Chapter 536: Night Attack, Night Attack (3)
Later, the second group of horses also followed, but they did not chase so quickly, some lit torches, others drew their bows and arrows, and after igniting the arrows on the torches, they scattered them in all directions.
One after another, the rockets rose into the air and fell on the roof and wall with an arc, some of them were quickly extinguished when they encountered residual snow or bricks and soil, and some fell on the roof, and the flames seemed to be low in the wind, but soon the flames rekindled as if they were retaliating, and the night wind became an accomplice, and the small flames turned into raging fires.
As the fire on both sides grew bigger and bigger, there were more and more pursuers, and before long, Amin's courtyard also caught fire.
"Oops!" Seeing this, Amin couldn't help but whisper.
"What's wrong, Amma?" Elley didn't know what was wrong with this, weren't all murder and arson all connected.
"The other party is so ruthless, this is to hold me." Armin sighed, and then explained to Elley.
Since Amin's courtyard was built by the Han people, it was facing south and facing north, with the gate facing south, and the small gate they escaped from was facing north, and at this moment they were fleeing to the north, and the enemy was pursuing from the south to the north.
At the same time as the pursuit, the east and west sides were set on fire, and finally Amin's courtyard was also burned, so that the three sides of the east, east, and west could use the fire to block the soldiers who came to Amin's aid with the blue flag from the fire, and they only needed to pursue Amin wholeheartedly.
The only hope is that the people from the north come to help, otherwise, with the current situation of three or two cats, they are not the opponents of nearly a thousand chasing soldiers at all.
After listening to Amin's explanation, Elli was a little flustered, "Amma, what should I do then?" ”
"Don't be afraid, little master." Dajib comforted, "If they want to set fires, they will always be distracted from the past, and they will not be able to do their best to chase us, we are familiar with the terrain, and we will go before them, and we will not be able to catch up for a while." ”
Elley looked back and looked closely, and sure enough, except for the group of men who were chasing after him at the beginning, the rest had already distanced themselves from the front team because they were going to set fire.
"Master!"
"Banner Master!"
As soon as Elle turned around, there was already a shouting voice coming from the front, it was the rescue soldiers from the north in the banner.
"Good time." Dajib shouted, "Go south quickly, block the enemy, and protect the master." ”
"Huh!"
The reinforcements and Amin and others crossed by mistake and greeted the pursuers, and soon the sound of "ping-pong" fighting sounded, and the enemy was stuck, and Amin and others took the opportunity to continue to run.
It's just that the soldiers with the blue flag are all in a hurry, neither forming a formation, nor a unified and efficient command, purely relying on a bloody and brave spirit, this kind of scattered blocking, by the other side to fight more and less, can be defeated quickly, after the enemy only slightly blocked, still continue to bite Amin.
Seeing this, Amin felt that this was not the way, and the reinforcements that came later did not let them all go to meet the enemy, but left some to follow him, so that when they were about to run out of Niulu, their surroundings were no longer empty, and more than two hundred soldiers had already gathered.
"Amma, where are we going?" Elle asked, gasping slightly, as he mounted his horse.
Although he had a certain amount of self-preservation, he didn't think about counterattacking on this, and I believe Amin also had this idea.
The invading enemy seems to be dressed in a mess, but the strength is really terrifying, and several successive waves of blocking have not played a big role, especially the hundreds of people and horses in the lead, only the elite Bayala with a considerable number of people in the banner can compete with them.
Otherwise, you will have to fight more and less, and use the number of people to make up for the gap in strength.
And these two conditions are not available at the moment, so well, we still have to continue running.
"Left." Amin said just one thing and then took the lead and headed to the left.
He didn't go far, not towards the depths of the prairie, but after a short run to the west, he turned south.
Seeing this, Elli's eyes lit up, so it was, and then he whipped his horse and followed.
There are mountains and forests in the east of Niulu, and grasslands in the west.
Amin did not blindly think about fleeing for his life, but after going a little west, he turned south, and his escape route was close to the edge of Niu Lu, so that he could continue to attract the soldiers in the banner to come and defect, strengthen his own strength, and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
Of course, between fleeing and chasing, if other Niu Lu's bannermen arrive one after another, they can still trap the enemy.
Not long after running, Amin took out a fire fold from his bosom and shook it, lit a torch, and then said to the others, "Light the torches." ”
Everyone obediently did so, but Elley asked puzzledly, "Amma, why are you lighting torches, isn't this to let the pursuers know where we are?" ”
Amin snorted and didn't answer.
Dajib next to him whispered, "Little master, even if you don't light the torches, these thieves can keep up with us even if they listen to the sound of horses' hooves. ”
"Old fox!" Zilharang secretly scolded in his heart, how could Amin's actions and calculations be hidden from him, it was really not easy to hold this old guy.
"Lord Belle, this guy is slippery like a loach, it's not easy to catch, or let's..."
"Don't worry, no." Zilharang said in a deep voice, "Do you see how much we have lost so far? Amin is right in front of him, and if he is not captured tonight, he will have no chance in the future, and in this way, he will not live up to the trust of the Great Khan. ”
He was silent, the thousand men and horses he brought, the loss was indeed not large, the casualties of the ordinary bannermen were only more than 20 people, and the elite Bayala was not damaged at all, and it was enough to be proud of the blue flag with the same eight banners.
But this has to be said twice, the loss is very small, yes, but the results are not big, the target Amin is still running in front of him alive, chasing those people killed on the road, in his opinion, are all insignificant little people, no matter how much he kills, it will not help.
Neither of them knew at this time, and they didn't care about it, but among the people who stopped them in Amin's courtyard, there were several of Amin's adult sons, who had already died under their swords.
What really made him unmoved was the last sentence of Zilharang - he had betrayed the trust of the Great Khan, and he would not be reconciled if he went back without any achievements.
Under the persuasion of Zilharang, he decided to continue the pursuit, trying to capture Amin before the other party gathered in the group.