"The wind... Wind... sound..."

"The wind? What wind? Be clear! ”

"The wind...."

The seriously wounded captives were out of breath, and the soldiers in charge of interrogation only heard the word "wind" repeatedly, and they really couldn't figure out what the meaning behind these two words was: What does the wind have to do with your tragic situation?

"Dig a pit and bury him... Hey, wipe your neck with a knife, lest you cheat to death. ”

"It's all like this, and you're still cheating to death?"

"Less nonsense, wipe your neck, just in case."

The few words that came from the captives soon reached the ears of Yang Su, the head of the march, who was resting in the open camp, sitting on a rock, pondering the meaning of the word "wind".

The enemy and us are based on Ruyin and Wuyang, facing each other from east to west, the main force of the army is easy not to move, but the cavalry is not idle, Wei Chi Youqi sent a large number of cavalry, with dozens of cavalry as a force, divided into many units to attack the territory controlled by Yuwenwen.

The large number of enemy cavalry made Yuwenwen's side very headache, and Yang Su, who was originally going to attack and harass the area controlled by Wei Chi Youqi, had to lead his troops back to help, and also divided into several groups to chase those enemy cavalry who entered the army.

Cavalry against cavalry, the combat range is very large, and it is common to run hundreds of miles in a day, which is very demanding for the main general, but it is a piece of cake for Yang Su.

He had led troops to fight with the Turkic cavalry, the Huaibei region was nothing compared to the grassland, the Wubao was strong, and the Turkic cavalry was nothing, Yang Su divided the troops to hunt, won more and lost less, until some strong enemies appeared recently, so he had to be cautious.

The horsemen from Youyan, in addition to fighting with Wei Chishun in the Bian, Zheng area, also entered Huaibei, listened to orders under Wei Chi You's tent, and then mixed in the middle of the powerful forces in Wubao, attacking the territory controlled by Yuwenwen.

These cavalrymen grew up on horseback since childhood, were skilled in bows and horses, and had extremely strong combat effectiveness when fighting in small groups.

Today, the Sentinel found a seriously wounded enemy soldier by the river, and it seemed that he had drifted down from the upper reaches of the river because he was covered in blood, and the Sentinel estimated that this man had experienced a fierce battle.

In the upstream area, these days are 'forbidden areas', the king of Xiyang sent people to spread the word to Yang Su in advance, there is no need to send troops to that side these days, if there is an enemy army from that area during this time, it is not Yang Su's business.

It was precisely because of this that Yang Su wanted to know what was going on in the upstream area, and it turned out that the captive had a northland accent, and he only said a few words, and his own soldiers only understood the word "wind".

Yang Su felt that the "sound of the wind" mentioned by the other party was very likely to be the sound of a bowstring, and if many strong crossbows were launched at the same time, their movements would indeed sound like the sound of the wind.

Thinking about it, he looked at the cloth in front of him, and in the cloth lay a few grains of bloody lead, which had been ripped from the dead captive, and some were embedded in the nail leaf.

The reason for this was that the soldiers noticed that many of the wounds on the opponent's body were strange, not caused by arrows or slashes, and not only that, but the deformed armor leaves were inlaid with lead.

There is always an indication that the captive should have been wounded by a lead rather than an arrow.

Yang Su looked at these leads, thought of the "rumors" that the captives said, and then thought about the 'forbidden area' specially drawn by the King of Xiyang, and soon made a judgment:

The King of Xiyang sent a team to meet the enemy in that area, using a special crossbow that could fire lead continuously, and because it was to be kept secret, it was expressly ordered that no other troops and horses should enter that area.

Xiyang Wang Yuwen Wen's attainments in armaments, Yang Su has seen and felt it with his own eyes, so if Xiyang King makes any special crossbow with amazing power, Yang Su will not doubt the actual combat effect.

Thinking of this, Yang Su became more and more interested: how powerful is that special crossbow?

A herald rushed to the camp, and after seeing Yang Su, he conveyed the latest military order of the King of Xiyang: The northern area will continue to be defended by Yang Su's troops and horses.

Yang Su handed over the order to the military officials for 'archiving' and asked the herald, "What other orders does the king have?" ”

"Manager Yang, the king said, blood for blood, tooth for tooth, the human skin banner must be erected, the more the better!"

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In a small village next to a dock fort, the Marshal of the Southeast Road March, Xiyang Wang Yuwenwen is inspecting the team, this team does not belong to the Southeast Road March, nor is it a volunteer soldier or clan soldier, barbarian soldier, without any formal subordination, it is completely Yuwenwen's private soldiers.

But unlike the Tiger Forest Army, this team is not visible, specifically, the way this team fights is not visible.

At this time, the soldiers lined up in a neat queue in the open space, accepted Yu Wenwen's review, they participated in the battle for the first time, performed well, and were already very excited, and now they have to be reviewed, one by one, raising their heads and chests, and they are excited.

