"Sigh the law ......"

At night, listening to the sound of horses' hooves and various noisy sounds in his ears, Xiyang Ha still has a feeling of the rest of his life after the catastrophe at this time.

He was the one who was supposed to lead the team to Kulawin today, but it was only because of the consumption of his body last night that he sent Shulha.

But I didn't want to make this mistake, I escaped the interception of the Ming army, and I'm okay now.

"It's a pity that too many people have been scattered......"

He looked back at the people who were following him, most of them holding firewood and looking dazed and terrified.

"Still too young" Xiyang Ha laughed at these dazed subordinates, he didn't think what would happen if he lost this battle, after all, he had robbed Daming many times, and he only lost once.

Although the losses are a bit heavy, the good thing is that the important things are in Kulawin, and as long as Kulawin's soldiers and horses are still there, he can make a comeback.

No matter how powerful those Ming troops were, it was impossible for them to chase themselves to Kulawan.

Thinking of this, Xiyang Ha was a little proud, and he was not frustrated by a failure at all.

His optimism reinvigorated many in the team.

After three hours' journey, they had already walked forty miles north, and as long as they continued to walk another three miles, and then crossed a mountain road in the Great Black Mountain, then they could reach the northern foot of the Great Black Mountain.

However, for the sake of safety, Xiyangha did not plan to take the mountain road, but continued to continue north along the rate of water of the Songhua River tributary.

Although it is not known why the Ming army appeared in the east, they must have come to the south, and the speed of crossing the river was too slow.

The Ming army was very familiar with waterways, but they were blind to landways.

Xiyang Ha was complacent about the retreat route he had planned, and continued to retreat north with his team buried his head.

With the passage of time, they finally followed the rate water to the hilly terrain in the northern part of the Great Black Mountain.

With his familiarity with the terrain, Xiyangha rushed to a mountain col with nearly 10,000 troops and 2,000 soldiers who kept up.

They blocked the pass with a wagon and covered it with dead branches and leaves.

Against the cold of late autumn, the people of Xiyang Habu, who had been panicking for most of the night, finally got a chance to breathe.

Fearing that the pursuing Ming army would find out, Xiyang Hale ordered everyone not to light a fire, so many people had to soak corn in cold water and eat it.

"Sleep for two hours, and we'll continue our journey."

Looking at the people who fell asleep, Xiyangha was still not at ease, after all, the Ming army this time was too abnormal, they used to march by water, but this time most of them chose the land route, otherwise it would be impossible for him not to find them.

"Amma, don't be in such a hurry, right?"

Xiyang Ha's fourth son, Bald Chaha, thought that this seemed to be a bit startled, but Xiyang Ha glared at him:

"There are thousands of Ming troops this time, even if there are only a few hundred cavalry, they can catch up with us, and we can't rest for two hours."

"Yes......" Although Bald Chaha felt that his Amma was making a big fuss, he still lowered his head and arranged it.

After that, Xiyang Ha still didn't feel at ease and let Bald Chaha let the sentry ride outside, because the sentry horse was limited, so he could only release a range of six miles.

This distance can't make Xiyang Ha feel safe at all, so he deliberately put the only remaining 2,000 soldiers and horses under his command at the mountain pass, once there is any news, he can also escape with the soldiers and horses, as for the old and weak women and children are not in his consideration.

Without women and children, he could go to raid other tribes to rob women and have children, but without men, he would only be annexed by the Udiha tribes in the east.

For two hours, Xiyangha woke up from time to time, and quickly fell into a deep sleep after confirming that everything was okay.

It wasn't until the soldiers began to be woken up one after another that Xiyang Ha struggled to get up with bloodshot eyes and ordered his subordinates to continue on their way.

Exhaustion and hunger made everyone complain, but the bitter cold environment outside the gate made everyone dare not fall behind easily.

For them, if they encountered the cavalry of the Ming army in the past, most of them would lose their lives.

Hunger and exhaustion are nothing compared to life.

The fire dragon soon appeared in the hills of the northern part of the Great Black Mountain, stretching for miles, and it was very eye-catching in the night.

"Kiln ......"

At the northern foot of the Great Black Mountain, when the dry and falling leaves were swept away, a team that was even more embarrassed than Xiyang Ha appeared in the mountains and forests at the northern foothills.

