In May of the 15th year of Zhizheng, the Mingjiao central army entered the eastern part of Jiangbei Province in Henan, which is now the northern Jiangsu area.

Of course the Yuan army in Huai'an knew that someone was coming from behind, so they quickly divided 200,000 troops and went north to resist the enemy.

These are the real soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Mingjiao has encountered a tough opponent.

Most of the Mingjiao were infantry and had an inherent disadvantage against the Yuan army's cavalry.

However, some scientific researchers from Mingjiao could not stand it, and the Agni Army made a great success in the first battle.

After passing through the Battle of Henan, the Agni Army has successfully mass-produced rockets.

Of course, this "rocket" is either the later Dongfeng brand, or it literally means an arrow that sets fire.

The specific method is to hang a container on the arrow shaft, usually a long pointed clay pot, to comply with "aerodynamics", which is what Shoufu said. After the craftsmen tried it, it really had a great effect, and it solved the problem.

This solves the problem of rockets flying around and crumbling during flight.

The firing method is to use a powerful crossbow, which can reach a hundred steps away.

In addition, the Agni Army also has a secret weapon.

Based on the general description of the chief assistant, they successfully developed a "cannon" as thick as a wine glass. It is thin at the front and thick at the back. It has a base in the middle and can be rotated. It can eject or shoot the iron seeds in the cannon horizontally and fire it with gunpowder. The killing range can reach 150 meters.

Ten steps.

This kind of gun was named "Tiger Crouching Cannon" by the chief minister.

The craftsmen were confused about the name of the first assistant. With such a small body, it was too different from a tiger, right? It would be more vivid to call it "Teng Snake Cannon".

The Mingjiao now has money and people, and three hundred rocket-propelled crossbows and squatting tiger cannons are lined up in front of the formation.

The Yuan soldiers were cavalry and were good at using cavalry bows, but they had to get within 100 meters at least to shoot.

So they received a blow in the head. The distance of the Mingjiao rocket was a hundred steps, about 150 meters, and the cannon was further away, more than 200 meters.

When they rushed a hundred meters, they were hit by three rounds of arrows and two rounds of cannons, killing thousands of people in an instant.

Among them, the one that achieved the greatest results was the Crouching Tiger Cannon. It scatters like a goddess scattering flowers. One cannon can shoot out a fan shape up to ten meters wide.

Although the rockets were not very lethal, they were more critical. They successfully created a line of fire and divided the Yuan soldiers' charging formation.

Thousands of people were separated from the line of fire and exposed in front of the Mingjiao formation.

The next step was a massacre. The whole army fired arrows. The two or three thousand people were hit by tens of thousands of arrows. Even if they had the flexibility to rush into the Ming army, they would not be able to withstand the spearmen who were waiting behind them.

After this group of people were finished, the Ming army's drums sounded and they slowly moved forward.

When they were more than a hundred steps closer, the Ming army did the same thing again.

Just like slicing sausages, section by section, tens of thousands of Yuan troops were wiped out!

The leader of the Yuan army saw that this was no longer possible, so he ordered his troops to retreat, and the Yuan soldiers retreated in an orderly manner.

The Ming army was unable to pursue them, firstly because the Yuan soldiers were still in formation and still had fighting strength, and secondly because two legs could not outrun four.

In this battle, the Ming army's semi-hot weapons faced off against the Yuan army's completely cold weapons and achieved a great victory in the field.

Li Jiang ordered the camp to be set up. He had no choice but to do so. In this battle, 30% of the fire crossbows and tiger crouching cannons were destroyed, and their quality was extremely worrying.

After resting for two days, mainly repairing arrows and artillery, the Ming army headed south again.

Not even a day later, Yuan soldiers blocked the front again.

This time they learned smartly. Most of the horses had a large skin bag hung on the back. From the sound of the water, it must be water.

Li Jiang secretly laughed, naive! Can you burn gasoline with water?

Sure enough, the Yuan army once again swallowed a bitter pill.

After the rocket ignited the fire line, Yuan soldiers took off the water bags and watered them in the hope of extinguishing the fire. Unexpectedly, oil was lighter than water, and when it floated to the water, it had a larger contact surface with the air, making the fire more intense.

