Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1071 Backer
Chapter 1081

"Fight with them!" Various voices in various languages ​​are intertwined, and the noise has become the only melody here.A little boy rushed out of the sea of ​​flames, and there were still black marks on his pink and tender face.He raised his head timidly and looked around, only to find that the surrounding scenery was so strange.

He led the soldiers of the Western Army of Wei Guoan through here, and saw the little boy who had just escaped from the flames.He turned his head to look at this young life, then raised his hand and pointed his wound crossbow at him.Facing this boy who is less than four feet tall, he still hesitates in his heart.However, when he was hesitating, he remembered the words of the instructor in his head: "Only the dead barbarian is a good barbarian. If he is not of my race, his heart must be different. We accepted the surrender of the Huns and put The most fertile Hetao area gave them a rest. But after the Huns had accumulated enough strength, they raised their butcher knives to us Han people. Countless villages were slaughtered by the Huns, and countless women and sisters became their ravaged playthings. Not only It is the Huns, Xianbei, Jie, Di, Qiang, which Hu people have not received the favor of the Han people? Which one will be soft-hearted when raising the butcher's knife? No, they will not be soft-hearted, they can't wait to kill us Extermination. Being kind to the enemy is cruel to your own people. Once you raise the barbarians in the future, they may raise their butcher knives against us Han people again in the future and carry out an extinct massacre!" Thinking of this, this Anxi The soldiers leading the army pulled the trigger of the crossbow without hesitation.

No one in the servant army took a look at the little Persian boy who fell to the ground from the crossbow arrows. Countless corpses were thrown into the fire, and the houses and the Persian marks were all turned into a pile of fly ash.I believe that it will not be long before any traces of the Persians will be lost here.

When the operation to clear the Persians was being carried out in the Herat area, Liu Ke left the camp with the last army in the Anxi army camp.The camp was in a mess right now, with horse feed and hay scattered everywhere, as well as tents, wood and other sundries, as well as messy things.

When Qi Bi retreated to the Wei Army camp with less than [-] remnants, a cavalryman of the Anxi Army said: "General Zhongshun, your mission has been completed, please retreat with me now."

"Tell me what's going on here?" No matter how stupid Qi Bi was, he knew he had been tricked.Now, from crossing the river to being defeated, there is a distance of more than an hour. Let alone the cavalry of Wei State, even the infantry should reach the bank of the Heli River.But not only did he not see a single reinforcement, but he also found that the camp of Wei State that had arrived was actually empty.

"I have someone to explain this question to the general. Now General Zhongshun, please retreat with the humble post!" the Anxi Army cavalry said expressionlessly.

Qi Bi looked at the attire of this Anxi Army cavalryman and knew that it was a cavalryman belonging to the personal guard of Anxi General Liu Ke.He was very helpless and had to retreat with the cavalry.

Liu Ke looked at the soldiers of the Zhongshun Army passing through the camp of the Wei Army, pondered for a while, and asked later, "How many troops are there in the Zhongshun Army?"

"Six battalions of 3000 soldiers, less than [-] left."

"Such waste, they are also cavalry, even if they can't beat the Heda cavalry, they should be able to run!" Liu Ke said: "They are all four-legged cavalry, and they lost so badly. So many horses were wasted!"

The staff officer said: "We have received information that General Zhongshun led the Zhongshun Army on the west bank of the river and fought with the western general Urdu of the Heda Army for more than half an hour, and defeated the six or seven thousand elite cavalry under Urdu's command. I really couldn't resist, and only then did I discover the defeat!"

When Liu Ke heard this, he looked at Qibi with admiration. You must know that these [-] mobs are nothing but mud that can't support the wall. At least a regiment of cavalry from the Anxi Army can easily eliminate them. I didn't expect them to behave like this this time. Not bad, quite seedy.

Liu Ke sighed and said: "Record the order, because the Zhongshun Army's unit fought bravely and exceeded the set combat mission. In view of the Zhongshun Army's performance, I specially confer the rank of Major General on the Zhongshun Army Qibi Great Wei Royal Army. The Zhongshun Army has since From now on, entering the inspection period, as long as they pass the inspection, all the officers and men of the army will be admitted to the Wei nationality and enjoy the treatment of the second-class cavalry division of the Royal Army of the Wei Dynasty. This order will be notified to the entire army and reported to the General Staff Headquarters."

