Chapter 8: Defense (5)

When Yuan Yun was surprised to find that those Karasuma cavalry had rushed towards at great speed, rows of rockets instantly shot out from the Gunpowder Army's position, and in an instant, a raging fire ignited on the periphery of the trench.

Because the Powder Army camp was on a high ground, the gasoline sprayed out also began to flow down the slope, and now once ignited, the dirt slope in front of the former camp immediately turned into a huge sea of fire.

Those Karasuma cavalry probably never thought that the muddy ground without grass could ignite a fire, and in the case of being caught off guard, even if they were superb in riding, they were also confused by the formation of the fire, and the people in front hurriedly stopped their steps, and the people behind immediately collided head-on, and there were countless knights who were overturned by their own people in a short time.

The water crane still had no intention of stopping, and continued to spray countless water columns towards the outside of the trench, so that the fire did not weaken at all, but burned more and more, and a large area of black smoke drifted straight into the clouds, and the fire on the ground completely blocked the view.

Yuan Yun craned his neck, and from the lookout, he could only see many black shadows churning in the sea of fire, and some extremely heroic knights, although they rushed to the edge of the fire, had already run out of oil and lamps, and fell into the trench like a stone in an instant.

The level of tragedy in the battle array in front of him was far beyond Yuan Yun's thoughts, the scene of thousands of people fighting in the sea of fire at the same time was like a demon in hell, and the wails resounded violently all around, even the soldiers of the Powder Army couldn't help frowning again and again after seeing such a scene.

The fire burned for a full hour, even though it had gradually been extinguished at this moment, but the smoke was still spewing outward, and it seemed that there was no end at all, and on a black land, I don't know how many charred corpses were piled up, and the only thing that could distinguish it from the land was that the burned corpses were even darker.

Yuan Yun still hadn't finished watching the whole process, not because he felt cruel, but because his stomach began to churn again, so he returned to Zhang Liao's tent, and this time he couldn't even drink tea.

Zhang Liao returned to his camp after more than an hour, and when he saw Yuan Yun still sitting in it, he immediately frowned, but he shook his head in an instant, and there is really nothing to worry about in his current form, although the number of enemies is large, but he has charged down several times, and he has not even crossed the trench, I believe that if there is another battle in the future, the other party will inevitably be cautious, and it is impossible to launch a large-scale charge again.

After taking a sip of the tea handed by his entourage, Zhang Liao found a simple chair and sat down, and then said: "From dawn to the present, the enemy has lost about 10,000 horses, and such a large battle loss occurred on the Karasuma cavalry, which is a very rare thing. ”

Yuan Yun nodded, then shook his head again, and said: "Don't worry, this battle is not over yet, and now I am not satisfied, the enemy has a total of seventy or eighty thousand men and horses this time, and only more than 10,000 have been eliminated, which is still less." ”

Zhang Liao smiled bitterly and said: "Although there are seventy or eighty thousand people, many of them are Han slaves, most of them are laborers in the baggage camp, and the soldiers of Karasuma are still these knights, and I believe that the cavalry that has rushed to death from dawn to the present is the elite of the other party, and the battle damage of 10,000 is not simple."

The number of knights they can still fight now is estimated to be between two and thirty thousand, but who else dares to fight now? They should have all been frightened, and the Karasuma people estimated that they would not be able to forget the tragic defeat of this battle for a hundred years, and ......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Liao was suddenly stunned, and Yuan Yun also raised his head suddenly, and then continued: "The Karasuma people are retreating!" ”

Zhang Liao frowned and nodded, then hugged his fist at Yuan Yun and said, "Dashuai, it's time for our cavalry to go out." ”

"Good!" Yuan Yun replied simply, and then saw Zhang Liao walk out of the camp in an instant, naturally to arrange the pursuit of the cavalry.

With such a large loss in the battle this time, almost all courage has been lost, and under such morale, as long as the generals led by the opposing party are not too stupid, they will basically choose to retreat, so that they can only fight again when the team regains their fighting spirit.

Yuan Yun seemed to be in a very good mood at this time, and the victory in this battle not only broke the possibility of the Karasuma people invading the Central Plains from the end, but most importantly, it caused a very serious psychological shadow to the other party.

With this painful memory, the Karasuma people will not dare to launch a large-scale charge, if it is only a small-scale harassment, I believe that there is no opponent of tanks in this era.

"Sideways, must be sideways."

After thinking about this, Yuan Yun stretched comfortably, then tilted his head and smiled at Shi Shen behind him: "Passing on the order of the marshal, Mr. Xu Yu began to prepare the hot air balloon, and the tanks hovering around the periphery began to stop for maintenance, and we estimate that we will go to the outside of the plug soon." ”

Shi Shen immediately clenched his fists and replied, and then hurriedly walked outside the tent, but before Yuan Yun finished drinking the hot tea in his hand, he saw the goods rushing back in a hurry, with a panicked look on his face.