"Flameout! Flameout! ”

Seeing the fire dragon in the dark night, the hundred household officials of the Bohai Navy who took the lead tried to suppress their voices and give orders.

The people behind him did not dare to slack off, and extinguished the flames one after another.

"Hurry up and tell Your Highness that you have found the trace of the old slave!"

The officials of the hundred households hurriedly explained, and a cavalryman saw this and immediately handed the reins to the people of others and went to the rear of the team to find Zhu Gaoxu.

What he didn't expect was that their line was no longer as long as it was when it started, he only ran a dozen breaths, and after passing over a hundred people, he saw Zhu Gaoxu and Yishaha walking at the back of the line.

"Your Highness, I have found the traces of the old slave, judging from the light of the fire I saw, there are at least thousands of people."

"Thousands?!" Yizhaha, whose face was covered with mud marks, looked at Zhu Gaoxu, only the two of them knew to what extent the current Bohai Navy had fallen behind.

The primitive mountain road of more than 30 miles has left almost half of the soldiers behind, and even if they are lost, they are almost left behind.

Before the people behind them followed, they probably didn't even have two hundred people here.

However, even in the face of such a situation, Zhu Gaoxu did not make a big mess, but explained to Yisha:

"Count the number of people, I'll go to the front to see what the situation of the old slave is."

"Yes!" also lost his hand, and Zhu Gaoxu also led the red horse to the hillside.

In a short time, he took the red horse up the hillside, and saw the fire dragon walking north in the hilly valley in the dense forest of the Great Black Mountain in the late autumn night.

"Your Highness, there are at least thousands of people in this fire, and this is only what we see."

The officials of the hundred households who first discovered the firelight said to Zhu Gaochu with a weak heart, but Zhu Gaochu was very calm, just glanced at the firelight and said:

"These fires flickered on and off, although they seemed to be blown by the wind, but the old slave couldn't take out so many torches."

"You see, the fires on the left and right sides of this procession are brighter, and the middle is darker, and I think it should be lit with other things, only the soldiers and horses on the sides, and the old and weak women and children in the middle."

After all, Zhu Gaoxu had the codex and teachings of Xu Da, Feng Sheng, and Fu Youde, and he knew how to attack the enemy at night, how to judge the ignite by the light of the fire at night, and how to judge the structure of the enemy's ranks.

Oil torches are not the same as ordinary wood flames, the flame of firewood can be easily blown out, only the flame of the torch can stop in the breeze, so the reason why the fire in the middle of this team flickers and goes out is because they use ordinary igniters.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu began to check the distance of the fire in the marching procession.

Not surprisingly, those were the soldiers who were responsible for protecting them on either side, and they were holding oil-soaked torches in their hands.

"About 2,000 ......"

Just after a subtle glance, Zhu Gaoxu knew how much strength Xiyang Ha still had at hand.

Just when he understood, Yishaha also ordered the team to go up the hill and squatted beside Zhu Gaoxu:

"Your Highness, two hundred and sixteen people, one hundred and thirty-four people have fallen."

One-third of the number of forcibly marched troops fell behind through Yisha's mouth, which made the surrounding officials and chief flag officers look at Zhu Gaoxu one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu did not give an order in a hurry, but looked at the Xiyang Ha Department five or six miles away from them, and glanced at the sky again.

"Let's go east, and they're going to take a detour to the Mudalan River, and follow the Mudaran River into the Azhemi Land (the Little Khing'an Mountains in the east)."

"They don't dare to walk the mountain road, it will take at least three hours to walk through it, and we can wait for them at the foot of the northeast mountain in an hour."

He explained to the generals, and at the same time ordered: "All the brothers rest for an hour and wait for the brothers behind, and set off for the northeast foothills of the Great Black Mountain in an hour, leaving two people to gather the stragglers and wait here for Commander Fu." ”

"Yes!" Everyone nodded in a low voice, and then went to find a place to rest.

The mountain road for more than three hours has almost worn the soles of everyone's feet into a blur, and even people who have been wandering in the mountains and forests all year round can't bear to untie their shoes and relax their legs.

Although Zhu Gaoxu's physique is outrageously good, he is also flesh and blood after all, and after he found a tree to lean on, he quickly fell asleep.

It's just that he didn't feel like he had slept for long, and he was woken up by someone shaking.

When he opened his eyes, the bloodshot Yizha reminded, "Your Highness, it's time for us to go." ”

"Did the people behind follow?" Zhu Gaoxu rubbed his eyes.

"Eighty-two followed, and fifty-two were left behind."

Yi Weiha explained, Zhu Gaoxu didn't have time to wait for them any longer, got up and beckoned: "Ready to go!" ”

With his order, the cavalry of the Bohai Navy, who barely had enough more than 290 people, began to continue to lead the horses, and everyone kept stuffing small dried fish, dried meat, fried beans and other food into their mouths on the way.

Feeling the darkness, a new round of forced marching began again.

It's just half an hour later, there are people who have fallen behind in the team again, but this time Zhu Gaoxu can't take care of everyone anymore, even if he can only take a hundred people to stop Xiyangha, he is not worried.

Fu Rang should have captured a lot of animal power, as long as he is not pedantic, then he will definitely lead people to chase in the direction of Xiyangha on horseback.

Zhu Gaoxu just saw it, Xiyangha and they didn't make arrangements to sweep the tail, that is to say, as long as it doesn't rain, Fu Rang can follow the trail all the way to pursue Xiyangha.

Therefore, all they had to do was to block Xiyang Ha and them and give Fu time to catch up.

An hour gradually passed, and soon, Zhu Gaoxu and the others crossed the Great Black Mountain Forest to the northeast foothills of the Great Black Mountain.

After arriving here, Zhu Gaoxu asked all the brothers to rest for an hour and count the points at the same time.

A moment later, the results of a new round of points came into Zhu Gaoxu's hands.

Two hundred and ninety-six people set out, and only one hundred and ninety-eight people arrived with the team, which was another one-third of the lag rate.

Zhu Gaoxu had already made full preparations for this, after all, today's Bohai Navy was too tired, and the nearly forty miles of mountain roads had consumed almost all their strength.

Not only people, but even military horses are visibly tired, and some horses are so tired that they can't even eat and drink beans and water.

Fortunately, after half an hour's rest, the people who had stragged behind began to follow one after another, and the horses began to eat and drink after resting.

During this period, Zhu Gaoxu had been waiting for the appearance of the Xiyang Ha team, and the sky began to slowly brighten.

Taking advantage of the brightening sky, he took a brief look at the terrain.

From the foot of the mountain down about three miles is a hill, the terrain is not a horse Pingchuan, if Xiyangha encounters a surprise attack, you can train on some low hills for defense.

Although Zhu Gaoxu did not think that Xiyangha had the ability to form a counterattack in a short period of time, he still gave Xiyangha the advantage of geography and people tactically.

If Xiyang Ha fights back, then whether he can hold him back depends on whether the horsepower of the army is sufficient, and whether he can turn back to the face many times to suddenly consume Xiyang Ha's department.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu looked back at the red horse who was being taken care of by Yisha.

As a sweaty BMW, Chi Yu has always been a naughty and lively military horse, but now it is standing still, and it does not hesitate or do anything else, just quietly waiting for Yizha to feed.

Apparently, it was exhausted, and so were the horses around it.

Zhu Gaoxu saw that none of the horses could be active at the moment, and they were all bowing their heads to accept the feeding of their owners.

The words "lack of horsepower" were almost written in their demeanor, and this was the only one that made Zhu Gaoxu feel anxious so far.

"Come back later......"

Looking up at the gray sky, Zhu Gaoxu himself couldn't help but pray.

I don't know if his prayers were effective, or because Xiyang Ha's subordinates were also exhausted, they were a full three quarters of an hour later than Zhu Gaoxu's expected three hours.

It wasn't until three o'clock in the hour that Zhu Gaoxu watched them walk out of the west with his own eyes.

"Call the brothers up." Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and woke up because he was tired and fell asleep unconsciously.

"Yes!" Yishuha, who was woken up, was like a frightened bird, and he responded before he heard Zhu Gaoxu's words.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu patted him on the shoulder: "Wake up the brothers and count the points by the way." ”

"Slave and maid, let's do it." Yisha walked out of his daze, and then staggered to his feet to wake up the group of Bohai naval cavalry who had recovered from their dreams.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at his back and couldn't help sighing, but quickly adjusted his mood and turned his head to continue looking at the team of Xiyang Ha's department.

