After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

The scout's face was covered in black and gray, and his body was also partially torn. Seeing the large army, his face was filled with excitement:

"General... The Firearms Battalion ahead was escorting grain and fodder. Not long after leaving Lincheng, they were attacked by barbarians. Now they've engaged in combat. Just now..."

The scout grew increasingly agitated as he spoke, then took a breath and continued, "I don't even know what a firearm is. I just saw that reinforcement team, armed with weapons, chasing the barbarians and dropping a black box through the air. The barbarians were all scared to death... They were all crippled just after the initial fight..."

"You mean, the barbarians were defeated as soon as they fought?" Zeng Yi couldn't believe it and even wondered if he had heard it wrongly.

"Yes, General, this reinforcement is incredible! I've never seen such powerful weapons before..."

"No, how many barbarians are there?" Zeng Yi asked again.

"They got the news from somewhere and set up an ambush in advance. There are about two thousand of them..."

"So many people actually sneaked into the territory quietly..." Zeng Yi frowned. It seemed that there was a traitor in the army who secretly opened a passage for those barbarians.

"Investigate! We must find out which entrance those barbarians came in from..." Zeng Yi looked worried. This was not a trivial matter. He estimated that group of people had received the news long ago and had been making secret arrangements during this period!

No wonder, no wonder the barbarians have been so quiet in the past ten days. They are not even angry in the face of their insults and challenges.

Not only were they not angry, they always looked at him with disdain. He didn't understand it at the time, but now he suddenly felt that it seemed as if they had already started to take action at that time.

And successfully sneaked into the border town.

This place is mountainous and easy to hide. If they sneak in early and hide in the mountains, they might be difficult to find.

"General, there seems to be no sound ahead..." Several young generals suddenly exclaimed. It had not been more than a quarter of an hour since they heard the explosion.

There was no sound at all.

Zeng Yi, who had originally worried that the scouts might have made a mistake, no longer cared about much. Before he saw the food and supplies, he would never believe that an army could resolve the battle so quickly.

That’s two thousand barbarians.

It will take half a day to chop it!

The enemy was defeated as soon as they met. Zeng Yi smacked his lips. Although he also heard the noise and was very curious, he still found it hard to believe.

"Let's go and take a look!" Zeng Yi squeezed the horse's belly hard and led the soldiers forward. After galloping for about a quarter of an hour, they could vaguely see the red flag of the camp in front.

No, red flag?

Zeng Yi widened his eyes, trying to see the red flag clearly.

I saw a bright red military flag flying in the sky, with five stars inlaid in the upper left corner!

According to common sense, the general who commanded the firearms battalion was General Pingnan Lu Xingzhou.

On top of that flag, there should be a black flame flag, with a big word "Lu" embedded in the middle to show the general's power!

But why does it have five stars?

And it’s a five-pointed star!

Zeng Yi looked bewildered. More importantly, the flag was a little too red, with no gold edging and no extra patterns.

But it was just such a flag, erected high above the chariot, fluttering in the breeze, with an almost weird harmonious beauty!

Zeng Yi didn't care about much else. Seeing that he was getting closer, he immediately sped up and ran towards the place where the firearms battalion was being repaired.

They said they were resting, but in fact they were just cleaning up the battlefield.

Zeng Yi, who led his troops here, discovered that this so-called battlefield was actually bombed into darkness, and the bodies of many barbarians were blown into bloody pieces. The soldiers of the firearms battalion could be said to be cleaning the battlefield while retching and vomiting bile.

The smell of blood mixed with many other smells was so unpleasant that Zeng Yi didn't care about much else. When he was near the firearm camp, he was the first to dismount and introduce himself!

"General Zeng Yi, the Fengyi Lieutenant, has come to greet you on the orders of the general!" Upon hearing that it was a comrade from the front line, the young officer from the Firearm Battalion immediately saluted and then went to the rear to report!

Not long after, Lu Xingzhou and Shen Yan came together and greeted Zeng Yi one by one!

After several people introduced themselves to each other, Zeng Yi finally asked: "General Lu, may I ask, this war..."

"Oh, as General Zeng saw, the barbarians launched a surprise attack, so I took the opportunity to give everyone some practice..."

"Oh, yes..." Zeng Yi curled the corner of his mouth. Two thousand barbarians, are you just practicing?

Moreover, the battle ended in less than an hour.

Zeng Yi was thinking about this when he suddenly saw that there seemed to be many chariots behind the firearms camp. The backs of the chariots were covered with red cloth. Judging from the bulging shapes on the chariots, they did not look like food.

"General Lu, what are these..." Zeng Yi pointed at the convoys and asked curiously.

"These are all firearms. I'll explain them to General Zeng in detail when we get to the military camp!"

After Lu Xingzhou said this, he immediately ordered everyone to speed up and make sure to reach the border town not far from the military camp within today.

The journey with food and fodder was already slow, and now they were suddenly ambushed. Although the artillery successfully defeated the enemy, they also captured more than 700 prisoners.

The rest took the opportunity to escape, some were blown into a pile of flesh and blood, and some were blown to pieces and had a hard time surviving. The soldiers of the Firearms Battalion gave them a ride.

In the end, only about 700 people survived.

Now, they were so scared by the firearms that they didn't even have the courage to stand up and run away. After all, this cannon was too powerful and could be called a divine weapon.

The sound of the bombing was like thunder from heaven. The ancients believed in destiny, and in the face of such divine weapons, they had no ability to resist at all.

So when Lu Xingzhou ordered his men to tie them all up, they were extremely obedient and didn't resist at all.

They even felt sincerely grateful to the Yong army for not killing them. They now understood that in the face of such a divine weapon, it was only a matter of time before they conquered the city gates and broke into the city.

Since the way forward has been blocked, it is better to surrender directly. In the future, he can gain some living space by relying on his military merits on the battlefield.

Anyway, whoever becomes the emperor doesn't matter. It has nothing to do with them. They joined the army just to make a living.

Since we are here to eat, it doesn’t matter where we eat.

What's more, the food they are given has been getting less and less recently, and they haven't had a full meal for many days.

They knew that this team was a Yong army team escorting food and fodder, and they came to ambush them in order to steal their food and fodder.

But who could have imagined that a grain escort team could fight so well!

The prisoners were already hungry, and now they were even more frightened.

At this moment, they only hoped that the Yong army would be more merciful and at least give them a hot meal.