"Master Hou, the inventory has been made clear, except for the injured war horses, a total of 2,132 intact war horses have been captured this time." At this moment, Chen Ming walked over with the booklet and handed it to Chen Mo with both hands.

Chen Ming joined the army in Chen Mo's record office, specializing in the drafting of documents, recording commendations and other important work in the army.

The seized materials counted below will be classified and summarized here by Chen Ming.

Chen Mo asked Sun Meng to call Shao Jinneng and Wei Qing, and said to them: "The captured war horses this time will be raised by your Xiao cavalry guards. ”

Chen Mo handed the booklet to Shao Jinneng.

After Shao Jinneng finished reading it, his face was happy, more than 2,000 war horses, if they were used well, they could create another 700 mounted cavalry.

"Master Xie." Shao Jinneng arched his hand to Chen Mo, his face excited.

Chen Mo didn't speak, a greedy desire rose in his heart, if he could swallow Jin Xia's Eastern Route Army, he would be able to create a real cavalry.

The kind where light cavalry, mounted cavalry, and semi-mounted cavalry are all wrapped.

Chen Mo's face paused slightly, and then he said to the generals: "Today's defeat of the enemy, taking the enemy's camp, is already a big victory, and tomorrow the whole army will slowly press up, and first drive this group of Jinxia barbarians out of Gaozhou." Wine and meat have been prepared in the camp, so let's go to the camp to drink and feast. ”

As he spoke, Sun Meng, Shao Jinneng, Changfen and the generals of the Jiangdong Army returned to their camps.

Chen Mo returned to his tent and said: "This advance has also allowed us to find out the military strength of Jinxia. ”

Xia Zhining frowned, sighed and said, "It's a pity, their cavalry is too fast to catch up, if they catch up, they will be able to defeat their main force in one go." ”

Now that we have exposed the power of the red-coated artillery, and we have defeated them in one fell swoop, do you think they will run away in fear? ”

"No, it won't." Chen Mo shook his head and said, "Now that we can already determine that Jin Xia is attacking the Great Song Dynasty on two fronts, east and west. Then these two routes will eventually converge, and if the Eastern Route Army runs away, or drags on for too long, it will delay the convergence with the Western Route Army. ”

Xia Zhining understood what Chen Mo meant, and immediately said, "You mean that although they ran today, they will still come back to fight us." ”

Chen Mo nodded: "If they want to go south, they must pass through Qingzhou, and we just need to advance slowly." ”

……

After the defeat of Jinxia's Eastern Route Army from the Guanshan Plain, they retreated all the way to the "Qi'er City".

Mi'er Castle is the closest city to the Guanshan Plain and is under the jurisdiction of Gaozhou.

After returning to the city, Timur immediately went to check on the soldiers who had been injured by the loud noise.

In the camp of wounded soldiers, there was a wail in the camp.

Jin Xia's medical treatment is not as good as that of the Great Song Dynasty, for ordinary soldiers who are not martial artists, once they are injured in a large area, or even a knife wound that is too deep, after infection, there is a high probability that it will still be a dead word.

"General."

"General."

When Timur came in, the wounded soldiers said in a respectful voice.

Timur waved his hand, asked the doctor who treated him, and said, "What's the situation?" ”

The doctor looked at the wounded soldiers, but did not say anything clearly.

Timur understood what the other party meant, and walked out of the wounded barracks, followed by the doctor.

Outside the wounded barracks, the doctor said: "Most of them are penetrating injuries, and some of them are injured to internal organs, which is beyond the scope of manpower." Whether you can live or not can only be left to fate. ”

"Penetrating wounds?"

Timur's eyes flashed.

"This was taken out by his subordinates from the wounds of some wounded soldiers." The doctor took out a piece of iron, which still had blood stains, and handed it to Timur.

"Iron pieces?"

"That's right, my subordinates suspect that these penetrating injuries are caused by this piece of iron." The doctor said.

"But how could this piece of iron cause the previous loud noise?" Timur was somewhat unpredictable.

The doctor said: "According to the subordinates, this piece of iron is a fragment of some kind of broken item, and it should belong to the loud thing." ”

Timur's face was solemn.

They had all retreated to this city in defeat, but they didn't know what had defeated them.

However, there is no innate aura on this iron piece, it should not be some kind of supernatural power, but a weapon.

And the latter is often the most terrifying.

Timur picked up the piece of iron and sniffed it, and then said, "What does this smell like?" ”

"It should be sulfur." Sulfur is also a medicine, and the doctor is quite familiar with this smell.

"Brimstone." Timur muttered, "Isn't this medicine?" ”

He really couldn't find the slightest clue.

In the camp tent of the Jinxia Chinese army, all the generals and staff members were all depressed.

The so-called unknown is terrible, and this morning's battle was the most terrifying battle they felt, and the loud noise, so they stood behind it, and they were a little deafening.

Yelu Kuku and Kuimu were shot and killed in this battle.

Seeing Timur come in, the last fourth-grade military general under his command, Tie Mu Tie, who was also Timur's own nephew, said: "General, this Chen army has good combat strength, and there is that strange thunder to help, defending the city and fortifying the fortress is not what we are good at. ”

Timu Tie has called the thunderous thing that roars in the sky a strange thunder.

Timur did not say anything, and it was not until the head sat down that he spoke: "The reason why we lost this battle today is because of this. Strange thunder, this strange thunder should be sent from the Chen army, after landing it will make a loud noise and shatter, and our soldiers will die on the broken iron piece of this strange thunder"

Timur threw the iron piece on the table in front of him, and then continued: "Although this strange thunder is huge, it can kill dozens of people at a time, mainly because of the loud noise, which we have never heard, and the war horse has not been trained in this sound, so it is easy to be frightened, and once the war horse is frightened, the charging formation is difficult to maintain."

Timur summed up the defeat, and there was no means of defense at the moment.

"General, if we plug the ears of the war horse and blindfold its eyes, will it be avoided?" Said one of the generals.

"No. Many of the cavalry's instructions need to be conveyed to the war horse by passwords, and blocking the horse's ears will only get in the way of themselves, so the cavalry pays attention to the "unity of man and horse", and fights through the mutual understanding between people and horses. What's more, the sound of the strange thunder is so loud that it is difficult to block it. Someone retorted.

"Then just prick the horse's ears and deaf."

"It's a bad idea."

"Then you say that this can't work, then how can we resist Chen Jun's strange thunder, it is better to retreat and go back."

"If you think about it, there's a way to do it."

“.”

While the generals were discussing, Tuoba Zhu, who had not spoken, said to Timur: "General, this king has a way, I don't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

(End of chapter)