More than a thousand cavalry were divided into several teams and passed through the wilderness on the outskirts of Beijing like a gust of wind. Among them, a dozen four-wheeled carriages were escorted by cavalry, maintaining the same speed as the cavalry, and fled eastward.

Although they had been out of the capital for dozens of miles, Zu Dashou and his party still did not dare to slow down. After setting fire to the rogue camp with rockets, they took advantage of the chaos and fought their way out of the capital. With the help of the best Liaodong horses, they drove the rogues away from a distance.

Behind them, but everyone knows that this kind of throwing away is only temporary. As long as they relax a little, the bandits will definitely catch up!

Looking back, I can no longer see the walls of the capital. Of course, I can't hear the roar of cannons and the shouts of the bandits. I can't even see the bandits. As for what the capital looks like now?

To be honest, Zu Dashou didn't care. It didn't matter whether the inner city fell or not. After all, Li Zicheng's pursuers were always chasing them...

"It's a hornet's nest!"

Thinking about the pursuit behind him, Zu Dashou only had this thought in his mind. Ever since they took advantage of the chaos and rushed out of the capital, thousands of rogue cavalry had been chasing them. In the final analysis, the reason was nothing more than other things - the rogues were sure.

He thought the emperor was among the cavalry, so he chased after him desperately.

"Uncle,"

Zu Mingsan shouted loudly.

"It won't work if we keep running like this. The bandits behind us are chasing after us. If we keep running like this, our horses will be exhausted, and we will still be the ones who suffer the consequences!"

Zu Mingsan is the nephew of Zu Dashou. Although he is a distant relative, he is very brave in fighting. This is why he was sent to the capital. He is expected to lead the thousands of servants to protect Zu Dashou and others.

I left the capital, but I never thought it would end like this.

It was like poking a hornet's nest. Ever since they left the capital, the intruders had been chasing after them. Although these thousands of servants were all elite cavalry of the ancestral army, their strength was limited after all. There were only more than a thousand people.

With such a small number of troops, it is okay to kill the bandits by surprise, but once they are trapped in a tight siege, too many ants will kill the elephant.

And these thousand cavalry were dispersed into several teams? There were more than a hundred cavalry serving as forward sentries, and 300 cavalry behind them. The remaining 600 cavalry were controlled by Zu Dashou, guarding the princes, princesses and

The ladies of the ancestral family were riding in a carriage, and those people didn’t know how to ride a horse? Fortunately, the four-wheeled carriage was fast enough. Otherwise, the big guys would have to be dragged down.

But even so? It doesn't mean that they are safe. After all, the bandits are chasing them behind!

What's even worse is that the bandits now mistakenly thought that the emperor was in the carriage, and they were chasing him all the way? They didn't even have time to breathe.

Is this really what he...

Although he was no stranger to breaking out of sieges, Zu Dashou never expected such a result. In the past, the general just ran away. The enemy would chase them if they could, but they might not chase them desperately? But it's different now?

Do the rogue bandits think the emperor is here? With such great achievements here, how could they not catch up?

In fact, if he were a professional in battlefield escape, he would definitely not make such a huge group of people escape. He would definitely choose to go out in small groups and escape in all directions.

But the problem is that there are not many unprofessional people in this matter!

Oh, no, there are professionals. Cixi, more than two hundred years later, escaped with that expertise. Not only did she not use soldiers and horses to protect her, but she even directly used an escort. Look how professional this escape was.

"Don't worry, the bandits are only chasing you for a while."

As the backbone of everyone, Zu Dashou knows that the most important thing at this time is the people's hearts. When people's hearts are in chaos, there will definitely be problems. When the time comes, everyone is scrambling to escape and it becomes a big mess, so don't even think about leaving. Escape for your life on the battlefield is very important.

It's true that it's luck, but most of the time, you still have to keep the morale of the soldiers first.

Under normal circumstances, very few people would chase the cavalry led like this. They are the ones who are the ones who are desperate to escape. In order to escape for their lives, they must be willing to do whatever it takes, and their combat prowess is off the charts. As long as they catch up,

It must be a fierce battle.

