At the moment when his tracks were revealed, another sentence from the old hunter who had taught him his hunting experience suddenly appeared in Delgado's mind: no fox can fight a good hunter no matter how cunning. He had always played the role of a hunter in the past, but he never imagined that one day he would become the fox who was rounded up by hunters.

Delgado actually didn't think that he had made any low-level mistakes in his escape, first of all, he was able to break through the blockade area and enter the mountains and forests, which showed that his previous strategy was fully effective, and the other party did not anticipate his routine at all and made targeted deployments in advance. Secondly, after he entered the mountains and forests, he has been acting cautiously, and he has not lowered his due vigilance because of the successful escape. He tried to avoid exposing himself to the moonlight throughout the night, switching to latent mode at the slightest hint of wind and grass until he was sure there was no human activity.

After Delgado walked about ten miles in the dark in the mountains and forests, the sky finally slowly brightened. At this time, he was already basically sure that he was out of the control of the Haihan army, and finally began to speed up his march. He didn't really want to rush to Chicken Coop Harbor to ask for help, but he was worried that the cannon fodder he had caught last night would confess his plan - although each team had a different direction and route to break through, after entering the mountains, they would gradually enter the same secret way, which was the route that Delgado had successfully crossed the Yangming Mountains twice in the past. As long as the Haihan people compare the confessions of each team, it is not difficult to find that there are overlapping parts in their escape routes, and if they move fast enough, they may follow after them.

Delgado, though confident in his speed in the mountains, did not dare to take the risk because of the high stakes, and in addition to speeding up, he also made minor adjustments to his predetermined route in order to avoid possible pursuers as much as possible.

After climbing a mountain ridge in the wee hours of the morning, Delgado felt that his fitness was already a little lacking and that he needed to stop and recuperate. After all, it had been almost six hours since he left the city of Santo Domingo last night, and during this time, his nerves had been highly tense, and he had not relaxed at all, and his mental fatigue was already very strong.

At this time, the sound of running water in the forest ahead told Delgado that there must be a mountain spring flowing here. This lifted Delgado's spirits, and he was about to run out of fresh water that he had carried, and he could take this opportunity to replenish it.

Delgado walked a little further, and sure enough, he saw a small spring gushing out of the rock wall and falling into a small pool of water one foot square below. This waterhole is crystal clear, and the water quality of the mountain spring should be quite good. Delgado first picked up a little bit with his hand and tasted it, the spring water had a little sweet taste, and immediately untied the cowhide water bladder from his body, squatted on the edge of the pool and began to pour water.

Perhaps it was this sense of relief that affected Delgado's alertness, and when he was halfway through the water, he suddenly realized that someone from the outside world seemed to be watching him. When he looked up, he was stunned to see seven or eight young men dressed in colorful costumes coming out of the forest, each holding a slender musket in his hand, the nearest one was only more than two feet but less than three feet away from him. Delgado had already recognized the identity of the other party in the light of light, it was the Haihan army that came to attack the city of Santo Domingo this time, he had seen a lot of such a unique military uniform in the city yesterday, and it was absolutely impossible for a second armed family to wear such a fancy military uniform to the battlefield.

Delgado hesitated for about a moment, and then immediately bounced up from his kneeling position on the edge of the waterhole, and rushed straight into the forest without picking up the personal belongings that had been placed on the edge of the waterhole. However, the opponent reacted very quickly, and he raised the rifle in his hand and fired a round in the direction of Delgado.

Delgado was undoubtedly lucky, and not a single bullet hit him in a single shot from this distance, giving him full confidence that he would escape again. Although the opponent was outnumbered and had the advantage of weapons, Delgado knew that it would take him a lot of time to reload the musket with a round of ammunition, which was enough time for him to escape a long distance. Now all he had to do was run, run as hard as he could, and as long as he got rid of this group of enemies, he could disappear again into this dense mountain forest.

But after Delgado had run some distance, he could clearly hear the sound of footsteps chasing after him. Delgado did not dare to look back at his pursuers, but tried to choose a dense wooded place to burrow into, hoping to obscure the sight of the trackers and make them lose the clues to track him.

But soon Delgado realized that his efforts were in vain, and the pursuers behind him fell silently but steadily about ten feet behind, not slowing down because of the obscuration of the trees. Delgado didn't know how they were tracking him, but he was sure that the pursuers were not incompetent, for he had never seen an army that could move at such swift speed through the mountains. Compared to the clumsiness he had seen of the Spaniards in the jungle in the past, the agility of these pursuers was almost comparable to that of a wild deer.

In the past 20 years or so, Delgado has never had a second run away like this, except when he was chased by a huge boar as a young man. But his personal feelings at this time were more panicked and more difficult to get rid of than when he was chased by wild boars.

After running out of five miles in one go, Delgado found that the pursuers behind him were not only not thrown away, but were drawn closer from ten zhang to eight zhang, which made his heart heavier and heavier. He knew that with his speed and skill alone, it was unlikely that he would be able to get rid of the pursuers, and the only thing he could fight for was physical fitness. But the night before, and now in such a state of full running, he didn't think he could still run a few hills. can only hope that the pursuers behind will reach the limit of physical strength earlier than themselves, and actively choose to give up tracking.

After Delgado climbed the second hill, his speed gradually slowed down, not because the pursuers behind him had given up the pursuit, but because his physical strength was slowly unable to hold on. After jogging for a mile in the woods, Delgado finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell to the ground, gasping for breath. He had chased large and small prey in the forest, but he never imagined that one day he would become the prey that was chased by hunters with nowhere to escape, and he was the kind who fled to the end of his physical strength and had to be caught in his pocket.

