Chapter 557 Someone Has to Sacrifice
'call……'
Ma Ya and Li Gong were instantly relieved.
Just run away!
Just run away!
"How can we pursue it in such a dark sky?" Ma Ya glared at Muren.
"Colonel, we are not afraid of death!" the cavalryman who was ready behind him suddenly expressed his stance.
"You are not afraid of our captain, why are you afraid?" Ma Ya said angrily, but it was too false to not even give chase, so he added: "You take the people to rest immediately, and we will set off at dawn tomorrow
Chase, they have been hungry for a few days, it is late at night, and they cannot run far. Others are interested in the prisoners. If anything goes wrong again, let us accept the sanctions of military law together!"
"promise!"
After listening to Maya's words, no one dared to object.
Pursuing at night is inherently dangerous.
I couldn't see the road at all, and I didn't know which direction the other party ran.
It's normal if you can't catch up, but you're lucky if you can catch up.
But no one thinks that their luck must be the best.
As Maya said.
They have been hungry for several days, and their physical strength has long been exhausted.
Vision was extremely poor at night, so even if they ran, they couldn't get far.
There is a high probability that after running for a certain distance and then finding that the Han army was not pursuing them, they would naturally slow down.
But they would never dare to stop and rest this night, and this would deepen their fatigue.
In this way, it will be perfect.
The Han army, which had rested all night, was naturally not tired, and its troops and horses were strong. They waited until daybreak before attacking, and then they could pursue based on the traces left on the ground.
It is estimated that they will be able to catch up until dark at most.
Besides, this is the grassland, where can they run?
There are Han scouts everywhere and scattered Han troops everywhere.
In this area, there are no large-scale Huns troops anymore, only large-scale Huns prisoners.
So, why panic?
That night, many people were frightened.
Especially Muren, who was so anxious that he didn't dare to close his eyes all night.
If this allowed Aluka to escape smoothly, he would be blinded.
What the hell...
Is it easy for me???
…
When the first ray of sunshine in the morning shines on the earth.
A cavalry force of a thousand people quickly left the camp.
Following the traces left on the ground, he quickly chased towards the west.
Ma Ya was not idle here either. He continued on his way and sent people to report the situation. After all, hundreds of prisoners escaped, which was no small matter.
Although this is the arrangement above, the required procedures still need to be followed.
In short, this matter should be made to look like an accident, and absolutely no one should have any doubts.
Of course, there can be no doubts.
Even if there were, it wouldn't matter to the entire battle.
After a whole day of pursuit, the 1,000 men who went out could only catch up to less than 30 stray prisoners.
In other words, the reason why they were able to catch up was because they couldn't handle the high-intensity running, so they stopped to rest when they fell behind.
Naturally, there will be no good end for these prisoners who dare to escape.
Although the Han Dynasty is in short supply of coolies, there is no shortage of these people no matter how much the shortage is.
Every time you find one, cut off the head and bring it back.
But for the 650 people who escaped, the fact that they caught less than 30 people was still not enough.
"Master Five Hundred, are you still chasing me?"
"Lord Five Hundred, I feel that we are not far from them."
"Yeah, maybe after chasing them for a while, we can catch up with them completely. By then we can make up for it."
"Lord Five Hundred, let's chase. After this battle, who knows when the next battle will be? Brothers should retire in less than three years, and less than half of them can stay. If this is the case,
If I go back, I’m afraid I’ll die with my eyes open…”
Qian Duo looked up and frowned tightly.
The brothers are right, the current military service system is like this.
It is very different from the past. In the previous system, there were always endless wars to fight. When you were young, you fought at the border, and when you got old, you were still fighting at the border.
It seems that your whole life has been with the army, but your whole life, you are just an ordinary pawn.
The current Han army is different. Each person's service period is only five years. If you still want to stay here and the superiors think you are suitable for this job, you can get another five years of service.
If either side disagrees, then they have no choice but to go home.
Within a limited time, if they want to change their lives by joining the army, they must make some achievements within these five years.
War does not happen every year, nor does it happen in every service period.
If you miss it, you really have missed it. You will never have this kind of opportunity to make meritorious service and be awarded a medal again in this life.
But at this moment, Qian Duo remembered what happened when Ma Ya called himself and another 500-year-old to the tent to explain things before setting off.
When pursuing, don't go too deep, lest you lose the assistance from the rear.
Once the application time has passed, no matter what the outcome of the battle, you must return immediately.
If any of the prisoners have Han ancestry, find a way to release them.
Regardless of whether they have achieved victory or not, as long as they violate these three conditions, they will be dealt with seriously after returning, ranging from being discharged from the military to being punished.
In the end, Ma Ya directly made it clear to the two of them that this was an order given by General Han himself, and that only the two of them were allowed to know the content of the order, and they could not leak it even if they were dead.
"withdraw!"
The military orders are like mountains, and although this may be the last time they gallop on the grassland, they still can't disobey the orders if they have money.
Why would the above issue such an order?
He must have a reason, as for what reason?
He cannot know, does not want to know, and is not willing to know.
"Five Hundred Lord..."
"If we withdraw now, at most we will be transferred back to the mainland, or at most we will be transferred away from the frontline troops. But if we continue to pursue, we may not even be able to return home..." Qian Duo said to the crowd in a serious voice.
On the battlefield, the most taboo thing is to disobey military orders.
Don't explain it by saying that the general will not accept the king's fate, these two are not on the same level at all.
Han Xin decided to change the battle plan formulated by Wang Buxu because the situation on the battlefield had changed, and Wang Buxu was thousands of miles away and unable to command at all.
If Qian Duo disobeys orders, what will happen to him?
Maia told them both so obviously, isn't the meaning not clear enough?
To put it simply, there are arrangements for this matter, so don’t ruin the overall situation.
But there were some things he couldn't say to the soldiers under his command.
Chapter completed!