Defeat!
"Your courage is commendable!"
Su Yan praised.
Yuchi Gong's choice was not wrong. He keenly realized that if he did not pay the price of heavy casualties to eliminate Su Yan now, he would have no chance in the future.、
However, Yuchi Gong had underestimated the military significance of the emergence of gunpowder weapons!
The dense infantry formation could not withstand the bombardment of artillery without the protection of artillery!
Therefore, in the later generations, such infantry formations had all become thin infantry formations.
To a large extent, it was to avoid the bombardment.
The formation was so deep that a single shot directly penetrated more than ten rows.
And in that kind of horizontal formation, a single shot would only cause a few casualties at most.
But now, it was impossible for Yuchi Gong to know about this.
According to his previous experience, he was destined to suffer a crushing defeat here.
Moreover, they were not facing solid bullets, but explosive bullets!
" Bang bang!!!"
Another dense and dull collision sound!
Then, dozens of black dots streaked across the sky!
160 iron balls filled with gunpowder fell from the sky!
Because the Tang army was closer this time, two solid shells were launched in series.
More than 100 shells landed in the middle of the Tang army's formation.
Instantly, dozens of people were smashed to the ground. They either had their heads blown open or their bones and tendons broken.
Screams echoed through the sky.
For an infantry phalanx that had tens of thousands of people, it was nothing to be smashed to death or injured by the iron balls.
However, the premise was that the iron balls would not explode and turn into fireballs that could devour human lives.
" Heavenly Lightning!!"
" The heavenly lightning is going to explode!!"
"Run!"
Someone shouted, and the entire infantry formation was instantly pushed into the abyss of fear.
Let alone ordinary soldiers.
Even Yuchi Gong was shocked, and he almost lost control of the saber in his hand.
He had seen the sound of the heavenly lightning explosion with his own eyes!
That kind of power was simply not something that a body of flesh and blood could block!
Even if you have great martial arts.
Even if you have heavy armor protecting you!
It was impossible to withstand the might of the heavenly lightning.
This wasn't a battle with humans at all.
Instead, it was a battle against the heavenly lightning.
If he fought with the enemy in close combat.
The current prefectural soldiers of the Great Tang were absolutely unafraid.
Even in a situation where they were bound to lose, the Tang army's fighting will would still be very strong!
But now?
Tens of thousands of people were bombarded.
They did not even touch the enemy's hair.
Everyone would be crushed into pieces.
How were they supposed to continue fighting such a battle?
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A violent explosion sounded again.
This time, the Tang army was in complete chaos!
They had completely lost their organizational structure.
The soldiers were like headless flies as they scurried around.
Yuchi Gong held his saber and wanted to kill the fleeing soldiers.
However, in the face of such a crushing defeat, what could a horizontal saber do?
Yuchi Gong sighed.
After witnessing his 20,000-strong army being easily defeated by the enemy's thousands of people, he was shocked.
His faith collapsed.
He had never experienced such a battle before.
Ever since the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Yuchi Gong had fought a bloody battle all the way here, but he had never felt so hopeless.
No matter how miserable his previous defeats were, they would never make him feel this despair.
He was brave and strong, leading troops for decades.
Victory is victory, defeat is defeat.
But now, they only had less than a hundred casualties.，
On the other hand, his side had already collapsed.
Unique!
This was not because he was weak.
Instead, he was facing a completely different opponent!
"My army has been defeated here, and I have let down my emperor!”
Yuchi Gong suddenly placed his saber on his neck.
She closed her eyes and was about to pull it down.
Yuchi Baolin had been paying attention to his father's mental state since a long time ago.
He pounced forward and swatted the saber away from Yuchi Gong's hand, then hugged Yuchi Gong tightly.
"Father! As long as there's life, there's hope. We have to let His Majesty know the details of this defeat as soon as possible!”
These words made Yuchi Gong slightly stunned.
Then, a few loyal Yuchi family guards pounced on him.
Without any explanation, he picked up Yuchi Gong and turned around to run!
"Chase after them! Capture prisoners!"
Su Yan excitedly patted the city wall and ordered.
" Surrender will be spared!!!"
The Ming army shouted.
The Tang army, which had lost its organizational structure, could not organize any resistance.
A portion of them were captured.
The other portion collapsed.
Instead, Yuchi Gong mounted his horse and quickly escaped.
Su Yan felt a wave of regret.
If he had a well-organized cavalry unit in his hands, he would not need a large number of people. Even if it was only a thousand cavalry, he would definitely be able to keep most of the Tang army.
After this battle, Su Yan placed the construction of the cavalry in his heart.
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