The barbarians were also extremely cautious, sneaking towards the cyclone cannon position.
At this time, the cyclone cannon in the woods was being debugged. After all, it was no longer on the tank.
The Hu people couldn't help but be overjoyed. It seemed that they had come at the right time.
Puff, puff, these barbarians felt severe pain in their arms or upwards, and they couldn't help but scream loudly.
"Shadowless Cannon, this is the Nanman Shadowless Cannon." The barbarian who was shot shouted loudly.
In fact, when the Hu people came out of their table formation, they were discovered by the chariot battalion. The first to fire was the Shadowless Cannon.
Cathar, Tatar, centurions, and deacons were all wearing either iron armor or cowhide armor, and they had not been shot yet.
The cyclone cannon on the chariot guarding the mountain road fired, and the thunder flew from the mountain road over the treetops and landed directly in front of the barbarians.
"Boom, boom, boom." The thunderbolt exploded in front of them, causing bursts of explosions.
Some Hu people had no time to dodge, and dozens of Hu people, including the captain of ten and the centurion, were killed or injured.
The barbarians also ignited the mountain thunders at the cottage almost at the same time, and they flew toward the cyclone cannon position with black smoke.
The Hu Renshanzhai Thunder to Heaven is not only larger in size but also much less powerful than the Thunder to Thunder in Zhaojiazhuang.
Because the Shanzhai Thunder is very heavy, its throwing distance is much smaller than that of the Zhaojiazhuang Thunder.
Any soldier of Zhaojiazhuang Hong Tianlei can throw it twenty steps without any problem. If he is slightly stronger, he can reach thirty steps, and some can even reach forty or fifty steps.
The Hu people's copycat thunder can only be thrown ten steps, and those with strong strength can only throw it fifteen steps. Only strong men can throw it twenty steps.
The two sides are now thirty steps apart, and it is difficult for the barbarian's mountain thunder to be thrown here.
However, the barbarians also have a way, which is to throw it immediately after lighting it and use the terrain advantage to let it roll down automatically.
"Boom, boom, boom." These copycat thunders exploded at different locations. Some exploded at about twenty steps, and some exploded at twenty-five steps.
Kattar, Tatar and a few centurions were stronger, and they could throw it to a distance of nearly twenty steps.
Coupled with the rolling distance of the copycat thunder, it exploded nearly thirty steps away, causing varying degrees of damage to several cyclone cannons.
"Boom, boom, boom." The second round of cyclone cannon firing from the tank battalion on the mountain road started again.
The Hu people did not dare to take risks. All the Hu people who could run ran back, leaving behind dozens of corpses and seriously injured people.
The barbarians ran behind their table array. Although they were panting, they finally felt at ease.
At this time, the cyclone cannon in the woods of the chariot camp was finally debugged.
The cyclone cannon is still a four-person system, with two of them defending, one holding the ammunition and acting as a booster, and the gunner responsible for firing.
Li Hantong shouted from the metal loudspeaker in his hand, "Come forward."
The chariot battalion shouted and rushed up the mountain.
At this time, the Hu people's copycat thunder did not appear, but the rocket did.
Their target is very clear, which is the cyclone cannon.
Each cyclone cannon has two guards, one holding a spear and one holding a sword.
They waved desperately, trying hard to ensure that the rockets would not hit the tornado cannon behind them.
Despite their best efforts, things occasionally slip through the cracks.
Fortunately, most of the fish that slipped through the net were blocked by the woods, and only a few of them hit the cyclone cannon.
Fortunately, these cyclone cannons are already covered with a layer of iron, so there is no problem with fire prevention.
The key is the thunder. If it catches fire and causes an explosion, it may be difficult for the four cyclone cannons to escape.
Kattar and Tatar finally hid behind the Eight Immortals Table and couldn't help laughing when they saw the imitation thunderbolt thrown by the barbarians hitting the cyclone cannon.
"It seems that the Nanman can only stop at thirty steps!" Qatar looked at Tatar, with a smile on his face.
