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At this moment, in the eyes of the Wei soldiers, with Wang Bodang here, it is their Dinghai Divine Needle, even if the battle situation is unfavorable for a while, there is always a way to withdraw. Wang Bodang's status in the hearts of the generals of the Wei army suddenly improved a lot.

Yu Ming's eyes flickered when he saw this, he didn't expect Wang Bodang to react so quickly, adopt the tactics that were most beneficial to him, and also choose the best retreat line. Although it was the closest to the Baima Ferry on the Yellow River, Wang Bodang obviously knew that the Baima Ferry without a city wall and no danger was not the best place to retreat. In contrast, Luokoucang, which is farther away, is a place to go because it is protected by a tall city wall and guarded by 5,000 Wei troops in the city.

"It seems that this Wang Bodang is a good general, but he is loyal to Li Mi, I am afraid he can't be used by me." Yuming couldn't help but sigh.

However, feeling the generality, Yuming did not frown because of Wang Bodang's barrel array.

He soon gave the order to start using another new weapon against the Wei army.

The previous means of attack was to take advantage of the speed advantage of the Zhou cavalry and the curved bow of the ultra-long range, so that the cavalry of the own side could cruise around from a distance, and kill and wound the enemy with the curved bow outside the range of the enemy's bow and arrow.

And when this method no longer works, Yuming has another way to attack. That is, when the enemy adopts an iron barrel formation defense, making it difficult for the cavalry of our army to break through for a while, the tactics of throwing crude oil crockpots and carrying out fire attacks are adopted to destroy the enemy's defense system and combat will.

This improved crude oil crockpot is similar to the incendiary flasks of later generations. The crude oil was poured into a fragile clay pot, and then the cavalry threw a fiery twist into the mouth of the bottle. Once the fire is lit, it is then thrown at the enemy.

The crude oil crockpots can be as large as a bucket and must be fired with a trebuchet, while the smaller ones are the size of a teapot and can be thrown by hand by cavalry or infantry.

As soon as such a crude oil crockpot hits a tent, a city wall, a fence, or an enemy's body, it will immediately shatter and burn, and it will be difficult to extinguish.

In addition, in addition to the oil in the crockpot, there are also some plants that can cause pungent smoke, so that after being broken and burned, the enemy camp will be filled with smoke, so that the enemy will not be able to see the situation, which will not only make it easy to fall into chaos, but also make it impossible for them to detect their own movements.

Yuming named this kind of throwing crockpot incendiary bomb. Although it is still quite different from the real incendiary bombs of later generations, it is at most an incendiary bottle. However, he believed that after Zhou Jun developed the prototype of the design of this incendiary bomb, he would make more and more progress in the development of weapons.

Of course, for reasons of secrecy and the short development time, only the most elite ironclad cavalry and Yuming's pro-army were equipped in the Zhou army.

After giving the order, Yu Ming ordered to throw incendiary bombs into the Wei army's iron barrel array.

The Wei army was now all densely huddled, and they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the round clay pots thrown by the enemy cavalry, and the flickering sparks in flight.

But they knew what was going on in an instant. I saw that as soon as these sparkling objects fell to the ground or Wei Jun's body, they burned violently, and a raging fire immediately ignited at the scene.

Moreover, what made the Wei soldiers even more stunned was that after this flame burned a little, it could not be extinguished at all, and it could only be extinguished naturally.

Since all the Wei troops were in close proximity, these incendiary bombs would cause great casualties as soon as they exploded.

The perimeter of the iron bucket array was almost entirely covered with a sea of fire, and everywhere were Wei infantry with fire on their bodies, wailing and crying.

The charred corpses, the horrific-looking wounded, and the billowing smoke and flames all deeply shook the hearts of the Wei soldiers at the scene.

Wang Bodang understood at this moment, Yu Ming had already made up his mind and had already arranged a way to deal with him. It is inevitable that you will lose.

Now that Wei Jun stays where he is, it is also a death, and it is also a death if he walks together, so it is better to simply scatter and flee. Everyone dispersed, and maybe some people would be able to escape.

Thinking of this, Wang Bodang immediately ordered: "The whole army will disperse and break through, flee in all directions, and finally gather under Luokou City!" ”

After giving the order, he and Jia Xiong took off the general's armor, and then took a set of soldiers' armor from his own soldiers, and after changing them, he spread his feet and ran back.

Yu Ming was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this Wang Bodang to react so keenly and make the most correct choice in this situation.

The Wei army already had more than 40,000 people, which was more than the Zhou army. After they scattered and fled, even if the Zhou cavalry chased and killed, there was no way to kill them. And the infantry, although not as fast as the cavalry, were much more agile, at least they could go up the hills, climb trees, and go down rivers. These are all places where cavalry can't reach.

In this way, the Wei army can always run away from some people, so that Yuming's plan to completely annihilate Wang Bodang's army will fail.

Yu Ming sighed, secretly thinking that with this Wang Bodang, it was really difficult to completely annihilate this Wei army. For now, we can only try to deplete as much of the enemy's living force as possible.

He then raised the Liquan Treasure Spear in his hand and said, "Kill!" ”

The 10,000 iron cavalry of the Zhou army immediately chased after the Wei army like a fierce tiger descending from the mountain, they shot with a curved bow from afar, and cut with a saber at close range, and the Wei soldiers only hated their father and mother for missing two legs, and ran wildly on the official road leading to Luokou like a gale.

