"Hoo hoo huh", "hoo hoo huh", "hoo hoo hush ......", before the explosion stopped, the mournful sound of the war horse sounded into a one.

Hundreds of war horses and pack horses were terrified. Screaming sadly, he picked up his pouts one after another, dropped the owner or heavy object on his back to the ground, and then spread his hooves and fled in a hurry.

The surrounding Shi soldiers couldn't dodge, and were knocked off their mounts by startled horses one after another. Their mounts immediately lost control and automatically joined the ranks of the startled horses. Together with the latter, they went on a rampage through the ranks, knocking more stone soldiers off their horses and trampling them into a mass of flesh.

"Kill the horse! Kill the horse! At the critical moment, Ali, the preacher of the Great Food, finally showed the appearance of a wise man. Tear your throat open and shout. Immediately, he grabbed the riding bow from the back of the camel under his crotch, and shot an arrow.

The feather arrow flew out more than ten steps, hitting the neck of a startled horse. The frightened war horse fell down with a scream, and its heavy body fell far away by inertia.

"Kill the horse, kill the horse......" The followers around Ali, the great food preacher, repeated his order as they bent their bows and arrows, risking their own injuries by mistake, and shooting down the nearby horses one by one.

Seeing this, the surrounding Shiguo soldiers also immediately had a backbone, wielding knives and arrows, killing the horses that lost control in rows.

The bloody atmosphere rose to the sky, and the startled horses that were killed and the soldiers of the Shi Army who were trampled to death and injured by the startled horses far exceeded those killed by landmines. However, the effect of the bloody slaughter was immediate, and as more startled horses were killed, the level of chaos in the stone army quickly decreased.

However, before Ali, the preacher of the Great Food, could breathe a sigh of relief, the sound of muffled thunder sounded again not far from his feet.

"Boom!" Rumble! Rumble! Boom......" firelight rose into the air with thick smoke, and dirt, stones, and broken limbs flew in all directions.

"Poof!" The camel under Ali's crotch jerked to his knees and threw him off the hump. Immediately, Scream stood up and rushed forward desperately, and the startled horses along the way were either hit by it or turned into its followers, leaving a bloody alley in its path. (Note: The lack of adaptive training of cavalry encountered firearms, which was very evident in the Battle of Bali Bridge.) Collapse of 30,000 Mongol cavalry? Thousands of dead and wounded. Five Anglo-French troops killed? 46 people were injured. ）

The soldiers of the stone army in the valley were completely confused. Everyone who was lucky enough not to fall off the horse? Desperately clinging to the neck of the mount? Let the latter carry him forward or backward. And the unlucky guy who has already dropped his mount, screaming and dodging around? Trying to escape the impact and trampling of startled horses. However, they soon fell into despair. Too many surprises in the four places? The robes are also too busy to take care of themselves? No one helped them.

"Sigh, shhh On both sides of the "River of Blood", more than a dozen Shiguo warriors who were knocked to the ground but had not died immediately were bleeding from their mouths and noses? Rolling on the ground in pain. More startled horses screaming and running by? The river of blood widened, and all the wounded samurai were trampled into mud.

"Kill the horse, kill the horse, stop the frightened horse with the carcass of the horse!" Under the protection of more than 50 followers, Ali, the preacher of the Great Eclipse, avoided the collision of two groups of frightened horses in time. And then struggle to jump on the carcass of a camel? Tear open your throat and shout.

"Kill the horse, kill the horse? Stop the horse with the carcass of the horse! "Ali's followers are all from the Great Eclipse, and they have all been through a hundred battles. Tearing your throat again? Repeat the preacher's commands over and over again.

There are no soldiers of Shi Guo who listen to their commands anymore, up to the special service Yihu? Down to ordinary soldiers? Are they all struggling to survive on their own? No commands can be heard. And because of the lack of cooperation, the more they tried, the more chaotic the situation became. People kept falling off their horses, and groups of startled horses were speeding past those who had fallen from their horses.

"Kill the horse, kill the horse, stop the frightened horse with the carcass of the horse! Don't panic, that thing is just loud and can't kill a few people! Ali, the preacher of the Great Food, wanted to cry without tears, and continued to tear his throat and remind loudly.

