"Chi Guerrilla, who escaped back earlier, said how powerful the imperial court soldiers and horses were, and I think there was a lot of moisture in his words."

"Shut up!" An old thief scolds the two recruits who are talking loudly.

"You have never encountered the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, how do you know that Chi Guerrilla has moisture? Just by the self-righteousness of both of you? ”

This old thief had fought countless battles with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and he knew best the fighting strength of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court before and now.

In the past, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were left alone, but now the soldiers and horses of the imperial court can be said to be the elite of the elite, whether it is ordnance or soldiers!

The two recruits were reprimanded, they didn't dare to say anything more, and they also muttered in their hearts, are the court soldiers really invincible?

Otherwise, the rebel team would not have retreated all the way north and had brought all the young men from their village hostage.

If the imperial court soldiers and horses are really powerful, then they have to think about how to survive in the next siege battle.

Drums sounded outside the city, and the imperial soldiers and horses advanced in an orderly manner, stopping outside the effective range of the city.

The recruit clenched the hilt of his sword and stared nervously at the ranks outside the city.

This time he knew to lower his voice, "Wang Er, why did the soldiers and horses of the imperial court stop?" ”

Wang Er also said in a low voice: "I don't know, I just listened to the words of the veteran, I think these two rounds of steel cannons don't seem to be simple, if they attack the city, you remember to follow me, we have to hide as much as possible, don't give your life in vain." ”

In the end, they surrendered if they could, anyway, they just got in, and they naturally don't have a good impression of these rebels.

The rebel generals would also be curious about how the imperial soldiers and horses would use these two rounds of artillery.

Zhenghe asked Ying Wei, who was standing beside him, "What's so peculiar about those artillery?" ”

Otherwise, it is impossible for the imperial court to think of attacking the city with two rounds of artillery, there must be something special.

Ying Weizhong shook his head: "My subordinates have never heard of the power of their artillery, it can't be a new weapon newly developed, right?" I heard that the queen of Dayu raised a group of skilled craftsmen. ”

Hearing this, Zhenghe's brows furrowed even tighter, it was really difficult to fight against the imperial court.

The former King Qian was rumored to be the gentleman in the capital, who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, how to inherit the throne was like a changed person, and pulled the precarious dynasty back from the brink of life and death.

Now they are forced to retreat from the rebel army, and if they continue to force them, they can only break through to Jizhou.

While the two were talking, the imperial court soldiers and horses outside the city moved again.

To be precise, the artillery at the front moved.

Li Chengmu, who was standing in front of the Chinese army, watched the artillery fill the shells, and finally confirmed to Xia Jing: "Queen Mother, do these shells really have the magical effect you said?" ”

Xia Jing looked at the Fengxian city wall in the distance, and said confidently: "This is the first version of biochemistry ** developed by your mother and I personally, if you want to know what the effect is, put some patience and look back." ”

"Grandmother, if two rounds of steel cannons can capture a city, then in the next battle, we can basically be invincible with your weapons, and it is only a matter of time before the imperial court recovers the lost territory."

Yuan Rongcheng, who came to the meeting with Long Yutian this time, spoke at this time, and he was looking forward to the next battle.

"Bang bang!"

The two cannons rang out, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone outside the city.

The steel cannon was small and inconspicuous, but the cannonballs it fired flew directly over the city walls, flew into the city, and exploded in the rear of the rebels defending the city.

The rebels who were standing under the city and ready to support the city were killed, the shells exploded in their crowd, and a group of people were wounded, and the worst of all, the smoke of the explosion stinged everyone's eyes.

"Ahh My eyes! ”

"It hurts! My eyes are out of sight! ”

There were even rebels who were injured by the explosion, covered in blood, but he couldn't care about the pain in his body because of the pain in his eyes.

The eyes of the rebels smoked by the smoke were so painful that they could not open their eyes, let alone see.

And those who were a little farther away from the explosion point of the shells, some were slightly less damaged by the smoke, and their eyes were sore and tearful.

Two shells exploded, and the rebels outside the area turned pale with horror at the sight of such a hellish scene.

Zhenghe yelled at the stupid rebels: "Fight back, fight back!" Why are you stunned! Is this the time on the battlefield when you are stunned? Yes! Hurry up and load Lao Tzu with shells and shoot at the enemy! ”

The rebels came to their senses, their expressions grim, and each of them quickly checked the chamber of the gun, and then reloaded and ignited.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

As the shells carrying the hope of the rebels were fired, they all fell more than ten feet away from the imperial army's soldiers and horses, which shows that the range of the artillery of the two armies is very different.

The rebels' hopeful gaze was all overshadowed.

The steel cannons on the imperial court side were loaded with shells and fired at fire.

"Bang bang!"

The sound of the two is different, the sound of the artillery bombardment is not as earth-shattering as the rebels, but the range and damage level are beyond the reach of the rebels' old-fashioned guns.

