When the gunpowder army led by Yuan Yun arrived at the Great Wall on the border of Wancheng, a brutal battle had just been fought here, and the Jingzhou soldiers launched a full-scale attack only one day after their arrival, which caught the defenders by surprise.

Even if he didn't even open his jaw, he didn't expect that the other party didn't even have a temptation, and began to attack frantically, and the soldiers defending the city had enough gunpowder shells, and this wave of attacks was not defeated by the enemy, but several city walls were still broken one after another, and the situation at that time was indeed very dangerous.

Zhuge Liang stood at the head of the city and looked at the camp tents covered with dots on the hills outside, and couldn't help exhaling a cool breath, and then praised the jaw on the side: "It is General Zhang who is guarding the town, otherwise it is really very likely to be attacked by Jingzhou in one fell swoop." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Jaw said a few words of humility, and then said: "Now that Yuan Hou is here, I will gradually transfer the defense here, and the lord Cao Ang has already explained it before." ”

Yuan Yun was also looking at the Jingzhou military camp outside the city at the moment, and when he heard Zhang Jaw say this, he couldn't help but smack his tongue and said: "I really didn't expect Liu Qi to really have more than 100,000 horses, I thought they were just bluffing at first." ”

Zhang Jaw smiled and corrected: "It's not a hundred thousand, but more than 200,000, this has been proven by the scouts, so Yuan Hou must not take it lightly, Liu Qi came quickly this time, and the attack was also very eager, it seems that he wants to take this place in one fell swoop before Yuan Hou's army arrives." ”

Zhuge Liang heard Zhang Jaw say this, and couldn't help but glance at Yuan Yun, Liu Qi's intelligence narration must have a very convenient Fang Shi, otherwise they would not know so much, the timing of this attack is very good, if Zhang Jaw does not hold it, then waiting for the gunpowder army led by Yuan Yun will be a blitzkrieg without the protection of the city wall, even if you think about it, it will feel very dangerous.

"It seems that Liu Qi has mastered the secret of the flying pigeon." Yuan Yun sighed, and his heart was already affirmed.

Zhuge Liang also nodded and said: "Before, the lord said that some craftsmen were missing in Luoyang, including pigeon breeders, I am afraid that there must be a connection, and Liang is now very worried about the outflow of other military technologies in Luoyang." ”

Yuan Yun smiled, then waved his hand, and said: "Don't worry about this, Kong Ming doesn't have to worry about this, most of Luoyang's armaments are based on gunpowder and gasoline, these things are very tightly supervised, and the craftsmen who make them are all enclosed in the workshop, so there is no need to worry about them being kidnapped." ”

After a slight glance at the camp of the Jingzhou army in the distance, Yuan Yuncai continued: "However, some steel technology, I'm afraid it will leak some, after all, there are some craftsmen missing in the blacksmith workshop and the steelmaking workshop, but they are all apprentices, so it didn't attract much attention, if these people are really kidnapped by the enemy, then the other party's current sword soldiers may get a lot of improvement." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, smiled in an instant, and said: "It's so bright, rest assured, even if the enemy has some methods for making excellent swordsmen, but they are not allowed to manufacture them in large quantities in time, at most, they are just arming some soldiers, this can't change much, as long as gunpowder and gasoline are still in our hands, the result of victory will still not be changed." ”

Zhang Jaw hugged his fists at this time, and said: "The enemy army has just pushed down for less than an hour, and what they launched just now is a full-scale attack, which will inevitably lead to a lack of people and horses, Yuan Hou's army has just arrived, should it be sent out to practice hands?" ”

Yuan Yun saw that Zhang Jaw was very cautious, even if it was this kind of suggestion, he was asking in the tone of a subordinate, unlike other generals, who always had a domineering attitude towards the new successor, especially when he had won a key victory just now.

What Yuan Yun didn't expect was that in terms of Zhang Jaw, he had seen Yuan Yun several times in the battle array, so he was very sure of Yuan Yun's military ability, even if many people had said that Yuan Yun was lucky, or his subordinates were powerful, but Zhang Jaw believed in Yuan Yun more than others because he had been defeated by Yuan Yun himself.

Since Zhang Jaw made a good suggestion, Yuan Yun naturally would not object, after all, on the way to the city wall just now, Zhuge Liang also suggested this, which proves that taking the initiative is the right choice.

"Order Zhao Yun to lead 5,000 cavalry out of the city from the west side, and after rushing into the enemy camp, just burn and kill, and don't stay in the battle for a long time." Yuan Yun soon issued the first military order.

Zhao Yun was already idle at the moment, he always thought that these cavalry really had to wait until Liu Qi began to run away before he had something to do, but he didn't expect Yuan Yun to have an order when he arrived, and he was immediately in good spirits, and immediately called the left and right lieutenant generals, and in an instant, these Hu cavalry were organized, and they were all the best among them, and everyone looked impatient.

When Yuan Yun saw these Hu cavalry, his heart couldn't help but tremble, almost all of these people had red eyes, their faces were full of murderous aura that was about to swell, under the leadership of Zhao Yun, several lieutenant generals just saluted on horseback, and then gathered violently and went to the west side.

"Lao Tzu should be the benefactor of these beards, right? Why did they look at me like an enemy? Yuan Yun muttered, his face full of surprise.

