Looking at the burned herdsmen's tents, those gunpowder soldiers were all elated, they had seen the Han villages destroyed by the Karasuma knights before, everyone was holding a fire in their hearts, and now that they had the opportunity to vent, their methods became very beastly.

Zhang Liao's restraint on his subordinates was only to prevent them from going out to loot without permission, and he didn't care about killing people at all, and his hatred for foreigners can be seen.

Yuan Yun was very fierce at first, but when he saw some ruffians of the Gunpowder Army beheading the herdsmen's children and hanging them high on the poles, he felt a little uncomfortable, so a seemingly very strange order was issued, that is, not to kill the old and weak women and children.

In this era, this kind of order does seem very strange, even if there is some fullness towards these herdsmen in his heart, he feels very confused, but since Yuan Yun, as a marshal, is willing to pity these innocent people, he is happy to accept it.

The Gunpowder Army has destroyed countless such herdsmen along the way, the cattle and sheep captured are incalculable, and those merchants have become indifferent to life and death after seeing such a huge wealth, even if they will occasionally encounter Karasuma's scouts when transporting these booty back, and then be devastated, but they still have no intention of retreating, and even if they are not enough manpower, even their sons and nephews will be sent to them.

"Yuan Hou, let's not eat roasted whole sheep tonight, I ate too much of that thing, and the old man always feels that his stomach has been uncomfortable recently, but he likes green vegetables even more." After Xu You finished speaking, his brows furrowed as he watched a group of soldiers slaughtering the white sheep they had just caught.

Yuan Yun also felt that it was a little disgusting to always eat roasted whole sheep, so he turned around and pondered, and then replied with a smile: "There is too much mutton, it seems that it is impossible to avoid it tonight, but it is better to change to a light meal, it is better to just shake the mutton, clear the pot soup base, and ensure that it is not greasy." ”

Xu You was stunned and wondered: "It's still mutton, what's the difference?" ”

Before Yuan Yun could answer, Shi Shen had already smiled and arched his hand: "Mr. Ziyuan doesn't know, this mutton shabu is absolutely delicious, and it is really not greasy, hot water boils, then add spices, and then cut the mutton into thin slices, as long as you stir it in the pot a few times, it can be eaten immediately, the taste is really indescribable." ”

Xu You smashed his mouth and nodded: "Since this is the case, the old man is looking forward to it, but the next time we return to the endless supply, we should still pack more vegetables, eat meat like this every day, the old man is almost at the limit." ”

Watching Xu You return to the cabin, Yuan Yun sighed lightly, he has been sweeping around outside these days, although he returned to replenish twice, but no one expected that as the number of sweeps increased, the more cattle and sheep were captured, and those herdsmen of Karasuma didn't seem to think that the Han people would attack directly with such a swagger, so they still didn't choose to dodge, but still grazing as usual.

"Miss Diao Chan has sent a large number of pickles this time, if we don't have these things, I'm afraid many of our soldiers will be miserable." Zhang Liao walked up to Yuan Yun and said.

Yuan Yun smiled, and then pointed to the soldiers who slaughtered cattle and sheep and said: "At the beginning, these soldiers ate like crazy when they saw meat, but now you see, they have lost their enthusiasm at all, and they are also regarded as completing the task when slaughtering, all of them are weak, this is eating meat, I really don't know what they have to complain about." ”

Zhang Liao smiled bitterly and said, "Where is Yuan Hou still pickled?" ”

Yuan Yun was stunned, and quickly shook his hand and said: "It's gone, it's gone, I keep the last can of the guarantee, General Zhang don't make up his mind." ”

Zhang Liao smiled bitterly again, Yuan Yun said that these soldiers are unwilling to eat meat, how could he not be like this, if it weren't for Diao Chan specially prepared some more private goods for him, I am afraid that the first person to complain about meat these days must be him.

Dianman also climbed up from under the tank at this moment, holding a freshly roasted leg of mutton in his hand, now the whole gunpowder army only Dianman is the most indifferent, every day is mainly meat, he doesn't feel anything, I think it's all exercised when he was undercover on Karasuma's side.

These days, the role of the full pawn is very large, these fertile pastures, he basically knows it well, every time he formulates the course of action, with his guidance, the gunpowder army has taken a lot of detours.

It's just that every time he slaughters these herdsmen, he usually disappears and then hides in his cabin to sleep, until it is quiet outside, and then he gets up to get some food, which, according to him, is called out of sight.

"These days, our scouts have found a lot of Karasuma's knight corps, some of which even reach 10,000 people, but they never dare to come close to us for ten miles, and such inaction will inevitably be despised by the Karasuma people, and Tun must have been very sad recently." Noriman muttered a sentence casually, then chose a clean spot on the deck and made it.

Yuan Yungang wanted to reply, but saw Guo Jia walking out of the cabin, still holding two black and white chess pieces in his hand, probably planning to go to Xu You to play chess, and he didn't know why the two didn't make a game.

