The conversation with the messenger flashed across Tan Shihuai's mind, and he suddenly understood.
"Is this... a firearm?!"
Looking at the corpses of the warriors who fell to the ground, Tan Shihuai was frightened for a while.
He is old and no longer as brave as he once was. If he were still young, he would definitely be at the front.
If that was the case, he would be lying directly on the ground like these warriors at this moment.
At this moment, the artillery was ignited, and a muffled thunder sound appeared.
The cannonball flew out directly, and then exploded in the distance!
The flames of the explosion ignited the tent, and the violent explosions scared people and fled in all directions. No one came to put out the fire. It was a chaos.
For these people who grew up on the grasslands, where had they ever seen such a battle?
Not to mention them, even the grassland overlords like Tan Shihuai were frightened by the explosion.
"What is this?"
"What kind of weapons have these Han people developed?"
Tan Shihuai murmured to himself in disbelief: "It has only been so long, how come they are so powerful??"
At this moment, Tan Shihuai had a very strange feeling. This feeling was indescribable and he didn't know how to describe it.
…
Shentu Meng looked at the explosion in the distance and the rising flames, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Let you try something new!"
These explosive shells are very dangerous to use.
First, the copper or iron shell case should be filled with explosives, then the fuse should be installed, ignited, and then carefully placed into the gun bore.
Then, the artillery must be ignited and the shell must be fired within a certain period of time, otherwise it will explode in the barrel and the gunner will die on the spot!
This experiment has been carried out many times in the pro-barracks camp, and more than a dozen gun barrels have been scrapped. If it were not for the soldier-proofing talisman given by Commander Lu, at least a dozen people would have died.
Relying on the experience of repeated failures, Shentu Meng and a few others successfully mastered the firing skills of explosive shells!
This is the first time it has been shown on the battlefield, and the effect is indeed extraordinary!
"These damn barbarians, you didn't expect that times have changed!"
"Who is still playing with bows and arrows with you? Let's have a taste of firearms!"
Shentu Meng was extremely happy and couldn't help but grin.
However, with a team of several hundred people, relying on the strength of firearms and alternating cooperation, Tan Shihuai was unable to defeat them for a while.
Barbarians are humans too, and they are also afraid of death. Facing these unknown weapons, listening to the terrifying explosions, and killing group after group of people, how can they dare to continue to move forward?
Tan Shihuai also organized a volley of archers, but the range was not as good as a flintlock gun. Just when he was about to shoot, the opponent took the initiative to attack.
Especially when the exploding shells fell into the crowd, their power was simply terrifying.
Once it exploded, his warriors would be blown to pieces with blood and flesh flying everywhere, with broken limbs and broken arms, and their internal organs and lungs everywhere.
Even the most ferocious warrior can't help but feel numb and fearful when he sees this scene!
At this moment, the ground shook slightly, as if an earthquake was coming.
But Tan Shihuai knew that this was not an earthquake at all, and his expression changed drastically again: "The Han army is coming!"
At this moment, the words of the Han messenger flashed through Tan Shihuai's mind again - the heavenly soldiers are coming, and you barbarians will soon die! !
"Damn it!"
"Leave some people to surround these hundreds of people, and the rest, follow me to face the enemy!!"
However, before Tan Shihuai's team was organized, the vanguard of the Taiping Army was like a sharp knife, stabbing at the tribe.
Because of Shentu Meng's group of "special forces" who went deep into the hinterland, Tan Shihuai's camp had already been reduced to a mess. Now the arrival of the Taiping Army directly triggered the bombing of the camp!
The already chaotic camp was unable to prevent effective resistance at this time. Even if Tan Shihuai, the overlord of the grassland, shouted frantically and tried to rally people, it was still to no avail.
The scene was in chaos, and the team's gathering speed was too slow.
This is the gap in military discipline.
There is a classic saying at this time, which is that one man is like five barbarians.
The only advantage the Hu people have over the Han people is that they have particularly good riding and archery skills.
But when it comes to equipment and military discipline, they can't even keep up.
The protective equipment of the barbarians is almost zero, and those who can afford to wear leather armor are already elite troops.
Only the guards of the leader are qualified to wear metal armor, and many of them are obsolete bronze armor.
In terms of military discipline, they are even more different and completely incomparable.
At this moment, as the Taiping Army charged over, Tan Shihuai was unable to organize effective resistance.
The overall situation is thus decided.
no doubt…
This is an overwhelming victory! !
For his own safety, Tan Shihuai had no choice but to flee in panic with a small number of cavalry.
Although he managed to escape, he suffered extremely heavy losses.
At the same time, after this battle, the face of the generation of grassland overlords was gone.
In his rage, Tan Shihuai fell seriously ill, and then he fell ill and was on his deathbed.
Tan Shihuai, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, has been fighting in the north and south in the past twenty years, leaving many hidden wounds on his body.
Although he is in his forties, technically speaking, he is still in his prime, but for a Hu man like him, he is already old.
