Chapter 678: Living Is Always Better than Dying

Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, run, run—

When such a sentence came out, Cao Zhang was stunned. His original analysis of the situation and his imagination of the three armies meeting in Luoyang came to an abrupt end.

The deputy generals of the Wei army here, such as Qianzhao and Yanrou... you look at me and I look at you, and they are all a little confused.

I feel like what the messenger said...is somewhat unreasonable.

Did they destroy the city? A three-pronged siege of Luoyang? What are you running for? What is this?

Moreover, in order to prevent flying balls... Cao Zhang can be said to have one guard post every hundred steps. All tall buildings in Hanoi are watched by Wei soldiers, and even the city gates do not dare to be closed tightly, just to prevent the enemy from air raids and to withdraw immediately. Hanoi city.

The mistakes of the past cannot be made again——

But, at least for now, there is no horn sound of enemy air strikes and everything is calm. Why run at this time?

Cao Zhang's face turned pale, he was silent for a moment, and then regained his composure.

His eyes couldn't help but darken, revealing a hint of King Kong's angry glare.

Yan Rou guessed: "It seems that General Zhang Liao was attacked by Guan Yunchang... However, to be able to make General Zhang Liao say 'run quickly'... the loss must have been extremely heavy, right? As expected, Guan Yu's target was Zhang Liao General, this also shows that... General Zhang Liao is quite fearful to him! "

This can be regarded as excusing Zhang Liao——

After all, Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang, who was so powerful in China, had lost to him many times, so there was nothing to be ashamed of.

Cao Zhang nodded as if he suddenly understood, and followed Yan Rou's words and asked: "Let me hear, how many people did General Wenyuan lose? It's not like all the 80,000 troops are dead!"

"Ten...ten thousand..." the messenger stumbled back.

On the contrary, when he said this, everyone's hanging hearts were relieved.

Did you think the entire army was wiped out? Ten thousand people? Isn’t it just 10,000 people? What are you afraid of? They attacked the city and lost seven thousand people?

Ten thousand people are just a small fight, no pain or itch, but their three-pronged army totals 200,000 people? Luoyang only has 60,000 to 70,000 at best, which is just a small defeat. The advantage lies with me——

Cao Zhang's face looked much better than before, and he cheered up a bit.

Why was it that there was a bit of turmoil just now?

But the messenger was still lying on the ground, shivering as if he had seen a ghost.

Cao Zhang asked: "Where did they encounter the ambush? How many men did Guan Yu bring? How long did it take to lose these 10,000 soldiers?"

These are the details. As a mature commander, from these details... you can roughly calculate the combat effectiveness of the Guan family army, which will be of great benefit to subsequent offensive and defensive battles.

Who would have thought that the messenger said in a hurry, "The ambush...can't be called an ambush, it was outside the Hulao Pass, and...the Han army didn't know what magic method they used, but...it suddenly exploded from the ground." , more than 10,000 people...all disappeared overnight, overnight——"

this…

Explode? All gone overnight?

Cao Zhang was a little confused, and Yan Rou and Qianzhao were also a little confused. They knew that Guan Lin was good at playing with fire and was another "fire god" after Zhou Yu. They also knew that his methods of playing with fire include throwing them from the sky and smashing them with weapons. Yes, some powder was used to burn it, but... Cao Zhang and the Wei army paid special attention to these...

But...but it exploded? What does this mean?

He had only heard of the phenomenon of Taoist priests "exploding the furnace" when refining alchemy, with people and the furnace torn to pieces...

But to explode from the ground, this is unheard of and unseen——

"It was an explosion... all at once, all the military formations and shield formations were blown up. More than ten thousand soldiers were blown into the sky. When they fell, each one was in pieces..."

The messenger was still talking, but with a "pop", Cao Zhang slapped him on the cheek, "What the hell are you talking about? How brave are you? You dare to talk nonsense to this general and disturb the morale of the army. Come on, pull him out." …Beheaded——”

But just as Cao Zhang's words came out.

"boom--"

"Rumble--"

"Rumble, rumble, rumble—"

Continuous explosions sounded...and then countless wailing sounds.

And following this sound, the messenger immediately peed, and the unknown liquid "sizzled" out along his crotch, just like... the huge fear buried in his heart came, it came, it came again.

Cao Zhang felt a thump in his heart and hurriedly led Yan Rou, Qian Zhao, and a group of deputy generals, civil and military, out of the office.

Because the government office of Hanoi City was at a high place, from a bird's eye view... Cao Zhang saw that in the city... a large number of originally good-looking buildings suddenly exploded.

He saw the fire, saw hundreds and thousands of soldiers being blown away...

And the fire after the explosion had already begun to spread in the city.

"this…"

Don't wait for Cao Zhang to open his mouth.

"Third Young Master, be careful..." Qianzhao knocked Cao Zhang down...

Accompanying this fall was the sound of "Boom...Boom--".

Just behind Cao Zhang, the government office he was in suddenly exploded. Stones and trees shattered, scattering all over the place. Bricks and stones scattered, dust and smoke flew everywhere, and the fire reflected half of the sky red.

