After receiving Sun Chuanting's military order, Hou Sui was still very hesitant. If it is really as Sun Chuanting said, both armies were defeated by the Montenegrin anti-thieves, then the Montenegrin anti-thieves are too powerful. Can the remaining soldiers and horses on his own side be able to exterminate the Montenegrin rebels?

At this moment, Hou Sui's heart was full of resentment. The Montenegrin rebels stayed well on the grassland, and they didn't send troops to attack the Ming border, so let them fend for themselves on the grassland, why do they have to spend money, food, and military strength to conquest? This Governor Sun is really a person who is very happy, and he is really afraid that the world will not be chaotic!

Hou Sui is still like this, and he is still unwilling to continue the march, and the generals under him, such as Hu Dawei and Zuo Liangyu, are naturally even more unwilling. And in the eyes of these generals, they sneered at Sun Chuanting even more! What thieves defeated the two-way Ming army, when did the thieves become so strong? It must have been the Mongols who did it! Sun Chuanting, what does he know from far away within the side wall, he is really indiscriminately commanding!

However, no matter how unhappy he is, he still has to continue the march, after all, the military order cannot be violated. No matter how you say that Sun Chuanting is the governor of the three sides, and with the royal order banner given by the emperor in his hand, he can still kill a few disobedient generals.

However, if you feel uncomfortable, the progress will be slow, and in the name of being careful to prevent thieves from attacking, you can only travel twenty or thirty miles a day, and at this speed, it will take at least half a month to reach Montenegro.

However, on the second day after the army left Chi'er Mountain, a cavalry suddenly appeared in front, wearing fur felt hats and dressed as Mongols. Fortunately, the army was always vigilant, and the sentinels sent to find the other party from a distance, and the army hurriedly lined up to defend.

Seeing that it was invulnerable, this "Mongol" cavalry galloped repeatedly in front of the large army array for a while, and then turned around and soared away.

Although the number of this cavalry was only more than 1,000, Hou Sui had no intention of sending troops to attack, because he was afraid of being ambushed by the enemy.

Is this a Mongol, or is it a thief in disguise? From Hou Sui down to Hu Dawei, Zuo Liangyu and other generals, they were all confused.

The enemy disappeared, and the army continued to move forward, who knew that it would not be more than a few miles, and heard the sound of horses' hooves like thunder, and the army hurriedly continued to line up for defense. Then I saw a cavalry galloping over, with a red mandarin duck jacket and a hat inlaid with red tassels, which turned out to be the dress of the Ming army.

"It's a thief in disguise, firing an arrow with a gun!" Hou Sui said angrily. The other two armies were defeated, how could such a cavalry appear in front of him?

The Ming army's musketeers and archers opened fire one after another, shooting at the rushing "Ming army" cavalry, but the "Ming army" cavalry stopped far away, dismounted one after another, and rested two or three hundred steps away from the army.

Seeing this situation, Hu Dawei, Zuo Liangyu and others were all humiliated.

"Fu Shuai, the last general is willing to lead the troops to drive away the thieves!" Zuo Liangyu shouted.

"Be careful." Hou Sui agreed. By now, things have become very clear, the Mongolian cavalry in front and the current Ming cavalry should all be thieves pretending! With an army of 30,000, you can't let more than a thousand thieves be frightened.

After Zuo Liangyu received the military order, he led 3,000 cavalry out of the big formation and quickly pressed towards the dismounted "Ming army" cavalry. These 3,000 cavalry were also the only cavalry under Hou Sui, commanded by his henchman general Zuo Liangyu.

"Get on the horse and get out." Seeing the Ming army going to battle, Gao Yingxiang hurriedly shouted. The thieves pretending to be the Ming army hurriedly got on their horses, turned around and ran.

"Chase!" Seeing the thieves fleeing in a panic, Zuo Liangyu laughed and took the lead in chasing and killing.

The two sides chased and fled, and soon disappeared into the grassland.

A thief is a thief, it's really vulnerable! It seems that the reason why the other two armies failed was really falling for the tricks of the rogues, Hou Sui shook his head slightly, and ordered, and the whole army continued to advance.

It seems that there is no need to rub it out anymore, we must rush to Montenegro as soon as possible to exterminate this gang of thieves, so as to return to Daming before the cold winter really comes.

Who knew that the army had just marched for less than two miles, and suddenly saw thick smoke billowing in the distance ahead, and a long line of fire was spreading from afar, and in front of the line of fire, Zuo Liangyu was galloping back with his cavalry frantically.

"Fu Shuai, the thief is crazy, he actually set fire to the grassland!" Zuo Liangyu shouted in panic.

Looking at the situation in the distance, Hou was almost stunned.

At this moment, it is the late autumn season, the grass is withered and yellow, once ignited, the wind fuels the fire, and it is almost impossible to extinguish it.

"Retreat, retreat, lose everything, retreat immediately!" Hou Sui screamed, jumped on his war horse and galloped south.

"Boom", the 30,000 Ming troops scattered like birds and beasts, throwing away their weapons, food and baggage, taking off their armor, and rushing into the distance.

A soldier slashed the cart with a knife, but before he could climb onto the horse, another soldier knocked him to the ground, snatched the horse and ran. No matter how slow a colt is, it can run faster than two legs.

The Ming army cried and scrambled, desperately running south. People shouted and neighed, ran desperately, and had completely lost their formation, and the soldiers could not find the generals, and the generals could not find the soldiers, and no one cared about anyone.

The flames chased after him, spreading faster than running at full speed, but on foot. In order to escape, the soldiers of the Ming army could only run desperately and did not dare to rest for a moment.

Fortunately, the pace of the march was very slow during the two days, and it was only thirty miles away from the Chi'er Mountain when it set out. When I set out from Chi'er Mountain yesterday, the speed was as slow as a turtle's walk, and today when I was chased by the flames and fled, one by one I was like an athlete running desperately, and the distance of thirty miles, it only took two hours, and most of the soldiers ran to the foot of Chi'er Mountain.

Many soldiers foamed at the mouth with exhaustion and collapsed to the ground, looking at the line of fire that had been left far behind, but they were overjoyed.

However, there were also many old and weak soldiers who were too poor in physical fitness to run halfway through, and were caught up by the rapidly spreading flames, and one by one they cried and died in the flames.

Chi'er Mountain, stretching for more than ten miles, has a lake several miles wide under the mountain. After escaping to Chi'er Mountain, Hou Sui immediately ordered to burn a separation zone on both sides of the lake, and then the army hid behind the lake, watching the flames sweep past both sides of the lake, and suddenly felt the rest of his life after the catastrophe.

The fires on the prairie burn fast and go quickly. The next day, as far as the eye could see, the earth was gray and black.

The baggage is gone, the food is gone, and many soldiers' weapons and armor are gone, and there is no possibility of fighting any further. Hou Sui had no choice but to announce his retirement. Fortunately, this place is less than 100 miles away from the side wall, and there are still hundreds of loads of grain in the Chi'er Mountain camp, which is enough for the army to eat for two days, and it should be able to last until it returns to Daming.

After a fire, two or three thousand people were lost, and the morale of the remaining army was completely lost, and the only one who could still fight was the cavalry led by Zuo Liangyu, because there were war horses, there were almost no losses. Hou Sui then ordered that Zuo Liangyu lead the cavalry as the rear guard to prevent thieves from attacking.

Fortunately, for some reason, the thieves did not take the opportunity to attack, and three days later, the army entered the side wall without danger and returned to Daming.

However, what awaited them was the monstrous anger of Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides.