Normally, they, the soldiers, can dominate the ordinary officers and soldiers, but when it comes to the lives of these officers and soldiers, they know better than anyone else that they will fight to the death whoever dares to stop these officers and soldiers from escaping.
The few soldiers who blocked the horse crossing before are the best examples.
"A bunch of trash." Seeing that his own soldiers could not be commanded, Sun Youming cursed angrily, and then said, "Protect this general and get off the fort wall."
All the officers and soldiers on the fort wall ran away. It was impossible to defend such a long fort wall with only his own soldiers. He simply gave up the fort wall and retreated into the fort.
He was also afraid that these soldiers, like the officers and soldiers on the fort wall, would disobey orders and leave by force, and he didn't want to accidentally die in the hands of his own soldiers.
When the soldiers nearby heard that their general was about to leave, they hurriedly stepped forward and helped him behind the female wall, protecting him and quickly leaving the fort wall along the horse path.
As a result, except for a few broken flags, there was not a single living guard on the fort wall.
Zhao Wu, who was outside the fort, smiled after seeing all this through the monocular telescope in his hand.
Even the walls of the military fort were given way, and the defeat of the officers and soldiers in the military fort was already imminent.
However, just when he was about to send out his soldiers to attack, groups of officers and soldiers in the military fort rushed out. Among the crowd, a helmeted and armored general was protected by the officers and soldiers and fled to the west outside the fort gate. .
"Yingzheng, the opponent is trying to escape!" said the captain of the thousand-man team next to him. "The opponent is familiar with Shicheng Island. If he really wants to hide somewhere, I'm afraid it won't be easy to catch him for a while."
Zhao Wu didn't expect the other party to escape so easily.
"Fire, fire!" Zhao Wu hurriedly ordered the artillery team to fire at the officers and soldiers who escaped from the military fort.
The artillery team received the order, redirected the muzzle, and quickly opened in the direction where the officers and soldiers escaped.
At this time, the officers and soldiers had fled the military fort a hundred steps away.
"Leave a squadron to protect the artillery team and clean up the remaining enemies in the army. The others will follow me. We must not let this group of officers and soldiers escape, especially the wise general among them. We must not let him go." Zhao Wu saw his own side. The artillery was too late and a pursuit was immediately ordered.
Except for one squadron of soldiers who were left behind, the remaining nearly two thousand-man squadrons, led by their respective officers, pursued the fleeing officials.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon gunner brought the Tiger Crouching Cannon and followed the team in pursuit.
It was inconvenient to move the small Fran cannon and the two four-pounder cannons, so they were all left outside the fort, protected by the remaining soldiers.
The officers and soldiers were familiar with the environment on the island, so they would be able to escape with ease.
However, it was broad daylight at this time, and the simple quality of the soldiers of the Tiger Flag was even better than that of the official army.
Therefore, the officers and soldiers who escaped from the military fort not only failed to escape the pursuit of the Tiger Flag soldiers, but the distance between the two sides gradually became closer.
Ordinary officers and soldiers on the island usually eat only when they are hungry and full. They rarely have enough to eat. As soon as they escaped from the military fort, some of them soon fell behind and were captured by the Tiger Flag soldiers who were chasing up from behind. .
The number of officers and soldiers who escaped with Sun Youming gradually decreased.
In addition to those who were captured because they could not run away, many others broke away from the team and fled for their lives on their own.
In the end, there were less than a hundred officers and soldiers left with Sun Youming, but they were still the largest group of defeated soldiers who fled. In addition, Sun Youming's armor and stomach were different from other officers and soldiers, so they naturally became an important target for the tiger-character banner soldiers to pursue.
"General, you can't do that. If you keep running like this, sooner or later the tiger thieves will catch up." One of the soldiers protecting Sun Youming said panting.
After escaping for a long time, he could not get rid of the pursuers behind him. On the contrary, fewer and fewer officers and soldiers followed him from the military fort.
Sun Youming turned around and glanced behind him.
It can be clearly seen that the people with the Tiger Flag are chasing after them.
"Drive all the officers and soldiers away. It's enough for you, my soldiers, to follow me." Sun Youming said to his soldiers.
The more people there are, the bigger the target. He just wants to drag out the strange troops to win the victory at sea. As for the idea of fighting with people and people with the tiger flag, he has never had such an idea.
Even the Dunbao couldn't stop the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag. He didn't think that with the few soldiers and horses around him, he was a match for the chasing tiger thieves.
"Spread out and run, everyone spread out and run away, no one can run away if they are all together." Some soldiers shouted loudly, preventing other officers and soldiers from following.
Many officers and soldiers subconsciously followed the general to escape for their lives.
At this moment, after hearing the reminder from others, many of the officers and soldiers following him reacted, immediately gave up and left Sun Youming behind, and fled in other directions.
There are fewer and fewer officers and soldiers around Sun Youming.
In order to make himself less conspicuous, Sun Youming took off his armor and stomach while running and threw it on the ground.
Slowly, there were only about ten people left around him, all of whom were the soldiers and servants who had been with him all along.
After running for a while, the soldiers around him were all out of breath.
If they were not familiar with the environment on the island, they would have been almost caught several times by the Tiger Flag soldiers chasing after them.
"General, brothers can't run anymore. Should we find a place to hide first? If we keep running like this, we will only die from exhaustion." The soldier who spoke spoke intermittently, his chest rising and falling.
Another soldier on the side also said: "I really don't know how these tiger thieves can run away so well and still bite us hard after so long."
The island is not flat, and the soldiers of the Tiger Flag are equally tired.
Fortunately, he had regular food, good health, and regular training, so the situation was better than that of Sun Youming's soldiers.
In this case, the captain of the Tiger Flag Squadron who was chasing behind wanted to give up several times.
The reason why he has not given up until now is simply because he learned from the captured officers and soldiers that the person in front was the Shicheng Island guard.
"If you can't escape, then fight with them." Sun Youming knew that it would be difficult for him to escape, so he felt fierce in his heart and stopped at his feet.
The soldiers following him also stopped one after another, and many simply fell to the ground.
"Everyone stand up, stand up!" Sun Youming looked at the ugly appearance of each of his soldiers with no fighting spirit. He was so angry that he couldn't help but kicked the nearest soldier who was slumped on the ground.
The kicked soldier tried hard to get up, but failed several times, so he simply lay on the ground and gasped for air.
"It's no longer possible. I can't run anymore. I really can't run anymore." A soldier shook his head vigorously towards Sun Youming.
If Sun Youming hadn't stopped on his own initiative, they might have been able to continue running for a while, but as soon as they stopped, the last breath in their chests was gone.
"We can't defeat the general. We even left our weapons halfway." Another soldier said.
When escaping for their lives, they naturally had to throw away all the encumbrances on their body. Even Sun Youming lost his armor and stomach. In order to run faster, these soldiers naturally threw away such encumbrances as weapons.
Sun Youming was so angry that he kicked the person next to him several times.
Unfortunately it doesn't work at all.
