Zhou Dewei's half-believing tone made Zhao Chao angry. To paraphrase modern terms, he was a scholar, and naturally no one was allowed to question his invention. But this time, he didn't dare to pat his chest to guarantee, such as the fire gun that Li Cunhuan wanted, but Zhao Chao has not made it yet. Iron artillery, it's not that it can't be made, but the quality is worse than that of bronze artillery, for firearms, Zhao Chao didn't have much confidence in his heart, so he naturally muttered.

But at this time, Zhao Chao can only put his heart sideways, and if he can't do it, he has to do it! The words just said were like water spilled out, how can you take them back? It's hard to recover when it's covered with water!

Zhao Chao walked quickly to the rear, on the firearms position, because this march was relatively urgent, and did not bring bronze artillery. This couldn't help but make Zhao Chao very nervous, Tribulus Fireball and Thunderbolt are different from bronze artillery, they are made of gunpowder packs. This is also a production method that Li Cunhuan has always been very afraid of, because the gunpowder bag is unstable and easy to be captured by the enemy.

"Ready! Get ready! Zhao Chao shouted all the way, and the positions were all apprentices of the Firearms Department under the Ordnance Supervisor, after all, gunpowder was also very professional.

Thirty ballistae hurriedly began to operate, and balls with a diameter of nearly twenty centimeters were placed in the silk mesh bags of the ballistas. "Ballista No. 1 test firing!" Zhao Chao ordered nervously.

Although he usually tests this weapon on the martial arts field, he is nervous and sweaty when he really uses it. He couldn't help but wonder why the guys from the bronze artillery couldn't use ballistas! Doesn't that make me suffer!

"Put!" Compared with Zhao Chao, Bai Xiongzhang, who is called the deputy, is obviously much more sophisticated. After all, Bai Xiongzhang came from the engineer battalion of the Loyal and Filial Army, and he was obviously much more professional than Zhao Chao, but because he was not very good at this mysterious gunpowder weapon, Zhou Dewei was cautious and brought Zhao Chao, an old guy, over.

A thunderbolt flew out with a trace of black smoke, and fell hard about five meters away from the Xuanwu Army, the thunderbolt exploded suddenly, with a loud bang, a ball of fire centered on the landing point of the thunderbolt, and suddenly spread. Several Xuanwu soldiers who approached were shocked and their eyes turned black, their ears ringed, and they fell to the ground with a sluggish expression.

The soldiers of the Xuanwu Army couldn't help but twitch slightly, they couldn't imagine that there were such powerful weapons in this world.

"Fierce Fire Oil!" Jing Xiang lost his voice.

"What is this?" Zhu Wen couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"This is supposed to be a fierce fire oil made from the black water of Anxi, but the fierce fire oil has always been used to defend the city! How to use it in the field! Jing Xiang muttered in disbelief.

"Fuck it! Beat the drums! Kill the retreater! Zhu Wen's eyes showed a fierce light, and he roared viciously.

"Chitose! As a result, the losses of the soldiers may be very heavy! Xie Tong's face turned a little pale and admonished, "Chitose, you see, when the cannonball landed, the distance of nearly two zhang in a radius was attacked by the flames, as well as the concussion caused by the cannonball. If you win, I'm afraid this time you will kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 yourself! ”

Zhu Wen couldn't help but hesitate, as the No. 2 military division, Xie Tong's words were very reasonable, and the weight was not light.

"Chitose, please rest assured, this kind of fierce fire oil comes from Anzai, not to mention the long distance. And as far as I know, this kind of fierce fire oil is not very abundant even in Anxi, and Lu Longjun must not have a lot of it! Jing Xiang comforted.

"Hmmm! What the military advisor said is reasonable! Zhu Wen smiled and nodded in appreciation.

"Chitose! It should be ordered that the soldiers should be sparse between the formations! Reduces the damage dealt by the Blizzard Oil! Xie Tong saw that Zhu Wen did not accept his opinion, so he could only take a step back.

"Hmmm! That's what it sounds like! Hearing this, Zhu Wen nodded, agreeing with Xie Tong's words.

Xie Tong showed a wry smile, he always felt that this war would not be too ideal. But he also had to agree with Jing Xiang's point of view, indeed, with the current situation, it is impossible not to fight! This made Xie Tong's heart very entangled.

"Three degrees up!" Bai Xiongzhang looked carefully at the soldiers on the watchtower, and said with an expressionless face.

