When the steel shield of the Gunpowder Army infantry was designed before, Yuan Yun was inspired by the Roman square shield, hoping that the large shields would unite to form a shield wall, so as to block the cavalry's charge, as long as they could block a wave, then the speed of the cavalry's advantage would be lost, and then they could only be used as prey by the infantry wearing heavy armor.

At this moment, it seems that the effect of this design is very significant, and the knights at the front of Zhou Yu's cavalry regiment are blocked, causing the other knights who follow behind to also be in chaos.

Just when the enemy was in chaos, behind the shield wall began to throw gunpowder shells continuously, and at the same time as the explosions came and went, Zhou Yu's cavalry phalanx had begun to bloom everywhere, and the number of human corpses and horse corpses continued to increase.

Seeing such a scene, it made Yuan Yun strange, the enemy did not feel any panic because of the explosion of gunpowder shells, even those horses, the other party did not collapse except for some confusion, and at this time, a new picture appeared, only to see those knights who were crowded in the rear began to dismount, and then took off the shields, swords and other weapons from the horses.

Immediately afterwards, these cavalry changed their roles in an instant, began to list the infantry phalanx, and then gradually approached with shields, and the lethality of gunpowder shells was blocked by these large shields, and the enemy's death rate was reduced to a minimum.

Suddenly, a new horn sounded in the camp of the Gunpowder Army, followed by the Gunpowder Army began to change formations, and the infantry quickly began to retreat after quickly stabbing a wave of enemies with spears under the cover of large shields, and then the ground in front began to burst out continuously, and the gunpowder shells were never seen again, all of them were replaced by this hand-thrown gasoline bomb.

After countless flames burst out, a wall of fire began to take shape around the front, and then many rifles were seen sticking out of the gaps in the shields......

When the gunfire erupted, the enemies who had been ignited by the flames had forgotten to raise their shields and were shot in large numbers.

After about a few pillars of incense, most of the cavalry who rushed out were killed and wounded, and even if they assembled into an infantry phalanx, they were still slaughtered very quickly, and at this rate, it was estimated that the opponent would soon be killed by the gunpowder soldiers.

At this point in the battle, Yuan Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he was optimistic too early, and soon the horn sounded on the enemy's side.

As soon as the horn sounded, countless warriors began to pour out from the mountains and forests on both sides, and Zhou Yu's main infantry finally arrived.

It seems that the role of this group of cavalry is only to delay time, so that the main force behind can be calmly assembled and form an encirclement situation, and now it seems that they have done a very good job, and the perimeter of the Gunpowder Army has been filled with three layers of enemy troops.

Zhou Yu didn't give the gunpowder army almost a breather, and as soon as the battle just ended just now, he immediately gave the order to attack.

Seeing such a scene, Yuan Yun immediately ordered the machine gun battalion to prepare, after the battle just now, those stupid Gatlings were finally set up, and the next battle will depend on their performance.

Gatling only brought a few dozen in total, and at this moment, it was impossible to meet the requirements of protecting the entire Gunpowder Army's perimeter, Yuan Yun could only selectively set them up in high places, and under this kind of vision, they could barely cover the perimeter.

The artillery continued to bombard, but Zhou Yu's main force had no intention of retreating, and even the other party quickly learned the tactics of the Gunpowder Army just now, and connected those big shields into a platoon, so they pounced on the fire.

For such a fierce battle, even the Gunpowder Army felt a struggle, and the enemy seemed to be endless, no matter how many people fell, someone would immediately fill up.

This time, Zhou Yu was also very well prepared, and he even figured out how to rescue the soldiers covered in gasoline, that is, to bury the soldiers who were caught in the fire immediately with sand.

In addition, the barrier wall made of wood was also moved, although these things are very afraid of fire, but when they are wet with snow water, they will be unusually strong, enough for many attacks at the moment, which makes the cannons and rifles of the Gunpowder Army lose a lot of combat effectiveness, and even Gatling cannot exert its full combat power, and every time such a wooden wall is ignited by fire, the soldiers will immediately discard it, anyway, they are all obtained from the surrounding mountains and forests, and they are almost used at any time.

The number of casualties of the Gunpowder Army has exceeded 1,000 people, and several positions have even been torn apart by the enemy several times.

There was a sudden sound of horns on the hot air balloon, and after Yuan Yun heard this sound, his brows furrowed slightly, because this order was given to Zhao Yun, and he was leading 20,000 Hu cavalry to roam around the periphery at the moment, looking for an opportunity to tear the enemy in his back.

It's just that this horn was blown a little early, Zhao Yun only went out before the sneak attack began, and it was impossible to detour the enemy's belly and back at this moment, and the order given by Zhuge Liang did attack on the spot, which can also be seen that the defensive pressure in the camp of the Gunpowder Army has reached the zero point.

Just when Yuan Yun frowned, Zhuge Liang hurried over, and before Yuan Yun could ask, he had already arched his hand and said: "Soon Zilong will launch an offensive on the periphery, which is bound to make the other party chaotic for a while, the lord will take advantage of that time to start breaking through, the enemy army in the direction of the south is very weak, Liang is ready to swallow the enemy army over there in one bite, so ......"

"Is the war really so anxious?" Yuan Yun didn't wait for Zhuge Liang to finish speaking, and had already asked.