This move not only failed to save the Yuan soldiers who were divided in front, but also burned to death many people who were watering the water.

After a blaze of smoke and fire, the Yuan soldiers abandoned the corpses of thousands of people and ran away again.

In this way, the Ming army won one after another, and the Yuan soldiers resisted one after another. The two armies were entangled all the way to Suqian.

More than ten miles outside Suqian City, the two armies fought again. This time the result was the opposite. The Ming army almost lost its battle.

The Yuan army summed up the method after several fire attacks. Instead of hanging water bags on the back of the war horses, they hung earth frames instead.

When the Ming army did the same thing again, the battlefield was filled with sand and dust, like a large construction site where hundreds of thousands of people were fighting, and the fire was put out.

The morale of the Yuan army soared and they took the opportunity to charge. After losing thousands of people, they charged into the Ming army with grape bullets.

The two armies finally met in close combat.

Although the Ming army stood firm, it could not withstand the momentum of thousands of galloping horses, and the formation was in chaos. Just when it was about to collapse, Li Jiang led his personal guards to dispatch. Not only him, but also Zhang Wuji, the masters of the six major sects were dispatched.

They were also forced to take action.

More than a thousand martial arts masters resisted the subsequent impact with all their might.

Li Jiang didn't use his sword at all. He picked up the spear of a Ming soldier. He didn't have time to look at people's flaws. He just used the spear full of zhenqi to poke at anyone. After adding zhenqi, no Yuan soldier could stop the spear.

, one stab will kill you.

This bloody battle was so bloody that the sky and the earth changed color, and blood flowed into rivers. Although the Ming army was caught off guard, under the desperate efforts of martial arts masters to stop them, they finally stopped their decline and stabilized their formation.

After a day of fighting, the Ming and Yuan armies were both defeated. The Yuan soldiers left behind tens of thousands of corpses, and the Ming army was even worse, with more than 10,000 dead and nearly 20,000 injured.

After the two armies retreated, they began to lick their wounds.

The Yuan army retreated to Suqian City, and Li Jiang chose a high place to set up camp. He was also afraid that the Yuan soldiers would come to attack the camp. The high point could at least alleviate the momentum of the horses.

After the war, the wounded barracks of the Ming Army were busy, and Li Jiang met Zhang Wuji here.

Zhang Wuji put down his work, took Li Jiang to a deserted corner, and said: "Brother Li, we captured tens of thousands of horses in Henan, why don't we form a cavalry? If...if we can have cavalry, our brothers will not

…There won’t be so many deaths.”

As he spoke, his eyes turned red and he burst into tears.

Li Jiang was also very sad in his heart and sighed: "Wuji, the soldiers we recruit are all born in the fields. How can riding a horse compare to the Mongolian people who grew up on horseback? We need to train them to reach the level of the Mongolian people today.

It won’t work within a few years.”

Zhang Wuji asked: "Is there no other way?"

Li Jiang shook his head and said: "This is my mistake. I relied too much on rockets and tiger squatting cannons. I always thought of conquering the Central Plains as soon as possible, and it would not be too late to train the cavalry when I chase the North in the future. But now..."

Immediately he gritted his teeth and said: "However, those of us who practice martial arts have good physical coordination and can organize more than a thousand cavalry to harass us first, and then start training more cavalry. I immediately issued an order and asked Luoyang to send more cavalry.

The horse will be delivered."

Zhang Wuji clapped his hands and said, "Brother Li, I want to join the cavalry."

Li Jiang quickly waved his hand and said: "No, how can you go into battle personally as the leader of the cult?"

Zhang Wuji asked strangely: "Didn't I also go into battle today?"

"There is nothing we can do. It's because I didn't protect you! The son of a rich man is not sitting in the court yet. From now on, you will stay with Emei and treat the wounded soldiers." Li Jiang said firmly.

Zhang Wuji was moved and said coquettishly: "If you always let me stay with women, others will laugh at me."

Li Jiang straightened his face and said seriously: "Brother Wuji, it seems that you have not realized the significance of treating wounded soldiers to our Mingjiao. Let me tell you, this is a huge improvement to our morale. Think about it, the soldiers are

When fighting, what would their mentality be like if they thought that someone would take care of them after they were injured and that they would not die immediately after being injured?"
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