"Ahh My eyes! ”

"It hurts! My eyes are out of sight! ”

The screams are repeated, but every rebel who gets in the smoke will be hurt in the eyes, and the amount of damage you will do depends on the degree of contamination you have.

Zhenghe stood in the city tower and saw this scene, and jumped to his feet with anger, "The soldiers and horses of the imperial court boast of orthodoxy, but they don't talk about martial arts at all, is this a war?" Such a method is completely inferior, despicable! ”

"If you want to fight, you have to fight in the open, what kind of gentleman is it to make these shady methods that cannot be put on the table? I think their prince is also a false appearance! ”

Zhenghe cursed, and the rebels at the head of the city saw the cannon fire outside the city, and they were so frightened that they hugged their heads and ran away, and this terrible weapon bombarded them, and they wanted to go into the ground and hide.

Ying Weizhong looked at the team that was about to collapse at the touch of a button, and his eyes were red with anxiety, and he suggested to Zhenghe: "General, according to the current situation, we must evacuate!" ”

"Fart!"

Zhenghe was furious, "Is Lao Tzu the general of the defeated army who fled without a fight?" You kid is uneasy and kind, do you want Lao Tzu to sweep away the majesty, so can you replace him? ”

Ying Weizhong rolled his eyes at him unceremoniously, and pointed to the soldiers and horses of the imperial court outside the city, "How can this battle be fought now?" How do you say to fight? Their artillery is far longer than ours, our artillery can't hit them at all, and they can easily destroy us!

If we delay any longer, the losses of our soldiers and horses will gradually expand, rather than resisting here, it is better to rush into Jizhou by surprise according to our previous plan, and it is the right thing to protect this team first! ”

Stay in the green mountains, are you afraid that there will be no firewood?

In this way of fighting, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were not damaged in the slightest, but they were predictably suffering heavy losses.

In that case, why not run away first!

Ying Weizhong's persuasion and the screams of the soldiers outside were like a tight spell, and his head hurt suddenly when he heard it.

The scene outside made Zhenghe's heart sink into the valley, and his face became more and more ugly.

The facts are in front of him, the imperial court soldiers and horses are not currently able to defeat him, at least today he does not order a retreat, I believe that after two rounds of artillery shells, these rebels defending the city will basically escape cleanly, and then he will become the commander of the light pole.

If he starts to organize his personnel to retreat to the north gate of the city now, he may be able to take most of his soldiers with him.

Ying Weizhong looked at another group of brothers who fell, and his eyes were red with anxiety: "General, make a decision quickly, no matter how late the brothers are, they won't be able to stand it!" ”

Now looking at the posture of the imperial court, they do not retreat or surrender, for fear that they want to annihilate their team in one fell swoop.

The strength and equipment of the imperial court soldiers and horses are much better than those on their side, so the strength is weak, and it is the right solution to withdraw quickly.

After more than a dozen rounds of artillery shells, the rebels guarding the city basically lost their combat effectiveness, and a round of dense drums sounded outside the city.

"General, make a decision quickly! I'm afraid it's too late! ”

Zhenghe gritted his teeth, the combat effectiveness on his side has been lost, what can he do if he doesn't withdraw!

"Withdraw!"

When Ying Weizhong heard this, his heart was relieved, and he quickly conveyed the order.

Zhenghe was escorted down the city tower by his own soldiers and galloped to the north of the city.

This battle was the most inexplicable and humiliating battle he had ever fought in his life.

It was really inexplicable to foresee the defeat.

A few rounds of shelling crushed them, like an ant meeting an elephant, and this deep sense of powerlessness instructed them to flee if they did not flee.

In front of the Chinese army outside the city, Li Chengmu put down the binoculars and said to Xia Jing excitedly: "Queen Mother, the rebels want to flee!" ”

Xia Jing didn't need him to say it, she also found that the rebels at the head of the city didn't even take the handsome flag, and they all ran away.

Long Yutian said excitedly to Xia Jing: "Niangniang, this is the best time for us to pursue while we are victorious!" ”

Xia Jing did not hesitate, took out her sword, pointed directly at the city wall of Feng County, and ordered loudly: "All the soldiers listen to the order and attack Feng County!" Those who can capture the thief alive will receive a bounty of 100 taels, 100 acres of fertile land, and an official promotion! Rush! ”

The generals who followed Xia Jing drew their swords one after another and shouted loudly: "Get promoted and get rich, rush!" Rush! Rush! ”

The shouts of the soldiers shook the sky and naturally spread into the city, and the rebels who had lost their combat effectiveness were frightened and stumbled forward with the other rebels.

If they don't run away and are caught by the imperial court's soldiers and horses, there is only one way to die, and it is really not easy to be a prisoner, and some people would rather die than be prisoners.

When a soldier goes to the battlefield and is captured, it is a great shame!