Zhuge Liang didn't seem to want to delay too much time, and immediately replied: "Zhou Yu brought all the defenders of Chibi this time, and it seems that even the people have not been left behind, so it means that the other party has more than 100,000 horses, and he is still a well-trained elite."

And Zhou Yu's purpose is very simple, that is, to block everything and catch the lord, and then negotiate with Prime Minister Cao Cheng. ”

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang paused slightly, because he found that Zhao Yun had begun to attack, and the 20,000 Hu cavalry opened a long gap in the enemy army from west to east, and there was indeed chaos on the local position.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang hugged his fists here and said: "The lord should go quickly, you must not be captured by the enemy, now Prime Minister Cao Cheng's life and death are uncertain, in case of the worst outcome, there will be no negotiation at that time, and if Cao Pi knows that you are captured by the Sun family, he will definitely offer a very generous price in exchange, and I am afraid that he will be dead at that time." ”

Yuan Yun listened to Zhuge Liang in his ears, but his eyes looked at the gunpowder soldiers who were still fighting in front of the battle, and finally shook his head resolutely and said: "Kong Mingxiu wants to say more, I will not leave, even if we are besieged, we can still defend to the death, but it is just more dangerous, no matter how I say it, I am also the boss, if I flee at this moment, I am afraid that there will be no dignity in Luoyang in the future, who will believe my words at that time?"

So let's fight to the death, I've ordered someone to launch the tanks of the baggage battalion, although these things are difficult to fight on muddy mountain roads, but they are really good things as a fortress. ”

Zhuge Liang saw Yuan Yun's serious face, it didn't seem like he was joking at all, he couldn't help but be a little sluggish, and after hearing the word tank, he just smiled bitterly, because there were only seven or eight vehicles left in the camp, and most of them had returned to Pasha a few days ago with the looting proceeds.

However, it is true that it is not at the end of the mountain at the moment, but if the battle continues to develop like this, hand-to-hand combat will definitely continue to occur, and the other party has a clear goal, that is, Yuan Yun, if the lord in front of him does not leave, I am afraid that it will immediately become dangerous.

Just as Zhuge Liang was struggling, there was a sudden explosion in the eastern sky, like a rumbling thunder rolling in the sky, and after a while, you could even see that the black smoke had risen to the sky, which was very scary to look at.

Yuan Yun and Zhuge Liang looked over at the same time, they naturally knew very well that it was Xiao Liu who had finally ignited the gunpowder trap in Chaisang City, and such a huge explosion sound had spread more than fifty miles away, and the black fog that had drifted up was even more spectacular and extremely shocking.

After seeing such a scene, Yuan Yun was stunned and muttered puzzledly: "I told Xiaoliu that he must wait for Zhou Yu's army to enter the city before it can be ignited, why did he order it now?" Isn't Zhou Yu fighting us this time? ”

Zhuge Liang reacted quickly, and immediately looked at the enemy troops who were still besieging in front of him, and sure enough, in addition to the place where they were torn apart by Zhao Yun began to be chaotic, these inconsistencies began to appear in several other places more or less, and it could even be seen that the encirclement in the east had already broken up before Zhao Yun's cavalry rushed in.

"No, it seems that although we are facing many enemies, it should not be Zhou Yu's main force." As Zhuge Liang spoke, he found that the enemy troops who rushed to the front also began to weaken, and they were not at all as heroic as before.

So Zhuge Liang said at this time: "Even if Zhou Yu leaves Chibi, he will inevitably leave a large army to deal with Prime Minister Cao Cheng, who is about to cross the river, and all of this will be used against us, isn't it...... Uh......"

Yuan Yun didn't wait for Zhuge Liang to finish speaking, he had already smiled bitterly, and said: "This place is not far from Chibi, and the one who is fighting with us now is probably the army that Zhou Yu used to deal with Prime Minister Cao Cheng, which is why there are so many people, and Zhou Yu is afraid that he has already lurked somewhere in Chaisang, and our sudden withdrawal today must have been unexpected by the other party, so Zhou Yu estimated that he entered the city with the army, but we accidentally bumped into this unit that was only used to deal with Prime Minister Cao." ”

Zhuge Liang could only smile bitterly at the moment, remembering that the personal entourage he had sent out to prepare the retreat route before, had not returned to the team at this moment, or sent a letter back, originally thought that there would be news today, but now it seems that the other party is estimated to have been ambushed.

"In this way, these people who ambushed us probably already know that their Grand Governor has met an accident, and they may even suspect that we deliberately laid a trap, and the generals of the other side should have begun to be suspicious at this moment." Zhuge Liang was silent for a moment after speaking, and then said: "This distress seems to be Liang's negligence......"

When Zhuge Liang secretly blamed himself, those enemy troops who were constantly attacking began to loosen, and once let the heavy infantry of the Gunpowder Army kill hundreds of paces, and Zhao Yun was under such a bad morale of the enemy, almost rampage at will, and died under Hu Cai's corpses almost covered the ground.

Yuan Yun listened to Zhuge Liang's words, but he didn't pay attention to any self-blame, but pointed to the battle that was still going on in front of him and said: "Hurry up and end the battle, the so-called great calamity will have a blessing after death, what I, the son of an immortal, said is absolutely right." ”