"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Without any warning, the sudden explosion threw the charging Khitan cavalry into chaos, trampling on each other, and in an instant you could see hundreds of Khitan cavalry dying.
Looking at the incredible scene in front of them, the generals led by He Jingyun, Liang Xuezhang, etc. all had incredible looks in their eyes. No one could imagine that the Khitan cavalry, who were showing off their power and fierceness just a second ago, would now turn into this. Bear-like···········
Despite the glorious victory, Ye Mingsheng still remained calm at this time and ordered Guo Zhiping beside him;
"Take advantage of his illness to kill him! Guo Zhiping, lead your cavalry to cover up the situation and annihilate as many Khitan people as possible!"
"But you must also remember not to be reluctant to fight! When you see the enemy forming a formation, you must retreat immediately!"
"Yes!" Guo Zhiping, who was already ready, immediately bowed and accepted the order and left.
After assigning the task to Guo Zhiping, Ye Mingsheng turned his attention back to the still chaotic Khitan military formation in front of him, and shook his head with some pity.
The "wooden mallets" he prepared were actually simple versions of wooden-handled grenades. In fact, in essence, this thing was nothing new. It had appeared hundreds of years ago during the Northern Song Dynasty.
At that time, it was called "Zhentian Lei". The shell was made of pig iron, filled with black powder and equipped with a fuse. After the explosion, the fragments were used to damage the enemy. Yue Wumu once used it... ···
However, due to issues with the proportion and purity of black powder at that time, in order to ensure its power, the Thunderbolt had to be very large, which made it difficult to carry and launch.
In addition, it is also easily affected by weather and moisture, and its final power is very limited, so it has never been developed.
Ye Mingsheng, who came from the earth, optimized the proportion and purity of black gunpowder to a certain extent through the experience of later generations. While reducing its size, it increased its power and ease of use.
However, although Ye Mingsheng has a lot of experience on earth in his mind, due to the current development of productivity, his grenades still have many limitations. Whether in terms of power or other aspects, they are far from being comparable to the grenades of later generations.
It also needs to ignite the fuse and cannot be thrown out by pulling the cord like later generations. Like all firearms of this era, it is very affected by the weather, has high storage requirements, and cannot be used in rainy weather.
The most important point is that even if Ye Mingsheng optimized the ratio and purity of black gunpowder, no matter how good the optimization is, black gunpowder is still black gunpowder after all, and its essence cannot be changed, so the power of the explosion is still small. Some of them can only cause damage if they are thrown next to the Khitan cavalry.
In fact, in Ye Mingsheng's opinion, the reason why his grenade is so effective now is largely because it took advantage of a sudden attack and caught the Khitan cavalry by surprise.
Although the grenades themselves caused many casualties to the Khitan cavalry, they were not particularly high. Many Khitan cavalry did not die from grenade attacks, but died from internal stampedes after the formation was chaotic.
While Ye Mingsheng was thinking secretly, Ye Luyan over there, after being stunned by Ye Mingsheng's grenade, wanted to chop Ye Mingsheng alive even though his heart was bleeding.
But when he saw Guo Zhiping leading his cavalry, they came out of the camp and cut off the heads of the Khitan warriors with laughter.
Yeluyan had to put his emotions aside for the time being and began to yell, trying to calm down the Khitan cavalry who had not yet completely recovered from the grenade attack and regrouped to face the enemy.
"Quick! Array!"
"Xiao Xiu, take your people first and stop them!"
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Ye Luyan acted quickly. With his strong prestige in the army, he quickly controlled the situation. However, the Guo Zhiping Cavalry, which had killed hundreds of Khitan cavalry during the chaos, under Ye Mingsheng's order, as As slippery as a loach, it doesn’t hold back its hands,
Seeing that Ye Luyan had regrouped the chaotic army, Guo Zhiping immediately led his men without hesitation, and left without any hesitation. He wandered behind Ye Mingsheng's camp again, and for a moment the situation seemed to have returned to normal. Arrived yesterday afternoon.
However, the camp is still the same camp, and Guo Zhiping's cavalry team is still the same cavalry team, but the Khitan army under Yeluyan is no longer so strong.
The disastrous defeat just now not only demoralized them, but also resulted in the loss of nearly a thousand people. The Khitan army under Yeluyan now has less than 3,000 people...
"Eldest Prince, are you still going to fight?" Xiao Xiu, who was disgraced, approached Yeluyan and asked in a low voice:
Yeluyan turned around and looked around. Behind him, the Khitan soldiers were dejected and had no fighting spirit, and a feeling of sadness gradually rose in his heart.
Didn't the previous sacking of Fengzhou go smoothly and leave no trace of armor wherever the soldiers went? Is all the woman’s belongings in her pocket?
Have the mighty Khitan warriors ever been so embarrassed?
Yeluyan, whose eyes were full of hatred and anger, held the scimitar in his hand tightly. He wanted to drop everything and fight to the death with Ye Mingsheng, and use the blood of Ye Mingsheng and all the Zhou troops in the camp to wash away the Khitan warriors just now. The shame encountered.
But even though he was very angry, Ye Luyan's reason was not completely eroded by the anger...
Yeluyan gritted his teeth and used all his strength to say the word that he felt so ashamed of.
"withdraw!"
After receiving Yeluyan's order, all the soldiers and generals in the Khitan army were relieved and fled into the waist fortress in despair. The stubborn Yeluyan walked at the back of the team. Although he didn't say anything, Everyone could understand the unwillingness and anger in his expression!
Seeing the Khitans who had retreated into the waist fort, Ye Mingsheng's camp suddenly burst into deafening cheers, and everyone was enjoying the joy of surviving the disaster.
"The Commander-in-Chief is so powerful!"
I don't know who started shouting first, but soon all the soldiers in the camp raised their arms and shouted to express their admiration for Ye Mingsheng.
Everyone is not a fool, and they all clearly understand that if Ye Mingsheng hadn't made a unique move, I'm afraid everyone would have become a dead soul under the sword of the Khitans. Therefore, there is no need for the generals to mobilize everyone to shout sincerely. .
He Jingyun and Liang Xuezhang looked at each other, then saluted Ye Mingsheng at the same time, and said sincerely:
"Your Excellency, your strategizing and decisive victory thousands of miles away are beyond our reach! We admire you!"
