The wind and clouds gathered together in this land of fertile water and grass. The land here has been here for thousands of years, but today the earth was disturbed.
Shi Lietuo was riding a war horse on a hill three or four miles away from Li Ming's army. He was sitting on a black horse, holding an ancestral sword in his hand. He was wearing a brand new leather armor. His hair was tied down from both sides, and his beard was short and dark. His facial features were different.
They were as rough as the Meng Yuan people, but with a little bit of the elegance of the Ming Dynasty. Surrounded by more than a dozen leaders of large and small tribes, they looked at the Ming army in the distance without saying a word.
Seeing the formation set up by Ming Dynasty, Shi Lietuo chuckled: "I didn't expect that these Ming people are quite brave. I thought that they would run away like rabbits in the face of tens of thousands of our cavalry."
"The big leader." A man next to him laughed and spoke, punched Shi Lietuo in the chest, bowed and said: "Let the Hara tribe test them for the big leader whether they are timid rabbits or not."
Shi Lietuo nodded happily and said to this person: "Since the Ming people have chosen the battlefield, then Brother Yesuli, go and show these Ming people what a true prairie warrior is."
Even if the tribes on the grassland are summoned, they will not choose to go to war easily. After all, people will die in war. The tribal population is small to begin with, and each one is precious and cannot be wasted casually. Even if they want to fight, they must
There must be enough benefits to make up for the losses.
But Brother Yesuli saw that most of the Ming Dynasty had sword and shield soldiers, and also put the only cavalry in the rear formation. He thought that the general of the Ming army opposite was a guy who didn't know how to fight, and Brother Yesuli was sure of one
A charge can defeat the Ming army. Thinking of the Ming army's baggage, Brother Yesuli salivates. How can he endure such fatness?
The benefits that Brother Yesuli can see are naturally seen by others. However, these people are different from Brother Yesuli. They are shrewd and calculating. They will not act rashly until they understand the situation of the Ming army.
action.
In addition, their strength is not as good as Brother Yesuli. Brother Yesuli can't afford to lose, but they can't afford to lose.
Even the other person next to Shi Lietuo saw that Brother Yesuli was the first to speak and was about to speak, but was stopped by Shi Lietuo's look.
"Thank you, chief." Brother Yesuli happily bowed to Shilietuo, then crossed his legs, drove his horse back to the tribe, and summoned all the warriors to prepare for the attack.
"Woo~"
As the horn sounded, Brother Yesuli led four thousand cavalry and charged towards the Ming army.
The opening left by the Ming army was so good that people couldn't take their eyes away when they saw it, and they rushed towards the front opening without thinking.
With the charge of the Mongolian cavalry,
, the wind blowing on the grassland seemed to disappear at this moment. The green grass leaves on the ground also stopped swaying, stretching straight to the sky, as if embracing this moment of complete silence.
The three trenches were full of people. Everyone had a ring of thunder hanging on their waists. They lit the fire sticks in their hands and held them nervously. Behind the trenches was a row of sword and shield soldiers who tightly guarded the cannons.
Covered, fifty cannons were arranged in two staggered rows, with their ferocious muzzles slightly tilted forward. The gunpowder fuses for the cannonballs had been installed, and the soldiers stood aside with torches, waiting for an order to fire.
The silence between heaven and earth was broken by a sudden burst of Wang Dou, and Xu Chengfei immediately shouted after hearing the sound:
"Prepare!"
The sword and shield soldiers blocking in front of the cannon retreated suddenly, and the cold light of steel suddenly shone out.
The drumbeat suddenly stopped.
"fire!!!"
Following Xu Chengfei's order, all gunners immediately lit the fuses.
"呲呲呲" The burning lead keeps beating, as if it is counting down.
"boom!"
The deafening sound made the gunners somewhat deaf. Before they could recover from their slight dizziness, the continuous sound of artillery began to roar.
"boom"
"boom"
"boom"
The Ming army has cannons!
Brother Yesuli couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling when he heard the roar, but he was charging at full speed and there was no way he could turn around or stop. Now he had no choice but to charge hard, and he could only hope that Daming would lead him.
With few cannons, he was able to force his way through the camp.
"The Ming Dynasty has traveled thousands of miles. It is impossible to bring too many cannons. Charge with me, the leader. The first one to rush in will be rewarded with ten cows and thirty sheep."
In order to fully utilize the power of the cavalry charge, Brother Yesuli concentrated too densely. And Handu deliberately left only a small opening, facing the direction of the cannon bombardment.
The dense artillery shells fell on the cavalry, immediately exploding into flowers of blood. Just one round of shelling left fifty bright red blood stains among the cavalry.
Brother Yesuli saw it with astonishment and his eyes were red, but he had no choice. At this time, it was difficult to get off the tiger. No matter how great the losses were, he could only continue to charge under the gunfire, hoping to break through the Ming army's formation. Only in this way could he lose his money.
