In order to contain this wave, and at the same time to deter other soldiers who had the intention of fleeing, Sun Kewang ordered a large-scale arrest of those deserters who escaped.

After the deserter was caught, Sun Kewang imposed an extremely severe punishment on him - skinning and filling the grass!

With heart-rending screams and wails, the relatively intact human skins were stripped off and filled with hay, and the human skins and severed heads were sent to every camp on the front line to deter the soldiers who were about to move.

The ugly human skins and bloody skulls all stimulated the senses and left a deep emotion of fear in the hearts of the soldiers.

However, this did not completely eliminate the phenomenon of desertion, because the Chu army soon discovered the situation in the Qin army, and Su Dingyuan had an idea, thinking that this was a good time to further weaken the Qin army. @·error-free start~~

Under his orders, the Chu army rangers began to shout at the outskirts of the Qin army camp every day to persuade them to surrender, and they even blatantly told the Qin army when they would attack, as long as the Qin army surrendered before then, they would be spared death, otherwise they would be at their own risk.

Su Dingyuan's move can not be described as not vicious, under the loud shouts of the Chu army rangers, even with the officer's bullet pressure and the experience of those human skins, there are still many soldiers who are shaken and wait for the crew to escape from the camp and run in the direction of the Chu army.

Moreover, the situation of deserters is not only in the front-line camps, but also around the Central Cao Division where Sun Kewang is sitting and on the battlefield on the northern front, seeing that the desertion situation is becoming more and more rampant, and the army's heart is becoming more and more shaken, Sun Kewang can't sit still.

He knew that if he continued to defend passively, what awaited him would be a complete loss of morale and a collapse in battle with the enemy, so he had to take the initiative to attack and win a few battles to save the morale of the army.

This matter is urgent, Sun Kewang immediately ordered his troops and took the initiative to attack the Chu army attacking the camp, but the Chu army had already taken precautions, and since the battle began, the large-scale engagement of the Chinese army finally began.

In order to be able to win this battle, Sun Kewang also put the few war elephants in his army into battle, intending to tear apart the tight military formation of the Chu army with the war elephants, but the Qin army had just entered the battlefield and was hit head-on by the Chu army.

The advancing Qin soldiers only heard a sharp scream in the air, and when they looked up at the source of the sound, they were horrified to find dozens of rockets dragging slender tail flames flying towards them at high speed.

"What's that?"

Some Qin soldiers who had just been drafted into the battlefield and had not yet seen rocket artillery asked in panic, but no one paid attention to him, because the rocket was extremely fast, spitting fireworks and hissing into the ranks of the Qin army and exploding, the soldiers around the center of the explosion suddenly fell to the ground, and the huge war elephant was also frightened, let out a terrifying hiss, and trampled on the ground heavily, and was about to lose control.

Boom Boom Boom –

The power of Congreve's rockets was undoubtedly terrifying, and the rockets exploded on the ground, igniting a raging fire, and the grass under the feet of the Qin soldiers suddenly became a sea of fire, and in the place where the soldiers fell, the charred stumps piled up.

The frightened war elephants fled in all directions like crazy, in their eyes there was no difference between friend and foe, trampling wantonly in their own army formation, those Qin soldiers who could not dodge screamed and were trampled on the ground by the war elephants, turning into a puddle of flesh, the Qin army suddenly formed a big chaos, the army was disheartened, and was forced to retreat.

The Chu army actually used only one salvo of Congreve rockets to defeat the Qin army's offensive.

"Rubbish! A bunch of rubbish! ”

In the camp of the Qin army, Sun Kewang looked at the generals in front of him with their heads lowered and submissive, and one of them even had black ash on his face, obviously having just retreated from the battlefield.

"Just one shot, just one round! Let you run away like a bunch of cowards! Sun Kewang was still roaring, and the saliva that spurted out of his mouth even splashed on his nearest cronies, but the latter did not dare to speak, so he could only silently endure the saliva splashing on himself.

After a burst of angry reprimands, Sun Kewang finally stopped, he gasped and returned to the main seat, signaling the general to explain, and the general replied cautiously:

"Lord of the country, the fire bolts shot by the Chu army will explode after they hit the ground, and the soldiers of our army will suffer heavy casualties, not to mention, they are also shocked.

Frightened the war elephants, the war elephants trampled madly in the military formation, broke up the formation, if they continued to attack, there would only be more unnecessary casualties, and the last general ordered a retreat, please know the lord! ”

After speaking, he fell to his knees and waited for Sun Kewang's disposal.

The generals who accompanied them also echoed the words, although their soldiers and horses were not shelled by rocket artillery, but after the sudden rout of the friendly army, they could not figure out the situation, in order to evacuate the battlefield with them just in case, if they did not follow the general, they would not be able to escape.

Listening to the other party's explanation, Sun Kewang's anger dropped slightly, he looked outside with a solemn face, and said, "What is that fire arrow?" The explosion on the ground is so powerful, it's a pity that such a sharp weapon fell into the hands of the Chu army, if it can be used by our army, where can the Chu army be so rampant. ”

As his words fell, Fan Yingxu, a close confidant on the side, suddenly spoke, and said, "Lord of the country, the fire arrows used by the Chu army, from the perspective of the ministers, are very similar to a firearm called a swarm of bees. ”

"Oh?" Sun Kewang looked at him and asked, "What is a swarm of bees?" ”

In the face of Sun Kewang's question, Fan Yingxu talked eloquently and said: "This thing is driven by gunpowder, and the rocket is held in a special wooden barrel. ”

After listening to Fan Yingxu's account, the general with black ash on his face questioned: "But the rocket launched by the Chu army can explode when it lands, and the power of the explosion is far greater than the swarm of bees in your mouth. ”

"If the minister is not mistaken, this thing should be the finished product after the improvement of the Chu army, but not a single finished product has been captured, if it can be captured, the lord of the country can also order someone to imitate it."

Indeed, only after the finished product is seized can someone order someone to imitate it, but Sun Kewang didn't want to be beaten passively now, so he ordered Fan Yingxu to find a swarm of bees in his mouth, wanting to see how powerful this swarm of bees was.

On the one hand, he wants to see how powerful this swarm of bees is, and if it is good, he will assemble the whole army, on the other hand, he also wants his craftsmen to improve on the basis of a swarm of bees, and see if they can compare with the rockets used by the Chu army. @

Fan Yingxu naturally received the order, as Sun Kewang's diehard party, he hoped that Sun Kewang could become bigger than anyone, and now that the Qin army was in danger, he would naturally work hard, do his best, and dedicate his strength.