Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Chen Kai's thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning. The flash of light illuminated the deflection of the cannonball, and also illuminated the direction of the direct shot.

The damage that solid shells can cause is limited. Chen Kai thought about using explosive shells, but the weight of the shells would also affect the range and accuracy, which forced him to shelve this idea for the time being. But in front of him

This afterimage flashed across his sight, but he couldn't help but feel a little regret. However, this regret had not yet been realized, and he saw that the shell directly hit an ox cart carrying gunpowder. Next,

It was a deafening explosion that exploded on the north side of the Qing army's main position!

Affected by the deflagration of gunpowder and rapid friction with the air, the cannonball is a hot iron ball. Even if it is floating there, it is enough to scald people and things.

This shot went straight into the bullock cart. The huge kinetic energy of the cannonball easily broke through the outer shell of the wooden barrel. Its scalding temperature and the friction with the wooden barrel instantly ignited the saltpeter component in the gunpowder. The saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal reacted instantly.

, when a wooden barrel exploded, all the wooden barrels on the car instantly disintegrated under the huge vibration of the explosion, and at the same time, more gunpowder was exposed to the high temperature of the explosion. It was just the moment of the flash of light.

, wooden barrels, ox carts, even the oxen and the auxiliary soldiers driving them, everything disappeared in the flames instantly.

The explosion was never limited to that small area. The explosion of a wooden barrel of gunpowder was enough to submerge the nearby area in a sea of ​​​​fire, let alone a dozen barrels of gunpowder on an ox cart. It only took a blink of an eye.

In a matter of seconds, that large area was covered.

The gunpowder exploded, and the shells and even the heavy barrel of the Hongyi Cannon flew up and fell under the huge kinetic energy of the explosion. Whether it was the exploding fireworks or the nearby cannonballs and barrels, an ox carrying gunpowder

The car exploded, instantly igniting more oxcarts around it, and those oxcarts were all loaded with huge amounts of gunpowder!

"There are seventy-three Hongyi cannons. Each Hongyi cannon is equipped with 400 cannon balls and the same amount of gunpowder. If calculated according to Sun Yuanhua's standards, then even the Qing army's Red Yi cannons are all twelve-pound cannons.

If so, it will also be 280,000 kilograms of gunpowder..."

As the sound of the explosion came, numbers also exploded in Chen Kai's mind. At this moment, Chen Kai had never been so sensitive to numbers in all his years of school, and it was even so sensitive that it made him feel horrified.

Judging from the observation just now, not all of the Qing army's artillery team went around from that area to the rear of the formation. More than half of them must have gone around from another area to the south. In addition, counting the consumption of the front-line shooting

, and due to the habit of unavoidably exploding the barrel, the artillery crews of the Ming and Qing armies would tend to use less gunpowder. It is estimated that the gunpowder covered in that area may not reach the 100,000 kilogram mark. Fortunately,

It is of this order of magnitude, and its explosion effect is by no means something ordinary people can imagine.

Cars, horses, oxen, brave feudal soldiers, and even heavy oxen carts, artillery carts and gun barrels are no more powerful than confetti in the face of this chemical power. The energy of the gunpowder explosion will destroy the area.

Everything was torn into pieces, blown away, and even evaporated without a trace.

The explosion was continuous, with bullock carts one after another and barrels of gunpowder covering the entire area. The release of energy expanded to further areas, affecting the main positions of the Qing army from the sides and rear.

Even though the Jingnan vassal soldiers were left in the main position, only the reserves and auxiliary troops were left, and many people were affected, especially the auxiliary troops in that area who were assisting the artillery crews in transporting artillery.

It just disappeared into the explosion.

In a daze, Chen Kai even vaguely saw the mushroom cloud rising, but he quickly shook his head, but the explosions were still there, as if the sun in this winter was dimmed.

The huge shock wave was affecting the main position of the Qing army, which was quite far away, even as far as one or two miles away. When the siege Qing army heard the loud noise from behind, they no longer cared about what was in front of them.

