Although Chen Da led his troops to defeat Zhang Ren, Zhang Ren himself was a Shu native and was stationed in this area. Of course, I am familiar with the mountain roads and walk very quickly.

Chen Da led his troops to chase after him, but there was no result.

"One less big thing." In the dense forest, Chen Da said with some annoyance on his face.

"General, now that you can't catch up with Zhang Ren, you should go back to your life. Besides, the wounded soldiers are still in the place where they fought just now, and they must be treated more urgently. The deputy general next to him was also a little distressed and flew away, but he still persuaded him.

"Withdraw troops." Of course, Chen Da was also worried about the wounded soldiers left behind, so he couldn't help but nod and said.

Immediately, Chen Da led the army back. On the way, he collected his own wounded, as well as Sergeant Zhang Ren, who was shot by the crossbowmen and did not die, and brought them back to the vicinity of Jinyan Bridge.

The bridge is still being built, and Kou Feng is still sitting on the stone next to him.

After returning to the army, Chen Da came to the front of Kou Feng and pleaded: "Your Excellency, the last general is incompetent and let Zhang Ren run away." ”

Kou Feng smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "It's good to be caught, but don't be upset if you don't catch it." Today, the destruction of thousands of his elite soldiers is already a great victory. You can't be too greedy. ”

Kou Feng's mood can be said to be extremely happy, he didn't have a strategy to break the enemy two days ago, so he had no choice but to attack. Now seeing that Zhang Ren failed to ambush, he was defeated.

Thousands of soldiers were killed or captured. Now the 30,000 troops in Fuling City have suddenly decreased by thousands. It's a great time to attack.

Although Kou Feng said so, Chen Da still couldn't let go.

"Please rest assured, you will definitely capture this person alive in the future." Chen Da assured.

"Huh." Kou Feng smiled, and he didn't plan to worry too much about this issue.

It is certain to capture Zhang Ren alive, and if you are not worried about capturing Zhang Ren, how can you cross Fuling and Ba County.

How can you go down to Shudi?

"By the way, how effective are the crossbowmen?" Kou Feng changed his words and said.

"It's really a sharp weapon, the last general didn't do anything, I saw Zhang Ren leading his troops to rush over. Ten thousand arrows were fired, and Zhang Ren was defeated. Speaking of the crossbowmen, Chen Da's face was really glorious, and he said with a smile.

Although I used to know the power of the crossbowmen, it was not until this moment that I really realized the power of the crossbowmen. Otherwise, in the dense forest, Zhang Ren's ambush might make him lose his troops and lose his generals.

"It's just luck to deal with Zhang Ren's pawns. If it weren't for Zhang Ren's sneak attack and ambush, but the two sides set up a position, if they had a huge shield, the power of the crossbowmen would have dropped a lot. The greatest effect can only be achieved against cavalry. Kou Feng was also more satisfied, and said with a smile.

When he attacked Shudi, he knew that the crossbowmen were effective. There are many mountains and forests, and the fighting of the army is relatively scattered. Without the protection of the Rimo shield, the lethality of the crossbowmen is magnified countless times.

However, of course, Kou Feng did not forget that the crossbowmen were invented to deal with cavalry.

"Even though there are no bridges here, we can cross them. But the horses can't get through, and there are many inconveniences. And this bridge also needs some time to forge. So be it. Today, I will find an open place to set up camp for the time being, and tomorrow I will attack Fuling. After discussing with Chen Da for a while, Kou Feng said.

"No." Chen Daying promised.

…。

In the evening, Zhang Rencai returned to Zifuling City in embarrassment.

Although he was familiar with the terrain in this area, Zhang Ren was able to quickly shake off the pursuers, but the dense forest was difficult to walk after all, so he came back so late.

In addition, I was very embarrassed all over my body. Even the spear he had with him was thrown away.

At the city gate, after receiving the news, Liu Bi, Ling Bao, and Deng Xian immediately came to the city gate to see Zhang Ren.

"General Zhang, how can this be?" Liu Yu couldn't help but ask when he saw Zhang Ren's embarrassed appearance.

His expression was somewhat unhappy, he led his troops to ambush and returned with a feather, the most important thing was to lose 5,000 soldiers.

"Didn't the soldiers come back before me?" Zhang Ren asked.

"Yes, only a few hundred people have returned. Ask them what happened, and they don't understand. What are the thousands of arrows fired at once, and the robe is one by one, incoherent and frightened. Liu Yu sighed.

Five thousand people went out, and a few hundred people came back, and they were all still in shock. It was so ugly that this panic inevitably spread to the entire army, and Liu Huang had to order the hundreds of soldiers who came back to be quarantined.

"Well, I don't blame them. Even I can't help but be terrified when I see it. Zhang Ren sighed when he heard this and said.

"What the hell is going on?" Liu Yu was shocked. Zhang Rennai is one of the best brave generals in Yizhou, and he is known for not being afraid of death.

And now Zhang Ren also claims to be frightened, what happened to make Zhang Ren like this.

Ling Bao and Deng Xian also looked sideways.

"Hey, let's go into the city first." Zhang Ren shook his head helplessly, looked up and saw that the soldiers on the city were looking down, sighed, and said.

Everyone also noticed that it was really inappropriate to talk about the defeated army here.

