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Yu Linwei has already suffered more than half of the casualties, and the remaining troops are only about 2,000 people, and more than 1,000 loyal and brave Zhou soldiers sacrificed their lives for their emperor and the hero in their hearts.

Although the rest of the soldiers did not know when the reinforcements that Yuming said would arrive, they still firmly believed that since His Majesty said that reinforcements would arrive, then they would definitely come. Even if some people speculate that His Majesty is just comforting them psychologically, in fact, there are no reinforcements at all, they have no regrets. Because they firmly believe that the final victory must belong to the Great Zhou.

Under the command of Li Jiancheng, another offensive of the Tang army began, and all the soldiers of the Zhou army Yu Lin Wei who were still active had already stood up, and their young and energetic faces were full of pride and pride.

In this night's battle, the Zhou army's Yulinwei annihilated nearly 10,000 Tang soldiers, and on average, each sacrificial companion killed more than two enemies before he died. For the sake of the Great Zhou, for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, no complaints and no regrets!

Looking at the Tang soldiers surging from Zhengfeng, a sneer appeared at the corner of Yu Ming's mouth.

"Now, it's time to use that hole card!" He muttered to himself.

Li Jiancheng breathed a long sigh of relief at this moment, although now that his army had suffered heavy casualties, it was more difficult than expected to gnaw the hard bones of the next Zhou army camp and Yu Linwei.

But he had also seen that the other party had also reached the end of the crossbow, and this attack would be the last charge of the Tang army.

After this charge is over, the victory of the great battle will belong to him, and after the difficult capture of the Great Zhou Emperor Yuming, everything will be over. He not only won the victory in the battle of Hejian County, but also won the key battle victory for Datang to dominate the world. The Zhou Dynasty, which lost its monarch, was bound to fall apart and be broken by the Tang army with a devastating force.

However, just when Li Jiancheng thought that he was about to achieve the final victory, the Tang army that rushed to the front and had just stepped into the camp of the Zhou army made a loud sound of "boom, boom". A glittering fire and smoke rose from the scene, which was particularly eye-catching in the dark night.

A huge explosion resounded in the sky, and several Tang soldiers were blown up on the spot, and their stumps and broken arms were scattered everywhere. The Tang Army Brigade that followed closely behind was so frightened that they turned around and retreated. They had no idea what was going on, let alone why there was such a violent explosion ahead. Some people even thought it was a thunderbolt.

Li Jiancheng was also shocked, he squinted his eyes and looked ahead, but saw that on the inside of the gate of the Zhou army's camp, there was a large pit with a radius of more than 20 zhang, the edge of the pit was full of corpses and stumps and broken arms of the Tang army, the soil was burned black, and a pungent smell of sulfur also came out of the pit, making the Tang soldiers in front of him sneeze.

"What is this? It's so powerful! Li Jiancheng was surprised in his heart. Before he figured out the situation, he didn't dare to let the soldiers charge forward anymore. In fact, now the soldiers are also frightened, even if he urges his subordinates to continue to rush to the Zhou army camp, I am afraid that the soldiers will not listen.

Seeing this mutation, a smile appeared on Yu Ming's face, as early as when the Liaodong Weapons Manufacturing Bureau was established, he proposed to a group of craftsmen: charcoal, saltpeter and sulfur can be mixed together in a certain proportion to create a violent explosive idea.

This explosive is naturally the famous gunpowder. It's just that Yuming doesn't know the recipe of the raw materials for making gunpowder, so he can only ask the craftsmen to touch it slowly, and the research has been very slow.

However, when he moved the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau from Beiping to Luoyang, Zhou Qiang quietly reported to him that a craftsman had finally created a violent explosive after mixing charcoal, saltpeter and Liuhuang together in a certain proportion. When ignited, it emits a strong fire and smoke, and will emit a violent explosion sound, which is quite powerful. It can blow rocks to smithereens, and blow up the flesh and blood of the livestock chained to the test site.

After Yuming heard this, he was also overjoyed. Naturally, he knew that this was the gunpowder he had always wanted to develop.

After arriving in Luoyang, after observing the scene, he ordered the batch production of gunpowder, and listed the matter as a top secret as his most important hole card.

When attacking Jiangnan, gunpowder had not yet had time to be manufactured, so it was not put into actual combat. But in this combat operation to go north to rescue Hebei, Yuming expected that he might face a very difficult situation. Therefore, it was ordered to bring all the 1,000 catties of gunpowder stored in the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau in case of emergency.

And this time, his battalion was besieged by six times the Tang army, and he could not retreat easily. Yuming had no choice but to use this hole card.

