Chapter 97
Boom—Long—
Suddenly, a huge explosion sounded in my ears.
This time, it was ten times more violent than the explosion of the flowering bullet!
The huge sound waves hit the eardrums, making people lose their hearing instantly.
Next, the fire surged into the sky. Although Boyan could not hear the sound, he obviously felt the earth shaking.
The charge formation composed of five thousand cavalry collapsed instantly. For a moment, gunpowder filled the battlefield, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the beautiful grassland turned into hell on earth.
Perhaps because Boyan had prayed for the protection of the Heaven of Eternal Life before going into battle, his companions around him helped him block the deadly shrapnel and shock waves, and in such a violent explosion, he only suffered some minor injuries.
The follow-up troops didn't know what happened, they only saw a fire explode, and then the troops in front disappeared.
Yes, it disappeared out of thin air!
Driven by the inertia of rapid charge, the troops could not stop and continued to move forward. Some people could not avoid it and ran into it. They immediately rushed over and over again.
Everything was so fast, and in just a blink of an eye, the scene changed drastically.
Boyan had no time to feel the fear. He had already crossed the explosion area and rushed to the Ming army.
However, what greeted him were rows of black muzzles.
Boyan didn't have time to think at this time, so he suddenly tied the reins, and the war horse under his seat neighed, and the man stood up.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
White smoke came out of the muzzle of the flintlock rifle, rows of lead bullets were shot out, and the Oar cavalry in the front row suddenly fell over.
The war horse under Boyan was punched seven or eight holes, like a hornet's nest, fell heavily to the ground, and after a few convulsions, he completely lost his breath.
The first batch of new firearms developed by Wang Gong Factory were not equipped for Shenji Camp, but for 3,000 camps.
Before going to the expedition, Zhu Qizhen reorganized three camps.
The Three Thousand Battalions are still cavalry units, all equipped with flintlock rifles and twenty artillery pieces.
The Shenji Camp was adapted into an artillery battalion and became a single heavy firepower force.
The fifth barracks were still mainly infantry, and 20% of the personnel were equipped with flintlock rifles and a small number of artillery.
In short, the era of cold weapons has become a thing of the past and will be the world of fire weapons in the future.
After Li Zhen arrived in Yumuchuan, in order to prevent the Oirats from attacking, he immediately buried more than a dozen landmines outside the camp in advance.
This thing is powerful, but the technical difficulties of the trigger device have not been broken through.
Therefore, the most effective way is to cooperate with artillery to bombard the minefield with shells and detonate landmines.
The Oirats didn't know that this thing was buried under the grassland, and the entire army was trapped in a minefield and suffered heavy losses.
However, the nightmare has just begun.
The loading speed of the flintlock rifle was incomparable to the original musket. The Ming army still used the three-stage strike tactic and fired alternately. With the dense sound of explosive gunshots, the Oirat cavalry fell one after another.
Boyan finally realized the seriousness of the matter, got up from the ground, limped and ran backwards.
More than half of the five thousand cavalry were killed or injured, and the rest had completely collapsed. The outside of the team had fled in scattered and more people were ramming like headless flies.
Li Zhen stood on a high platform, silently watching the changes on the battlefield, and immediately ordered.
"Cavals attack!"
The messenger blew the horn, and the sound was loud and sharp. Then, the sound of killing was everywhere, and all the cavalry battalions came out and rushed towards the enemy formation.
"rush!"
"kill!"
This was the first time that the San Thousand Battalions had fought with the Oirats since they came out of the Great Wall. They were a little nervous at first, but after all, they had changed into new tactics and didn't know how effective it was. However, when they saw the opponent's cavalry collapsed directly under the attack of artillery and muskets, the worry in their hearts disappeared, and the next step was to hit the dogs in the water.
The Ming army's momentum reached its peak, but on the contrary, the confidence of the Oirat people had been completely shattered.
Five thousand cavalrymen were killed and injured, and only a few people escaped from the pursuit by chance and fled in all directions.
Among the chaotic army, Boyan found a fleeing war horse, turned over and stepped onto the horse's back, and ran north desperately.
This is not the Ming army, this is a group of devils!
Who has ever seen such a huge explosive, and a long-barrel musket that does not require fire?
This is an evil weapon that even Changshengtian cannot resist!
The Ming army was in high spirits and chased them for more than 30 miles. It was getting late, so I reluctantly returned to the camp.
Li Zhen was overjoyed and completely destroyed the elite cavalry that the Oirats were proud of in just one confrontation.
The power of the new firearm is far beyond expectations and is simply incredible.
When the emperor ordered the Three Thousand Battalions to equip firearms, Li Zhen's first reaction was doubt and confusion.
Who has ever seen a cavalry charge with muskets?
However, today's battle made him completely convinced.
The emperor is right, melee fighting has become a thing of the past, and the future will be an era when firearms are king.
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Under Yesen's convening, the four major divisions of the Oirat, namely the Junggar tribe, the Hoshuot tribe, the Dulbert tribe, and the Turgut tribe, all arrived at the Huliltai Conference on time.
The Tatar Khan Tuotuo thought for a long time and finally came to attend the meeting as scheduled.
It was obvious that he was in a big way, and if he didn't go, he would really take the opportunity to become a knight, it would be difficult.
Although the Tatar tribe has always claimed to be a golden family, bloodline cannot represent everything on the grassland. After all, who has more soldiers will have the right to speak.
Ye Xian was very satisfied with the arrival of Tutuobuhua.
After all, they are the nominal Khan, representing the orthodox Mongolian.
The most important thing in this conference was to discuss joining forces to fight against the Ming army. As for the dispute over the throne of the Khan, it can be placed after the war.
After destroying the Ming Dynasty, occupying Dadu, and revitalizing the Dayuan Empire, the next Dayuan emperor would be himself.
Tuotuo looked around and asked, "Why don't you see the Buryat tribe?"
Yexian replied: "The Buryat tribe lives in the North Sea, with sparse populations and is facing the invasion of the Rakshasa people. He has not participated in the war in the Central Plains for many years."
Tuotuo Buhua nodded and asked again: "Tashi Yexian, how many soldiers do you have here?"
In August last year, four armies on the grassland went south, and Tutuobuhua led his men to attack Liaodong. Taking advantage of the Ming army's main energy to focus on the Datong area of Xuanfu, they plundered around Jinzhou, and gained a lot.
On the other hand, Yesen personally led the army to almost wipe out the main force of the Ming army, but unfortunately he was turned over by the Ming army in desperate situation. Not only did he not win, he suffered heavy losses.
As one goes up and down, the gap between the Oirat and the Tatars began to narrow.
Tuotuobuhua asked this question to test Yesen's reality.
Unexpectedly, Ye Xian said calmly: "Two hundred thousand elite soldiers!"
Tuotuobuhua took a breath, no wonder Yexian was so arrogant, and there were so many people.
Ye Xian smiled proudly and said, "This time, I will definitely capture Dadu and avenge my previous shame!"
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Chapter completed!