"Don't panic, that thing is just loud, and it can't kill a few people!" Ali's followers, never doubting anything the preacher had to say, turned their weapons outwards en masse, threatening the horses. While instinctively repeating loudly.

They were actually right, the two waves of mines that exploded at the feet of the Shi Guo soldiers were not very powerful. If you look closely, you will find that there are no more than three corpses in the vicinity of each explosion point. And as long as it is ten steps away from the point of explosion, it will not take any damage.

However, the soldiers of Shi Guo couldn't believe Ali's judgment. The war horses and pack horses of the stone country could not understand Ali's shouting. At this moment, the only thing most people can realize is that the explosion is coming from under their feet, and there may be another round. At this moment, frightened horses and camels instinctively choose to flee as far as possible, regardless of the direction. Whoever dares to stop it will directly trample it into a pulp.

The valley is already very wide, and the slopes on both sides are extremely gentle. This kind of terrain provided very convenient conditions for the soldiers of the Shi Army to flee for their lives. The smoke of the second wave of explosions had not yet been blown away by the wind, and the soldiers of the stone army had already run all over the mountains.

The soldiers who were originally at the forefront of the entire team had already rushed out of the valley without looking back. The baggage battalion, which was originally located at the back of the line, also discarded the baggage, turned around and ran backwards.

The gentle slopes on both sides are also full of people. After abandoning his master's frightened horse, he rushed seven or eight hundred steps against the hillside, exhausted his physical strength, and slowed down his speed while wheezing. The cavalrymen, who were lucky not to be thrown to the ground by their mounts, were in a group in the east and a cluster in the west, riding on their horses in a daze.

No one knows what happened just now, and no one knows what kind of "magic weapon" the terrifying thunder and explosion came from. They only knew that if it hadn't been for the fact that they had just hugged the neck of the war horse at a critical moment, they would have died a miserable death today. They only knew that if they continued to stay in the valley and obey the command just now, even if they were not blown into the sky, they would definitely be knocked off their mounts by the frightened horses and trampled to death.

The one who fled the farthest was the first to realize that the situation was wrong and rushed up the hillside to chase the scouts of the ambush. After the first explosion, they were carried by the frightened mounts and fled in a frenzy. When they fled, there were no obstacles around them, and they didn't have to step on the robes' bodies. And Lu Dechuan and the others were also stunned by the sound of the explosion, and they didn't care about blocking the scouts of Shiguo.

As a result, a strange scene appeared on the periphery of the battlefield.

Hundreds of Shiguo scouts had fled to the highest point on the slopes on both sides of the valley, stunned and at a loss. And Lu Dechuan and the others, who were chased and killed by them before, fell behind them, and if they wanted to continue to evacuate, they had to face the danger of being condescending and riding their horses.

Not far behind Lu Dechuan and the others, there were Shiguo soldiers all over the mountains, obviously one person and one arrow, they could drown Lu Dechuan and the others directly with feather arrows, however, no one in the latter could think of taking out the riding bow from the horse.

"Team up, what should I do? You have a word! Lu Dechuan finally felt the fear, raised his head, and asked Zhang Si'an who was standing in front of him for instructions.

"You can't escape, so prepare to fight to the death. Today, we won't lose even if we die! Zhang Si'an didn't expect that everyone was so unlucky and successfully lit the fuse of the mine, but they didn't run past the frightened enemy scouts. After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and said.

"No loss!" Tang Gai was the first to repeat in a hoarse voice, his voice trembling, and the smugness on his face was far higher than the nervousness.

"It's a pity that I didn't leave two mines in my hand!" Lu Guangsha raised his hand and wiped his eyes, feeling a little aggrieved. "Otherwise, if we ignite it and throw it out at this time, I will see who dares to stand in our way."

"That's right. Secretary Luo also said that when this mission is over, he will teach us to use grenades. Alas—" Someone raised his knife with emotion and leaned his shoulders against his robe.

"The grenade is too small, it's fun to have no mines!"

"Fuck, Lao Tzu has finally eaten meat in the last few months, it's really hard to ......"

……

More people, sighing and complaining, formed a team around Zhang Si'an. Prepare to fight the enemy to the death. As for the word "surrender", no one mentioned it, and no one even thought about it.