They were fighting and turned to look at the flames soaring into the sky at the main position of the Qing army. However, their opponents did not take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to kill the Qing army who had been shocked to the point of going blank. Just like the former

Like that, he stared at everything in the distance with his mouth open, and he didn't even bother to swallow his saliva.

With the main fort lowered, a Qing soldier with swords and shields could easily climb halfway up. He was waiting to make a few sudden leaps and climb directly onto the low city wall to seize the advantage of being the first to climb. At this moment, he was like everyone else around him.

Like a Qing soldier, as if his soul had been sucked away by the loud noise behind him, one foot was hanging in the air and looking back. And just above him, he was about to aim a city brick at the Ming Dynasty he had thrown down.

Jun Ye raised the city bricks high with both hands, but never dropped them. He just stood there dumbfounded, his wide eyes full of disbelief.

In fact, Chen Kai had been giving the Qing army the illusion from the very beginning. By using those red artillery guns to fire at the Qing army, they were trying to make the Ming army's artillery smaller in number than them, and its range was about the same as theirs.

That's all.

This artillery does not need much power. It is enough to send the shells to an area not too far away from Geng Jimao. As long as the Qing army realizes that even their commander is within the range of the Ming army, he is nothing more than a man waiting to die.

A few people were enough to destroy the last bit of morale of the Qing army, and what followed was nothing more than a brutal pursuit.

But now, the bombardment is crooked, but the effect is several times better than expected. Apart from other things, the series of explosions alone are enough to attract the attention of the Qing army on the front line. This is better than the scene where Geng Jimao was killed by just bombing.

It’s even more shocking!

After a while, the Ming army, which had already spent a lot of energy in the previous battle, could no longer hold on and threw the city bricks down. And the figure looking back did not bother to use a shield to remove them.

With great strength, he uprightly used his head with an eight-petal helmet and a "lightning rod" to catch the falling force of the city bricks. Then he took off his hands and fell off the ladder, leaving only a scream of "Ah", and his life was about to end.

Summer ends.

However, the screams seemed to have opened a new chapter. The Qing army on the battlefield no longer cared about military law, rewards, massacres, rapes, plunders, and the bloody spirit of fighting bravely. Only after the screams stopped, the screams

The sound resounded across the ground in an instant, and for a moment it seemed as if even the distant explosions were suppressed.

"Failed, defeated!"

"The prince is dead. The prince was blown up by pirates!"

"The pirates have cut off our retreat. Run quickly. If you don't run, it will be too late!"

"..."

The morale of the Qing army collapsed. No matter the Green Camp or the once arrogant feudal soldiers, they no longer had the courage to fight the Ming army.

Everything happened so fast that even Chen Kai, who had been calculating for a long time, did not react at the first time. On the contrary, Li Jianjie, who was preparing to attack in Beibao City, immediately scolded the gatekeepers to open the city gate and let his cavalry charge out.

The city gate in front of the bastion was connected to the Half-Moon Fort, and there was a big height difference from the ground. Li Jianjie had to fight his way out from the back door. There, Ming troops had already crossed the pontoon bridge and were gathering on both sides. But as soon as the city gate opened

, Li Jianjie roared, and immediately rushed out with all his cavalry, almost grazing the edge of the Ming army's columns, completed the turn, and immediately rushed towards the north of the bastion.

The Qing troops attacking the city had begun to abandon their siege equipment and turn around to flee. The same was true for the Green Camp soldiers and the reinforcements of the feudal lords who were fighting with the Ming troops outside the city. The reinforcements in Houzhen and Qianchong Town took the lead and launched a counterattack against the Qing.

The Ming army's cavalry in Tieqi Town and Huoqi Town relied on their speed advantage to constantly chase the fleeing Qing army, and cut and stabbed them with sabers and lances without mercy.

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Chapter completed!