Chapter 22: The decisive battle begins

In the Warat camp, he also heard the news of Tanma's feedback first, and couldn't help frowning.

Seeing that the war is imminent, the Ming army is not well prepared for war, and it is actually under construction?

You're the emperor, not the foreman, it's good to figure out your identity!

At this time, you are still thinking about construction, do you want to build a city wall in front of my 100,000 army?

"Boyan, what are you doing to explain the army?"

Mr. is also suspicious, and when he encounters this situation, he unconsciously comes to Boyan to discuss.

Boyan is also confused, he hates using his brain the most in his life, but these days, the Ming army has changed tricks for you every day, which makes people unguardable.

I just want to fight well, what are you doing?

"Simply, don't care what tricks he does, our army will rush directly to kill him, even if he fights for death and injury, he will definitely take down the little emperor!"

After listening, Ye Xian's face was heavy, obviously he was also confused now.

It stands to reason that Boyan's idea is not unsafe, and in the current situation, as long as the Ming army can be defeated in one fell swoop, some casualties are acceptable.

Again, it was precisely because he looked ahead and looked backwards and went down in a good situation to take care of the problem of war damage that the Ming army was given an opportunity to take advantage of, and the duck that was delivered to his mouth flew away again.

Damn it, it's all to blame on that dead eunuch!

Isn't it good to serve your emperor honestly, you have to rush to this juncture to come to surrender to sincerity, and make chaos for Lao Tzu!

When I thought of that eggless gelding, I was angry and didn't fight anywhere.

"Bring that guy in!"

I saw a Han man being escorted into the big tent, this person was in his early twenties, fair-skinned, and he looked like a son of an official eunuch.

"The king spares his life, the king spares his life!"

As soon as the man entered, he knelt down, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and begged for mercy again and again.

Boyan was puzzled and asked, "Big brother, who is this person?" ”

He also glanced at the person on the ground with disdain, and said, "The one who was caught on the road said that he was the nephew of the eunuch Wang Zhen, called Wang Lin." ”

"Wang Zhen?" Boyan scratched his head and asked, "Is that the little emperor's favorite eunuch?" ”

He also nodded first, and then asked Wang Lin: "Let me ask you again, what you just said is true?" ”

"King Qiyu, what the little one said is true, just because the small one is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the accounts of the logistics supply have all been checked, and this time he came out with a total of 3,500 catties of gunpowder, and the soldiers of the artillery battalion carried one pound each, and the artillery battalion was twenty pounds per cannon."

After listening to this, Boyan folded his fingers and calculated, but the more he calculated, the more dazed his face became.

In the end, he simply didn't forget it, and stepped forward and grabbed the collar of Wang Lin's clothes.

"Just say, how much gunpowder does the Ming army still have?"

"Small...... Small...... I don't know! ”

"I don't know, what do you want?"

"Small...... When I retreated from Datong, I was ordered to go to Ulju to do something, but I don't know how the battle was going......"

Wang Lin wanted to cry without tears, and I was not in the formation, how could I know how much gunpowder was left in the Ming army!

He also patted Boyan lightly on the shoulder and said, "Tell him about the battle situation!" ”

Boyan settled down, and then explained all the battle processes from the Ming army's surprise attack on Ara.

In particular, he told everything he knew about the war situation related to firearms.

Wang Lin's mind turned sharply, and he quickly checked the calculation in his heart, although he didn't know the exact number, but he could guess eight or nine without leaving ten.

"According to the general, there should be no gunpowder in the Ming army."

Boyan didn't believe it and asked, "Are you sure?" ”

Wang Lin has no bottom in his heart, but now in this situation, he can only hold on.

"The little one knows the Ming army's fighting style, and according to this rate of consumption, it should all be exhausted, and even if there is still one, there is not much left."

Boyan threw him to the ground, turned his head and said to Yexian: "When Aro attacked for the last time, the artillery of the Ming army was indeed dumb, but that explosion ......"

At this, he shook his head regretfully.

This battle has been fought until now, and the power of the Ming army's firearms has been fully demonstrated.

Whether it was a firearm or an artillery, it was an insurmountable obstacle for the Mongol cavalry, especially the war horses, even trained ones, which were difficult to resist the effects of gunpowder explosions.

Coupled with the fact that Ara's previous firearms suffered a big loss, he was even more cautious about this.

also think about it carefully, according to Boyan's report, and then think of the Ming army's current abnormal behavior, could it really be that the gunpowder has run out, and then think of other ways...... Making gunpowder?

Thinking of this, he asked Wang Lin, "Tell me, how is gunpowder made?" ”

"Huh?"

Wang Lin was a little dazed, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Boyan immediately understood Yexian's intentions, grabbed the collar of Wang Lin's clothes again, and said angrily: "Ah what, I can say whatever I ask you!" ”

Wang Lin dared to hide it, and hurriedly said: "The small ones only know that they need saltpeter, charcoal, sulfur and other things, as for how to mix and refine, it is really not clear!" ”

also glanced at Boyan first, it is said that many trees cut down by the army, and five kilns were built, which were smoking all the time, could it be that they were burning charcoal?

However, even if the charcoal can be burned, where can we find saltpeter and sulfur in these barren mountains and mountains?

It's weird......

"Big brother, I think let's hurry up and attack, if we wait any longer, I don't know what tricks the Ming army will come up with!"

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally nodded and said: "Pass the order, and after an hour, launch a general attack on the Ming army's position." This time, you take 20,000 cavalry to take the lead, and get ready to go! ”

Bo Yan's eyes let go of the light, and he hugged his fists and said: "I will not disgrace my life!" ”

In the howling north wind, the gate of the Warat camp slowly opened, and Boyan led 20,000 cavalry to cross the river first.

In the middle of the Chinese army, he also sat in person first, and the 100,000 army was like a huge black cloud, pressing towards the Ming army's position.

The Ming army also began to prepare busily, and fifty trebuchets were slowly pushed out of the camp and began to prepare.

However, the trebuchet was not filled with stones, but wrapped in felt cloth with a diameter of about one meter.

The vine armor stood at the forefront, forming a strong line of defense against the bows and arrows of the Warats.

Boyan had already seen these trebuchets, but he was not moved in his heart, but was more sure that the Ming army had no gunpowder.

Otherwise, why did you come up with these trebuchets?

The little emperor is also really funny, how could he think of fighting with a trebuchet?

Even if we line up for you to smash, from morning to night, without blinking your eyes, how many of you will smash to death?

As Boyan continued to move forward, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer.

In the Ming army's array, one by one the instructions were conveyed, and everyone was ready to fight.

The Great War is imminent!