As Leaf Crushers, they already knew what the enemy would do to those who surrendered. It was not easy for them to become human beings again, and they did not want to be slaves again. They have come to understand deeply what dignity really is. I'd rather die in battle than bend my knees again.

The actions of everyone made the nearest few Shiguo scouts frightened. The latter quickly came to his senses, but instead of riding his horse and attacking with his bow and arrows, he desperately kicked his mount and fled farther away. Resolutely not give the Don Army a chance to kill himself!

"Follow me and walk to the top of the slope together!" Zhang Si'an was surprised and delighted, and decisively issued an order, and then slowly moved his steps.

A team of fifty men slowly moved towards the top of the hillside, their boots stomping into the grass with a slight sound. The warriors of the Stone Kingdom scattered all over the mountains and fields, like clay sculptures and wood sculptures, turned a blind eye to them. And the scouts of the Stone Kingdom who stood in their way rode their horses to dodge, as if they were avoiding a group of plague gods.

It's close, it's close, it's still twenty steps away from reaching the top of the hill. And climb the hill to find the horses that everyone has stored, and then drive away! Zhang Si'an was so nervous that his scalp was numb, Lu Dechuan was so nervous that he didn't dare to breathe, and Lu Guangsha, Tang Gai, Tang Tower, and Che Ping were all nervous, their faces were pale, and the cold hairs on their bodies stood on end.

The scout of the stone country on the top of the hillside finally made a move. The soldiers of the Shi Kingdom behind Tang Jun also let out a piercing scream. Zhang Si'an knew that he had no chance to climb over the hillside, so he decisively stopped and ordered to form a formation on the spot. The brethren smiled wryly, raised their shields, raised their knives, and formed a circle around him, ready for a final effort.

The scouts at the top of the hill rushed down, but they galloped past them, without wielding their swords or firing their arrows. The soldiers of the Shi Kingdom on the hillside also re-instigated their mounts, rushing westward like a tide, and no one refused to look at Zhang Si'an and the others.

"What's going on?" Zhang Si'an, Lu Dechuan and the others could no longer believe their eyes, first looked at each other, and then turned their heads blankly to look around. I saw that the soldiers of the Shi Kingdom all over the mountains and fields all turned their mounts and galloped towards the west. Including the part of the stone army that had escaped from the valley just now, they also collectively turned around at this moment, and the wolf rushed forward.

Just behind the advance of the stone army, a scarlet battle flag was raised high. Under the battle flag, thousands of Tang athletes rode horses and held knives, which were unstoppable.

"Our people are here!"

"The town guard is here! The town guard is here! ”

"The stone army was defeated, and it fell apart before it could be fought!"

"The stone army is finished, and the immortals can't save them even if they go down to earth!"

……

In an instant, cheers blurted out from the mouths of Zhang Si'an, Lu Dechuan, Tang Gai and others, and everyone waved their weapons and greeted the scarlet battle flag from afar, and everyone burst into tears.

They are safe, if the warriors of the Stone Kingdom don't flee quickly, they will have to leave their lives here, who has the courage to entangle with them?! Shattered Leaf City has turned from danger to safety, and their farmland, houses, and family graves no longer have to worry about the destruction of enemy troops!

As soon as the main force of the Broken Leaf Army arrived on the battlefield, the victory was completely locked, and the warriors of the Stone Kingdom, who had become a mess, didn't even have time to regroup, let alone organize an effective resistance! And the people who played the most crucial role in this battle were they, one brigade and one team of the teaching regiment, fifty recruits who had just completed their training!

Of course, the veterans of the Broken Leaf Battalion on the opposite hillside also lit the fuse of a dozen other mines. However, at this moment, both the modest and old Zhang Si'an and the young and vigorous Lu Dechuan have forgotten the existence of the group of veterans on the opposite hillside.

They personally lit the mine fuse that had buried the Shi Army. They successfully completed the task assigned by the town guard. After they completed their mission, they covered each other's whole division and retreated, without dishonoring the teaching group or any of the brothers!

"The team is right, do you want to chase it? Behead the third-level strategy for a turn! Suddenly, someone in the queue reminded loudly.