Tatar nodded and felt the same way: "The tables are arrayed on the hillside. The Southern Barbarians can only attack upward. We also have thunder from the sky. It seems that the Southern Barbarians are nothing more than this."
"If the Southern Barbarians had conquered this level on flat ground, it's a pity that this is a hillside and relatively steep. It seems that the Guandi Temple is really protecting us. General Ha was right to bring us here." Dema heard the two He nodded, and at the same time gave Hadleki a hard pat on the ass.
After hearing what his three subordinates said, Catalu couldn't help but touch his beard, with a German smile on his face.
Not only were the Hu people proud, but the three commanders of the chariot battalion of the Sichuan Guard Army also looked at Li Hantong, hoping that he would think of a way.
Li Hantong thought for a while and said, "Incendiary bombs."
"There are not many incendiary bombs, where are they used?" Li Hanshu looked at the woods and mountain roads in front of him, and finally asked.
"Mountain road, mountain road. This is the passage leading to the temple." Li Handong shouted loudly, "Wang Gen moved forward ten steps to make room for the chariot."
The chariot was still forty steps away from the barbarians on the mountain road, which was already beyond the launch distance of the chariot on the hillside.
"Follow your orders." Wang Gen looked carefully at the rolling boulders on the mountain path. The barbarians on the mountain path still kept throwing boulders.
Now their task is more difficult. Not only do they have to block the rolling boulders, but they also have to clear them.
He then shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him who were holding the Eight Immortals Table: "On the seventh fire, the eighth fire, and the ninth fire, open the passage for the chariots behind. The others clear the boulders."
The nine Eight Immortals tables were divided into three groups, and the three Eight Immortals tables rushed forward together.
The soldiers of the Eight Immortals Table who did not resist immediately followed behind and threw these huge rocks towards the woods or grassland on both sides.
Kattar looked at the chariot camp and frowned: "The Nanman are going to attack from the mountain road, so be careful."
"Throw boulders on the mountain road. Throw more boulders to stop them from attacking." Dema yelled at his men.
A hundred barbarians struggled to pick up the boulder, shouted, and threw it towards the table array on the mountain road.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom" was the sound of heavy rolling boulders, which were constantly being thrown down from the front of the barbarian table array on the mountain road.
Zhang Chu squinted his eyes, kept rotating the regulating valve, raised the height of the shadowless cannon, and aimed at the barbarians throwing stones.
Dema saw the Shadowless Cannon constantly aiming back and forth, and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, the Shadowless Cannon is about to fire."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Shadowless Cannon banged and a burst of black smoke came out.
A dozen barbarians holding huge rocks screamed and couldn't help but shake their hands a few times.
They did not throw the boulder in their hands, but gritted their teeth and persisted, barely landing in front of the table array.
But most of them fell directly from their hands, either hitting the Eight Immortals table, or hitting the barbarians holding it in the table array, and some even hit their own feet, causing both sides to scream.
"Substitute, replace." Dema shouted with sweat dripping from his head.
The soldiers of the table formation at the foot of the mountain immediately seized the rare opportunity to advance and clear the boulders in front of them.
Dema did not give up and shouted loudly: "Hurry up and throw stones to kill Nanman. Hit Nanman to death."
The uninjured Hu man quickly picked up the stone and shouted to throw it out.
Bang bang, boulders rolled down. Fortunately, it was not many this time, and the soldiers of the chariot battalion blocked it in time.
The barbarians were about to throw stones again, bang bang, the shadowless cannon was launched in time.
The stones in the hands of the barbarians either hit the table array, or the barbarians behind the table array even hit their own feet.
The chariot battalion took the opportunity to advance three more steps while clearing the rolling boulders.
"Substitution, substitution." Dema looked at the third batch of centurions.
Seeing that the two barbarians were shot by the shadowless cannon just now, either hitting others or themselves, these barbarians were hesitant.
Dema and his soldiers drew their swords, pointed at the barbarians and shouted: "Pick up the stones, pick up the stones."
