Chapter 816: Exhausted from running

Modern soldiers must pass a five-kilometer armed cross-country run within 26 minutes. The Xin tribe is naturally incomparable. They have no training in this area, and the food is not very good. It is no problem to eat enough, but forget about eating well.

Not to mention that the Xin tribe was frightened all night yesterday. They began to endure the attack of the Han tribe before dawn, and they did not have time to eat breakfast until the whole army ran away. Physically and psychologically, they are completely incomparable to the elite Tiger Guards. The Tiger Guards always eat a full meal before going into battle.

But no matter what, with a group of enemies ready to kill them at any time, the two corps led by Qiyun still performed their ability to escape beyond their level even if they were tired and hungry. They ran a short distance of five kilometers in about 35 minutes.

The two sides were fighting very closely, with the new force of the Tiger Guard hanging two or three hundred meters behind them, and occasionally shooting a few arrows at the tail of the Xin tribe's army. If they were lucky, they could pick up some unlucky people who had fallen behind along the way.

In fact, with the normal speed of the Tiger Guard, it is completely possible to catch up and entangle the enemy at such a close distance, but Xue Tu has been suppressing the speed of the troops in order to avoid direct face-to-face fighting between the two sides and cause unnecessary casualties, or to reduce the casualties of the enemy. The Xin tribe's army has not received training in this regard, but the Han tribe has been training every day, and the physical fitness of the two sides is not at the same level.

Qiyun was running in front with the team in fear, but he didn't have to run by himself. No matter how poor the Xin tribe was, they still had some horses. But although he was riding a horse, he didn't dare to run too fast. If he left his troops behind, he would never be able to gather these people again.

In this unprecedented battle royale, Qiyun and several leaders of the grassland soldiers also thought about whether they could break out in other directions and temporarily distance themselves from the Han army, at least get rid of them first, so that their soldiers could take a breath, but breaking out was not as simple as they thought. To the

east, that is, behind them, was the Han army that was as fierce as wolves and tigers, and to the north was the cliffs by the sea. They wanted to break out to the south, but every time they turned to the south, they would encounter a group of Han cavalry that appeared and disappeared. The scale of this group of cavalry was not large, only about one or two hundred people, but using their own infantry to deal with the cavalry of the Han tribe was simply not fast enough.

The remnants of the two corps broke out to the south several times, but were beaten back by this group of cavalry. Not only did they fail to break through the blockade of the Han army, but they also slowed down their escape to the west, allowing the main force of the Han army behind them to catch up a lot. After several struggles, they lost another six or seven hundred soldiers in a distance of ten miles.

The Tiger Guards knew that friendly troops would take over from them, so when they were almost ten miles away, they not only did not slow down, but chased even harder, fearing that the credit they were about to get would fall into the hands of other guards.

The remnants of the two frontline corps of the Xin tribe were being chased and suffered terribly. Some of them ran and ran, and suddenly foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground, or stopped to hold on to a tree and vomited crazily. This was not their fault, as many of them had never run like this since they were young. They ran for ten miles without even a chance to stop and take a breath.

Some of them held on to a tree and vomited a lot. When they saw the Han army chasing them from behind, they simply sat down on the ground and stopped moving.

"Damn it, the worst that can happen is that I will be killed by a knife, which is at least quicker. If I keep running like this, even if I am not killed by the Han army, I will be exhausted to death." The soldier cursed in his heart.

When the pursuers of the Tiger Guards came to him, the boy simply leaned against the tree trunk and closed his eyes, panting and shouting, "Kill me, I won't run away."

"What the hell are you yelling for? Hurry up and stand up. Who has water? Give this boy some water to drink. He will die if he sits down right after running. He will be worthless if he dies. Hurry up and pull this boy up and give him some water." A Tiger Guard soldier who was running in the front saw another person who fell behind, and immediately rushed up and grabbed the man's collar and lifted him up. The last one

who was caught did not resist. He really had no strength. He just wanted to lie on the ground for a while. It would be better if he had some food and drink. Even if there was no food and drink, he would be killed with a knife. He felt that his lungs were about to burst.

But things did not go as he wished. Not only was the guy who was caught not hacked to death, but he was also forced to be picked up and let him walk around, which made him want to die.

