I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 342

The hot solid bullets rushed through the Mongolian crowd, bringing about a bloody storm, and all the Mongolian horses that were touched had their bones and tendons broken.
Because the bombardment covered a wide area, the instantaneous damage caused was extremely terrifying, and the future god of war showed his fangs at this time.
Moreover, this attack was completely unexpected by the Mongols, and the Mongolian cavalry formation was instantly scattered.
Unlike in games, in the real world, there is always a collision volume, and the killed enemies will not automatically refresh and will continue to block the progress of those behind them.
The Mongolian cavalrymen behind them loaded up with the bodies of their friendly soldiers and horses, and then they were trampled by the soldiers and horses behind them, and the entire attacking team became chaotic.
But this was just the beginning. More shells whistled over the heads of the Datong Army and slammed into the Mongolian attacking ranks.
As we all know, shells fired from a cannon will not fall into the same crater. This is because the vibration of the cannon changes some shooting parameters. Although the new army's batch of Portuguese cannons are relatively primitive, they also have this characteristic. Especially when firing quickly, the landing point of each shell from the same cannon will be different, which causes greater casualties.
The Mongols were stunned. Within one minute, more than 2,500 solid bullets were fired into their formation. The frequency and intensity of this attack were completely beyond their understanding.
The Mongol offensive suddenly came to a halt, as if it had hit a wall. They looked at the rapidly approaching black spots in the sky with horrified eyes. No one was willing to move forward, not only the people, but even the horses were unwilling to move forward.
The huge amount of damage caused within this minute was beyond the understanding of all the Mongols. In this era of alternating between cold weapons and hot weapons, the killing efficiency caused by all weapons was within the scope of people's cognition, but the lethality of more than 500 Portuguese cannons in this situation had broken down the psychological defenses of all the Mongols.
People are born by their mothers and raised by their fathers. They are all intelligent animals. It is human instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm. Now this extremely tragic scene is like hell on earth. No one wants to stay here any longer. Everyone's first reaction is to escape from this place.
Even horses don’t want to stay here any longer. Horses are actually smart and emotional animals, and are one of the few animals that can suffer from depression. Therefore, countless horses are frightened and abandon or take their owners and run away.
The bombardment gradually stopped after all the Portuguese cannons were so hot that they could be touched. Each cannon fired at least 20 rounds, and more than 10,000 solid bullets were fired, creating a hell on earth in front of the Datong Army.
The morale of the attacking Mongolian cavalry had completely collapsed, and they all fled far away.
The Mongols expected to plunder when they marched south, and they did not expect to fight such a fierce battle. Therefore, their fighting spirit was not high, and their tolerance for casualties was also low. It was reasonable for them to collapse when they encountered setbacks.
But the battle on the battlefield was not over yet, because in order not to shoot at the Datong Army, the main target of the artillery fire was the Mongolian cavalry that rushed up later, which played a role of stage support, while the Mongolian cavalry that had already rushed into the front or in the formation were still fighting.
The most powerful general of Mongolia, King Altudai, was wielding a broadsword and had completely entered a frenzy. He had just killed the Ming people in front of him and made them collapse. Wherever his broadsword went, the Ming people kept retreating and fleeing. At this time, as long as more people followed, they could completely break through the army formation in front of them.
But to his surprise, the number of friendly troops around him was decreasing. He turned around and found that they had been surrounded by the Ming army without knowing when. While he was stunned, his son Burhai was stabbed in the chest by a spear.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he swung his sword angrily to chop down the Ming soldiers one by one, but more Ming soldiers rushed up. After he lost the protection of all his friendly soldiers, countless spears pierced his body. He died with his eyes wide open. He didn't understand why the subsequent friendly soldiers didn't keep up.
The first fierce general of Mongolia, King Altudai, died in the Ming army.
The Mongols who had not charged into the army also mounted their horses in panic and turned to flee. At this time, the new army bird gunners on both wings of the Datong Army also rushed over and shot at these Mongols from the side. More than 5000 light cavalry in the center also joined the battle.
There were still several thousand Mongols in front of the battle line, and the Datong army was also furious, rushing out of the battle line to chase the Mongols.
Zhu Houzhao was also excited watching from the high platform
"Your Majesty, we won!" Jiang Bin cheered beside him.

"Yes! We won! The enemy army was defeated! We must pursue the remaining enemies!" Zhu Houzhao said excitedly.

After saying that, he walked down the platform and rode his BMW with the remaining cavalry to chase the Mongols. He had been itching to go into battle and kill a few Mongols. This had always been his dream...

"Your Majesty, you can't do this!" A man directly grabbed the reins of Zhu Houzhao's BMW. It was Jiang Jiangong who had just returned.

"Why not? The Mongols have already collapsed. If we don't take advantage of the situation now and expand our victory, when will we?" Zhu Houzhao began to get anxious.

"Your Majesty, please be aware that although the Mongols have lost over 10,000 soldiers, they still have 80,000 to 90,000 cavalry. The Mongols have always liked to feign defeat and then ambush with heavy troops. If we attack rashly, our formation will inevitably be scattered. If we fall into an ambush by the Mongols, all our efforts will be in vain," Jiang Jiangong said hurriedly.

"Yes, Your Majesty can't chase after her." Jiang Bin also echoed as if waking up from a dream.
Zhu Houzhao looked into the distance and calmed down. Although the Mongols' fleeing did not seem like they were feigning defeat, they still had to be on guard. He also knew that the new army could only exert its greatest combat effectiveness when it had a strict formation. If the formation was messed up, it would not be able to stop the ambushing Mongols.
"Give the order to call back all those who have been chasing us!" Zhu Houzhao got off his horse and went up to the platform.
"Report! Khan, the Ming army has withdrawn its troops and stopped the pursuit." A Mongolian cavalryman came to report.

Dayan Khan nodded with a gloomy face, and behind him gathered 40,000 Mongolian cavalry...

The Mongols had indeed collapsed just now, but Dayan Khan also sent people to gather the fleeing soldiers in time, and stopped the rout in just half an hour. This was because these Mongolian cavalrymen were accustomed to feigning defeat to lure the enemy. They might have been stunned by the powerful firepower of the Ming army at the beginning, but how could they not recover after fleeing for half an hour or an hour?

I got up late today and haven't finished the second chapter yet, so I'll post the first chapter first.

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