However, Yeon Gaesowun soon discovered that this was not the most terrifying thing.
Not only could the Tang army project grenades to the same range as feather arrows, but...
Just when Yeon Gaesumun's mind froze, bursts of footsteps suddenly came from around him.
When he turned around, he saw Wang Jing and Pei Ji walking over quickly, with anxious and frightened faces.
"Shuai Yuan, this is wrong. The Tang army's grenades can... be thrown eighty steps away. We have no advantage in shooting with arrows and are retreating steadily!"
Defeating steadily...
These four words are the best portrayal of the fighting state of Goguryeo and Wang Jing's fleet at this time.
The arrows are so powerful that they can't even penetrate the wooden walls of the ship's cabin. What can be done?
Instead, Tang Jun's grenades exploded one after another around his warship.
There were dense and loud noises like thunder clouds, terrifying fires exploding from all sides, and huge water splashes rising into the sky, several feet high...
It all seemed so scary.
If it's just scary, that's fine. After all, this is a battle. Is there anything on the battlefield that's not scary?
But it's not just the power that's scary, the range is simply giving you no way to survive...
After all, Wang Jing and Pei Ji brought twenty large ships. To put it bluntly, they really had a cow series - how could they not panic at this time?
One of the big ships, not long after the battle started, a big hole had been blown out of the side of the ship. It looked like water had entered the hull. I don't know when it would sink!
And what's even more terrifying is that they just discovered...
Be it Wang Jing or Pei Ji.
After all, he was just a celebrity, not a real political or military talent. At this time, he immediately panicked. No...he hurriedly found Yeon Gaesoo's head.
When Wang Jing Peiji asked anxiously, Yuan Gaisuwen was upset, "Needless to say, I know that their grenades have a long range. But you don't have to be impatient, this time..."
Yeon Gaesumun thought for a while and simply repeated Pei Ji's previous analysis.
This time, it was agreed that waiting for the Tang army to return from Hangzhou before taking action would have many advantages. Brother Pei, didn't you say this yourself?
Now you are talking about this again and again, what do you want to say?
Yuan Gaisuwen's words made Wang Jing and Pei Ji speechless... After all, when the Tang army returned from Hangzhou, there were few soldiers, mostly women and children, and the ship was loaded with a lot of people, materials, and combat power. This was all what he said...
Now the two of them were embarrassed, but...
At this time, the fighting became more and more intense and was still going on. It was useless to say more, so we had to continue to command our subordinates.
Yeon Gaesumun sent these two people off and exhaled a breath of turbidity. He felt that this coach was really not good. In the past, Li Erfeng was able to kill all the enemies in front of him. This man really had some abilities.
Yeon Gaesumun worked hard and personally picked up a hard bow with iron tires and started shooting arrows.
...In fact, when the grenade throwing distance was tested, Hei Te Changzhi was not the only one who could throw the grenade fifty steps away.
Yeon Gaesumun, he can do it too, and he can throw it further than Black Teeth Junguyuki!
To be able to monopolize power and win over the hearts of the people in a country like Goguryeo, where martial arts is the most respected, physical strength is not trivial.
The arrow that almost hit Chai Shao himself was shot by him.
Yeon Gaesumun was not proud because he almost shot Chai Shao, the Tang army's coach, or frustrated because he missed the shot in the end. That was not the attitude a coach should have.
It was useless for the army to retreat at this moment. All he could do was to set an example and fight hard!
But soon...
Yeon Gaesumun found that he still wanted to keep things simple.
What happened today, I'm afraid, can't be good at all, because...
As he started shooting arrows, after a burst of shooting, it seemed like there was a bright light coming out of the sky.
Morning is coming!
And this first light from the horizon finally revealed the unfavorable truth of this war to Yeon Gaesumun, the generals and soldiers around him, and everyone including Wang Jing, Pei Ji and others...
The Tang army was indeed short of troops. With the first morning light on the horizon, he could only see some rough outlines and what type of clothing the enemy was wearing...
But that's enough.
He found that there were not many soldiers wearing Tang army armor on the other side's ship.
But more of them are a group of ordinary people holding crossbows and dressed in commoners!
This time, the Tang army directly used the common people in the country as troops!
…
This discovery is amazing.
Yeon Gae So Moon was simply shocked beyond measure.
If we only talk about the Tang Army, then the number is not large. The two ships combined have no more than thirty people. Coupled with the huge hull of the Tang Army, this number of people can be regarded as a handyman.
But the Tang army was actually able to organize the old, weak, women and children who had just been picked up on the ship into an army. This was extremely terrifying.
Yeon Gaesomun was very aware of the weakness of the southern court, which was that they belonged to a farming nation. Most of the people had been farming all their lives and were not familiar with the art of bow and horse.
The Hu people are different. The Hu people rely on their skill with bow and horse to make a living. Even if they are not fighting or robbing, they still rely on their bow and horse skills to survive, so their potential military strength is very huge.
But this time...
This was too weird for the Tang Army. Yeon Gaesumun knew very well that in order to really master the art of bow and horse, he had to learn how to bow and ride a horse from an early age. If ordinary people were to be trained into reliable cavalry, then at least... No
If you say too much, how many months will it take?
But this...
These common people, judging by their clothes, are clearly the common farmers in the Southern Dynasties. How did they do it all of a sudden...
What's more, there is an even more terrifying point.
He has received information that these people are the family members of the Tang Army on Zhongzuosuo Island. In other words...
The main labor force of the family, commonly known as the male backbone, is located on Nakazuso Island.
In other words, these common people... are literally all old, weak, women and children, literally.
Then this is weird. The throwing distance of their grenades is only half that of the powerful men who are rare in Goguryeo...
How do these people achieve such amazing physical strength?!
And looking from a distance, as the morning light shines on the horizon, one can still see silvery white lights shining against the side of the Tang army's ship.
This is undoubtedly the crossbow that I saw vaguely through the sea fog before - and it's a huge one!
It's very scary when you think about it. Isn't this a joke?
How in the world could such a thing happen?
To easily train civilians who may have never touched a weapon in their lives into an army, and to have such terrifying projection ability, this...
This is simply sorcery!
Yeon Gaesumun's heart tightened for a moment, and at this time...
The battle is still going on. In other words, the huge lethality advantage of grenades over arrows is still becoming a reality...
