No one slept well that night, and the next morning the Hetao Mongol army arrived in front of the walls of the Acropolis.

This is only the 8,000 vanguard army of the rabbit, and the follow-up army is still on the way. Where did Li Rusong's army go? Didn't you meet it on the Mongolian side? Wanli couldn't figure it out, Li Rusong's are all elites! That's all Li Chengliang's lifelong training!

These vanguard armies were more powerful than the Cangtou army, which had fought with this army east of the desert, and the two sides were tied. Now that the Cangtou army has been torn apart, this army is probably invincible in the desert.

Lao Zhu didn't care too much. Wei Xuezeng brought a lot of firearms, all of which were the equipment he urgently needed, and Lao Zhu deployed some bird guns to the city wall overnight, and deployed the god-clothed cannons and a few Buddha machines on the roofs of the houses closest to the city wall. This arrangement made Bolian very dismissive: Aren't you afraid of the bows and arrows of the Mongol army?

Lao Zhu smiled mysteriously, and let him see the cauldron on the heads of the gunners, and the small cauldron hanging on the back of the front of the heart - the Ming Dynasty version of body armor and steel helmet appeared. Objectively speaking, the idea of the first generation of steel helmets during World War I came from the cauldron of the march. So Lao Zhu's current behavior is not plagiarism, it is an invention.

Wanli stared at the unmodified protective equipment with bright eyes, but he knew the role of these things in defending against bow and arrow attacks. It's just that the weight is a bit heavy, and the sergeants who operate the guns are obviously a little immobile. But everyone is still very happy to know that they can save their lives.

The vanguard army was unprepared, and went to war directly - the conceited Mongols did not realize that in addition to Li Rusong who could deal with them on this grassland, there was now another Zhu Yidao.

"Let me go!"

Under the rain of arrows, Lao Zhu also got himself a big pot for cooking, put it on his head, and loudly gave the order to open the cannon.

A hundred cannons rang out in unison, and its prestige was still quite shocking, and many civil officials present, including Wei Xuezeng himself, covered their ears tightly - the voice of the Franc machine was too loud, and there were so many doors at once, even Wanli himself couldn't help but cover his ears.

Lao Zhu ordered the artillery to calculate the route of the cavalry in advance - in fact, the artillery already had this kind of tactics, but it was very immature, and the artillery could only be used to hit the infantry, and the cavalry still had to rely on the guns of individual soldiers.

But under the command of Lao Zhu, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty exerted its power at a super level.

The violent explosion exploded in the march of the Mongol cavalry, directly blowing up a big gap in the forward formation of the cavalry, and I don't know how many cavalry died with it. The artillery of the Ming Dynasty was fired under the rain of arrows from the Mongol cavalry, and it was continuous - Lao Zhu ordered the artillery to also implement three-stage shooting.

This made the Mongol cavalry feel terrified! How can there be such a war, even Li Rusong's army does not have such a way of fighting, if you run around the city, you will be completely passively beaten! And the artillery of the Acropolis can actually fire in a rain of arrows, aren't they afraid of bows and arrows?

How could it be, there were still some casualties among the artillery. A small number of gunners' limbs were shot by arrows that did not have long eyes, and suffered little damage, but this was much better than before - the defense of the enemy's long-range weapons has always been the weakness of the Ming artillery, in the past, the casualties of artillery and archers were often relatively large, but today, under the creative defense of Lao Zhu, only a dozen people were slightly injured!

Not only Wanli, Wei Xuezeng's eyes also began to shine, although he didn't understand military affairs, but he was very satisfied with his artillery, I can beat you and you can't beat me! This Zhu Yidao can actually come up with such a local method, although it is very unsightly, but the effect is still very good.

The leader of the most powerful tribe in the steppe, he ordered the entire army to disperse, which greatly weakened the power of the artillery and the price he paid.

But the rabbit still encountered something that he didn't want to encounter at all - the trench that Lao Zhu had dug outside the city wall a month in advance worked, and the cavalry had to slow down and carefully bypass the side of the trench, and there were also a few brave ones who jumped over the trench directly on horseback, and then fell down heavily - there are so many trenches, how many can you skip?

