Chapter 497: Air Raid
"Whoosh......"
More than forty crossbow arrows were fired at the same time, and in an instant, more than forty crossbow arrows shot directly into the sky, heading straight for the hot air balloon that Haoda was riding.
Watching the huge crossbow arrows flying straight into the sky shooting towards him, he said that it was okay, but when he really faced it, his heart trembled all the time. No, Haoda's hands were already tightly grasping the edge, the binoculars in his hands had been put down, and he didn't dare to look at the crossbow arrows that were coming straight away, and even he closed his eyes directly.
The others were even more unbearable, but fortunately, none of them exclaimed, although they were all pale with fright, and their calves were constantly shaking, they still stood firmly.
The crossbow arrow from the beginning of the gallop, to the speed of the slower and slower, and finally at a distance of about 400 meters, began to appear the performance of the follow-up powerlessness, and finally at more than 400 meters, turned around and fell directly to the ground.
Haoda silently counted in his heart, he didn't wait for the imaginary vibration, he quickly opened his eyes and looked, and found that the crossbow arrows that had just come straight had all disappeared.
At this point, Haoda had already understood that his previous conjecture was not wrong, and Wu Sangui's crossbow arrows could not threaten him.
"Hahaha...... Wu Sangui, now it's Lao Tzu's turn to give you a good look. Haoda was immediately overjoyed, and laughed even more.
The other officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, after hearing the loud laughter, also reacted one after another. One by one, their hearts were stable, and they no longer had any fear of those crossbow arrows, and after experiencing death, they all had a feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe.
"Lower the altitude, return to the height of five hundred meters, and head towards the sky above those crossbow arrows, and give Lao Tzu a damn blow." A bold order.
A moment later, more than two dozen black jars began to appear above Wu Sangui's crossbow arrow array, smashing down from mid-air.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
After a series of more than 20 explosions, Wu Sangui's crossbow arrow position suddenly became a sea of fire.
Before the crossbowmen could react, they were set ablaze by the jars of oil that had been smashed down and filled with fiery oil. A miserable cry resounded in Wu Sangui's ears, and everywhere in his eyes was a sea of fire.
Wu Sangui's face was as gloomy as water, and at this moment, he already understood that this well-planned sneak attack had been declared a failure.
"Withdraw!" Wu Sangui ordered with a cold face.
As the commander-in-chief, he knows the importance of making a decision, and since he can no longer see the hope of victory, there is naturally no need to stay, which will only increase the senseless sacrifice.
"Woo woo woo ......"
The retreat horn of the Liaodong Army suddenly sounded throughout the battlefield, and when the signal of retreat was heard, all the Liaodong Army breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to retreat in an orderly manner.
However, Mao Wenlong would not lose such a good opportunity, and he knew that the opportunity had come when Wu Sangui's crossbow arrows were burned in a huge fire. When all the hot air balloons were ordered to attack, an even more frantic gap began.
The gunpowder jars of the Dongjiang Army had been used in the early days, and all the jars used in this meeting were the fierce fire oil jars that had just been used. A hundred hot air balloons were scattered over the retreating Liaodong Army, throwing down fierce fire oil jars from time to time, and in an instant, the place where the Liaodong Army was standing turned into a sea of fire.
The fierce flames were dozens of meters high, and the billowing smoke rushed directly into the sky, causing Mao Wenlong and these hot air balloons to flee one after another to avoid the smoke.
Wu Sangui escaped from the fire by luck under the escort of hundreds of personal guards, and he fled in a hurry towards the bank of the Yellow River, and when he looked back and saw the rolling heat wave, his face was full of frustration.
Stealing chickens does not make rice, this sneak attack directly brought an army of 100,000, after this fire. It is estimated that less than 20,000 people can go back, and such a big loss can make Wu Sangui feel distressed.
Fortunately, half of these 100,000 soldiers and horses came from the imperial army that had just been recruited. This is a blessing in misfortune for Wu Sangui, but no matter how you say it, it can be regarded as a loss of 50,000 soldiers and horses from the headquarters, but even the city wall of Jinan Mansion has not had time to climb up.
The combat power of the Dongjiang Army is abnormally strong, and Wu Sangui finally has a real understanding of the strength of the Dongjiang Army through this battle. What's even worse is that these strange things floating in the air later, they are so powerful, Wu Sangui is both afraid and hateful at the moment, and his hatred for Mao Wenlong has reached the point where it is irresolvable.
The fire outside Jinan Mansion burned for a day and a night, and the choking black smoke directly covered half of the sky, but the daytime was as dark as the night.
Mao Wenlong was the first to land in the city of Jinan, while Haoda and Haoxiao divided into two routes, each with 30 hot air balloons to track down Wu Sangui, who escaped by luck.
As soon as Mao Wenlong landed on Jinan City, he looked up and saw corpses everywhere, and stumps and broken arms were scattered everywhere on the city wall. All the dead on the city wall are the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, and there are not a few who are alive.
Li Jie is the guard general of Jinan Mansion, and after he heard that Mao Wenlong was coming, he hurriedly came to greet him.
Looking at Li Jie, who was blackened by the flames of war and had many wounds on his body but was still smiling, Mao Wenlong frowned. The words that were going to be reprimanded to him were swallowed back into his stomach, and he said in a low voice: "What are the casualties of the soldiers? ”
Li Jie, who was still smiling, suddenly had a stiff expression, and said with a heavy hand: "Chief soldier, our army has suffered more than 30,000 casualties, 20,000 dead, more than 3,000 seriously injured, and the rest are lightly injured. ”
"You have lost so much, are you a general who eats dry food?" Mao Wenlong was furious when he heard this.
Li Jie pounced and knelt directly in front of Mao Wenlong, and said with red eyes and pain: "The last general should be damned, please punish the general soldier." ”
Li Jie knelt down, and more than a dozen guards beside him who were also covered in wounds also knelt in a large area.
Mao Wenlong looked at them with a gloomy face, at this moment his hatred for Wu Sangui had reached its peak, and the anger in his heart was burning. I can't wait to send troops to attack Liaodong now, and I want to teach Wu Sangui a hard lesson.
It's a pity that now is not the time for Mao Wenlong to vent at all, Jinan Mansion suddenly suffered such a catastrophe, it is the time when it needs to recover quickly, as for revenge, we can only wait for the future.
"Alas, get up, send people to extinguish the embers outside as soon as possible, and begin to rescue the people in the city or the wounded soldiers, there is no mistake." Mao Wenlong sighed lightly and said helplessly.
Li Jie and the others didn't dare to disobey at all, and immediately took orders to go down to do things.
The city of Jinan suffered from this disaster, almost became an abandoned city, and the houses in the city were almost smashed by the stone throwers of the Liaodong Army, and it was no longer possible to live in it.
"Wu Sangui, you wait, I want you to repay the consequences of today in the future." Mao Wenlong secretly swore in his heart.