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An officer of the Ma Ming Department of the Wumang Army pleaded with Adjutant General Ma: "My lord, withdraw the troops, the enemy's weapons are too powerful, and we have suffered heavy casualties......

Although the vanguard deputy general Ma was standing in the rear, he could still see clearly the blood avenues plowed out by the god destroying crossbow on the battlefield, and the horse deputy general was pale and trembling all over, he had seen such a terrifying weapon for the first time, just in a few minutes, his subordinates fell nearly two thousand people, and every time the god destroying crossbow was launched, it would take away the lives of more than two hundred of his soldiers, for anyone, this was a blow that could not be easily withheld.

Ma Ming woke up from the shock and said in a deep voice: "Mingjin! ”

Dingdingding......

Seeing the enemy retreating, Amu said happily: "Military division, the enemy has retreated!" ”

Xia Zhuangzhuang still said calmly: "Oh, I know...... Go pick up those god-destroying bolts, clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, and repair the fence......"

Xia Zhuangzhuang jumped off the sandbag and walked into the big tent, asking as he walked, "How many arrows do we have left?" ”

An officer in the battalion replied: "The pre-war count was 137,000 sticks, and the latest figure has not yet been reported......

After hearing this, Xia Zhuangzhuang asked again: "Well, it can last for a day, what about the casualties?" ”

The officer replied: "We have about 100 dead and more than 300 wounded, and the exact number will not be known until the statistics are counted." ”

Xia Zhuangzhuang nodded and said, "One to eight, this ratio is still not big enough...... Summoning the heads of regiments to the meeting......"

When night fell, about twenty miles south of the Han army camp was the camp of the pioneer Ma Adjutant General, and at this time it was Lu Yang who was sitting on the main seat, Lu Yang's face was as heavy as ice, and the Ma deputy general kneeling on the ground in the big tent trembled, and the ground was already wet with his sweat.

After staring at Deputy General Ma for a while, Lu Yang shouted: "Ma Ming, tell me well, where did the pioneer go back then?" ”

Ma Ming raised his head and replied bitterly: "General, I'm ...... The weapons of the bandits are too powerful, we ......"

Lu Yang interrupted: "Okay, I won't mention what happened after the Han bandits used that weapon, let's talk about what happened before the weapon was used, why couldn't you attack a simple camp with only 3,000 people in three hours?" ”

Ma Ming reluctantly continued: "The enemy army is well-trained and well-equipped......

Lu Yang took the case: "Well-trained, well-equipped...... The training of the Han bandit soldiers is not more than half a year at most, and the training of your soldiers is at least more than a year, and you still have the face to say......"

"Adult ......"

Lu Yang turned his head to look at the other officer who interjected, and said, "Do you have anything to defend him?" ”

The officer who interjected clasped his fists and saluted, "My lord, the Han bandits are indeed well-trained and well-equipped, we killed some Han bandits and took a full set of Han army equipment from them, please look at them, ...... my lord."

The officer shouted out of the tent, "Bring it!" ”

A few soldiers walked into the tent, put down their belongings and turned to leave.

"Your Excellency, you see, this is a knife used by ordinary bandits, this knife is nearly twice as long as ours, and it is extremely sharp and tough......"

Lu Yang took the long knife handed over by the officer, and saw that the blade of this long knife was more than one meter, the body of the knife was black, and only the blade was bright, which was very different from the bronze sword of the Qingyun Empire.

Lu Yang said while looking at it: "The blade is so long, it looks quite bluffing, and it is not real......"

The officer continued: "Don't underestimate this knife, this knife is far better than our army's war knife, you will know it when you try it!" ”

Looking at the serious faces of the officers under Adjutant General Hu, Lu Yang seemed to sense the seriousness of the matter, he took out his war knife and slashed at the long knife hard.

Choke......

Lu Yang was stunned for a few seconds, raised the black long knife and looked at the blade carefully, but he didn't find a gap, and his war knife had been simply broken into two at this time, and only the handle was still in his hand.

Seeing Lu Yang looking at the black knife with a solemn face, he pondered, and after a while, the officer just now said again: "General, the Han bandits not only have good swords, but their armor is far superior to our army, you see, our swords can't penetrate their armor, if the imperial court also equips us with such good armor, then we won't suffer such heavy casualties......"

"Enough ......"

Lu Yang dropped the knife in his hand, turned around and sat back in his seat, closed his eyes and was silent for a while.

"Damn, where did Liu Zhibang get so much money, every big-headed soldier has such good equipment, even if the officials up and down are not corrupt, we can't equip such good things, besides, which official is not greedy, does not embezzle military spending, what do my dozens of aunts and wives eat, wear, and spend...... This Liu Zhibang is not easy to deal with......"

"My lord, it's not good......"

Lu Yang was disturbed by the herald who rushed in, and said angrily: "Damn, are you dead daddy!" ”

The herald was obviously accustomed to Lu Yang's style, and continued: "Report ...... Checkmate...... There was news from Vice General Hu......"

"Say ......"

The herald continued: "Vice General Hu sent someone to say that he was attacked by ten times the main force of the Han army, please send reinforcements quickly!" ”

Lu Yang stood up abruptly and shouted: "Hu Jinzhong, this soft egg, exaggerates every time he sees the enemy, if it weren't for him, I ...... His small Han nationality is only about 10,000 cattle combined, where did the tens of thousands of horses come from...... This bastard, I'm pissed off......"

An officer stood up at this time and said: "My lord, don't be righteous at this time, there are Han bandit reinforcements, when you send troops to help General Hu, it will change later......

Lu Yang turned to look at the tall officer, the officer who spoke was thirty-four or five years old, with a tall figure, around 19 meters, broad shoulders and thin waist, looking powerful, leopard eyes and eyebrows, a beard, and a fierce and powerful face. Lu Yang's expression eased, patted him on the shoulder and said: "General Zhou, you have been sticking to Hukou Pass all the year round, and you have worked hard, you also know that these soldiers under my command are good at eating and getting paid, and you are still better at fighting, and Hu Jinzhong will work hard for you to run......"

General Zhou stood still and seemed to hesitate, Lu Yang looked at General Zhou and asked, "Does the general have a problem?" ”

General Zhou seemed to have plucked up his courage and said, "My lord, can the arrears of military salaries be paid the year before last?" The families of many officers and men of the border army have reached the point of selling their sons and daughters, and if this military salary is not made up, I am afraid that the army's heart will be unstable......"

Lu Yang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "Ah, this...... The military salary will definitely be issued, but you also know that the empire has been plagued by natural disasters in recent years, and the imperial court is also stretched, and your county lord has always kept it in mind, but even the county lord's annual salary has not been paid yet, but every time he has a military salary, he is the first time to give the soldiers at the border gates, didn't he make up the military salary of the year before last month...... When the battle is over, I will definitely give you priority to make up for it, okay! ”

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