A centurion gritted his teeth, shouted, picked up a boulder, and quickly threw it out.
Seeing that the centurion threw the boulder without incident, the other barbarians were overjoyed and also picked up a boulder.
But just as they lifted the boulder, bang bang, that abominable shadowless cannon actually fired.
The huge rocks in the hands of these barbarians were almost not thrown. They either hit the table array, or hit themselves or others, causing them to scream in agony.
The tank battalion's table formation took the opportunity to advance another four steps while clearing away the thrown boulders.
Dema's eyes were red from fighting, and he shouted, lifted the boulder himself, and threw it out. Boom, boom, boom, the boulder rolled down and hit the table array of the chariot camp with a bang.
His ten soldiers also lifted up the boulders and threw them almost simultaneously, slamming them on the table array of the chariot camp.
"It seems that I have to take action." Seeing that he and his soldiers finally succeeded, he couldn't help laughing and said to the injured Huren.
His soldiers also laughed and looked down upon the injured barbarians.
The other barbarians couldn't help but lower their heads, thinking, why don't I have such good luck?
Seeing that the chariot was only thirty steps away from the barbarian table formation, Li Hantong shouted: "Launch, launch."
Sandao's three tank gunners nodded and immediately carefully put on incendiary bombs.
Seeing that the tanks of the tank battalion suddenly stopped attacking, Dema observed for a while and said: "The southern barbarians have no choice. It seems that they don't want to waste the useless thunder."
After saying that, he burst out laughing, and Kattar and Tatar also laughed.
As soon as he finished speaking, the tornado cannon of the chariot battalion on the mountain road fired again.
"What's the use of this? It's just a waste of thunder." Dema looked at the flying thunder and laughed contemptuously.
"Bang bang, bang bang." The cyclone cannon of the chariot battalion on the mountain road finally fired, and the thunder exploded in the barbarian table array.
It's just that the power of this thunder is not as powerful as before, it only explodes ceramics.
Dema's laughter became even more wild, and his mouth was full of contempt: "The Southern Barbarians really don't have thunder, and they even use dumb bombs."
When his soldiers heard this, they laughed together with them.
Infected by Dema's laughter, the injured Hu Ren also laughed.
Although he was injured, it was worth it to be able to stop Nanman.
"No, why is the table array burning?" A centurion looked at the flames on the table array and shouted loudly.
Dema shouted: "Water, water, water to put it out."
Immediately some barbarians came with buckets and ladles to water the table array.
But it didn't put out the fire. Instead, it burned even louder.
"There is less water, add more water. Add more water." Dema shouted loudly, sweating profusely.
The barbarians tried their best to water the table, but it still did not extinguish the flames. Instead, the flames grew bigger and bigger.
A well-informed centurion shouted loudly: "They are really the true fire of samadhi, which cannot be quenched by wind or water. No amount of water can quench it."
The centurion Catalu couldn't help but became furious when he heard this, and slashed at the centurion.
When the centurion saw the centurion's sword, he quickly dodged and did not dare to speak again.
The other barbarians couldn't help being startled when they heard the sound. Some were about to run away, while others were looking at Catalu.
"Although Nanman incendiary bombs are powerful, the number is limited and can only be hit here." Dema looked at the burning Eight Immortals Table and expressed his opinion.
Kataru nodded, as if to confirm Dema's statement and said loudly: "The Nanman has very few incendiary bombs, don't worry, replace the Eight Immortals Table for me immediately."
After hearing this, the Hu man's expression returned to normal.
Even those barbarians who were about to run away replied that they were going back to replace the Eight Immortals Table.
As soon as Kataru finished speaking, the cyclone cannon on the security group's tank fired again.
"Bang bang, bang bang." This time the thunderous thunder landed on the Eight Immortals Table on the left side of the mountain table array.
A barbarian centurion took one look and said loudly: "Squib, squib, squib."
If anyone listens carefully, they will hear the panic in his voice.