Those lieutenants, civil and military officers, and soldiers who were still in the government office and had not yet withdrawn... except for the heart-rending wails of "Ah", there was no sound overnight. Life and death... were only separated by this moment.

The moon rises above my brow, this should have been a peaceful and peaceful night, but because of this inexplicable explosion, it is suddenly filled with wails and despair.

"boom--"

"Boom——"

The explosion continues, as if it is endless and will never stop.

Even the strongest city wall of Hanoi City was shattered like a hammer from the gods...

Bricks and stones flew away, dust and smoke rose everywhere. Towering buildings trembled in the shock wave of the explosion, and then collapsed like giants that had lost their support. The dust and rubble raised almost covered the entire sky.

One hundred thousand Wei troops...

Nearly 100,000 Wei troops!

They were caught off guard by the sudden explosion.

Their faces, which were originally extremely determined because of their victory... were now filled with fear and confusion.

Some soldiers tried to organize effective resistance, but the explosions and collapses drowned their orders and shouts in the chaos. They could not form an effective formation at all, let alone... they didn't know where these explosions came from. Coming?

The originally strict and well-trained Wei army collapsed in an instant.

It became a group of panicked refugees.

The soldiers fled in all directions, and the armors collided with each other in panic, making a harsh metallic sound.

Some people were blown up into the sky and shattered into pieces;

Some people were pinned down by collapsed buildings;

Some people were trampling and pushing in the chaos, even trying to escape from this hell at all costs, with wailing sounds one after another;

However, no matter how hard they try, the shadow of death follows them.

Splattering masonry, burning flames, billowing smoke, and the astonishing destructive power of the explosion are all ruthless killers, taking away one living life after another.

In this apocalyptic scene, the soldiers' escape seemed to be a cruel death race.

Their heavy and rapid footsteps were obscured by the sound of explosions, emphasizing that they found in despair that no matter where they fled, it would be difficult to escape this devastating disaster.

One by one, in the end... they could only fall prey to death.

Oh my god?

Oh my gosh!

Climbing up from the ground, the disgraced Cao Zhang stared at all this with his mouth open.

In the past, the Jingzhou Army descended from the sky, but this time... this time they emerged from the ground. He looked back to find the messenger who came here to deliver the news and whom he was scolding just now, but... the government office behind him collapsed and had become... It's a ruin. Where are there any living things in it?

It’s a mess…

It's all chaos.

The power of the explosion caused chaos in the entire city. Not only people fled in panic, but also trampled on each other.

Those horses...yes, half of the 100,000 troops brought by Cao Zhang were cavalry. The 50,000 horses were frightened by the explosion and had already been like wild horses running wild, running around like headless flies.

Even more Wei soldiers were trampled to death by their horses——

"Run...run outside the city..."

The soldiers wailed and fled towards the city gate desperately. In the daytime... they still vowed to win the first battle and defeat the Jingzhou Army. Their feats such as this made them forget about it.

But now...

A large number of soldiers crowded at the city gate, but at this moment...at the city gate...

"Boom, boom--"

A new round of explosions occurred at the Sifang City Gate, and immediately, the Wei troops who had fled here fell in pieces, like harvested wheat!

Only then did some people realize...running would only hasten their death.

"Get down...get down..."

"Don't run away, get down -"

In disasters, people... often burst out with wisdom beyond themselves, just like these cries.

Without this cry, the Wei army... would have been like headless flies, running around and eventually perishing.

However…

The soldiers of the Wei army could lie down, but the horses would never stop. Tens of thousands of unbridled horses... They sprinted back and forth, mercilessly trampling on the lives of their masters!

…

After the explosion, raging fires ignited in Hanoi City. The strong winds swayed the fires and kept spitting out flames. Those buildings that were blown apart but not blown up also began to burn.

The ashes after the flames burned fell like rain. This ashes were a thin layer covering those lying on the ground, living and not alive, bombed to death, burned to death, and trampled by horses. On the bodies of the dead Wei soldiers.

In fact, the explosion did not last long, only half an hour, but it had already consumed the total number of explosive packets produced by Jiangling Mianshui Villa and Jiangxia Refinery for more than three months!

Also in this half hour, more than half of the Wei army was killed by bombs, burned to death, and trampled to death...

Even among the 30,000 to 40,000 people who were alive, most of them were injured... They were all crouching in front of their feet, not daring to move even a step!

horrible…

terrible--

…

Zhu Ling, Zhu Shu and his son who were guarding outside the city, and Hou Yin, the leader of the Wancheng Army, looked at the Hanoi City that had been reduced to ruins for half an hour with great astonishment.

They couldn't help but take a breath of cold air...

Speaking of which, they have witnessed big scenes, such as the beacon fire in Fancheng, the ecstasy arrow in Wancheng, many... they have experienced it.

But even so, compared with the sudden explosion from the ground, the whole city turned into a Taoist alchemy furnace... those are nothing!

