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Facts have proved that the feet of the Han army are indeed not as fast as the horses of the Huns, and the Han army has only chased half a mile, and the Huns have retreated four or five miles, and the retreat is not stopping.

Wei Changfeng let out a sigh of relief and ordered the pursuit to be stopped.

A group of Han soldiers all gasped with their mouths open, and some of them sat down directly on the ground when they were tired.

Wei Changfeng looked at the tired and dying soldiers around him and smiled.

On the side, the guard almost crawled over, gasping and asking, "General, general, general, let's ......."

"No more chasing." Wei Changfeng shook his head helplessly, "I really can't catch up." Then he turned his head and ordered, "All armies should be formed and return to the camp." ”

The Han army retreated. This time, I wasn't in a hurry - I couldn't get up in a hurry, and I would vomit blood if I ran again.

In the third team, Zhang Sizhu looked at Bai Qi, smiled widely, and finally arched his hand: "General Bai, the last general is rude, please forgive me." Now I know that our General Wei is really a god. ”

Bai Qi smiled and waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to mention it again.

In his heart, he also admired Wei Changfeng to the sky.

Forward, retreat, and then forward, the Huns were dizzy, and the most rearly really didn't understand what the Han army was, so they simply retreated. That's what makes me wonderful. He looked left and right, and saw that the fourth and fifth teams were also retreating from the army, thinking that the two Chang generals would not ask "whether General Wei has the ability to command" at this time.

The Han army withdrew for a few miles, and saw the banner in front of him, it turned out that Fang Zhenhai heard that Wei Changfeng was engaged in battle with the Huns in front, and he was afraid that Wei Changfeng would suffer a loss, so he no longer went out of the city to camp, so he simply raised a large army and came to help.

The two troops merged into one, set up camp in the field, and Wei Changfeng entered the Zhenhai of Jianfang.

Fang Zhenhai listened to Wei Changfeng's command, his stomach hurt from laughter, he didn't expect that there would be such a way. After laughing, his expression returned to seriousness, and he said to Wei Changfeng: "This time the Huns raised an army of 100,000 to attack, and we have no other way, the land of Donghu is decided, and we must not let the Huns attack again, otherwise the Huns and Donghu should be united, and our trouble will be big." ”

Wei Changfeng nodded and said, "What the general said is extremely true. And the last general thinks, the middle route army of 200,000 people, no matter how defeated there will be no one left, this time the end of the general met the main force of the Huns, but did not meet the defeated army of the middle route, it is very strange, the last general thinks, for today's plan, we can only go out of the head-to-head, and the Huns face to head, and must win, one so that the Donghu people will not rebel again, the second is to find the middle of the defeated army, three, the Huns are now in full swing, this arrogance must be suppressed. ”

Fang Zhenhai heard that Wei Changfeng's thoughts were the same as his own, nodded yes, and then gave the order that the whole army would rest for a day and attack the enemy tomorrow.

After the discussion was over, Wei Changfeng went out of the account and planned to rest, but he saw Zheng Liu waiting outside, Zheng Liu shouted excitedly when he saw Wei Changfeng, and stepped forward to pull Wei Changfeng.

Wei Changfeng hurriedly waved his hand and asked, "What is the matter with General Zheng?" ”

Zheng Liu smiled and pointed to the distance: "I want to ask General Wei to see a few things." Seeing that Wei Changfeng didn't seem to be interested, he hurriedly added, "General Bai is already waiting for General Wei." ”

Wei Changfeng heard that Bai Qi was waiting for him, so he followed Zheng Liu forward, and walked a short distance out of the barracks, and in the open space outside the camp, Bai Qi and several generals of the third team were already waiting there.

Wei Changfeng saw that there were several big cars beside these people, the body was stretched with cowhide, which looked extremely bloated, and there were high wall panels on both sides of the carriage, but there were multiple square windows on the wall boards, and the windows were obviously sealed with wooden boards wrapped in cowhide, which could be taken down or installed at any time, and he didn't know what these things were for a while.

Seeing Wei Changfeng coming, Bai Qi greeted him and said to Wei Changfeng: "I shouldn't disturb General Wei, but the divine locomotive designed by General Zheng has been completed, so I specially invite General Wei to take a look." ”

Wei Changfeng then understood that this car was called a god locomotive, and it was designed by Zheng Liu based on the crossbow diagram. If this thing is really effective, it is indeed a big killer against the enemy, and he nodded with a smile at the moment, but he had some doubts in his heart, does such a bloated and inconvenient car work on the battlefield?

Zheng Liu saw that the personnel had arrived, coughed, and said triumphantly: "The design of this car has taken me a lot of effort. I thought about all the mechanisms I'd seen before, and I came up with this car. This car is called the god locomotive, the god machine, the god machine is also wonderful, and it also has the meaning of a mysterious mechanism, this name ......"

"General Zheng, please introduce the function of this car." Wei Changfeng had to interrupt Zheng Liu's research on the divine machine, thinking that Zheng Liu would toss the word divine machine again, so he ordered the car to be renamed a dung truck.

Zheng Liu put away his tirade at this time, took a spear from the side, handed it to Zhang Sizhu and said: "General Zhang Ya, your strength is great, please stab this car with all your strength, you must stab it vigorously, don't hesitate." ”

Zhang Sizhu was also willing to cooperate, after all, he also wanted to see where the car's magic machine was, he took the spear in his hand, held it in both hands, and held the flat end, took a deep breath, shouted, rushed forward, and stabbed a spear on the cowhide of the car.