Loss can be minimized.
"Quick, load the gunpowder"
"Load the gunpowder and release the shells"
In order to increase the speed of loading gunpowder, Han Du had already ordered the Ordnance Bureau to produce fixed-load gunpowder. The gunpowder was weighed in advance, then wrapped in paper and sealed, and then wrapped with a layer of oil paper. When needed,
Just tear off the oil paper and put the wrapped gunpowder directly into the barrel.
The paper wrapping the gunpowder is not ordinary paper, but nitrocellulose paper that has been soaked in concentrated nitrate and then dried. Like nitrocellulose, such paper will turn into a plume of smoke after burning, leaving nothing behind.
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In this way, it is naturally extremely convenient.
The gunner quickly put a fixed charge of gunpowder into the cannon, then put in a cannonball, suddenly inserted the fuse, and it took less than ten seconds to ignite it.
"Boom~"
Another cannon shot out.
Although Han Du only brought fifty cannons, the firing time of these cannons was less than half of that of ordinary cannons.
Therefore, the firepower was so fierce that it was like more than a hundred cannons firing in unison, with raindrops of shells flying towards the Mongolian cavalry.
Brother Yesuli had only heard of cannons in the past and had never seen one. When he encountered them suddenly, he was immediately stunned.
The tribal cavalry charged forward one after another, but it was like there was an invisible city wall in front of them, and those who rushed forward were exploded one by one.
The distance of less than two miles has become a chasm of despair in Brother Yesuli's eyes. The huge loss made Brother Yesuli close his eyes happily.
"Withdraw~"
He had to withdraw, even if the retreat would cause considerable losses, Brother Suri had to choose to retreat. If he didn't withdraw, his entire tribe might die here.
As the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry retreated, cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami suddenly erupted in the Ming army camp, and everyone's fear of the Mongolian Yuan people was swept away.
Originally surrounded by tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry, no matter who they were, they would feel fear. This has nothing to do with courage, it is human nature.
But now that they saw the fierce attack, they were bombarded by artillery before they could get close and fled, leaving stumps and broken arms all over the ground. Less than half of Yesuli's four thousand cavalry were able to withdraw alive.
, more than two thousand horses fell in front of the Ming army in just a moment.
For the first time, the ferocity of firearms came to the fore, leaving the enemy helpless.
The comparison was so timid that the soldiers of the Ming army were inspired by it.
Brother Yesuli retreated dejectedly, and did not go to see the big leader. He led people directly back to the tribe's location. The huge casualties instantly calmed Brother Yesuli. He now no longer wants to eat the Ming army.
It's a good thing, he needs to lick his wounds urgently.
When Tuo Lie saw that Brother Yesuli had not returned, he didn't care. Although he was the big leader, this was because he had the highest prestige among the people. He had no absolute binding force on tribal leaders like Brother Yesuli.
"The Ming army actually has so many cannons." Shi Lietuo's eyes suddenly focused and his face became solemn.
The other leaders also looked at the Ming army's camp with lingering fear. Fortunately, Brother Yesuli couldn't wait to rush up to test it out. Otherwise, no matter who of them went up, they would be caught off guard and end up with the same fate as Brother Yesuli.
"Explore again!"
Shi Lietuo gestured to a leader next to him.
The leader obviously didn't want to go, but he couldn't refute Lietuo in front of everyone, so he had to bite the bullet and send people to continue the attack. Fortunately, the Meng Yuan people also learned their lesson. Although they also charged towards the Ming army, they were not able to do so at all.
He did not dare to gather the troops together like Brother Yesuli, but kept a certain distance from each other.
But even so, it was difficult to withstand the bombardment of the Ming army's artillery.
They charged several times in succession, but were easily repelled by the Ming army, leaving dead bodies everywhere.
Although the Meng Yuan tribes took turns fighting against the Ming army, which was equivalent to sharing the losses equally, even such huge losses made many tribal leaders feel heartbroken.
Everyone looked at Shilietuo. Now only Shilietuo had not sent anyone forward. If there was still a confrontation with the Ming army, they would have to work together to force Shilietuo to send his people forward immediately.
All of them are now damaged in strength. If Shilietuo's strength is not damaged at all, then they are worried that Shilietuo will annex them.
Shi Lietuo naturally knew the purpose of everyone. He could not force the leaders to a dead end before the Ming army was defeated. He looked up at the sky and saw that it had begun to darken.
Shilie Tuo said confidently: "Have you noticed? The Ming army's cannons are becoming more and more sparse and weak?"
After everyone heard Shi Lietuo's words, they thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed the case. When Brother Yesuli charged at the beginning, the shells were like raindrops, and the roars continued one after another. But when the last charge came,
The roar has become intermittent, and the originally dense shells have become sparse.