Chapter 398: Rest and Recuperation Preparation

Defeat is like a mountain! The Liaodong Army was completely defeated, the defeat was a mess, and it did not pose any threat to the Xiaoguo Army at all, and the result was a great defeat for the whole army.

Zhao Xun didn't make a move in person, he already knew that this battle would definitely be won. Because of the rush to help, and worried about the situation in Nagaga Castle, Tetsu also felt deeply tired. However, this time, the accumulated black powder was also consumed. Fortunately, the Sixth Mansion brought a lot of raw materials according to its own requirements, otherwise it would be a real problem to storm the city of Liao Tunnel City.

The Liaodong Army fled desperately, the Xiaoguo Army desperately pursued, and the cavalry except for some of the thousands of Liaodong Army cavalry who were chasing and fleeing, the rest roared past one by one, stretched out their bows and arrows, and began to harvest the Liaodong soldiers who were desperately running. Five thousand light cavalry, circling in a large circle, chased tens of thousands of Liaodong Army foot soldiers from all sides, and began a long pursuit and drive.

The light cavalry did not fight with the Liaodong army, but kept using bows and arrows to drive these Liaodong troops to run lifelessly, sometimes left, sometimes right, so that they could run more wrongly, and with the arrival of the Xiaoguo army, they were encircled and suppressed one by one. Once the Liaodong soldiers tried to assemble and get closer under the orders of some officers, then there would immediately be a group of light cavalry to focus on them, and the long arrows, crossbow arrows, horizontal knives, and cavalry spears would make these Liaodong troops no longer have the slightest intention of resisting.

More and more Xiaoguo troops came from the rear, and a team, a battalion, a capital, the fifth and sixth provinces were killed one after another. Like an iron wall, they began to form a neat array of attacks, with shields in front, spears in the middle, and bows and crossbows in the back, constantly pushing forward. The soldiers and horses of the Liaodong Army were constantly compressed, compressed, and then moved closer to the middle.

One Liao after another fell, without sympathy, without hesitation. On the battlefield, either you die or I die. What's more, these Liaodong troops also killed 30,000 Xiaoguo soldiers, and it was difficult to atone for their crimes with a hundred deaths.

"Archer ready!" "Put!" Another voice sounded, and there was no trace of emotional fluctuation in that voice.

"Whew! Shout! Shout! "Tens of thousands of feather arrows flew out of the Liaodong Army formation, penetrating the Liaodong soldiers one by one and nailing them to the ground.

The Liaodong Army collapsed, and there was no longer the will to flee and resist.

A group of people threw down their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, waiting for the Xiaoguo army to bind them......

"My lord, this person is the commander of the Liaodong Army this time, according to the captive, this person is the Liaodong royal family, the left general of Liaodong Guozuo, He Lou Yanzhao, and the rest are the generals of 3,000 people."

"Lord, the last general is incompetent, there are only 5,000 people left in the second government army, and the remaining 5,000 are still strong." At this moment, Zhang Meng also knelt down in front of Zhao Xun with a sad face.

Zhao Xun sighed slightly and said, "It's not your fault that this matter is not your fault, it's that the people are too despicable, and I'm too careless and too merciful!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Xun turned his head to the generals on the side and said: "Order, all the prisoners of the Liaodong Army will be killed, and no one will be left!" By the way, let all the people in the city see us slaughter the captives with their own eyes. Sue them, uihou dares to go against my Xiaoguo army, kill his whole family, and destroy his clan! Collect all the weapons and armor, enter the city, and after three days, go north to Liao Tunnel City! Settle an old score! ”

The reason why we have to wait until three days later, in addition to resting, the black powder is also gone, and it is urgently needed.

"Zhang Meng, from the 10,000 people who came with me, I will allocate you to reorganize the second government, you will be the general of the second government, and three days later, go north with the army to take revenge!"

"Obey!" Zhang Meng said with red eyes.

"Zhang Meng, how did you deal with the people in Changhe City?"

"The last general imprisoned him in the barracks and starved for three days! Now that we have no strength, it will not affect us. ”

"Order, cut off the thumb of the right hand of the Tatar people in the city, who are higher than the horizontal sword! Let them live quietly forever, or die! By the way, move all these people into Youzhou, and at the same time recruit the homeless people who have entered the land of Youzhou! Zhao Xun said coldly.

Cutting off the thumb of his right hand, for adults, being a soldier is naturally useless, and even ordinary young and strong people are not as good, but it does not affect their life and work. This is also to give a warning to the Tattar people. Although the Tatar people in Changhe City did not rebel, it was also because they were imprisoned, in fact, when the Xiaoguo army was defeated and retreated here, the Tatar people were already in a little commotion.

The reason why Zhao Xun didn't kill these people was not because he was really merciful, but because he didn't want his rule to become a deserted place. The people who were placed in Liao Tunnel City hummed......

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Liaozhou City.

"Bastard...... Xiaoguo Army, deceive people too much! When the beggar heard the news of the report from the head of the Zuo household, he said angrily.

