Yuan Yao roared angrily and snatched the lacquer seal with his hands.

Fortunately, Xing Luan was not defeated...

Xi Kangsheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and pressed it, meaning not to panic.

Although Xing Luan was nominally under the control of Yuan Yao, he was granted a leave of absence by the emperor and had the power to make arbitrary decisions when the situation arose. His subordinates were also the main brigade, not the side troops. They did not need to listen to Yuan Yao's instructions unless necessary.

Therefore, if it were not a major defeat, there would be no need to retaliate to Yuan Yao.

When Yuan Yao suddenly heard the shocking change, his heart was inevitably shaken, so he lost his words for a moment.

Xi Kangsheng asked again in a gentle voice: "Has the county uncle ever fought with the enemy?"

Cui Kai said sadly: "We stopped him twice, but at most the enemy was a hundred paces away. His mounted bows and short crossbows could not penetrate the armor. The enemy fired hundreds of cannons at once, smashing the iron and stone pellets as dense as a rain of locusts, which could penetrate the iron armor."

It was like piercing paper... Seeing that there were heavy casualties and the enemy troops were pressing forward step by step, the county magistrate could only order the battalions to stay within a mile of the enemy..."

Pressing harder and harder?

Xi Kangsheng was shocked: "When the two armies encountered each other, the enemy did not camp, let alone set up a formation?"

Listening to Xi Kangsheng's words, Cui Kai's face turned even grayer: "The enemy's army is even better than before: when they retreated to the west last winter, there were only four or five thousand cavalry, only more than three thousand chariots, and nearly half of them were equipped with food, grass, ordnance.

.Only a thousand soldiers were left to transfer troops to march, so more than half of the soldiers were still using their feet as chariots...

This time, the enemy's cavalry remained the same, still numbering four to five thousand, but the number of chariots was doubled, to nearly seven or eight thousand. Among them, there were only more than three thousand chariots for transporting grain, grass, tents, soldiers, etc. The remaining four

Qianjie is protected by outer armor, and each vehicle is equipped with four to six small cannons or large cannons. When marching, the two wings are cannons, and the middle is the baggage and cavalry. Therefore, even if there is an encounter, you only need to fire cannons to defend against the enemy, and

There is no need to stop, let alone set up a formation..."

Yuan Yao's eyes suddenly bulged: "There are few animals that are not afraid of fire and thunder, let alone being so close? Are the horses, cattle and mules in the West Sea all blind and deaf?"

"Commander Mingjian!"

Cui Kai sighed dejectedly, "The rebels all use cloth armor to cover the ears and eyes of livestock, and then connect them with ropes. Even if the sky collapses and the earth breaks apart, it will not hinder..."

In ancient times, there was a chain of armored horse formations, but today there is... a chain of artillery carriages?

Yuan Yao was shocked and angry, with veins bulging on his face. After a while, he shouted angrily: "Where's Rouran? That traitor Fulianchou swore in his letter that he would avenge the robbery of food last year. Is it possible?

He retreated again? Otherwise, if he were to restrain Juyan Lake to the west, how could the rebels safely send out their troops?"

"The commander-in-chief mistakenly blamed the Khan!"

Cui Kai replied again, "According to the scouts, there were at least 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers sent by Rouran this time. However, nearly half of them were blocked by the bandit commander Li Song at Zhuoxie Mountain (north of Dunhuang and between the Rouran Khan Court and the Han Dynasty).

South). Hu Shuai immediately divided his troops, leaving 30,000 elite cavalry for Li Song to deal with. The rest wanted to go with the county magistrate to the west and east to threaten the enemy's nest near Juyan Lake. However, they could not pass Junji Mountain (beyond Juyan Lake).

North), but suddenly encountered a bandit army. The bandit commander was famous, and he should be Li Zhang, son of Li Song. Although his tribe only numbered more than ten thousand, they all drove artillery carts.

Yu had just been defeated once last year. Commander Rouran knew that he was unable to defeat him, so he wanted to make a detour. However, after walking eastward for less than fifty miles along the foothills of the mountains, he did not see even an enemy army. Suddenly, there was a thunder in the smooth plains.

Explosion...

Because they were caught off guard and did not know that this was a trick by the bandit army, they just thought it was a trick of ghosts and gods. Rouran's front army immediately became a mess. But the bandit army seemed to find a chance to insert a needle, and after hearing the wind, they chased after them... Thousands of artillery fire were seen.

In a panic, five or six thousand horsemen rushed into the deserted thunder pond. For a moment, thunder rolled, as if the sky was cracking... When the sound of cannons stopped and the smoke and dust cleared, only ten miles of mountains were left.

It's like hell on earth..."
Chapter completed!