The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 254 Cluster bombs suddenly appeared in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, Lord Ye gave the emperor a chill on his back!
Not long after the observation order was given, Zhu Yuanzhang heard the sound of the trebuchet mechanism operating from within the city.

The next moment, he saw three hundred piles of fire oil jars flying from above his head towards the outside of the city.

The reason why it was said that there were three hundred piles of kerosene jars was because all the kerosene jars flying over his head were not one, but a pile wrapped and tied with nets.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know exactly how many kerosene jars there were in one net, but based on visual inspection, there were at least eight or nine.

Finally, three hundred piles of "clustered kerosene cans" tied with nets all flew out of the city wall from Zhu Yuanzhang's head and flew to the sky above the stone wall maze array.

Each pile still has a parabolic flight trajectory. Since the launching equipment is the same and the weight of the launch is the same, their parabolic ballistic trajectories are almost exactly the same.

As for the wind direction and force in this special terrain, it is almost non-existent for this heavy "clustered kerosene tank".

In other words, this is how the trebuchets in the city are arranged in an array, and how the three hundred clusters of kerosene cans moving parabolically in mid-air are arranged in an array.

And their landing points must be consistent with the distribution pattern of the trebuchet array in the city.

The total number of trebuchet arrays in the city is three hundred, thirty horizontally and ten vertically, and the distance between trebuchets is 30 meters horizontally and vertically.

It is such a ground network with a horizontal direction of nearly a kilometer, a vertical length of 300 meters, and a coverage area of ​​30 square meters. It is a 'sky net' that remains relatively stationary in mid-air and pounces towards the stone wall maze array.

Just when this skynet composed of three hundred piles of "clustered kerosene cans" had reached the high point of its parabolic trajectory and began to descend, the archers on the city wall had also lit their rockets and pointed diagonally toward the sky.

The next moment, even the well-informed Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Because he saw the original [-] piles of kerosene jars, all the outer nets collapsed, and all the kerosene jars inside fell apart.

It was like a magic trick of shrinking into a smaller clone. The original three hundred piles of fire oil jars turned into a densely packed [-] fire oil jars!

Not only did Zhu Yuanzhang fail to react, even the Beiyuan infantry who had already rushed six hundred steps outside the city and could rush out of the stone wall maze array in another hundred steps couldn't help but raise their heads curiously.

They only saw [-] large black lumps flying from the city, which suddenly split into [-] small black lumps covering their heads.

"what is this?"

"It's not on fire, and it's not a cannonball!"

"Three hundred big black lumps turned into three thousand small black lumps. What is this?"

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Just when they were curious, they saw a rain of rockets chasing the so-called Little Heito.

Finally, when three thousand what they called small black lumps were less than 20 meters above their heads, those rockets shattered most of the kerosene cans.

Of course, the main force in crushing kerosene tanks is the armor-piercing arrows fired from the crossbow bed modified with three arrow slots!
And this net rocket is more of a 'match in the air'!
In the eyes of all the defenders on the city wall,

Most of the three thousand kerosene cans shattered in the air. While the kerosene was scattered and splashed, for a moment they were almost connected together.

At this moment, the rocket rain penetrated the continuous layer of fire oil in the sky, and the fire filled the air instantly.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang's eyes widened when they looked at the sea of ​​fire in the sky, which was almost a thousand meters long and 300 meters wide.

"Is this the sea of ​​​​fire in the sky?"

Just when the sea of ​​​​fire in the sky was pressing down like a red carpet in the sky, the kerosene cans that had not been shot in the air had also hit the ground.

Most hit people directly on the head, but some hit the snow.

Before the sea of ​​fire from the sky arrived, some of the dense Beiyuan infantrymen were scratched by fragments and even burned by the hot kerosene.

"Run!"

"It's kerosene, it's all hot kerosene!"

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Finally, all the Beiyuan infantrymen came to their senses. The three hundred big black lumps thrown by the Yanmen defenders were just piles of kerosene cans tied with something.

As for why these piles of kerosene jars were scattered in the air, they didn't know.

They looked around. There were stone walls in front and behind, and there were sharp turns only on both sides. Moreover, they were standing next to each other. If they wanted to retreat, they could only move from the rear to the front.

It's just that it's too late!

The next moment, this nearly a kilometer long and nearly 300 meters wide, like a sea of ​​​​fire in the sky burning a red carpet, directly pressed down on the heads of the [-] Beiyuan infantry.

The position of the 300 Beiyuan infantrymen was just right at the moment. The front row was [-] steps away from the city wall, and the rear row was [-] steps away from the city wall. The distance between the head and tail of the [-] steps was exactly [-] meters.

In other words, their heads just connected with the 30-square-meter sea of ​​​​fire in the sky.

The next moment, the defenders on the city wall looked at the scene in front of them, with a hint of unbearable color in their eyes.

