The leaders were not aware of this at first, and thought it was because they dispersed the cavalry. Now that I think about it, maybe what Shi Lietuo said is right.
The Ming army is running out of gunpowder!
After thinking about this, the leaders became excited again. As long as the Ming army's gunpowder is used up, the Ming army without cannons will be worse than a toothless tiger. It is just a plate of food in their eyes, and they can eat whatever they want.
"But it's getting late today, so let these Ming people live for one more day. Tomorrow our army will press on them and we will break them." Shi Lietuo said, looking in the direction of the Ming army with a ferocious expression, and stretched out his hand in the air and struck hard. Grasp.
Although the leaders were a little disappointed that Shilietuo did not send anyone to attack the Ming army, since Shilietuo said that he would attack the Ming army tomorrow, everyone could not say anything more. They looked at each other and nodded in agreement with a smile.
"The great leader is victorious."
...
As darkness fell, Xu Chengfei had no choice but to retreat and defend. Of course, in order to guard against night attacks by the Meng Yuan people, Xu Chengfei needed to make proper preparations.
Even in order to avoid exposing their position in the dark night, the Ming army did not even light up any sparks.
There are no stars or moon tonight, the surroundings are silent and pitch black.
The Ming army and the Meng Yuan cavalry were just a short distance apart, wary of each other, and slowly passed the night.
As the sky approaches daybreak, the whimpering horn sounds again.
The Ming army immediately moved upon hearing this and prepared for battle. Different from yesterday, after being inspired by yesterday's victory, the faces of the soldiers today revealed a look of confidence.
The original despair was swept away, and the Ming army rekindled their fighting spirit to win.
Shi Lietuo did not break his promise to the leaders. As soon as the sky and the earth were clear, he sent his troops to attack the Ming army. Unlike yesterday when a group of small and medium-sized tribes attacked separately, Shi Lietuo directly commanded the army to press forward.
Xu Chengfei's face suddenly turned pale as he looked at the cavalry rushing towards him in a sea of darkness. Taking a deep breath, his eyes were fixed on the cavalry charging towards the Ming army.
Seeing the cavalry enter the cannon range, Xu Chengfei didn't wait for the signal from the battle and shouted directly:
"Fire! Fire! Fire!"
The cannon immediately roared with Xu Chengfei, and the shells continued to fall into the cavalry team, drawing a long line of blood among the Mongolian people.
However, Meng Yuan used too many troops this time, and the huge losses did not scare Shi Lietuo. On the contrary, he continued to send orders to attack, hoping to complete his victory in one battle and defeat the Ming army at once.
Xu Chengfei sensed the Meng Yuan people's intentions and rushed to the cannon regardless of his own safety. He kept shouting:
"Hurry up......"
"Load the gunpowder, load the shells, and fire after loading, don't hesitate..."
But even so, it could not stop the cavalry charge.
Shi Lietuo's guess was correct. The gunpowder in Han Du's hand was already somewhat insufficient yesterday. Now that it was being consumed violently, it didn't last long at all, and the dense sound of the artillery had to become sparse.
The Meng Yuan people obviously noticed the change. A leader roared with joy and waved his long knife.
"The Ming people are out of gunpowder, they are finished, kill~"
"kill!"
"kill......"
Han Du also looked nervously at the cavalry who were about to rush to the front of the formation, and sweat could not help but form in the corners of his eyes.
Sudden
, there was a burst of intensive drumbeats on Wangdou.
When the soldiers hiding in the trench heard this, they ignited the thunderbolt in their hands without hesitation and threw it away without even showing their heads.
Countless black spots emerged from the ground and flew into the air, dragging two-inch-long tails with firelight flashing above them.
What's this? Could it be that Akito wants to crush us to death with this thing? Hahaha......
The Meng Yuan people who thought of this all showed a contemptuous smile, followed by a ferocious expression.
Just when the Meng Yuan people continued to charge regardless, the thunder fell to the ground.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
A sound like the roar of cannons erupted from the cavalry group.
Shi Lietuo, who was watching the battle closely from a distance, saw only clusters of fire flashing in his eyes, followed by flying dust. When the smoke dissipated, the people and horses in the flashing fire disappeared.
"What is this?" Shi Lietuo picked up the reins and drove his horse forward a few steps, looking at everything on the battlefield in disbelief.
No one could reply to Shi Lietuo, and the other tribal leaders were frightened by this scene.
The Ming army didn't care so much. The cannons continued to roar, and the thunderbolts were thrown out one after another as if they were free of charge.
Whether it was the neighing of war horses or the wailing of injured people, they were completely suppressed by the thunderous explosions and the sound of cannons.
The entire battlefield was filled with only roars, echoing between heaven and earth.
Although the Ming army's firepower was fierce, the Meng Yuan cavalry was large in number. Under such fierce firepower, some Meng Yuan cavalry rushed into the Ming army's formation.
But it was useless. Before the Meng Yuan people who rushed in could swing their swords, the Ming army took out the revolvers from their waists and beat all the Meng Yuan people into sieves.