This illness was like a mountain, and all the hidden wounds accumulated before were pressed up, and he died of the disease in the blink of an eye.
When Tan Shihuai died, his son took over the power of the grassland.
However, Tan Shihuai's son was far inferior to him in terms of ability and prestige, and was naturally unable to control the situation, which directly caused Xianbei to fall into civil strife again.
The behemoth that was originally united by Tan Shihuai actually fell apart after this battle!
…
In this battle, 18,000 enemies were killed.
In fact, many people were not killed by the Taiping Army, but died because of bombing camps and trampling on each other.
Wei Ergou, the conquering general, won a great victory without any effort at all.
At this moment, he still didn't know what this battle meant and what kind of glory it would bring him. He just looked at those cattle, sheep, horses, and various trophies, and he smiled from ear to ear.
"Brother will definitely be very happy when he knows the news!"
Strictly speaking, his name is no longer Wei Ergou. Since his status has been raised, this somewhat vulgar name no longer suits him.
Wei Ergou then changed his name. Originally, he planned to change it to Wei Zhongxian. He was loyal and wise. What a good name.
But when he told his elder brother this name, Lu Yu suggested that he change his name!
Wei Ergou didn't know what name to change, so Lu Yu named him Wei Sheng.
Now, he called Wei Sheng, and he really won a great victory!
After the battle ended, the news quickly spread to all parts of the world!
The whole world was shocked by this battle.
The Taiping Army defeated the grassland overlord Tan Shihuai and succeeded in one battle!
Eighteen thousand enemies were killed, 52,000 were captured, 60,000 horses, nearly a million cattle and sheep, and other kinds of supplies were countless!
For such a great victory, it would not be an exaggeration to say that "the wolf is sealed off from the throne".
After this battle, Tan Shihuai died of illness, the Xianbei Empire fell apart, civil strife continued, and it never regained its former glory.
When the news spread, all the major families in the world were frightened.
…
The soldier Miao Fu knocked on the door and reported:
"Commander Lu, a great victory on the front line. General Zhenglu succeeded in the battle and won a complete victory! The latest military report has arrived..."
"Come in." Lu Yu's voice came from inside.
Miao Fu quickly opened the door and came in.
But when he crossed the threshold and walked in, he suddenly felt his eyes blurred, stars were moving around him, and the scene changed rapidly.
Miao Fu felt dizzy and sat down on the ground. Looking at the surrounding scene, his eyes widened in shock: "Where is this...?"
He remembered pushing the door open and coming to Lu Shuai's room, but why did he suddenly come to another world?
Looking around, he saw Lu Yu making tea not far away under a big tree.
"Shuai Lu!" Miao Fu stood up quickly and shouted respectfully.
"Are you scared?" Lu Yu asked with a smile.
"It's a bit. I remember I opened the door and entered the room. Why did I come outside again?" Miao Fu asked curiously as he looked at the scene around him.
"This is called Biyoudongtian." Lu Yu said lightly, then pointed to the futon on the ground: "Sit down!"
Miao Fu did not sit down, but first handed over the military report, and then sat down on the futon respectfully.
As soon as he sat down on the futon, Miao Fu felt refreshed and his thinking became much clearer. He was greatly surprised.
Everything I saw today couldn't be said to be very similar to the place Miao Fu fantasized about where immortals practiced, they could only be said to be exactly the same!
Lu Yu opened the military report, read it carefully, and couldn't help but nodded.
From this point of view, his plan went very smoothly. He succeeded in one battle and let the barbarians know the power of firearms!
Having accomplished such great feats, both Wei Sheng, the conquering general, and Shentu Meng, who went deep into the hinterland, were enough to be named princes.
In this way, those aristocratic families should be more honest, right?
I will definitely be more honest if I am honest, at least I will not dare to rebel casually anymore.
But the stakes are so high that I am still reluctant to go to the bitter cold place outside the Great Wall to build and guard the tomb.
All kinds of means, most of them are more than enough...
Unless a knife is placed on the necks of these wealthy families and they have no choice, they will be obedient.
In this case, then continue to kill until rivers of blood flow, the country changes color, and the world is reshuffled!
No matter whether there were praises or scoldings from outside, Lu Yu, who built a space with formations, continued to practice.
Lu Yu's formation method is just getting started, and he is still unable to construct a completely enclosed and aura-filled space.
The currently constructed space has poor restraint on spiritual energy. Once the spiritual energy of the spiritual stone is released, it will quickly escape.
So he thought of a way to put the spirit stones into the formation, and then use the futon to absorb and practice. The efficiency was much faster than absorbing it in his hand.
Using this method, coupled with the benefit of the dragon energy from the Imperial Seal, Lu Yu's cultivation speed continued to soar as if he were on a rocket!
Of course, there are also disadvantages, and that is when practicing, because it goes so smoothly, ten days and a half months pass by in a blink of an eye.
As a result, there is really no time to take care of some worldly affairs.
This hands-off shopkeeper also acted more thoroughly!
(End of chapter)
