Accompanied by the commander's roars, the Ottoman Empire's army was like a tide, rushing towards the musketry unit where the Ming army's central army was located.
However, whether it is the Sipaxi cavalry sweeping across Europe or the powerful infantry regiments of the Ottoman Empire, the offensive is as fierce as rolling waves, but the Chinese army formation composed of 40,000 musketeers is like an extremely tenacious rock on the seashore. No matter how hard you try,
The raging waves remained motionless.
"First team, attack!"
"Second team, attack!"
"Third pair, attack!"
Under the three-stage shooting, wave after wave of lead shot was like the sickle of death, harvesting humble lives wherever it passed.
Under the attack of powerful muskets, whether it was the leather armor worn by the infantry or the thick armor worn by the Sipaxi cavalry, they were all torn to pieces like paper.
The distance of one hundred and fifty steps was like an insurmountable chasm, blocking the Ottoman Empire's army with no way to fly over.
Huo Ying was sitting in the middle of the army, his eyes were calm and his face was expressionless.
"Firearms will eventually eliminate all traditional arms. Whether it is archers, cavalry, or infantry, they will all be eliminated by firearms."
"Long-range attacks and powerful power. If the accuracy can be further improved and the rate of fire becomes faster, the form of war will undergo earth-shaking changes. This kind of intensive charge is no different from suicide."
In Huo Ying's mind, he thought carefully about how vulnerable the Ottoman Empire's armies across three continents were under the powerful musket attacks.
Even the Ming cavalry felt that the troublesome Xipaxi cavalry were vulnerable to musket attacks, and no matter how hard the armor was, they could not stop bullets.
Witnessing all this with his own eyes gave Huo Ying a new understanding of the changes and forms of future wars, and he realized that future wars will undergo tremendous changes.
"I heard that the Miyun Iron Works has developed a kind of explosive shell. After the shell hits the ground, it will explode again."
"If I had a batch of these explosive shells in my hand, facing such a dense charge, I would probably be able to wipe them all out just by firing."
Huo Ying was thinking about the development trend of the future war. On the other side, Liao Yuan led 60,000 cavalry and rushed directly to Ahmed's Chinese army. The plans and intentions of both sides were almost exactly the same.
"Protect Your Highness~Protect Your Highness!"
When Mustafa saw the Ming Dynasty cavalry charging over, he couldn't help roaring.
If Ahmed died here, he would be buried with him.
Along with Mustafa's roar, around Ahmed, 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry quickly gathered into a solid defensive formation, protecting Ahmed firmly like an iron wall.
in.
"Explosive pack~"
"Send the order to the artillery positions and ask them to blast away~"
Liao Yuan was riding on his horse and looked at the rapidly changing copper and iron walls in front of him. The iron shields formed a defensive wall, and there were spears piercing out of them. The entire formation looked like a huge hedgehog, making it difficult for people to start.
However, this is not a problem for the Ming army. In their daily training, they have specialized training on how to deal with the opponent's intensive defense formation.
The two most effective methods are to use artillery for bombardment, and the other is to use explosive packets to blow up the opponent's defense array to pieces.
"Dong dong~"
Soon, at the artillery position where the order was received, Miyun cannons began to roar in bursts.
Cannonballs roared in the sky, forming a dense rain of projectiles, which soon landed on the center of the Ottoman Empire army.
Every cannonball carries extremely terrifying energy. When the cannonballs hit the ground, all the huge energy is released. Suddenly, the defense formation that was originally like a copper wall suddenly started to wail and became riddled with holes.
However this is not the end.
On the Ming Army cavalry side, some cavalrymen carried some small explosive bags on their horses. The explosive bags were specially made and they only needed to be pulled open and there was no need to use a torch to ignite them.
I saw cavalrymen carrying explosive bags walking around the defensive formation, and small explosive bags were thrown in one after another.
"boom!"
Soon, with loud noises, the explosive package exploded, and terrible energy was released. There were a large number of iron nails, broken iron, etc. in the explosive package. Along with the impact of energy, it formed a terrible lethality.
Suddenly, the originally perfect defensive formation was broken down, resulting in heavy casualties.
"kill!"
As soon as the defensive gap opened, Liao Yuan waved the saber in his hand and rushed forward. Behind him, tens of thousands of cavalry also poured in, like a river bursting its banks, rushing in, and in the blink of an eye, they completely crossed it.
Defense of the Central Army of the Ottoman Empire.
"Protect Your Highness~Protect Your Highness~"
"Your Highness, go quickly, go quickly!"
