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Zhu Wen has now recruited more than 1 new horses, and his strength has greatly increased. The first batch of [-] rifles has been equipped with the team.

They fought several encounters with Zhang Xun's troops, Qin Zongquan's rear army, and Zhang Xun's troops retreated all the way. Liu Jianfeng and Ma Yin even did not work hard.

Zhu Wen marched lightly all the way, and when he chased to the junction of Bianzhou and Songzhou, there were only a thousand people left around him, and the brigade was thrown behind for more than a hundred miles.

Seeing Zhu Wen's lone army chasing him, Zhang Xun wanted to eat Zhu Wen's thousand troops, so he immediately set up camp on a small hill, preparing to counterattack.

Zhang Guiba said to Zhu Wen: "Master Hou, we are chasing too fast, the Chinese army led by Zhu Zhen can't keep up at all, why don't we rest for a whole day and chase tomorrow, so as not to be ambushed by the enemy army."

Zhu Wen smiled and said: "It's okay, although Zhang Xun has a lot of troops, they are scattered. In my eyes, they are just chickens and dogs. Zhang Qianyu's scout troops have reported that Zhang Xun camped in Chigang and sent 3000 troops. Prepare to counterattack and want to eat our 1000 people. Why don't we use our tricks and swallow his 3000 people, how about it!"

Although Zhang Guiba was a little nervous, but he knew that Zhu Wen was fascinated by the use of troops, so he immediately said: "The last general is willing to be the vanguard."

On the second day, Zhu Wen only brought hundreds of rangers to search for the enemy, but was discovered by Zhang Xun's scouts. Zhang Xun hurriedly ordered 3000 troops to come straight to Zhu Wen.

But Zhang Xun didn't know that all his movements were under the surveillance of the scouts that Zhu Wen had arranged in advance, and he used semaphore to inform Zhu Wen of the enemy's movements from a high place.

Zhang Xun's men and horses rushed all the way, bringing up a cloud of smoke and dust. Zhu Wen's men and horses suddenly encountered the enemy, but they were not at all chaotic. Immediately, more than 3000 people fell off their horses, and the formation was slightly chaotic.But in the face of hundreds of people, these [-] people naturally have no intention of stopping, not to mention that Zhu Wen is in the enemy's formation. Zhang Xun thought that as long as he rushed to the front, the enemy's iron pipes would not be able to exert their power. Capture Zhu Wen alive. Isn't it easy?

Hundreds of Zhu Wen's men calmly loaded their ammunition quickly, and fired again. This time the distance was a little closer, and more than [-] of the enemy fell from their horses.Zhu Wen whistled hastily, and hundreds of people turned their horses and galloped back.

Zhang Xun's men shot arrows while chasing, but the enemy was beyond the blow of bows and arrows, and the feathered arrows shot out could not hurt the enemy at all. From time to time, some people fell off their horses when they were chasing soldiers.

Zhang Xun saw that his troops had lost 700 people, but he was still unwilling to let Zhu Wen, a big piece of meat that reached his mouth, escape. Seeing that victory was within easy reach, he certainly didn't want to give up easily, so he could only ignore the casualties and ordered his men to grit their teeth Chase hard.

When they chased to the edge of a forest, the gunshots from Zhu Wen's side gradually became thinner. Zhang Yan thought that Zhu Wen's ammunition had been exhausted, and he was overjoyed, but he forgot the military taboo of "no entry into the forest", and hurriedly ordered him to kill him. Only the remaining 2000 people accelerated to catch up.

Zhu Wen's hundreds of troops obviously panicked, which made Zhang Yan who was behind him more convinced of his judgment, and took the lead in the charge, shouting: "Everyone and I will capture Zhu Wen alive, and the one who captures Zhu Wen will be rewarded!" 3000 taels of silver!"

As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. The 2000 people were all excited, rushing forward one after another, but after chasing for two or three miles, rows of feathered arrows suddenly flew out from both sides. These cavalry fell from their horses one after another.

The three brothers Zhang Guiba each led 200 men to ambush on both sides of the forest. The archers led by Zhang Guihou and Zhang Guibian were all veterans of the Huang Chao army. Although their combat effectiveness was not very strong, they had served for many years. He is a veteran, and although head-to-head confrontation may not be very good, sneak attack is good at it. Rows of feathered arrows shot over, hitting Zhang Xun's men and horses like headless flies. Only then did Zhang Xun know that he had been tricked.

At this time, Zhu Wen's hundreds of people also turned their horses' heads, and the iron pipe like a fire stick in their hands was aimed at Zhang Xun's team again, and there was another burst of gunfire like popping beans, this time the distance was closer, Therefore, more people are shot. This kind of rifle has a huge lethality, which is by no means comparable to bows and arrows. It can easily pierce through even thick armor. Combat power is not like bows and arrows, sometimes you can continue to fight after hitting a few arrows.

Zhang Xun hurriedly told the remaining thousand people to retreat, but there was a sound of horseshoes behind him, Zhang Guiba led a group of people and rushed over, cutting off Zhang Xun's retreat.Zhang Xun was horrified. He really didn't expect that his 3000 people were beaten like this by more than 1000 people, and now they are surrounded by people. If he wants to say this, Zhang Xun will not be laughed to death?