But no one paid attention to his voice now, because almost everyone's eyes and energy were focused on Hong Tianlei, who made no sound this time.
Flames suddenly appeared on the three Eight Immortals tables on the left, and Dema shouted: "Water, water, water."
There were already people nearby using water ladles to water the table of the Eight Immortals. However, no matter how much water was poured, the fire became bigger and bigger, and the more it burned, the more prosperous it became.
Except for the captain of thousands and a few captains of three hundred, everyone else looked pale.
"The Eight Immortals' Table is coming, the Eight Immortals' Table is coming." When other foreigners heard this voice, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, as if they were drowning and grabbing a life-saving straw.
They all got out of the way, only to see a dozen barbarians fighting against six brand new Eight Immortals tables with wet quilts, replacing the Eight Immortals tables that had turned into blazing fire.
When Dema saw the arrival of the new Eight Immortals Table, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "There are no more incendiary bombs in the South Barbarians."
"Bang bang, bang bang." Several more thunderbolts exploded in front of the new Eight Immortals table.
A centurion shouted: "Dumb, dud, dud."
His voice was obviously trembling, and he didn't even believe what he said, but he still tried his best to say it.
Although there was something obviously wrong with what he said, no one cared about him. Everyone's eyes and energy were focused on Hong Tianlei on the table of the New Eight Immortals.
To the dismay of all the barbarians, this time it started to catch fire again.
"Water, water, water." Dema still didn't give up, shouting desperately with sweat on his forehead.
The Hu people also had sweat on their foreheads and tried their best to water it with water ladles, but no matter how they watered it, the fire still got bigger and bigger.
The centurion just now jumped out again, pointed at the flames and shouted loudly.
"This true fire of Samadhi is indeed unquenchable." He shouted loudly as he ran, "Run, run."
Hearing this, the barbarians looked panicked and wanted to run away.
It seems that the security group's incendiary bombs are indeed powerful, not to mention the shadowless cannon, cyclone cannon and tank.
The Eight Immortals Table, which they relied on to block the Shadowless Cannon and the Tornado Cannon, was only partially burned into dry charcoal when encountering the security group's incendiary bombs.
Kataru was not afraid in the face of danger and shouted loudly: "You can't just run back like this. You must block the Nanman's attack, otherwise no one can escape."
After saying that, he took out his longbow, lit the rocket, and shot towards the chariot camp.
Hearing the captain's calm tone, some Hu people suddenly realized that they just wanted to escape, but they did not expect that there was a security group behind them.
This was a vicious wolf that now frightened them, the kings of the prairie.
If they do not fight off the attack of the security group, they may be eliminated by the security group before they enter the Guandi Temple.
Although ordinary barbarians do not understand it, barbarians above ten captains understand it.
"According to my order, Dema stayed behind to block the attack. Tatar and Katar attacked first and then retreated. They retreated into the temple to cover Dema's entry." Kataru looked at all the barbarians and said his decision.
Dema, Tatar, and Kattar looked at each other and nodded. This is the best solution.
Dema immediately arranged his men to defend, while Tatar and Kattar led the Hu people to attack.
Some barbarians took out their long bows, lit rockets and fired towards the chariot camp;
Some picked up boulders and threw them from mountain paths and woods;
Some ignited the copycat thunder and took advantage of the terrain to make it roll farther and explode.
Suddenly, flames were blazing in front of the chariot camp, explosions continued, and boulders rolled, and the chariot camp had to defend.
The Hu people went crazy, which frightened the chariot camp, thinking that the Hu people were going to attack again.
The barbarians fired boulders, rockets and thunderbolts to blast the village, while quietly retreating under the leadership of the centurion.
As the Hu people gradually retreated according to the centurions, the chariot battalion was not aware of it for a while.
"Something's wrong." Zhang Chu, the deputy commander of the third formation, fired the shadowless cannon and asked in surprise: "Why are there fewer and fewer barbarians?"