"Just a few of us?" Zhang Si'an hesitated and turned his head, then raised his horizontal knife high, "Chase, brothers, kill the thief!" Catch up with one and count as one! ”

"Kill the thief, kill the thief—" shouted instead of cheers and resounded from the ranks, drowning out the panicked hooves of the horses around them for an instant.

Lu Dechuan took the lead, followed by Tang Gai and Lu Guangsha, followed by Zhang Si'an, Tang Ta and Che Ping, and the rest of the brothers followed closely, fifty recruits, running in a mobile horizontal knife according to the skills they had learned in the new training camp in recent months.

A Shiguo scout ran past the front of the group in a panic, and Lu Guangsha raised his hand and struck the man in the back. The sharp crossbow blade pierced the man's waist and lower abdomen, revealing half an inch from the front of him. Before the scout of the stone country could snort, he let go of the reins and curled up and fell off the horse.

The other three scouts, who fled for their lives, tilted their horses' heads and tried to distance themselves from the group. Tang Ta and several brothers in the team armed with crossbow arrows pulled the trigger one after another, shooting the scout and his horse to the ground.

Blood instantly stained the grass red, and a scout struggled to get up and continue to flee for his life, Lu Dechuan quickly rushed past the corpse of the war horse, brandished a horizontal knife, and cut the scout's throat with one sword.

Everyone followed behind Lu Dechuan and continued to pounce downward, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed back to the center of the hillside. More than a dozen samurai, who had lost their mounts and fled for their lives, cried and detoured. Zhang Si'an resolutely refused to let them go, commanded everyone to pounce and cut the warriors to the ground one by one.

Several warriors of the Stone Kingdom on horseback galloped past the group, ignoring the slain accomplices. Luo Guangsha didn't have time to load the crossbow arrows, so he was so angry that he scolded. Tang Ta stooped down and picked up a fist-sized piece of gravel and slammed it into the back of a samurai's head, only to miss the target and hit the ass of a nearby warhorse.

"Sigh ...... the warhorse, which was already frightened, raised its front hooves with a scream, shook off the samurai on its back, and then fled. Before the warrior could get up from the ground, Tang Ta had already chased closer, and the snow bright horizontal knife slashed down, cutting a two-foot-long cut on the samurai's back.

Blood spurted out three feet high, and the samurai's life flowed with the blood. Tang Ta couldn't dodge and was splattered with blood. Before he could raise his hand to wipe it, "Jingle", a feathered arrow hit him in the chest.

"Ahh Tang Ta was startled, screaming and looking down at his chest. But he saw that the feathered arrows fell weakly, but the iron vest worn on his body was unscathed. Looking up quickly, he saw a warrior riding away, trying to put a second arrow onto the bowstring.

"Whoosh!" At the critical moment, Che Pingxia shot the crossbow arrow first, shooting the samurai who was setting up the arrow off his mount. Donta rushed over and tried to mend the knife. Behind him, Zhang Si'an's order came, "Tang Ta is back to the team, and he is not allowed to leave." Everyone moved closer to me and stood beside me in battle to prevent the rout! ”

"Tar is back!"

"Lu Guang is back!"

"There are too many enemy troops, be careful to fall alone and suffer losses!"

……

The calls came from behind one after another, but it was the brothers who were in a hurry and directly called out the "original names" of the two of them. Lu Guangsha and Tang Ta's faces were slightly red, and they moved closer to Zhang Si'an in a sneering manner. The latter quickly reorganized the group and formed a formation on the spot. The bearer of the shield and the sword stood in a circle on the periphery and looked after each other. The crossbow bearer is protected in a circle and shoots at a passing target.

This way of fighting is not as enjoyable as chasing the dead and chasing the north. But the efficiency of killing people has increased exponentially. All the soldiers of the Shi Kingdom who accidentally approached the circle formation were all stopped and killed on the spot. And the soldiers of Shiguo, whose escape route was a little far away from the circle array, were also shot by crossbow arrows one after another, and their lives and deaths were uncertain on the ground.

In the blink of an eye, within twenty steps around the circular array, there were no more Shi Guo soldiers passing through. Zhang Si'an commanded everyone to push down slowly, stopping another group of routs, just like a reef blocking the tide.

