Chapter Forty-Eight: To Each His Own Request (Part II)

Before dawn, the day's chase began again.

When He Ran arrived at the place where the enemy had camped last night, Adar was waiting, and seeing that he was no longer in command of the forward battalion, He Ran realized that something might be wrong, and rode his horse to meet him.

"They slaughtered a large number of cattle and sheep, and this should be their last pre-set supply point," Adar said, pointing to the bloodstains everywhere. ”

"What does this indicate?" He Ran looked at the shocking bloodstains on the beach and asked.

"They're stocking up on as much food as they can, and if they want to get all the way back, they don't have to carry so much food, and adding weight will cost them horsepower."

He Ran looked in the direction of the enemy's escape and did not speak.

"I think they're suspicious." Adar said worriedly.

He Ran slapped his palms with his horsewhip, thought for a while, and said: "Chase, and we must speed up the pursuit, our soldiers slept more than them last night, it is best to catch up with their rear team and beat them hard, and drive them as far away as possible before they find out the truth of our suspicions." ”

Adar frowned, "The military advisor is not afraid of forcing them into a hurry?" ”

He Ran smiled slightly: "The tighter they press, the more they believe that we have reinforcements, and they don't dare to be entangled by us, they reserve food to prepare for a counterattack, you may guess what this white lotus is doing?" ”

"Naturally, it is time to delay and try to find out the truth of our reinforcements, and then make a final decision."

"According to the maze we have laid for her, the reinforcements are only a hundred miles away from us, and the army should arrive after a delay of half a day, so once it slows down, it will be exposed, and she must keep pursuing, so that she can't send scouts to reconnoitre."

"How long will it take? Keep driving them back to the Horde? ”

"This is not necessary, it is almost the same as chasing another three or five hundred miles, you take the forward battalion and continue to chase, arrange a thousand men and horses to rest and march, and catch up in the second half of the night, and then harass the enemy camp as last night, today the enemy army is more tired, you can make the movement a little bigger, rush in to kill people and set fire."

"Then do we need to beware of them coming to rob the camp?"

"It depends on the situation of the pursuit during the day, when you set up camp, you will feel that you are no longer able to go into battle, then sleep steadily, the enemy's physical strength is worse than ours, the most important thing is that the pursuit must be tight, not let them have the slightest chance to breathe, I will lead the army to close the distance with the pioneer camp, once you bite their rear, we will tear off a piece of meat."

"Got it!" Adar said no more, mounted his horse and galloped away.

Chased until dusk, He Ran's expectation of biting the enemy's rear team has not appeared, but in a hilly area Siyazima really laid an ambush, Adar chased too quickly into a bitter battle, fortunately He Ran led the army close, arrived in time to relieve him from the siege, the ambush of two thousand enemy soldiers threw down two or three hundred corpses and quickly escaped, Adar's side of the loss was more, which made him very annoyed, and added a thousand people to the vanguard battalion in the rear chase, but these enemy soldiers were lightly armed and fast, too late, Along the way, only a few weak soldiers of the enemy army were killed.

On this day, he chased out more than 200 miles, even these men who lived on horses all the year round were a little unbearable, and after getting off the horse, his legs trembled and he was almost unstable, He Ran couldn't bear it in the afternoon, and had to entrust the army to Captain Wan, and he slowed down the march with four hundred guards, and it was already dark at night to catch up with the army.

Adar shook his head with a wry smile and said: "I don't think it's necessary, our people are too tired to get up, and the enemy army is falling behind more and more in the afternoon, and they won't have the strength to rob the camp anymore." ”

"The more you are at this time, the more you can't be careless, you go to rest first, be vigilant in the second half of the night, and then disturb him for a night after the thousand people catch up, tomorrow let's see if we can bargain for a bargain, after noon you don't chase anymore, it's time to go back, we have become the end of a strong crossbow, any sudden man and horse can kill our whole army, we have to guard against it."

"Good! The military advisor is not as delicate as those of us who are used to eating and sleeping in the open, please rest first, and I will go to sleep when the thousand people behind me arrive. ”

He Ran thumped his sore leg and said: "I really can't stand it, tomorrow you will command the Chinese army, I and the 1,000 people who went to attack will stay here as a rear team, and I won't be able to save my life if I run for another day, you go to rest, I can hold on for a while, alas, your grassland fighting style can exhaust people to death." ”

Adar smiled dumbly, and said: "This is our way of fighting, it is completely the way of fighting of the military division, I have done things to pursue two or three hundred miles a day, but it is the first time to chase me like this for several days in a row. ”

He Ran also smiled and waved his hand at him, "Go ahead, let's sleep as much as we can, we can't even compare to a girl, it's best to pick this white lotus tomorrow." ”

Adar laughed and got up.

He Ran looked at Wan Jin, who had been grinning his teeth, and said, "My ass has been worn out before, it's hard for you, sleep for a while, I'll call you again if I have something." ”

"Thank you military advisor, the villain really hasn't ridden a horse like this before, and now his whole body is like falling apart, and the villain retired first." Wan Jin stood up with difficulty and retreated.

At this time, Yun Ye came in to report, and the guard posts were arranged.

He Ran didn't even have the strength to nod, he only let out a "hmm" and lay down on the felt blanket in collapse.

Yun Ye saw that he was tired like this, and said, "Second brother, let's sleep first, I'll be watching here." As he spoke, he turned around and wanted to leave, but when he heard He Ran sigh, he hesitated and stood again, "Why is the second brother sighing?" ”

"This white lotus is really difficult." He Ran said worriedly.

Yun Ye couldn't help but laugh, "She should say this, but we've been pestering her." ”

He Ran sighed again, "I originally wanted to scare her away, but after chasing her for two days, she still has no intention of withdrawing from the clan, needless to say, as long as we withdraw, she will definitely turn around and chase after her, so I said that she is difficult." ”

"Are you worried that you can't rush back to help the king?"

"Well, it looks like we have to let King Feng make a move."

"You're trying to lure the enemy to the Smoke Miasma?"

"That's the only way, you can take a guide to meet Wang Jia tomorrow and make the situation clear to her."

Yun Ye glanced at Xi Qun and whispered, "You go." ”

Xi Qun knew that Yun Ye was not worried about the safety of the military advisor, and scratched his head to look at the military advisor.

He Ran had already closed his eyes, and said weakly: "You go, leaving Xiqun by your side is more worry-free than keeping you." ”

Xi Qun glanced at Yun Ye proudly, and Yun Ye glanced at He Ran angrily.