"Indeed, the Hu people seem to be retreating." Zhang Chu, the leader of the third formation, paused shooting and suddenly realized, "The Hu people's fierce offensive just now was actually an attack instead of a defense, covering their retreat."
Li Hanshu nodded and felt the same way: "This captain is well versed in the art of war. Under the triple blow of thunder, shadowless cannon, and incendiary bombs, he did not lose his position. He actually acted like a crazy attack and fought hard. Very organized.”
"Zhongzhi (characterized by Li Hantong), what should we do now?" The leader of the chariot camp, Bo Zonghou, looked at the barbarians who were attacking more and more sparsely, and looked at Li Hantong and asked.
Li Hantong breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "If the Hu people stick to this place, even if they take it, it will be very costly. Now it's better. We can occupy it almost without paying much cost."
"I agree with the camp leader. If the barbarians continue to hold on, our incendiary bombs will show their true colors." After saying this, he couldn't help laughing.
Zonghou looked at the wall stacks and arrow tower of Guandi Temple in the distance, looked at the retreating Hu people, and couldn't help but ask: "What should we do with these Hu people in front of us?"
"Eradicate them as much as possible if they can. If they can't be eliminated, let them in. It's better to catch turtles in a urn than to chase sheep across the mountains." Li Hantong looked at them, thought for a moment and expressed his opinion.
Li Hanshu did not speak, but looked thoughtfully at the wall stacks and arrow towers of Guandi Temple.
After a stick of incense, most of the Hu people retreated into Guandi Temple.
After all, not only is there food here, the walls are made of blue bricks two feet high, and there are two or three miles of road around.
Seeing the security team chasing after them, the barbarians on the archery towers and wall stacks fired rockets wildly and threw thunderbolts to cover the barbarians entering the Guandi Temple.
Kataru looked at the Guandi Temple, which had a city wall that was more than a foot high, an arrow tower and a city gate, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.
When Hadeleji saw most of the barbarians entering Guandi Temple, he didn't know whether he was happy or worried.
Seeing Hadeleji's frown, Zhang Liang looked around, and finally his eyes fell on the statues of Guan Yu and the others.
"Please protect us, Emperor Guan. In the coming year, we will surely burn incense every day and rebuild our golden bodies." He knelt down and bowed three times to the statue of Guan Yu.
After the ceremony, Zhang Liang said to Hadeleji: "Guandi is our best amulet."
"I'm afraid the southern barbarians outside don't think so." Hadleji looked at Zhang Liang's salute to Guan Yu indifferently, shook his head, and let out a long sigh.
"The Han people dare not destroy the Guandi Temple." Zhang Liang was full of confidence in the Guandi Temple.
Hadeleji shook his head with a bitter look on his face: "But now it is the warriors of the Khanate who occupy the Guandi Temple, not the Han soldiers."
"I bet they don't dare to destroy the Guandi Temple." Zhang Liang explained the reason, "If Confucius is a Han Chinese and a literary sage, Guandi is a Han Chinese martial sage. If the security team dares to destroy the Guandi Temple, aren't they afraid of criticism from the world's literati? "
"It makes sense, it does make sense." Hadeleji thought for a while and couldn't help but ask, "Is it as respectful as the grassland believes in shamans?"
Zhang Liangming nodded, bowed deeply to Emperor Guan again, and replied: "Exactly."
Hearing this, Hadeleji and his subordinates couldn't help but smile, confident in relying on Guandi Temple for defense.
After thinking about it for a while, Hadeleji led a group of his men and bowed respectfully to the three Guan Emperors while muttering something in their mouths.
Zhang Liang listened carefully and concluded that what Hadeleji said was similar to what he said. He hoped that the three gods of Emperor Guan would protect them and burn incense and pay tribute every day to rebuild their golden bodies.
Not only that, they also learned from Zhang Liang to kneel three times and bow nine times, which was completely different from how they had dealt with the situation before.
It seems that the Hu people not only believe in shamans, but now also believe in the three Guandi people.