Mustafa put Ahmed on a group of war horses and hurriedly led hundreds of people to escort Ahmed to escape.
Who could have imagined that the Ming army's offensive would be so terrifying. The Ottoman Empire's well-tempered defensive formation was like paper, easily torn to pieces, and 60,000 cavalry were already heading towards Ahmed.
On the other hand, on our side, tens of thousands of cavalry and tens of thousands of infantry were desperately attacking the opponent's central army, but they were still unable to advance at all. It seemed that there was an insurmountable natural chasm that blocked the attack of the army.
"Failed!"
"A very complete defeat!"
"The Ming army is indeed as powerful and terrifying as the legend says."
Mustafa sat on the war horse and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
However, before he could sigh for long, the Ming army came over and surrounded them.
"Follow me and get out!"
Mustafa waved the sword in his hand and severely attacked a Ming army soldier. This sharp sword had always cut through iron like mud and had drank the blood of many enemies.
I originally thought that I would easily tear the opponent's armor to pieces and kill the opponent as before, but with a harsh friction sound, I was unable to cut through the opponent's armor.
Then, when he was slightly shocked, the opponent's saber struck Mustafa's armor hard, directly cutting a deep gash in Mustafa's armor.
Mustafa is a general, so he naturally has good armor to wear, but among the soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, there are only a few who have sophisticated armor. Most of them have ordinary armor, and many even wear leather armor.
As soon as the two sides fought, the soldiers of the Ottoman Empire were like dumplings. They were shot down and dismounted. In the blink of an eye, there were only less than 500 people left beside Ahmed, desperately trying to break through the encirclement of the Ming Army cavalry.
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"Bang!"
However, the Ming army would not give him a chance.
The cavalry on the outermost perimeter each held a musket. When Ahmed's cavalry guards were about to rush out, these cavalry stopped their horses one by one, just like rows of musketeers, and it went very smoothly.
shot.
With the sound of intensive gunfire, in the blink of an eye, the cavalry around Ahmed fell off their horses. Only two waves of attacks were seen, and there were only a dozen cavalry left around Ahmed, still loyally protecting him.
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As for Mustafa, he fell in a pool of blood, his eyes still wide open even when he died.
"Catch him alive~"
When Liao Yuan saw Ahmed surrounded, he immediately stopped his men and wanted to shoot him.
He deserves to die, but we don't want to kill him now. We also want to keep his head and use his head to pay homage to the souls who died in the river area.
"Hey~"
Soon, as sharp arrows flew by, all the guards around Ahmed fell. Ahmed desperately drew out his scimitar and wanted to commit suicide, but was suddenly knocked away.
A rope was wrapped around him, and in a blink of an eye he was tied into a big rice dumpling.
"Brothers, kill~"
"If we don't kill them anymore, they will all be killed by the musketeers."
After successfully capturing Ahmed alive, Liao Yuan turned around and quickly attacked the Ottoman Empire's cavalry and infantry.
At this time, the remaining army of the Ottoman Empire was already without a leader. Prince Ahmed was actually captured alive. The Chinese army was easily defeated, but they were still unable to break through the musket attacks and blockade.
Now the Ming army cavalry came over again, and the remaining Ottoman army collapsed immediately. The cavalry were scurrying around in a panic, trying to escape.
As for the infantry, they ran away desperately without any intention of fighting. Some people who saw that they could not escape threw away their weapons and hurriedly surrendered to the Ming army.
"Kill~"
Liao Yuan was riding on a war horse, holding a saber, and ruthlessly chopped down an Ottoman infantryman who escaped.
Accompanied by his roar, behind him, a horse and a Ming Army cavalry began to pursue the remaining Ottoman army.
I don't plan to let anyone go.
Suddenly, there were shouts of killing everywhere on the grassland. Tens of thousands of Ottoman infantry attacked the Ming army in large numbers. As for the Sipaxi cavalry on horseback, they beat themselves hard.
The war horses kept galloping, kept heading west, and kept escaping as far as they could.
"Hunt them to the end, don't let anyone go, and annihilate all these Ottomans!"
Huo Ying looked indifferent, looking at the Ottomans surrendering in droves, but in his heart he had no intention of letting these executioners go. The hands of each of these people were stained with the blood of the people of the Ming Dynasty. The blood debt will naturally be paid in blood.
repay.
What's more, if the Ottoman Empire is not taught a lesson today, then more people will come to harass the Ming Dynasty in Hezhong tomorrow. They must kill chickens to scare monkeys, so that these tribes in Central Asia will know how ruthless the Ming people are, so they will not dare to come to Hezhong.