E Bilun and Mu Tai waited in the camp for a long time with more than a hundred Zhenglan Banner bannermen, and then Tong Yangxing came over with several hundred Han soldiers.
"Why so slow!" E Bilun asked with an unhappy look on his face.
Tong Yangxing said awkwardly: "The Han soldiers are not as quick as our Eight Banners soldiers."
"Hmph! Let's go!" E Bilun snorted and ordered to set off.
He was in a hurry to catch up with the defecting Han soldiers and had no time to grind his teeth with Tong here.
"Let's go, let's go." Tong Yangxing called to the Han soldiers brought by his men to set off.
He didn't pay much attention to E Bi Lun Yue Zu's acting orders.
The two distinct teams set off from the camp and chased towards South Guam.
The Zhenglan Banner soldiers and horses brought by E Bilun were all on horseback. On the other hand, the Han soldiers brought by Tong Yangxing, except for a dozen people on horseback, the rest all traveled on two legs.
With Han soldiers dragging them down, the flag soldiers of Zhenglan Banner could not move very fast even on horseback.
Along the way, E Bi Lun wanted to leave Tong Yangxing and the Han soldiers he brought several times, and take the Zhenglan Banner men with him to go first. However, he was dissuaded every time by Mu Tai, the counselor who came with him.
Because of the drag of the Han soldiers, E Bilun, who could not let go of his horse to chase the enemy, vented all his anger on the weeds passing by the roadside.
The riding whip in his hand had smashed countless weeds, and the top of the whip was stained with green grass juice.
No matter how slow the four-legged war horse walked, the Han soldiers had to trot to keep up.
After walking only a few miles, most of the Han soldiers were panting from exhaustion.
However, no matter how tired they were, they couldn't stop and could only keep running.
The Han soldiers who defected to the Tiger Flag quickly rushed to Nanguan Island under the leadership of a small group of Tiger Flag soldiers.
These Han soldiers who defected from the side of the slaves and thieves had a much easier time traveling than the pursuers because they were not encumbered by armor. However, because they had no horses to travel with, they did not eat for a long time after coming off the battlefield, and they were tired and tired. I'm hungry, I'm not going very fast.
Call!
A sentinel was chasing after him, and he came to the leader of the Tiger Flag team who was leading the way and reined in the reins.
"Captain Wang, there are soldiers and horses of slaves and thieves coming from behind. You have to speed up, otherwise you will catch up soon."
"How many pursuers are there?" Captain Wang asked quickly.
The other party said: "There are over a hundred cavalry and five or six hundred infantry. If the slave thieves really want to catch up, our people here may not be able to stop them."
As he spoke, he glanced at the unarmed Han soldiers around him.
Although there were many of them here, most of them were Han soldiers who had defected from the slave bandits. They were unarmed and had no ability to resist at all.
"Damn it, these slave thieves have dog noses and they are chasing after them too fast." Captain Wang cursed, then turned to look at the Han general who had defected from the slave bandit army and said, " General Jia, tell your people to hurry up and stop dragging their feet like this. You heard what I said just now. There are cavalry in the pursuit of slave thieves and they may catch up at any time."
The Han general known as General Jia was the thin-faced Han general. He quickly expressed his position: "Don't worry, I will arrange for the people below to hurry up."
The news that the slaves and thieves were chasing him quickly spread.
"Once the slave thieves catch up, we won't be able to resist them at all, so we need you to go to Nan Guan Island and ask the defenders of Nan Guan Island to support us if possible." Captain Wang said to the sentry rider who delivered the message.
"Okay!" The sentry knight nodded and warned, "You should also hurry up."
After saying that, he urged his war horses to rush to Nanguan Island first.
Jinzhou City is only a few dozen miles away from South Guam.
"Hurry up, speed up, speed up." Captain Wang urged the Han soldiers to speed up their march.
Facing the slaves and thieves who might catch up at any time, I felt very anxious.
If he had brought his own troops from the Tiger Flag, he could have sneaked into the surrounding woods at high altitudes and ambush the pursuers behind them.
But now there are only a few dozen soldiers around him, and the others are Han soldiers who defected from slave thieves.
Not to mention the pursuers behind the ambush, even the marching speed of these people was far inferior to that of their own warriors.
Now he just hopes that the slave thieves' pursuers can catch up later.
"No, we can't go any faster. If we go any faster, we'll run away." General Jia panted and said to Captain Wang who was urging him to the side.
Captain Wang trotted in order to say to General Jia beside him: "You can't stop, you must hurry up. You know the virtues of slave thieves better than I do. If they really catch up with them, you will not survive." "
After hearing this, General Jia buried his head and ran faster.
It is precisely because I know the slave thief that I know that everything the other party said is true.
With the ruthlessness of the slave thieves, none of the defected Han soldiers could survive. If they were caught back, their death would only be worse.
After walking for dozens of miles, someone might be left behind in a normal journey. Such a hasty march, coupled with the spread of the news that the slave thieves were chasing them, directly caused some Han soldiers to run away from the team.
But most of the Han soldiers were still gritting their teeth and hurrying on their way.
Just as Captain Wang was speeding up his journey with the Han soldiers, the slave bandit pursuers following behind discovered their traces.
"Mu Tai, let me catch up with those defectors first. We must not let them escape again. Commander Tong, you and your people should catch up as soon as possible."
When he learned that the person he was chasing was right in front of him, E Bilun could no longer bear it and began to arrange a team to pursue him.
This time Mu Tai, the chief of staff of Zhenglan Banner, did not stop him.
Instead, he led more than a hundred cavalry with the Zhenglan Banner and followed E Bi Lun in pursuit of the Han soldiers in front.
Tong Yangxing was not dissatisfied because E Bi Lun Yue Zu took the order on his behalf. Instead, after the people from Zhenglan Banner left, he immediately shouted to the Han soldiers he had brought with him: "Speed up, it's time to make a contribution."
For him, as long as he dealt with the defecting Han soldiers, he would have an explanation when he saw Huang Taiji in the future.
Hearing that the person they were chasing was right in front, the already exhausted Han soldiers managed to cheer up a little and speed up their pursuit.
E Bilun, who was chasing at the front on horseback, quickly caught up with a few stragglers who had deserted the Han soldiers.
E Bilun became excited, picked up his bow and arrows, and shot the bow directly on horseback.
Whoosh!
A feather arrow shot out.
However, whether it was due to the bumping of the horse's back or his own lack of skill, the arrow missed and missed far away, directly sinking into the grass in the distance.
When several defecting Han soldiers saw the Zhenglan Banner cavalry chasing them, they rolled and crawled forward, trying to catch up with the large troops in front.
When people encounter danger, they always subconsciously like to go to a group of companions with more people.
These Han soldiers are no exception.
