One by one, incendiary canisters made of distilled alcohol, sugar, leather, white phosphorus, etc., fell from the sky, bursting in the Han army camp like blooming ceremonial flowers, and pieces of flames fell like a rain of fire, igniting tents, clothes, grain and grass, horses, human bodies and other combustibles.

The people of this era did not expect the enemy's blow from the sky at all, and when the flames fell from the sky, the first reaction was that the heavens were furious, and sent down heavenly fire to destroy them.

Liu Yuan's Han army's morale collapsed in an instant.

The unfortunate ignition of the soldier let out a terrible wail and ran wildly, at first there were people to help put out the fire, or to end his suffering with an arrow, but more and more fires fell from the sky, and then there was complete chaos in the back, and the soldiers fled one after another.

The Hun cavalry rode on their horses and galloped wildly outside the camp, the camp roared and trampled on each other, and many ruthless cavalrymen brandished maces and sabers, cut down their own family members who were in front of them, and ran to the wilderness.

The slower-runners could only scurry around, trapped in the fire, and finally burned alive in the monstrous flames.

In the classical era, in order to facilitate communication and command, to avoid being broken by each one, the army camped more intensively, which made the fire burn more and more vigorously, becoming a wide range of flame waterfalls, under the strong wind, the huge fireball with a storm, from this camp to another camp, like a gluttonous beast, swallowed and ignited everything on the way forward, and quickly turned into ashes, white-hot fire waves, the temperature was as high as thousands of degrees Celsius.

The burning was as blazing as the sun, and puffs of smoke rolled into the sky, and below it was reflected in the firelight in orange.

Liu Yuan was stunned when he learned that the fire fell from the sky, he was familiar with the history books of the Han people, and knew that Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty had summoned meteorites, but he always felt that it was just an exaggeration, making something out of nothing, but it was just processed to set off the image of Emperor Guangwu.

But the situation soon collapsed, and the rout of hundreds of thousands of troops was unstoppable, seeing that the fire swept like a big tent of the Chinese army, the strategist Jin Zhun shouted loudly, commanding the loyal Xiongnu guards to escort the Han king out of the encirclement.

The siege infantry who were still entangled with the Jin army in Zhuxian Town, saw the monstrous flames rising in the rear, and suddenly fell into a panic, and the Jin army, which had already divided them, took the opportunity to shout, and the siege infantry soldiers were entangled in the city for days, lacking food and clothing, and the wounded could not be treated, so they were already full of resentment, and at this time they hesitated slightly, knowing that the other party could summon heavenly fire, so they surrendered one after another.

Liu Yuan took the remnants of the army to stand out from the sea of fire, and bumped into Niu Yi, who had been waiting for a long time, Niu Yi couldn't understand what the signal was until he saw the flames falling from the sky engulf the Hun army, he didn't understand what the signal was, and at the same time, he admired the Taishi general to the extreme.

Waiting for work, the black cavalry and horse-drawn artillery carriage that nourished their spirit were shocked and bombarded, Liu Yuan's troops were hit hard again, most of them were scattered, and only a small number of loyal Hun cavalry escorted him to break out of the encirclement, running all the way, not even Yecheng anymore, and ran directly to his hometown away from Shicheng.

Counted afterwards, 300,000 foot riders, less than 40,000 people followed him to Shicheng, almost all the ordnance, grain and grass were lost, and when he learned that the hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers who attacked Zhuxian Town had all surrendered, Liu Yuan was so angry that he vomited blood, and said with hatred, "Even if there are 200,000 pigs, the Jin army can't catch them all in a month!"

Bad news came one after another, and another bad news made him angry and anxious, and he fainted directly, his fourth son Liu Cong, who was the most prominent, died in battle, and his head was sent back in a lime box, and Xianbei Murong Hao, who promised to send troops, ......

In a hurry, Shi Hu and Murong Hao, who hurriedly went north, met head-on, and the two sides had a deep blood feud, so they didn't say a word, and started fighting directly.

Although there are only more than 10,000 horses under Shi Hu's subordinates, they are all anxious, thinking about hurrying over to save the clansmen, and they are not afraid of death when they fight, and more importantly, they have just received Yang Pingfan's support, each of them has a crossbow, and the stainless steel saber and mace made by the Ministry of Industry Armory Workshop are stainless steel chain mail, and the earthen sword of the small workshop in this time and space is cut up, leaving a white mouth at most, and even the vital parts of the war horse are also covered with iron plate protection, and they are truly armed to the teeth.

On the other hand, the Yan army led by Murong Hao, although the number reached 50,000, most of them had just been recruited from the clan, not to mention the armor, and even the military uniforms were not ready, and most of the weapons in their hands were made of small workshops.

There was no suspense about the outcome of the battle, Shi Hu's Qianren cavalry easily beat the Xianbei people, if it wasn't for Shi Hu's rush to rescue his women and children, maybe he would have turned around and swept Qi Di, Murong Hao fought bravely, but unfortunately he was shot in the shoulder by a crossbow arrow, and almost fell off his horse, so he could only watch the Qianren roar away.

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Cypriot steppe.

With a whistling from far and near, a hare scurried forward, dodging an afterimage that flew towards it, and then burrowed into the ground, revealing its head as if to mock its archer.

There was a sound of footsteps from far and near, and a dozen people in tattered clothes and unkempt like beggars ran over, picked up the arrows that had fallen to the ground, and looked at the stone arrows that had been broken, and their eyes showed disappointment that could not be concealed.

