Chapter 468: Winning the Blazing Sun
"Boom! Boom! β
Those fire points fell down, rolled and disappeared on the ground, and by the light of the torches, Li Huaiyu saw that they were actually iron balls with wooden handles, but this head, unless it was directly smashed on the human head, it was impossible to kill people.
But Li Huaiyu didn't dare to think like this, he immediately recalled what Fang Cai Ye Chang used to kill and injure An Qingzong.
The besieging soldiers were curious, and leaned over to pick up the wooden-handled iron balls, but before they bent down, they heard the sound of booming, and most of those iron balls exploded one after another!
"This is ......" Li Huaiyu had a few iron balls next to him, he heard the sound, a buzz in his head, and then the thought stopped.
At least a dozen fragments pierced his body, fatally wounding him through the weak spots of his armor, tearing his body into a bloody mess.
Not only him, but after this round of throwing and explosion, there were more than 200 people who fell to the ground in the roar and screams, and nearly half of them were killed on the spot!
Although the power of the improved black powder is still insufficient, and the real lethality is not comparable to that of yellow powder, it is used to make a simple grenade with thin iron sheets, broken glass, and iron thistles, and it still shows a powerful power that exceeds any weapon at this time under a cluster attack.
This grenade ignited with an arquebus also has several major weaknesses, such as the arquebus is easy to be wet and extinguished, the explosive power is not very strong, and the arquebus control is easy to be thrown back by the enemy or blow up to one's own people. One hundred and fifty grenadiers who had been trained for more than two years, their experience was enough to ensure that each grenade would not explode on their side, and the first reaction of the enemy who had never encountered such an attack was not to kick away or throw back the unexploded grenade, but to pick it up and take a closer look.
The explosion didn't cause much confusion at first, as the rebels were stunned by the thunderous fireball. They were originally preparing to attack the gate of the Ye Mansion, and the personnel were very dense, so it can be said that the hedgehogs gathered in front of the main gate of the Ye Mansion. The smoke of the explosion had not yet cleared, and immediately afterwards, the grenadiers on the wall reappeared.
Another round of bombing, another round of explosions, and this time the damage was even greater than the first!
Then, the shouts in the Ye Mansion sounded, and Zhuo Junfu and the others roared out, holding on to the rudimentary shields made of wooden planks, and rushed to the door, but in front of them, there were few enemies still standing.
Of the three thousand people, nearly two thousand people scattered around Yefu, and less than a thousand people were near Yefumen. They stood so close that after two rounds of grenades, nearly half of them were killed or wounded, and the rest of the people were stunned by this weapon that surpassed an era!
In fact, not only them, but also Zhuo Junfu and others who saw gunpowder weapons on the battlefield for the first time, were also in a daze, but Ye Chang had been prepared for this situation for a long time, and woke them up from a stunned state.
"Kill!"
Although Zhuo Junfu came out with the passion of a bloody battle, this time the "kill" he shouted was a little weak.
There was no enemy, or rather, no enemy who could stand up and fight him to the death, and everywhere there were dead or wounded, and both the dead and the wounded were blurred and even torn to pieces. The air was filled with the pungent smell of saltpeter, and on top of that, there was an atmosphere of extreme fear.
With just one charge, most of the remaining rebels were killed, and the remaining positions were a little farther away.
The expected fierce battle did not happen at all, although there were few people, but Ye Chang's side completed a one-sided victory!
"Dingchen, what are you doing in a daze?" A person next to him saw Zhuo Junfu standing stunned, rubbed him on his shoulder and asked.
"War is going to change...... I'm afraid that everything I've learned before will be useless. Zhuo Junfu muttered.
"No matter how it changes, someone has to fight, and personal martial arts may be useless, but the art of war is always useful." The man laughed: "Moreover, I think the time for our grand plan has just begun, think about it, with these grenadiers, what fortress pass in the world can stop us?" Under the leadership of Lang Jun, we will inevitably plant our own battle flags all over the world, so that Siyi will truly return to ambush! β
"Haha, what you're saying is that with this weapon, you can get it all over the world!"
They came back to their senses, and the rebels in the distance also began to flee at this time, they looked back at Ye Chang one by one, waiting for Ye Chang to give the order to pursue.
"There's no need to chase it, immediately replenish the grenade, and we'll go east along Chunmingmen Street...... An Lushan didn't come, presumably he went to chase the Son of Heaven, and we still have to answer it. Ye Chang said.
