Bai Liyan hurried slowly, failed to arrive at the battlefield before dusk, and the confrontation with Shen Duchi obviously wasted a lot of time, when he arrived at the battlefield, it was already dark, the supernatural power had already receded half, and the smoke and blood came to his nose.

Although the Xian army had grenades and Molotov cocktails, the range of action was too short, and the explosion power was average, and the black turban army tied the shield with water-soaked bedding and hid behind it could almost offset most of the damage of the home-made grenades.

On the battlefield, Bailiyan even found that the Black Turban Army used earthen bags.

The delay of the Xianjun grenade was as long as ten seconds, and the irregular operation and the tension of the battlefield caused the grenade to be thrown quickly after it was drawn, and the delay after landing was as short as three or four seconds, and as long as five or six seconds.

The Black Turban Army grabbed this cover door and pressed the grenades that fell into the formation with dirt bags, which would absorb most of the monoliths and impacts after the explosion, causing little damage to the personnel.

Coupled with the coverage of arrow clusters and swarms of bees, Bailiyan felt the embarrassment and helplessness of the battle between cold weapons and hot weapons like never before.

The forcible development of artillery technology has not been able to completely change the initiative on the battlefield, on the contrary, the creativity spawned by human wisdom and positive initiative has once again used the technological fault line and vacuum to create a counterattack.

Under the threat of solid projectiles, the Black Turban Army forcibly advanced the battle line to within the range of a swarm of bees and crossbows, and the artillery of the Xian Army could not retreat in time, and suffered heavy casualties.

The artillery regulations of the Xian army clearly stipulate that the artillery can retreat when it is covered by the enemy's bow and crossbow, which is not a retreat and a preservation of strength.

Obviously, the effectiveness of bow and crossbow coverage is much higher than that of a solid projectile. Ninety-nine percent of the time the guns are fired at the direct point, and more than half of the cases are fired over the top, or even beyond the firing range.

When the cluster of arrows is close enough, the result of the artillery death can only be the total annihilation, and even if the position is regained, no one will fire in the end. At the same time, artillery officers are still a technical branch, and there is a scarcity of talents at present, especially those who understand mathematics.

The most criticized is gunpowder, artillery is a medicine tiger, the amount is a few catties, and the grenade is subject to black powder, the power is limited, not a fatal problem, the fatal is that the sulfur limit leads to the limited production of black powder, the number of grenades is seriously insufficient, Lintai's reserves, after the consumption in April has bottomed out, most of the rebels are still dead from the fatal wounds of cold weapon fighting.

Ironically, the convenience of the string grenade could not play a great role in frontal fierce combat under the old combat system, and the exogenous ignition explosive weapons commonly used by the rebels and vassal states could also inflict considerable losses on the Xian army by virtue of their numerical superiority.

The appearance of gunpowder did not make Bai Liyan feel relaxed, and he did not take much advantage because of the knowledge of the two lives, and the knowledge of people made the war more cruel.

All in all, there is no shortage of smart people in this world, what is lacking is a stupid hat.

However, any systematic civilization with a heavy historical accumulation has its tenacious adaptability to new things, and it is ignorant and dangerous to simply think how ugly the predecessors were.

The embers of the battlefield have not disappeared, the wails have come and gone, and when he saw Xiao Qu, Bailiyan immediately stepped forward and asked:

"General Xiao, how are the casualties of our army?"

"Deputy Marshal Qiqi, up to now, our army has lost more than 1,250 people and wounded more than 3,700 people. More than 1,500 rebels were killed and more than 470 surrendered prisoners. Based on this, the total casualties of the rebels are estimated to be less than ours. ”

"Well, there is no need to pursue this place tomorrow, and tonight we will strengthen our vigilance and focus on treating the wounded."

"The last general obeys!"

Thanks to the advanced concept and the specialty of Baili Yanben, the most popular thing in Xianguo is not industry, nor chemistry, nor physics, but mathematics and medicine.

Medicine in general is more advanced than mathematics, medical technology and pure medicine have made a qualitative leap forward compared to fifteen years ago, and mortality has been greatly reduced.

In the next step, Bailiyan plans to carry out the preliminary cultivation work of screening potential antibiotic bacteria, hemostatic drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs, and narcotic drugs.