Zhu Ling couldn't help but gasp for air...

His son Zhu Shu seemed to understand his father's mood and couldn't help but sigh: "Father must feel lucky..."

"Alas..." With a long exhale, Zhu Ling shook his head, nodded, and said what was in his heart, "Actually... we know best how we surrendered. To put it bluntly, we were forced to surrender..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Ling looked up at the ruins of Henei City and continued to sigh: "Even if we were forced to surrender, we are undoubtedly lucky, at least compared to the Wei soldiers who were killed in Henei City... We are too lucky!"

Zhu Ling's words seemed to be just the beginning, but he stopped abruptly... What else to say? Everything is self-evident-

The former Nanyang prefect Hou Yin was somewhat compassionate. He seemed not to have listened to Zhu Ling and Zhu Shu's words, but just sighed: "No matter whether it is Wei soldiers or Han soldiers, they are all Han people... Why do Han people have to kill each other? Why do Han people have to hurt each other?"

In fact, Hou Yin was touched by the identity of these Wei soldiers

Before supporting the battlefield in the Central Plains, they were also the protectors of the Han border. They fought to the death with the powerful Xianbei, and never let foreigners step in even when the Central Plains was torn apart.

But... the battlefield is always cruel!

Why do they have completely different positions?

"So... we need to unify..."

Zhu Shu was young, but his mind was more agile. He tried to explain to Hou Yin: "If the Qin Emperor had not swept the world, most of the Chinese people would be fighting each other like the Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Xiongnu? How many Han, Chu, Yan, Wei, and Zhao people were shot and killed by the Qin crossbow at that time? Aren't these people compatriots?"

At this point, Zhu Shu paused, "As long as there is war, there will be bloodshed. Even if it is Master Yunqi, he has never been a good person. He is just using his method... to complete the unification as soon as possible, to revive the Han Dynasty as soon as possible, and to end this chaotic mountain and river, From this perspective, killing people now... is actually for saving people in the future!"

"The Emperor Qin, right?" Hou Yin sighed again, but turned the topic to Guan Lin, "After this explosion, the Wei army will be in danger and can't fight anymore. When the story of this battle spreads, unification... should be very soon!"

Yes...

If the previous crossbows, eight-ox crossbows, side-carriages, and even flying balls... even Lu Gong cars, etc., are just to deter Cao Wei, then now... when this explosive pack is revealed, this kind of "arms" crushing is enough to make the Wei lose all confidence and motivation for hegemony.

This is a problem that they... absolutely cannot solve--

"Mr. Yunqi said..." Zhu Ling didn't dare to speak alone, "Hit the first punch to avoid the others. This punch... is hard enough!"

Just when the discussion came to this...

"Da Da Da..."

But the sound of war horses resounded, and it turned out that Tian Yu's troops came to rescue.

Because they were all outside the city of Henei, Tian Yu's scouts easily found the armies of Hou Yin and Zhu Ling and his son...

"Are you going to strangle the warriors of my Wei?"

Tian Yu drove his horse over, pointing his whip at Zhu Ling and Hou Yin.

As if, in his opinion, with Henei City in such a miserable state, the Han army in front of him only needed to take advantage of the situation to attack, then...the entire 100,000 Wei army would be finished!

Of course, even if they didn't attack, Tian Yu didn't think that the Wei army in Henei City would be fine!

Compared to Tian Yu's idea, Hou Yin smiled and pointed at the city, "We don't plan to attack. Of course, if you insist on fighting with us, we are happy to accompany you!"

Both sides have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. The Han army is in high spirits, while the Wei army is in low morale. At this time, in a field battle...even the brave cavalry of the Wei army in the north may not be able to gain an advantage.

"Your Excellency means that you will not prevent me from entering the city to rescue people?"

Tian Yu's voice softened a bit.

"Easy--" Hou Yin waved his hand, but he squinted his eyes as usual, looking like he was watching a lively scene.

Zhu Ling said, "Guo Rang, we are all former colleagues. I advise you not to save people, and don't resist anymore. You are not the opponent of Master Yunqi--"

At this point, Zhu Ling sighed, "It's always better to be alive than to be dead..."

"Humph..."

At this time, Tian Yu would not listen to these. He waved his hand and ordered, "Save people--"

Because he was afraid of the Han army here, Tian Yu only sent 5,000 soldiers into the city, but just before arriving at the Henei city gate.

"Boom... Boom--"

There was a burst of explosions, and then hundreds of soldiers in the front row were blown into the sky and shattered.

"You..."

Seeing this scene, Tian Yu stared at Zhu Ling and Hou Yin in shock and anger, "You are bluffing us, right?"

Hou Yin glared back at Tian Yu, as if to say, I lied to you, what can I do?

Zhu Ling, on the other hand, kindly reminded: "I just said, don't go to rescue people, and don't resist. You are no match for Master Yunqi. Now you can't enter Hanei City, and the people inside can't get out either--"

Killing people and breaking their hearts...

These words are simply killing people and breaking their hearts--

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...(End of this chapter)