From the time the sun rose to when it reached the middle of the sky, the Ming army once again repelled the Meng Yuan attack.
When the dust settled in front of the Ming army, Shi Lietuo looked at the tragic scene in front of him and couldn't help crying.
It was too tragic. Lietuo lost tens of thousands of cavalry in this battle. The Ming army's front line was full of broken limbs and arms, and it was impossible to tell which ones belonged to humans and which ones belonged to horses. The flesh and blood paved a long, wide road in front of the formation, covering the grass tightly without any gaps.
Such a tragic scene made all the leaders of small and medium-sized tribes show fear, and some even wanted to retreat. They are here to take advantage, not here to suffer losses. Where is the piece of fat in the Ming army in front of me? It's basically a broken bone, and the bone is still iron, so it can't be bitten.
But Lietuo was unwilling to accept the defeat. Today he brought more than a dozen tribes to besiege the Ming army. He didn't get any advantage at all and suffered heavy losses. If he just retreated, which tribe would follow his orders in the future?
In fact, because of his reasons, more than a dozen tribes suffered heavy losses, and it is possible that these tribes united and divided him up.
Now Lietuo has no way to retreat. Even if he dies, he must fight to the end with the Ming army.
Now Shilietuo also understood that the Ming army deliberately moved the front out of the way for him, just to let him hit the iron plate.
Since the front is so tough, Shi Lietuo doesn't believe that the left and right sides will be so tough.
"Everyone obeys the order: I will personally lead people to pretend to attack the front. Brother Yesuli and Bumuhua, you two will lead the rest to attack the Ming army from the left and right sides. Life or death, it depends on this one move!"
"kill!"
Seeing the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry encircling them from three sides,
Han Du suddenly let out a breath, knowing that the moment of life and death had come.
Seeing such a critical situation, Tang Ding couldn't help but said: "The left and right sides are our weakest points, with only carriages as cover. Let me lead the cavalry to fight and attack them to weaken the offensive on the left and right sides."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Han Du quickly grabbed him, shook his head and said: "Your cavalry has no advantage at all. If you rush out to fight now, you will die. Let's defend first and then counterattack!"
Tang Ding's original plan was to sacrifice five thousand cavalry to find a way out for Han Du. Han Du was helpless and saw through it. No matter what, Han Du would not allow Tang Ding to rush out now.
Tens of thousands of cavalry charge, and the thunderous sound of horse hooves is breathtaking.
If these cavalrymen had charged like this the first time they saw the Ming army, Han Du wouldn't even know if they could hold on at that time.
At that time, the morale of the Ming army was extremely low, and the depressed atmosphere spread in the hearts of the soldiers.
But now after several great victories, the ambitions of the Ming army officers and soldiers have been fully aroused. Not only was he not afraid of such a scene, he was even eager to try it.
After all, although the Meng Yuan people are terrifying, these are all military achievements.
Needless to say, the front was still relying on the only gunpowder, first bombarding it with cannons, and then blasting it with thunder. Shi Lietuo was just leading a feint attack from the front, and was unable to break through the frontal defense.
The situation is different on the left and right sides. This is a real matter of life and death.
Xu Chengfei and Tang Ding were each responsible for guarding one side.
The arranger held the revolver and stood close to the carriage watching the charging cavalry.
"Fire!"
Xu Chengfei and Tang Ding shouted in unison, holding up their revolvers and firing first.
"Bang bang bang..."
The sound like firecrackers suddenly rang out, and countless Meng Yuan people were knocked off their horses, fell to the ground, and were trampled into pulp in an instant.
Seeing that the revolver could not stop the cavalry charge, Xu Chengfei had an idea and immediately shouted:
"Hit the horses, everyone beat the horses! Everyone shout, beat the horses~"
"Hit the horse!"
"Hit the horse!"
The soldiers who were a little nervous at first became much calmer after shouting. He kept firing at the charging horses.
The war horse was hit by the bullet and suffered instant pain. As soon as its legs softened, it straightened up and knelt down on the ground, and then rolled on the ground. The people on horseback suffered such serious injuries that many were crushed to death by the rolling horses. Those who were lucky enough to be alive were also thrown into disarray. Before they could react, they were trampled by the subsequent iron hoofs and their mouths spurted blood. It was obvious that they would not survive.
Seeing the cavalry rushing forward, the soldiers of the Ming army threw the thunderbolts over the carriage without giving any orders.
Seeing the black ball with its tail flashing with fire again, the Meng Yuan people would never remain indifferent again. Everyone's expressions changed drastically, and they wanted to rein in their horses and avoid them.
But the black balls were flying everywhere, where could they hide? Even if he wanted to retreat, he couldn't because the people behind him were holding him back.
Groups of fierce fires flashed, and bursts of roaring roars rolled in. The charging cavalry turned into a pile of broken limbs.
Even if the Ming army had such ferocious firepower, it was impossible to completely block all the cavalry. Fortunately, a cavalryman rushed forward and tried to rein in his horse and fly over the carriage, but he only made it halfway and collided directly with the carriage.
