After listening to the statements of the defeated soldiers, everyone was very puzzled. They didn't understand why they fell into the trap.
They didn't know about this new thing, explosives, and couldn't understand why they would ambush in a place where there was no ambush.
While the generals were discussing, Wu Sheng suddenly turned back and looked at Gui Fei.
The ghost body trembled and he immediately lowered his head to avoid the Martial Saint's gaze.
"you say!"
Wu Sheng spoke coldly, and the generals immediately stopped talking and looked at Gui Fei.
Although this Holy Son of the Ghost Tribe, the biological son of the Martial Saint, had a noble status, after his story spread, all the generals felt that the Ghost was not living up to expectations.
Guite secretly gritted his teeth, raised his head and stepped forward, saying: "Father, General Xia must have fallen into Long Chen's trick. The explosion in the valley was not thunder, but gunpowder!"
As he said that, Guitai looked at the defeated soldiers and asked: "After the explosion, was there a pungent smell of smoke and sulfur? Demon-suppressing stone particles and sacred wood marbles were also shot out?"
The defeated soldiers immediately nodded and replied: "Just as the Holy Son said, that's it!"
Guitai said to Wu Sheng: "This little thief Long Chen is not only very cunning, but also very good at making all kinds of strange weapons. He invented many weapons, and gunpowder is one of them."
"My son suffered a loss outside Yanmen Pass that day because the thieves had muskets, artillery and gunpowder. These weapons are so powerful that ordinary soldiers can operate them."
"When the musket was fired, the bullet was smaller than a pearl and was extremely fast. By the time we heard the sound, we had already been hit and could not defend ourselves at all."
Wu Sheng and the generals frowned as they couldn't understand what Gui Fei said.
Wu Sheng originally wanted to reprimand Gui Fei for not warning Xia Feng in advance, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything.
"Is there any way to resist?"
Wu Sheng asked, any powerful weapon can be resisted. If not, then build the same weapon yourself.
This is Wu Sheng's many years of combat experience.
Guitai shook his head helplessly and said: "There is no other way except heavy armor. Bullets have strong penetrating power and ordinary armor cannot resist it."
The generals looked at the animal skin clothes on their bodies and then at the soldiers behind them, and everyone knew what was going on.
Bullets that can only be defended by heavy armor can easily penetrate their animal skin clothes.
If you fight with such equipment, you will probably be a target.
"Father, there is no need to worry about anything else in the battle with Long Chen, but gunpowder must be guarded against. That thing is extremely powerful. When it explodes, it is like thunder. The clothes and armor will be shattered, and the internal organs will be damaged. I will suffer from it."
The generals looked at Wu Sheng, who asked: "Why don't you make gunpowder? Why don't you imitate such a powerful weapon?"
Guitai said: "The making of gunpowder is not complicated, but the making of firearms requires precise workshops and iron refining. It takes too long and cannot be done in a hurry."
During the confrontation in Nanliang, Guitai ordered the Ministry of Works to try, but the battle was over before the firearms were produced.
Gui Ti calculated that it would take at least five years to go from steel refining to gunpowder production and finally to the muskets and artillery.
Gui Tai knew the formula and process, but he was not as good as Long Chen on how to make it.
Wu Sheng said coldly: "You have been in the Central Plains for more than two hundred years, and you still say that time is in a hurry!"
Guitai immediately explained: "Let me tell you, father, gunpowder was invented by Long Chen. He had no firearms before."
In the Central Plains for more than two hundred years, there were almost no changes in warfare and weapons, except for bows, crossbows, swords, and catapults.
After Long Chen appeared, all kinds of new weapons emerged one after another, such as divine arm bows, bed crossbows, explosives, muskets, artillery...
These new weapons have only appeared for a few years, and Guitai really has no time to imitate them.
Wu Sheng snorted coldly, turned to look at the dozens of embarrassed defeated soldiers, and said: "It's just some miraculous skills. The decisive factor in war lies with generals and soldiers. We use soldiers who have fought hundreds of battles to deal with a junior.
There is no reason to be invincible!"
"Long Chen dares to kill my vanguard general, I will kill him!"
"Follow me to Yanmen Pass, behead Long Chen and drink wine with him!"
Wu Sheng wanted to kill Yanmen Pass immediately, but the ghost girl opened the curtain and said: "Husband, my people need to drink human blood to recover quickly. Long Chen's move is obviously meant to stimulate the general."
The 50,000 ghost soldiers brought out are almost all new recruits. They have never drank human blood, and their body recovery ability is not good enough.
The ghost girl wanted to attack the Central Plains from other places first, wait until the ghost soldiers had drunk enough human blood, and then attack Yanmen Pass.
Wu Sheng was angry and said: "Madam, you can lead the tribe to drink blood first, and I can capture Yanmen Pass with my own troops."
The ghost girl knew that Wu Sheng was angered and that persuasion would be of no use. Instead, it would make Wu Sheng lose face.
The combat effectiveness of the ghost soldiers who did not drink human blood was slightly inferior, but they were still much stronger than the human warriors.
Long Chen only has 50,000 trained elite soldiers, but together they have 90,000 soldiers, giving them an absolute advantage.
Even if he doesn't drink blood, he is still sure to destroy Long Chen.
"Then let's capture Yanmen Pass first. Once we do, I'll let them drink enough."
The ghost girl returned to the sedan chair, and the Martial Saint strode forward. All the soldiers followed the Martial Saint and continued marching.
As the army moved forward, the ghost fetus moved to the side of the ghost girl's sedan and whispered to the demon spirit: "Priest, I have something to do and I need to leave first."
The priest demon asked: "What's the matter with the Holy Son? Can you let me know?"
The army is advancing and the ghost fetus suddenly leaves the army. This is definitely not good.
Moreover, Long Chen didn't know where he was. If the ghost fetus was ambushed, the consequences would be disastrous.
Last time in Storm Canyon, Gui Fei was almost killed by Long Chen.
"Priest, don't worry. I'm going to find my former subordinates. I still have many soldiers and horses in the grasslands and the Central Plains."
"To go to Yanmen Pass, we must pass by Kaer Lake. I will meet the army at Kaer Lake."
Guite did not elaborate. He was worried that if the war horses could not be raised, he would be embarrassed.
"Wang Er, go ahead and be careful on the road."
The ghost girl heard it in the sedan chair, opened the curtain and said something.
The ghost fetus bowed and said, "After I thank my mother, I will definitely come back in time."
The ghost girl nodded, lowered the curtain, and the ghost fetus quietly left the team and quickly headed south.
The priest demon looked at the back of the ghost fetus and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the Holy Son may be in danger if he acts alone at this time."
The ghost girl said calmly: "Wang'er needs experience, he can do it well."
The ghost girl said this, and the demon said nothing more.
The ghosts have been living in the Central Plains for more than two hundred years and are more familiar with the outside world than they are.
...
South of the grassland.
The empress led the army to retreat south, and several messengers rode horses from the south. The shadow guards stopped several messengers, asked about the situation, and immediately presented the secret message to the empress.
These messengers were sent by Wu Xiangyun, and they found the empress' army.
"Your Majesty, this is a secret message from General Wu Xiangyun."
The empress took the secret letter from the shadow guard and slowly unfolded it. After reading it, a complicated look appeared on her face.
"Is there really no way..."
The empress let out a long sigh.
Looking back to the north, the empress said to the shadow guard: "Send someone to see how King Wu is doing."
The shadow guard immediately sent a dozen people to run north. The empress continued to retreat south with the army. Yanmen Pass was not far away.
