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Chapter 209 Chemical Weapons

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    Yang Ling took Mahalu out of the big tent, stepped out of the sight of the big tent, stepped on his feet, and went straight to the mountain pass.  The main force of the Ming army has withdrawn to the middle of the mountain, defending on all sides, leaving only a small number of troops at the foot of the mountain to implement Yangling's strategy of withdrawing as soon as the cannons are exhausted, defeating the enemy's spirit, and holding on for help.

    The horses whizzed, flames blazed everywhere, a cloud of mud and snow sprayed into the sky, and in the thick smoke, war horses who stepped on landmines kept falling to the ground.  But the torrent of charge did not stop at all, even if a frightened war horse deviated from the direction of charge, the knight on the horse tried his best to immediately adjust it to the correct direction.

    The inertia formed by thousands of horses galloping at the same time made everything in front of them a target to be trampled down. No matter how skilled a warrior is at riding, he would not be able to rein in his horse at this time. Everything that stopped would become an insignificant obstacle.  In an instant, he was ruthlessly trampled into flesh.

    The wolf flag fluttered, and countless knights came rolling over, stepping on the snow and mud.  Spears and halberds are as dense as a forest, the sharp steel knives reveal a biting cold, and the thunderous hoofbeats are deafening.  Xu Tai's face was ashen, and the veins on his forehead were bulging. He held a knife and stared at the approaching Mongolian cavalry. The cavalry who rushed to the front had already picked up their bows and arrows, but Xu Tai still refused to give the order to fire.

    "Om", like a swarm of wasps rising into the sky, the spiked arrows rushed over with a bloodthirsty howl, and all the soldiers quickly hid behind the huge shield that was one person tall, and at the same time raised their hand-held round shields to protect their heads.

    "Duk, tuk, duk", the shield was already covered with a layer of arrows, and some arrows passed through the gaps in the shield and hit the soldier's body, and some people fell down screaming.  After a while, the sound of "Tu Tu Tu" sounded again, and the second wave of sharp arrows arrived.

    Mounted archery is the special skill of the Mongolian cavalry. Quite a few soldiers can shoot more than ten arrows in a row in the first breath. If a large group of Mongolian cavalry rushes over, they can shoot dense fast arrows at the first time, far and wide.  Accurate, extremely vicious, if you attack with an arrow, most of the shooters will immediately fall off the horse.

    Xu Tai is brave and good at fighting, and has gone deep into the desert, so he is familiar with this method of warfare. Furthermore, although the poison cannon is suitable for dealing with such a dense charge, its range is not far.  Although the artillery shells can scare some war horses, the swift and windy Mongolian cavalry can rush to the front during the process of reloading the projectiles. If the timing is not right, the so-called sharp weapons will become fire sticks, which are useless.

    The third wave of arrows poured down on the giant shield like a torrential rain, and some soldiers who were unable to protect themselves were hit by arrows and fell down. At this time, Xu Tai shouted like a spring of thunder: "Fire!"

    The Mongolian cavalry who broke through the minefields rushed to a distance of 30 feet, and tongues of flames spewed out from the black muzzle. Amidst a deafening roar, thousands of lead bullets, stones, iron nails  The arrow counterattacked faster and harder, sweeping the Tatar army.

    Under the sweeping steel rain, even the most valiant Mongolian warriors and warhorses like dragons are also hard to resist with their flesh and blood. For a moment, they are invincible, people are turned on their backs, wooden shields are broken, and iron leaf shields become sieves.  In the middle of the air, the Mongolian soldiers wearing only leather robes and leather armor were blown into dust like a pile of fallen leaves in a strong wind under the terrifying power of intensive artillery fire.

    This wave of blows was too ruthless, and the dense impact formation caused the bombardment to produce the greatest damage effect. Nearly a thousand warriors fell off their horses, and more than 500 blind horses covered in blood screamed and rampaged, unstoppable  The Mongolian cavalry was a meal.

    Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Tai ordered the artillery to be reloaded with ammunition. At the same time, 20 artillery pieces were waiting in full formation to prevent the gap between artillery fire from being too large.  Boyan also issued a death order, and ordered his trusted general Bodarmo to immediately organize a charge and break through the defense at the foot of the mountain in the shortest possible time.

    Today's battle is not about any strategy. The only goal of both the attacker and the defender is on the mountain. As long as the mountain is broken, everyone will be alive, otherwise everything will be over. As Boyan's confidant general, Bodarmo knows the time well  He immediately and Lieutenant General Lin Dada led 2,000 cavalry each, and rushed down the mountain from both wings in the shape of wild goose wings.

    Xu Tai sneered, and when they turned around, the poisonous cannon, which didn't need to shoot accurately at all, just turned around slightly, and a large dense circle of iron nails and lead balls shot out again quickly. The Mongolian cavalry hid in their pedals, and their iron shields were useless  , Even people and horses piled up a large piece.