The appearance of the trenches slowed down the cavalry, and the artillery began to exert its power again. Moreover, the Mongol cavalry had to be careful about the trench in front of them, and they had to guard against artillery bombardment, and they also had to shoot arrows at the middle acropolis, which soon could not withstand it. The rabbit is so experienced that he immediately ordered the whole army to retreat into the distance!

Lao Zhu smiled contemptuously, you said withdraw? He immediately commanded the musketeers on the city walls—the musketeers who were defended by the layers of shields—and fired a flurry of guns at the nearest cavalry.

The rabbit didn't care, and galloped into the distance. By the time the artillery was out of range and the number of people was counted, the 8,000 cavalry had been reduced to more than 6,000, and more than 1,000 remained near the city wall forever.

He gasped: Who is directing the defense of the Acropolis?! Could it be Qi Jiguang's former subordinate? It's impossible, all the Qi family's troops are in the northeast, this is Li Rusong's defense area, and Li Rusong doesn't have such powerful subordinates! It can't be Li Rusong in person, right? He obviously left 30,000 people waiting for him in the Hetao!

Qi Jiguang's reputation on the grassland is too loud. His Qi family's army has never lost much in water battles, infantry battles, and cavalry battles, and in everyone's dreams, Qi Jiguang is the invincible god of war of the Ming Dynasty. I don't know how many heroes and heroes on the grassland have died at his hands over the years!

The city was cheering!

Except for Li Rusong's army and Qi Jiguang's Qi family's army, no one has been able to withstand the Mongols' attack in the city defense battle, but the generals who have given the Mongols a lot of casualties!

Wei Xuezeng's subordinates all thought that he was the commander of the local Acropolis. When they heard that it was only one hundred households of Jinyi Wei who commanded the shelling, everyone couldn't believe it!

Even Jiang Fei couldn't believe his eyes. Only Lao Zhu looks as usual, there is no way, hot weapons have too much advantage over cold weapons, Lao Zhu doesn't understand war, but he knows how to use hot weapons, it's enough. As long as they can use hot weapons, cavalry wielding cold weapons will sooner or later withdraw from the stage of history.

Now Daming's firearms are definitely the most advanced in the world!

Wanli's surprise could not be concealed in any way. It's not that the Jingshi doesn't have a Shenji battalion, but there is no general who can use firearms so perfectly and flexibly! Moreover, the Shenji Battalion has not experienced any wars for so many years, I am afraid that if anyone has ever fought, it will be Qi Jiguang, Li Rusong, and Ma Gui, who died not long ago.

But Daming can't rely on these people alone! Wanli was worried, once they were caught up in the war, who else could they count on? A single Bobai Ningxia rebellion mobilized several large armies of tens of thousands of people, spent countless amounts of grain and grass, and millions of silver, and all these generals who could fight were assigned. He received news that the Japanese Hideyoshi Toyoda was also a little ready to make a move, ready to attack the idea of North Korea. In case Hideyoshi Toyoda is making some small moves over there at this time......

Wanli made up his mind, after the end of this counterinsurgency war, he must give Zhu Yidao a promotion, at least in case he fights the Japanese invaders. Zhu Yidao probably didn't expect that in Wanli's heart, he seemed to have become the second gold medal fighter after Li Rusong!

Focusing on the rabbit in fright to gather the troops, pondering carefully, some of his officers suggested waiting for the main force of the army to arrive before attacking, but there were also a few people who said that it was better to take advantage of the current time to disperse the troops to attack - the Central Acropolis is very likely to not have so many shells, and it is also a good thing to be able to take the opportunity to consume the shells of the Central Guard now, after all, the pressure will be much less when the main force arrives, and the loss is just a few forwards.

But the rabbit is still a little unsure. The Acropolis is also one of the important towns, so how can there be no shortage of grain, grass and ammunition in storage, right? Blame that damn Bo Bai! This time, if the loss is large, it will not be able to slow down for several years!

At this moment, a junior officer reminded him with a casual sentence: "If you want me to say, it's better to fight now!" Don't forget that Da Ming is also constantly preparing reinforcements, if it takes too long......"

Beat! Even if you can't beat it, you have to gnaw off the hard bone of the Central Acropolis!