou. Fortunately, the forests in Liaodong are not overgrown with rattan like the rainforests in the south, and the underside of the forests is still dry, except that the canopy above blocks the sunlight, making the forest a little darker, and there are relatively few things blocking the way.

The old fellow walked in the forest for a while, and he kept walking along the edge of the forest, and did not dare to go too deep into the wood, first, for fear of getting lost, and second, God knows what wild things are in the depths of this forest. If you go too deep, you might have a big worm on one end, or a black blind man, and kill him. At this time, the sun was gradually turning west, and the forest naturally darkened faster, and soon nothing could be seen. The old fellow touched the edge of the forest and looked out. By this time he could no longer see the enemy troops who did not know where they had come from, and the old fellow thought that these enemy troops had probably stopped and camped. It's just that at this time, it was not completely dark outside, and the old guy looked around and saw no one, so he went out of the forest and continued to rush towards Jinzhou along the edge of the forest. The old fellow hadn't eaten anything all day, so he killed the rabbit he caught with his knife, drank a lot of rabbit blood, and ate a little rabbit meat raw, which was considered to have made up for a little strength, and continued to walk forward.

After walking for a while, the sun gradually set, and only the west was red. The old fellow was also tired of walking, so he sat down and gasped for breath. But he didn't want to just find a flat stone to sit down, and before the butt was hot, the dog that had been following him suddenly barked wildly in that direction. The old man hurriedly covered the dog's mouth and looked over there, but saw five or six horsemen running towards him on horseback, and in front of them, another dog was also barking and rushing this way, apparently he had been discovered.

The old thing knew that he had been discovered, and knew that with the sword in his hand and the bow and arrow on his back, he was definitely no match for five or six cavalrymen, and that it would definitely be a dead end if he moved, so he hurriedly jumped up and ran into the already dark forest. The old fellow estimated that these cavalrymen might not dare to chase into the dark forest on such a night. Of course, even if they chase in, the old guy has the confidence to get rid of them easily.

Sure enough, when several horsemen chased them to the edge of the forest, they did not dare to pursue them any further, and they even grabbed the big dog that was barking into the woods and prevented it from following up.

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The old guy miscalculated, the model army did not stop to camp, but marched towards Jinzhou overnight. This night was the thirteenth day of the lunar calendar, and there was a large moon almost all night except for the last hour of the second half of the night. And because they are well fed and nutritionally balanced, there are no night blindness patients among the soldiers of the Model Army, so the Model Army does not even need to carry torches to march. In the same way, because they are well fed and trained, the physical reserves of the model soldiers are far superior to those of most armies of this era, so their physical strength can also support such long-distance marches, and the soldiers can take turns to take the ships of the river fleet as a halfway rest, so in such a march, they can also ensure the speed of the march. When the old man came out of the woods, he didn't see the queue of the Model Army, not because the Model Army was camped, but because the large army of the Model Army had run far ahead of him. Of course, it is normal for the old guy to make such a miscalculation, because such a speed and intensity of the march would have been unimaginable in the era at that time.

Before the moon set in the second half of the night, the majestic city walls of Jinzhou had already appeared in the field of vision of the soldiers of the vanguard of the Model Army.

In silence, the vanguard began to spread out in formation, the last rest before the battle. Subsequent troops stopped farther away to avoid being spotted by enemy troops on the city walls.

Gradually, the moon set below the mountains to the west, and the ground was suddenly dark, but the stars in the sky seemed much brighter than before. By the faint light of the stars, the commandos in black night suits began to move closer to the walls of Jinzhou.