"Bronze cannons, thunderbolts, and smoothbore guns, which would appear in the future and would become the main weapons of infantry for a long time, were later considered to be the key factors that ended the history of the steppe peoples.

However, the maturation of these handicraft industries, which relied heavily on H-drug weapons in the mid-13th century, did not necessarily lead to the destruction of the Great Mongol state. This is because the Great Mongol Empire was not a simple steppe nomadic empire. The country also had cities, agricultural areas, and relatively developed commerce and handicrafts, which in terms of scale even surpassed their most formidable enemy, the emerging Ming Empire. If they are good at making use of and integrating the resources of the handicraft industry and quickly copying H medicine weapons, they still have a chance to surpass their opponents.

Moreover, in the battle of Zhuangshui, a key battle in the rise of the Ming Empire, the army of the Mongol Empire actually got the best opportunity to defeat the opponent, and if the Mongol general named Huotu grasped that opportunity well, he could destroy an important artillery group of the opponent when the battle was at its most intense!

In this way, it is very likely that King Tachar Khan will win the battle, completely interrupt the process of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and completely change the process of the decline of the steppe peoples......

However, at this critical moment, this general Hotu made an unforgivable low-level mistake. He and his four thousand cavalry, not a single one of them remembered to take nails and hammers! So after occupying the artillery positions of the Ming army, they could not nail the fire doors of the artillery......

As a result, because of such a small mistake, Mongolia lost a battle, and the Ming Dynasty won the Liaodong Peninsula and the Goryeo Peninsula, and since then they have soared into the sky! A hammer and a nail changed history in this way. Destroy an empire! The above content is excerpted from the book "Thirty Years of the Death of Mongolia and the Rise of the Ming Dynasty" by Mr. Yan Chongyue, a famous Mongolian historian and president of the Ming and Mongolian Society.

Comments by later historians. Prince Hotu didn't know. If he had, he would have asked, "How do I know to nail the door of fire with a hammer and nails?" ”

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"Prince! Prince! This is the Great Weapon ......"

An excited, almost crazy Mongolian hundred-householder yelled at Prince Hotu. On his side. It's a 3-inch bronze cannon!

Yes, the heavy cavalry under the command of Hotu has already rushed up! They came up after the retreat of the 3,000 Mongol light cavalry. Although it also received a round of shotguns, hundreds of casualties were killed. But then they broke through the blockade of the horses and drove the artillery of the Northern Expeditionary Army away from their positions - this was not an escape from the battle, but a provision in the "Artillery Combat Regulations" that the artillery could abandon its position and retreat with its artillery when it encountered an enemy cavalry or infantry assault in front of them.

Therefore, Chen Dexing's artillerymen now fled as if they were flying. Lost both artillery and positions to Hotu - only temporarily, of course. Because the phalanx of four infantry brigades was not overwhelmed by the Mongol cavalry. The Mongols did not choose to ram the tip of the spear when they saw it, but made a detour to the wings. That is, the storming of the artillery positions in the middle of the infantry phalanx. And the result of the impact was surprisingly smooth!

As a result, a very real problem was placed in front of Hotu.

How do you drag these big guns away? The wagons used to tow the cannons were certainly not on the position. And Hotu also doesn't know how long he will be able to occupy these artillery positions? Crossbowmen in four phalanxes on the battlefield are shooting arrows! The crossbow machine screeched, and sharp arrows flew in all directions. And behind the four Han infantry formations, there are still I don't know how many Han generals have formed a horizontal formation. They are also shooting arrows with their unique crossbow machine with a bracket!

Hotu's unit, which was attacked by crossfire, suffered heavy losses, and from time to time someone was shot down by crossbow arrows! In some places, hand-to-hand combat has already begun. Mongol warriors wielding carabiners and scimitars and Han Chinese warriors wielding spears and ring-headed knives fought each other. But the advantage was not on the side of the Mongols, because they did not have a strict formation, and the Han also had an advantage in numbers, with more than 4,000 people in the four phalanxes alone! Plus the horizontal formation that is shooting arrows. The total number of troops is more than 6000!

Looking at the rear of the Han Northern Expeditionary Army, less than two miles away, Chen Dexing's sun and moon were fluttering there, and under the big bow were the cavalry and armor soldiers in a strict array. Hotu chuckled in his heart.

If his father, Tachar, can't bring reinforcements in time. More than 3,000 of his men were either destroyed or driven from their positions!

So now it's best to find a way to take away the thief's big magic weapon, so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy again. But the problem is that this thing is big and heavy, at least a few thousand pounds, how can it be moved?

It wasn't too long for him to think about it. Suddenly there was a loud shout from behind his right.

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! The Northern Expeditionary Army is victorious! ”

"It's Korean. They were defeated! "A hundred Mongolian households loudly reported to Khotu," the prince. The Han counterattack is coming! ”

Prince Huotu turned his head suddenly, and saw that the Han armor soldier who was still shooting arrows just now had begun to move! The pikemen, who were originally in the third row, had already reached the first row. The spears were all laid flat and strode forward to the accompaniment of the drums, like a moving forest of spears!

