For the Ming army, the killer weapon has always been the third one.

Flintlock gun, Prussian cannon, earth grenade.

If you get one of the three, you can defeat the enemy and win. If you get both, it will be a safe situation to tie a dog to command there.

The vanguard army led by Liu Xingming naturally did not carry Prussian artillery.

Although this thing is much lighter than an ordinary red cannon, it is actually very heavy.

This time, Liu Xingming only brought a flintlock gun and a earth grenade.

In contrast, earth grenades are more suitable for attacks in the canyon.

After all, the terrain of the canyon determines that the Ottoman army will definitely be in a state of gathering when it comes in. In this case, the Ming army only needs to throw down the earth grenades to cause a lot of damage to the Ottoman army.

No accuracy is required, no prediction is required, just throw it away.

Liu Xingming can also be regarded as having experienced many battles, and he has fought such an ambush for no less than ten times. Liu Xingming knew very well when he should do what he should do.

But you must be able to endure loneliness, after all, it is still a bit difficult to wait.

Calm down, be sure to stay calm at this moment. Never make impulsive decisions when your mind is hot.

Anyone can be impulsive in this army, but Liu Xingming can't.

"Major General, the Ottoman barbarian seems to be coming."

It was one of his personal soldiers who first discovered the traces of the Ottomans and reported them to Liu Xingming as soon as possible.

"Um."

Liu Xingming took out his earth grenade to confirm and found a long dragon approaching the canyon.

Unlike the previous ambush battle, what Liu Xingming had to do this time was to cut off the food and grass supply of the Ottoman army. So the first thing he needed to confirm was that the food and grass supply team of the Ottoman army came from a distance.

You must not be able to rush to alert the enemy until you confirm this.

If the overall arrangement of His Highness King Jin was disrupted, Liu Xingming would not be able to bear this responsibility.

So Liu Xingming looked at it very carefully this time, and he was required to see every detail strictly, and never missed any one.

He searched carefully and finally found the donkey cart carrying grain and sandbags stacked into hills on the cart.

By the way, this is the team that escorts food and grass!

Liu Xingming felt ecstatic.

Cut off food is a very effective method in military tactics, but Liu Xingming had no chance to try it before. This time he finally got the chance, he naturally would not let it go.

He tried hard to adjust his breathing, and then Liu Xingming ordered: "Prepare for throwing earth grenades and start blowing up at any time."

The Ottoman army had no idea that it had entered the encirclement of the Ming army, and still walked forward on its own.

Liu Xingming showed a smug smile on his face. After this battle, all the experience he needed for actual combat can be said to have been accumulated.

Countless earth grenades fell from the sky. Some Ottoman veterans who had fought with the Ming army had seen this thing and immediately showed a sense of horror.

"Run, run!"

The reaction time left for them is obviously insufficient. In extreme cases, everyone is crowded together and there is no room for escape.

And what's even more serious is that the donkey carts that transport food and grass take up a lot of space and are even more impossible to move them away in a short period of time.

The Ottoman soldiers pushed each other in the hope of opening up the road to escape.

This is of course in vain.

With the explosions, the smell of gunpowder filled the air.

The broken limbs and broken arms were scattered all over the ground, and the air was even filled with blood mist.

The smell of blood was disgusting, and everyone fell into despair.

The same is true for Ottoman officers.

Strictly speaking, this is not the Ottoman ace combat army, but a logistics army.

So they also have a limited number of firearms.

It is barely enough to deal with small-scale harassment, but it really seems a bit overwhelming to such large-scale ambush.

The key is that you may not be able to hit the ambush opponent. In this case, you really feel so desperate.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

The Ottoman officer made a brief trade-off and immediately made a judgment.

No matter what, just run.

Although it is difficult to run, there is still hope of survival if you run. If you stay where you are, you will be waiting to die.

The instinct of survival made these grain transport soldiers turn around and run away without the orders from the commander. A small number of them may be able to escape the canyon like Shura, but most of them will definitely die on the spot.

War is so cruel that if they had the opportunity to retaliate against the Ming and Persian troops, they would only be even more cruel and cold.

A terrifying emotion permeates the air, and you can smell the smell from a distance.

In order to be able to run in front, many Ottoman soldiers began to push their robes.

Many people never stood up after being pushed down.

After all, countless feet may step on you. After dozens or hundreds of feet, you will become a paste.

The crying, helping sounds and the loud noises from the explosion of the earth grenade gathered together, making people feel extremely terrifying.

But the survival instinct still allows them to seize the only opportunity to move forward.

There is hope when you move forward, and you can't give up at this critical moment.

"Arrow."

The earth grenades were almost thrown, and Liu Xingming ordered the arrows to be fired again.

This is not because he thinks that the power of the bow and arrow is stronger than that of the earth grenade, but because the grenade has been almost thrown.

In a sense, the Ming army's local grenade manufacturing technology has become mature, but it is still impossible to achieve unlimited mass production.

This time, most of the local grenades brought to the Western Regions by Li Dingguo have been consumed, so the rest naturally needs to be saved.

Otherwise, before the final battle with the Ottomans, this killer weapon might be used up.

Liu Xingming knew very well that they were just making small fusses, which could only weaken the Ottomans' combat effectiveness, but could not completely kill the Ottomans.

To truly defeat the Ottomans, a head-on battle will be needed.

So everything is just laying the groundwork.

There are many experienced archers in this Ming army, some of which have even been more than five years of experience.

With Liu Xingming's order, they immediately pulled the bowstrings.

But with the sound of whizzing sound, countless arrows broke out into the air, weaving and gathering into a fishing net, directly covering the deadly people in the canyon.

The lethality of bows and arrows at close range is not as good as crossbow arrows, but their power at long distances is absolutely greater than that of crossbow arrows.

Moreover, bows and arrows can have arcs and cover a lot, which is most suitable for this large-scale ambush battle.

The Ottoman soldiers who finally escaped the bombing of the earth grenade did not expect that there was still a rain of arrows waiting for them, and they were very desperate inside.

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