The artillery was roaring and the earth was trembling. As the king of war, the artillery finally showed its reputation in the war for the first time. This was also the first time that the Ming Dynasty used artillery on a large scale. You should know that Song Sheng sent troops this time, in addition to the disappearance of Harrier's cavalry, he also had the intention to detect new weapons.

Previously, the improvements to firearms were mainly focused on muskets. After all, compared with cannons, the improvements to muskets are easier. However, as time goes by, the artillery has also made great progress. Now the Ming army is equipped with a new type of artillery code-named Tianlei, which has greatly improved its power and range than previous artillery.

Song Sheng brought hundreds of artillery this time, and directly fired a volley. When hundreds of artillery roared together, the earth almost broke. As the enemy, Harriel felt the terror of artillery for the first time.

The cavalry team that was originally charged was suddenly plowed out of hundreds of flesh-and-blooded trenches by artillery. The horses around were also greatly frightened. For a moment, people were tilted up and turned into chaos, and the formation was suddenly disrupted.

Harrier was also stunned by this sudden artillery attack. In fact, he was not unfamiliar with artillery, but in his impression, the range of artillery should not reach this far and its power was not so great. At least the artillery they used could not reach this lethality at all, but everything in front of him broke his cognition.

However, Harrier quickly woke up, and once the cavalry charge began, he must not stop, otherwise he would only cause chaos and lead to great defeat. Therefore, Harrier could only shout for charge and strive to join the Ming army as soon as possible. At that time, the opponent's artillery would definitely not dare to attack rashly.

However, Harriel still underestimated the artillery. With their charge, the artillery fired several rounds of volleys, causing the entire cavalry to scatter.

What's worse is that because the attack of artillery was not expected before, the cavalry charge formation was relatively tight, which also allowed the artillery to exert greater lethality. There were wailing everywhere on the battlefield, and the casualties of cavalry were extremely terrifying.

However, Harriel has no turning back now. He could only grit his teeth and order the entire army to speed up. Thanks to his subordinates, he finally rushed to the front of the Ming army with considerable casualties.

Seeing the Ming army getting closer and closer, Haril finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, there were only about a hundred steps left on both sides. At the speed of the cavalry, it was almost a blink of an eye. The opponent's artillery had no time to open fire. Moreover, the cavalry on his side had already taken down the bow and arrow, and was about to cover the opponent's front army with large-scale bow and arrow, which would definitely cause considerable casualties to the opponent.

However, at this moment, the musketeers in the Ming army suddenly stepped forward, and then only heard the sound of gunfire "光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光光

The explosion of gunpowder pushes the projectiles, forming a powerful potential energy. This energy cannot be resisted by human flesh and blood. Even wearing leather armor, it is easy to be shot through. Unless it is iron armor, it can block these terrifying projectiles.

However, Haril's cavalry inherited the Mongol tactics, mainly light cavalry, and they wore leather armor, which was OK to withstand swords, guns or bows and arrows, but they could not stop the small projectile shooting at all. What's more, the horses on them did not have armor, so the cavalry rushing in the front were quickly shot down.

The fall of the cavalry in front also collided with the cavalry behind. No matter how exquisite the riding skills were, they would not have much effect on such a chaotic battlefield.

Faced with this situation, Harriel was also very annoyed. He was only a little short of it and could use bows and arrows to attack the opponent's front army at a long range, but the Ming army seemed to have calculated it and did not give them a chance to fight back. What made Harriel even more hate was why the opponent's musket range was even further than that of bows and arrows?

In fact, Hariler didn't know that after many improvements, the range and power of the Ming Dynasty had exceeded that of the bow and arrow. After all, for the Ming Dynasty, the main enemy was the nomadic peoples in the northern grasslands, so they had to restrain their bow and arrow. The muskets had now met this requirement, so the Ming Dynasty dared to equip muskets on a large scale.

In fact, from the beginning of this war, Haril was at a disadvantage because on the surface, it seemed that neither side knew the situation in the other side's army, but in fact, Haril's cavalry had already followed the example of the Mongolian cavalry, and the Ming Dynasty knew very well about the Mongolian cavalry, the old opponent. In contrast, Haril knew almost nothing about the Ming army.

Therefore, when this war started, Harriel felt that he was restrained everywhere. Because their tactics were very familiar to the Ming army, they were very easy to fight, and almost all the rhythm of the entire battlefield was controlled by the Ming army.

Of course, the most important reason is that the generational difference of weapons is that Haril's cavalry is not inferior to elite, otherwise it would not have been defeated by Central Asia and West Asia. However, even the cavalry at the peak of cold weapons cannot exert their strength when encountering hot weapons.

For example, Harrier's cavalry has now been completely disrupted by muskets, and his charge speed has been declining again and again. Some cavalry even turned their heads and wanted to escape.

Harriel was also very annoyed when he saw his defeat. As Timur's favorite grandson, he had never fought such a cowardly battle. With his arrogance, he would never accept such a great defeat.

So in this case, Haril himself led the commander-in-chief to mobilize the cavalry who wanted to escape on the spot, and then drove the remaining cavalry to continue charging. Under such cruel pressure, the cavalry with heavy casualties were not allowed to bypass the bodies of their comrades in front and charge towards the Ming army again.

In just a distance of hundreds of steps, Haril's cavalry confessed to extremely tragic casualties, but in the end his cavalry finally rushed to the front of the Ming army. The Ming army's musketeers immediately retreated, and the spearmen and shield soldiers stepped forward, blocking the cavalry's charge.

The cavalry rushed into the front of the Ming army like waves, and finally brought some casualties to the Ming army. However, a new branch of troops appeared in the Ming army. Teams of throwing hands lit grenades behind the shield, and then threw them into the enemy's cavalry team. With the rumbling explosion, they once again brought considerable casualties to the cavalry.

In addition, the explosion of grenades was connected, frightening the cavalry's horses and neighing. Many war horses lost control due to fear, and for a moment the entire cavalry team was once again in chaos.
Chapter completed!