"Everyone's report, the widow has read it, read it, and it is very well written."

After Yu Wenwen finished the review, he stood in front of the team and said loudly, "Especially Yu An'an's report, it is very well written, and after reading it, it seems to be immersive." ”

Yu An'an, a soldier who was praised by Lord Lang, was so excited that his face was red, and Yu Wenwen not only named him, but also praised several other soldiers, which made everyone more and more excited, and stood more and more upright with a beaded gun.

The Shenji battalion under the command of the king of Xiyang, with the first year of Qianxing style bead gun as a weapon, this is the first time to participate in the battle, after four battles, killing 562 enemies, all of them are cavalry.

The number of officers and men of the Shenji Battalion participating in the battle was 482, and except for the wounded, not a single one was killed.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are very young, there are very few people over the age of 20, and their names are mainly "Yu" and "Wen", mixed with other surnames.

The soldiers are all orphans adopted by the king of Xiyang, most of them are very young when they are first adopted, if they still remember their names, they continue to use them, and those who can't remember their names are named by the lord of Lang and the mother of the house.

They are the orphan army of the King of Xiyang, and they will do whatever the Lang Lord asks them to do, even if the Lang Lord lets them die, they will not hesitate at all.

After Yu Wenwen finished speaking, he began to hand out rewards, and the soldiers who read their names stepped forward to receive the reward from him after they came out of the ranks, and the reward was a circulation coupon for the Xiyang Palace, which could buy any daily necessities at the grocery store inside the palace.

This is not the key, it is a very honorable thing to be rewarded and encouraged by Lord Lang himself, the Shenji Battalion participates in the war in a state of secrecy, so the soldiers who shot so many enemy soldiers cannot be recorded in the credit book, and the distribution of rewards will naturally not be fanfare.

Yu Wenwen personally distributed the reward, and after the distribution was completed, his arm was already a little sore, and his throat was a little hoarse because of the non-stop talking, and when the team was disbanded and the soldiers went back to the barracks to rest, he did not have to rest.

Turning to the barracks on the side, Yu Wenwen began to read the report, this is the combat summary of the Shenji Battalion after participating in the war, including the fault statistics of Lian Zhu Gong, looking at the numbers, Yu Wenwen only felt shocked.

The standard weapon of the Shenji Battalion is the Qianxing First Year Lianzhu Gun, referred to as the Water Lianzhu, which is a cross-era weapon improved on the basis of the orthodox seven-year Lianzhu Gun.

Replaceable ammunition storage tubes, each ammunition storage tube has 20 rounds of ammunition, in combat conditions, each soldier has 200 rounds of ammunition, 10 high-pressure gas tanks, and the rate of fire is 20 rounds per minute, and for lightly armored targets, the effective killing range is 75 steps; For heavily armored targets, the effective killing range is twenty paces.

This is the data in the experimental state, and this time in the battle, Shui Lianzhu's performance was comparable to expectations, achieving a record of zero casualties, but the failure rate was also comparable to expectations, which made Yuwenwen a little headache.

In the four battles, the intensity was high and low, and up to now, sixty percent of the water beads had failed, that is to say, the Shenji Battalion that participated in the battle only wilted after only four skirmishes.

For the use of the Shenji Battalion, there are only two options left, either to continue to fight the "public security war", or to retreat back to Xiyang after two more battles; Either start to rest and go into battle in the decisive battle with Yu Chi Youqi.

Of course, Yuwenwen chose the latter, so the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion will be stationed in this dock fort and will not attack until the day of the decisive battle comes.

During this period, the craftsmen will try to repair the broken water beads with the tools and accessories they brought, but the number of repairs is limited, and in general it is better than nothing.

The failure rate is not low, this is the defect of the gas gun, if it is replaced with a simple structure, the problem will be solved, but Yu Wenwen will not do this, because he does not want to let the magic weapon be used by others, let alone cause the spread of technology.

If the gas gun falls into the hands of others, because the technical threshold is very high, it is impossible to imitate it in large quantities, and the fire gun is different, and it will even make people touch the class to make artillery, which will be very serious for the Central Plains.

The Turkic nomadic army attacking the city with guns and artillery, or the Goguryeo city in eastern Liaodong with artillery, was a nightmare for the Central Plains army.

Yu Wenwen would never let such a scene happen.

After reading it for an hour, Yu Wenwen was very satisfied with the conclusion of the report, summoned several young generals inside, and he told again: "The Shenji Battalion is stationed here, and the widow also arranges other soldiers and horses to defend it, and try to avoid too much contact with other people on weekdays." ”

"Yes, Lord Lang!"

"Also, the secret of the Shenji Battalion can't leak the slightest rumor!"