Yuan Yun felt that Xu Yi was sometimes more like a child, and now this is the case, these days with himself being left in the Great Wall, his boring behavior gradually began to intensify, first every day to get a book in his hand, and then began to hum two Yuefu poems occasionally without a head, he did not wear the sturdy black armor, but changed to a white robe copied from Yuan Yun, and even a paper fan in the winter.

Looking at Xu Yi with such a look, Yuan Yun directly chose to ignore it, as long as this guy doesn't do anything big, then this kind of pretending literati to go, let him go.

Such a day was originally peaceful, but soon as Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun's forwards continued to expand their results, it was completely changed, first of all, the news brought back by the heralds, Liu Qi had retreated into the Xiangyang territory, although he fled all the way to the so-called strong wall clearing, but Jingzhou was too rich, so the remaining materials were still very rich.

Yuan Yun began to have a headache with logistics supplies, but under Zhuge Liang's strategy of fighting to support the war, he immediately became less nervous, and even sometimes Zhuge Liang would send back a large number of captured materials.

Also because of the great victory on the front line, Yuan Yun was finally about to lead the troops to the battle, and at this time, Xu Yi immediately changed his appearance, the white robe was gone, and the black armor was completely armed by him again.

Looking at Xu Yi like this, Yuan Yuncai began to have a headache again, originally wanted him to guard the Great Wall, and began to see this goods live so leisurely every day, and thought that this matter was decided, but when it was time to go on the expedition, this goods also rode out on a war horse, and it was completely a posture of 'don't want to get rid of Lao Tzu'.

And another headache is Liu Yiyi, this goblin has been planning for a long time for the war wealth of Jingzhou this time, and when Xiahou Nan was worried about the truck, she was able to let Wu Yong build more than forty cars.

At this moment, looking at the empty forty large trucks in the gunpowder army baggage camp, Yuan Yun really didn't know what to say except for a wry smile, because this matter was tacitly approved by Cao Ang, and he also sent a letter to explain that this time he must not miss the harvest of his house.

"Bandits." Yuan Yun muttered heavily.

When Xu Yi beside him heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "We invaded Jingzhou so quickly, and there are indeed enough bandits. ”

Yuan Yun knew that Xu Yi didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't bother to explain, and turned his head slightly to look at Liu Yiyi in the distance, and then continued: "This time, your sister-in-law Yiyi is going to make war money again, why didn't your Xu family get involved?" ”

Xu Yi also glanced at Liu Yiyi with Yuan Yun's gaze, and then said with a smile: "It's just a little money, and your miser will take a fancy to it, our Xu family is not so petty." ”

Yuan Yun heard Xu Yi say this, and the corners of his mouth twitched, because it was obvious that Xu Yi didn't understand how huge the harvest of Jingzhou would be this time, there was Liu Biao's business before, Jingzhou was already the richest place in the world, and later Liu Bei came up and engaged in military armament, so this time he caught up all the way to the past, after all, he could harvest a lot of military resources and armaments, as long as these things were sent back to Luoyang for processing, they could immediately become a huge fortune, especially now that Cao Cao's army was lacking in these weapons.

"When did you see your sister-in-law make a loss-making deal?" Yuan Yun felt that he had been brothers with Xu Yi for so many years, so why should he remind him again, lest he would immediately have a nervous breakdown when he saw Liu Yiyi making money crazily.

Xu Yi heard Yuan Yun say this, and still laughed disapprerovitically, but before the laughter was over, he reacted, the most profitable person in Yuan's mansion is Liu Yiyi, the hotel business she handles is simply a daily profit, and now she gives up taking care of the hotel and comes to the battlefield specifically, so this war money may really be not small.

After thinking about it, Xu Yi's brows instantly furrowed, and then asked Yuan Yun carefully: "Now that I go to find Yiyi's sister-in-law, can I still participate in the shares?" ”

Seeing that Xu Yi finally reacted, Yuan Yun just smiled and said, "If you are willing to take hundreds of your personal soldiers to protect you, I believe that Yiyi will not refuse to let you participate." ”

Xu Yi was instantly overjoyed when she heard this, and immediately took two guards and galloped towards Liu Yiyi, her face was full of flattery, because she understood very well how much Liu Yiyi was a woman, and if she wanted to snatch food from her mouth, it would definitely not work if she didn't grovel.

After Yuan Yun sent Xu Yi into the baggage camp, his heart was a little more secure, as long as Xu Yi was not in the combat establishment of the Gunpowder Army, then once he encountered a war, he could logically not send this gentleman into battle, so that no one would say anything gossip, which could be regarded as removing a big trouble.

Looking at the white snow outside the city wall, Yuan Yuncai laughed heartily, and then shouted to a few heralds: "Pass my order, the army will go out of the city!" ”

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Pang Tong was a little hesitant now, because Liu Qi was really breaking up too quickly, and the battle was too easy, and the other party kept setting up obstacles all the way, but the personnel didn't resist much, and almost all of them were defeated with one blow, which really made people feel very strange.