Guo Jia got closer, and immediately smiled: "Cao Sikong's flying pigeon transmission has arrived, under the guidance of Mr. Tian Chou, they have discovered the base camp of Bunton, and it is estimated that a surprise attack will be launched in the next two days, and judging from the letter sent from there, Bunton has indeed concentrated the main force on our side, so it is almost difficult for Cao Sikong to find even a scout scout." ”

Zhang Liao responded: "The road chosen by Cao Sikong has been abandoned for a hundred years, and I'm afraid that even the Karasuma people don't know that there is such a road that can lead directly to their lair, so as long as the raid is launched, it must be a thunderbolt, and the war of the Northern Expedition Karasuma is estimated to be over in recent days." ”

Guo Jia suddenly smiled mysteriously at this time, and said: "We have to look at it in the next few days, although Karasuma has suffered heavy losses in two confrontations with the gunpowder army, but Badun claims to have 100,000 iron cavalry, and we have eliminated a maximum of 20,000 or 30,000 before and after, and Cao Sikong's side has not found the opponent's troops, so these knights must be around us, maybe they are now planning to prepare for a strong attack on us." ”

Zhang Liao nodded and said, "These days, our scouts have been constantly released, and the farthest has been spilled out for ten miles, and as far as the current situation is concerned, we are still safe." ”

After listening to what the two of them said, Yuan Yun suddenly asked, "If Bun Dun is really crazy, will he send tens of thousands of troops to deal with us?" ”

Guo Jia and Zhang Liao glanced at each other, thinking that this was very possible, thinking that the current gunpowder army was only five or six thousand, and the other party sent ten times as many knights as his own cavalry corps, this battle would definitely be very painful.

Zhang Liao frowned at this time, and then clenched his fists and said to Yuan Yun: "We should shrink appropriately, after all, we dragged the main force of Karasuma during the mission, and now that we have achieved the goal, the distance of the sweep should not be too far away from the end, as long as Cao Sikong captures the Badun alive, the battle situation will be decided immediately." ”

Yuan Yun couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw what Zhang Liao said, after all, although the phalanx established by the tank was powerful, if the other party really launched a charge with tens of thousands of people, it was still very likely to break through the defense line, and the gunpowder army would definitely suffer heavy casualties at that time.

"It's time to shrink, we are now getting farther and farther away from the end, so the danger is getting bigger and bigger, although our tanks are powerful, but if we fall into the enemy's siege, we will definitely be short of ammunition after a long battle." Xu You didn't know when he had returned from the cabin, and he still had an indescribable smell on his body.

Yuan Yun was a little farther away from Xu You, and now he understands why Guo Jia went to play chess with him, and the reason why the two of them didn't start the game is probably because Xu You has eaten too much mutton these days, which has caused a real crisis in the stomach.

Just when Yuan Yun despised the smell of Xu You's body, he only heard the hot air balloon above the tank suddenly heard the sound of three long and one short horns, this horn sounded, and several people immediately understood that a large number of enemy cavalry had been discovered.

At the same time as the horn sounded, several scouts covered in dust hurriedly came to Yuan Yun, and immediately hugged their fists and said: "Tell the commander, I found the main force of Karasuma, which is divided into three shares at this moment, and in our left and right rear, the scouts we spilled out suffered heavy losses this time, and a few of us returned safely." ”

"Quantity!" Zhang Liao asked, but the dusty scout was a little physically exhausted, and sat on the ground at once.

Another scout immediately stepped forward and clenched his fists and said, "General Hui, based on our observations, the enemy has dispatched at least 50,000 people this time, and it will only be more, because they are still having people converging. ”

Zhang Liao immediately hugged his fists at Yuan Yun, and then said to several heralds beside him: "Start the camp, take away everything that can be taken away, and burn those that can't be taken away, and we will start to return overnight." ”

Zhang Liao ordered, everyone began to move, the top of the five tanks immediately began to roll up thick black smoke, the huge roar of the gas engine resounded through the sky again, and the soldiers of the gunpowder army began to gradually gather, and then under the protection of the tanks on both wings, they began to gradually withdraw from this grassland.

"The enemy won't let us withdraw so easily, there must be the most Karasuma knights on our way out, and they must all be elites, there must be a big battle tonight." Zhang Liao added.

Yuan Yun frowned, he had never thought of using five tanks to deal with fifty thousand enemies, and he was also an extremely brave enemy, but now it was obvious that the other party had already set up an encirclement network, so he was no longer hiding.

"Yuan Hou, is there anything in this world that is the natural enemy of this tank?" Guo Jia suddenly asked.

Yuan Yun touched his chin, the natural enemies of the tank naturally existed, but he didn't believe it if he was killed, the Karasuma people would be able to build an airplane, so he immediately shook his head and replied: "Mu Cha doesn't have any natural enemies yet, unless the Karasuma people can fly." ”

Guo Jia relaxed a little, and then asked, "What can be done to stop our tank?" ”

Yuan Yun was stunned for a moment, and then he was shocked, and said: "Those Karasuma people in our rear are probably digging trenches, if the trenches are dug big enough and deep enough, they can indeed trap us in place." ”

Zhang Liao didn't think about it and shouted to the soldiers: "Send scouts out again, be sure to check clearly, is there a trench dug by the Karasuma people in our rear?" ”