When Zhuge Liang heard Yuan Yun say this, he just smiled and said, "They are not fighting you, but they are really eager to go into battle to kill the enemy, and they are still impatient." ”

Yuan Yun pursed his lips and said, "Why are you in such a hurry, there are more places to use them, don't you have any patience?" ”

Zhuge Liang continued to laugh and said: "This is all the Hu policy that the lord discussed with the prince before, although these Hu people are now settled in the Luoyang territory, but when they are in the Western Regions, they are often driven away, and they live a precarious life all year round, and now they have found hope in us, how can they not cherish it, plus they themselves know that they are foreigners, and if they do not fully prove their loyalty, they will only be driven away again, and the household registration of those colors is a signal." ”

Yuan Yun sighed and said, "I also want everyone to be equal, but they are not of our race, and it has broken many rules of the imperial court to take them in, and it is not easy to do this today." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "These Hu people are not ungrateful, but they are not stupid, they know that their household registration is lower than that of the local people in Luoyang, and the lord and the prince have also given them a way to rise, that is, after obtaining war merits, their families will get a higher level of household registration, this alone is enough for them to work hard, just like the lord himself said, no one wants to be a second-class people."

Especially after these Hu people came to Luoyang, the people of Luoyang were more or less in a wait-and-see attitude, the Hu people did not want to be discriminated against, and could only be accepted by the local people by proving their worth, so they may be more eager to help Luoyang achieve victory than ourselves, so everyone is eager to fight. ”

Zhang Jaw also interjected at this time: "The last general has never seen such a belligerent soldier, and the murderous aura exuded by those Hu knights just now proves that they are definitely a powerful team, and having such a cavalry all the time is probably what all the generals expect." ”

With his jaw open, Yuan Yun had already taken a few steps forward, and then came to the top of the city wall, just looking at the camp of the Jingzhou army in the distance through the darkness, as expected, Zhao Yun would soon be disgusted by the huge wind and waves over there.

Half an hour later, just as Yuan Yun expected, countless clouds of light suddenly burst out from the west side of the opponent's camp, this is the appearance of the explosion of gunpowder bombs, followed by countless huge flames coming out, seeing these fires, you can know that hand-thrown gasoline bombs have also been used.

Immediately after, Yuan Yun saw a fire dragon emerge, and after Zhao Yun started, he began to let his subordinates light the torches, and the scale of five thousand knights made this fire dragon look extremely powerful.

This fire dragon began to tear apart the camp of the Jingzhou army as if inserted into the night, starting from the westernmost side and going deeper, and huge fires continued to emerge from the places it passed, and in an instant these fires would be connected, and then even greater flames would be generated.

Liu Qi's camp soon began to be chaotic, and the camp on the east side began to produce a large number of fire points, and it was clear at a glance that the other side was gathering troops to resist, and when these fire points gradually expanded, they began to move towards the west side.

At this time, Zhao Yun's five thousand cavalry had already rushed and killed in the camp for a while, and the Jingzhou camp on the west side was almost full of fire, and there was no stable place, and the fire continued to spread everywhere, almost illuminating the sky of this dark night.

When the team organized by Liu Qi finally began to advance towards the large camp on the west side, I saw that Zhao Yun's cavalry regiment suddenly changed direction and began to retreat along the firelight road when it came, walking very resolutely, without the slightest intention of fighting.

When Zhuge Liang saw this, he smiled lightly and said, "Zilong seems to be already a qualified general." ”

Zhang Jaw added: "Don't be greedy, don't rush forward, flee immediately after gaining power, and the five thousand men under his command are properly commanded, almost like an arm, General Zhao is really a good general." ”

Yuan Yun listened to the praise of Zhao Yun by the two people in front of him, and inexplicably felt very proud, Liu Bei would only use Zhao Yun as a guard, but he could give full play to the greater ability of this product, so wouldn't he be a move higher than Liu Bei, this must be happy.

"Liu Qi's command seems to be very good, the chaos just now has been calmed down at the moment, although the military camp on the west side has been almost completely destroyed, but as soon as the reinforcements on the east side arrive, many of the camps on fire have already dimmed, proving that the soldiers on the west side have finally cheered up and begun to organize to eliminate danger." When Zhuge Liang spoke, he kept pointing with the feather fan in his hand.

Zhang Jaw frowned, but soon smiled heartily and said: "It's okay, General Zhao has withdrawn safely, and the other party has not sent chasing soldiers, it seems that they are worried that we will set up an ambush, and tonight is a big loss, they can only grit their teeth and admit it." ”

Yuan Yun had already seen the fire dragon led by Zhao Yun at this moment, and was returning to his own city wall from the west side, this sneak attack could be described as perfect, and looking at the number of those torches, this sneak attack did not lose too many people, which was indeed very exciting, and it was not only the three of them who were excited, the soldiers on the city wall had already begun to shout.

"With such morale, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult for Liu Qi to do, let's see how he will arrange his troops tomorrow." After Zhuge Liang finished explaining this, he began to go down the city wall with Zhang Jaw, and at this moment he still needed to hand over a lot of things to the other party, which Yuan Yun was definitely unwilling to do, so he could only continue to work hard.

Just when Yuan Yun was thrown on the city wall by Zhuge Liang and Zhang Jaw, Pang Tong hurriedly ran up, still holding a black thing in his hand, and he didn't know what it was, and when he got closer, Yuan Yun found that it was a fragment of armor.

Pang Tong arrived at him and immediately said: "When Liu Qi attacked the city before, there was a group of soldiers who were very powerful, just now I went to see the battlefield under the city, and found these armors, although the workmanship is not as powerful as Luoyang, but it is almost the same, they are all rare good armor." ”

7 Yuan Yun rummaged through the armor fragments in his hand, shook his head with a smile, and said, "Some techniques are impossible to keep secret, but just like Kong Ming said, even if they master some techniques and want to arm them on a large scale, they can't do it in the short term." ”

After saying this, Yuan Yun smiled bitterly, and now it is almost clear that the ability of flying pigeons to pass on books has now become a means used by both the enemy and us.