"Bunny...... This can run...... Lao Tzu interrupted...... Your legs ...... Believe it or not!" The few Haihan soldiers who caught up were also out of breath, but they were in a slightly better condition, at least they could still stand and talk. The soldiers were bare-handed and bare-fisted, and their rifles were collected by their companions, otherwise it would not have been easy to catch up with the target in the woods.

Speaking of which, it was really Delgado's bad luck, this group of Haihan soldiers did not come for him, but were only ordered to survey the terrain nearby, and by the way, make a map mark on the activities of the indigenous tribes in the mountains. For wild water sources such as mountain springs, it is natural to note important areas on the map, so there will be a scene where the two sides meet by chance at the mountain spring.

Although Delgado had carefully dressed up as an indigenous, he was spotted by the commander of the reconnaissance platoon who led the team because of a small detail that he had seen similar to the cowhide bladder Delgado had seen when the special operations battalion had searched the Spanish farm laborers' quarters outside the city the day before. The European-style pattern decorated on the water bladder was too unique, and the reconnaissance platoon commander recognized it at first sight, plus Delgado turned around and fled, which made the reconnaissance platoon commander identify him. Otherwise, if it was just a mountain native, the reconnaissance platoon commander would not personally lead the team to track on foot, and it took two hills to capture the target.

This is the kind of special operations battalion that has been trained in this environment for a long time can have such physical fitness and field tracking skills, and if it were an ordinary militia army, Delgado would definitely have escaped pursuit. The soldier took out a special thumb cuff from his waist and pressed Delgado's hands behind his back before he grabbed his arms and dragged him off the ground.

The police thumb cuffs used by the special operations battalion are also good things brought by the time-travelers from another time and space, although they are not black technology, but they are very practical. Field combat units like special operations battalions often have the task of capturing prisoners, and if they carry ordinary iron shackles, they will inevitably increase the load weight, and there is a problem that the safety of ropes is not high enough, and such small thumb cuffs are small in size, light in weight, and easy to carry, and they cannot break free at all after cuffing the thumbs of the target's two hands.

The capture team escorted Delgado back to the mountain spring to meet with the others, and after examining Delgado's personal belongings left by the mountain spring, his true identity was revealed. Even if the reconnaissance platoon commander could not read Spanish, he at least knew that the parchment used to write the letter and the wax seal on the letterhead were definitely not something that a mountain tribe should have. The reconnaissance platoon commander dared to vouch for his head, this guy definitely had some kind of close relationship with the Spaniards on the side of the Tamsui River down the mountain.

After escorting him back to the base camp, the truth was soon revealed. The distress letter had the Spanish captain's endorsement for Delgado, and the captives captured last night also identified Delgado after they were escorted out to identify them. Delgado saw that most of the cannon fodder he had arranged the day before had been captured by the Haihan army, and those who did not show up must have been more than lucky, and he felt even more desperate at the moment, knowing that the city of Santo Domingo was over, and it was impossible for any reinforcements to relieve the crisis here.

"Delgado...... It turned out to be a rescue plan made by this guy, which is a bit new...... But looking at him, he doesn't seem to be a Spaniard?" Takahashi Minami, after listening to the platoon commander's boast and the interpreter's report, put the whole thing together in his mind.

"Tell the battalion commander that this man is a native of Luzon, and after attaching himself to the Spaniards, he got such a name from Zephan. The interpreter immediately and respectfully explained. This translator is a person from the Ministry of Commerce, who spent a few years in Luzon with his father when he was a child, and after returning to the Ming Dynasty, he was recruited back by the Guangdong Immigration Department, because he knew a little Spanish and knew some of Manila's trade conditions, so he was assigned to the Ministry of Commerce. Later, he studied Spanish with Schneider for a period of time, and was seconded to Penghu at the request of the military, and then went here with the army to help interrogate prisoners and read letters, which played a big role. Of course, his performance here will be reported back to his superiors at the Ministry of Commerce with the military's report, and will become one of his capital for further promotion in the future.

"Don't keep this guy in locking up with other prisoners for the time being, and put him in solitary confinement!" Takahashi's instinct was that Delgado was a dangerous person, locked up with other prisoners of war, and God knows what kind of bird thing he would plan.

"Master Jun, the villain is willing to contribute to your army and take this Santo Domingo City!" Delgado actually came up with a few words of stiff but fluent Chinese, this guy can actually listen and speak, and everyone thought that he could only speak Spanish.

"You guy, you're very scheming!" Takahashi Minami was about to leave, but when he heard this, he immediately stopped and turned his head to look at the enemy soldier who was kneeling on the ground. A dangerous person like this is planning to be sent to the coal kiln in the Black Earth Port or to the mine in the deep mountains of Shiroku after the war, and to repair the earth in that place until he dies. I can't speak Chinese anyway, so it's not of much use to keep it.

But it is obvious that this guy has been observing words and thinking about the situation since he was caught. The reconnaissance platoon commander was talking about how to hunt him down in the mountains just now, and he was obviously listened to by this guy. It was probably the sentence "solitary imprisonment" that Takahashi Minami said at the end that made him sense the danger signal, so he jumped out to intercede for himself.

Delgado's move sends at least two clear messages: first, I can help you in sieges, and second, I understand Chinese and can communicate with you fluently. In this way, he showed Takahashi Minami that he was still valuable.

However, Takahashi Minami did not appreciate Delgado's performance, as he was a samurai and attached great importance to loyalty. Despite the fact that the two sides are currently enemies, Minami Takahashi will never appreciate a traitor who immediately betrays his boss for glory at the slightest disagreement. Of course, he also knew that this guy probably just wanted to save his life in this way, but it was difficult for him to accept Delgado's tricks in the process.