"General, use the arrows in the quiver, if we continue like this, we will not die in the hands of the Huns, but starve to death on this grassland. ”

The man known as the general shook his head, "The iron arrow can't be used, it will be blunt once used, and even if it is dead, it will kill one more Hun dog." Peach Leopard, I know you're hungry, don't be discouraged, it's wolves that always catch sheep, I see this rabbit has just gotten into a hole, let's dig it out. ”

The dozen or so people in front of him were Shi Le and others who were chased into the grassland by Liu Yuan, Liu Yuan did not let him go, and sent people to continue to sweep on the grassland, hundreds of people hid in Tibet, lacking food and clothing, and after a few months, they were so damaged that only eighteen people were left in front of them, all of them were pinned and bone-like, like living corpses, so hungry that they were not human-shaped, and the only thing that supported them to live was the bitter hatred of the Huns.

"Huh!"

A chuckle came from behind, and everyone was so frightened that they turned around one after another, and a few of them even fell to the ground without strength.

I saw a man in white standing behind everyone at some point, with a handsome face, and when he saw everyone turn around, he chuckled again, "I can't imagine that the famous Dashan Yu has fallen to the point of digging a rabbit hole?"

This taunt made the already hungry people even more angry, and there was a hungry wolf-like look in their eyes, and they were all ready to move.

Shi Le waved his hand to stop his subordinates' irrational actions, took a step forward and arched his hand, "Let Your Excellency see and laugh, Shi is also a human being, and he still wants to live, I don't think there is anything wrong with digging the rabbit hole, if the rabbit hole can't be found, it's not impossible to dig earthworms, but Your Excellency, personable, came to me and other brothers, is it just to mock us?"

These words were neither humble nor arrogant, and he secretly patted himself on the back, and the man in white nodded secretly, sure enough, he was a generation of heroes, who could bend and stretch.

"I was entrusted by someone to inform General Shi that Master Taishi has defeated Liu Yuan with less and more, and now that the Jin army has entered the state, it will be forced to leave Shi in the near future. ”

Hearing that the enemy was deflated, Shi Le's subordinates showed signs of ecstasy, and the man in white continued to speak, bringing them the second good news, "The second thing, your nephew Shi Hu, has recovered Zhao Di and taken Yecheng, Liu Yuan has shrunk his forces in order to protect himself, the grassland is safe, you can go back to the Central Plains!"

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After Yang Pingfan defeated Liu Yuan's army, he waved his army to the north, and the local forces that had surrendered and depended on the king of the East China Sea were anyway, and the Jin army was like a bamboo, entering the state, just when Yang Pingfan was ready to calm the north in one go, he didn't know that something was wrong in the rear.

Yang Pingfan and Li Donglai left Luoyang with Liu Kun and other new troops, Huainan Wang and Zu Ti left Chang'an in the west, and only Li Lan and Zhang Xiaoming were left in Luoyang City, as well as a monkey cub Xiaoliu who served as a bodyguard, both of whom focused on production, which gave the family room to operate.

The families first wooed Shi Hong, who stayed in Luoyang, and Shi Hong was stationed outside Luoyang with 10,000 people.

As Yang Pingfan's reserve force, these 10,000 people were all rebelled in front of Liu Yao's array before, originally ordinary people, who were forcibly conscripted into the army by the Huns as cannon fodder and slaves, of course, they had no combat effectiveness, and Yang Pingfan did not plan to use them, so they were left behind and ignored.

Shi Hong knows how many pounds and taels he has, and he doesn't want to take care of the affairs of the army, he has a house in Luoyang City, and stays in the city every day, and the children of the Luoyang City family take the initiative to come to the door, pull him to participate in various drinking parties, poetry meetings, and courtesans laugh at each other, Shi Hong has admired the Han family culture, and has been so warmly entertained, he has come and gone, and completely regards himself as a member of the family.

When Zhang Xiaoming's airship test flight was successful, the family felt unprecedented pressure, with this peerless killing weapon, it would not be a problem for Sima Shu to regain domination of the world.

On this day, the children of the family held another drinking party, and when the wine was hot, Wang Xizhi said to Shi Hong, "Daya, I look at your soldiers outside the city, the clothes and armor equipment are simple and crude, and the workshop of the Ministry of Industry produces so many military supplies every day, why don't you equip your department?"

Shi Hong sighed heavily: "The right general smiled, I really don't hide it, outside the city, my department is all ordinary people, my people are not familiar with agricultural affairs, Lord Taishi will integrate them into the army, as soldiers to eat food, but I just want them to have something to eat, if they take good clothes and good staff, they will go up to fight, our people have been repeatedly brutalized, and they can no longer withstand setbacks." ”

Wang Xizhi didn't expect Shi Hong to be so sober, and poured him another glass of wine, "Daya loves the people like a son, and really makes him admire, but there is one thing I don't know if Daya has considered it, now Shi Hu has led troops to the north, and it is not a problem to make meritorious contributions, but you have been nesting in Luoyang City, the rules of this dynasty, no military merits and no knighthood, in the future, the world will be peaceful, Shi Hu will be the leader of the Qianren, your status is afraid to be ......"

Shi Hong's wine glass froze, he can now be merry and happy in Luoyang City, and he is the name of Shi Le's eldest son, and he can temporarily restrain his own tribesmen, if Shi Hu returns from the war, the Jin people advocate bravery, and the Jin family does not interfere in the internal affairs of the Hu people, I am afraid that I will not be able to sit still in this position.

"If you want to keep your position, you must have the merit to do it. ”

Shi Hong put down his wine glass and bowed his hand to Wang Xiyi, "Please teach me General Right." ”

Wang Xizhi smiled, leaned over to Shi Hong's side, and whispered in a low voice.

The next day, Shi Hong found Shi Lan and began to ask her to help blow the wind on the pillow, asking Sima Shu to order the men and horses of the Qianren headquarters outside the city to be armed, in the name of self-protection and to prevent the recurrence of the tragedy of being slaughtered.