Around four o'clock, Baili Yan ordered Gu Zhong and Zhao Anling to go down to the village ten miles northwest of Xiaoqu, and asked Xu Jin to lead the cavalry west for thirty miles to be on guard, beware of the supernatural powers, and take advantage of the slack of the Xian army to move towards Zhaocheng.

At the end of the day, at the beginning of the day, Bailiyan rushed to Lintai, Ye Xin and Guan Longxiang had already reported the news, and waited for a long time under the West Gate:

"Lieutenant Marshal."

Ye Xin, Guan Longxiang and others raised their hands and saluted, and Bai Liyan turned over and stepped forward:

"Excuse me. The supernatural power has retreated to the north of Lintai, and the crisis is temporarily resolved, but it is still possible for the supernatural power to counterattack within two to three days. ”

"Deputy marshal, Zhaocheng shouldn't have been taken yet!" Guan Longxiang asked.

"Well, this matter is a long story, in short, it is the 50,000 rebels who reinforced Zhaocheng that have infighting, and Zhaocheng is being killed, and Ben Shuai took the opportunity to return to attack the supernatural power, scare it away, and then counterattack Zhaocheng, and a battle can be played."

The details of the city were revealed, and a group of people entered the city to discuss in detail.

"The civil strife in Zhaocheng has not been settled, and our army has pressed the border with large soldiers to promote surrender, which can force Zhaocheng to submit. However, the tens of thousands of soldiers in Zhaocheng are still a thorny problem, how much meat is still in Lintai City? ”

Ye Xin made a little calculation and said truthfully:

"Cured meat, bacon, salted chicken, and salted duck can be used by 160,000 people for half a year, and there are more than 700 live pigs, more than 6,000 chickens and ducks, and more than 1,000 sheep."

"Then tomorrow, four thousand stone cured meat, five thousand stone bacon, and one thousand stone salted chicken will be transferred to Gu Zhong and transported to Zhaocheng for urgent use."

"That's what it takes." Ye Xin was surprised, these were enough for 160,000 people to support one month.

"General Ye, you don't know, the Black Turban Army is not as good as before now, you may not know it, the rebels have eaten Indica rice in recent years."

"What, indica, how do you eat indica rice."

Guan Longxiang was surprised, and Bai Liyan answered:

"Indica rice yields high, but you can't get enough to eat."

"The subordinates of this matter know that there is a lot of indica rice, but they can't eat enough, even if they eat enough, they will be hungry soon, but they can't eat enough, how can the soldiers have the strength to fight."

"Therefore, the Black Turban Army is now fighting hungry, it is at the end of the road, and famine will not be far away."

At this point, Bai Liyan motioned to Jiang Jie, invited the others to leave, closed the door from the outside, and continued:

"In view of the grain and grass situation of the rebels, Ben Shuai decided to fight Xingcheng after taking Zhaocheng, and then directly take Dekang, and settle the war on the Eastern Front once and for all."

"Take Dekang directly, this is too dangerous, and there is no ship to adjust in the near future." Guan Longxiang said worriedly.

"The Black Turban Army has the Naval Army, and the Governor Huang Che can say that he will surrender, if he can persuade Huang Che, there will be no worries about crossing the river."

"You can be a rebel ship, if you have different intentions, I am afraid that you will never recover."

"Mr. is not unreasonable, but Huang Che has no bad deeds, although he was born as a water bandit, he was chivalrous in his early years, as long as he can be persuaded to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, the possibility of repeated things is extremely small. But after crossing the river, Shentong will inevitably counterattack the front line of Lintai, Zhaocheng and Xingcheng, so Mr. Guan Long and General Ye need to make a long-term plan, at least two months, more than three or April, until the military rations of Shentong are exhausted, the war on the eastern front will be over, and the land of the three counties will be in the hands of our army within half a year. ”

Food is the foundation of the army's heart, and at the beginning of the Black Turban Army's transformation to indica rice, the root of military defeat was invisibly buried.

Changing to indica rice is to make the yield brighter in terms of data, but the extra yield can not fill the stomach of the soldier, on the contrary, the volume and weight of indica rice are not fundamentally different from japonica rice, and indica rice will not be easy to transport because the yield is higher than japonica rice.