"No!" The engineer in charge of the ballista responded urgently, slowly reversing the angle of the projectile.

"Huh!" The soldiers beside Bai Xiongzhang suddenly exclaimed.

"What happened?" Bai Xiongzhang frowned and asked with dissatisfaction.

"General, just now the soldiers on the watchtower sent a new flag, and the Xuanwu army began to evacuate." The soldier explained urgently.

"I can't see that Zhu Wen reacts quite quickly!" Bai Xiongzhang said unwillingly, "No need to test shoot!" Forty degrees in total! Thunderbolt! Put! ”

"No!" The soldiers hurriedly prepared, this time there was no unified salvo, each prepared ballista immediately released the bowstring, and under the strength of the torsion spring, one thunderbolt after another flew into the sky with a trace of black smoke.

"Let's go!" The Xuanwu army was in chaos.

"Boom! ~Rumble! ~" In a roar, a ball of fire shot out. In the chaos, a large number of Xuanwu troops were burned by the flames. In fact, the power of the thunderbolt is not as terrifying as he revealed, and the thunderbolt mixed with black powder and fierce fire oil, as long as it is not within one meter of the drop point, it is difficult to die. Although the fire is fierce, it comes and goes quickly, and it is protected by armor, but it only burns the bare skin. Although it can be injured, it is not easy to cause death.

But helplessly, whether it is human or animal, since ancient times, there has always been a special fear of fire. After the thunderbolt fell, the Xuanwu army was in chaos, and it was a good time to expand the results of the battle.

"Good!" Zhou Dewei, who was standing on the command car, clenched his fists and said excitedly. "Spear battle array forward! Crush them! ”

"No!" A drum sounding to symbolize the attack, accompanied by this passionate drumming, the regimental training soldiers marched forward, and the neat steps seemed to be the galloping of countless war horses. With a neat voice, feeling the tremor from the earth, the Xuanwu army couldn't help but be stunned for a while, they couldn't imagine that there was such an army in this world.

"What are you doing! Crossbowmen counterattack! The Xuanwu general Ding Hui shouted.

Only then did the crossbowman react, and hurriedly pointed to the sky, accompanied by the roar of the captain next to him, and poured arrows into the air.

"Stop!" The flag officer roared, the dragon flag in his hand stretched out, and the majestic military horn also issued a hurried military order.

The soldier quickly stopped, took two heavy steps on the ground, as if trampling on people's hearts, and Xuanwujun's face couldn't help but turn slightly pale. Even Zhu Wen cannot deny that the Lu Longjun under Li Cunhuan is imposing.

"Gale !!"

With the command, the spearmen shook the spears in their hands and let out a whistling sound. When the rain of arrows came, they were greeted by a shaking spear forest, constantly having arrows being knocked away, and arrows also rushing into the spear forest, the spear battle array made a muffled snort from time to time, the wounded soldiers withdrew, and the soldiers behind silently complemented their positions. The sacrificed soldier was ignored for his existence, and the soldiers behind him trampled on his body, and the only constant was probably the spear battle array.

"Iron Army!" Xie Tong couldn't help but palpitate, he didn't know how Li Cunhuan trained such an army. Is this really a troop of new recruits? This question arose in everyone's minds.

Zhu Wen squinted, his eyes flashing with a lion-like gaze. "Blow the trumpet! Charge the whole army! ”

"Chitose! The soldiers haven't put together their battle formations yet! A soldier nervously persuaded.

The soldier holding the trumpet couldn't help but be slightly stunned, but when he saw the fierce light in Zhu Wen's eyes, he also came back to his senses, and hurriedly picked up the trumpet and vigorously preached. With the horn of attack, the soldiers suddenly charged. The soldier also kept his mouth shut very consciously.

"Flat spear!" The middle-level officer in the spear battle formation hurriedly ordered.

The speed of the Xuanwu army was very fast, and a group of soldiers and horses rushed into their battle formation under the surprise of the regimental training. Except for Zhu Wen, everyone didn't expect this result, the regimental training that was close to him, the originally powerful spear in his hand was immediately unable to be used, and the Xuanwu army sneered and slashed the long knife towards the regimental training.

The regimental training soldiers had no choice but to take out the obstacle knife to resist, but the barrier knife was not as powerful as the long knife in terms of power and weight, but it was suppressed by the Xuanwu army in a moment.

