Seeing that the victory was decided, Ning Zhiyuan, the general of the Northwest who had been riding on his horse and sitting firmly in the formation, said loudly in a neutral voice: "The enemy army has been defeated, kill me."

Remember, if you are also a Han Chinese, you will not kill those who surrender. ”

Hearing the commander's order, several generals reacted and immediately ordered the soldiers under their command: "The commander has an order, take advantage of the victory to pursue."

is also a Han Chinese, and those who descend will not be killed.

Sons, come with me to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The Northwest veterans below responded excitedly.

In this way, 100,000 northwest veterans, under the command of the generals, held spears and pressed directly against most of the Wei army in front.

And the officers and men of the Shenji Battalion, who had made great contributions in this battle, retreated to Ning Zhiyuan's surroundings together under the command of Meng Ping, protecting the safety of the marshal and did not participate in the pursuit.

The soldiers of the Wei Army, who had already been defeated, saw the Northwest Army killing with great momentum, and they were even more frightened and did not dare to fight, and fled in all directions.

An Guogong, who saw this scene in the back, trembled with anger.

But he was an experienced veteran after all, and knew that it was impossible to organize effective resistance in such a situation, so he could only order the whole army to retreat with a grim face.

As soon as the order to withdraw the army was given, the Wei army immediately began to retreat.

It's just that because the whole formation has been disorganized, most of the people are in a hurry to flee for their lives. It was difficult to even organize the archers to cover the retreat of the large army, and the scene was very chaotic.

On the other hand, on the side of the Northwest Army, it was like a rainbow, and the first batch of thousands of veterans who rushed over stabbed people with spears in their hands, and almost instantly took the lives of thousands of Wei soldiers.

"The same Han people, those who descend will not be killed!"

Although the veterans shouted such words, they were merciless, stabbing people when they saw them, and they specifically greeted each other's hearts, abdomen and other vital places.

This is the way of fighting the veterans of the northwest who have been fighting with the Hu people for many years, if they don't make a move, they will definitely attack the enemy's vital point, and they will only kill with one blow and show no mercy.

These veterans who came out of the pile of dead people knew very well in their hearts that no matter whether the other party was a Hu or a Han, as long as it was an enemy, they must not show mercy to their subordinates, otherwise it was likely that they would die.

Seeing that the Northwest Army was so fierce, many Wei soldiers were so frightened that they hurriedly threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

For these Wei soldiers who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, the Northwest Army really did not attack again, but crossed them and continued to advance.

Seeing that surrender was really useful, more Wei soldiers suddenly threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender, and cried loudly, "I'm surrendering, I'm surrendering, don't kill me, don't kill me!" ”。

Soon, in addition to those who had successfully evacuated, more than 5,000 Wei soldiers who had not had time to leave surrendered one after another, and there were figures everywhere throwing down their weapons and kneeling on the ground.

These Wei soldiers who voluntarily surrendered, naturally someone would come up and tie their hands with ropes and pull them aside to guard them strictly.

Although they became prisoners, if these Wei soldiers had seen with their own eyes how the Northwest Army treated the Hu people, they would definitely feel extremely glad that they were not Hu but Han.

Because for the captured Hu people, the Northwest Army has always left no one alive, and it will definitely kill them all.

This is also forced by the Hu people.

The military and civilians of the northwest have been at war with the Hu people for hundreds of years, and they have long known each other's ways of doing things.

The Hu people's traditional practice is that whenever they encounter a city that refuses to surrender, once it is captured, they will massacre the city.

It was especially cruel to the Northwest Army, a great enemy, and the soldiers would be slaughtered even if they surrendered.

Moreover, the Hu people are as ferocious as wolves, and wherever they go, chickens and dogs are not left, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil.

The hatred of the military and people in the northwest for the Hu people has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and the two sides have become a feud between the two sides.

There is a way that you are unkind, and I am unjust.

Since the Hu people are so ferocious, the Northwest Army will naturally not be soft-hearted, basically killing one if they catch one.

Therefore, the two sides have been fighting for so long, and there are hardly many prisoners. Because even if you surrender, it's useless, and you will definitely be killed in the end.

Since it's all dead anyway, it's better to pull on a cushion.

This is the common idea of the soldiers on both sides of the Northwest Army and the Hu people.

"Pass my orders, order the whole army to maintain formation, and don't push the enemy too hard." Seeing that the enemy had gone away, Ning Zhiyuan gave a new order to the heralds around him.

The heralds immediately conveyed the commander's order to the leading generals.

The generals immediately complied, and gathered all the soldiers under their command back and rejoined the team.

In this way, the whole army maintained a compact formation and slowly moved forward in the direction of the Wei army's escape. It's not so much a pursuit of the enemy as a march.

Ning Zhiyuan also left two thousand soldiers to guard the Wei prisoners and clean up the battlefield, and these prisoners would be brought into Fengyang City, not far ahead, to be strictly guarded. Even those Wei soldiers who were lucky enough not to die after being shot would be brought into the city for treatment.

It's not that Ning Zhiyuan is soft-hearted, but since the Ning family has the heart to fight for the Central Plains, these young soldiers will become useful strong laborers in the future, and the benefits of keeping their lives will definitely outweigh the disadvantages.