On the contrary, when the total amount of indica rice and japonica rice is the same, the total energy transported by indica rice is only 75% of that of japonica rice, and to achieve the same energy standard, it needs to be 30% more capacity, and it is not enough to eat.

I've seen a pit man, but I've never been a pit man like this. This shows how terrible it is to have no knowledge and no culture.

After repairing in Lintai overnight, Bailiyan hurriedly went to see Xu Jin the next day, and quickly pulled his men and horses to Zhaocheng, so as to prevent the divine power from getting the news and counterattacking Zhaocheng.

After Zhao Anling followed Gu Zhong and Ye Xin to transport the meat, he led 50,000 people from his headquarters westward in the afternoon.

At the same time, the Xian army did not send a single soldier to chase Shentong, and after Shentong left Shen Dusk to break off, he led the infantry army to flee to Yinqu just after the morning, and reported the movements of the Xian army on the way, and the more Shentong thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

"It's strange, what's going on in Zhaocheng, why don't you have any news from Zhou Kong. Baili Yan went to Zhaocheng in a hurry, could it be impossible to intercept Ma Zheng, or did he fall into Baili Yan's evil deeds again? Stop the car! ”

The supernatural power shouted to stop the chariot and summoned Song He:

"General Song, the army is on standby, and immediately let people take the forest path to Zhaocheng to ask Zhou Kong and Ma Zheng."

"This place is still close to the Xian army, so I'm afraid there aren't many camps at this time."

"Do you still need General Song's advice on whether it is appropriate or not!"

The supernatural power was not happy, and his eyes immediately flashed with fierce light, malicious and aggressive, Song He's heart was edged, and he nodded busily:

"Yes, yes, the end will do it immediately."

"Slow down, take Shen Duchi, go to the central part of the country, keep a distance of twenty miles, and if there is any abnormality in the city, immediately respond to the sky."

"Yes."

At this time, the supernatural power was still full of calculations, and there were seventy or eighty thousand people in Zhaocheng, and they still had the strength to fight, but they didn't know that Zhaocheng was already a sea of fire, full of devastation.

After several days of infighting, Ma Zheng's deputy general Gao Teng died in the infighting, two of the three commanders died, and the 50,000 people were leaderless, and Zhou Kong and Fang Ke tried to suppress it unsuccessfully.

The city was fiercely fought for four days, the army and the people suffered heavy casualties, and the slave army was like locusts in transit, committing adultery and plundering everywhere they went, and the whole city was in ruins in just four days.

Baili Yan rode 150 miles a day to reach the city, and was also surprised to see the fire in the city:

"If this slave army is released into the tomb, I am afraid it will not escape a catastrophe."

"Deputy marshal, this military disaster has fallen on our heads again, why sigh so much."

"General Xu's words are wrong, they are all ordinary people, how can there be a distinction between high and low, even if they are foreigners, they are also living beings in the world. Even though Ben Shuai killed countless people in the south back then, he couldn't help himself. Often to live for yourself, for your brothers, for more people, sometimes killing is inevitable.

And some of the killings are man-made disasters, the slave army raised by the Black Turban Army, the nature is not so vicious, only because of the connivance and evil and the nature of the depravity, the sin is not in the public, but in a few people, this Zhaocheng through this difficulty, presumably it is a great injury to the vitality, under the strong attack of our army, it will be broken. ”

"Then when Gu Zhong arrives, he will immediately attack the city and take down the city."

Xu Jin proposed, and at this time, he could see Bailiyan's old Taoist methods, he said:

"The upper army is scheming, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege. If he can be forced to surrender, the commander would rather give him another chance, as long as he is willing to surrender, the two armies can avoid the disaster of swords. If he does not remember the suffering of the people in the city, then he will be doing the right thing for heaven. Jiang Jie. ”

"The end will be."

"Go, send someone to the moat to shout, and let the city guards come out and speak."

"No!"

It's easy to shine on the city, but it's not easy to let the first domino fall.

As long as the city can be surrendered, setting this precedent will undoubtedly have a huge deterrent and temptation effect on other rebels. In the end, it will be like dominoes, and the wall will fall and everyone will push it.