Along with the rumbling explosions, large amounts of earth and rocks were thrown up from the land in the minefield ahead.
Some flew farther and flew directly to the heads of the thieves.
"What the hell is this!" Liu Manqing was shocked.
I still didn't believe Liu He's words about heavenly punishment before, but now the facts are before my eyes.
If they stood in a minefield, let alone five hundred people, at least one or two thousand would die in such a large area.
Then there is no need to fight!
Just this wave can declare their complete defeat.
"General... why don't we withdraw!"
"Yeah! It's so scary!"
All the thieves were frightened to death by the explosion.
If it weren't for the distance, they would have run away by now.
Of course, the thieves under his command have already retreated twenty or thirty steps.
Charge is now impossible, don't even think about attacking.
We definitely won't be able to fight today. The thieves have been frightened and have no fighting power.
Liu Manqing retreated decisively, leaving behind the most elite Liu family dead soldiers.
Seeing the traitors retreat, Song Yang waved to Ming.
Yu Ming immediately led his troops to pursue him.
However, they were intercepted by thieves and dead soldiers.
Yu Ming did not pursue him any further and withdrew after a brief contact.
I originally wanted to get a bargain, but I didn't expect that these bandits knew a little bit about the art of war.
"Your Majesty, these people left by the bandits to stop the attack should be the most elite. It is not difficult to eat them, but there will be some losses, so I did not attack by force." Yu Ming came back to report.
The contact just now has allowed Yu Ming to figure out the strength of those Liu family dead soldiers. They are not as good as the Renaissance Army, but they are much stronger than ordinary people.
"It doesn't matter, they are just a small group of thieves. If we eliminate them, we won't be able to capture the main force."
"Send more exploring horses to find their place to stay. If they don't dare to come, we will go there."
"Yes. The humble job will be done immediately."
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Liu Manqing led his team back to the camp, and at the same time sent detective horses to closely monitor the movements of the Jiangzhou soldiers.
"Generals, I saw some of their strange weapons today. Please tell me what you think."
Liu Manqing directly set the tone. There was no such thing as divine punishment. It was just a weapon.
As a child of a family of military generals, Liu Manqing is more able to accept the sudden appearance of such explosive weapons.
The thieves looked at me and then at you, but in the end it was Liu He who spoke first.
"General, I think that thing can only be fixed in place. It was like this in Xiangyin before, and it is like this in Yuzhang now. This kind of... weapon is not suitable for frontal combat."
Liu He has already seen Hong Tian Lei twice, and both of them were observed from a distance. He has basically realized the shortcomings of Hong Tian Lei.
"Ah He is right. This thing must have been buried in advance and exploded through ignition."
Liu Manqing nodded. Although she only watched it once, her cognition was better than others.
"General. If this thing can't be used in frontal combat, then it doesn't actually pose a big threat to us. As long as the two sides get involved, they won't use this anymore."
"Indeed, this thing is too powerful. If you use it in a battle, you will also kill your own people!"
"But will we fall into a trap if we attack rashly?"
"If we don't attack, how can we be passively defensive? They have Yuzhang's support, but we don't have much logistical supplies!"
The thieves finally came to a unified understanding and used the Thunderbolt as a weapon.
They gradually fell into disagreements over the matter of dealing with Jiangzhou soldiers.
Some people say we should attack, while others say we should defend where we are.
Some even said that they would return it to a new one.
Fengxin is a county town west of Yuzhang and east of Tonggu.
When the thieves arrived, the officials in the county had already fled.
Liu Manqing took over Fengxin very smoothly.
"Withdrawing without fighting will have a huge impact on morale!" Liu He shook his head and firmly opposed.
Although he was afraid of Hong Tianlei, he didn't want to retreat at all.
"Now that the autumn harvest has begun in various places, we are here to hold back Jiangzhou soldiers and Hongzhou soldiers. If they cannot harvest, the food will not be enough to support next year's consumption."
"Maybe we can take over Jiangzhou and Hongzhou in one fell swoop!"
Liu He is the implementer of Liu Jinpeng's thinking, and his ambitions are not small.
But what he didn't know was that the autumn harvest progress in Jiangzhou was hardly affected.
Liu Manqing, who had been watching the discussion, pressed her hands and when everyone was quiet, she said: "What you all said makes sense."
"But we are fighting in Hongzhou now, so we don't have the right time and place."
"So we must fight quickly!"
"Ahe, what you said about harassing the autumn harvests in the two places is very difficult to achieve. Not to mention the situation in Jiangzhou, even in Hongzhou, it is impossible for more than 10,000 of us to completely control it."
"Besides, we can't leave Tanzhou for too long. Those people don't really treat us sincerely."
"If the army stays in Hongzhou for a long time, Tanzhou Kong is in danger of change!"
Liu Manqing's opinions are more conservative and he is more inclined to run Tanzhou.
"But as you said, withdrawing now will have a negative impact on the morale of the troops."
"So my opinion is, fight to win and then retreat calmly!"
"Originally we were going to Yuzhang, but they asked Jiangzhou soldiers to help."
"It will be very difficult to capture Yuzhang. Even if they don't leave the city, we basically won't be able to capture Yuzhang City."
"Rather than waste time here, it is better to retreat early and return directly to Tanzhou. As long as we occupy Tonggu, we will be stronger in the future, and we don't have to come just when we want."
Liu Manqing won the approval of most of the thieves with his rhetoric.
Previously, they wanted to take Yuzhang directly. If they took Yuzhang, they would have Hongzhou. Even if they could not control the whole territory for the time being, they could slowly radiate the surrounding area.
But the reinforcements from Jiangzhou have arrived, and it is no longer possible to capture Hongzhou.
So now it is the best plan to just win one game and leave.
"Okay. Just listen to the general." Liu He finally compromised.
"Everyone, please improve your morale when you go back. That thing is dead and not scary!"
The meeting is over, Liu Manqing emphasized.
Determined to win a game before leaving, Liu Manqing had just made some arrangements.
Plan to raid the Jiangzhou military camp tomorrow.
As a result, that night, Tan Ma came to report that Jiangzhou's cavalry spies appeared around the camp, and there were a lot of them.
"Are they coming to attack?"
Liu Manqing was still thinking about tomorrow's battle, and was shocked when she heard the news.
The size of the Jiangzhou soldiers' camp and the number of tents can basically tell that they only have four to five thousand people.
How dare these people come to fight head-on with their 15,000-strong army?
"Miss, I'm afraid they really want to confront us head-on!"
Late at night, Liu He also came back.
In the evening, he personally went to the vicinity of the Jiangzhou camp to confirm. The Jiangzhou camp was mobilized quite frequently.
"Forget it! Since they are coming to die, let's give them a ride!" Liu Manqing said in a deep voice with her eyes shrinking.
Regardless of the strength of the Jiangzhou soldiers, Liu Manqing did not believe that they could defeat 5,000 against 15,000 in a real fight.
If this could be done, Jiangzhou soldiers would have recovered Tanzhou long ago!