"Damn it, I'm lying here for you to kill me, and you won't let me go. You even let me stand up and walk around. I'll walk around and your mother will walk around." The captured soldier cursed weakly, but he had no strength to resist the "atrocities" of the Han army. He could only grit his teeth and stand there under their threat. As long as he planned to lie down, he would be brutally beaten.

Fortunately, the Han tribe was not too heartless and even found a bamboo tube for him to drink. The captured tail-end didn't care at all. He immediately gulped down the water and then spit it out. Although he didn't drink much, he still felt much better.

In this way, the two sides fled and chased. After running for a few miles, the remnants of the Xin tribe corps in front began to abandon their armor and helmets. There were discarded bamboo armor and bamboo hats along the way, and even many shields and weapons. These things seriously limited their escape speed. So when they saw one of them doing this, the people around him immediately followed suit.

Finally, they reached the junction of five kilometers. The Tiger Guards were exhausted. The originally neat team was now sparse. Seeing that the Han army chasing behind them was getting fewer and farther away, the tail-end of the Xin tribe in front was relieved, as if they would soon be able to shake off the Han tribe's pursuers.

However, at this moment, more than 2,000 Han soldiers suddenly rushed out from both sides of them. They were dressed the same as the Tiger Guards, but the battle flag in the leader's hand had become a crossbow.

These people were waiting for the opportunity. When they found that the remnants of the Xin tribe passed by the ambush circle of their guards, they immediately rushed over with a roar, scaring the remnants of the Xin tribe in front of them and cursing in shock and anger.

"Oh my god, the Han tribe has changed again. Hurry up, run brothers!"

"Fuck, you keep running. I can't run anymore. I'll fight the Han tribe." One person shouted and immediately turned around to rush towards the newly caught Xiangjian Guards. As a result, before he reached the pursuers, he knelt on the ground and raised his hands to surrender. This kid had been running at the back and had discovered a phenomenon long ago. Those fellow tribesmen who were captured by the Han tribe were not killed immediately. The Han tribe seemed to give them water to drink!!!

Seeing this scene, this guy immediately wanted to surrender directly. Although he knew that he would definitely not have a good time if he fell into the hands of the Han army, he could not care so much now. Instead of running away like this, he would accept it even if he could only live for a few months if he surrendered to the Han army. So this guy shouted that he wanted to fight the Han tribe to the death, but he surrendered to the Han army to avoid the sight of his own people.

This way, he would not be discovered by his compatriots who were familiar with him, so that his close brothers and sisters would not end up eating the melons of the tribe leader.

After the new force of the Xiangjian Guard joined the pursuit, it soon caught up with the tail of the Xin tribe corps. Hundreds of people from both sides fought together, but because the Xin tribe was already at the end of its strength, many soldiers could not even stand, and the hundreds of people hanging at the back were quickly captured by the Xiangjian Guard one by one. The results of this encounter alone were no less than the results of the Huben Guard who had just run ten miles.

Of course, they also took advantage of the enemy's overdrawn physical strength.

After collecting the surrendered soldiers, the Xiangjian Guards continued to chase and kill them. More and more enemy soldiers were left behind along the way. Many people stopped running after they found that the Han army did not kill them directly.

The Xiangjian Guards chased them for another four or five miles, and the remnants of the Xin tribe in front were basically captured. They really couldn't run anymore. In addition, the Xiangjian Guards were in full strength and almost rushed into the middle of them. When the soldiers of the Xin tribe saw the Han army chasing them, they simply lay there and pretended to be dead. They secretly said that they would accept their fate even if they were killed. Anyway, they would never run like this again.

The Han army started chasing at 4:30 in the morning. The chase lasted until 6 in the morning. After a distance of 16 or 17 miles, they finally captured most of the troops of the two front-line corps of the Xin tribe. Only about 100 or 200 people were still fleeing. Some of them broke up into small groups and hid in the gullies with the Han army. Some of the high-ranking officers and scouts on horseback were running for their lives.

After Xue Tu, who was riding behind, learned the news, he immediately issued a kill order to the front-line Xiangjian Guards, and notified the scouts who were driving the enemy on the flanks to immediately annihilate all the remaining enemies. If they encountered resistance, they could be killed, and no one should be left alive.

Xue Tu finally breathed a sigh of relief when all the soldiers began to search the mountain in the last area according to the order. The first battle of the landing was finally over.

(End of this chapter)