"That old man of the emperor, it is better to let him be arrested." Yue Xi muttered in a low voice.
"Now we still need that emperor Lao'er, at least we can't let the emperor Lao'er fall into the hands of An Lushan's generation." Someone replied.
"Shhh, you all shut up, don't be disrespectful to the Son of Heaven, that's the father of the Twenty-Nine Niang, our Langjun's ......"
"Shut up!" Chunming heard this, and scolded, and suddenly the voice stopped, replaced by the sound of eating and laughing.
It's not that they don't respect Ye Chang, but because Ye Chang has no heirs so far, how can these people, who are equivalent to Ye Chang's disciples, not worry about this matter!
Even the disciples taught by Ye Chang still retain the clan concept, in their opinion, it is a matter of course to serve Ye Chang, and the descendants serve Ye Chang's descendants, but if Ye Chang's inheritance is not inherited, who will they be loyal to in the future?
Maybe there will be a turmoil and dispute between them first, and the boss and the second boss will be the first to fight!
Therefore, they are now very enthusiastic about Ye Chang's family affairs, and since Li Tengkong has separated from Ye Chang, then Shou'an is the natural choice of the main mother.
Under Ye Chang's order, everyone marched forward in a team, and the entire Ye Mansion gave up completely. When they arrived at Chunmingmen Street, the soldiers divided into two roads, Zhuo Junfu led a team of people to seize the Jinguang Gate in the west, and Ye Chang personally led the troops along the street to the east.
All the way forward, there were not too many people on the street at this time, only occasionally encountered rebel squads, and they were all crushed by two or three grenades in one of them. The appearance of gunpowder weapons had too much impact on the soldiers in this era of cold weapons, and when they saw it, they all shouted "witchcraft" and did not dare to engage in battle at all.
When they arrived in front of the Suzaku Gate, they saw more than ten torches in front of them running quickly, and by the light of the torches, they could vaguely see the leader with a bald head. Ye Chang shouted: "Good straight teacher? β
"It's Ye Gong!" I heard the voice over there, and I screamed in surprise.
"Stop, stop!"
Without waiting for Ye Chang to answer them, he heard a shout from behind him, and countless torches lit up, illuminating the street.
The pursuers have arrived!
"Where is the worm girl, where is Your Majesty?" Ye Chang shouted.
Li Longji was riding on a horse, because he was in a hurry to escape, so he didn't have many clothes on his body, and when the night wind blew, he couldn't help but tremble. He had already heard the sound of the chasing soldiers behind him, and he was very uneasy when he saw that it was getting closer and closer. And when the figure torch appeared in front of him, he was almost desperate, thinking that it was An Lushan's pre-arranged blockade.
But when he heard Ye Chang's voice, he really smiled: Sure enough, Ye Chang came to answer!
Ye Chang rushed here to respond, which meant that all the measures arranged by An Lushan against Ye Chang had failed, and Ye Chang's strength was stronger than Li Longji expected. If that's the case, maybe we can turn defeat into victory!
But then I heard Ye Chang's inquiry, but Ye Chang didn't ask him first, but asked Shou'an first, Li Longji was stunned, and then smiled bitterly.
As a son of heaven, in Ye Chang's heart, it is not as important as Shou'an.
"Here, Eleven, I'm here!" Shou An also rode a horse, screamed when he heard the words, and stepped forward to meet Ye Chang. Ye Chang saw that she was fine, and saw Li Longji smiling at him on the horse, he finally put his mind at ease, and was about to say something, but Shou An jumped off the horse all of a sudden, and threw himself directly into his arms.
Because untrained war horses are easy to be frightened by grenades, Ye Chang's team are all foot soldiers, Shou An threw himself directly into his arms, holding his neck for a while laughing and crying. Ye Chang patted her back gently, knowing that although she was prepared, she was also frightened, but at this time, she didn't have time to appease.
"Worm Niang, you immediately retreat to the Jinguang Gate, I have sent someone to take the Jinguang Gate, and it is temporarily safe to go there. Here I will first repel the pursuers, lest they become entangled! β
"Be careful!" Shou An let go of his hand and said to him.