But now is not the time to be afraid of people's jokes, the most important thing is to rush out, otherwise, the more than 100 catties will be accounted for here.Zhang Xun doesn't want to die here without knowing why. There are still 1 people in Chigang's camp, and there are at least 5000 people in Liu Jianfeng's camp. It can also crush more than 1000 people like Zhu Wen to death.

But all of this must be based on the premise that he can go back alive. If he dies, there is no guarantee that Liu Jianfeng, a guy who was born as a green forest thief, will not swallow his remaining troops. Lu Tang is a role model. It was annexed by Liu Jianfeng.Thinking of this, and thinking that these days he and Liu Jianfeng have been performing the task of the rear of the palace together, Liu Jianfeng, that idiot, did not work hard, Zhang Xun felt that Liu Jianfeng hated Liu Jianfeng's teeth itching.

Seeing the rain of arrows and locusts on both sides, Zhang Xun didn't know how many people were in ambush. Zhu Wen's hundreds of people were even more difficult to deal with. Only Zhang Guiba didn't have many people, it seemed that there were only two to three hundred people. Zhang Xun quickly made a decision , rushed towards Zhang Guiba's men.

Zhang Guiba's men were not equipped with rifles, but old-fashioned cold weapons, short bows and spears, which were similar to Zhang Xun's equipment.Zhang Xun is also an old soldier on the battlefield. He has fought for many years, and this situation can still be seen, so he made a decisive decision and prepared to fight his way back.

Although Zhang Guiba's men and horses were also cavalry, they didn't rush forward, but just reined in their horses and blocked them with bows and arrows. so stupid?The cavalry is used as archers in place, and all the speed advantages of the cavalry are discarded. Isn't this courting death?

But before he was happy, the two groups of people were already very close, Zhang Guiba gave an order: "Change the grenade!"

These more than 200 people put their bows and arrows back to the saddle, quickly took out a slingshot, and shot iron balls slightly larger than eggs with cracks, but the accuracy of these people was extremely poor, and some of them missed at all. People, but fell under the horseshoe of one's own side.

Zhang Xun thought to himself that these guys are sick, right?What are you doing?Before he could react, these iron egg-shaped things exploded on the ground. The sharp shrapnel quickly harvested the lives of Zhang Xun's cavalry. The screams of people and the neighing of horses intertwined into a moving symphony of war song.

Zhang Xun felt a coolness on his left cheek, and then he felt a sticky liquid flowing down. He touched it with his hand, and it was full of blood. He didn't feel a burning pain until he saw the blood.But at this time, there is no time to think about what kind of weapon the enemy is, let alone bandage the wound, so he can only rush forward.

Zhang Guiba's men fired two rounds of grenades with their slingshots. Then they put the slingshot back on their waists, picked up their spears, urged their horses forward, and fought with Zhang Xun's remnant army. When the poisonous dragon came out of the hole, Zhang Xun's men and horses would either die or be injured if they touched it.A long spear bloomed a bloody flower among the enemy group, which was colorful.

Under the guard of [-] pro-army, Zhang Xun finally blazed a trail and fled like a bereaved dog.After Zhang Xun got rid of the pursuers, he felt severe pain all over his body. There were many wounds on his body, most of which were caused by shrapnel from the enemy's grenade. arrow.

Looking around, there are only dozens of remnants of his own soldiers left in the 3000 troops, and all of them are injured. This time, Zhang Xun suffered a heavy defeat, and the [-] elite cavalry lost their blood.

But now was not the time to lament, the enemy's pursuers were still behind, he didn't dare to stay, and fled all the way to his camp.

But Zhu Wen checked the troops, only Zhang Guiba was in charge of intercepting more than 20 people on his side, and injured forty or fifty, while the other teams were basically unscathed.More than [-] people died and the enemy's entire [-] cavalry were killed. This can definitely be called a complete victory.

Where did the three Zhang Guiba brothers see such a fight?Zhang Guihou sighed, "Today we have learned a lot. It turns out that this battle can still be fought like this. Even if Marquis Zhuge Wu is resurrected, I'm afraid we won't be able to do this."

Zhu Wen said with a smile: "This is the power of science and technology. If Wu Biao hadn't led a group of people to work around the clock to develop this musket for more than a year, where would we have such an easy victory?"

Zhang Gui said: "I heard that Lord Hou provided them with the production method of this musket, including the design of the blueprint and various requirements, which were all determined by Lord Hou. Wu Biao just made it according to the sample, but it is so complicated and delicate. It is really thanks to Old Wu that he can make something like this. Even the most famous swordsmith in the world may not be able to create such an exquisite and sharp hidden weapon. Even Tangmen, the most famous hidden weapon family, may not be able to meet such a hidden weapon. Be willing to bow down."

Zhu Wen said with a little pride: "All martial arts and hidden weapons are not even scum in front of science and technology. In the era of cold weapons, as long as you have muskets, that is, the batch of weapons that have just been equipped in our army, as long as you have ammunition, you can definitely use it." With one against ten, 1 horses can still defeat an army of [-]."