Seeing that Zhu Di had calmed down, Dao Yan felt relieved. He shook his head and said in deep thought: "The specific situation is not clear. The prince also knows that ordinary Meng Yuan people have no chance to read and write. Even Meng Lian
The words were spoken in a mess, and it was impossible to express clearly what it was. Our detectives only got some information from Meng Yuan's people, such as sky thunder, raging fire and so on.
However, based on what our scouts saw on the battlefield, they found traces of shells blasted very densely. It seems that Han Du should have cannons in his hands, and there are quite a lot of them.
Also, Tan Ma found bullets on the bodies of the dead Meng Yuan and the war horses, and a large number of bullet casings were scattered on the ground. This should have been caused by the revolver.
But what Tan Ma also doesn’t understand is that in addition to bullets, iron pieces of different sizes were found on the bodies of the dead Meng Yuan and War Horse, and some of the iron pieces were found deeper in the body than the bullets.”
Zhu Di suddenly raised his eyes and glared at Dao Yan, "What caused this?"
"I don't know." Dao Yan could only shake his head and replied truthfully.
Zhu Di lowered his head, meditating, and walked back and forth in the handsome tent with his hands behind his back.
Dao Yan's eyes were fixed on Zhu Di, without looking away at all.
Suddenly, Zhu Di raised his head and said with firm eyes: "Let's set off immediately. Let's go and take a look now."
This battlefield has been temporarily quiet since Han Du left.
But this silence was broken by the arrival of tens of thousands of Ming troops.
This place is slightly different now than when Han Du left. Originally, the surrounding area was filled with broken limbs and corpses of Mongolian people, but now there are only large groups of wild wolves and eagles and vultures flying in the sky.
The wolves want to occupy everything on the ground, but this land is too big after all, and no matter how many wild wolves there are, they cannot completely occupy it.
The eagles and vultures hovering in the sky will pounce down when they find the right opportunity to feast.
The arrival of the army made the eagles and vultures who were feasting on food frightened and flapped their wings to fly high into the sky.
The large group of wild wolves were not at all polite to the uninvited guests. They bared their teeth and whimpered lowly at the Ming army.
The Ming army also discovered this huge wolf pack, but they were not moved at all by these wolves.
When the pioneer captain saw the wolf pack charging towards them with bared teeth, he just waved his hand calmly.
The shield soldiers stepped forward and formed an iron wall to protect the archers behind them.
The archer squatted down and bent his bow like the full moon.
"Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh"
Arrows hit the wolf like dense rain
In the group, countless people were shot and killed immediately. After several consecutive arrows, most of the wild wolves fell to the ground. Even if they did not die immediately, they could only lie on the ground and whimper, looking at the possibility of death.
The remaining wild wolves were lucky enough to avoid the arrows, but they didn't dare to stay any longer and turned around and ran away.
The Ming army did not pursue them, they just stepped forward and stabbed the wild wolves that were still alive, and completely occupied this place so easily.
From this simple confrontation with the wild wolf, we can also see that Zhu Di leads his troops well. The soldiers under his command are calm, calm, and unhurried, harvesting lives like mowing grass.
This is a strong soldier!
Zhu Di immediately stepped forward and reached the middle position.
This place has been devastated by wolves, with blood, flesh and bones everywhere. It is impossible to tell where Han Du was stationed at that time or where the battlefield between the two armies was.
Zhu Di could only rely on his senses to guess that Han Du should have been stationed on the side near the water.
Turning over and dismounting, Zhu Di carefully searched for traces on the ground, hoping to gain something. Unfortunately, this place was really plagued by wolves, and he couldn't find anything valuable after searching for a while.
Dao Yan saw that Zhu Di had not harvested anything for a long time, so he stretched out his hand and said: "Your Majesty, there is a cannonball embedded in the soil over there. We dug it out. Do you want to go and have a look?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Di gave up his search and raised his head and nodded towards Dao Yan.
Dao Yan immediately led the way and led Zhu Di over.
Pointing to the somewhat deformed iron ball on the ground, Dao Yan said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, this is one of them. In addition, there are more than a dozen that have been dug out. And the exploration horse found that there are more in the soil."
Zhu Di did not pick it up, but fiddled with the cannonball twice with his feet, then nodded and understood.
"Cannon can indeed contain the cavalry charge, but without it it has little effect. Only a large number of cannons firing continuously can do it. For such a formation, it seems that Han Du has a lot of cannons.
"
He sighed and said, "The news we got is that Shilie Tuo surrounded Han Du for only two days before Han Du turned around and annihilated him. We don't know how many cannons and gunpowder Han Du brought.
It can block the enemy's attack and even turn defeat into victory."
Suddenly, Zhu Di's eyes narrowed and he said in silence: "I remembered that Han Du wanted to borrow a hundred carriages from me. Originally, I thought he was used to transport grain and grass, but now it seems that he was used to transport grain and grass.
transport cannon
"
After Zhu Di finished speaking, he was still gritting his teeth and refused to give up. He regretted it, he regretted it so much!