"Don't worry." Ye Chang saluted Li Longji and said, "Your Majesty, let's go!" β
"After the chaos is quelled, I will personally officiate the marriage of the two of you!" Li Longji looked at Ye Chang, and then at the more than two hundred people around him: "Ye Qing, you must protect yourself first!" β
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
This is not the time to talk much, Ye Chang didn't think about Li Longji's words, and took his own people to meet the soldiers behind him. Shanzhi, An Yuanguang and others saluted Li Longji, confessed their crimes, and followed behind Ye Chang, only Chen Xuanli took the remnants of dozens of forbidden troops to protect Li Longji, Shou'an and others and retreated to the west.
An Lushan personally led the men and horses to pursue, but when he saw the bright fire in front of him, he knew that there were a lot of people coming, and at first he thought that it was the people he sent to capture Ye Chang to collect the team back, but after approaching, he immediately understood: This is a force loyal to Li Longji!
The previous series of explosions, An Lushan did not hear it, but they were all regarded by him as winter thunder - although it was rare, it may not be absent. And in the chaos of the night, An Lushan pursued at the tail, not knowing that his son had been defeated. Seeing that there were not many people in front of him, he ordered murderously: "Kill, kill them all!" β
"Where is An Lushan?" As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone shouting.
"Ye Chang?" An Lushan suddenly recognized the voice, and his heart sank: "Why is he here?" β
Nearly 2,000 people were sent in advance to surround Ye Chang's mansion, and later his son was sent to lead 1,000 men and horses to support, in An Lushan's opinion, this is already infinitely high to see Ye Chang, but now, Ye Chang actually appeared here, and his son's side, not even a messenger was sent, what does this mean?
He was terrified in his heart, but before he could think about it, the two armies were already approaching.
When the two sides were thirty paces apart, they heard someone on the other side shouting "Ready."
When they were twenty paces away, someone shouted "bomb throwing" again!
At this time, it was dark night, and the people led by Ye Chang were holding wooden shields, and the role of bows and arrows was not great, with this "bomb throwing", An Lushan only saw dozens of fire points rising from behind Ye Chang's wooden shields, landing a few steps in front of him, and then jumping and rolling over.
In the light of the fire, it looked like something like a wooden handle or something.
An Lushan didn't know what this thing was, but he was smarter than Li Huaiyu and could judge that this was definitely not a good thing.
"Flash ......"
He screamed, but the word "open" was still in his mouth, and he heard the continuous sound of explosions.
Earlier than the explosion reached him, it was the fire.
Clusters of fire rose along with thick smoke, and then a gust of wind blew on the streets of Chunmingmen, blowing An Lushan's hair and hair, and the thick clothes on his body danced like leaves.
An Lushan was not at the forefront of the group, so he may not have been blown up by luck, but after the shockwave, a sticky thing fell from mid-air and rested on his shoulder, and he looked sideways at a broken palm.
"Readyβdrop the bomb!"
Cai Chenmin shouted in a very rhythmic voice.
After eleven years of Tianbao, he has been practicing this, at that time, the new weapon named by Ye Chang as a grenade was still only a prototype, and in the first live-fire training, he even killed several brothers, scaring the rest of the people. But after more than three years and nearly four years of hard training, the grenade has improved a lot, and he and his more than 200 grenadiers have honed every process of grenadier into an instinctive reaction.
During these times, they were all practicing the uninhabited island in Liaodong, and there were more than twenty brothers killed and wounded, and today, their hard training finally came to fruition, and they also became Ye Chang's strange soldiers in Chang'an, surrounded by this group of enemies.
Cai Chenmin guessed from the task arranged by Ye Chang that Ye Chang had given his life to his strange army. Although in these years of training, Cai Chenmin also realized that his grenadiers actually have great weaknesses and limitations, but as long as they are given a favorable environment, then they are the most terrible destroyers of this era.
The second round of bomb dropping was over, and in front of Ye Chang and them, they were already in a mess. The chasing soldiers led by An Lushan, like An Qingzong and Li Huaiyu's soldiers, were blown up and scattered, and they couldn't organize at all. They originally had many war horses, and the assault charge of war horses was one of the deadliest threats to the grenadiers, but these horses had also never experienced the explosion of gunpowder at close range.
"Where is An Lushan!"
In the brief silence after the second round of bomb dropping, Ye Chang asked again from afar.
His questioning voice was like an opening gong, and An Lushan, who was stunned, immediately reacted.
"Demon Law!"
"Help!"
"Run, the monster is coming!"
"Mom, save me, save me!"
Cries for help in various languages rang out, including An Lushan, and everyone, like those horses, made a subconscious choice: turn around and run!