Yes, Ming Dynasty and Bei Yuan are enemies, but even if they are wearing armor, they are still human beings!
The soldiers looked at the burning men running around in the stone wall maze, at the billowing black smoke emitted by the burning men and leather armor, at the water vapor rising from the ground, and smelled the rich burning smell. The smell of burnt meat and the heart-rending wails were really unbearable to watch.

"Why bother?"

"If you had listened to our Lord Ye and exchanged cattle, sheep and horses for the grain, cloth and tea bricks you need, there would have been no war!"

"If we had friendly trade, we wouldn't be here today!"

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Just when the soldiers on the city wall were feeling this way, the first row of infantry who luckily escaped from the aerial sea of ​​​​fire rushed over, while the last row of infantry ran back.

When General Li was about to give the order, Zhu Yuanzhang grabbed General Li's shoulders and said: "Send away those who rush over, and let those who escape back go!"

For a moment, General Li felt that General Guo suddenly had a general temperament at this moment.

Of course, the reason why he was willing to listen to this suggestion was not because he lost his general temperament at this moment, but more because he felt it made sense.

It is far better to send back some frightened enemies than to kill them all!
Under General Li's order, the gunmen sent off the charging Beiyuan infantry, and then they watched the frightened hundreds of remaining soldiers flee back.

Soon after the hundreds of remnant soldiers ran into the baggage troops that were still struggling to advance, the baggage soldiers also abandoned the large baggage and ran back.

Seeing this scene, General Li just smiled with satisfaction and said: "Commander, please report the victory with flags."

"It's almost noon, let the Huotou Army prepare lunch!"

As soon as he finished speaking, General Li returned directly to the first floor of the city gate building and sat back on his commanding seat.

But Zhu Yuanzhang did not allow him to rest. He would ask him when he caught him: "General Li, this aerial sea of ​​fire formation is indeed more powerful than a cannon, but the general doesn't understand."

"The general clearly saw nearly ten kerosene cans tied up in piles with nets. Why did they suddenly separate and scatter after they reached the enemy's head?"

General Li really didn't want to answer. He had been blowing snow and wind outside all morning, and he really wanted to take a break.

But again, this person is the general invited by their Lord Ye, and he has to say more or less.

General Li nodded slightly and said: "General, I only know that this is called 'clustering and dispersion technology'!"

"Of course, I also know the effect of this thing. After all, I have tested it myself. But what exactly this 'clustering and dispersion technology' is, only the Yanmen Arsenal Technology Department and Mr. Ye, the person who proposed this technology, know .”

"To tell you the truth, not only do these nets come from the arsenal, but they also do the binding and packing. We are only responsible for and have only mastered the art of on-site heating."

"We only know that in order to ignite a sea of ​​​​fire in the air, these things must be heated and thrown immediately!"

“But we don’t know what the specific reason is!”

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he politely thanked him, and then looked in the direction of the county government, and then his eyes became deep and complicated.

I have to say that he was really shocked by Ye Qing's aerial fire formation!

Ye Qing can not only build cannons that are more powerful than the imperial court, but he can also achieve better results than the artillery array with just some old antiques!

Compared with making guns and cannons, this is more valuable and more chilling on the back!

Given time, such a person, even without cannons, can still find ways to produce more powerful effects than the artillery array. If the spearhead is aimed at him, it will be strange if he doesn't get chills on his back!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang really felt that Ye Qing was good at everything, except that his loyal thoughts were eaten by dogs.

He didn't know who the enlightened teacher was who taught Ye Qing how to read. If he knew, he would be sentenced to death.

A person who has not even cultivated the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor from an early age dares to be a teacher. It is difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart without confiscating his family and destroying his family.

Of course, the reason why he blamed Ye Qing's first teacher was just because he was indeed very conflicted!

He really couldn't bear to kill, and he really felt that he couldn't sleep if he didn't kill!
Just as Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more conflicted, the results of the frontline battle were also conveyed to the command room located in the county government center through semaphores.

But the first person to learn about the results of the battle on the front line was not Ye Qing, but Wang Baobao who was in the Marshal's tent six miles north of the city.

After Wang Baobao learned that this result was tantamount to humiliation, he was shocked, ashamed and angry deep in his heart, but he could not show it in the face of so many troublemaking generals.

He just used both soft and hard tactics to appease the generals, and then he said loudly: "There are no cannons at the central gate of Yanmen Pass. They just used trebuchets and kerosene jars skillfully."

"If it weren't for the stone wall maze formation, whether we were infantry or cavalry, our casualties would not be so heavy!"

Having said this, Wang Baobao secretly cursed the first guard of Yanmen Pass in the Tang Dynasty, General Ye, who built the stone wall maze array, ten thousand times.

Immediately afterwards, he immediately gave a serious order: "In the afternoon, mobilize all the copper guns (cannons at the end of the Yuan Dynasty) at the gates to level the stone wall maze array for me first!"

At the same time that Wang Baobao issued this military order, the results of the frontline battle were also conveyed to Ye Qing's ears!
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