No Shi Guo soldiers were willing to entangle with them, the main force of the Tang Army was already close at hand, and if they delayed for a moment, the chance of being caught up doubled. However, Zhang Si'an and the others in the round formation refused to let go of any opportunity to attack, like spiders predating, and the "prey" who would not have time to hide far in the future were put down one after another.

After a short time, within twenty steps around the circle array, there were no Shi Guo soldiers to be found. Zhang Si'an was unwilling, raised his head, and looked for the next interception point. But he helplessly found that the red flag of the Broken Leaf Tang Army had advanced to the position in the valley that was level with everyone. To the east from where they were, there was not a single enemy standing on the ground. And from where they were to the west, the enemy soldiers fled like frightened lambs, without caring for each other.

"Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo ————" Under the scarlet battle flag, a horn suddenly sounded, calling the brothers who were wandering around the periphery to move closer to the battle flag. Zhang Si'an didn't know that the first brigade and one team of the teaching regiment were not within the scope of being called, but he decisively gave up continuing to look for a fighting opportunity, and led Lu Dechuan, Tang Ta and others to rush down the hill quickly, like a milk swallow returning home!

Under the battle flag, someone rode up to meet them, leading them closer to the second half of the brigade. Immediately after, Ren Wu, the familiar captain of the new training camp, appeared, with more than a dozen recruits of the Hosoliu Battalion and enough spare mounts, welcoming them back.

Zhang Si'an thanked him loudly, and then the brothers who led the first brigade and one team of the teaching regiment jumped on their horses and rejoined the team in a look of admiration. Follow under the scarlet banner of war, continue to chase the dead to the north, and with the brethren, sweep through the wilderness like a torrent.

There wasn't any decent resistance along the way. The Sogdians have never been known for their bravery and skillful warfare, and the sudden power of landmines far exceeds their understanding. All the soldiers of Shiguo who were caught up by the Tang Army either took the initiative to kneel on the ground and ask for surrender, or they were stabbed in the back and died screaming. Most of the time, I can't muster any courage to bite back.

In order to maintain the formation and the physical strength of the brothers, the pursuit speed of the Broken Leaf Tang Army was never very fast. Even so, every small half-pillar of incense time, there will still be a large number of Shi Guo warriors who have been exhausted and become the prey of the Tang Army.

Only when near the Huangye River, there was an exception. This time, it was a group of cannibals who were caught up. Far more well-trained than the soldiers of the Shi Kingdom, they actually gave up the road and fled to a hill with a spring before they were completely exhausted. Then block the mountain road with stones and make a fight for trapped beasts.

Zhang Qian did not hesitate to divide a regiment of veterans and a regiment of recruits, commanded by Luo Huaizu, the secretary in charge, to join forces to surround the hill. Then he took the rest of the brothers and continued to follow the enemy to the west.

"Rack up the bomb cart for me!" Luo Huaizu had no interest in figuring out who the recalcitrant people on the mountain were, so he decisively ordered people to prepare for a strong attack without waiting for the brigade to go far.

Several bundles of bamboo, of varying lengths, were removed from horseback by the brothers and quickly assembled into improvised catapults. Luo Huaizu took out three grenades from the cowhide pocket beside him, put them in the grenade basket of the catapult, and then adjusted the length of the throwing arm and the weight of the counterweight stones by hand.

This kind of catapult is based on the map on the general scripture of the Mojia organs, although after Zhang Qian's improvement, its appearance has changed greatly. However, the basic rules of use have not changed much, so it only took half a column of incense to complete all the preparations for launch.

The first grenade dragged Mars into the air by an improvised catapult, swept a distance of a hundred paces, and fell behind the stone obstacles that the Great Cannibal had temporarily piled up on the mountain road. Immediately, it exploded, blowing up the mountain road into thick smoke.

The second grenade, immediately following into the air, fell towards the obstacle. Exploded in the air directly above the obstacle, scattering three or four pieces of iron. Two Great Food Samurai were killed on the spot, and one Big Food Samurai turned around and fled, and was cut off in the thigh by Ali, the wise man who supervised the battle beside him.

The third grenade landed at the feet of Ali the Wise. Ali didn't hesitate to pick up the grenade and prepare to throw it down the hill. All he heard was a thunderclap, and his head and arm were gone!