On the battlefield, the rumbling sounds continued. After losing nearly 30,000 people, the remaining officers and soldiers gradually woke up.
The signs of defeat began to appear, and at first the supervising team tried to stop it.
But later, looking at the brutal hell-like battlefield ahead, even the supervising team ran away.
The battlefield suddenly became chaotic like a flock of frightened birds and sheep emerging from the fence.
Wails, cries, curses, and the sound of gunfire behind him were mixed together, making it appear extremely chaotic.
Now, this is no longer a battlefield, but a slaughterhouse of unilateral slaughter.
...
At this time, Nan Yuexi was standing on the high platform, building a pergola with her hands, and trying her best to look out at the battlefield.
However, due to the terrain and distance, the detailed information on the battlefield can basically only be reported by scouts.
But now, an hour has passed, and not a single person from the several batches of explorers who should have returned has returned yet.
Nan Yuexi, who was on the high platform, suddenly had a bad premonition.
He turned around and asked the lieutenant beside him: "What's going on? Why doesn't this detective horse come back after riding it?"
"What's the situation like in the battle ahead? What's going on with this loud noise?"
"This..." The deputy general scratched his head and couldn't answer for a moment: "Back to Your Highness, the last general just sent out twenty more scouts."
"But until now... none of them have come back!"
"Trash!" Nan Yuexi scolded: "If we send people again, I must at least know the situation of the battle ahead!"
The deputy general agreed quickly and was about to turn around when suddenly a panicked shout came: "Report...report..."
The two of them heard the sound and looked around, only to see a detective horse covered in blood galloping from a distance.
Nan Yuexi looked over carefully and couldn't help but freeze her eyes. Not only was the man covered in blood, but his left arm was also missing.
The horrific wound was gushing blood crazily.
The horse staggered into the military formation, and the man on the horse turned over and fell off the horse.
The soldiers around him hurriedly helped him up, but were shocked by the horrific wounds on his body.
"What's going on...what's going on!"
An anxious voice came, and Nan Yuexi and her entourage separated the crowd and came to the dying Xunbing.
"What's going on? How's the fighting going on ahead?"
"Ahem..." The soldier coughed twice and said with difficulty: "Go back... Your Highness, our army... our army has been defeated!"
"What...!"
Hearing this, Nan Yuexi couldn't believe it: "How... how is it possible? What are the casualties of our army? Is Qin Ge granted auspicious status?"
"Qin...General Qin, General Feng, all died in battle...our army suffered more than half casualties and has been defeated, ahem..."
As soon as this statement came out, the situation exploded instantly, and the soldiers nearby were in an uproar and talked about it.
Nan Yuexi's eyes widened: "Impossible...absolutely impossible...how is it possible!"
"How can it be possible for me to have 40,000 elite soldiers against his 20,000 remnants..."
Just then he hurriedly asked the soldier again: "Tell me quickly! What trick did they use!"
"No...don't know..."
At this time, Xun Bing was already dying, and he could only squeeze out one sentence with difficulty: "Thunder... Thunder Lord has come to this world..."
After saying this, his head tilted and he lost his breath.
"How...how could this happen...how could this happen?"
Nan Yuexi muttered these two sentences repeatedly, and he really couldn't understand them.
With the terrain like this and the enemy troops coming out in full force, there was no chance of an ambush.
With 40,000 elite troops, occupying all the favorable locations and people, how could it be possible for more than half of them to be killed and wounded within an hour of starting a war?
The general who commanded the army unexpectedly died in front of the battle, and even the informants sent out to inquire for the news suffered heavy casualties.
What trick did those two bastards Nanyanxi and Nanyunxi use? Is there really a so-called thunder god coming to the world?
...
On the battlefield at this time, as the enemy's retreat distance gradually increased.
Nan Yanxi ordered the artillery to switch from shotgun shells to longer-range and more powerful shells.
It has also changed from blooming bullets to solid bullets with the longest range, and the angle of the cannon has been adjusted to the maximum.
Take the red cannon as an example. Its longest range can hit two miles.
The Furlan rapid-fire cannon, which has a shorter range, can shoot up to two hundred steps.
Seeing that the enemy had been completely defeated and was running farther and farther away, they were about to run out of the range of the red-coated cannon.
Nan Yanxi immediately ordered the artillery bombardment to stop.