Originally, Qibi was very unwilling, but when he heard this order, he was so excited that he almost jumped up.Regardless of the trauma on his body, he hurriedly went to thank Liu Ke.

It's just that at this time, Qibi was in a very miserable state, and was shot with dozens of arrows, although these arrows could not break through the Mingguang armor of the Modao Army.But when Ran Ming designed the Mingguang armor, he paid special attention to the frontal defense, while the back hardly had any decent defense, not even the leather armor.This is Ran Ming's purpose to motivate the soldiers to fight bravely, to let them understand that if they fight head-on, they still have armor defenses, and if they expose their backs to the enemy, it is a dead end.When Qibi retreated, he carried dozens of arrows on his back. If it wasn't for the long distance, his strength would have been exhausted, and he probably would not have survived long ago.However, although he looked in a state of distress now, he was not seriously injured at all, and he would be alive and kicking again as long as he recuperated for ten and a half months.

Liu Ke said: "General Qibi, you are very good, you have done better than the general expected!"

Hearing this, Qibi was almost moved to tears, and the hard work finally paid off.

Just when Qibi was moved, Liu Ke looked at the Heda cavalry who had charged into the camp of Wei State, and sighed: "It really is a brave army! It is the true nature of a brave army! No wonder Ur They can be invincible, and the Heda iron cavalry is indeed extraordinary!"

When Urdu actually discovered that the Wei army camp had become empty, he already realized that something was wrong.He might have been tricked, but at this moment, he didn't show any signs of timidity. Instead, he carefully observed the Wei army who was a few minutes away from the Wei camp.The more he looked at the sneer at the corner of his mouth, the thicker he was. Although Wei Jun had formed an encirclement circle around his camp, their line of defense was very thin due to the dispersion of troops. With such a line of defense, how could they trap his army?As long as he leads the army to break through any point, he will be able to crack the Wei army's plan. At that time, not only will the Wei army not be able to wipe out his soldiers and horses, but they will be defeated by him one by one because of the scattered forces. In the end, he will focus on the front right. On the mound, there was a forest of banners erected there, telling him that the enemy's main general was there.

However, just when Urdu ordered the whole army to rest in the camp for a while, in order to guard against the conspiracy of the Wei army, he also sent people to carefully inspect the inside of the camp. In order to prepare to charge again.

However, Urdu didn't know that there were tens of thousands of land mines buried under the camp where he was.In fact, practical mines, especially land mines of this period, could not kill cavalry in field conditions at all.

Because Wei Guo invented landmines as early as Huanwen's battle in Chengdu, Ran Ming realized that he had forgotten another method of gunpowder warfare.During the War of Resistance Against Japan, mine warfare was a well-known story. At that time, there was no advanced technology at that time, and Wei Guo could completely manufacture landmines.It's just that whether this landmine uses a trip trigger or a trigger, it can't be as sensitive as the later mines.The fastest detonating fuze also needs at least five breaths. This kind of landmine is something that can pit teammates against cavalry or infantry.Because the infantry is in the process of marching, the five-breath time can also stay away from the killing range of landmines.

In fact, Liu Ke's army to conquer the west was not equipped with landmines.However, Liu Ke brought a lot of gunpowder under his command.Because Ye Xian set off earlier, the gunpowder he brought was very limited.However, Liu Ke carried [-] to [-] barrels of gunpowder transferred from Shule.These gunpowder were used by Liu Ke under the big camp at one time, amounting to more than [-] barrels.Each [-]-jin wooden barrel became a big landmine.

Of course, Liu Ke did not use any trigger mines, nor did he use any trip mines, but adopted a very primitive method.That is to guide the fuze under the fuel, use the ballista to launch incendiary bombs, and attack the camp.Use the camp of the big camp to limit the range of activities of the Heda cavalry and increase the casualties of the Heda cavalry.

