(); Regarding Ye Dong's attitude, Ye Mingsheng nodded with satisfaction. After answering Ye Mingsheng's question, Ye Dong, who was full of confusion, finally mustered up the courage and asked Ye Mingsheng cautiously:
"Master, do you think the thing we prepared will be useful?"
"Haven't you already seen its power?" Ye Mingsheng asked calmly:
"Yes, I have seen it, but I always feel that such a small thing is not very reliable!" Ye Dong said honestly:
"Don't worry, that is the trend of the times! The road ahead may be tortuous, but new things always continue to develop, and it is an inevitable trend to eliminate old things." Ye Mingsheng, who was full of confidence, said meaningfully:
Although he couldn't understand the new and old things Ye Mingsheng said, Ye Dong could still feel the confidence in Ye Mingsheng's words, and immediately felt relieved, nodded and said nothing.
After finishing his breakfast, Ye Mingsheng took advantage of the break of the Khitan army at noon to visit the front line of the battle and told the soldiers of the third battalion that as the commander, he was with them and did not abandon them alone. Escape for your life·············
Ye Mingsheng's appearance undoubtedly improved the morale of the soldiers in the third battalion. Seeing that everyone was in a good mood, Ye Mingsheng, surrounded by the soldiers, also delivered a short impromptu speech, talking about the hatred between the country and the family, and inciting hatred against the Khitans. Words that make people hateful.
At the end of the day, Ye Mingsheng did not forget to show off his special skills and directly announced on the spot that after this battle, everyone in the third battalion, whether killed or not, would be rewarded with two taels of silver, and the other Khitan would be rewarded with one tael of silver for his head.
Under Ye Mingsheng's emotional and material encouragement, the soldiers of the third battalion, who had been fighting fiercely all morning and whose morale was somewhat low, reached a climax again. They were all clamoring to fight the Khitans to the end. I am invincible. ········
After injecting energy into the soldiers, Ye Mingsheng summoned all the military attaches above the first rank of the third battalion for a meeting. At the meeting, Ye Mingsheng listened to Liang Xuezhang's report on the current situation.
Ye Mingsheng did not interfere too much with Liang Xuezhang's command. He only emphasized to the military attache of the third battalion at the meeting that there was no room for failure in this battle. In this battle, Liang Xuezhang's command must be followed, and it would violate military law.
After doing what he should do, Ye Mingsheng returned to his Chinese army tent. He gave Liang Xuezhang full power and trust. Now it depends on whether Liang Xuezhang can trust him!
After noon, the Khitans, who had taken a short rest, launched a fierce attack on the camp again. After paying a total of nearly 700 casualties, the Khitans finally filled in the three trenches in front of the camp. The proud iron cavalry can finally join the battle...
Looking at the camp in front of him fiercely, Yeluyan pulled out his scimitar and roared loudly:
"Khitan warriors, rush into their camp, use the scimitars in your hands, and hunt these two-legged sheep to your heart's content!"
"Use their flesh and blood to tell these cowardly two-legged sheep who is the real owner of this land!"
"kill!"
Under Yeluyan's order, thousands of Khitan cavalrymen, who had been waiting all morning and were already hungry and thirsty, burst out with excited roars.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!············"
Tens of thousands of horse hooves hit the ground together, causing a huge sound. The sound made the earth tremble slightly.
Liang Xuezhang, who was standing in the watchtower, couldn't help but frowned when he saw such a formation, and immediately ordered:
"Line up to meet the enemy, with the spearmen at the front, the axemen at the back, the firearms position to provide support, and tell the axemen to chop at the horse's legs!"
As Liang Xuezhang's order was issued, the soldiers of the third battalion were deployed step by step. Liang Xuezhang calmly watched the Khitan cavalry advance a hundred steps, eighty steps, fifty steps, and then waved his hand, and the firearms in the camp were The first one roared.
"Bang! Bang! Bang..."
Dozens of Khitan cavalry who rushed at the front were immediately knocked off their horses and fell to the ground. Some of them were directly hit in vital parts and died, but more of them were trampled to a pulp by their own people who rushed up from behind. , he died extremely cowardly.
As the pride of the Khitan nation, the Khitan cavalry is also a symbol of their military power. Their equipment and treatment are absolutely incomparable to that of infantry. For ordinary Khitan soldiers, it is already very good to wear a suit of leather armor, but more than half of the Khitan cavalry are in full body armor. Wearing iron armor, the other half are also wearing cotton armor, and their vital parts are also protected by iron sheets.
Although the firearms currently equipped by the Zhenwu Army can be effective at a distance of about a hundred steps, if you want to harm these armored Khitan cavalry, you must get the opponent closer and then carry out fire strikes. Only in this way can the firearms be used more effectively. The power.
Under Ye Mingsheng's order, his unit's firearm tactics were all three-stage strike tactics. Although this tactic ensured the continuity of firearm shooting, it prevented the opponent from taking advantage of the weaknesses of firearm shooting, which was cumbersome and the firearm's slow rate of fire.
But this tactic also has a weakness, that is, when your troops are not equipped with enough firearms, your firearms fire will not be strong enough to suppress the opponent's attack...
Now Ye Mingsheng's men are facing such a situation. After a fierce battle in the morning, the shortcomings of the development of firearms in this era have been exposed. Many bird blunderbuss, three-eyed blunderbuss, and tiger squatting cannons have been used. Due to various reasons, malfunctions occurred, which resulted in the inability to use these firearms and equipment.
This caused a chain reaction, making it impossible for the firearms to suppress the charge of the Khitan cavalry. In the blink of an eye, the Khitan cavalry reached the camp.
Although this camp has been reinforced under Ye Mingsheng's order, after all, this camp was established in one night. In addition, there are plains near Yaowo Fort, and there is almost no usable wood, so When the Khitan cavalry charged, several gaps were opened in this weak camp.
Liang Xuezhang, who was well aware of his own situation, had long anticipated this situation. Under his command, whenever there was a gap, soldiers holding spears and shields would appear to attack.
At the same time, a red firework slowly rose in the Zhou army camp. Guo Zhiping, who was wandering around the periphery, immediately led his cavalry to kill the Khitan army.
Regarding the attack by Guo Zhiping's men, Ye Luyan, who had already figured out the composition of Ye Mingsheng's troops, was not surprised. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time. He sneered and immediately asked Xiao Xiu to detach a group of cavalry to meet them.
