After a pause, the leader of the mercenary group continued: "The ones who took the long way were Lin Xiao, the commander-in-chief of the Dorodo City Defense Army, his subordinate Yuan Zheng, and a few city defense army soldiers."
"Then let's..."
The people next to me asked, but they already had the answer in their minds.
The group leader has already said that if he pursues Liu Shaolan who takes a shortcut, he may not be able to catch up.
But Lin Xiao and Yuan Zheng, who are chasing after a long distance, have a high chance of catching up with them.
Moreover, even if he catches up with Liu Shaolan, what will happen?
Liu Shaolan is only the daughter of the city lord, not the lord of Dorodo. Even if she is captured or killed, it will not be of much use.
Lin Xiao is the commander-in-chief of the Dorodo City Defense Force, and with him is his subordinate Yuan Zheng, a commander of thousands.
In this way, Lin Xiao and Yuan Zheng must be more valuable, far more than Liu Shaolan who took the shortcut.
"We are chasing Lin Xiao and Yuan Zheng! We must catch them or kill them, otherwise Dorado will be in chaos!"
The leader of the mercenary group said fiercely, and then he whipped up his horse and took the lead on the original path to chase Lin Xiao and others in the distance.
Hundreds of members of the mercenary group followed, and waves of thick smoke and dust suddenly rose on the rather narrow road.
Lin Xiao fell behind Yuan Zheng and all the city defense soldiers.
The reason why he is at the back instead of at the front is because he can be the first to detect where the mercenary group is chasing and how far away it is from him and others. If the other party attacks with arrows again, he can also help the city defense army.
The soldiers resist a little, so as to avoid the loss of the city defense soldiers.
After all, each of the ten city defense soldiers and five members of the Guards who came with them had their own role to play, and they couldn't be casually lost here.
"Commander, what should we do next?"
Yuan Zheng asked.
Because Yuan Zheng had already noticed the wandering mercenary group chasing from behind.
Seeing the scene of hundreds of people chasing after him, although Yuan Zheng was not afraid, the city defense soldiers and members of the Guards in front all showed fear.
"Into the forest!"
Lin Xiao said seriously.
"Into the mountains? Okay!"
Without hesitation, Yuan Zheng quickly nodded heavily.
He already understood what Lin Xiao meant. On the road without obstacles, whether he would be overtaken by the wandering mercenary group could only depend on luck and the horsepower of the horses on both sides.
But when you enter the mountains and forests, you have room to roll around and move around, and you can use it to your heart's content.
So Lin Xiao and Yuan Zheng turned their horses and led ten city defense soldiers and five members of the Guards into the forest.
The wandering mercenary group chasing behind saw this scene from a distance, and all of them showed angry faces.
The leader of the mercenary group said angrily: "Damn, these guys are so damn cunning, they are harder to catch than foxes!"
"Captain, are we going into the forest too?"
a subordinate asked.
"nonsense!"
A mercenary group of hundreds of people, following the footsteps of Lin Xiao, Yuan Zheng and others, also entered the mountains and forests.
But after entering the dense mountain forest, they discovered that Lin Xiao and others had disappeared.
The dense trees in the mountain forest are the best cover, and although the speed of horses is limited in such places, with the cover and protection of the trees, Lin Xiao and others can hide as much as they want.
Realizing his situation, the leader of the mercenary group's face instantly darkened.
But at this moment, an arrow suddenly flew from a distance and accurately hit the head of the mercenary group in the neck.
"There's an ambush! Get out of the way!"
The leader of the mercenary group shouted suddenly, then pulled out the long knife from his waist and cut off the arrows that flew in front of him.