"Let's go." Liu Yu nodded and led the crowd back to Fuling City.

After a while, the group returned to Taishou Mansion. Zhang Ren even took a bath and changed clothes, and immediately took Liu Bi, Ling Bao, Liu Xian and others to the small school field in the Dashou Mansion.

"What the hell is going on?" This time, Ling Bud couldn't help but wonder.

"Hey, it is rumored that Chu Jun's methods are changeable, and I can be regarded as having tasted it." Zhang Ren smiled bitterly and gestured to the soldier next to him.

This soldier has been following Zhang Ren's side, setting up an ambush at Jinyan Bridge and an ambush in the dense forest, and he followed Zhang Ren's side until Zhang Ren escaped.

He was lucky enough to dodge a volley of arrows. And he also captured a repeater from the Chu army. This is the only gain from this battle.

"General." Hearing this, the soldier walked up and handed the repeater in his hand to Zhang Ren.

Zhang Ren had already seen this repeater, and there were about six arrows in the magazine.

"Isn't this a crossbow?" Liu Yan couldn't help but be disappointed when he saw Zhang Ren take out a crossbow.

"It seems to be a little different." But she noticed something different.

"It seems a bit like a four-five-shot repeater." Deng Xian figured out some fame and said.

Liu Bi, Ling Bao heard the words and gradually affirmed it.

"Even a repeater is only slightly more powerful. What's the difference? Could it be that the general led his troops to fight Kou Feng and was defeated on the top of this repeater? Liu Bi wondered.

"Just look at it." Zhang Ren held the repeater heavily, aimed at a target in the school yard, and then pulled the trigger.

"Bump." An iron arrow shot out as fast as lightning. But the head was not good, it was just inserted on the edge of the target, and it almost came off.

"This." Liu Yu, Ling Bao, and Deng Xian were very surprised. Zhang Ren is very brave, not only is he skilled in bows and horses, but the firing of this crossbow arrow is also outstanding.

I almost took it off.

But then, the eyes of the three of them widened in an instant, because Zhang Ren pulled the trigger again, and without exception, in the crossbow, he shot an iron arrow again.

As we all know, although the repeaters in this world are called repeaters, they actually fire iron arrows all at once.

And this repeater crossbow has broken the tradition and has become a succession of arrows.

Although this seems to be similar, the power is very different.

"This is it." Ling Bao stepped forward with a slight tremble, stretched out his hand, pointed to the repeater in Zhang Ren's hand, and said.

"That's why I failed. It can be fired one after another, and I've seen this magazine loaded with arrows, which is enough to hold ten rounds. Today, Kou Feng's crossbowmen are probably only about 1,000, but 10,000 arrows are fired at once. A photo. The soldiers who went with me fell in pieces. When I gave the order to withdraw my troops, the people who came back, as you know, hundreds. Zhang Ren's face smiled bitterly, very discouraged.

He is not afraid of jokes when he says it, he is a famous general in Yizhou. He was known as a brave and loyal man, but at that time he was really frightened. I didn't even have the heart to resist.

The gray came back, made up his mind, and stuck to the city. It's time to delay Kou Feng's entry into Shu.

Liu Bi, Ling Bao, Deng Xian and the other three were silent for a while when they heard this, and this was really not Zhang Ren's fault. This ambush, if it is against Zhang Lu, or a slightly inferior army, will definitely be able to make a contribution.

After all, the Jinyan Bridge collapsed, dividing Kou Feng's army into two armies. At that time, taking the opportunity to kill was definitely a big victory.

But not only that time, but also the ambush that pretended to flee into the forest. The people they ambushed were instead crushed.

It's not that their general Zhang Ren can't do it, but Kou Feng's means are too many.

"The state of Chu first had the Chu knife, and then there was such a crossbow. Even if we get Wei Dao, it seems that the gap has been narrowed, but there is still too much difference. "Lingbud is also more decadent.

The enemy has such a sharp weapon, and going out of the city to fight is to seek death. And now Zhang Ren has been defeated for a while, and his morale has been somewhat hit. And the troops have been broken by thousands.

Fuling, which was as solid as gold, seemed to be crumbling.

When the army was sent out to ambush, I didn't expect the result.

"We don't have enough troops, so we can only ask for reinforcements from Chengdu. This time, though, it was a loss. If it is not done well, it will cause the king to be furious. When the time comes, it will be difficult to explain, so it is better to send this crossbow to Chengdu and explain it clearly. It's not a general's sin, it's the attitude of the Chu army. Liu Yu pondered for a moment and said.

"It's a shirk of responsibility." Zhang Ren was a little worried when he heard this, failure is failure, Zhang Ren is a husband who can afford it, and he doesn't need to make more excuses.

"It's not as simple as shirking responsibility, and now it's a small defeat for a while, and morale is very weak. If the king doesn't know the situation and changes the commander on the spot, we have no hope. Liu Yu sighed and persuaded.

"This." Zhang Ren hesitated for a moment, but it was right to think about it. And he stopped making noise.

"Come on, pick someone who is good at words, and send this repeater to Chengdu." Seeing this, Liu Yu also ordered.

"No" a soldier walked out, crossed the crossbow and walked down. After that, Zhang Ren and the four of them were all solemn, and now the situation is sinister. The four of them glanced at each other and sighed in unison. [ENDS.]