Zhou Dewei's face changed greatly, and the spear battle array had a characteristic, that is, it was strong and weak. Needless to say, why it is so strong. Weak is not only suppressed when you are close. Rather, the spear battle formation is very dependent on the battle formation, and once a battle formation is broken, a breakthrough is formed. It's like an egg that has been cracked open, and even if the opening is thin, it can hollow out the egg.

"Damn!" Zhou Dewei unwillingly hammered his fist on the railing of the command car, and looked at the cavalry on the left and right, all of whom were entangled by the Xuanwu army. The attack that was supposed to expand the results of the battle was caught by Zhu Wen for a moment to counterattack! If only the cavalry on both wings had not been entangled! But in reality there are no ifs...... "retreat!" Zhou Dewei closed his eyes, and his voice was full of decisiveness and helplessness. He had never been so aggrieved as he was today. was actually seized by Zhu Wen decisively, although the charge just now, it was not the Xuanwu Army soldiers who collided with the spears, and there were no less than 1,000 casualties, but Zhu Wen won the victory! Now the only thing Zhou Dewei can do is to minimize the losses and no longer continue to resist stubbornly in vain.

In war, it is always easy to attack and difficult to retreat. For example, in the Battle of Weishui, because of an order to retreat dozens of miles, the whole army was defeated. Not to mention the retreat on the battlefield. Zhou Dewei's retreat was not satisfactory.

"All the troops press!" A hideous smile appeared on Zhu Wen's face, "I want Li Cunhuan to know!" I, Zhu Wen, am not something you can pinch casually! Zhu Wen's decisive attack made Zhou Dewei's retreat more difficult.

At this time, the regimental training also showed their inadequacy, facing the order to retreat. The infantry was defeated all at once. However, fortunately, the cavalry and Zhou Dewei's personal soldiers still supported it, so there was no one-sided situation. However, the situation is no longer optimistic.

Now Zhou Dewei is like grabbing a small tree growing on the cliff with one hand, the trunk has made a breaking sound, and his body is sliding down little by little, everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before he falls into the abyss.

"Jie Shuai! Let's go! If you don't leave, it's too late! Gao Xingzhou pulled Zhou Dewei's robe and begged bitterly.

A flash of struggle flashed in Zhou Dewei's eyes, and then his eyes were full of determination, "No! Zhou Dewei's tone was unprecedentedly firm, "If I leave now!" The losses will be even greater! support, can not allow firearms to fall into the hands of Zhu Wen. ”

Gao Xingzhou didn't know what kind of belief supported Zhou Dewei, but he deeply felt Zhou Dewei's firmness at this moment.

Suddenly, Gao Xingzhou saw the scene that he couldn't believe after the war, and the Xuanwu army of Lu Long's army, which was in danger like a tide, retreated as quickly as a tide.

"Look, Jie Shuai! It's wolf smoke! In the rear of Juwen! Could it be Sun He! Gao Xingzhou seemed to suddenly wake up to something, and he lost his voice in surprise.

"Tidy up the team!" Zhou Dewei took a deep breath and suppressed the excitement in his heart.

"Damn!" Zhu Wen felt so aggrieved like never before, he was about to see victory coming, but he was ruined by that guy named Sun He again! He actually attacked the back camp!

In the back camp, there was three days' worth of food for Zhu Wen's 43,000 army, although it was not much, but these grains had to support Zhu Wen's journey from Hejian City to Lucheng in Shenzhou, and Zhu Wen only got new food supplies when he arrived in Lucheng. And it takes about two days from Hejian City to Lucheng, don't look too long. But the three days' food of the 40,000 army could not be burned by Sun He.

There was nothing to eat for two days, and Zhu Wen didn't know how many people were left when the army returned to Lucheng.

"Chitose relieved! Although this time there was no total annihilation of Zhou Dewei's soldiers and horses! But Zhou Dewei is no better! Jing Xiang naturally knew the grievances in Zhu Wen's heart, and to be honest, Jing Xiang himself was also very aggrieved. But as a strategist, he was more aware of his duties. He could only suppress the resentment in his heart and comfort Zhu Wen.

"Whew!" Zhu Wen let out a long breath of turbidity, cast a slightly grateful look at Jing Xiang, and did not speak again, but the atmosphere around him was still inevitably full of depression.

When Zhu Wen returned to his teacher, Sun He had already slipped away. Zhu Wen's loss was not heavy, but it still made Zhu Wen very angry. It wasn't until Jing Xiang reported the battle report to Zhu Wen that Zhu Wen was a little more comfortable.