However, before Urdu launched an attack, at this time, Liu Ke ordered Wei Guoan's western army to ambush, and tens of thousands of troops surrounded the original camp of Wei army.And the ballista cart began to move forward slowly under the cover of the infantry.When the Wei army camp entered the range of the ballista, the ballista began to prepare to shoot Zhu Yuan.

"The No. [-] ballista is ready!"

"The No. [-] ballista is ready!"

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Liu Ke ordered: "Start!"

Dozens of hundreds of crossbows connected to Wei's camp and fired incendiary bombs.These incendiary bombs fell one after another in the Wei camp, forming big fires one after another.Many cavalrymen were engulfed by the fire, making horrible screams.However, before Urdu could make an effective counterattack, clusters of orange-red flames rose from everywhere in the camp, and a large amount of earth and rocks rose into the air, mixed with countless stones, sawdust, and the remnants of men and horses. Limbs and splattered blood, and then scattered in all directions like flowers.

This kind of thing happened beyond the expectations of almost everyone on the battlefield. Everyone stared wide-eyed and looked towards the places where the explosions occurred. The explosive power of the fifty-jin gunpowder barrel was quite astonishing, absolutely no better than the artillery shells of later generations. Where is the difference.Especially the horses of the Heda cavalry, who had never encountered such a situation, were all frightened and ran around.Those cavalrymen who were hit by the incendiary bombs fired by the ballista were new fires one by one. They ran around, but ignited many places, causing more powder kegs to explode.

What made the Heda cavalry generals even more frightening was that when the explosions sounded, earth and rocks flew up on the ground, and countless iron irons and iron pieces flew out from the ground. These things flew across the crowd. The soldiers and horses near the explosion point couldn't resist such a blow at all, and they were hit by these flying objects one after another. When they fell to the ground on their backs, they were trampled into flesh by the horses of their own who followed. .

Almost in just half a stick of incense, the more than [-] cavalry under Urdu's command were completely confused and out of control.In particular, what made the Heda cavalry at a loss was that at this time, seeing the defeat of the Heda cavalry, the extremely brave servants of Wei State began to roar, rushing towards them like locusts crossing the border.

The power of black powder is much lower than that of TNT in later generations, but when there is enough black powder, the power is enough to destroy the world.The entire former Wei army camp was densely arranged by Liu Ke with tens of thousands of extra-large landmines, each of which was [-] catties of granular black powder, and more than [-] catties of black powder exploded. A loud explosion shook the whole of Herat.It covered up the screams of everyone in the camp, and the black smoke could be seen clearly from tens of miles away.

Although many of the Heda cavalry in the camp were lucky, they avoided the stones and broken swords and other debris raised by the mines.But they couldn't avoid the ubiquitous explosion shock wave. The explosion shock wave of more than [-] catties of black powder was very strong. Dozens of Anxi Saber and Shield Soldiers were smashed to death on the spot.

Rao Liu Ke made perfect preparations. The ears of all the soldiers in the army were stuffed with cork earplugs or soft things in advance. Instead of opening their mouths one by one in advance, I am afraid that a large number of people will be deaf.

As for the camp of Wei State, it has now become a huge morgue.Some of the human and horse corpses were complete, but there were also corpse fragments of various shapes. Human internal organs, intestines, human feet and heads were also everywhere.Even if there were still lucky people in the camp who survived by chance, all of them were blown into fools and deaf people at this moment.

The soldiers of Wei State's servant army who were going to step forward to take advantage of it were also affected by the shock wave because they rushed too fast and too fast, and died tragically on the spot.As if time stood still, the gunpowder smoke slowly began to disperse, and the camp gradually revealed its original appearance.It's just that the air is filled with the choking smell of gunpowder and a strong smell of blood, as well as the burnt smell of the corpses of many people and horses being roasted.

The camp was so horrible that even the generals of the Anxi Army felt it was unbelievable.

Urdu, the western general of the Heda Empire, and his [-] elite cavalry were directly wiped out by more than [-] landmines from Liu Ke.Whether it was the generals and soldiers of the Anxi Army who entered the battlefield, or the servants of the various armies of the Wei State, they were all stunned by the shocking explosion, and the cavalry of the servants were also trembling with fright.