(2) This spear will be the deep depression of the cowhide thorns, but then, a strong rebound out, Zhang Sizhu hurriedly added force on his hand, but he didn't expect that the greater the force, the stronger the rebound, the spear can no longer hold it, and it bounced to his chest, Zhang Sizhu screamed backwards but fell, swish, and the spear flew out of Zhang Xu backwards before it landed.

Zheng Liu clapped his hands and smiled on the side, and said, "Zhang Yajiang's strength is really great, fortunately, he reacted in time, otherwise that spear can break your bones." ”

Zhang Sizhu got up from the ground and rubbed the back of his head, just now he fell down too quickly, and the back of his head hurt.

Wei Changfeng snorted and said to Zheng Liu: "What other functions can you say directly, don't let people demonstrate it anymore, in case Fang is about to open his teeth, you are responsible for serving him and urine?" ”

Zheng Liu was stunned for a moment, and saw that several generals around him had uncertain looks on their faces, and then he realized that he was too eager to perform, and almost hurt people, so he hurriedly apologized to Zhang Sizhu.

Zhang Sizhu didn't blame Zheng Liu, but hurriedly urged: "What other functions does this car have?" ”

Zheng Liu led everyone to the other side of the car, this time he didn't dare to let people try it casually, but just pointed out and introduced them one by one: "The design of Fang Cai, called 'spring', the stronger the force, the stronger the rebound, whether you are a spear or a stick, a crossbow or a long arrow, if you hit it vigorously, it will inevitably rebound." This one, it's a trap crossbow. ”

He pointed to the inside of the car as he spoke, "This crossbow is heavy, and it is not suitable for a single person, but a crossbow with ten arrows can be loaded quickly, and a large number of crossbow arrows can be loaded in the car. ”

When Wei Changfeng heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, and asked anxiously, "How many cars have you built?" ”

"Twenty." Zheng Liu replied, "The craftsmen are rushing to make it, give me another ten days, and I can build another twenty or thirty cars." ”

Wei Changfeng nodded, but secretly sighed pity in his heart.

If the Central Route Army had not been defeated so quickly, it would have been entirely possible to give Zheng another sixty days, but now ......

He didn't say anything, and continued to listen to Zheng Liu's introduction.

It turned out that this car not only had a repeater, but also a flying vertebrae. The flying vertebrae is shaped like a spear head, but it is more elongated, and the rear end is an oblate base, which puts the flying vertebrae into an iron cylinder, and a large bow full of strings is installed behind it, and a person hits the bowstring with a sledgehammer, and the flying vertebrae will shoot out.

The speed of this thing loading and firing is slow, and because of its own heaviness, it does not fly far, but its lethality is extremely amazing, within ten zhang, even if it is a heavy armored iron cavalry, it can also pass through, and even pierce several people, which is used to deal with the dense charge of the Huns' ironclad cavalry, which is extremely powerful.

After listening to this introduction, the generals were all amazed again and again, and they all sighed that if there had been this thing earlier, I was afraid that Donghu would have been calmed down long ago.

Wei Changfeng had another thought.

Of course, this god locomotive is very powerful, but its flaws are also extremely obvious.

The first is mobility issues. Such a large chariot can only be used in the plains, and if there is a rough road, it will be difficult to move itself; Secondly, although the things in this car are powerful, the consumption is also amazing, so there must be enough backup supply; Thirdly, this thing should only be used for defense, but not for offense, and even if it is used for offense, there must be special conditions. Because they are now facing the Hun cavalry, coming and going like the wind, this cart can only attack things within a certain range, and the movement is slow, where to catch up with the cavalry, it can only be used for defense when the cavalry comes to attack.

But in any case, with this thing, if there are Hun cavalry to attack in the future, the Han army can hold it, not to mention one-on-one, even if the number is at a disadvantage, it can be defended. If the number is sufficient, at least the Han army will be invincible in flat combat, which is already a great reversal.

You must know that the battle of the city of Ludao, the Han army has the advantage, the battle of the mountains and fields, the Han army has the advantage, only the battle of the plains The Han army is the disadvantage, and now this thing is out, the Han army can hold it, then the rest is the question of how to attack, and in the future against the Huns, the grasp will be greater.

Thinking of this, Wei Changfeng nodded and said: "Sure enough, it's a good thing, General Zheng, this is hard for you, and you have to speed up the construction, the battle with Donghu These things did not come in handy, and the battle with the Huns can't be wasted." ”

Zheng Liu heard Wei Changfeng's praise, and his heart was overjoyed, and he nodded again and again, promising to rush to work.

Wei Changfeng gave a few more instructions, and then returned to the camp with the generals, and it was almost dusk at this time.

Early the next morning, the people in the Han army camp shouted that the horses were neighing, and the 100,000 Han troops all raised troops and marched westward.

This time, their task was no longer to join up with the Middle Route Army, but to fight the Hun cavalry to the death and find the defeated soldiers of the Middle Route Army. This battle can only be won but not defeated, winning, then the Donghu will be determined, stop the Xiongnu, defeat, the Donghu people will rebel again, and the Xiongnu will unite again, half of the Han Empire is in danger.

The chariots and horses were chariots, and the army marched for several miles, probing the Malay newspaper, and found the Hun army fifty miles ahead, about 100,000 people, and the whole team was marching towards the Han army!