It's just that if you use 10,000 people to chase more than 40,000 people, there will inevitably be many misses. When it was dark, Yuming gathered all his men and horses, counted the results of the battle, and found that only more than 20,000 enemy troops had been killed, and half of the Wei army had escaped. And the senior generals of the Wei army did not capture a few, he only led the capture of a few partial generals. Wang Bodang and Jia Xiong, the two main generals and deputy generals, all ran away. This couldn't help but make him sigh a little.

However, the news from Beibi Town made him happy again, Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin cooperated, and with the assistance of Hu Sizheng, they actually defeated the main force of the Wei army and beat Li Mi to escape, which was an unexpected joy.

Although Yu Ming is convinced that according to his own arrangement, he will inevitably win one battle after another. Then weaken Li Mi's forces step by step, and after constantly accumulating small victories into big victories, he will definitely be able to defeat Li Mi's army in the end. But defeating the main force of Li Mijun's army so quickly was still a little unexpected to him.

After achieving this decisive victory, Yuming took the opportunity to go straight to Luokoucang after gathering all the men. But what he didn't expect was that the Wei army in Luokou had already withdrawn, which made his originally well-prepared siege battle fail.

It turned out that Wang Bodang, who had fled back to Luokou, knew that in the face of such a powerful offensive of the Zhou army, with his remnants of the defeated general, he would definitely not be able to hold a lonely city on the plain like Luokoucang.

And at this moment, it happened that Li Mi's retreat order also arrived. Therefore, he immediately ordered all the Wei troops in Luokou City to retreat to Wagang Mountain, join Li Mi, and make plans again.

After Yu Ming recovered Luokou and did not continue to advance north and west, after he left 10,000 horses to garrison Luokou, he immediately ordered Luo Shixin to lead 10,000 troops to take Liyang, Song Jingang led 20,000 troops to retrieve Luo, and he led the main force of the Zhou army south to take Xingyang.

But what he didn't expect was that in addition to Liyang's success, all the Wei troops in Huiluo and Xingyang had withdrawn, and there were only some old and weak soldiers in the city. After interrogating the prisoners, it became known that Li Mi had ordered the Wei army to withdraw to Wagang Mountain and re-drill the ravine to fight guerrilla attacks against the powerful Zhou army.

After learning about this situation, he couldn't help but sigh a little. He knew very well that the Zhou army had a lot of cavalry and was good at fighting head-on in the field, but it was not suitable for drilling ravines to fight mountain warfare with people.

"King Zhou, now we should immediately attack the Tiger Prison Pass, and we must take the Tiger Prison Pass before Wang Shichong reacts! Otherwise, in the future, if our army encircles and suppresses the remnants of Li Mi, Wang Shichong will give us a knife in the back, and it will be difficult to prevent it! Hu Sizheng reminded at this moment.

Yu Ming thought for a moment and quickly reacted. Wang Shichong's biggest enemy is Li Mi, and Li Mi has now been disabled by himself and hid in Wagang Mountain. The basis for his alliance with Wang Shichong no longer existed, on the contrary, there was a great conflict between the two on how to receive the territory and surrender the army after Li Mi's defeat. Once the negotiation fails, Wang Shichong and himself are likely to go to war.

In this way, the Tiger Prison Pass, which is located east of Luoyang and is still under the control of Li Mi's generals Zhang Tongren and Chen Zhiluo, has a key strategic role.

This pass is now under the control of the Wei army, and he can attack, not to violate the alliance with Wang Shichong, so as not to bear the name of dishonesty. And once he took the Tiger Prison Pass, he locked Wang Shichong's army in the Heluo area west of the Tiger Prison Pass. It made it impossible for Zheng Jun to smoothly enter the central counties of Henan. The Zhou army could calmly accept Li Mi's territory, recruit Li Mi's original army, and strengthen his own strength. At that time, even if a war broke out between the Zheng army and the Zhou army, with Yuming's strength, he would not be afraid of Wang Shichong at all.

But if this pass is captured by Wang Shichong first, his army can calmly attack Huiluo, Liyang, Xingyang, Luokou and other places. Even if some cities had already been captured by the Zhou army, the Zheng army could capture those counties that had not yet surrendered to the Zhou army. In this way, in the central part of Henan, the vast area east of Hugao Pass and west of Jindi Pass has formed a situation in which the Zhou army and the Zheng army are intertwined, each occupying part of the territory.

Wang Shichong not only relieved the crisis of Li Mi's troops approaching the city, but also counterattacked and occupied part of the territory controlled by the original Wei army, and his power will rise sharply. Although his strength is still not as good as Yu Ming, he will definitely not surrender, and may still see Yu Ming as a major threat.

Thinking of this ending, Yu Ming and Hu Sizheng glanced at each other, and both of them showed deep melancholy in their eyes.

Under normal circumstances, it would definitely be difficult for Wang Shichong to overcome the Tiger Prison in less than a month. But now that the defenders of Tiger Prison Pass have learned that Li Mi has been defeated, but it is possible that they will succumb to Wang Shichong's threat and lure, and then Tiger Prison Pass will fall into the hands of Wang Shichong, and it will be difficult for their own army.

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