They extinguished their torches and came from the west, seven or eight miles away from a small river that stretched across the Great Black Mountain and the ground of Azhemi.

Zhu Gaoxu watched them release their sentry and ride into the mountains and forests, ready to be discovered.

It's just that they seem to be too tired because they came overnight, they just searched briefly and didn't go deeper, so they missed the opportunity to meet Zhu Gaoxu and them.

"Good!" Looking at this scene, Zhu Gaoxu knew that this raid was most likely stable, and the Xiyang Ha Department was even more vulnerable than he expected, no wonder they never dared to fight the Ming army head-on.

"Your Highness, all the brothers have arrived, but it's just ......"

Yizha came up from the rear, and hesitated as he spoke, Zhu Gaoxu didn't like it when he saw this: "The war is ahead, don't want your mother-in-law." ”

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu say this, Yizha could only grit his teeth and say: "Your Highness, there are six brothers whose horses are lame, and five brothers who have fallen and can't get on their horses." ”

"That is, there are two hundred and ninety-four?" Zhu Gaoxu was not angry because of such non-combat attrition, and he had now eaten the combat power of Xiyang Ha's department.

"Yes, only two hundred and ninety-four." Yisha nodded with a heavy face, and the dozen or so hundred household officials and chief flag officials around Zhu Gaoxu also showed concern on their faces.

Looking at their appearance, Zhu Gaoxu laughed instead:

"Two hundred and ninety-four people are two hundred and ninety-four, and my Bohai Navy is one as ten, and Xiyangha is only more than a thousand remnants and thousands of old and weak."

"Do you think you can't beat them?"

Zhu Gaoxu deliberately said that the scale of Xiyang Ha's department was smaller, in order to boost morale.

Hearing his words, Yishaha quickly understood what he meant, and immediately echoed: "That's right, what combat power can a group of wild men have? Even if we only kill five of them alone, we can slaughter them all, not to mention that Commander Fu will soon come with his brothers from the south! ”

"To ......" a hundred household officials looked around and said stubbornly:

"The speed of the old slave's escape is not fast, Commander Fu should not be far from the old slave, as long as we delay the old slave, as soon as Commander Fu arrives, the war will end soon!"

"Yes, that's the ......"

"What are you afraid of, that's a military feat!"

"Hehe......"

Everyone's words were a little stiff, but Zhu Gaoxu didn't reprimand them when he saw this, but stood up: "Armor piercing, listen to my orders to attack!" ”

"The last general orders ......" The generals shouted in unison, and all the soldiers who were holding back the fire also began to act when they heard it.

They led the horses down the hill to the col, and when Zhu Gaoxu's order was given, everyone unarmoured from the saddle and helped each other to dress.

The military horses, who had rested for more than an hour, also had a little energy, and even if they put on their vests, they would playfully kick the pile of dead leaves under their feet.

Everyone was ready, but as soon as he said a word, Zhu Gaoxu, who bore the brunt of the attack, personally put on his armor and got on the horse.

He put on a tether and a neck guard, and no inch of skin was exposed on his body except for his hands and face.

Not only him, but all the people who rode more than 200 horses in Bohai were like this.

Turning his head to look at everyone, Zhu Gaoxu pulled out the fifteen catties and six iron spears inserted in the ground with one hand, and pointed obliquely in the direction of the sunrise: "Attack!" ”

With his order, more than 200 Bohai horsemen began to ride out slowly.

The sound of horses' hooves began to sound dullly and densely, startling the birds in the woods.

The flying bird flew out under pressure, and this scene was noticed by Xiyang Ha, who had been observing the surroundings, and he immediately pointed to the col with a horsewhip: "What's going on there, what about the sentry horse?!" ”

"Amma, the sentry said that they had seen it, everything was safe, maybe it was a beast."

Balcha Haze immediately stepped forward to appease Xiyangha, but his pacification did not work, because the dense sound of horses' hooves could not be concealed at this moment.

"Go to the hill and form a formation with a baggage cart!"