Of course, this is a preferential treatment that only Han soldiers have, if it were replaced by Hu people, they would have been executed on the spot, and they would never waste food to feed these white-eyed wolves.

After the count, the Wei army suffered more than 10,000 casualties and more than 5,000 captured soldiers. The Northwest Army suffered less than 100 casualties, and this battle cannot be said to be a big victory, but only a small victory.

Although the loss of 10,000 or 20,000 people was just a drop in the bucket for the Wei army's million-strong army, it was because of the first casualties of these 10,000 people that the Wei army began to flee on a large scale, and finally led to the rout of the whole army, which was the key.

And the biggest contributor to this result is the Shenji Battalion, which appeared on the battlefield for the first time, and the mysterious weapons they used.

Only then did the generals suddenly realize that the reason why the marshal dared to fight against the million-strong army of the Wei army with only 100,000 people was because he had this secret weapon with amazing lethality in his hands.

And judging from the previous combat meeting, the marshal has another secret chess move that has not yet been played, and the matter is far from over.

……………………

"Do any of you know what the evil weapon used by the Northwest Army is?" An Guogong, who was riding on a horse, asked the generals and officials around him with a blue face as he walked.

This question was not answered, because no one had ever seen it.

From a distance, it looked like a grotesque-looking thick iron rod, but who would have thought it could spew something.

Moreover, the lethality is amazing, once a soldier is hit by something spewed, he will bleed non-stop, and almost instantly lose his combat capability.

Obviously, this kind of thing that has never been seen before must be a new weapon created by the Northwest Army.

But what it was, no one really knew for a while.

"What? Doesn't anyone know what kind of evil thing it is? Seeing that no one answered, An Guogong's face became more and more ugly.

Finally, a middle-aged staff member surnamed Zhou said in an uncertain tone: "My lord, if my subordinates are not mistaken, the Northwest Army seems to be the firearm of the previous dynasty." ”

"The fire of the previous dynasty?" An Guogong's eyes flashed, and he immediately stared at him.

"Yes, my subordinates have seen similar descriptions in ancient books.

The Ministry of Industry of the former dynasty once used bronze to imitate the appearance of cannons to make a batch of hand-held weapons called fire guns, the shape of which was like an ordinary copper pipe, which was stuffed with hard objects such as gunpowder, iron sand, and gravel, and then ignited the gunpowder with a fuse to make it spray iron sand or gravel to kill and injure the enemy.

Although the subordinates have not seen the real thing, looking at the things used by the Northwest Army, it is very similar to the description of this firecracker. ”

"If that's really the fire of the previous dynasty, how can you crack it?" Xie Yuheng couldn't help but interject.

"The book says that it is not only troublesome but also too time-consuming to reload the firebolt after the eruption, so it was shelved by the former Korean generals.

But looking at the things used by the Northwest Army, there is no such drawback, which shows that they have improved the biggest weakness of the firecracker.

This one...... I really can't think of how to crack this thing in the next time, and I ask the general to forgive me. ”

Hearing him say this, including Xie Yuheng, the generals suddenly showed disappointed expressions.

An Guogong said with a normal expression: "Although this fire gun is powerful, but the Northwest Army has few people after all, let's go to Yinglin City to rest for a while, and then figure out how to deal with this relic of the previous dynasty." ”

"Yes, sir." The generals responded in unison.

They noticed that the top boss's face seemed to be much better, at least not as ugly as it had just been.

In fact, An Guogong's mood is indeed a lot better.

Although there was a small defeat in the first battle, it was only a loss of one or two thousand people, and the losses were limited.

But he already knew what the new weapons used by the Northwest Army were, and that was the most important thing.

At this time, An Guogong and the others didn't know that when they calmly retreated, a Wei army spy was desperately rushing to the side of the army.

Even the war horse under his crotch was whipped out of blood by this anxious spy, but it was not fast enough.

The reason why this spy was so anxious was because he was in a hurry to report a major news to An Guogong and others: Yinglin City was being besieged by tens of thousands of Northwest Army.

Indeed, at this time, a fierce siege battle was breaking out on the side of Yinglin City.

The attacking side was none other than the 60,000 Northwest Army led by Ning Zhiyuan's henchman Li Dingbei.

Along with Li Dingbei, there was also Ning Zhiyuan's second son, Ning Yafeng, who participated in the siege as a deputy general.

These 60,000 of them were another secret move arranged by Ning Zhiyuan: taking advantage of the fierce battle between the Wei army and the marshal near Fengyang City, they led the veterans of the northwest who had already been ambushed nearby to attack Yinglin City.

The reason why they had to use valuable veterans to attack the city regardless of sacrifice was because they had already found out that most of the grain and grass of the Wei army were stored in Yinglin City.

As long as Yinglin City is captured before the Wei army arrives here, the Wei army will run out of food.

On the contrary, if the Wei army arrived in time to support them while they were attacking the city, then their tens of thousands of people would probably be called here.

It's a race to see who arrives faster, and it's a big gamble that really decides the entire Northwest game.