Seeing Zhuge Liang repeatedly rehearsing the path of the attack on the map, Pang Tong still decided to step forward and make a suggestion, so he immediately said: "The Jingzhou army fled too quickly and too resolutely, this does not want to be a helpless rout, it is more like accepting the order and resolutely executing it,

Especially after entering the Xiangyang realm, the speed of their collapse is even faster, which is very unconventional, this is almost the core area of Jingzhou, it is impossible to be so bad, Brother Kong Ming should still think about it more. ”

After listening to Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang put down the map in his hand slightly, and then nodded: "We did attack too smoothly, even if Liu Qi's army was scattered, he could organize some resistance, but this road was indeed too peaceful." ”

After speaking, Zhuge Liang immediately instructed Zhao Yun on the other side: "Set up camp earlier today, double the number of scouts, expand the exploration range to fifty miles, set up more bonfires around the camp, hot air balloons will rise into the air, and the rifle battalion will rest in three batches." ”

Zhao Yun immediately clenched his fists and accepted the order, and then immediately sent an entourage out to give the order, and now even he himself felt that this pursuit battle was indeed too easy, and the Hu cavalry lost more than 100 people along the way, many of them fell to their deaths because they were not suitable for mountain riding.

With Zhuge Liang's order, the army soon chose a valley mouth to set up camp, and everyone also went their own way according to the order, and the scouts wore equipment to protect themselves from the cold at night, and plunged into the barren mountains and mountains.

Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Zhao Yun's caution was not groundless, and they were soon proved right, and when it was just midnight, the three groups of scouts were the first to return to report, saying that a large number of troops were coming from the southwest.

After hearing this news, Zhuge Liang first observed the defenses around the camp, steel wire, earthen walls, and horse bars, all of which were properly equipped, which also made him a little relieved, because of the gloomy sky, the report returning to the scouts only used a lot to describe the number of enemy troops, but there was no exact number, which could not help but make people a little worried.

Zhao Yun was quickly sent out of the camp by Zhuge Liang, and there was no one left behind of the 20,000 Hu Qi, and only 5,000 gunpowder army soldiers were defending the camp, but this did not mean that the strength was insufficient.

And the reason why Zhao Yun led Hu cavalry out of the camp is to give greater play to the advantages of these cavalry, and now the valley mouth of the camp is not wide, although it is very suitable for defense, but it is definitely not suitable for cavalry galloping, so it is the most correct choice to put the cavalry with very high mobility on the periphery.

Zhao Yun trusted Zhuge Liang's arrangement very much, and after determining the means of contact for the signal flare, he took 20,000 horsemen without hesitation and drove into the night.

The first thing to see the enemy was the hot air balloons floating in the sky, and when they raised the alarm, the troops on the ground immediately entered the first level of combat readiness, the shells were loaded, the guns and crossbows were also erected, and in order to ensure the absolute safety of the camp, the trenches outside the earthen wall were also filled with a large amount of gasoline under the supervision of Pang Tong.

When the first enemy troops finally appeared on the ground two miles away from the camp, the artillery left and began to roar, and it was also at this time that the other lighting fires set up in the outer two miles were extinguished, and the powder army was as if it were blind.

However, this darkness only lasted less than a stick of incense, and the gasoline bombs fired by the artillery soon established countless circles of fire around it, and when the flames gushed out, Zhuge Liang instantly gasped, Liu Qi actually gathered the defeated army again, and the number was so huge, not to mention 100,000.

With the explosion of artillery, the Jingzhou army on the ground was still fearless and continued to launch a death charge, these soldiers were far more familiar with firearms than Zhuge Liang expected, and the enemy even seemed very dazed in some aspects, because they were very ignorant of the reaction of the shells after they landed.

"It seems that these Jingzhou troops have been brainwashed a lot, it is likely that they have all been told that our artillery in Luoyang is just a trick, otherwise these people would not be so fearless." After Pang Tong finished speaking, his brows furrowed slightly.

Zhuge Liang nodded, seeming to be a little hesitant, but after observing the battlefield a few times, he finally sighed deeply and said, "Order all the artillery camps to be replaced with gasoline bombs." ”

When Pang Tong heard this order, he unconsciously glanced at Zhuge Liang, because he knew very well that the killing of gasoline bombs, although the power of the explosion was average, but once it was splashed away, then there would be a large area of death, and it could not be rescued at all, it was a very vicious weapon.

After all, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang are both people from Jingzhou, and at this moment, they are a little unbearable for these soldiers in Jingzhou to use this weapon, especially since these soldiers are just the most ordinary people on weekdays.

As the first gasoline bomb landed, more of these attacks instantly covered a mile of land, and the flames burning high even stained the entire sky red, which could be clearly seen even from dozens of miles away.

After the petrol bombs had completely illuminated the battlefield, the rifle battalion finally began to shoot, and these terrible projectiles that came and went without a trace flew out, but surprisingly did not cause the expected number of deaths.

When Zhuge Liang saw such a scene, his eyes instantly chilled, and he quickly used the telescope to observe it again, only to see that many of the enemy soldiers had set up a large black shield, which did not look thick, but it could be very effective in defending against bullet shooting.

"Liu Qi has mastered some of our forging methods, I originally thought that he would cast armor, but I didn't want him to use all of them to forge these shields, it is indeed a very smart choice, you can use the least consumption to achieve the maximum effect." After Zhuge Liang finished admiring, he had already put away the binoculars, and then exchanged a few words with the herald beside him.

Soon after the herald gave the order to the soldiers on the hot air balloon, several flares had been fired into the sky, and the dazzling light streaked across the sky like midnight meteors.

And at this moment, Zhao Yun, who was wandering in the dark night, finally began to move the 20,000 cavalry under his command.