At the same time, the infantry phalanx of the four Han Chinese armor soldiers also began to disband, and each phalanx was divided into four small horizontal formations. Began to engage in a fierce cold weapon confrontation with the Mongols - spear against cavalry!

The sharp tip of the spear comes and goes, and the Northern Expeditionary Army always maintains a formation, and only when the soldiers in the first row fall, someone will take his spear and continue to fight. On the side of the Mongol army, the heavily armored knights also dismounted one after another and worked hard to form a horizontal team.

On the battlefield, rows of soldiers stabbed each other, and screams on the battle line rose one after another. Occasionally, the roar of the explosion of the small heavenly thunder sounded, and the armor of the Northern Expeditionary Army who was in the back row of the horizontal line was throwing the small heavenly thunder to help the battle!

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While the Mongol heavy cavalry and the infantry of the Northern Expeditionary Army engaged in a fierce battle on the central front, Chen Dexing gave the order to counterattack his left flank.

Originally, Tachar placed on the right flank was a coalition of more than 10,000 Han Chinese, Goryeo and Semu people commanded by Hong Fuyuan, all of whom were infantry, equipped with "high-tech equipment" such as brass guns, stone generators, and flying rockets. It's a pity that all of these "high-tech equipment" are not very mature, and Dingtian is a real product, and it has not reached the point where it can be used on the battlefield for actual combat.

As a result, this 10,000-strong infantry army, which Tachar had high hopes for, fought with the infantry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was less than half of them, for more than an hour, and was already exhausted. And Chen Dexing's heavy cavalry took the opportunity to take advantage of the cover of Xiaojiazhai to launch a round of attack on the right flank of Hong Fuyuan's department. Defeat it effortlessly.

At this time, the left flank of the Northern Expeditionary Army pressed the infantry, artillery, heavy cavalry and light cavalry together to seize the right flank of Tachar.

"Sue Wang Wei and Wang Lufei, after taking the right flank of Tachar, immediately arrange the infantry artillery position, let the heavy cavalry return to prepare for the next wave of charge, and at the same time send the Eight Banners to attack and disturb the rear of Tachar.

Then he gave an order to Chen Shuo on the right wing, telling him to command all the departments of the right wing to press forward steadily, and keep in touch with Tachar's left wing as much as possible. ”

Upon learning that the left flank (the left flank of the Northern Expeditionary Army) had made a breakthrough, Chen Dexing immediately issued new instructions.

Zhang Xizai recorded Chen Dexing's instructions and immediately went to convey them to the heralds. At this time, Land Rover had personally gone to the front to supervise the battle and unified command of the Northern Expeditionary Army in the center of the front. Monk Liu stayed by Chen Dexing's side to act as a senior counselor. In addition, several staff officers from the Northern Expeditionary Military Academy kept writing and drawing next to a makeshift map table, marking the latest battle situation one by one.

"King, the battle has been fought so far, and we have won it. Now the question is how much to win! ”

Monk Liu analyzed with a happy face: "Tachar lost at least 15,000 people this time, plus the loss of Ashulu last time, this is 17,000. How many people can come out of the four kings of the Mongolian host? 150,000 strings are included, which includes all the men who can go into battle. As a last resort, Tachar would not have gathered so many troops. And when mobilized to that part, there are too many troops, and God knows if they can fight or not. I estimate that they can really fight only 100,000 people. This time, we killed 17,000! What a victory! ”

Chen Dexing nodded, and was about to speak, when two horsemen ran from the south, Zhang Xizai immediately greeted him, and after listening for a while, he immediately ran to Chen Dexing's side, and said eagerly: "Wang Wei sent a horse to Tangma to say that the cavalry division captured Hong Fuyuan, a Wanhu on Shenyang Road, Mongolia, and his son Hong Junqi, both of whom expressed their willingness to surrender. In addition, more than 3,000 Goryeo, Han and Semu prisoners have been captured, but it is impossible to distinguish between Han and Goryeo. ”

"Then you don't need to divide it, just circle it together." Chen Dexing waved his hand indifferently, these are trivial matters, and the key now is how to fight the current battle - even if Tachar is defeated, Brother Tou Yuan still has an army in Goryeo, and the old capital of the four kings of the host is still very thick. The battle between Liaodong, Liaoxi and Goryeo will have to continue for a while!

"Is there any sign of retreat from Tachar's main force?"

Zhang Xizai replied: "Not yet, maybe it is reluctant to give up his thousands of palace tent troops, right?" But it's useless for him to be reluctant, the army will definitely eat and wipe out those thousands of people. ”

Chen Dexing laughed and said: "Of course you have to eat and wipe it clean!" Those people are the capital of Tachar as the leader of the four kings of the host! He turned his head to look at the battlefield that was fighting fiercely not far ahead, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Let's not rest, let's go together!" All pressed into the middle lane, first destroyed Tachar's palace tent army, and then crushed his main force! If he takes half a step slower, he will leave his life on the bank of Zhuangshui! ”

At this moment, the cheers in front suddenly came, and it turned out that Tachar's palace tent army could not support it and retreated in defeat...... (To be continued......)