The soldiers and horses of the imperial court rushed into battle to kill the enemy, the gods blocked and killed the gods, the Buddha blocked and killed the Buddhas, and the city gate blocked and crashed open.

Rushing all the way into the city, the main rebel force had fled from the city, and the rebels who were scurrying around the city were basically blind from the smoke of the shells.

Xia Jing didn't dislike it, so she asked them to gather them together and wash their eyes with the medicinal juice she prepared, and they could regain their sight in less than twelve hours.

These captives are all high-quality labor, Xia Jing is reluctant to waste them, so she can use them all, let them dig for ores, and let them go to open up wasteland after the spring and help the imperial court build railways.

The Lingnan Iron Workshop has developed and manufactured the steam engine, and the northern side only needs to melt the snow in the spring to start building the railway.

In ancient times, the food was original, safe and environmentally friendly, and the only bad thing was that the transportation was inconvenient.

If a railway can be built, then there will be another way for people to travel that has never been seen before.

"The queen mother captured some rebel prisoners, and about sixty percent of the rebels escaped. Sha Yuliang and Feng Tu led people to pursue, and I believe that it will not be long before they will be forced to enter Jizhou according to the plan we have arranged in advance. ”

Xia Jing nodded: "Let everyone rest for one night, and continue the pursuit tomorrow." ”

"Driving, driving"

Two days later, outside a county town on the border of Jizhou, across the Zhangshui River, several fast horses rushed into the city gate.

The snow on the streets was so crowded that the snow was slowly melting, and the fast horses galloped past, splashing countless snow waters, frightening the people on both sides of the streets to hide in a hurry.

Even if they are forced to be so embarrassed, they dare not speak out.

Some of them are upright, and at most they only dare to snort twice in secret and scold a few words about livestock, which will not cause actual harm.

"Report! My lord, the rebel army in northern Henan has now been defeated by the soldiers and horses led by the prince, and has crossed the Zhangshui River and stepped into the territory of our Jizhou, wounding more than 3,000 of our army and fleeing into the mountains and forests. ”

After listening to the report that was not collected at night, everyone present frowned.

Xiao Qi, the assassin of Jizhou, raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, "We have 100,000 soldiers in Jizhou at this border, I thought that no matter how bold and reckless the rebels were, they would not dare to cross the Zhangshui River, but I didn't expect them to be bold and dare to trespass into Jizhou!" ”

Since they are so ignorant, then they will close the door and beat the dogs, so that this group of thieves will also know that it is not easy to mess with him Jizhou Assassin History!

The blood debt of 3,000 will be repaid by their blood!

Xiao Qi's eldest son, Xiao Baoyin, is the most angry, he is the eldest son in the family, everything in Jizhou will be inherited by him in the future, and the rebels entering Jizhou are not equivalent to disasters in his family.

The thief came to the house to cause trouble, and he did not ask for permission, he decided to take the initiative to ask for war and teach the traitor a lesson.

Thinking of this, he opened his mouth and asked Ye Bushu, who was kneeling on the ground: "Do you know how many soldiers and horses the rebels have?" ”

Ye Buhui estimated a little in his heart, and said an approximate number: "There are at least more than 30,000 people!" ”

"Thirty thousand!"

Xiao Baoyin was overjoyed, and turned his head to Xiao Qi to ask for battle: "Father, give my son 30,000 horses, I will clean up this group of ignorant thieves, and I must let them know that not everyone in Jizhou can break into it casually!" ”

The other Jizhou generals and Xiao Yuncheng were surprised, they didn't have Xiao Baoyin, who had been staying in Jizhou and not going out, would take the initiative to ask for battle.

With such an open-mindedness, does he think that the rebels who fled in embarrassment are easy to deal with?

Xiao Qi was very pleased that his eldest son was willing to share the burden for him, and he had always liked to be safe, so his eldest son Xiao Baoyin wanted to go on the expedition, and he agreed, but the strength of the army could not be 30,000, but 50,000.

Xiao Qi's purpose in doing this is obvious, that is, he doesn't want his eldest son to be in danger, and experience is very important, but compared with experience, they feel that their son's safety is more important.

Yes, he transferred 50,000 soldiers and horses to him, 50,000 elites against 30,000, not to mention Xiao Qi, others also think that such strength is absolutely crushing in front of the rebels.

"Give you 50,000, are you sure that you will drive the rebels out of Jizhou within half a month, or wipe them all out to use as fertilizer for flowers and trees?"

Xiao Baoyin was shocked when he heard that he had given him 50,000 troops, and then he excitedly wanted to run a few laps along the county seat.

Father is so powerful!

However, he knew nothing about warfare, and if he was asked to carry out a certain task, he would be absolutely powerless.

"Thank you father, my son will live up to your expectations, study hard, and honor his father and mother."

After speaking, Xiao Baoyin wiped the sweat on his forehead weakly, whether he lost or won, he would get the military power first.

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