The leaders were not aware of this at first and thought it was because they dispersed the cavalry. Now that I think about it, perhaps what Shi Lietuo said was right.
The Ming army is running out of gunpowder!
After understanding this, the leaders became excited again. As long as the Ming army's gunpowder was used up, the Ming army without cannons would be worse than a toothless tiger. They would just be a dish in their eyes, and they could eat whatever they wanted.
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"But it's getting late today, so let these Ming people live for one more day. Tomorrow our army will press on us and we will defeat them." Shi Lietuo said, looking in the direction of the Ming army with a ferocious expression, and stretched out his hand in the air and struck fiercely.
Grasp.
Although all the leaders were a little disappointed that Shilietuo did not send anyone to attack the Ming army, since Shilietuo said that he would attack the Ming army tomorrow, everyone could not say anything else and looked at each other with smiles and nodded in agreement.
"The great leader is victorious."
As darkness fell, Xu Chengfei had no choice but to retreat and defend. Of course, in order to beware of night attacks by the Meng Yuan people, Xu Chengfei needed to make proper preparations.
Even in order to avoid exposing their position in the dark night, the Ming army did not even light up any sparks. .??.??
There are no stars or moon tonight, the surroundings are silent and pitch black.
The Ming army and the Meng Yuan cavalry were just a short distance apart, wary of each other, and slowly passed the night.
As the sky approaches daylight, the wailing horn sounds again.
The Ming army immediately took action upon hearing this and prepared for battle. Different from yesterday, after yesterday's great victory and encouragement, today's soldiers' faces revealed a look of confidence.
The original despair was swept away, and the Ming army regained its fighting spirit to win.
Shi Lietuo did not break his promise to the leaders. As soon as the world cleared, he sent his troops to attack the Ming army. Unlike yesterday when small and medium-sized tribes attacked separately, Shi Lietuo directly commanded the army to press forward.
Xu Chengfei's face suddenly turned pale as he looked at the cavalrymen who were charging towards him in the darkness. He took a deep breath and fixed his eyes on the cavalrymen who were charging towards the Ming army.
Seeing the cavalry enter the cannon range, Xu Chengfei didn't wait for the signal from the battle and shouted directly:
"Fire! Fire! Fire!"
The cannon immediately roared with Xu Chengfei, and the shells continued to fall into the cavalry, drawing a long line of blood among the Mongolian people.
However, Meng Yuan used too many troops this time, and the huge losses did not scare Shi Lietuo. On the contrary, he continued to send orders to attack, hoping to complete his success in one battle and defeat the Ming army at once.
Xu Chengfei sensed the Meng Yuan people's intentions and rushed to the cannon regardless of his own safety. He kept shouting:
"Hurry up"
"Load the gunpowder, load the shells, and fire after loading, don't hesitate."
But even so, it could not stop the cavalry charge.
Shi Lietuo's guess was correct. The gunpowder in Han Du's hand was already somewhat insufficient yesterday. Now it was being consumed violently. It didn't last long before the dense sound of the artillery had to become sparse.
The Meng Yuan people obviously noticed the change, and a leader roared with joy and waved his long sword.
"The Ming people are out of gunpowder, they are finished, kill~"
"kill!"
"kill"
Han Du also looked nervously at the cavalry who were about to rush to the front of the formation, and sweat could not help but form in the corners of his eyes.
Suddenly, there was a burst of intensive drumbeats on the Wangdou.
When the soldiers hiding in the trench heard this, they ignited the thunderbolt in their hands without hesitation, and without even showing their heads, they waved and threw it out.
Countless black dots emerged from the ground and flew into the air, dragging two-inch-long tails with firelight flashing above them.
What is this? Does Akito want to crush us to death with this thing? Hahaha
The Meng Yuan people who thought of this all showed a contemptuous smile, followed by a ferocious look on their face.
Just when the Meng Yuan people continued to charge regardless, the thunderbolt fell to the ground.
"Boom! Boom! Boom"
A sound like the roar of cannons erupted from the cavalry group.
Shi Lietuo, who was watching the battle closely from a distance, saw only clusters of fire flashing in his eyes, followed by flying dust. When the smoke and dust dissipated, the men and horses where the fire flashed disappeared.
"What is this?" Shi Lietuo picked up the reins and drove his horse forward a few steps, looking at everything on the battlefield in disbelief.
No one could reply to Lietuo, and the other tribal leaders were frightened by this scene.
The Ming army didn't care so much. The cannons continued to roar, and the thunderbolts were thrown out one after another as if they were free of charge.
Whether it was the neighing of war horses or the wailing of injured people, they were completely suppressed by the thunderous explosions and the sound of cannons.
The entire battlefield was filled with only roars, echoing between heaven and earth.
Although the Ming army's firepower was fierce, the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry were numerous after all. Under such fierce firepower, some Mongolian and Yuan cavalry rushed into the Ming army's formation.
But it was useless. Before the Meng Yuan people who rushed in could swing their swords, the Ming troops drew out their swords one after another.
The revolver on his waist beat all the Meng Yuan people into sieves.