If he hadn't thought deeply at the beginning and just gave Han Du fifty carriages, the cannons in Han Du's hands would never have been transported here. And without so many cannons, Han Du would have died!
Zhu Di only thought about why he bothered in the first place, but he never thought that since Han Du was determined to bring the cannon, even if he didn't give Han Du a carriage, could it be that Han Du really couldn't find another carriage and brought the cannon?
Has the shipment arrived?
Fortunately, Zhu Di knew that since things were like this, there was no point in regretting.
After calming down, Zhu Di looked up at Dao Yan and asked, "What else?"
Dao Yan asked someone to present a silver plate, which contained a dozen blood-stained bullets and seven or eight broken iron pieces. The dark red color on the edges of the iron pieces made these iron pieces full of an evil character.
smell.
"These are all just found here. There are many more of these things on the ground, it can be said that they are all over the ground." Dao Yan sighed slightly.
Zhu Di looked past the deformed warhead and landed directly on the iron pieces. After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't figure out the reason.
"What on earth are these, and how can they be more powerful than bullets?"
In response to Zhu Di's question, Dao Yan could only shake his head.
Zhu Di stopped asking this question that was destined to have no answer, and withdrew from the battlefield with his men.
So many people died here, and they were not buried. They were just exposed in the wilderness. Maybe there would be a plague, so it was better to leave as soon as possible.
Zhu Di sat on his horse and looked at the battlefield from a distance.
He said with a ferocious expression: "No cannons were found there just now. Apparently Han Du took all the cannons away. He must not be able to move fast if he takes away so many and such heavy cannons."
It seems to be analyzing, but also seems to be encouraging myself and strengthening my confidence.
After a few breaths, Zhu Di shouted sharply:
"Zhu Neng!"
"The end is here~" Zhu Neng suddenly clasped his fists towards Zhu Di and responded immediately.
Dao Yan knew what Zhu Di wanted to do as soon as he heard this, and quickly interjected: "Although Han Du won a great victory in this battle, his losses must not be small. The poor monk thought that Han Du would not continue to go north, but
It is very likely that he will leave the army and return to the DPRK."
Zhu Di's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he felt that what Dao Yan said was reasonable.
Although Han Du completely annihilated Lietuo's 50,000-strong army, he killed one thousand enemies and lost eight hundred, not to mention Lietuo's men.
The number of horses is several times that of Han Du. Even if Han Du can win, it will definitely be a miserable victory.
Otherwise, do you really think that the Meng Yuan cavalry are made of clay?
Moreover, Han Du had such a great victory. He had no need to listen to Zhu Di's military orders. Such a victory had greatly exceeded the original plan of the entire West Route Army. Not only could Han Du return to the DPRK with his troops, but no one could blame him.
What? Instead, I want to praise him for fighting well in this battle, fighting beautifully and achieving great results.
Since Zhu Di also agrees with Dao Yan's view, what he was about to say, asking Zhu Neng to look for Han Du in all directions, became: "Scatter all the exploration horses out and search for Han Du's traces south. We must find him."
.”
"Follow the order!"
Zhu Neng accepted the order, turned around and left on horseback. For him, Zhu Di's order was everything to him, and he didn't care what the deep meaning was in the order.
He only knew that Zhu Di had never treated him badly, and he was willing to carry out Zhu Di's orders to the letter.
Unlike Zhu Di who thought that Han Du had not gone far, now Han Du had already left the battlefield far away.
However, there seems to be something wrong with the direction Han Du is heading.
Originally, Han Du planned to go directly south to go home, but the east-west direction can only be distinguished on the grassland in the morning and sunset. The grassland is not endless and flat, at least not where Han Du is now.
Because there were hills blocking the view, the army moved intermittently toward the southeast.
On this day, Shanzi Camp was resting at the foot of a mountain. Now in Shanzi Camp, there were originally a thousand severely injured soldiers, and there were more than a thousand people who could not hold on in these days. Those who can survive until now are all
It is a person who already has the ability to move.
The army now had many horses, and the whole army consisted of one man and several horses. It was precisely because of this that Han Du's marching speed greatly exceeded Zhu Di's expectations.
Suddenly, a whimpering sound came from the head, and Han Du and Tang Ding suddenly looked at each other.
"There is a situation~"
The two rode off to charge the hilltop, dismounted in advance, and handed the reins to the soldiers beside them.
"Master Hou, young master, there are Mengyuan people coming in front." A Tanma leaned over the two of them, stretched out his arm in one direction and pointed, and said softly.
Han Du quickly took out his binoculars and looked in the direction pointed out. Sure enough, he saw a group of cavalry coming out of a foothill.
"They are indeed Meng Yuan people. It seems they are not tribesmen, but cavalry."