In today's Hejian Field Battle, Zhu Wen suffered about 4,000 casualties, but the record was impressive, the Xuanwu Army killed more than 4,000 people, including the corpses taken away by Zhou Dewei and the wounded rescued. It is roughly estimated that the Lu Long Army was killed by the Xuanwu Army at least 6,000 soldiers and horses in this battle, and the number of disabled people is estimated to be nearly 10,000. In other words, Zhu Wen disabled the soldiers and horses in Zhou Dewei's hands in the first battle, and more than 15,000 of the 30,000 soldiers and horses were killed and wounded. More than half of the casualties were killed. In addition, Zhu Wen also captured a lot of half-body plate armor and war horses.

"Count you Zhou Dewei running fast! Otherwise you wouldn't be so lucky today! Zhu Wen raised his eyebrows quite angrily today. However, it is a pity that everyone feels that now is not the time to celebrate, but Zhu Wen promised that returning to Shenzhou Lucheng will allow the army to rest for a day and feast the ministers. Generals, this is a little more comfortable, otherwise today's fight will inevitably seem a little unwilling.

Although there was no way to rest, Zhu Wen did not hesitate to give a reward, and gave a lot of money and silver to the officers and soldiers very boldly. This is also Zhu Wen's method of governing the army, and Zhu Wen will definitely not hesitate when it is time to reward. When it was time to be punished, Zhu Wen was not soft at all. It is precisely because of Zhu Wen's method that Zhu Wen, who was as irritable as a bison in history, surpassed the one-eyed dragon Li Keyong and became the first envoy in the world.

The news of Zhu Wen's defeat of Zhou Dewei in Hejian did not take long for it to reach Li Cunhuan. Accompanied by a plea written by Zhou Dewei himself, the black handwriting was full of remorse and self-blame.

Li Cunhuan didn't just read Zhou Dewei's battle report, he carefully read the battle report sent by Jinyiwei, and there was basically no discrepancy, but Zhou Dewei covered up An Xiuxiu's unauthorized battle. It probably feels like An Xiu Xiu is already dead, and no matter how big the matter is, he hasn't said it.

But this made Li Cunhuan very angry, a full 6,000 lives! Because An Xiuxiu attacked without authorization, Xue Atan was seriously injured, causing the cavalry on both wings to lose their supreme. Although their deputies all took over their command, they were inferior to An Xiuxiu and Xue Atan in terms of prestige and command, and as a result, the cavalry that was expected to gain the upper hand was entangled by the cavalry of the Xuanwu Army.

"Feng Dao! Pen and ink waiting! "Li Cunhuan was unprecedentedly angry.

"Your Highness! Please calm down! Feng Dao naturally knew why Li Cunhuan was so angry, and he had roughly read this battle report, so he naturally knew why Li Cunhuan was so angry, and hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade him: "Your Highness, please take into account General Li Cunxiao's feelings!" An Xiuxiu has followed him for more than ten years, even if General Li Cunxiao betrayed the one-eyed dragon, he will not give up, and now the big mistake has passed! Your Highness, I think this matter is over! ”

Li Cunhuan did waver in his determination to punish An Xiuxiu just now, Feng Dao's words were not wrong, but when he thought of six thousand lives, he had no way to ignore it. Because of one person's willfulness, 6,000 lives were lost, 6,000 families were in tears, and Lu Long lost 6,000 heroic soldiers. Li Cunhuan didn't allow it to be left like that.

In an instant, countless thoughts turned, but Li Cunhuan finally spit out one word firmly: "No!" ”

Feng Dao knew that it was useless anymore, so he could only sigh helplessly.

However, Li Cunhuan also made concessions, "Feng Dao, you come to write!" ”

Li Cunhuan knows that Feng Dao will write more tactfully than he writes, although Feng Dao and Li Cunhuan say the same in the general direction, but it will also cover An Xiuxiu with a transparent fig leaf, which is better than not coming.

"No family pension for rest! Cut off all official positions! Li Cunhuan's words were not long, but they made everyone understand Li Cunhuan's hatred for An Xiuxiu to fight without authorization.

To everyone's relief, after Li Cunxiao learned about Li Cunhuan's punishment of An Xiuxiu, he just sighed faintly and ordered his henchmen to take out 300 yuan from his small treasury and give it to An Xiuxiu's family.

made Feng Dao and the others breathe a sigh of relief, Li Cunhuan's move made Li Cunxiao not make trouble, otherwise there are strong enemies outside and hidden dangers inside, I'm afraid no one wants to see it.

(To be continued)