Seeing that the black-pressed iron cavalry was getting closer and closer, Yan Shaohai waved his hand, and hundreds of firearms were quickly erected, and the black muzzles of the guns were pointed at the attacking enemy.

Yuan Baihu saw this scene from afar, with a smile on his face, and shouted loudly:

"Boys, shield!"

As soon as the words fell, a neat fire broke out in the distance, and in an instant, hundreds of projectiles had come to the eyes, the lead bullet was not large in size, but the power was not small, the ping pong smashed on the armor, splashing bursts of sparks, and the speed of the entire heavy cavalry team was immediately paused.

The heavily armored cavalry had already prepared, and one of them took out a small steel shield to protect his head, and as for the rest of his body, he could only resign himself to fate.

The armor on the heavy cavalry is made of pig iron, which has the advantage of high hardness and good wear resistance, but the disadvantage is also deadly.

The shields in the hands of the Northern Turkistan cavalry are obviously much better, and each one can be used to create a high-grade sword, and now it is used on them, which is also considered a lot of blood.

Before the thick smoke of the fire on the hillside dissipated, there was a series of heart-pounding crackling sounds, and hundreds of projectiles attacked, and the Northern Turks were not so calm this time, some of them were unlucky, they were hit by a conical warhead in the weak position of the armor, penetrated in, and exploded directly in the body.

Before they could breathe, there was another neat sound of fire......

Although Yuan Baihu was mentally prepared, when he saw his subordinates fall off their horses one by one, his eyes were still bloodshot, and he urged his horses with all his might, and rushed towards the dynasty army with a momentum like a rainbow.

……

A full 2,000 firearms were fired in turn, and even if the Beitu Heavy Armored Iron Cavalry was tightly wrapped, when it rushed to the range of 100 steps, there were still nearly 1,000 people gone.

After repeated improvements by the Ministry of Works, although the reloading speed is far better than before, but at such a close distance, it still can't be compared with the running speed of the war horse.

"Put away the firearms, prepare the fire and thunder in the front row, and the rest of the people draw their swords and prepare to fight."

……

On the north side of the hillside, Battle watched the heavy horses that had been cultivated with great effort over the years fall one after another, and he couldn't help but feel distressed, today's dynasty has long been different from what it used to be, to be honest, now he has begun to doubt Yao Qingyi's plan.

The Confucian scholar on the side was as calm as ever, and said lightly:

"Great Khan, it's time for a full-scale attack."

It is taboo for a soldier to command a battle, but it is precisely this practice of treating the lives of soldiers as if they were a mustard that can abandon personal feelings and handle the entire battle situation with a cool head.

Although Battle had some doubts in his heart, he still raised the golden knife in his hand and said in a loud voice:

"Assault!"

Nearly 300,000 Northern Turk troops poured into the nest, with cavalry in front and infantry behind, and the entire hillside was immediately covered by a crowd of people.

……

On the other side, there were less than 4,000 heavy cavalry left to the fifty paces of the imperial army, and they could wash their shame and avenge the dead robes, but the front row of the imperial army did not show panic as expected, but all of them smiled with ill intentions, and some people threw black iron balls in their hands from time to time.

Yuan Baihu was shocked when he saw this, and faintly had a bad feeling, and was about to speak, but saw the other party's general give an order:

"It's now!"

Hundreds of black iron balls smashed into the Northern Turks, some smashed on the horses, some smashed on the cavalry armor, making a ding-dong sound, and many rolled directly to the ground, and nothing was hit.

Seeing this, the Northern Turkist Army was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing, could it be that these guys want to smash themselves to death with iron bumps? Heavy cavalry is a thick iron armor from man to horse, and it would be too stupid to do so on the other side.

Just before they finished laughing, a loud bang sounded from under the war horse, and the iron ball, which seemed to be very ordinary, exploded at this time, and the broken pig iron scattered in all directions, hitting the belly of the war horse, and the horse neighed and fell directly to the ground.

As soon as the first explosion ended, the rest of the iron balls around it also exploded one after another, one after another war horses were injured and fell to the ground, and the main general Yuan Baihu came back to his senses at this time, and shouted urgently:

"Disperse!"

His voice mingled with the sound of the explosion, and only the people around him could hear it, while the rest of the people continued to look at each other, some rushing to the side, others turning their horses and fleeing.

Some well-trained horses were also disrupted by the explosions one after another, raised their hooves high, threw off their masters on their backs, and then galloped wildly.

The unfortunate ghosts who were thrown off their horses were trampled by other frightened horses before they could react to what was going on, and it was not pleasant to be trampled by the hooves of horses weighing a thousand pounds, even if they were wearing armor.

……

Cavalry troops, horses have always been more expensive than people, they eat and drink well on weekdays, and even the armor is thicker than that of people, and ordinary swords cannot pierce it at all.

Even if the horse with outstanding foot strength is a little unbearable after putting on the armor, it is not suitable for long-distance running, in order to reduce the burden on the horse, the abdomen is usually unguarded, after all, no one will be stupid enough to drill into the horse's belly to attack, ordinary people just be stepped on by iron hooves, they have to break the intestines and pierce.

To deal with war horses, it is usually to lay out horse stakes or dig deep pits, and bury sharpened bamboo in the pits, the reason why Yuan Baihu dared to order his subordinates to charge was also because he didn't see this kind of thing, but he didn't calculate that he had hidden such a hand to deal with it.

Those black iron balls just now, undoubtedly regarded as the natural enemy of the heavy cavalry, the iron balls are called fire thunder, they are very simple to make, they are stuffed with high-explosive gunpowder in the pig iron balls, and they are thrown out after ignition, and the power is extremely terrifying.

The battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, and the North Turkistan side simply did not look down on the fire and thunder on the opposite side.

……

The fire thunder is still the Ministry of Industry Liu Shangshu poured out, when he accompanied the child to set off firecrackers during the New Year, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and rushed into his studio in a hurry, and even the officials who came to visit the New Year did not receive him, but fortunately, everyone was used to his weird style, so they didn't go to their hearts.

Liu Shangshu was busy for nearly half a month, and finally put the two black balls on Emperor Shun's table, the latter didn't know what it was at first, so he took it and started to play, and after hearing the other party's description, he almost fell to the ground in fright.

After that, the two monarchs and ministers secretly went to the back mountain to test their power, and when they went back, Emperor Shun ordered the household department to allocate a sum of silver. In half a year, the ordnance factory produced about 1,000 pieces, which coincided with the Northern Invasion, and Emperor Shun waved his hand and directly took these fire and thunder to the front line.

……

Looking at the tragic situation of the Northern Turkist Army, Yan Zhenyuan couldn't help but laugh and said:

"Second brother, this fire thunder is really effective against cavalry, but the number is less."

Yan Shaohai's face was always calm, and the power of the fire and thunder was indeed terrifying, but as Yan Shaoyuan said, the number was too small, although the Northern Turk Heavy Cavalry was blown up on his back, but there were still more than 3,000 combat power left, and now these people rely on their real swords and guns to fight.

And the more than 200,000 Northern Turksan troops on the hillside in the distance who are about to rush are the real highlights.

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(End of chapter)