From the time the sun rose to when it reached the middle of the sky, the Ming army once again repulsed the Meng Yuan attack.
When the dust settled in front of the Ming army, Shi Lietuo looked at the tragic scene in front of him and couldn't help crying.
It was so tragic. Lietuo lost tens of thousands of cavalry in this battle. The Ming army was full of broken limbs and broken arms. It was impossible to tell which ones belonged to humans and which ones to horses. A long strip of flesh and blood was spread out in front of the formation.
The wide, wide roads are all covered with grass tightly, leaving no gaps exposed.
Such a tragic scene made all the leaders of small and medium-sized tribes show fear, and some even wanted to retreat. They were here to take advantage, not to suffer losses. How could the Ming army in front of them be a piece of fat?
A chipped bone, and the bone is still iron and cannot be bitten.
But Lietuo was unwilling to accept it. Today he brought more than a dozen tribes to besiege the Ming army. He did not gain any advantage at all and suffered heavy losses. If he retreated like this, which tribe would obey his orders in the future?
In fact, more than a dozen tribes suffered heavy losses due to his reasons, and it is possible that these tribes united to carve him up. .??.
Now that Lietuo is defeated, there is no way to retreat. Even if he dies, he must fight to the end with the Ming army.
Now Shi Lietuo also understood that the Ming army deliberately moved the front out of the way for him, just to let him hit the iron plate headfirst.
Since the front is so tough, Shi Lietuo doesn't believe that the left and right sides will be so tough.
"Everyone obeys the order: I will personally lead people to pretend to attack the front, Brother Yesuli and Bumuhua, you two will lead the rest to attack the Ming army from the left and right sides. Life or death, it depends on this move!"
"kill!"
Seeing the Meng Yuan cavalry encircling him from three sides, Han Du suddenly let out a breath, knowing that the moment of life and death had come.
Seeing such a critical situation, Tang Ding couldn't help but say: "The left and right sides are our weakest points, with only carriages as cover. Let me lead the cavalry to fight and attack them to weaken the offensive on the left and right sides."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Han Du quickly grabbed him, shook his head and said: "Your cavalry has no advantage at all. If you rush out to fight now, you will die. Let's defend first and then counterattack!"
Tang Ding's original plan was to sacrifice five thousand cavalry to find a way out for Han Du. But Han Du saw through it, and Han Du would not allow Tang Ding to rush out now no matter what.
Tens of thousands of cavalry charge, and the thunderous sound of horse hooves is breathtaking.
If these cavalrymen had charged like this the first time they saw the Ming army, Han Du wouldn't even know if they could hold it at that time.
At that time, the morale of the Ming army was extremely low, and the depressed atmosphere spread in the hearts of the soldiers.
But now after several great victories, the ambitions of the Ming army officers and soldiers have been completely aroused. Not only are they not afraid of such a scene, they are even eager to try it.
After all, although the Meng Yuan people are terrifying, these are all military achievements.
Needless to say, the front was still relying on the only gunpowder, first bombarding it with cannons, and then blasting it with thunder. Shi Lietuo just led his men to feint attack on the front, and was unable to break through the front defense.
The left and right sides are different. This is a real matter of life and death.
Xu Chengfei and Tang Ding were each responsible for guarding one side.
The person holding the revolver stood close to the carriage and watched the charging cavalry.
"Fire!"
Xu Chengfei and Tang Ding shouted in unison, holding up their revolvers and taking the lead in firing.
"Bang bang bang"
The sound like firecrackers suddenly rang out, and countless Mongolian people were knocked off their horses, fell to the ground, and were trampled into pulp in an instant.
Seeing that the revolver could not stop the cavalry charge, Xu Chengfei had an idea and immediately shouted:
"Hit the horses, everyone hits the horses! Everyone shout, hit the horses~"
"Hit the horse!"
"Hit the horse!"
The originally nervous soldiers calmed down a lot after shouting. They kept firing at the charging horses.
The war horse was hit by a bullet and suffered instant pain. As soon as its legs softened, it knelt down on the ground, and then rolled on the ground. The people on the horse suffered such severe injuries, and many people were directly crushed by the rolling horses.
Death. Those who were lucky enough to be alive were also thrown away and dizzy. Before they could react, they were trampled by the iron hoofs that followed and their mouths spurted blood. It was obvious that they would not survive.
Seeing the cavalry rushing forward, the Ming army soldiers threw the thunderbolts over the carriage without giving any orders.
Seeing the black ball with its tail flashing with fire again, the Meng Yuan people would no longer remain indifferent. Their expressions changed drastically, and they wanted to rein in their horses and avoid it.
But with these black balls flying all over the sky, where could they hide? Even if they wanted to retreat, they couldn't retreat because of the support of the people behind them.
Groups of fierce firelights flashed, and bursts of roaring roars rolled in. The charging cavalry turned into a pile of broken limbs.
Even if the Ming army had such ferocious firepower, it was impossible to completely block all the cavalry. Some cavalry were lucky enough to rush forward and tried to rein in their horses and fly over the carriage, but they only made it halfway and collided directly with the carriage.