Compared with Shuerha, who was defeated by the enemy, Xiyangha, who had fought against the Ming army for several years, was more experienced, and he gave the order in time, and at the same time ordered to Bald Chaha: "Shoot the Ming Dysprosium, and call all the sentry horses back!" ”

"Yes!" Bald Chaha didn't care about the fact that he was slapped in the face, and hurriedly took out a special Mingdi arrow and shot it into the sky.

A sharp sound spread as the arrow fired, and the effect of this sound was like cold water dripping into a boiling oil pot, and the already exhausted team exploded in an instant.

They drove the oxen and horse-drawn carts to a low hill seven or eight meters high more than 100 steps to the north, and some of them could not retreat because they brought too many things, so they simply waved their knives and cut the ropes of the ox-and-horse carts, and they carried the children and the old man to escape on the oxen and horses.

The mile-long procession suddenly collapsed and fled in disarray.

Faced with such a situation, Xiyang Ha's eyes were split, he didn't have time to scold this group of fools, so he could only quickly turn his head to look at the col where the birds were startled.

Under his gaze, the Ming cavalry dressed in Ming armor walked out of the gloomy mountain col under the oblique rays of the sunrise sun.

In their ranks, there are hunting flags.

The banner Xiyangha and Bald Chaha and others were very familiar with, and it was the banner they burned the most during this time.

"Amma, it's that doll Bohai King in the south!"

"I know! Hurry up! ”

Bald Chaha shouted at Xiyang Ha in fear, and at this moment, he had already seen Xiyang Ha, who was pouring out of the mountain col and hundreds of Bohai Sea Elite Riders, was also heartbroken.

He was surrounded and suppressed by the Ming army for many years, but the Ming army often took the waterway, and most of them were foot soldiers, with only a few more than 100 horsemen.

In the news brought back by the deserters yesterday, the Ming army only showed more than 100 cavalry, why did so many suddenly pour out now?

Xiyang Ha didn't have time to wonder about this question, because his instinct had already driven him to flee towards the hills.

Sitting on horseback, more than 200 Bohai elite horsemen did not target the chaotic Xiyang Habu people at the moment, nor were they carried away by their scattered formation.

All of them looked at the tall figure in the army, waiting for his orders.

Under the phoenix-winged helmet, Zhu Gaoxu walked slowly with a cold face and a red horse, he knew that he could harvest Xiyangha's troops by charging now, but he knew even more that his horsepower could only launch a few face-to-face attacks and charges.

Precious horsepower should not be used against these old and weak women and children, and his target is Xiyangha and the thousands of soldiers and horses under his command.

"Divide ten small flags, besiege the periphery, don't let them have the idea of breaking through."

"The last general commands!"

Zhu Gaoxu ordered with a cold face, and Yizhaha, who was wearing armor, also excitedly used the word "last general".

After a while, more than 100 horsemen, led by Yishiha, began to surround the low hill where tens of thousands of people had gathered.

It is said to be a siege, but in fact, they are only responsible for the outer siege, and what really deters these tens of thousands of people is the more than 100 elite horsemen who followed Zhu Gaoxu's horses.

"Your Highness, their car formation is flawed, should we face it?"

A hundred household officials were a little breathless, and he immediately took two or three steps forward to ask Zhu Gaoxu's side, but Zhu Gaochu was unmoved, and just glanced at him:

"There are only two hundred of us, if we don't do it first, we won't do it first, Fu let them come soon."

When Zhu Gaoxu said this, he looked at the direction where Xiyang Ha and they came from, and he had been paying attention to that direction, because since Xiyang Ha released the Ming Di, the sentry horses released from all directions came back, but there were no sentry horses back in the direction they came.

He didn't believe that Xiyang Ha would not have put a sentry behind his ass, and the reason why those sentry horses did not come back was probably because they had encountered Fu They.

This news made Zhu Gaoxu's self-confidence in this battle even more, he knew that he didn't need to do too many things now, he just had to wait, and when Fu Rang arrived, it would be the time to completely annihilate Xiyangha's department.

Looking at the Jurchens gathered up and down the low hills, like a black wave, Zhu Gaoxu clenched the Zhangliu iron spear in his hand......

(End of chapter)