More than 1000 elite Heda cavalry were wiped out in such a short period of time. This result shocked countless people.The generals and soldiers of the servant army could clearly see that the Wei army only dispatched a few hundred people, and it was certain that there would never be more than 1000 people.With less than [-] soldiers, the Anxi army could cleanly kill dozens of times the enemy within the time of one stick of incense, and more than [-] cavalry were all killed.If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they certainly wouldn't believe it, but it happened.

At this moment, the soldiers of the servant army looked at the soldiers of the Anxi army in black armor, and their eyes had changed.A thought came to their heads in unison, these Wei people are not humans, they are devils or gods.Some soldiers of the servant army knew that the ballistas on two wheels had caused the huge explosion, and they all believed that these things were not weapons of the human world, but weapons of the gods.Many soldiers of the servant army kowtowed devoutly to the soldiers of the Anxi army and those ballistas.

Liu Ke didn't send anyone to clean up the battlefield, but directly waved his hand: "Attack, kill them all!"

Hearing the order, the generals of the Anxi army stepped forward neatly, and the generals of the servant army rushed towards the follow-up cavalry.Liu Ke also breathed a sigh of relief, the use of these servants was what Liu Ke emphasized repeatedly before leaving.Ran Ming knew very well that at that time, the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty under the command of Gao Xianzhi fought against the Dashi Army for five days, regardless of the outcome.The Ge Luolu tribe rebelled and attacked the Tang army with Dashi. Xianzhi was defeated, and the soldiers died almost completely, leaving only a few thousand people.This was the last time Datang pointed his sword at Central Asia, and since then it has been difficult for Han Qi to go further west.In order to prevent Wei Guo from repeating the mistakes of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty.Ran Ming's general staff has repeatedly emphasized that the servant army must be used with caution.

For this reason, neither Liu Ke nor Ye Xian used the servant army as the main force.Even though Ye Xian fought against the elite cavalry of the Jie tribe in Shiguo in the east of the city, he did not use infantry, nor did he use incendiary bombs and ballistas, because Ye Xian left the most powerful weapons to those servants.Once those servants turned against each other, it would be fatal to the Northern Front Corps of the Anxi Army. Only with the help of incendiary bombs and ballistas, Ye Xian could barely hold his back.Don't be flanked by the stone army and the servants of various countries to avoid the entire army from being wiped out.

But Liu Ke also had the same worries, but Liu Ke was in a much better situation than Ye Xian, because he had enough gunpowder, so Liu Ke was also extravagant.Liu Ke used Wei Guo's gunpowder to use the most, which really shocked the servants of all countries.

Zhao Xun clapped his palms and smiled and said, "Gunpowder is really a good thing. Although it is a bit expensive, it is worth the price. It was so good that it killed more than 2 cavalry at once. People's guts have been blown away!"

Zhao Xun didn't expect that the concentrated use of gunpowder would have such amazing power. Hearing the sound alone, it was earth-shattering, and one could imagine what kind of explosion those people would be.Considering that the Han people are generally not as strong as the Hu people, and that no Hu people are good at riding and shooting, if they can master the gunpowder explosion method, and fight against the Hu people in the future, they will have an additional weapon to control the enemy and remain invincible.

"Almost!" Liu Ke said, "Today I remembered something His Majesty said to me before I left for the expedition!"

"I don't know what orders your Majesty has?" Zhao Xun said.

"It's not a verbal order. Your Majesty asked Ke to read more books, especially "The Biography of the Southern Huns in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty." Liu Daodao: "Liu also read the "Biography of the Southern Xiongnu in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty" many times, but he didn't know what His Majesty really meant. Especially These few words: "Shan Yu never forgets Han En, remembers the old covenant of his ancestors, and wants to cultivate a marriage relationship, so as to help the country stabilize the country. This proposal is very high, and it is recommended by Shan Yu.In the past, the number of Xiongnu was in disarray, Hu Hanxie and Zhizhi had feuds with each other, and they were rescued by Emperor Xiaoxuan, so they sent their servants to call them Baosai. "What's the mystery?"

(End of this chapter)