Guo Yin led 1,600 soldiers of the independent division to serve in turn with muskets, grenades, and near grenades, and distant muskets fired volleys in the face, among the chaotic army, there was no one who was in order, and Zhou Tong also commanded the catapult to start throwing cluster grenades in other directions, the entire Yuan army camp was in chaos, the war horses were running around, the sergeants trampled on each other, shouting all over the sky, and it was a mess, and a big defeat was just around the corner.

Yan Liang used all his strength to shout around, hoping to control the rebellious army, but in the night, the banner was completely useless, and the bells and drums not only did not inspire morale in the bursts of explosions, but made people's hearts even more flustered, Yan Liang had no choice but to turn over and return to the north, ordering the whole army to retreat to the north, and he took his own soldiers to press the formation in the back, and asked Fang Yue in the west to bring troops to rescue.

Guo Yin saw that the Yuan army had fled north, and Fang Yue in the west was also slowly pressing on him, plus the sky was getting brighter, and the grenadiers were almost gone, so he didn't dare to fight, so he retreated south and crossed the river to return to the city.

A night attack, Yan Liang's soldiers and horses did not lose much, but the horses really lost a lot, these frightened horses will not stop until they are exhausted, although those Hun cavalry has tried their best to control these horses, but by the time the inventory is completed, more than 4,000 horses have been lost, which is still the result of many war horses coming back after running tired.

As for the casualties, the casualties were only 2,000, and there were still more casualties and fewer casualties.

Yan Liang's sergeants didn't lose much, mainly because when Guo Yin was storming the camp, he gathered all the soldiers together and didn't let them rush around to kill, after all, it's okay to kill fewer enemies, and a few musketeers were captured alive, which is a big deal.

"I didn't expect Ma Qiang's independent division to be here, could it be that Ma Qiang is also in Neihuang?" Yan Liang looked at the pitted grass that was blown up by the cluster grenade, and couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, if this was thrown on himself, even if he was wearing heavy armor, he would be dead or alive.

"If Ma Qiang is here, last night's night attack is definitely more than that, this should be just a partial army of the independent division, the world says that Ma Qiang has a strange thing, which can transmit news thousands of miles away in a moment, I'm afraid we just set off from the foot of Fu Mountain." Li Pan suddenly saw something, black and autumnal, and walked forward to pick it up.

This is actually a bundle of cluster grenades!

Li Pan was fearless, knocked and studied, and then handed it to Yan Liang and said, "General Yan, look, this is probably the thing that causes loud noises and flames, if we can get the craftsmen to imitate it, we will not be so passive next time we face the Zhenbei Army." ”

"It's... Won't blow up, right? ”

"I just knocked on it, and there is no response to this thing, and I don't see green smoke coming out, it should be fine, I can ask the sergeant to look around, maybe there will be a find."

Yan Liang immediately ordered a carpet search of the whole army, and sure enough, seven or eight grenades that had not exploded were found.

Even modern military factories in later generations have duds, not to mention this era, it is normal for Yan Liang to find something after cleaning the battlefield.

Yan Liang also wanted to find the kind of musket that could fire flames and lead bullets, but he couldn't find one after looking for a long time, so he had to give up.

"Immediately send an elite cavalry to send these things back to Bingzhou, and let the Ming Duke send people to study and imitate them, as long as they can succeed, even if the whole army is inked this time, it will be a great achievement!"

Yan Liang thought about it, if Yuan Jun also had this kind of thing, he would annex the terrain of the state and occupy the checkpoint to lose this thing, then it would be useless to have many people.

"Good! I'll arrange it! ”

Yan Liang went to arrange the cavalry, while Li Pan walked around among the sergeants to calm the sergeants' emotions.

Suddenly, he overheard the conversation of several Hun cavalrymen.

"Hey! The horse is gone, how can I go back? ”

"I didn't expect what those people said to be true, this Zhenbei general is blessed by the gods, we shouldn't have come."

"Don't say it, when I think about those loud noises last night, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that only the gods can rain this kind of thunder!"

"Speaking of which, what do these Han generals think, we are cavalry, let's attack the city... It's better for us to go out and loot, so with cavalry, no wonder we will be beaten by General Zhenbei and can't even defend our home. ”

These Huns spoke the Xiongnu dialect, and the Han soldiers around them couldn't understand it, but Li Pan could understand it.

In the Han Dynasty, the most important diplomatic work was to deal with the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan and other steppe peoples, so officials with the slightest ambition would learn these languages in case they needed them.

Li Pan continued to walk forward without knowing anything, but his mind was constantly thinking.

He didn't hear the gods or anything, but the Huns said that they couldn't use cavalry, but it made him think otherwise.

Waiting for Yan Liang to come back, Li Pan stroked his beard and said, "General, now that Neihuang has an independent division of the Zhenbei Army, it is impossible to capture it within a few days, so our army should think of other strategies." ”

"Mr. Li, if you don't fight Neihuang, should we go back and fight Fushan with Wen Chou?"

"No, general, what is the purpose of Ming Gong sending me to Jizhou?"

"Of course, it is to harass Jizhou, so that Jizhou cannot do a good spring ploughing, and when the autumn harvest is completed, the harvest will be insufficient and there will be a famine."

"Exactly! When Ming Gong asked us to come, he said that he did not seek to conquer the city, but only to harass the place, but we are now attacking the fortified city of Jizhou, which is not what Ming Gong wants to see! Li Pan pointed to Neihuang on the other side of the Qingshui River and said, "We just set off, Ma Qiang can send elite troops to Neihuang, I think as long as we leave, Ma Qiang will also get the news immediately, his kind of sharp weapon that can instantly transmit news is too weird, where our army goes, where it will become a solid city!"

Therefore, we must change the tactics of war, we should follow the example of the Huns of the past, not only can we no longer attack the city, but also continue to divide the army, now our army has 6,000 cavalry, can leave 1,000 people, the other 5,000 people according to 100 people, carry 20 days' rations, as far as they can go to the east, let them plunder when they see people, kill if they can't, burn houses when they see them, trample on fields when they see them, poison wells, and dig rivers!

Jizhou is a horse and Pingchuan, these fifty cavalry teams don't even know where they will go, I don't believe that he Ma Qiang can have so many cavalry to stop him! ”

"The cavalry is all out. . . What about us? ”

"Let Fang Yue leave the grain and grass, and then return to the army by himself, let's go to Fushan, I was thinking that if I were Ma Qiang and buried the chess piece of the independent division in Neihuang, then I would definitely bury other chess pieces... General Wen Chou is in danger! ”

"What? Brother Wen Chou, he? ”

"General, don't worry, after all, General Wen Chou has more than 10,000 people, and there is the Montenegrin Army behind him, so there will be no big problem."

“... Then divide the troops immediately, and then go back to save my Wenchou brother! ”

The relationship between Yan Liang and Wen Chou is indeed very deep, and when he thought that Wen Chou might be in danger, Yan Liang couldn't stay for a minute.