The beggar roared loudly, but none of the generals around him raised objections. In the past three days, two-fifths of the Liaozhou Mansion has been taken by the Xiaoguo Army, and all the nobles and landlords have been slaughtered, and blood has flowed like a river. Now the two armies of the Xiaoguo Army are heading straight to Yexincheng and Beifu City in the north, once the two cities are taken by the Xiaoguo Army, the result is that they can never go back, and they will become caged birds and turtles in urns.

Money is good, but you also have to live to enjoy it.

"Patriarch, I think we still have a good peace talk with the Xiaoguo Army, according to the meaning of the general of the Xiaoguo Army, it seems that they have the intention of supporting some people in the tribe, pardoning the new tribal master, and being protected by the Xiaoguo Army." The head of the left household said slowly.

Beggar Yuan Yi no longer roars, and in the same way, compared with the position of the patriarch, the interests and face are considered a hair. You know, the tribe still has several brothers and sons of its own, as well as an army of 150,000 people, and they don't mind becoming the new head of the tribe.

"Order, the whole army immediately withdraws from Liaozhou Mansion, as for the rest, leave it alone, and throw it to the Xiaoguo army! How many soldiers do we have now? ”

"The words of the Hui patriarch gathered the soldiers of Liaozhou Mansion, a total of 30,000 people. The rest are private soldiers from all over the place, and we have not been drafted. ”

"Thirty thousand? Rush back to Fangzhou immediately, Zuo Household Chief, you go talk to Xiaoguo Jun again and ask their bottom line. "Beggar Yuanyi didn't talk much about the bullying of the Xiaoguo Army at this moment, and he suddenly found that this defeat was a great threat to his position as the patriarch. Now the important thing for me is to stabilize the inside, not to fight with the Xiaoguo army, even if you can't stumble.

"Subordinates take orders!" The head of the left household is well aware of the patriarch's concerns, for him, the patriarch is unstable, and he is also unstable. The failure of this southern expedition has greatly affected his strength, and the so-called son of heaven and a courtier, even if the son of the patriarch seizes the throne, he has nothing to do. Don't you see, the King of the North Sea is an obvious example.

Li Chenfeng didn't care about what to do with the begging aid, they still just went north, went straight to the goal, while temporarily recruiting Han warriors, recovering the cities, and restoring the rule, of course, everywhere they went, it was inevitable that the blood would flow like a river. In the past, the Su Mo Yan Ya Department occupied the three eastern prefectures, and the same was true.

At this moment, Zhao Xun recruited a total of 100 craftsmen from Changhe City, who were concentrated in the barracks, and together with the original dozens of craftsmen, began to prepare for the processing of gunpowder raw materials brought by the Sixth Mansion and proportioned them.

Of course, the discipline and secrecy of the premise were also well done, and the families of all the craftsmen were placed separately by the Qinwei Battalion, and from then on, they became members of the Tianlei Battalion under the Craftsman Division of the Xiaoguo Army, and they were afraid that they would not lightly contact the outside world in this life.

Subsequently, Zhao Xun divided the craftsmen into groups and divided them into three groups, each group of about 30 people, separated separately. One group purifies sulfur, one group purifies saltpeter, and the last group makes zuò toner.

The refined saltpeter powder, sulfur powder and toner powder were all sent to a courtyard, and more than ten people were selected separately in charge of the delivery place. Naturally, the guard battalion is in charge of guarding, and other craftsmen cannot enter this courtyard. In this way, none of the three groups knew what they were doing for.

The craftsmen of the original Tianlei Camp will mix the three raw materials to make the finished product. Of course, safety is a top priority, and I can't stress it enough.

The gunpowder produced in a steady stream was packed in large wooden barrels, and the openings of these barrels were sealed with tarpaulins to make them strictly waterproof. In addition, there are some people who are responsible for making the fuse, they soak the rope with fire oil, then dip it in black gunpowder, and then put it in a cool place to dry, it becomes a simple fuse. In the entire operation place, it is strictly forbidden to have open flames, and at the same time, it is strictly forbidden to collide with objects that may produce sparks. At the same time, these finished products will be placed separately so that they will not be destroyed in the event of an accident.

At the same time, a new formation appeared in the guard battalion, the Shenji Battalion. The responsibility of the Shenji Battalion is to be responsible for the safe application of the earth-shaking thunder, including bombing the city and field projectiles, for this reason, Zhao Xun also asked the craftsman to configure a small trebuchet, which can be disassembled and loaded anywhere.

The Divine Machine Battalion will operate and train according to the designated operation manual, but they don't know how this earth-shattering thunder is made. In this way, the various ministries are not subordinate to each other, and they will not lead to the leakage of the secrets of the earth-shaking thunder. Moreover, Zhao Xun strictly ordered that anyone who inquired about the secrets of the earth-shaking thunder would be severely punished! As long as it's not a stupid person or an enemy, no one will be stupid enough to ask.