Under normal circumstances, except for those who have enough to eat, who would chase and kill such a person? Even Donglu would not take the initiative to find hard problems to make him unhappy?

It was not pleasant there, and it was obvious that he was going to die.

But things are different now. They are fighting hard, but among their ranks, there is a piece of fat that attracts the bandits - the Emperor!

As long as the emperor is among them, the intruders will chase after them desperately. This will be difficult to handle!

It's just a deserter, they must have chased him for a while, but with the "Emperor" around, they might chase him to the end of the world!

In fact, in the plan formulated by Zu Dashou, this group of people, including his own family members, are actually existences that can act as abandoned sons at any time. Once he encounters the group's pursuers, he will lead his close servants to escort a few

The prince and the princess break out, and the others are not important.

What's important?

It is an edict indicating the emperor's attitude towards passing the throne to the prince and passing the throne to the general. As long as we have these, the prosperity and wealth of our ancestors can be preserved for generations!

What if we divide our forces now?

Thinking of the original plan, when Zu Dashou looked back, Zu Mingsan said directly.

"Uncle, you lead the large group to retreat to Shanhaiguan first, and the younger one will lead three hundred cavalry to kill him with a carbine..."

This is also an option.

However, this kind of breakout method is the last resort...

"inappropriate!"

Zu Dashou took a breath and then said.

"There must be five thousand pursuers behind, if not three thousand. If you try to fight back, you will die. If we fight like this, we may not be able to escape..."

After a pause, Zu Dashou looked in the direction of Shanhaiguan again, and then silently thought to himself, Shanhaiguan... is really too far!

If the intruders chased them with all their might, the horses would probably die of exhaustion before they reached Shanhaiguan.

The emperor is really not here!

At this time, Zu Dashou wanted to shout that the emperor was in the capital, not in the car!

But he didn't dare to say this, and he couldn't say it.

What should we do now?

If they chased me so relentlessly, they would definitely not be able to escape.

No, we can't go on like this.

Zu Dashou stood on the horse and looked around, his face looked a little solemn, but he was not looking ahead, but looking to see if there was any dust rising in the air.

"Listen to see if there are any pursuers."

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant fell off the horse and lay on the ground with his ears against the ground.

After a while, he arrived in front of Zu Dashou, his expression looked very solemn.

"Uncle, there are pursuers!"

Then he said again,

"There should be a lot of people and horses! It's estimated to be several thousand."

Zu Dashou looked calm and asked calmly:

"how far?"

"Twenty miles away."

20 miles is really close. If we can't get rid of this tail, let alone escape to Shanhaiguan, I'm afraid everyone's lives will be lost along the way.

Zu Dashou nodded and said to Zu Mingsan:

"Do you think we can get to Shanhaiguan?"

"It's okay without the pursuers. Now..."

Zu Mingsan thought for a while and said,

"If you drive so hard, either the man or the horse will die of exhaustion."

What I fear most when escaping is that the pursuers are chasing after me. As long as the other party chases with all their strength, I am afraid that even if they cannot catch up, they will tire the man and the horse to death.

This is not the way to go.

"It's a dead word anyway!"

Zu Dashou cursed and then said.

"We can't go to Shanhaiguan. Let's go to Zhangjiawan. There might be a boat there. Now the ice on the river has just melted. Let's get on the boat. Those bandits chasing us can only stare at us all the way."

Although he had never fought a water battle, Zu Dashou knew how to march on waterways. After thinking about it, he added,

"There is a boat over there in Zhangjiawan. If we get on the boat, we can go all the way down the river. Even if the bandits catch up with us, we can only stare on the bank. Although the river is not wide, we don't want to get to the middle of the river.

, if they don’t have a boat, they can only watch from the shore. If we are on the boat, we can go south day and night, and the pursuers will definitely not be able to catch up with us. It’s not that far from the canal to Shandong, or even

We will meet the team sent by the General to King Qin on the way."
Chapter completed!