Yuan Yun was stunned and wondered: "Why are you so panicked?" ”

Shi Shen pointed outside the tent, but he couldn't say why for a long time, he just frowned, and even had a sad look, this kind of expression would appear on this tough guy, which immediately made Yuan Yun a little worried.

Putting down the tea in his hand, Yuan Yun walked out of the camp tent in a few steps, and at this time he happened to see Zhang Liao returning head-on.

Zhang Liao immediately sighed when he saw Yuan Yun and said, "The Karasuma people drove those Han slaves to attack, and they are already less than eight hundred steps away from us at this moment. ”

Yuan Yun didn't expect that the Karasuma people would come to this trick, and let those Han slaves come to attack the camp, these are all Han blood, if they are still bombed with fire and artillery, they always feel that there is a hurdle in their hearts that they can't pass.

Seeing Yuan Yun's somewhat hesitant face, Zhang Liao sighed again and said, "The Karasuma people didn't give these Han slaves any weapons, and even asked them to come over naked......

"Now is not the time to need sympathy, the Karasuma cavalry must be closely behind these Han slaves, as long as we leave a gap for these people to pass, those cavalry will definitely kill in an instant." Guo Jia reappeared outside the camp at this moment, and his entourage had been reporting to him about the situation in the front battle, so he also received the news quickly.

After Guo Jia finished explaining this sentence, he immediately bowed his hand to Yuan Yun and said: "Don't worry about it, everything is up to me Guo Jia, if someone is impeached in the future, it will be my Guo Jia's suggestion, and I Guo Jia will bear any sin on my shoulders, even if I am cursed and scolded by the world, it is also my Guo Jia's business." ”

Yuan Yun is very grateful to Guo Jia for his kindness, but if Guo Jia is fully responsible, then he will not be Yuan Yun.

"Pass my order, wait until a large number of Han slaves cross the artillery cordon, immediately open artillery bombardment, and at the same time the front battalion infantry armor across the trench, and use steel wire to block the first batch of Han slaves to arrive, once you find someone wearing clothes, and do not obey the command, immediately slaughter, absolutely can not be tolerated!" Yuan Yun quickly gave the order, and he knew very well what his order represented.

Today's artillery can't bomb accurately at all, so when the artillery sounds, the rear of these Hannu will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and when that time comes, these Hannu in front will inevitably rush in more panic, so they will definitely be slaughtered by the soldiers of the Gunpowder Army to stabilize.

"Dashuai, this will kill a lot of our Han family's children!" Xiao Liu finally couldn't help but say, this is very arrogant, and according to military law, he will be punished with ten military sticks.

Zhang Liao didn't care about punishing Xiao Liu at this time, but nodded deeply, didn't say a word, turned around and began to arrange according to Yuan Yun's orders, he knew very well that Yuan Yun's method was the best result that could be done at present, if these Han slaves were really allowed to rush into the position of the gunpowder army, the consequences would indeed be unimaginable.

Guo Jia waited for Zhang Liao to walk out, nodded deeply, and then sighed: "Yuan Hou's method is really good, but this still can't escape the infamy, and someone in the DPRK and China will inevitably come out to impeach, you really should put the blame on me, anyway, there are a lot of people who impeach me Guo Jia Wude." ”

Yuan Yun smiled bitterly and said, "When did I care about reputation or something?" Guo Jiajun was too worried, but I couldn't understand that the life and death we fought in the Central Plains were not all Han people? Why is there no problem in that case, once you fight against Karasuma and slaughter the Han people, you will be criticized by those old officials in the imperial court, which is really strange. ”

Guo Jia also smiled bitterly: "This is the difference between fighting against foreign races, after all, we are under the banner of saving the Han people and expelling foreign races, so if we slaughter the Han people at this time, it will naturally be impeached by many people, this crime can be big or small, since Yuan Hou has given such an order, after the end of the Northern Expedition, it will inevitably be a headache, and those old officials in the DPRK and China will definitely not be able to fight, but when it comes to these small means behind their backs, they are all human spirits." ”

Yuan Yun suddenly fell silent, and then replied very unpleasantly: "I don't need them to come to me, this time when the Northern Expedition is over, I will definitely let these old officials know that I, Yuan Yun, am not a person who is always easy to talk to, but whoever dares to stand up and impeach me this time, I promise to give him a ruined family!" ”

After saying this, Yuan Yun's eyes immediately turned cold, and then he shouted at Shi Shen on the side: "Send a letter to my family, write what I just said into a big-character poster, and then spread it to Yecheng and other important big cities, I want to know who can help me now?" ”

Guo Jia couldn't help but tremble in his heart when he saw the frost on Yuan Yun's face, he knew very well that Yuan Yun was a little indignant at the moment because he had just given the order to massacre the Han people, so he would release such a ruthless news.

However, Guo Jia's understanding of Yuan Yun is also very clear that this time Yuan Yun jumped out with absolute anger, once someone dares to stand up and impeach for this matter, then this person will inevitably be burned by this anger.