As time goes by, the confrontation on the battlefield becomes more and more intense, with a large number of casualties occurring every day, but at this time it is mainly based on temptation. After all, the outcome of this war determines the national destiny of the two countries, so both sides are very cautious.

However, as the war became more and more intense, and the war has reached this point, it is meaningless to continue testing, and the moment of decisive battle has finally come.

Timur stood among the army on a horse, looking at the dark Ming army ahead, his face full of solemnity. Although he was a little uneasy about this decisive battle before, the development of the battle could no longer allow him to hesitate, so what should come is still here.

Among the Ming army, Zhu Di and Fu Youde stood side by side. The two of them held telescopes and looked at the Timur army in the distance. After waiting for so long, they finally waited for this decisive opportunity. Today they will be without reservation, so that Timur can see the true strength of the Ming army.

"General, the bearded man under his command should be Timur. I'll capture him alive and present him to the Taimiao!" Zhu Di stretched out his hand and pointed to the central military position opposite Timur and laughed.

"It's good that your highness has this confidence. Are the rear troops ready?" Fu Youde smiled at first, and then said with some concern. They also made a lot of preparations for this decisive battle, but he is old and still a little worried about some novel tactics.

"Don't worry, General. I've asked someone to check it a few times before, and then I went to check it myself, and there would be no problems!" Zhu Di said confidently.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the Timur army on the opposite side finally took action. After all, they were mainly cavalry, and as cavalry, attack was also their main combat method, so on the battlefield, cavalry was always the active side.

With Timur's mobilization, his troops quickly came to the Ming army in different directions. Timur can be said to be a scheming and leveraging his strength. Not only did he have three major troops to attack, but he also wandered around the edge of the battlefield and found the weak points of the Ming army at any time to attack. There were also a rear army in charge and supported various armies at any time.

Facing Timur's fierce attack, the Ming army was still as stable as a mountain, and seemed to be mainly defense, which was normal. After all, the Ming army did not have the advantage of its military strength, so it was not appropriate to divide its troops. In addition, although the Ming army's cavalry was elite, the main army was still mainly infantry. Therefore, in this case, it would be better to shrink the army together and form a fist, so that the enemy could not find a chance to start.

Of course, the Ming army did not just defend, and their counterattack came soon. Just as Timur's cavalry charged forward, hot balloons suddenly rose from the left rear of the Ming army, and the hot balloons were also painted with various figures of ghosts and beasts, which looked very ferocious.

The use of hot balloons for actual combat is the method used by Song Sheng when he attacked Haril, and the effect is surprisingly good. This incident also attracted the attention of Zhu Di and Fu Youde. So when they were fighting with Timur, they deliberately concealed the hot balloons in order to wait for this opportunity to catch the other party off guard.

As various strange-shaped hot balloons were launched, the Timur cavalry opposite was also startled, almost exactly the same as the reactions of Harriel and others at the time. After all, for people of this era, it is impossible for people to fly to the sky except for ghosts and gods.

It is worth mentioning that Timur himself believes in God, and his cavalry are also believers. Although religion can help him unite people's hearts and improve the combat effectiveness of the army, it will also fool people's hearts and make people stupid.

So when the hot steam balloon flew, many cavalrymen who were charging were frightened. As a result, some people forgot to control the horses and fell off the horses. Some even scared to throw away their weapons and prayed with their hands together, which also caused chaos in Timur's army.

However, the hot balloon is not their god, and the Ming army would not miss this rare opportunity, because Timur's cavalry had already rushed into the range of their artillery. So with Zhu Di's order, the three artillery positions opened fire almost at the same time, and a volley fire caused the earth to tremble.

Although Timur had already prepared for artillery, for example, when charging, the formation was more scattered than before, so that it could resist the lethality of artillery, it was only the lethality of artillery they had previously estimated. When the power of the cannon volley came out, Timur, Harrier and others suddenly realized that they had been deceived by the Ming army before, and the power of the cannon was much greater than they expected.

Waves of shells flew out, plowing out flesh and blood trenches from Timur's cavalry. Although Timur's army also had long-range attack weapons, such as crossbows and catapults, their range was far less than that of artillery, so they could only be passively beaten and could not fight back.

What's worse is that the hot balloon finally flew above Timur's army at this time, and black balls were thrown down. When they fell into the cavalry formation, they immediately "boomed" and exploded. The surrounding cavalry were also blown up by the bombing, and screams were connected.

Timur's cavalry was already shocked by the hot steam balloon. Now he found that the hot steam balloon would throw bombs down. For a moment, everyone was even more scared to dodge, and the charge formation was even more chaotic and completely lost its previous sharpness.

"How could this happen?" Timur behind saw the changes on the battlefield and was shocked and could not believe it. The power of the cannon suddenly became stronger and it was acceptable. However, these huge balls that could fly into the sky were throwing bombs downwards by Ming army, which was like the means of a god.

Faced with this situation, Timur didn't know what to do. If he continued to attack, in the current unfavorable situation, it would be a big defeat. However, if the troops were ordered to be withdrawn now, the Ming army's cavalry would definitely not miss this opportunity. Taking advantage of the situation to cover up will also cause them heavy losses.

So Timur is also in a dilemma at both ends now. Whether it is advancing or retreating, it is not a good result to greet him. The difference is just the size of the loss. But now he can't tell which option has a smaller loss?

Compared to the entangled Timur, Zhu Di and Fu Youde from the Ming army were overjoyed. Especially after seeing the hot balloons have had a miraculous effect, they immediately ordered that the central army that had previously defended also slowly stepped forward, hoping to include the opponent within the range of the musket as soon as possible. After all, although artillery and hot balloons have caused chaos to the other party, the muskets are the muskets that can really kill the enemy.
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