    Lin Dada, the lieutenant general of the charge, was killed on the spot. Bodarmo was blinded in one eye, with a wide opening at the corner of his mouth, showing his white teeth, and charged desperately with the remaining soldiers.

    More than a hundred soldiers of the Ming army were also killed by the arrows of the Mongolian cavalry, and it was too late to reload the ammunition. The spare 20 cannons once again roared and sprayed a flame, and the remaining Mongolian soldiers in the smoke had only time to shoot out.Take advantage of.

    The dead piled up on the hillside like a mountain, with stumped limbs and broken arms scattered everywhere. The blood stained the ground, and the tangy blood aroused the killing intent in the soldiers' chests.  Just like breaking the waves, the blood stained the armor, regardless of it, everyone seemed to be crazy, just kept waving their weapons, forgetting life and death, and forgetting fear.

    At the foot of the mountain, Boyan rode his horse and galloped back and forth, encouraging the soldiers to move forward bravely. Now every moment of time dragged on, his hope of success was getting smaller. How could he not be extremely anxious?

    At this time, a Tartar general came panting and said, "Khan, forty cannons have been installed, are they used to attack the mountain?"

    When Boyan was overjoyed, he immediately reined in his horse and said, "Hurry up, transport it to the front of the mountain immediately, attack the mountain with cannons, and continue to assemble at the back. I will use all 120 cannons. I will see where Zhengde is going to escape, hahahaha  ".

    A horn sounded, and the Tartars who attacked the mountain retreated down the mountain one after another. The soldiers on the mountain were stunned: "The Tartars have retreated? Are they going to abandon the attack and flee?"

    But then they discovered that the Tartars were pushing dozens of tall wooden frames and walking down the mountain, and behind each wooden frame were hundreds of Tartars, holding long ropes in their hands. What is this thing?  The officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp were puzzled, but Xu Tai's officers and soldiers and Duoyan Sanwei's men exclaimed one after another.

    "Returning cannon, they brought the reciprocating cannon!"

    Xu Tai yelled sharply: "What are you afraid of? This place is surrounded by plains, full of land. Where did they get the huge stones to throw into the mountains?" The soldiers were relieved after hearing this.

    "Huihui Cannon" is made of big wood, and the joints are connected with metal parts.  A rotatable gun shaft is placed horizontally on the gun carriage.  The long rod fixed on the shaft is used as the tip of the cannon, which is actually a kind of trebuchet, which is used to throw stone projectiles. There are as many as a hundred ropes tied down, each pulled by two people, and the range can reach hundreds of steps.

    When the Mongols attacked Xiangyang, they threw boulders with return artillery, and a volley of fire destroyed the city walls of Xiangyang.  Similar catapults appeared in the Central Plains as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. This kind of return cannon was easy to install. During the Jingkang period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Jin soldiers attacked Bianliang, and more than 5,000 cannons were installed overnight. Unexpectedly, Boyan actually carried horses in order to achieve success.  A large number of equipment was carried by the packer, and they were assembled at the foot of the mountain.

    It's just that the boulders used cannot be obtained locally. No matter how powerful the Mongolian war horses are, it is impossible to carry boulders weighing hundreds of catties in such a surprise attack from dozens of miles away. What are they going to use to attack the mountain?

    The "Huhui Cannon" stopped at the foot of the mountain. The arrows at this distance were at the end of their strength and could not cause damage to them. The officers and soldiers on the mountain could only hold their weapons tightly and wait quietly.

    A sinister smile appeared on the corner of Boyan's mouth. He didn't expect that there were more than double the number of troops and intelligence on the mountain, and the offensive was frustrated. But with this sharp weapon, the Ming army who only had simple mountain defense equipment could  How long can you keep it?

    Although trebuchets were mainly used to throw boulders to destroy city walls and kill soldiers, when the Mongolian army marched westward, in the Battle of Warsaw, they came up with a clever plan, which opened the world's first chemical warfare, and fired a large number of poisonous smoke balls with return guns  , The whole city is filled with smoke of arsenic and chamaejasma.

    When the Mongolian army that tasted the sweetness attacked Constantinople, the plague was prevalent in the army. The Mongolian army simply used cannons to throw the dead soldiers' corpses into the city, causing the plague to break out in the city. It is said that the plague-stricken merchants in the city escaped by boat.  The plague bacteria from Asia were brought to Europe, which triggered the "Black Death" that turned Europeans' faces, and killed one-third of the European population at that time.

    After the split of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, most of the bandits raiding the frontier were for the purpose of looting. Except for the "returning cannon" used to throw boulders in the year before last, they were rarely used, so even Xu Tai didn't think of other uses.

    The "returning cannon" at the foot of the mountain was properly placed, a burning giant ball flew straight to the top of the mountain, and landed with a bang. A puff of choking smoke spread out, and something was stuffed inside, and the broken ball was still burning  With a spicy and choking smell.

    At the foot of the mountain, one after another, smoke balls and meteors were thrown towards the mountain like chasing the moon

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