In Xiangyang City, there are corpses everywhere.

Fortunately in the era of cold weapons, even if someone is hacked to death, it is rare to miss an arm or leg, most of them are whole corpses, but the Southwest Army has a sky thunder, and if it is blown up at close range by a frontal hit, this kind of land mine may really blow people into cripples.

As a result, the scene in Xiangyang City is very terrifying.

The corpses were all over the place, and from time to time you could see a half palm or an arm in the streets and alleys.

However, the Hanzhong army is the army of the imperial court, so it will naturally not disturb the people of Xiangyang, and Li Xin's most basic requirement for his subordinates is not to disturb the people, so although the war fought in the city is tragic, as long as the people in the city are closed, nothing will generally happen.

Of course, the binding force on soldiers in this era is not strong, although it is expressly prohibited, but there will still be some people who break into the homes of ordinary people, relying on the sword in their hands and armor to do evil, whether it is in the Hanzhong Army or the Southwest Army, there will be such people.

After fighting in Xiangyang City for two whole days, the Ningzhou army in the southwest advanced all the way from the west city wall to the east city wall, and in the afternoon of the third day, the last wave of the Ningzhou army attacked, and five hundred firecrackers under the cover of the shield hand, in one fell swoop, the Hanzhong army that stayed behind the palace was completely driven out of Hanzhong City.

At this time, the Ankang army in Xiangyang City had already evacuated, and the Hanzhong army was bitten by the Ningzhou army because of the untimely retreat, and almost half of them were killed and wounded in Xiangyang City in three days.

For example, the confrontation between two armies of about 50,000 people is likely to take several months or even a year or two to determine the winner, during which thousands of people can be killed and injured each time, even if it is a large-scale collision.

There are nearly 100,000 people in the Hanzhong army, and half of the number is almost 50,000, even if this number is cut by the southwest army standing still, it will be difficult to cut it in two days, and even if it can be cut, the knife of the Ningzhou army is estimated to have a lot of curly blades.

In the era of cold weapons, it is difficult to kill people so efficiently.

But thermal weapons can.

The earth bomb of the thunder, although it is the most basic thermal weapon, but it also has the range of killing ability that all bombs have, especially in the process of pursuit, this thermal weapon has caused great casualties to the Hanzhong army, often a thunderbolt explodes in the crowd, which will cause a large-scale riot in an instant, followed by the intensive shooting of the bow and crossbow firebolt, and it will fall to the ground immediately.

Before the automatic use of thermal weapons, the conditions of use were quite harsh, and they often had to be used under specific conditions to have miraculous effects, and it was obvious that the current pursuit battle in Xiangyang City was not large enough, and the enemy was very dense, so it was very suitable for the use of natural thunder.

Li Xin is not a weapon expert, and even most of these thermal weapons in the southwest are not made by him personally, so even if he has these thermal weapons, he doesn't know how to use them.

In the evening, Li Xin stood on the east wall of Xiangyang City, he looked at the Hanzhong army under the city wall from a distance, glanced back at his cheap brother, and asked: "How many people were killed and wounded in the Hanzhong army?" ”

"At least 20,000 or 30,000 casualties."

Li Shuo bowed his head respectfully and said: "According to the general's order, our department accepted the surrender of the Hanzhong army, and many officers and soldiers of the Hanzhong army were afraid of the thunder, and more than 10,000 people surrendered to our department, and all of them have been handed over to General Mu to take care of." ”

Li Xin didn't say anything more and continued: "What about the casualties of the Ningzhou army? ”

"General Hui, the Ningzhou army has lost more than 2,000 casualties, and about three or four thousand are seriously wounded, and the minor injuries have not yet been counted."

It is normal to have casualties, although the Southwest Army is ahead of the imperial court in technology at present, but this lead cannot be regarded as crushing, most of the Hanzhong Army from the forbidden army is not a chicken and duck to be slaughtered, many of them are good at shooting, and under the counterattack with bows and crossbows, the Ningzhou Army naturally inevitably has casualties.

Hearing this, Li Xin nodded slightly, and said: "This battle damage is very good, it is the first time you have led troops to fight, and it is amazing to have this record." ”

Li Shuo lowered his head and laughed at himself: "What the general said is not right, it is not the first time that the last general has led troops, in the early years, the army was driven to the border between the Great Jin and Tubo, and the last general led the army to fight a few battles with some Tubo people on the border. ”

Li Xin turned around and re-examined Li Shuo a few times.

If I remember correctly, when the remnants of the army fled from Jincheng, Li Shuo was only in his early sixteens.

However, Li Xin didn't ask much, but said calmly: "Since you have dealt with the Tubo people, our big event will be completed in the future, and you can deal with the Tubo people again." ”

The Tubo people in this world are a little different from Li Xin's world, and the Tubo in the other world can compete with the Tang Dynasty when they are in their heyday, and the Tubo in this world was introduced to Buddhism early and lost most of its combat power, and it is no longer too much of a threat to the Central Plains Dynasty.

Li Shuo bowed his head slightly and said, "Everything is under the orders of the general." ”

General Li turned around and said slowly: "Since the Ningzhou army has been damaged, then the surrendered troops that you have captured in the past few days will be selected by you first, and the Ningzhou army of 50,000 people will be replenished first, and then you and Mu Ying will sit down and subdivide it again." ”

Li Shuo glanced up at Li Xin with great joy and said in a deep voice, "Thank you, brother." ”

Military power in peacetime, sometimes does not mean the right to speak, but in the current southwest, military power means absolute right to speak, and also represents Li Shuo's status in the southwest group in the future, this is not only the interests of Li Shuo alone, but also the overall interests of the Ningzhou army, and even the remnants of the army back then, Li Shuo has no reason not to be happy.

"You fought this battle very well, and it was also very beautiful, and within three days, you won the important city of Xiangyang City, and after it reached the capital, and after it reached the ears of the world, everyone would look up to us, and our major events were a little easier."

Li Xin patted his cheap brother on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I will write down this credit for you." ”

If the Southwest Group enters the capital, there will definitely be a process of dividing the cake, and the knife that cuts the cake is in the hands of Li Xin, who is the final divider of interests.

With Li Xin's words, Li Shuo's status in the Southwest Group will climb a small step again in the future.

Li Shuo was a smart man, and immediately understood the meaning of Li Xin's words, he bowed his head and said: "The Ningzhou army is up and down, swear to die for the general!" ”

When the brothers were talking, Mu Ying, who was dressed in black armor, also went up to the city tower, he walked to Li Xin's side, lowered his head and hugged his fists and said: "General, our old man seems to be reluctant to meet us, and after leaving the city, he ran fast, and now he is not too much to catch up." ”

"He's leaving, let him go."

Li Xin stretched his waist and said lightly: "Having such an uncle in the capital and in the center is mostly a good thing for us. ”

Mu Ying's face was a little unpleasant, and he said in a deep voice: "Before Xie Jinglin left, he asked someone to send something to the general. ”

Li Xin said with some surprise: "What is it?" ”

Mu Ying beckoned, and a soldier held a somewhat mutilated iron pipe and handed it to Li Xin.

The whole pipe has been somewhat deformed, but you can still see at a glance what it is.

Be...... Firecracker.

Now, whether it is Li Xin or Li Shuo, their faces are a little not good-looking.