During the last round of rest, he ordered his soldiers to quietly bury five catties of gunpowder in the broken gates and fences where the Tang army might enter the camp. Seeing that the Tang army was about to rush to the gunpowder burial place, he immediately ignited the twisted wire, detonated the gunpowder, and created a large explosion.

The Tang Army soldiers, who were frightened, were killed in the blink of an eye, and many were slightly injured. Thankfully, the explosions quickly stopped as they stopped their attack in time.

Li Jiancheng had no choice but to try his best to straighten out the frightened Tang Army, and it took a lot of trouble to reorganize the soldiers who were so frightened that they were scattered in all directions.

By the time he had regrouped his troops, nearly half an hour had been wasted. And it was this half an hour that quickly changed the situation on the battlefield.

Just as Li Jiancheng was about to attack again, he suddenly heard the neighing of people shouting horses from behind him, and it seemed that many people were approaching.

Li Jiancheng was suddenly shocked. He knew very well that there were not many men and horses left in the city of Hejian County, and he could not fall under the onslaught of the Zhou army, and it was he who asked Wang Junlang to inform the whole city, saying that the Zhou army would slaughter the whole city after breaking the city, which inspired the determination of the people in the city to fight to the death. But this can only be managed for a while, not for a long time, under the crushing of the powerful offensive of the Zhou army, the defenders in the city will definitely be defeated in the end.

However, could the defenders have been defeated so quickly? How long has it been? Before he could take the Zhou army camp, would the county town of Hejian have already fallen?

At this moment, from the northeast of the Zhou army camp, there was already the sound of gongs and drums that shook the sky. The sound of shouts and horses' hooves filled the night sky. This voice made Tang Jun a little panicked up and down, and Li Jiancheng was even more suspicious.

He turned his head to look at the source of the sound, but the night was covered with dust, and he could not see how many of the enemy had come.

The soldiers of the Tang Army, who had not yet fully sobered up from the explosion of gunpowder, were even more frustrated, and a trace of fear appeared on everyone's faces.

Judging by the earth-shattering shouts and the scattered dust, there were at least 10,000 of them. And after fighting in the middle of the night, their Tang army, which originally had 10,000 people, now has less than 20,000 people left, and they are still sleepy and demoralized. In such a state, how can you fight with the fresh force of the Zhou army of 10,000 people?

And Yu Ming, who was standing at the gate of the camp, saw that the opportunity could not be missed, so he immediately jumped on his war horse, held the Liquan treasure gun, and shouted: "Brothers! Our reinforcements have arrived, and we will charge with me! Victory is at hand! ”

"Our army will win!"

"Da Zhou will win!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

More than 2,000 Yu Lin guards burst out with shouts, and then followed behind Yu Ming's war horse, like a whirlwind, rushed out of the camp and went straight to the Tang army.

Although they are not many in number, their momentum is huge, like a sea of mountains, which is daunting.

Seeing that the morale of their own troops was already very low, many soldiers trembled their legs and unconsciously retreated. This made Li Jiancheng sigh. The best time to encircle and annihilate Yuming's troops left behind in the camp has passed.

If he attacks again, he is afraid that under the front and rear attacks of the Zhou army, even his remaining more than 10,000 troops will be wiped out, and he will not be able to capture Yuming, but become Yuming's prisoner.

Li Jiancheng glanced at it hatefully at this time, and the black flag fluttering in the Zhou army camp close at hand was so eye-catching in the firelight. He could even vaguely see the young emperor in white armor and leading the soldiers of the Zhou army to charge......

Just as he hesitated, whether to repel the attacking Zhou army in front of him first, or to temporarily avoid its front, retreat first, and plan again in the future, a rush of footsteps sounded from behind him, and then a voice shouted: "Your Highness!" Emergency! ”

Li Jiancheng was suddenly shocked. He looked back and saw that it was his scout captain who was panting and riding over.

"Report to Your Highness! A large number of enemy troops have been discovered in the rear of our army, estimated at more than 10,000 people, and they are approaching our army, and the distance between them and our army is now less than five miles! The scout reported breathlessly.

"What? The reinforcements of the Zhou army came so quickly! Li Jiancheng was really a little flustered now. Now the morale of the Tang army has been lost, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and if they are attacked by the enemy from both sides, the situation is critical.

Liu Jing, the military advisor beside him, still said unconsciously: "Your Highness, we can take down the Zhou army camp with a little more effort!" According to Weichen, Zhou Jun shouldn't be able to hold out for long! ”

"No! Now is no time to attack again! Li Jiancheng immediately vetoed Liu Jing's proposal, and he obeyed Liu Jing's words in other matters, but when it came to his own safety, he had his own opinions.

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