Five thousand cavalry were sent out to pursue the enemy with all their strength, but they were only required to harass and not engage in a melee.
Two thousand shield bearers and three thousand archers were also mobilized to provide cover for the musketeers.
Let them follow the cavalry to pursue the enemy. The same requirement is that they only harass and do not engage in melee.
The remaining 10,000 troops were divided into two teams again.
The smaller group escorted the lighter French cannon and Tiger gun forward.
Provide necessary covering firepower for the pursuing troops to prevent enemy counterattacks.
The remaining group of people stabilized their position, escorted the heavy red-coated cannon, and slowly moved forward.
After all, defeating them is only the first step.
Nan Yanxi must rush to recapture Kyoto City again before the Yan army arrives.
Only when your own backyard is stable can you feel at ease and compete with the menacing Yan Kingdom.
Let them know that there is a price to pay for taking advantage.
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At this time, Nan Yuexi was arranging his troops in formation, preparing to collect the defeated army.
Although the informant had just reported the tragic battle situation to him, Nan Yuexi still held on to some illusions.
He was thinking that maybe Nan Yanxi, Nan Yunxi and the others just used some tricks and accidentally killed Qin Ge and Feng Ji.
This resulted in a major defeat for the army.
As for the horrifying casualties, Nan Yuexi felt that it was probably the informant who was frightened and reported them indiscriminately.
After all, there were a total of 40,000 soldiers wearing armor and holding swords, and it only took a stick of incense to start the battle.
Even if there were 40,000 pigs, if they stood there and slaughtered them with knives, they wouldn't be able to kill that many pigs in one stick of incense.
As long as you can accommodate 20,000 defeated troops, you can rely on your numerical advantage to stabilize your position.
If you face the enemy defensively, you will definitely be able to block their attack.
When the enemy's offensive weakens again and becomes exhausted, we can definitely turn defeat into victory with a single go-ahead effort.
After all, they killed 20,000 people. Even if they won the battle just now, there would definitely be casualties.
Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly the commander in the front row shouted in the crowd: "Your Highness... Look, the army is defeated!"
Everyone was stunned and quickly straightened up and looked outside.
Behind the hillside in the distance, figures of people gradually appeared in twos and threes, and then gradually increased in number.
In the end, it turned into a broken army, stumbling out from behind the hillside.
Not far behind, the enemy cavalry was clinging to the back of the defeated army, slashing and killing them without restraint.
"Your Highness...this is wrong. Look at the number of people, it seems that there are no more than 10,000 people. Could it be..."
"Shut up! Absolutely impossible!" Nan Yuexi scolded the deputy general beside him.
"If the casualties are really so heavy, then the enemy will definitely not be easy. We still have 10,000 troops here, so what are we afraid of!"
"Send the order, the supervising team will step forward to stop the defeated army, and the cavalry on both wings will surround them and stop the pursuers!"
"yes!"
After receiving the order, several commanders returned to their formation and led their men to greet them.
The cavalry chasing behind the defeated army were very sensible.
As soon as they saw the cavalry from Nan Yuexi's army rushing out, they immediately stopped pursuing them.
They all turned their horses' heads and regrouped on the hillside in the distance.
However, the supervising team that contained the defeated army was not so lucky.
This group of defeated soldiers didn't know what happened, and they were all frightened.
The supervising team killed hundreds of leading men in succession before they were able to stabilize their position.
Surprised, after Nan Yuexi set up the military formation, she asked someone to call over a young commander from the defeated army.
He asked sternly: "I would like to ask you, what happened just now? How did you fight this battle?"
"Forty thousand against twenty thousand, how could there be such casualties? Also, how many enemies have you killed?"
"No...I don't know..." The little commander was already frightened and was speechless.
He said with lingering fear: "We just lined up and moved forward, but we didn't expect that when we were still about 300 steps away from the enemy's formation, we were suddenly attacked."
"From behind their military formation, bursts of fire and white smoke suddenly shot out, just like the God of Thunder descending to earth, and then our people fell one by one."
"Moreover, most of the brothers' bodies have been beaten to pieces, and even shields and armors can't stop them!"
Hearing this, Nan Yuexi frowned and wanted to scold him, but it didn't look like he was lying.
He looked at the lieutenants and others in confusion and was about to say something.